The Complete Guide to Home Carpentry : Carpentry Skills & Projects for Homeowners  by Creative Publishing international (Author)

Shows how to use and maintain carpentry tools.

Carpentry & Construction  by Mark R. Miller (Author)

Books-On-Line : The project I'm working on right now in the hundred year old house I bought is refinishing some hardwood floors. So first I turned to the index to see what they said about doing that task. It was there. The description was rather short, but exactly what I needed to know.

The Masquerades of Nigeria and Touch  by David Griffiths (Author)

In the fourth volume of his Mask: A Release of Acting Resources David Griffiths investigates the use of mask in the Masquerade traditions of West Africa, and specifically Nigeria. The author persuasively argues in favour of a common language of mask performance, and focuses particularly on the manner in which the Nigerian dramatist Wole Soyinka explores the theatrical virtuosity and vibrancy of mask in his plays, specifically his "root" play A Dance of the Forests.

Performance and Evolution in the Age of Darwin: Out of the Natural Order  by Jane R.Goodall (Author)

Performance and Evolution in the Age of Darwin reveals the ways in which the major themes of evolution wre taken up in the performing arts during Darwin's adult lifetime and in the generation after his death.

Acting (Re)considered: A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Kindle Edition)  by Phillip B. Zarrilli (Author)

Fully revised and updated, Acting (Re)Considered is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance. Included are discussions on acting by or about major figures that have shaped theories and practices of acting and performance from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo  by Sondra Fraleigh (Author)

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance.

Certain Fragments: Contemporary Performance and Forced Entertainment  by Tim Etchells (Author)

Certain Fragments is an extraordinary exploration of what lies at the heart of contemporary theatre. Written by the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, acknowledged to be 'Britain's most brilliant experimental theatre company'( Guardian), Certain Fragments investigates the processes of devising performance, the role of writing in an interdisciplinary theatre, and the influence of the city on contemporary art practice.

A Sourcebook of Feminist Theatre and Performance: On and Beyond the Stage  by Carol Martin (Author)

This work is a unique collection of key articles on feminist theatre and performance form The Drama Review (TDR). Carol Martin juxtaposes theory and practice to provide an exceptionally comprehensive overview of the development of feminist theatre. This outstanding collection includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley.

The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy  by C. W. Marshall (Author)

A comprehensive survey of Roman theatrical production, this book examines all aspects of Roman performance practice, and provides fresh insights on the comedies of Plautus and Terence. Following an introductory chapter on the experience of Roman comedy from the perspective of Roman actors and the Roman audience, addressing among other things the economic concerns of putting on a play in the Roman republic, subsequent chapters provide detailed studies of troupe size and the implications for role assignment, masks, stage action, music, and improvisation in the plays of Plautus and Terence.

Happenings and Other Acts (Kindle Edition)  by Mariellen R. Sandford (Author)

The works of art and performance known as Happenings have often been considered to be the key to an understanding of the late twentieth-century avant-garde. Happenings and Other Acts discusses what "Happenings" were, who made them and why, and the relationship they have to their origins in Dadaism and their antecedents in performance art. Articles, statements, interviews and essays by and about some of the most influential avant-garde artists and performers--Allan Kaprow, John Cage, Claes Oldenburg, Ann Halprin and George Maciunas--are presented here for the first time since they were originally published.

Scenic Art for the Theatre, Second Edition: History, Tools, and Techniques (Kindle Edition)  by Susan Crabtree (Author)

Scenic Art for the Theatre is by far the best painting book on the market. Susan Crabtree is a fabulous painter with years of experience, and also a GREAT teacher.

Houdini on the Secrets of Magic (Kindle Edition)  by Harry Houdini (Author)

"For those people that want to know how it's done". A very rare and exciting book by the worlds greatest magician - Escape artist Harry Houdini. Houdiini spent his life in studying magic. while he traveled around the world as a performer he was also watching and collecting magic tricks and illusions from many different cultures.