Download or read book Arlene on the Scene written by Carol Liu and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arlene knows what it's like to be different. But in her quest to become the youngest student government officer in Greenwood Elementary history, she finally realizes the value in embracing differences.
Download or read book Arlene the Rebel Queen written by Carol Liu and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's tough to save a friendship while you're busy saving the planet
Download or read book Being Heumann written by Judith Heumann and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction "...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history."— Buzzfeed One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of us and of one woman’s activism—from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington—Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy’s struggle for equality began early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her paralysis, Judy’s actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people. As a young woman, Judy rolled her wheelchair through the doors of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in San Francisco as a leader of the Section 504 Sit-In, the longest takeover of a governmental building in US history. Working with a community of over 150 disabled activists and allies, Judy successfully pressured the Carter administration to implement protections for disabled peoples’ rights, sparking a national movement and leading to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann’s memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong.
Download or read book The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook Updated and Expanded Edition written by Ed Hooks and published by Back Stage Books. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All actors and acting teachers need The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, the invaluable guide to finding just the right piece for every audition. This remarkable book describes the characters, action, and mood for more than 1,000 scenes in over 300 plays. This unique format is ideal for acting teachers who want their students to understand each monologue in context. Using these guidelines, the actor can quickly pinpoint the perfect monologue, then find the text in the Samuel French or Dramatist Play Service edition of the play. Newly revised and expanded, the book also includes the author’s own assessment of each monologue.
Download or read book Cardwell Christmas Crime Scene Secret of Deadman s Coulee written by B.J. Daniels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author B. J. Daniels come two thrilling tales of deadly secrets and lost love in the wilds of Montana. CARDWELL CHRISTMAS CRIME SCENE DJ Justice’s world had turned upside-down. She’d believed her convict father was her only living relative. Now Walter Justice, fearing for his daughter’s safety, urges her to seek out her cousins in Montana. Calling in a decades-old debt, he also enlists Beau Tanner to protect her. Trust doesn’t come easy to DJ. But the warm, embracing family she finds at Cardwell ranch softens her suspicious nature. Still, she resents the bodyguard her dad foists on her, despite their fiery attraction…. Originally published in 2016. SECRET OF DEADMAN’S COULEE When Sheriff Carter Jackson gets the call, he embarks on an all-out search for the woman who once shared his bed—and whose memory still torments him. Finding Eve alive only intensifies his yearning. But her shocking discovery in the Missouri badlands soon thrusts her into greater peril. Eve came home to Montana to unearth her family’s secrets. The dead body she found aboard a decades-old downed plane could be a vital clue. Except someone wants to keep the truth buried. Her best hope is the sensual lawman whose betrayal she can’t forgive…even as reigniting passion tempts her to trust him one last time. Originally published in 2007.
Download or read book Broadway Musicals 1943 2004 written by John Stewart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 6404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 31, 1943, the musical Oklahoma! premiered and the modern era of the Broadway musical was born. Since that time, the theatres of Broadway have staged hundreds of musicals--some more noteworthy than others, but all in their own way a part of American theatre history. With more than 750 entries, this comprehensive reference work provides information on every musical produced on Broadway since Oklahoma's 1943 debut. Each entry begins with a brief synopsis of the show, followed by a three-part history: first, the pre-Broadway story of the show, including out-of-town try-outs and Broadway previews; next, the Broadway run itself, with dates, theatres, and cast and crew, including replacements, chorus and understudies, songs, gossip, and notes on reviews and awards; and finally, post-Broadway information with a detailed list of later notable productions, along with important reviews and awards.
Download or read book Marsha Norman written by Linda Ginter-Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of ten original (and one reprinted) essays provides an in-depth examination of one of America's foremost contemporary playwrights. Established critics as well as younger scholars examine well-known works such as Getting Out, 'night, Mother, The Laundromat, and the adaptation of The Secret Garden. Lesser known plays such as The Holdup, Sarah and Abraham, Traveler in the Dark, and Loving Daniel Boone are also discussed. This casebook includes an interview with Norman commenting on her work and her place in American theater as well as a review of 'night, Mother by drama critic Robert Brustein. The essays analyze Norman's works in comparison to the works of other playwrights and examine the mother/daughter relationships of the characters as well as Norman's sense of a woman's place within a patriarchal culture.
Download or read book The Dance Criticism of Arlene Croce written by Marc Raymond Strauss and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent dance critic Arlene Croce wrote for The New Yorker during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Through more than 200 critiques in that magazine, she confirmed a classical aesthetic framework for dance, influencing the work of numerous contemporary critics as well as the tastes of audiences. This book explores that framework and provides an interpretive analysis of the biographical, professional and historical elements that contributed to the context of Croce's work. Topics include Croce's predecessors in dance criticism, relevant twentieth-century contemporaries and the journalistic philosophy of The New Yorker. Providing 10 of Croce's essays in their entirety, the author discusses the three specific elements of artistic excellence that Croce consistently used in her evaluations: sympathetic musicality, Apollonian craftsmanship and the enlivening force of tradition. Special attention is given to the literary and rhetorical qualities of Croce's work. Finally, appendices offer a detailed subject breakdown of topics in Croce's essays, listing (by frequency of appearance) dance companies, dancers, choreographers, dance styles, ballets, and themes.
Download or read book While She Sleeps written by Arlene Hunt and published by Hachette Books Ireland. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'PAGE-TURNING GRIT LIT' LIZ NUGENT 'BRILLIANT ... I WAS RIVETED FROM FIRST PAGE TO LAST' ADRIAN MCKINTY 'A CRACKING CRIME THRILLER . . . A PAGE-TURNING TREAT' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The dream of a perfect life is shattered ... When Jody Kavanagh is discovered close to death in her home, it's hard to believe someone wanted to hurt her. Young, talented, loved - she appears to have it all. As she lies in a coma, Detective Inspector Elliot Ryan and Sergeant Nola Kane piece together a picture of her life - but the image revealed is far from perfect. Is her ex-husband really who he seems to be? Why are her mother and sister estranged? And why is her house full of cameras? Who was Jody afraid of? Haunted by guilt and in chronic pain, DI Ryan has his own demons. And Kane, who is recovering from a nasty incident where the professional and personal overlapped, needs to prove herself. From the shaky glamour of high society to the cold heart of two broken families, Ryan and Kane must work against hidden forces to restore their reputations and find who wanted to kill Jody. Before they strike again . . . 'A witty and cleverly plotted mystery' Irish Independent
Download or read book Sex and Sensibility written by Arlene Stein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-04-02 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In describing brilliantly the great complexity of sexual identity as an individual, a cultural and a political project, Arlene Stein definitively reshapes our understanding of sexuality. No one, after reading Sex and Sensibility, can think that sexual orientation is an obvious matter."—Nancy J. Chodorow, author of Femininities, Masculinities, Sexualities: Freud and Beyond "Stein does an outstanding job of relating the development of a queer sensibility in the 1990s to the foundation created by gay rights and feminist movements a generation earlier."—Ellen Lewin, author of Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture "At last a work that escapes the stultifying quagmire of the feminist 'sex wars' between social constructionism and essentialism. Arlene Stein is the Jane Austen of lesbian identity politics."—Judith Stacey, author of In the Name of the Family
Download or read book Stage Management written by Lawrence Stern and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered as the authoritative resource for stage management, this text offers students a practical manual on how to stage manage in all theater environments. Rich with practical resources — checklists, diagrams, examples, forms and step-by-step directions — Stage Management eschews excessive discussion of philosophy and gets right to the essential materials and processes of putting on a production. In addition to sharing his own expertise, Stern has gathered practical advice from working stage managers of Broadway, off-Broadway, touring companies, regional, community, and 99-seat Equity waiver theaters.
Download or read book Plot Building written by Arlene F. Marks and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Let Them Write Series is a classroom-tested, teacher-friendly resource for Language Arts teachers of grades 4 through 8. The program is organized in nine sections, each presenting a buffet of from five to nine 1- or 2-week modules. Each classroom-ready module consists of a series of comprehensive, easy-to-follow lesson plans complete with reproducible handouts and cross-curricular extensions, together creating a proven successful template for the teaching of writing and literary analysis skills. Let Them Write: Plot Building focuses on conflict, suspense and narrative structure. Students practice first-drafting, editing, polishing and sharing original scenes and stories built around these three important elements of storytelling.
Download or read book The Diva Rules written by Michelle Visage and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michelle Visage is not your average diva. Powerful, positive, and polished, this diva's not only glamorous, she's a savvy businesswoman with serious credentials who works her tail off. From her days vogueing in the downtown Manhattan clubs in the '90s to her successful career in radio and her ultimate cult status as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, Michelle has achieved her dreams and then some! In The Diva Rules, Visage shares her rules and advice for living life to the fullest and finding success no matter the hand you're dealt. With her no-nonsense style and super sassy voice, Michelle tells readers to Keep Your Shit Together
Download or read book The Funny Little Woman written by Arlene Mosel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-02-14 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Caldecott Medal-winning tale set in Old Japan, a lively little woman who loves to laugh pursues her runaway dumpling—and must outwit the wicked three-eyed oni when she lands in their clutches. “The pictures are in perfect harmony with the humorous mood of the story. . . . It’s all done with a commendable amount of taste, imagination, and style.”—School Library Journal (starred review) “A beautifully convincing tale.”—The New York Times Book Review “Using elements of traditional Japanese art, the illustrator has made marvelously imaginative pictures.”—The Horn Book “Lent’s pictures are a lively blend of finely detailed, delicate drawings and rip-roaring good humor.”—The Boston Globe “A good read-aloud with lots of suspense.”—Learning Awards: ALA Notable Children’s Book Child Study Association Book of the Year The Horn Book Fanfare
Download or read book Show and Tell written by Ken Bloom and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Frank Sinatra was nearly considered for the original production of Fiddler on the Roof? Or that Jerome Robbins never choreographed the famous "Dance at the Gym" in West Side Story? Or that Lin-Manuel Miranda called out an audience member on Twitter for texting during a performance of Hamilton (the perpetrator was Madonna)? In Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes, Broadway aficionado-in-chief Ken Bloom takes us on a spirited spin through some of the most intriguing factoids in show business, offering up an unconventional history of the theatre in all its idiosyncratic glory. From the cantankerous retorts of George Abbott to the literally show-stopping antics of Katharine Hepburn, you'll learn about the adventures and star turns of some of the Broadway's biggest personalities, and discover little-known tidbits about beloved plays and musicals from The Black Crook to Beautiful.
Download or read book Darkest Before Dawn written by Arlene Brathwaite and published by Brathwaite Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dawn was living the American dream: the perfect job, the perfect house, and the perfect husband, who convinced her that "anything's possible when you're doing the right thing". But in 2009 when a recession rocks the Nation, she no longer believes in her husband's philosophy. Her American dream soon becomes an American nightmare when she's on the verge of losing everything she worked so hard for. Dawn quickly reverts to her old philosophy: Fight for what's yours by any means necessary. For Dawn, that means becoming someone she was in the past in order to ensure that she and her husband will again have the perfect future. Some say it's darkest before dawn. They have no idea.
Download or read book Last Chance Christmas written by Hope Ramsay and published by Forever. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Last Chance captures the essence of Southern charm and quirkiness. I'm totally captivated!" --- Sherryl Woods, New York Times bestselling author Dear Reader, I've been wishing for a miracle for my oldest boy, Stone, and this Christmas my prayers might just be answered! Her name is Lark, and she's here in Last Chance, looking into her father's past-and stirring up a whole mess of trouble without meaning to. As the chief of police, Stone sure has his hands full trying to keep up with her. Ever since his wife died, Stone's put everything into raising his daughters and dodging the Christ Church Ladies' Auxiliary matchmakers. And it's clear Lark has been through some trouble and could use a place to finally call home. I only hope Stone can let go of the past soon enough to keep her . . . Goodness, I need to stop talking and finish up Jane's highlights so we can make the town tree-lighting. You come back by because the Cut 'n' Curl's got hot rollers, free coffee, fresh-baked Christmas cookies-and the best gossip in town. See you real soon, Ruby Rhodes
