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The Entertainment Industry
Entertainment studies are an important emerging subject in tourism, and this introductory textbook provides a detailed overview of the entertainment industry discipline in order to prepare students for roles such as promoters, festival managers and technical support workers. Covering key aspects of entertainment by profiling individual sectors, each chapter is written by an expert working in the field and covers the history and background, products and segmentation, contemporary issues, micro and macro business, environmental influences, detailed case studies and future directions of that sector. It will be an essential text for undergraduate students in entertainment management, events management and related tourism subjects.
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Arrivals and Departures
The lyrical, often elegiac poems in Arrivals & Departures, written over many years and set in locales in both America and abroad, explore the phenomena of arriving and departing physically, metaphysically and spiritually. From the coasts of Maine and California, to the Himalaya of Nepal, to the war-ravaged lands of Afghanistan and Iraq and the lives of military personnel involved in conflicts there, Moss's poems probe the sometimes bittersweet joys of reunion and the pain of leaving and loss. As he writes in one poem, "So what is it all for/in this world sighing with loss/its voice the leading edge of silence ...." Regardless of where they are set, these humane, intimately observed poems celebrate acts of discovery and the richness of language.
Stanley Park Novel
In this powerful debut novel from Racine Hiet, a young girl named April is chosen by fate to participate in a terrible, bloody crime. Unjustly charged and persecuted for what occurs, her life is brutally scarred and forever changed. She reinvents herself by changing her name and locking away her past. But when she falls passionately in love with a remarkable man named Markus, a fierce flame is kindled inside her--one that will illuminate her dark past while igniting a future that offers a chance at happiness and love. In the memorable tradition of "The Lovely Bones" and "White Oleander," and through the use of incisive but sensitive and irresistible prose, Racine Hiet has conjured up a haunting tale of good versus evil and of a young woman's spirited struggle to reach the pinnacle of light in what is oftentimes a dark and dangerous world.
Harnessing Horsepower
Covers the life of one of the greatest women rally drivers of all time, Pat Moss Carlsson. Sister to Stirling Moss, Pat had a highly successful career in show-jumping before moving into motorsport, going on to become European Ladies Rally Champion no fewer than five times.
Entertainment Management
Following on from The Entertainment Industry: An Introduction, Entertainment Management takes the next step in the development of entertainment as a practice and as an academic subject. Aimed at higher level undergraduates, the book discusses best practices in the entertainment industry, profiling a different discipline per chapter, each one a branch of entertainment that offers employment opportunities within the sector. Fields include marketing, P.R., the media, live events, artist management, arts and culture, consultancy and visitor attractions. The book aims to reflect the knowledge students will need for real world of entertainment management such as technical standards, business management, people management, economic aspects and legal issues. Each chapter discusses the background of the discipline, best practice management principles, issues in the wider environment, case studies of real organisations and future trends.
The Duel between Sir Alexander Boswell and James Stuart
Sir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822) wrote Scottish songs that are still performed today, such as “Jenny’s Bawbee”. An extravagant character and a Tory, he wrote flagrant lampoons of his Whig opponents. One of them greatly incensed his Whig cousin James Stuart of Dunearn, who challenged him to a duel in which Boswell was killed. At his trial for murder, Stuart was represented as a peaceable man unaccustomed to the use of firearms. Nothing could be further from the truth. He served in the militia, was irascible and, at times, violent. This book tells the compelling stories of the remarkable tangled events that led to their quarrel. The duel marked a turning point in Scottish politics away from a turbulent and fractious past to a quieter future. The Whigs triumphed, paving the way for liberal Scotland. In addition, this volume includes, for the first time, many of Boswell’s poems and witty lampoons.
My Trek
A memoir? Partly. This book is also the fascinating, decades long journey of an actor and, later, writer/director that took place from Broadway to Hollywood. Stewart Moss is familiar to Star Trek fans as the only actor to guest star as both a crew member and alien in the original series. Moss pulls no punches probing the pursuance of show business, friendships, sex, religion and the crafts of acting and directing. Experience with him singular encounters with Johnny Carson, Marilyn Monroe, Elia Kazan, William Shatner, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jane Fonda, George C. Scott, Preminger, Hitchcock, Alan Arkin, Robin Williams, Rock Hudson and many others. He takes the reader inside the Mansion after the better part of a surreal year as a writer/director for the Playboy Channel. Experience his Star Trek convention appearances both amusing, scary and thought provoking.
