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|  | Great Martial Arts Movies by Richard Meyers
Meyers offers an up-to-date, authoritative kick-butt book detailing the best movies and where to find them. Color photos. AUTHOR: Richard Meyers
PUBLISHER: Kensington Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Bent by Martin Sherman
Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed by the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The play itself caused an uproar. It educated the world , Sherman explains. People knew about how the Third Reich treated Jews and, to some extent, gypsies and political prisoners. But very little had come out about their treatment of homosexuals . Gays were arrested and interned at work camps prior to the genocide of Jews, gypsies, and handicapped, and continued to be imprisoned even after the fall of the Third Reich and liberation of the camps. The play Bent highlights the reason why -- a largely ignored German law, Paragraph 175, making homosexuality a criminal offense, which Hitler reactivated and strengthened during his rise to power. Critics' reactions to the play ranged from exuberant to, in Sherman's words, appalled, shocked frightened. A few of them were gay, but they didn't want to see this kind of thing on stage . Audiences, on the other hand, would regularly respond with, at first, stunned silence. But then, would rise and scream and yell and it was pandemonium . In 1980, the play was produced on Broadway to equal acclaim, starring Richard Gere. It has continued to be produced in every sort of venue: major theatres, regional theatres, universities, even high schools. And in at least 38 countries. Bent has not only been one of the great plays of our time, but one of the most socially monumental. It is sure to continue to move and change people for generations to come. AUTHOR: Martin Sherman
PUBLISHER: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Machines, Transportation and Art Activities by John Stringer
Description not available.Information about various topics related to machines, especially those used for transportation, forms the foundation for a variety of craft projects. AUTHOR: John Stringer
PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Palm Beach by Polly Earl, Stephen Leek
Description not available.The author celebrates the golden era of Palm Beach architecture highlighting the posh, Mediterranean-style mansions that made the city's landscape famous from the 1920s to the 1980s. AUTHOR: Polly Earl, Stephen Leek
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Anatomy of Nature by Rebecca Bedell
Rebecca Bedell chronicles the way that the science of geology influenced American painting in the mid-19th century, including the work of Thomas Cole and John Kensett. AUTHOR: Rebecca Bedell
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Sundance to Sarajevo by Kenneth Turan
In this part history, part travel guide, and part critical study, the author reports on a handful of the world's yearly film festivals, exploring how the rise of festivals has had a worldwide influence on the kinds of films made, how and where they are shown, and the effects of the films on their viewers and vice-versa. AUTHOR: Kenneth Turan
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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