Sunday, January 12, 2025

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Arts & Entertainment 2025-01-13

Shari Franke - The House of My Mother: Shari Franke artwork The House of My Mother: Shari Franke
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Shari Franke
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: January 10, 2025
Publisher: Jeremy Kosay
Seller: Jeremy Kosay

#The House of My Mother From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing. Shari Franke’s childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother, Ruby Franke, enforced a severe moral code while maintaining a façade of a picture-perfect family for their wildly popular YouTube channel 8 Passengers, which documented the day-to-day life of raising six children for a staggering 2.5 million subscribers. But a darker truth lurked beneath the surface—Ruby’s wholesome online persona masked a more tyrannical parenting style than anyone could have imagined. As the family’s YouTube notoriety grew, so too did Ruby’s delusions of righteousness. Fueled by the sadistic influence of relationship coach Jodi Hildebrandt, together they implemented an inhumane and merciless disciplinary regime. Ruby and Jodi were arrested in Utah in 2023 on multiple charges of aggravated child abuse. On that fateful day, Shari shared a photo online of a police car outside their home. Her caption had one word: “Finally.” For the first time, Shari will reveal the disturbing truth behind 8 Passengers and her family’s devastating involvement with Jodi Hildebrandt’s cultish life coaching program, “ConneXions.” No stone is left unturned as Shari exposes the perils of influencer culture and shares for the first time her battle for truth and survival in the face of her mother’s cruelty.



Edward Hollis - The Secret Lives of Buildings artwork The Secret Lives of Buildings
From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
Edward Hollis
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: November 10, 2009
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents. Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters. In an inspired refashioning of architectural history, Edward Hollis recounts more than a dozen stories of such metamorphosis, highlighting the way in which even the most familiar structures all change over time into "something rich and strange." The Parthenon, that epitome of a ruined temple, was for centuries a working church and then a mosque; the cathedral of Notre Dame was "restored" to a design that none of its original makers would have recognized. Remains of the Berlin Wall, meanwhile, which was once gleefully smashed and bulldozed, are now treated as precious relics. With The Secret Lives of Buildings , Edward Hollis recounts the most enthralling of these metamorphoses and shows how buildings have come to embody the history of Western culture. “Hollis exposes the surprisingly motley histories of some of the world’s great landmarks . . . The chapter on the Parthenon actually brought me to tears.” —Jenna Russell,  The Boston Globe “What a happy tingle of discovery to come across a book that differs sharply from all the others in its field! . . . Hollis thinks with such originality and writes with such flair that he is a pleasure to read.” —Stanley Abercrombie,  The American Scholar  



The House of My Mother - The House of My Mother A Daughter's Quest for Freedom - Shari Franke artwork The House of My Mother A Daughter's Quest for Freedom - Shari Franke
The House of My Mother
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: January 11, 2025
Publisher: MATHEW CLEMENTS
Seller: MATHEW CLEMENTS

From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing. Shari Franke’s childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother, Ruby Franke, enforced a severe moral code while maintaining a façade of a picture-perfect family for their wildly popular YouTube channel 8 Passengers, which documented the day-to-day life of raising six children for a staggering 2.5 million subscribers. But a darker truth lurked beneath the surface—Ruby’s wholesome online persona masked a more tyrannical parenting style than anyone could have imagined. As the family’s YouTube notoriety grew, so too did Ruby’s delusions of righteousness. Fueled by the sadistic influence of relationship coach Jodi Hildebrandt, together they implemented an inhumane and merciless disciplinary regime. Ruby and Jodi were arrested in Utah in 2023 on multiple charges of aggravated child abuse. On that fateful day, Shari shared a photo online of a police car outside their home. Her caption had one word: “Finally.” For the first time, Shari will reveal the disturbing truth behind 8 Passengers and her family’s devastating involvement with Jodi Hildebrandt’s cultish life coaching program, “ConneXions.” No stone is left unturned as Shari exposes the perils of influencer culture and shares for the first time her battle for truth and survival in the face of her mother’s cruelty. #The House of My Mother #Shari Franke



Chelsea Ward - Your Year in Art artwork Your Year in Art
A Project for Each Week of the Year
Chelsea Ward
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: November 27, 2018
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

Overflowing with drawing prompts and tips, Your Year in Art will invigorate beginning and practicing artists as they build skills, gain confidence, and overcome artistic anxiety with fun, creative prompts for every week of the year.  Leave your artistic anxiety behind with 52 weeks of hearty inspiration. Your Year in Art is a must-have guide to rouse your creative side. Designed for aspiring, beginning, and practicing artists looking to hone their skills,  Your Year in Art is packed with unique projects and encouraging instruction . The mission of Your Year in Art is to sharpen your art skills and quiet your inner critic by showing you how to draw habitually and spontaneously. As you build your craft, techniques, and confidence, this guide encourages you to create in a way that celebrates your individuality. Fifty-two clever drawing prompts, along with tips and tricks , from expert illustrator Chelsea Ward will get your creative juices flowing. Weekly challenges include making a “self-portrait” by sketching things that describe you; practicing mark-making techniques like cross-hatching and stippling; filling a sketchbook page with drawings on a theme, like potted plants or fire hydrants; and adding water to ink drawings to practice wash techniques. Join fellow artists in an exciting yearlong journey of developing creative habits and discovering new ways to express yourself.



Beneath a Scarlet Sky A Novel of World War II - How One Man’s Courage and Determination Shaped the Course of History in a Time of Peril artwork How One Man’s Courage and Determination Shaped the Course of History in a Time of Peril
Beneath a Scarlet Sky A Novel of World War II
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: January 02, 2025
Publisher: Patricia Autran
Seller: Frederick Hall

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior. In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders. Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share. Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love. #Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel #Beneath a Scarlet Sky: Mark Sullivan #All the Glimmering Stars



Cliff Cardinal - William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling artwork William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling
Cliff Cardinal
Genre: Theatre
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: December 13, 2022
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
Seller: eBOUND Canada

First produced by Crow’s Theatre, Toronto, in September 2021Ben McNally Books staff pick, June 2023



James Crawford - Fallen Glory artwork Fallen Glory
The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings
James Crawford
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: March 07, 2017
Publisher: Picador
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

“A narrative that spans seven millennia, five continents and even reaches into cyberspace. . . . I savored each page.” —Henry Petroski, Wall Street Journal In Fallen Glory , James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world’s most fascinating lost and ruined buildings, from the dawn of civilization to the cyber era. The lives of these iconic structures are packed with drama and intrigue, featuring war and religion, politics and art, love and betrayal, catastrophe and hope. They provide the stage for a startling array of characters, including Gilgamesh, the Cretan Minotaur, Agamemnon, Nefertiti, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, Adolf Hitler, and even Bruce Springsteen. The twenty-one structures Crawford focuses on include The Tower of Babel, The Temple of Jerusalem, The Library of Alexandria, The Bastille, Kowloon Walled City, the Berlin Wall, and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Ranging from the deserts of Iraq, the banks of the Nile and the cloud forests of Peru, to the great cities of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, London and New York, Fallen Glory is a unique guide to a world of vanished architecture. And, by picking through the fragments of our past, it asks what history’s scattered ruins can tell us about our own future. “Witty and memorable . . . moving as well as myth-busting.” — Times Literary Supplement (UK) “[An] elegant, charged book . . . A well-written prize for students of history, archaeology, and urban planning.” — Kirkus Reviews , starred review “Astute, entertaining, and affecting.” — Booklist “A lovely, wise book.” —Alexander McCall Smith, New Statesman (UK) “A cabinet of curiosities, a book of wonders with unexpected excursions and jubilant and haunting marginalia.” — Spectator (UK)



William Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet The Graphic Novel - Quick Text artwork Romeo & Juliet The Graphic Novel - Quick Text
William Shakespeare
Genre: Theatre
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 22, 2014
Publisher: Classical Comics
Seller: GARY BRYANT

Shakespeare's entire play in quick modern British English. The dialogue is reduced to as few words as possible while keeping the essence of the story. Coupled with stunning artwork, this iPad edition is a must-have for anyone wanting to understand Shakespeare quickly. The fair city of Verona is troubled by two feuding families: the Montagues and the Capulets. Their hatred for each other runs deep and they regularly disturb the streets with their fighting; so when Romeo Montague meets and falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, it can only lead to a desperately tragic end.  Shakespeare’s wonderful play is as relevant today as it was when it was written, over 400 years ago. -The full play with reduced dialogue for a fast-paced read. -162 pages. -Full colour graphic novel format. -British English edition. -Includes dramatis personae. -Culturally significant ebook for home, schools and libraries. -Optimised for iPad devices.



Noble publishing - Atomic Habits by James Clear artwork Atomic Habits by James Clear
Noble publishing
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: March 13, 2024
Publisher: Noble Publishing
Seller: sheriffudeen Sulaimon

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, listeners will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy) Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower Design your environment to make success easier Get back on track when you fall off course And much more Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits - whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.



Molière - Les précieuses ridicules artwork Les précieuses ridicules
Molière
Genre: Theatre
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: October 15, 2015
Publisher: ELit
Seller: ARKANE

eLit, une collection d'ouvrages numériques pour rendre accessible les grands classiques du livre tout en offrant une véritable qualité professionnelle de mise en page respectant tous les standards internationaux. Plongez dans les grands classiques de la littérature, de la philosophie, du théâtre et de la poésie ! Découvrez ou redécouvrez les grands auteurs.  eLit – au service des lecteurs, pour que lire soit facile, accessible et confortable.



Liz Pelly - Mood Machine artwork Mood Machine
The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
Liz Pelly
Genre: Music
Price: $20.99
Publish Date: January 07, 2025
Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today’s highly consolidated record business, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed. Building on her years of wide-ranging reporting on streaming, music journalist Liz Pelly details the consequences of the Spotify model by examining both sides of what the company calls its two-sided marketplace: the listeners who pay with their dollars and data, and the musicians who provide the material powering it all. The music business is notoriously opaque, but here Pelly lifts the veil on major stories like streaming services filling popular playlists with low-cost stock music and the rise of new payola-like practices. For all of the inequities exacerbated by streaming, Pelly also finds hope in chronicling the artist-led fight for better models, pointing toward what must be done collectively to revalue music and create sustainable systems. A timely exploration of a company that has become synonymous with music, Mood Machine will change the way you think about and listen to music.



Various Authors - Yacht Rock artwork Yacht Rock
Various Authors
Genre: Music
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: April 01, 2017
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

32 smooth and mellow songs arranged for piano, voice and guitar, including: Baby Come Back * Come Sail Away * Doctor, My Eyes * Escape (The Pina Colada Song) * How Long * I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) * Peaceful Easy Feeling * Sailing * Summer Breeze * This Is It * Thunder Island * What a Fool Believes * and more.



Ins Choi - Kim's Convenience artwork Kim's Convenience
Ins Choi
Genre: Theatre
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: October 01, 2016
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
Seller: House of Anansi Press Inc.

A brand new edition of the smash-hit play, now a wildly popular CBC TV series. Mr. Kim is a first-generation Korean immigrant and the proud owner of Kim’s Convenience, a variety store located in the heart of downtown Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood quickly gentrifies, Mr. Kim is offered a generous sum of money to sell — enough to allow him and his wife to finally retire. But Kim’s Convenience is more than just his livelihood — it is his legacy. As Mr. Kim tries desperately, and hilariously, to convince his daughter Janet, a budding photographer, to take over the store, his wife sneaks out to meet their estranged son Jung, who has not seen or spoken to his father in sixteen years and who has now become a father himself. Wholly original, hysterically funny, and deeply moving, Kim’s Convenience tells the story of one Korean family struggling to face the future amidst the bitter memories of their past.



Daniel John Stine - Residential Design Using Autodesk Revit 2024 artwork Residential Design Using Autodesk Revit 2024
Daniel John Stine
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $39.99
Publish Date: June 26, 2023
Publisher: SDC Publications
Seller: SDC Publications, Inc.

• Starts at an introductory level • Project based tutorials design a house from start to finish • Helps you prepare for the Autodesk Revit Architecture Certification Exam Residential Design Using Autodesk Revit 2024 is designed for users completely new to Autodesk Revit. This text takes a project based approach to learning Autodesk Revit’s architectural tools in which you develop a single family residence all the way to photorealistic renderings like the one on the cover. The lessons begin with a basic introduction to Autodesk Revit 2024. The first four chapters are intended to get you familiar with the user interface and many of the common menus and tools. Throughout the rest of the book a residential building is created and most of Autodesk Revit’s tools and features are covered in greater detail. Using step-by-step tutorial lessons, the residential project is followed through to create elevations, sections, floor plans, renderings, construction sets, etc. Table of Contents 1.   Getting Started with Autodesk Revit 2024 2.   Lake Cabin: Floor Plan 3.   Overview of Linework and Modify Tools 4.   Drawing 2D Architectural Objects 5.   Floor Plan (First Floor) 6.   Floor Plans (Second Floor and Basement Plans) 7.   Annotation 8.   Roof 9.   Floor Systems and Reflected Ceiling Plans 10. Elevations 11. Sections 12. Interior Design 13. Schedules 14. Site Tools & Photo-Realistic Rendering 15. Construction Documents Set       Index



Maria Prammaggiore & Tom Wallis - Film Fourth Edition artwork Film Fourth Edition
A Critical Introduction
Maria Prammaggiore & Tom Wallis
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: January 13, 2020
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Updated and expanded for a new edition, this is the perfect starter text for students of film studies. Packed full of visual examples from all periods of film history up to the present, Film:A Critical Introduction illustrates film concepts in context and in depth, addressing techniques and terminology used in film production and criticism, and emphasising thinking and writing critically and effectively. With reference to 450 new and existing images, the authors discuss contemporary films and film studies scholarship, as well as recent developments in film production and exhibition, such as digital technologies and new modes of screen media. New features in the fourth edition: Expanded discussion of changing cultural and political contexts for film and media industries, including #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #OscarsSoWhite Updated examples drawing from both contemporary and classic films in every chapter highlight that film studies is a vibrant and growing field New closing chapter expands the book's theoretical framework, linking foundational concepts in cinema studies to innovative new scholarship in media and screen studies Thoroughly revised and updated discussions of auteur theory, the long-take aesthetic, ideology in the superhero film and more



Elijah Wald - Dylan Goes Electric! artwork Dylan Goes Electric!
Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties
Elijah Wald
Genre: Music
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: July 14, 2015
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. One of the music world’s pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan “went electric” at the Newport Folk Festival. On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone. The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing, and scattered cheers. It was the shot heard round the world—Dylan’s declaration of musical independence, the end of the folk revival, and the birth of rock as the voice of a generation—and one of the defining moments in twentieth-century music. In Dylan Goes Electric!, Elijah Wald explores the cultural, political and historical context of this seminal event that embodies the transformative decade that was the sixties. Wald delves deep into the folk revival, the rise of rock, and the tensions between traditional and groundbreaking music to provide new insights into Dylan’s artistic evolution, his special affinity to blues, his complex relationship to the folk establishment and his sometime mentor Pete Seeger, and the ways he reshaped popular music forever. Breaking new ground on a story we think we know, Dylan Goes Electric! is a thoughtful, sharp appraisal of the controversial event at Newport and a nuanced, provocative, analysis of why it matters. “In this tour de force, Elijah Wald complicates the stick-figure myth of generational succession at Newport by doing justice to what he rightly calls Bob Dylan’s ‘declaration of independence’ . . . This is one of the very best accounts I’ve read of musicians fighting for their honor.” — Todd Gitlin, author of The Sixties and Occupy Nation



Федор Михайлович Достоевский - Братья Карамазовы artwork Братья Карамазовы
Федор Михайлович Достоевский
Genre: Theatre
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: December 15, 2014
Publisher: Alexander BELOV
Seller: Alexander BELOV

«Братья Карамазовы» — последний роман Ф. М. Достоевского, который автор писал два года. Роман был напечатан частями в журнале «Русский вестник». Достоевский задумывал роман как первую часть эпического романа «История Великого грешника». Роман был окончен в ноябре 1880 года. Писатель умер через четыре месяца после публикации. Действие романа происходит в небольшом русском городе Скотопригоньевске (за основу Достоевский взял Старую Руссу). Фёдор Павлович Карамазов, 55-летний прожига, женился на богатой женщине, Аделаиде Ивановне Миусовой, и стал распоряжаться её состоянием. В конечном счёте жена уехала от него в Петербург, оставив отцу совсем малолетнего сына — Дмитрия. Не успев распорядиться своим состоянием, она умерла в Петербурге, и Фёдор Павлович получил возможность распоряжаться всем капиталом покойной. Он благополучно забыл о сыне, предаваясь спекуляциям и оргиям различного рода... Приятного Вам чтения!



Nancy Faber & Randall Faber - Piano Adventures  - Primer Level Lesson Book artwork Piano Adventures - Primer Level Lesson Book
Nancy Faber & Randall Faber
Genre: Music
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1996
Publisher: Faber Piano Adventures
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

The 2nd Edition Primer Lesson Book introduces the keyboard, note values, and the grand staff. Students play in C 5-finger scale patterns, develop recognition of steps and skips, and learn letter names independent of finger number. Musicianship is built through the use of dynamics and coloristic experimentation with the pedal. The book is organized into units which represent the major concepts and skills. As new units are introduced, earlier concepts and skills are constantly reviewed.



Steven Ascher & Edward Pincus - The Filmmaker's Handbook artwork The Filmmaker's Handbook
A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age: Fifth Edition
Steven Ascher & Edward Pincus
Genre: Movie
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: November 27, 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The authoritative guide to producing, directing, shooting, editing, and distributing your video or film. Whether you aspire to be a great filmmaker yourself or are looking for movie gifts, this comprehensive guide to filmmaking is the first step in turning a hobby into a career. Widely acknowledged as the “bible” of video and film production, and used in courses around the world, The Filmmaker’s Handbook is now updated with the latest advances in HD and digital formats. For students and teachers, professionals and novices, this indispensable handbook covers all aspects of movie making. • Techniques for making dramatic features, documentaries, corporate, broadcast, and experimental videos and films •  Shooting with DSLRs, video, film, and digital cinema cameras •  In-depth coverage of lenses, lighting, sound recording, editing, and mixing •  Understanding HDR, RAW, Log, 4K, UHD, and other formats •  The business aspects of funding and producing your project •  Getting your movie shown in theaters, on television, streaming services, and online



Quentin Tarantino - Cinema Speculation artwork Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino
Genre: Movie
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: November 01, 2022
Publisher: Harper
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

Instant New York Times bestseller The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino. In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans—and all movie lovers—could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT’s and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever. 



Michel Rochon - Le cerveau et la musique artwork Le cerveau et la musique
Michel Rochon
Genre: Music
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 26, 2018
Publisher: Éditions MultiMondes
Seller: De Marque, Inc.

Un son, une note, une mélodie et voilà… le cerveau en effervescence. Mais pourquoi certains airs arrivent-ils à nous tirer des larmes, à nous donner la chair de poule, à nous enthousiasmer ou à nous faire danser ? Pourquoi sommes-nous touchés par les symphonies de Beethoven, par les performances vocales de Céline Dion, par les reels endiablés de Ti-Jean Carignan ou encore par les concerts d’Arcade Fire ? Bien sûr, tout commence par l’oreille. Les ondes sonores produites par un piano, une flûte ou un violon s’y engouffrent et sont transformées en influx nerveux pour rejoindre diverses régions du cerveau. Journaliste scientifique aguerri, Michel Rochon nous entraîne dans une exploration fascinante du cerveau musical. Il nous révèle les plus récentes découvertes en intelligence artificielle, en neuropsychologie, en linguistique et même en mathématiques qui nous font comprendre autrement les harmonies sonores. Nous ne sommes d’ailleurs pas au bout de nos surprises, car les chercheurs cernent de mieux en mieux les bienfaits cliniques et thérapeutiques de la musique. En fermant ce livre, vous ne pourrez plus entendre du rock, du jazz, du classique, de l’opéra, du traditionnel, du rap ou de la techno de la même manière. Et il n’y a aucun doute : c’est la musique qui nous a rendus plus humains.



LCMS - Lutheran Service Book artwork Lutheran Service Book
Pew Edition
LCMS
Genre: Music
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: March 20, 2015
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
Seller: Concordia Publishing House

Lutheran Service Book  is a hymnal with a rich compilation of Christ-centered services, psalms, hymns, and prayers to nourish the faithful week after week for generations to come. It builds on the riches of the liturgical and hymnic heritage that we, as Lutherans, have received from past generations. It proclaims the Good News of forgiveness, life, and salvation, celebrates Christ and all His benefits, and gives voice to the people’s thanksgiving and praise.   This ebook edition of LSB provides all of the contents of the printed Pew Edition with the convenience of your tablet or ebook reader. The ebook edition provides links to each hymn in the table of contents and indexes, as well as links back to the table of contents from each hymn for easy navigation. The lectionaries provide internet links for each Bible reference. This edition includes all of the printed music found in the Pew Edition as graphics.   Content includes: ·    Five Divine Services ·    Morning Prayer ·    Evening Prayer ·    Matins ·    Vespers ·    Family devotions ·    Luther’s Small Catechism ·    150 psalms ·    636 hymns, songs, and canticles



Ntozake Shange - For Colored Girls Who Have Considered suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf artwork For Colored Girls Who Have Considered suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Ntozake Shange
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: November 02, 2010
Publisher: Scribner
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award–winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange’s words reveal what it meant to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975, when it was praised by The New Yorker for “encom­passing . . . every feeling and experience a woman has ever had,” for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.



I. Weiss - S'initier au Tarot de Marseille artwork S'initier au Tarot de Marseille
I. Weiss
Genre: Games
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: February 08, 2012
Publisher: Larousse
Seller: Hachette Livre

Les 22 arcanes majeurs expliqués et toutes les associations de carte décryptées pour apprendre à interpréter un tirage. Avec des exemples de tirages faciles à réaliser et des informations sur l'univers fascinant du tarot.



Wassily Kandinsky - Delphi Collected Works of Wassily Kandinsky artwork Delphi Collected Works of Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: March 13, 2015
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Seller: DELPHI CLASSICS

Wassily Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist, now celebrated as one of the pioneers of pure abstraction in modern painting. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Kandinsky’s collected works in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * A comprehensive range of Kandinsky’s works over his whole career — over 300 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Kandinsky’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in stunning colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the paintings you want to view * Includes Kandinsky's celebrated treatise CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART * Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights ODESSA PORT PORTRAIT OF GABRIELE MÜNTER THE BLUE RIDER COUPLE RIDING CEMETERY AND VICARAGE IN KOCHEL MURNAU-VIEW WITH RAILWAY AND CASTLE PICTURE WITH ARCHER LYRICAL IMPROVISATION 26 SMALL PLEASURES BLACK STROKES I MOSCOW I RED OVAL STOREYS COMPOSITION VIII YELLOW-RED-BLUE SEVERAL CIRCLES COLOURFUL ENSEMBLE SKY BLUE TEMPERED ELAN The Paintings CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS The Treatise CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles