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In Battle of the Skyscrapers, we take you through the evolution of humanity's tallest architectural wonders. Crossing oceans and spanning the years since the first skyscraper, this book clues you in on how different eras and cities have aimed for the sky over the decades, observing the shifts in culture, economy, wealth, power, and technology that have driven humanity's race to go even higher.

볼프강 아마데우스 모차르트는 세상에서 제일 유명한 작곡가 중 하나죠. 세 살 때 벌써 하프시코드와 바이올린 연주를 할 수 있었답니다. 네 살 때는 이미 자기자신의 음악을 작곡할 수 있었고요. 너무 어려서 아버지가 대신 악보를 적어주어야 하긴 했지만요.

¿Eres un verdadero amante de la música? ¿Te consideras un experto en ritmos, géneros y compositores? Este libro pone a prueba tu pasión y conocimiento con una serie de preguntas, curiosidades y desafíos diseñados para evaluar cuánto sabes realmente sobre el fascinante mundo de la música. Perfecto para aficionados, músicos y cualquiera que disfrute de la música en todas sus formas, este libro es tanto un test como una herramienta de aprendizaje. ¡Descubre hasta dónde llegan tus conocimientos y conviértete en un verdadero conocedor del arte musical!

In 180 easily cross-referenced selections, Master Acting Teacher Peter Frisch embraces the notion that the joy of acting is in the specific work of transformation through imagination and belief. His innovative techniques are complemented by pragmatic answers about auditioning, camera work, casting, training, comedy, etc.

Discover the raucous, sensual, and incredibly funny world of "Dirty Jokes for Adults Only, " the most recent compilation from the well-known comic Samuel Cohen. Any gathering is sure to benefit from the carefully chosen collection of adult-only jokes, which will offer a dash of humour and a sprinkling of mischief. Listeners will find themselves laughing and blushing, guided by Cohen's sharp and sometimes hilarious writing.

Flyting 101: Poetic Justice is a lively and engaging guide to the ancient art of flyting—verbal duels of wit, rhyme, and humor. Blending history, technique, and modern applications, this book takes listeners on a journey from the mead halls of the Norse gods to today’s rap battles and comedy roasts.

It's the late 1970s and 20-something Christopher Fowler is a film freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas. He longs to be a famous screenwriter and put his dreams on the big screen. And so he heads for Wardour Street, Britain's equivalent of Hollywood. But he's made a spectacular mistake, arriving just as the nation's filmmakers are falling to their knees, brought low by the arrival of video and the destruction of the old movie palaces.

After Baz Luhrmann’s movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley’s music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King​, author Preston Lauterbach answers these questions definitively, based on new research and extensive, previously unpublished interviews with the artists who blazed the way and the people who knew them.

Poetry with attitude. Some might find it rude. Insights of a life well lived. Poems that speak about contemporary culture. Poems that challenge conventional views on protests, social justice and social change.

Between 1936 and 1963, Judy Garland performed in thirty-three major motion pictures. That period marked a sea change in American history in which the United States was transformed from a sovereign nation in relative isolation in the Western hemisphere to a superpower on the world stage. As the cinema was changing dramatically during that quarter of a century, Garland was successfully adapting her performing style to new conventions.

Sigmar Solbach lässt Sie teilhaben an seinem aufregenden Leben. An einer schweren Kindheit und Jugend mit lebensbedrohlicher Krankheit, an beruflichen Erfolgen, aber auch an bitteren Niederlagen bis hin zu gescheiterten Beziehungen. Er erzählt von außergewöhnlichen Abenteuern zu Wasser und zu Land, von seiner spirituellen Suche und schließlich von dem großen Glück, der Frau begegnet zu sein, mit der er bis heute sein Leben teilt. Gewidmet hat der Schauspieler sein Buch den vielen Menschen, die ihm über mehr als fünf Jahrzehnte die Treue gehalten haben.