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|  | William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Bruce Coville, Gary Kelley
An abridged retelling of Shakespeare's play about ambition, betrayal, and murder, retold in modern language and illustrated with color paintings. AUTHOR: Bruce Coville, Gary Kelley
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Actors Turned Directors by Jon Stevens, Tony Barr
Ten popular and acclaimed film directors whose film careers began in front of the cameras candidly offer their insights into the all-important and generally underexplored subject of directing actors. Each actor/director discusses filmmaking as observed from and practiced on both sides of the camera and offers unique, invaluable guidelines and tips on casting, rehearsing, communicating and working with actors, and the whole of the moviemaking process. The interviewees are Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Kevin Bacon, Pollack, Leonard Nimoy, Ron Maxwell, Richard Benjamin, Melanie Mayron, Kevin Hooks and Paul Mazursky. AUTHOR: Jon Stevens, Tony Barr
PUBLISHER: Silman-James Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | A Midsummer-Nights Dream
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
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Stories to Play With by Fran Stallings, Hiroko Fujita, Kishimoto Masato, Kishimoto Masayoshi, Kyoko Kobayashi
For storytellers who are just starting out, it seems appropriate to begin telling to young children. Yet young children present the most difficult audience a storyteller can face. So where does one begin? Simple. With some old newspaper and the story Rain Hat or Mountain Climbing, children will be enthralled at the action of the kid-hero as you fold and tear and create mountains, hats, fans, and boats right before their very eyes. Or, take a milk carton and make a frog puppet to tell the story of the little wide-mouth frog. This book was written and designed for beginning storytellers who work with young children. It is full of tales and how-to advice on entertaining and educating kindergarten and elementary students. The stories are fun and useful, put forth in a playful, informal family style of telling. Stories to Play With contains a user-friendly layout and design, diagrams and instructions on movement and material construction, and entertaining stories. Most of the necessary materials can be found in a typical kitchen. This book, translated and adapted from the original Japanese, has already proven itself a success in Hiroko Fujita`s homeland. Now it is available to American storytellers for their use and their audiences` enjoyment. AUTHOR: Fran Stallings, Hiroko Fujita, Kishimoto Masato, Kishimoto Masayoshi, Kyoko Kobayashi
PUBLISHER: August House Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Designer's Guide to Color 2 by James Stockton
Designer`s Guide to Color 2 addresses the personal and emotional aspects of color. Like the first volume of Designer`s Guide to Color, this book combines 90 basic colors into more than 1,000 innovative color combinations. The first volume emphasized full-color combinations; this second volume emphasizes tints, pastels, and the many aspects of color tone. AUTHOR: James Stockton
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Production for Graphic Designers by Alan Pipes
PRODUCTION FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS gives clearly written advice on preparing artwork for printers, examines the creative potential of typography in a digital environment, and provides comprehensive coverage of illustrations, layout and proofing--in both computerized and conventional settings. AUTHOR: Alan Pipes
PUBLISHER: Overlook Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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