Rene-Charles: NYC

Rene-Charles: NYC

Author: Evan Cuttic

Publisher: Running Press Adult

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0762460016

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Fierce. Flawless. Frenchie. With opinions on brunch (always boozy), work (something for lesser life forms), and everything (really, everything) in between, René-Charles is the ultimate New York City tastemaker. Whether he's dining at the finest restaurants or luxuriating in his king-size bed, this discerning French bulldog accepts nothing less than the best. And if you don't meet his standards? Well, he'll let you know.


Santa Responds

Santa Responds

Author: Santa Claus

Publisher: Running Press Adult

Published: 2008-09-23

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 0786741058

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Ever wonder what Santa does with all those letters? (And all those cookies?) After a particularly long, cold night staring at nine smelly reindeer butts, the old man lets loose with the real answers to those stupid, whiny, hard-to-read letters from kids. Turns out, we really do get what we deserve. Dear Billy, I know you honestly believe that the good deeds you rattled off represent your behavior for the entire past year rather than the activities that occurred during the two hours leading up to the writing of this letter. Two hours of good behavior hardly justifies a new Playstation, let alone a trip to Disney World!! Your pal, Santa


Rene-Charles: NYC

Rene-Charles: NYC

Author: Evan Cuttic

Publisher: Running Press Adult

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 076246108X

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Fierce. Flawless. Frenchie. With opinions on brunch (always boozy), work (something for lesser life forms), and everything (really, everything) in between, Renéharles is the ultimate New York City tastemaker. Whether he's dining at the finest restaurants or luxuriating in his king-size bed, this discerning French bulldog accepts nothing less than the best.And if you don't meet his standards? Well, he'll let you know.


So Human an Animal

So Human an Animal

Author:

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published:

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781412834186

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Is the human species becoming dehumanized by the condition of his environment? So Human an Animal is an attempt to address this broad concern, and explain why so little is being done to address this issue. The book sounds both an urgent warning, and offers important policy insights into how this trend toward dehumanization can be halted and finally reversed.


Manny the Frenchie's Art of Happiness

Manny the Frenchie's Art of Happiness

Author: Manny the Frenchie

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1501158295

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Based on his popular Instagram feed @Manny_the_Frenchie and Facebook profile, this is an illustrated and humorous guide to living a happy and fulfilling life by “the most famous French bulldog in the world…who’s downright amazing” (Buzzfeed.com). In 2011, Manny was the runt of the litter and on his way to a shelter. But when his parents scooped him up, named him after the world famous boxer, Manny Pacquiao, and began posting photos of him sleeping in their sink accompanied by humorous, optimistic captions, Manny went viral. Whether he’s wearing sunglasses, hitting up music festivals, or sleeping in adorable costumes, this little Frenchie always encourages a positive, do-gooder outlook to his followers. Packed with cheeky humor, witty wisdom, and charming anecdotes, Manny the Frenchie’s Art of Happiness will satisfy dog lovers of all breeds.


Music for the Melodramatic Theatre in Nineteenth-Century London and New York

Music for the Melodramatic Theatre in Nineteenth-Century London and New York

Author: Michael V. Pisani

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 2014-06-01

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1609382307

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Throughout the nineteenth century, people heard more music in the theatre—accompanying popular dramas such as Frankenstein, Oliver Twist, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Lady Audley’s Secret, The Corsican Brothers, The Three Musketeers, as well as historical romances by Shakespeare and Schiller—than they did in almost any other area of their lives. But unlike film music, theatrical music has received very little attention from scholars and so it has been largely lost to us. In this groundbreaking study, Michael V. Pisani goes in search of these abandoned sounds. Mining old manuscripts and newspapers, he finds that starting in the 1790s, theatrical managers in Britain and the United States began to rely on music to play an interpretive role in melodramatic productions. During the nineteenth century, instrumental music—in addition to song—was a common feature in the production of stage plays. The music played by instrumental ensembles not only enlivened performances but also served other important functions. Many actors and actresses found that accompanimental music helped them sustain the emotional pitch of a monologue or dialogue sequence. Music also helped audiences to identify the motivations of characters. Playwrights used music to hold together the hybrid elements of melodrama, heighten the build toward sensation, and dignify the tragic pathos of villains and other characters. Music also aided manager-directors by providing cues for lighting and other stage effects. Moreover, in a century of seismic social and economic changes, music could provide a moral compass in an uncertain moral universe. Featuring dozens of musical examples and images of the old theatres, Music for the Melodramatic Theatre charts the progress of the genre from its earliest use in the eighteenth century to the elaborate stage productions of the very early twentieth century.