Títulos en Arte y entretenimiento

Most fans of The Simpsons can distinguish Lenny from Carl without checking their hands. But only real fans recall the Eastern European equivalent of The Itchy & Scratchy Show, know the name of Barney Gumble's submission to the Springfield Film Festival, and have road tripped to the World's Fair in Knoxville. 100 Things The Simpsons Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource for true fans, whether you comprehend at a Ralph Wiggum or Lisa Simpson level.

Chi ha ucciso Antonio Roveda, usuraio della Milano che conta? E soprattutto, dove si nasconde l'archivio nel quale Roveda ha accumulato informazioni e segreti su tutti i potenti della città? È quello che dovrà scoprire Anna Bellini, commissario di polizia milanese, coinvolta suo malgrado nei misteri legati alla morte del pericoloso latitante. Insieme al suo fidanzato, il sovrintendente Gillo De Francisci, Anna Bellini proteggeva le notti di Roveda al Lovers Hotel.

The Art of Is contains breath-of-fresh-air thinking about how to cultivate the kind of game-changing creativity everyone seeks. Stephen Nachmanovitch shows exactly how the passion and immediacy of improvisation can be cultivated and how, in fact, we all improvise all the time - whether we are driving or deep in conversation.

In February 1964, The Beatles made their TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, catching the attention of Bob Eubanks. Wink Martindale catches up with Eubanks in an interview from 1977 about The Beatles playing the Hollywood Bowl. He discusses having second thoughts about booking them for the concert and then selling out in three and a half hours.

In Tom Wolfe's hands, the strange saga of American architecture in the 20th century makes for both high comedy and intellectual excitement. This is his sequel to The Painted Word, the book that caused such a furor in the art world five years before. Once again Wolfe shows how social and intellectual fashions have determined aesthetic form in our time and how willingly the creators have abandoned personal vision and originality in order to work a la mode.

Daniel Bettridge provides us with an ultimate fan guide on an A to Z journey from Atari to the Upside Down. So you can brush up on your knowledge and get ready for what's yet to come! Providing an all new insight into one of the world's most popular television programmes, Bettridge explores the show, its many themes and influences and so much more, giving you the inside information from an outsider's perspective.

John Cage has been described as the most important composer of our time. He combined classical European training with Eastern spirituality to produce an American amalgam of such vitality and originality that it continues to define what we mean by avant-garde. His influence has touched generations of artists, including Philip Glass, David Byrne, and his longtime collaborator Merce Cunningham. His work and ideas have influenced not only the world of music but also dance, painting, printmaking, video art, and poetry.

Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world's greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, 19 designers, including Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton Glaser, share their approaches, processes, opinions, and thoughts about their work with noted brand designer Debbie Millman. The internet radio talk host of Design Matters, Millman persuades the greatest graphic designers of our time to speak frankly and openly about their work.

Looking for a way out of the rat race? Tired of your ho-hum, workaday life? Have an inexplicable love of turning human beings into inanimate objects? Then professional supervillainy might just be for you! With tips from the renowned founder and overlord of the International Society of Supervillains, The Supervillain Handbook is your one-stop-shop for everything evil. Gain invaluable insight on the art of revenge, choosing your evil name, where to find the perfect lair, and much more!

The American pianist Jonathan Biss is known to audiences throughout the world for his artistry, musical intelligence and deeply felt interpretations. What is less known until now is that Jonathan Biss writes about music in a most compelling and engaging way. For anyone who has ever enjoyed a Beethoven concert or a Beethoven recording or one of the many films about Beethoven, this audiobook is an inspiring listening experience. For those of you who have heard Beethoven in concert or listened to a Beethoven recording, Jonathan Biss takes you behind the scenes of those performances.

"Ti porto in viaggio" è il nuovo audiocast prodotto in esclusiva per Audible dai viaggiatori di TBnetmedia. Ogni episodio porta il nome di una città e ne racconta l'esplorazione curiosa e profonda, tra suggerimenti, itinerari, scoperte ed emozioni. Una voce che ti racconta una città: un modo nuovo e più che mai cool di scegliere la tua prossima meta o di rivivere i tuoi viaggi e confrontare le tue esperienze in attesa di tornarci.

Beau Phillips was an insider and occasional accomplice who witnessed the legends of classic rock in their heyday and takes listeners inside the dressing rooms, hotel suites, and private planes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and dozens more to enjoy funny, decadent, and never-been-told stories of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The book's foreword was written by Sammy Hagar, former lead singer for Van Halen.

For two moviegoing generations, Cary Grant was class—an effortless embodiment of gentlemanly grace and humor. But Cary Grant’s greatest achievement was in creating himself and the irresistible character he became. In this savvy, fascinating portrait, McCann tracks the transformation of a life and looks closely at the sources of Cary Grant’s charms, which did not come easily. Generously filled with anecdotes about fellow actors and directors, a realistic portrait of a complicated man emerges.

Qu'est-ce que l'art ? Comment s'est-il constitué et défini à travers l'histoire ? Quels rapports entretient-il avec la philosophie ?

Figure emblématique de la Renaissance italienne, Léonard de Vinci ne cesse d'interroger la nature et de chercher à comprendre les lois qui la gouvernent. La peinture devient avec lui l'espace d'un savoir qui se construit pas à pas. La lumière et l'ombre, autrefois symboles divins du bien et du mal, y traduisent désormais le clair-obscur de toute connaissance humaine.

Jolly Joke Books presents 1,250 Jolly Jokes for Kids! 1,250 child-friendly kids jokes in one audiobook! These jokes will bring smiles to children’s faces. Enjoy this audiobook with the children in your life. These joke books include knock-knock, cat, dog, under the sea, farm, and zoo jokes, and many more.

Maria Bamford is a creative genius. But the process of creating is not something that “comes easily” or “is enjoyable” for her. So, over the years, she’s invented a number of helpful techniques for tricking, shaming, coercing herself into doing things. You Are (A Comedy) Special is 15-step comedic send up of a self help guide that examines Maria’s approach to stand-up in a hilarious fashion.

En Hemisferios, su segundo poemario, encontrarás la belleza que esconde el horror y la parte más cruel de la felicidad. Poemas sobre las dos caras, las múltiples visiones que el ser humano puede tener acerca de un mismo concepto y que, sorprendentemente, viajan desde un extremo al otro, haciendo que una cosa contenga en sí misma significados inversos.

In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Blake Snyder delivers even more insider information gleaned from a 20-year track record as one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters. Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and movie fans, this book gives listeners key breakdowns of the 50 most instructional movies from the past 30 years. From M*A*S*H to Crash, Alien to Saw, and 10 to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snyder reveals how screenwriters in the past tackled the same challenges faced by screenwriters today.

Quadri, sculture, installazioni, arte ambientale e pubblica, arte post-Internet: l'arte visiva ha acquisito nell'ultimo secolo un vocabolario complesso. Nonostante il pubblico la trovi difficile e molti critici l'abbiano dichiarata morta, mai come oggi si dimostra vitale. Nelle sue forme nuove ha invaso il mondo: in una dinamica sempre più internazionale - anche in tempi di crisi - sorgono ovunque mostre, musei e collezioni.