The Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal, Pioneer in Lighting for the Modern Stage
Focusing on the innovative realm of lighting design in modern theater, the book features insights from Jean Rosenthal, a pioneering designer. It includes detailed light plots, cue sheets, and designs specifically from notable Broadway productions like Hello, Dolly and Plaza Suite, showcasing her expertise and contribution to the art of stage lighting.
V polovici 19. storočia sú jednou z najvýznamnejších bankárskych rodín v Londýne Pilasterovci. Členovia rozvetvenej rodiny tvrdo presadzujú svoje osobné záujmy, chamtivosť a zhýralosť niektorých z nich nepozná hranice. Vzájomná nedôvera a nenávisť sa podpíše pod krach banky, ktorú zachraňuje najtalentovanejší, ale zároveň najzraniteľnejší Hugh Pilaster. Jeho otec totiž spáchal samovraždu, a to ohrozuje synovu skvelú budúcnosť. Obsiahly román nás zavedie do pánskych klubov aj nevestincov, kde si bohatá smotánka uspokojuje svoje temné túžby. Oslňujúce plesové sály a komnaty obložené mahagónom sú svedkami intríg, ktoré spriadajú manipulátori s bohatstvom sveta. Všetko sa začalo v roku 1866, keď v exkluzívnej chlapčenskej škole došlo k tragédii. Pri záhadnom nešťastí sa utopil mladý človek a jeho smrť poznačila osudy Follettových hrdinov na celé desaťročia. Rovnako ako Piliere zeme, aj Piliere moci sú vzrušujúcim príbehom plným politických a ľúbostných intríg, nechýba ani chladnokrvná vražda a finančná kríza. Ďalšia historická kniha z pera Kena Folletta, od ktorej sa nebudete vedieť odtrhnúť.
Tired and fed up, tycoon Simon Shaw seeks refuge in Provence, where he encounters a pretty Frenchwoman who lures him into purchasing a little hotel that proves far more troublesome than quaint. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
'Hanif Kureishi's literary memoir explores his relationship with his father, a failed writer. Kurieshi is, of course, hugely successful...' Esquire'This is an ambitious book. Kureshi - free-associating with what feels like unmitigated honesty - successfully conveys the impression that in this book he has actually given us himself.' Sunday Times'Deeply involving, highly intelligent and, in what it doesn't say rather than what it does, profoundly sad.' Evening Standard'I don't think he has done anything as good, in any medium, as this moving and fiercely honest book.' Guardian
In February 1941 British Command surrendered to the Nazis. Churchill has been executed, the King is in the Tower and the SS are in Whitehallâe¦ For nine months Britain has been occupied - a blitzed, depressed and dingy country. However, itâe(tm)s âe~business as usualâe(tm) at Scotland Yard run by the SS when Detective Inspector Archer is assigned to a routine murder case. Life must go on. But when SS Standartenfuhrer Huth arrives from Berlin with orders from the great Himmler himself to supervise the investigation, the resourceful Archer finds himself caught up in a high level, all action, espionage battle. This is a spy story quite different from any other. Only Deighton, with his flair for historical research and his narrative genius, could have written it.
It's no secret that Peter Mayle (author of A Year in Provence ) loves Provence, so it's no surprise that Mayle's new novel is set that area: it takes place in Saint Martin and in Monaco. Bennett is an Englishman scraping together his last few francs, desperate to stay in France. He places an ad promising "anything considered," a wealthy truffle entrepreneur hires him for slightly illicit work, and the plot is off--a combination of a thriller, romance, and page turner. And through it all emanates the whiff of lavender, the curve of country hills, the bubble of champagne, and the sounds and tastes of Provence.
Le Carré's hero is Aldo Cassidy, "the nav̐e and sentimental lover," a tycoon caught frantically between two astonishing loves. Trapped with him are Shamus, a wild artist who carouses by day or night, and Helen, the artist's nakedly alluring wife. Who will wind up with whom is only one of the mysteries in a world founded upon spontaneity and feeling
