Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life305 reviews Anne Lamott Anchor, 1995 Attention Writers: Keep This Book on Your Shelf + Touching and funny + Beyond the book - "Real" Life Tips + Teacher resource + fantastic             Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire3 reviews Eileen Blumenthal, Julie Taymor, ... "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2007 Playing With Fire proves Julie Taymor's extreme brilliance! + A Rare Book for a Rare Artist + Playing with fire -- Playing with imagination I have been in love with theatre for a long time. Many musicals I see and enjoy, buy the CD and just listen to that. Others blow me away. Those that have that capacity I tend to investigate and become obsessed with. The Lion King was one of them. I soon became fascinated and extremely ...             The Romantic Manifesto43 reviews Ayn Rand Signet, 1971 Invaluable and irreplaceable + Complicated But Good + Entertaining and thought-provoking + More words to live by...thank you, Ayn Rand... + An analysis of art as a value             Isms: Understanding Art3 reviews Stephen Little Universe Publishing, 2004 An Immediately Indispensable Aid + The perfect pocket guide to art. + Very brief but can be useful Stephen Little has created a brief, succinct, thorough, and portable little book that provides a much-needed resource. No matter where you are with art, be it novice, museum visitor, gallery wanderer, artist, teacher, collector, writer, essayist, advanced art historian who makes frequent speeches, ...             Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution3 reviews Seal Press, 2007 A Rock Concert on the Page + revolution-evolution + Wonderful Collection! I wish that the poets had released a cd with this book to show the aurel beauty that each poet brings to her work. Last night I attended a reading in San Francisco, and I expected it to be good, however each of the women reading astonished me with her honesty, humor, anger, compassion...Each of ...             Swimming to Cambodia17 reviews Spalding Gray Theatre Communications Group, 2005 Enthralling and captivating + Diving into Spalding Gray First of all this is a monologue and I usually hate monologues. The first time I watched this was starting at midnight and I was quite tired. I was expecting to fall asleep to it but found myself wide awake and engrossed. I was absolutely mesmerized by this performance. Spalding Gray just ...             The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition31 reviews William Shakespeare Heinle, 1996 great as a textbook, wonderful for personal use + Complete collection + The Riverside Shakespeare + Pleasantly Pleased + Great purchase!             Letters to a Young Poet71 reviews Rainer Maria Rilke Dover Publications, 2002 This book is fantastic! + Quotable wisdom for the ages + Great condition, lame translation + Great, impassioned advice + Letters to a Young Poet             1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die13 reviews Universe, 2007 Beautiful compilation for all levels of interest + Art i s Life + Relaxing Retreat into Art. + Pretty good! Many images too small though. + Is this is a trick? Only 1,000 paintings in the book?             Me Talk Pretty One Day735 reviews David Sedaris Back Bay Books, 2001 Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke + David Sedaris does it again! + Not heartwarming... in a good way. When I opened this book I had limited time so I decided to look for the shortest essay in the book so I could sneak in a quick read. I selected "Big Boy" which started on page 97 and ended before the next essay that started on page 100. By the end of the first paragraph I was already laughing and ...             Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century6 reviews Theatre Communications Group, 1999 Fantastic for the actor and casual reader + One Man Shows + I love this book. + A terrific history of the theatre & an invaluable reference.             Bluebeard (Delta Fiction)66 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998 A Thrill for both my Meat and Soul! + The Vonnegut YOU Should Like + Vonnegut's Funniest + Bluebeard + A Beautiful Book             The Complete Artist's Way: Creativity as a Spiritual Practice4 reviews Julia Cameron Tarcher/Penguin, 2007 A lovely volume + awesome book, excellent price + Stirring Creativity + Exploring, examining and unblocking your creativity!             An Actor Prepares28 reviews Constantin Stanislavski Theatre Arts Book, 1989 Definitely The Bible for actors. + Superb, excellent, im grateful! + Very Informative + any performing artist should read this book...             True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor63 reviews David Mamet Vintage, 1997 Book to read for up and coming actors + Good Read for Any Actor + Good stuff + Don't throw out the baby with the bath water!             Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire3 reviews Eileen Blumenthal, Julie Taymor, ... "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2007 Playing With Fire proves Julie Taymor's extreme brilliance! + A Rare Book for a Rare Artist + Playing with fire -- Playing with imagination I have been in love with theatre for a long time. Many musicals I see and enjoy, buy the CD and just listen to that. Others blow me away. Those that have that capacity I tend to investigate and become obsessed with. The Lion King was one of them. I soon became fascinated and extremely ...             Bluebeard (Delta Fiction)66 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998 A Thrill for both my Meat and Soul! + The Vonnegut YOU Should Like + Vonnegut's Funniest + Bluebeard + A Beautiful Book             The Complete Artist's Way: Creativity as a Spiritual Practice4 reviews Julia Cameron Tarcher/Penguin, 2007 A lovely volume + awesome book, excellent price + Stirring Creativity + Exploring, examining and unblocking your creativity!             Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century6 reviews Theatre Communications Group, 1999 Fantastic for the actor and casual reader + One Man Shows + I love this book. + A terrific history of the theatre & an invaluable reference.             The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition31 reviews William Shakespeare Heinle, 1996 great as a textbook, wonderful for personal use + Complete collection + The Riverside Shakespeare + Pleasantly Pleased + Great purchase!