This popular book describes in detail a stage manager's job. It provides those just starting out in the profession with a solid grounding in theatre stage management practices and procedures. The disciplines of lighting, set design and sound are discussed but the main focus is the management of these elements and the processes and scheduling that go together to provide effective results.Chronologically following the production of a play, the book starts with pre-production planning...

Jacob Carter built his life around one vow: never be helpless again.As a Navy SEAL, fear is buried under discipline, muscle, and mission. He runs toward danger, protects the weak, and survives what breaks other men.Then an admiral forces him into Project 157.The experiment tears him through the hull of a weaponless ship and strips away everything he mistook for strength. Jacob wakes in a spiritual dimension where none of his training can save him.

Jacob Carter:I escaped Admiral Ash’s experiment. He wants me back.Now Sage and I are running through a country wired for surveillance, where drones sweep the sky, cameras watch every street, and Ash’s power reaches farther every day. He wants what the experiment made me—my altered blood, connection to the spirit, and whatever he thinks he can turn into a weapon.Staying ahead of Ash would be easier if the danger were only here.It isn’t.

Prepare for your return to The Shade... Derek will rip Caleb's heart out the moment he lays eyes on him for what he's done.Rose is convinced that the vampire is innocent. But my daughter has been fooled. Nobody but Caleb could have stolen away our dear friend.I gaze out at the dark waters rushing past us in the submarine, as we speed closer and closer toward our destination... Are you ready to once again lose yourself in The Shade?This book follows on directly after...

Prepare for your return to The Shade... Derek will rip Caleb's heart out the moment he lays eyes on him for what he's done.Rose is convinced that the vampire is innocent. But my daughter has been fooled. Nobody but Caleb could have stolen away our dear friend.I gaze out at the dark waters rushing past us in the submarine, as we speed closer and closer toward our destination... Are you ready to once again lose yourself in The Shade?

Yanko and his friends must escape a Turgonian prison and find passage back home before their enemies claim an advantage that could change the world. And not for the good of the Nurian people.But even more trouble awaits at home. Civil war has broken out, Yanko’s family is in danger, and the man who sent him on his mission has disappeared.If Yanko can’t find Prince Zirabo, he’ll forever remain a criminal and be hunted down by his own people. Worse, his only chance to survive...

Defiant Sounds: Heavy Metal Music in the Global South brings together authors working from and/or with the Global South to reflect on the roles of metal music throughout their respective regions. The essays position metal music at the epicenter of region-specific experiences of oppression marked by colonialism, ethnic extermination, political persecution, and war. More importantly, the authors stress how metal music is used throughout the Global South to face these oppressive experiences, ...

Beginning with Casino Royale (2006) and ending with No Time to Die (2021), the Daniel Craig era of James Bond films coincides with the rise of various justice movements challenging deeply entrenched systems of inequality and oppression, ranging from sexism, racism, and immigration to 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, reproductive justice and climate change. While focus is often placed on individual actions and institutional policies and practices, it is important to recognize the role t...

"Mein Name ist Bond...James Bond." Was wären die letzten 57 Jahre ohne Figuren wie den britischen Geheimagenten James Bond 007, seine/seinen Vorgesetzte/en "M", den Gadget-Experten "Q" oder die in Bond verliebte Sekretärin Miss Moneypenny gewesen? Wohl nicht dieselben! Zwei Bond-Darsteller ragen aber aus der Film-Reihe, die sich, auf der Basis der literarischen Vorlagen von Ian Fleming, zum größten Dauerbrenner der Kinogeschichte entwickelt hat, hervor: Der Ur-Bond Sean Connery, der ganz a...

¿Qué significa ser humano en un mundo en el que las fronteras entre cultura y naturaleza son cada vez más porosas? ¿Qué prácticas éticas son posibles cuando se reconoce el papel que los no humanos desempeñan en la constitución de este y de otros mundos? En antropología, la aproximación a estas preguntas se presenta como un conjunto de posturas teóricas y metodológicas denominado giro ontológico. Este libro compila una variedad de perspectivas teóricas y etnográficas que matizan e incluso p...

Do you often find it hard to deal with your partner and understand each other? Do you feel like there is something you want to say but you just have no idea how? Then you need to keep reading...Here's a short preview of what you'll discover:Ten communication mistakes that everyone makes without even knowing it. (Find out what is the REAL problem within your relationship and start changing these bad habits now!)How to underst...

In Mr. and Mrs. Witch, the new novel from bestselling author Gwenda Bond, a couple discovers at the altar the surprising secret identities they’ve kept from each other.Savannah Wilde is a witch, a powerful one, and a member of C.R.O.N.E, an organization for hire that deals with supernatural threats using their magic. Following a whirlwind romance that surprised her friends and family, Savvy is all set to marry the love of her life when she notices her bridal party and her mom are f...