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Dramatists Sourcebook 23rd Edition: Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists
 | author: Theatre Communications Group asin: 1559362472 binding: Paperback list price: $21.95 USD amazon price: $21.95 USD |
Now in its 23rd edition, Dramatists Sourcebook-the best-selling guide for opportunities for stage writers-is completely revised, with more than 900 opportunities for playwrights, translators, composers, lyricists and librettists, as well as opportunities for screen, radio and television writers. read more »
American Labor on Stage: Dramatic Interpretations of the Steel and Textile Industries in the 1930s (Contributions in Drama and
 | author: Susan Duffy asin: 0313298610 binding: Hardcover list price: $110.95 USD amazon price: $110.95 USD |
This study reclaims a lost body of theatrical work by focusing on four labor plays of the 1930s. These works dramatize union organizing efforts in American industry, using documentary detail in the dialogue and plot. To date, little attention has been given to the use of documentary detail in American scripts. Placing the labor plays in a social and historical context, Duffy raises interesting questions about the depiction of women as labor leaders and the overlooked role of women playwrights in the 1920s and 30s. read more »
30-Minute Resume Makeover: Rev Up Your Resume in Half an Hour
 | author: Louise Kursmark asin: 159357570X binding: Paperback list price: $9.95 USD amazon price: $9.95 USD |
Skip the startup stuff and fast-forward to an updated and improved resume - fast! This book plays on the success of Same-Day Resume, which is for people who need to write a resume from scratch. This book is for people who already have a resume and need to update it quickly for a new opportunity .
Getting Your Acts Together: An Illustrated, Comprehensive Step-By-Step Guide to Writing, Publishing, and Selling Plays to the
 | author: Frank V. Priore asin: 0963749846 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 |
This is a complete step-by-step program on writing and selling the entertaining full-length plays that publishers and performers in the lucrative school market are looking for-primarily three-act comedies for high schools and junior high schools around the country. Topics covered include: how to turn an idea into a successful ready-to-be-produced play; staging a play; character creation; plotting and dialog; manuscript format and submission; and actual guidelines from publishers of plays for schools and amateur theatre
Power Resumes
 | author: Ron Tepper asin: 0471247812 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 |
Get that job you've been dreaming of now! Your resume is good. It may even be great. But is it a power resume? In today's competitive job market, you need to have an edge-and Power Resumes, Third Edition gives it to you. Find out what employers look for in the hiring process, what elements set your resume apart from the rest, and how to tailor your qualifications to the requirements of the position you seek. This updated new edition features comprehensive coverage of what you need to know now to make that dream job yours. Here's where you'll find . . . read more »
Telling About Society (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
 | author: Howard S. Becker asin: 0226041263 binding: Paperback list price: $15.00 USD amazon price: $10.20 USD |
I Remember, one of French writer Georges Perec’s most famous pieces, consists of 480 numbered paragraphs—each just a few short lines recalling a memory from his childhood. The work has neither a beginning nor an end. Nor does it contain any analysis. But it nonetheless reveals profound truths about French society during the 1940s and 50s. read more »
Memos from the Chairman
 | author: Alan C. Greenberg asin: 0761103465 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.95 USD amazon price: $10.85 USD |
Introduction by Warren Buffett. Since taking over as chairman 18 years ago, Alan C. Greenberg--a cigar-smoking, shirt-sleeved trader from the old school--has transformed Bear Stearns into one of the most profitable investment banks in the financial industry. Many believe that periodic messages from the man who sits in the middle of the firm's trading floor set the tone at Bear Stearns. Now collected in Memos from the Chairman, here they are: humorous, sometimes biting, always inspiring memos that, taken together, comprise a unique--and uniquely simple--management philosophy. read more »
Creating Your Own Monologue
 | author: Glenn Alterman asin: 1581150385 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 USD |
Coaching the reader through each stage of the creative journey, this is the first book that shows actors how to write successful monologues, performance-art pieces, and one-person plays. The writing process is explained in easy-to-follow steps, from getting started, to expanding and tightening dialogue, developing character, editing and rewriting, rehearsing the final piece, and playing to audiences. Included are interviews with seasoned pros, techniques for marketing and promoting solo shows, and information about artists' communities, competitions, and grants. read more »
