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|  | The Grammar of Architecture by Emily Cole
Illustrated with evocative plates from the classics of architectural history, this handy reference guide presents clearly and informatively the essentials of architecture throughout history and from many world civilizations. AUTHOR: Emily Cole
PUBLISHER: Bulfinch Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | A Midsummer Night's Dream by A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Alfred Alexander Evans, Barbara A. Mowat, David Bevington
Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancee, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for her, Demetrius. However, Helena loves Demetrius, who courted her once, and Lysander and Hermia plan to elope despite the Duke's orders. Hoping that Demetrius will fall for her instead, Helena plans to alert Demetrius that Hermia will shortly be spoken for. Meanwhile, in a subplot, the artisans Quince, Snug, Flute, Snout, Starveling, and Bottom, are rehearsing the play PYRAMUS AND THISBE to be performed at the Duke's wedding. As Hermia and Lysander head into woods to elope, with Helena and Demetrius following, the amateur acting troupe likewise takes cover in the woods to rehearse in privacy. This leads all the players into the realm of fairy magic, where fairies Oberon and Titania are arguing over a changeling. When Oberon decides to play a trick on Titania with the aid of a magic flower that causes people to fall in love with the first person (or beast) they set eyes on, the real trouble starts. The flower is used liberally on both the humans and the fairies by the trouble-making sprite Puck, inspiring many amorous entanglements. There is no known source for Shakespeare's fantastic plot, though the structure is classical, as the events begin in the court, relocate to an uncivilized environment, and return to the court with renewed order, and aspects of the imagery are drawn from classic works, such as Apuleius's THE GOLDEN ASS and Ovid's METAMORPHOSES. Evidence in the play, like Titania's remark about three unusually unpleasant summers in a row--documented elsewhere in England's records--suggest a composition date of 1595 or 1596. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM was listed in a 1598 catalogue of Shakespeare's works, and was publi AUTHOR: A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Alfred Alexander Evans, Barbara A. Mowat, David Bevington
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Stairs to the Roof by Allean Hale, Tennessee Williams
This is the first publication of a futuristic play, set in 2001, written by Tennessee Williams and produced in the 1940s. The future that Williams imagines in the play is a highly automated one, in which the clerk who is the hero feels himself to be part of a machine until he stands up to the inhuman world with utopian convictions. AUTHOR: Allean Hale, Tennessee Williams
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | House & Garden Book of Bedrooms & Bathrooms by Leonie Highton
Highton`s selection of the most interesting and varied bedrooms (and bathrooms) to appear in the pages of both the American and International editions of House & Garden magazine is illustrated with 280 color illustrations. AUTHOR: Leonie Highton
PUBLISHER: Vendome Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Marketing & Selling Your Film Around the World by Annika Pham, John Durie, Neil Watson
The various overseas film markets, especially Europe and parts of Asia, have always been financially important outlets for American films, but never more than they are now. The current worldwide hunger for American movies seems insatiable, and foreign sales are an indispensable economic element of almost every American film, large or small. It is not a rare occurrence for movies that do not play well to the domestic audience to recoup their expenses and show respectable profits purely on the strength of overseas audiences. In this one-of-a-kind manual, the independent filmmaker is guided through the demographics and business practices of film markets around the world, including essential information and advice on such subjects as how to secure a sales agent, what types of deals one can expect from sales agents and international distributors, and the costs of selling a film around the world. Marketing and Selling Your Film Around the World will enlighten both seasoned professionals and aspiring filmmakers. AUTHOR: Annika Pham, John Durie, Neil Watson
PUBLISHER: Silman-James Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | LOGO Design That Works by Lisa Silver
Description not available.Discusses the factors that make a logo successful by analyzing the research, brainstorming, sketching, and stylistic experiments that led to its development. AUTHOR: Lisa Silver
PUBLISHER: Rockport Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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