Hirshenson and Jenkins got their start casting for Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios. When the studio went bust, they opened their own office, the Casting Company, and their book reminisces about the many films they've cast, including Harry Potter and A Beautiful Mind; the actors they've discovered, such as Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johansson; and some of the A-list directors, like Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, who hired them. Given the authors' credentials (they have been casting partners since 1981), consider the advice they offer blue-chip. They cover everything from how to handle a call-back to telling actors to send head shots "that actually look like you." Most important, never take anything personally. A great audition doesn't always translate into a role: there are many factors that determine the final decision, such as chemistry, preference and competition. These veteran insiders have a passion for casting major motion pictures, and they use meetings with famous people to il

Breaking up is hard to do - and when a relationship turnssour, nothing provides more comfort than the cheesy pop hits of the'70s and '80s. Just as Quirk's I Can't Fight This Feeling was ananthology of classic love poetry, You Give Love a Bad Name featurespoetic writings on breaking up - and moving on - from The Bee Gees,Michael Bolton, Pat Benatar, Hall and Oates, and many others.Packaged in an elegant hardcover volume with a deluxe ribbonmarker, it's the perfect gift for anyone seeking to mend a brokenheart. Includes these timeless classics: - Is She Really Going Out with Him? - Joe Jackson - She's Gone - Hall and Oates - Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul - Alone - Heart - Goodbye to You - Scandal

You won t find poems by Emily Dickinson or Robert Browning inthis anthology but you will find heartfelt verse from suchluminaries as Olivia Newton-John, REO Speedwagon, Axl Rose, BarryWhite, The Partridge Family, and many others. I Can t Fight ThisFeeling showcases their most passionate lyrics in an eleganthardcover volume, with classy paper stock and a deluxe ribbonmarker. It s the perfect Valentine s Day gift for music-lovers anda literary heirloom that your family will cherish for generations.Includes these timeless classics: Hot Stuff Donna Sumer The Lady inRed Chris DeBurgh I Honestly Love You Olivia Newton-John MorningTrain Sheena Easton Bad Medicine Bon Jovi and many, many more!

A basic primer for anyone without musical training who wishesto learn to read musical scores when singing or taking up aninstrument, this accessible and complete book covers classical,popular, jazz, and folk music. Well-known pieces are accompanied bya muscial dictionary, a note directory, and a guide to musicalsigns.

With tender affection, Maitena points out the obsessions of today’s women. Hilarious. Her stories remind us of Woody Allen’s little tragedies and comedies and Bridget Jones’s subtle and sarcastic sense of humor.

《中国美术院校教材：潘思同水彩画直观教材选》所介绍的是潘思同20世纪五、六十年代在浙江美术学院水彩画教学中使用的部分直观教材。所谓直观教材就是上课时的图示和示范作品。由于上课的教学时间有限，不可能在课堂里做大量示范，所以在每堂课上课之前，作为备课，潘思同都要针对一、二个问题，画一些直观教材，上面配备必要的文字说明，一方面为了节省时间，另一方面也为了取得视觉效果。在直观教材中，有些图本身就是独立的作品，因此，下课后学生常常争先恐后地拿去观摩、临摹。对这些直观教材，学生反应很好，有些青年教师也常借去作为参考。当时许多同行建议让这些教材印刷出版，但由于当时彩色印刷费用高昂，会大大提高书价，而且印刷质量也大有问题，如果采用黑白图版则大大削弱教材的直观效果，因而始终未能出版面世1993年，“

With Peter Jackson's Acadamy Award-winning epic motion picture trilogy drawing to a spectacular and triumphant close, Gary Russell's detailed research takes us back into the world of Middle-earth, to relive all the visual drama and excitement of The Return of the King. The Art of The Return of the King illustrates the creative development of the film from sketch to special effect and features 600 images, most appearing nowhere else. This fully authorized book includes pencil sketches by Alan Lee and John Howe, costume designes by Ngila Dickson, magnificent full-color paintings by Jeremy Bennett, and prop designs, concepts, sculptures and digital artwork from Weta Workshop and Weta Digital. From Minas Tirith to Mount Doom, from the Army of the Dead to Shelob the monstrous spider, all the spectacular landscapes, characters and creatures are covered in stunning detail, including concepts that did not make it into the final film. To accompany this wealth of imagery, detailed and informative commentari

For the generation coming of age in the years from 1987 to1994, RIP magazine was every bit as crucial as RollingStone . Life on Planet Rock describes how LonnFriend, the editor of RIP , became the Zelig-like chroniclerof the biggest musical moments of that time—from introducing GunsN’ Roses (in nothing but a top hat, underwear, and cowboy boots) tositting in during the making of Metallica’s Black Album . Life on Planet Rock provides revealing portraits ofartists as varied as Kurt Cobain, Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper, AxlRose, James Hetfield, Steven Tyler, and many more. Part oralhistory, part candid and humorous memoir, it is a wormhole back toa fast-moving time in music that saw tastes flash from new wave tohair metal to grunge, told as only someone who was there through itall could tell it.

Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguablythe most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing inhyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouacand Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional thinking as hediscussed everything from Black Sabbath being the first trulyCatholic band to Anne Murray’s smoldering sexuality. In Mainlines,Blood Feasts, Bad Taste fellow rock critic John Morthland hascompiled a companion volume to Psychotic Reactions and CarburetorDung, the first, now classic collection of Bangs’s work. Here areexcerpts from an autobiographical piece Bangs wrote as a teenager,travel essays, and, of course, the music pieces, essays, andcriticism covering everything from titans like Miles Davis, LouReed, and the Rolling Stones to esoteric musicians like Brian Enoand Captain Beefheart. Singularly entertaining, this book is anabsolute must for anyone interested in the history of rock.

EVERYTHING YOU NEEDTO KNOWABOUTCULTIVATING CACTI IN THE HOMEDETAILED DENTIFICATION OF 150 SPECIES INCLUDING INFORMATIVE SYMBOLS OVER 180 COLORPICTURES

Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam,1944)studied architecture at the AA in London--where he went on tobecome a lecturer--and at the IAUS in New York, during PeterEisenman's time there. Koolhaas has always been connected with thetheory of architecture, as lecturer at the innovative AA, as aspeaker, and with his published work: Delirious New York, aretrospective manifesto for Manhattan (1978) and the recent S, M,L, XL (1995). In 1972 Koolhaas set up the OMA (Office forMetropolitan Architecture), whose name clearly expresses theplanning intentions of the team, comprising Koolhaas, Elia and ZoeZenghelis, and Madelon Vriessendorp.

在艾利斯的请求之下，艾一行人前往艾利斯与蒂伊的故乡——欧斯提亚。那里是一个封闭的空间，无止尽地重复着十四年前的那一年。他们试图解开时间循环的怪圈，后来得知这个怪圈与一名学生的死有关。艾锲而不舍地追寻真相，没想到那名死去的学生竟然是……艾利斯渴望“外界”，艾与他有着同样的目标。而蒂伊尽管一直追随艾利斯的脚步，最后仍与他诀别——

British embroiderer Blackburn has taught creative embroideryfor many years and especially enjoys working with beginningstudents of the art. This book distills the content of her classesand is an ideal textbook for the aspiring embroiderer workingalone. Beginning with a chapter on simple stitches, she moves to"pure embroidery," which she defines as "the execution of neatstitching for the sake of the stitch, without the interruption ofadded fabrics or other techniques." Successive chapters coverJacobean embroidery (crewel work), cut work, shadow work, quilting,texture and manipulation, design and presentation, design sources,and free-machine embroidery. Especially interesting are thechapters on painting fabric and on using gardens as inspiration fordesigning original pieces. Ideas for learning projects abound andare illustrated most effectively in full-color photographs. Highlyrecommended for large public library and academic textilecollections. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

John M. Gottman ha revolucionado el estudio del matrimonioutilizando procesos rigurosamente científicos para la observaciónde los hábitos de las parejas a través de muchos a?os en un detallesin precedentes. Aquí está la culminación de una vida de trabajo:los siete principios que guían a las parejas en el camino haciarelaciones duraderas y armoniosas. Directo en su método, pero a lavez profundo en sus resultados, estos principios ense?an asombrosasnuevas estrategias para hacer que el matrimonio funcione. Gottmanayuda a las parejas a concentrarse el uno en el otro, a prestaratención al día a día y a los peque?os detalles que, puestosjuntos, forman el corazón y el alma de cualquier relación.Acompa?ado de ejercicios y cuestionarios prácticos Los sieteprincipios para hacer que el matrimonio funcione es la guíadefinitiva para cualquiera que quiera que su relación alcance sumáximo potencial.

The most spectacular building raised in Hanover in the last fewyears, the new headquarters of the Norddeutsche Landesbank standsas a landmark high-rise, gleaming with transparence, courageousconstruction, and an innovative energy concept--a pioneer amongGerman office complexes. Designed by the internationally renownedStuttgart-based firm of Behnisch, Behnisch Partner, thestructure provides an attractive workplace for the bank's 1,500employees, while simultaneously infusing the city space with newimpulses, a pleasant public inner courtyard, and an attractiveannex housing shops and restaurants. This publication presents thecomplex in all its aspects, from the initial design competition tothe building phase to completion.

The Editors of |LIFE America's favorite picture magazine,published a complete retrospective, organized chronologically andfilled with more than 150 photographs.