Download or read book Drop Dead written by Hillary Miller and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2017 American Theater and Drama Society John W. Frick Book Award Winner, 2017 ASTR Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theater History Hillary Miller’s Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York offers a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of how the city’s financial crisis shaped theater and performance practices in this turbulent decade and beyond. New York City’s performing arts community suffered greatly from a severe reduction in grants in the mid-1970s. A scholar and playwright, Miller skillfully synthesizes economics, urban planning, tourism, and immigration to create a map of the interconnected urban landscape and to contextualize the struggle for resources. She reviews how numerous theater professionals, including Ellen Stewart of La MaMa E.T.C. and Julie Bovasso, Vinnette Carroll, and Joseph Papp of The Public Theater, developed innovative responses to survive the crisis. Combining theater history and close readings of productions, each of Miller’s chapters is a case study focusing on a company, a production, or an element of New York’s theater infrastructure. Her expansive survey visits Broadway, Off-, Off-Off-, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, community theater, and other locations to bring into focus the large-scale changes wrought by the financial realignments of the day. Nuanced, multifaceted, and engaging, Miller’s lively account of the financial crisis and resulting transformation of the performing arts community offers an essential chronicle of the decade and demonstrates its importance in understanding our present moment.

Download or read book Drop Dead written by Babette Cole and published by Red Fox. This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Bald and wrinkly' Grandma and Grandad recall to their grandmother their entire lives which have been more colourful and bizarre than anyone could possibly imagine. Adventurous babies, outrageous school children, disastrous and experienced teenagers who grow up to be a stunt man film star. . . But despite the hazards they have survived, they expect one day to just drop down dead like everyone else. But their story doesn`t stop there, because once dead, they could be recylced as anything. . .

Download or read book Drop Dead Gorgeous written by Kim Erickson and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exposing the truth behind the cosmetics industry, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" reveals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified many ingredients found in modern cosmetics as hazardous.

Download or read book Dead Drop written by Marc Cameron and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times-Bestselling Author: A water park is targeted by terrorists in a novella starring “a formidable warrior readers will want to see more of” (Publishers Weekly). Every summer, thousands of families head to the nation’s largest water park, famous for its 21-story waterslide, the “Dead Drop.” This year, one visitor didn’t pack his bathing suit. He packed explosives. When the bomb goes off, dozens are instantly killed. The rest are herded into the park’s massive pool by the bomber’s accomplices. An organized team of fanatical but well-trained terrorists, they seal off the entrances, turn the waterslide into a watchtower, and train their sights on the families below. But one hostage isn’t playing along. He’s special agent Jericho Quinn. He’s on vacation with his daughter. And he’s about to turn this terrorist pool party into one righteous bloodbath… “Jericho Quinn is most definitely one of the best characters in the thriller realm.”—Suspense Magazine

Download or read book Dropped Dead Stitch written by Maggie Sefton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventh in the national bestselling Knitting mystery series. Spring has sprung for the knitters of Fort Connor, Colorado, and the House of Lambspun. But for one of Kelly Flynn's pals, things are unraveling... After Kelly's friend Jennifer is attacked by a stranger, their close- knit group of friends escapes to a ranch retreat in the mountains to stitch and talk. But they're in for a shock when the owner of the ranch turns out to be Jennifer's attacker-and he's found dead a few days later.

Download or read book Drop Dead Healthy written by A. J. Jacobs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world. Hospitalized with a freak case of tropical pneumonia, goaded by his wife telling him, “I don’t want to be a widow at forty-five,” and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as “a python that swallowed a goat,” A.J. Jacobs felt compelled to change his ways and get healthy. And he didn’t want only to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far greater: maximal health from head to toe. The task was epic. He consulted an army of experts— sleep consultants and sex clinicians, nutritionists and dermatologists. He subjected himself to dozens of different workouts—from Strollercize classes to Finger Fitness sessions, from bouldering with cavemen to a treadmill desk. And he took in a cartload of diets: raw foods, veganism, high protein, calorie restriction, extreme chewing, and dozens more. He bought gadgets and helmets, earphones and juicers. He poked and he pinched. He counted and he measured. The story of his transformation is not only brilliantly entertaining, but it just may be the healthiest book ever written. It will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your bloodstream. It will alter the contours of your brain, imprinting you with better habits of hygiene and diet. It will move you emotionally and get you moving physically in surprising ways. And it will give you occasion to reflect on the body’s many mysteries and the ultimate pursuit of health: a well-lived life.

Download or read book Drop Dead Blonde written by Nancy Martin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blondes may have more fun, but not at the hands of these mistresses of mystery... They’re beautiful blondes with style, money, and men falling at their feet. But now these perfect women are becoming perfect victims. In Drop-Dead Blonde, four of today’s top mystery authors spin four all-new tales of fair-haired sirens, secrets, and seduction.

Download or read book Famous People Who Dropped Dead written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drop dead Gorgeous written by Elizabeth Lenhard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Rachel's flair for fashion, it's easy to stand out---especially in a town as dead as hers! But when a new girl shows up at school looking tall and pale and totally tragic, suddenly Rachel's not the only one turning heads! Rachel has a plan to take Lily's style from rags to runway-ready, but she can't help noticing Lily's a little, well, odd. She won't let Rachel near her family and spaces out so much she could pass for a zombie. Could there be more to Lily's problems than terrible fashion sense?

Download or read book Dropped Dead A Jettine Jorgensen Mystery Book 2 written by S.L. Menear and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bodies are dropping in on newly-minted private detective Jett Jorgensen in Dropped Dead, a murder mystery from S.L. Menear. —Banyan Isle, Florida, Present Day— Having just opened her new Valkyrie Private Detective Agency, Jett Jorgensen is eager for new clients but doesn’t anticipate the bodies being dropped on her estate—dead men with their feet in concrete buckets. While possessing a dark secret that could kill everyone around her, Mona Wang moves in to assist Jett with her new Valkyrie Private Detective Agency. When five king cobras are found on her estate, followed by body drops, a late-night assault, and the kidnapping of Sophia the dog nanny, Jett calls in ex-SEALS. But when Jett is kidnapped, she may be the next one dropped dead. Publisher’s Note: Dropped Dead is the second in a series of suspenseful mysteries with a baffling series of crimes that lead three female sleuths to surprising discoveries and shocking resolutions. Readers who enjoy clean and wholesome entertainment with a touch of humor, romance, and paranormal will not want to miss this exciting series. “S.L. Menear knows how to write an entertaining and fun mystery. She’s definitely hit her stride with DROPPED DEAD, second in her Jettine Jorgensen series, that offers more than the usual number of victims, quirky characters, and a plot that will keep you guessing until the end. Add in attractive men and women anxious to get together, and this book will keep you smiling well past your usual bedtime.” ~Ray Flynt, author of Brad Frame mysteries “Who needs Charlie’s Angels when you can have Jettine Jorgensen and her ladies? A retired Naval Intelligence officer, Jett is busy remodeling the family estate while preparing for a new career as a private investigator. She’s gathered a group of women as beautiful as they are deadly to help her in this enterprise. And then an unexpected visitor “drops” in...a corpse with feet in a bucket of concrete tossed onto her property from a passing airplane. Worse, Jett knows the man, as well as the subsequent victims that keep falling from the sky.With non-stop action moving from South Florida to Alaska, S.L. Menear delivers an exciting mystery filled with gorgeous women, handsome men, and a killer who will stop at nothing for vengeance.S. L. Menear’s Dropped Dead is a barrel roll of a read that will keep you breathless and guessing to the end.” ~Diane A.S. Stuckart, NYT Bestselling Author The Jettine Jorgensen Mystery Series Dead Silent Dropped Dead Dead Ends

Download or read book Dew Drop Dead written by James Howe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snooping around the mysteriously abandoned Dew Drop Inn, Sebastian Barth and his best friends, David Lepinsky and Corrie Wingate, are startled to come upon what they are certain is a dead body. Sebastian is the first to put into words what they all believe: A murder has been committed. When they return with the police, however, the body is gone! "A homeless man sleeping off a drink," is the police chief's explanation. But Sebastian and his friends are not ready to believe that. They are sure the body they saw was dead, not unconscious. As the three undertake their own further investigation, more and more questions arise: Who was the man? Was he alone? And most important of all, is there a connection between the man they saw and one or more of the homeless people Corrie's father, a minister, is trying to help? The answers to the questions do not come until the three have made a number of discoveries, some of them more horrifying than they had expected. Dew Drop Dead is the fourth mystery in the Sebastian Barth series. Using rural Connecticut as a background, this tension-filled story is told with a unique blend of humor and seriousness, as it unravels a challenging puzzle and explores a difficult social problem.

Download or read book Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator written by Jennifer Allison and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilda Joyce puts her sleuthing skills and psychic savvy to work in an effort to figure out what is really going on when her mother announces her premature engagement to a man from St. Augustine, Florida, who keeps calling Mrs. Joyce by his ex-wife's name.

Download or read book Drop Dead on Recall written by Sheila Webster Boneham and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal photographer Janet McPhail becomes a suspect when an animal handler drops dead at a dog show, but when she begins to investigate the crime on her own she finds herself in danger of becoming the next victim.

Download or read book Drop Dead Fred written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman who has just split from her husband returns to her childhood home and discovers her childhood imaginary friend, Fred.

Download or read book Let s All Hold Hands and Drop Dead written by Elaine J. Cooper and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quietly step into a group therapy meeting and listen to the members and the celebrated group therapist struggle to connect in true relationship. Witness the Russian Revolution and famine through the eyes of a boy. Watch two Jewish children in East L.A. in the 50's, trying to make sense of their world. Go deep into the Social Unconscious and discover how these adventures are not only connected to each other but to YOU as well.

Download or read book Drop Dead in Red written by Livia Day and published by Tansy Rayner Roberts. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glamorous cult movie director Prue Scythe went missing at a film festival in Sydney, and was never found… until her dead body turned up on a miniature goat farm in rural Tasmania, fifteen years later. Where has she been all this time? Why was she wearing a drop dead gorgeous red evening gown when she died? Who stole her scarf? Once again, the Fashionably Late boutique is entangled with a local murder. It’s up to Sam Sullivan and her friends to investigate, to ensure the wrong person isn’t blamed for this crime of fashion. A cozy mystery featuring frocks, handsome farmers, tiny goats and freshly baked scones, from the author of A Trifle Dead, and Dyed & Buried.

Download or read book Dropped Dead written by Jonathan Ross and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: