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.
Inghilterra, 1866. La tragedia irrompe in uno dei collegi più esclusivi del Regno: uno studente muore annegato in un misterioso incidente che vede coinvolti anche due giovani eredi della famiglia Pilaster, ricca dinastia di banchieri. Fatale disgrazia o qualcosa di più complicato? La verità sfugge e sono in pochi ad intuirla. E' l'inizio di una spirale di intrighi e vendette destinate a durare più di vent'anni, una guerra per il potere ed il denaro combattuta con il sesso, l'affetto, il delitto e la minaccia. Per amore o per orgoglio, nessuno sembra disposto a fermarsi davanti a nulla, in una lotta senza quartiere che rischia di travolgere tutti coloro che vi sono coinvolti. Dai circoli in cui si riunisce l'alta società londinense alle case di tolleranza dove quella stessa società consuma i suoi più inconfesssabili piaceri, dalle sale da ballo ai sontuosi uffici di chi governa la finanza internazionale, Ken Follett dà vita ad una saga familiare che ha il passo travolgente del thriller.
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.
A remarkable insight into the birth of a writer, and the moving discovery of family secrets. When Hanif Kureishi discovers an abandoned manuscript of his father's his understanding of the family history is transformed. So begins a journey which takes Kureishi through his father's privileged childhood by the sea in Bombay, to the trauma of partition and to his adult life hidden away in the suburbs of Bromley - his days spent as a minor functionary in the Pakistan embassy in London, his nights writing prose, hopeful of one day receiving literary recognition. This is a book about his father's failed career as a writer and the beginnings of Kureishi's successful career as one - as his father looks on with pride and perhaps envy.
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
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.