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With the COVID pandemic has come the need to reinvent, to reimagine and to learn how to navigate the waters of a new landscape for most businesses - and that includes the business of acting, which is on the verge of the next great era of storytelling. Great art has always come out of challenging times and there will be - as there are now - great stories for actors and other content creators to tell from these challenges. The new normal includes new rules, new regulations and a new narrative about moving forward and thriving in this new artistic landscape.

Heath Ledger rapidly rose to fame to become one of the most acclaimed actors of our time. Although his career was brief, spanning little over 10 years, he shot up like a rising star. People still remember his innovative portrayal of the Joker and so many other roles with awe.

Dickson D. Despommier proposes a visionary yet achievable plan for creating a new, self-sustaining urban landscape. He argues that we can find solutions through the concept of biomimicry: emulating successful strategies found in nature. A better city is possible if we heed the lessons that forests and trees teach about how to store carbon, grow food, collect rainwater, and convert sunlight into energy.

Singing fun songs in the car or on the school bus can make any long trip more fun! Car Ride Carols: Fun New Songs Set to Famous Old Melodies is filled with silly new lyrics that works great when paired with tunes from nursery rhymes and Christmas carols you already know. Great for fireside singalongs, as well. Perfect for parents, teachers, camp counselors, and youth group leaders. Get ready to strum along and sing along, and make the miles on the road fly by while creating fun memories with your friends, children, or students.

Patrick Harper has always struggled with his deafness. Having been born deaf, he had to navigate a world without sound. He couldn’t hear anything if it weren’t for his hearing aids. Sometimes, silence is golden. After enduring heartache and an accident, Patrick refuses to love or drive again. His brothers think he needs to let go of the past. Eh, what do they know? They’re insane as it is. When four Harper brothers arrive at Saintwood College, expect the unexpected when Patrick encounters Rowan. What happens when someone proves to Patrick that actions speak louder than words? With the...

Now that Parker has found love and graduated from high school, he’s about to embark on another chapter along with big brother Payton when they attend college. The only thing is Payton’s searching for the happiness of his own. What happens when Payton unexpectedly meets the one girl impervious to his charms? Will he chase after love, or will he give up? As they say, let the games begin. Follow Payton on his own journey to finding love. It’s going to take some help from some extraordinary brothers.

Acting & Auditioning for the 21st Century covers acting and auditioning in relation to new media, blue- and green-screen technology, motion capture, web series, audiobook work, evolving live-streamed web series, and international acting and audio work. Listeners are given a methodology for changing artistic technology and the global acting market, with chapters covering auditions of all kinds, contracts, the impact of new technology, and issues relating to disabled actors, actors of color, and actors who are part of the LGBTQIA community.

Valentino and Misty have survived attempts by others to interfere with their relationship, thanks to the support of family and friends. After their sophomore year, a terrible incident threatens to tear apart their epic love story. Gray’s memories and the current Harpers will lead them back to each other, showing why everyone craves a love story. Now, with an unknown threat on the horizon, Valentino and Misty will work to reclaim their unending love story as it transcends through time and difficulties. Sometimes, we revisit the past to fight for love.

The Gray Family has dealt with a lot through different generations throughout the years. They encountered some profound moments, finding love along the way. The one thing the Grays learned is how important family truly is. Presley Gray found someone special until a tragic accident ripped that person from his life. When Lex’s youngest boy suffers a painful loss, it will take the brothers, sisters, and family, including a beloved family member, to help. Will Presley survive or allow grief and anger to consume him? It will take a beloved family to show why their legacy is everything. Join ...

Over the last decade or so, the concept of the law of attraction has become very popular, which is the secret to making all of your dreams come true. The law of attraction teaches how life really works and how to have happiness and easily manifest your dreams instead of struggling. Essentially, it teaches the secret of life, and with more and more people becoming aware of the law of attraction with each passing year and learning how to manifest their desires, the storytelling of screenwriters will need to change and adapt to reflect that transformation of humanity.

Maggie has had to learn how to deal with the Gray brothers. Life with the Gray brothers should it be easy peasy, right? Wrong.She has already met the infamous original Gray brothers and Gray cousins, and now the entire Gray family is taking a vacation together. What will happen next when she spends the summer with the Gray family? The Grays will flip her world upside down.Maggie will navigate her way through the Gray family vacation. As they say, it’s all relative.

Did you know that only one in five musicals recoup the initial costs of production? In Marketing Broadway: The Business Behind the Art, you'll learn precisely what makes a successful Broadway show. Marketing Broadway is for anyone who wants to know why good shows don’t always succeed. It’s for the theater aficionado, the business person, but most importantly, it’s for the artist in you!

Anyone who has lived near New Haven, Connecticut, in the past forty-plus years has surely heard of Toad's Place. With a capacity of 750, Toad's has served as the perfect spot for musicians who prefer smaller venues.

In Solo Acoustic Musician (SAM) 2, Michael Nichols expands on the information and perspectives shared in his first book, delving deeper into the world of the SAM by interviewing a half dozen of his peers, as well as a man who repairs and restores guitars: the essential tool of the SAM’s trade.

Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie reflects on life as a touring musician in the shadow of his life changing Parkinson’s diagnosis. It’s 2022 and we join Justin at the doctor’s office, looking down the barrel of a Parkinson’s diagnosis. After concerned fans noticed a tremor in his hand, Currie sought the medical advice which led him to the discovery that would throw his future into uncertainty. The Tremolo Diaries is a beautiful and unique meditation on illness and aging. It is a twilight years reflection on band life in the 21st Century.

Nicolas Nabokov, a Russian-born composer and cultural diplomat, befriended many of the 20th century’s greatest musicians and artists. With delightful anecdotes and personal reflections, his memoir is a truly unique historical document that enriches our understanding of the Cold War’s impact on culture.

He was just a kid from Lubbock, Texas, sporting black horn-rimmed glasses, blue jeans, a white T-shirt, white socks, and loafers. And he changed the course of music history. Today, more than five decades after his tragic death, Buddy Holly still affects lives around the world.

eady to turn your love of candles into a creative passion—or even a profitable business? Wax & Wicks: The Ultimate Candle Making Blueprint for Beginners to Pros is your all-in-one guide to mastering the art of candle making from your very first pour to launching your own brand. Whether you're a total beginner or looking to sharpen your skills, this book walks you through everything you need to know: wax types, wick selection, scent blending, coloring, testing, troubleshooting, branding, photography, packaging, and selling both online and at markets.

Go behind the scenes of broadcasting in New York! It's a fascinating look at the big personalities and even bigger egos who delivered the news each night. Here Now the News comes alive with exciting stories about Jim Jensen and Rolland Smith, Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel, and Chuck Scarborough and Sue Simmons. Learn about the anchors who commanded respect and ratings during the 1970s and 1980s. It's the time that the "anchorman" would pave the way for other females and Black journalists to join the desk, as viewers would finally get to see diversity.

The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary The Music Instinct: Science & Song, explores the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. Only recently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain this impact. One remarkable recent study, analyzing the cries of newborns, shows that infants' cries contain common musical intervals, and children tease each other in specific, singsong ways no matter where in the world they live.