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1	Art of Hand Shadows more books like this by Albert Almoznino add to wishlist Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations demonstrate how to position your hands to make lifelike shadows of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle taking flight, a cat scratching itself, a howling wolf, a neighing horse, a dog that eats a rabbit, and many other figures. see all copies from $2.89! new only from $2.92! \| SVS
2	Art of the Puppet more books like this by Bil Baird add to wishlist see all copies from $6.55! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Shadow Puppets & Shadow Play more books like this by David Currell add to wishlist "Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play" is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction and manipulation and presentation of shadow puppets, considered by many to be the oldest puppet theatre tradition. Traditional shadow play techniques, together with modern materials and methods and recent explorations into theatre of shadows, are explained with ... see all copies from $17.05! new only from $29.65! \| SVS
4	Dracula: A Toy Theatre more books like this by Edward Gorey add to wishlist Bram Stoker's 1897 novel took place in the wild Carpathian Mountains, London and rural England, and various places in between. But the Dracula for which Edward Gorey created the set designs reproduced in miniature here--a version that ran to nearly a thousand Broadway performances--compresses the action to one locale: the sanatorium of Dr. Seward, ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $32.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Folding Paper Puppets more books like this by Shari Lewis, Lillian Oppenheimer add to wishlist see all copies from $3.99! new only from $19.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Bible Puppet Plays more books like this by Ewart A Autry, Lola M Autry add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $98.89! \| first editions
7	The video book more books like this by Bruce Clendenin add to wishlist For undergraduate-level courses in Video Production. Comprehensive yet concise -- and exceptionally well illustrated -- this self-contained guide "begins at the beginning" to introduce the tools, mechanics, techniques, and the art of contemporary video production. Step-by-step, it guides students through the entire scope of video production -- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| first editions
8	Dare to Dream: The Story of the Famous People Players more books like this by Diane Dupuy, Liane Heller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Strip Search: Revealing Today's Best College Cartoonists more books like this by Stephanie Bennett (Editor) add to wishlist Strip Search is one of the favorite spots on the UExpress website. Aspiring cartoonists are invited to submit their strips for possible inclusion. (Note: The Big Picture book on the Spring 1999 list came through this site.) To further the search for new cartoonists, AMU has joined with Follett College Stores to sponsor a Strip Search contest. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.68!
10	My Profession more books like this by Sergei Obraztsov add to wishlist see all copies from $13.26! new only from $36.27! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Practical Ventriloquism (1904) more books like this by Robert Ganthony add to wishlist Being a thoroughly reliable guide to the art of voice throwing and vocal mimicry by an entirely novel system of graded exercises. By ventriloquism, we mean the art, the act, or the practice of speaking or singing in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person himself, but from some other place, as from the opposite side of ... see all copies from $11.20! new only from $16.04! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe, 1800-1914 more books like this by John McCormick, Bennie Pratasik add to wishlist Banned, marginalised, tolerated or neglected, puppets were a major form of entertainment of the subordinate classes in the nineteenth century. Showmen travelled from one end of Europe to the other bringing everything from biblical plays to melodramas and variety to audiences who experienced them as their only form of dramatic entertainment. The ... see all copies from $35.75! new only from $42.11! \| SVS
13	Theatre of Wonder: Twenty-Five Years in the Heart of the Beast more books like this by Colleen Josephine Sheehy (Editor) add to wishlist For twenty-five years, In the Heart of the Beast Mask and Puppet Theatre has staged spectacular performances featuring puppets that sometimes are more than twenty feet tall. This Minneapolis arts organization is one of the premier companies of its kind, recognized nationally and internationally for its lively use of ceremony and ritual in ... see all copies from $3.46! new only from $21.45! \| first editions
14	Karagiozis: Culture and Comedy in Greek Puppet Theater more books like this by Linda S Myrsiades, Kostas Myrsiades add to wishlist Karagiozis - a form of comic folk drama employing stock puppet figures - was immensely popular in Greece until recent years, when newer forms of entertainment have virtually eclipsed it. Derived from ancient Byzantine and Greek sources, it takes its name from the principal puppet character, the clever, humpbacked fool-hero Karagiozis, who appears ... see all copies from $24.00! new only from $32.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15	The Magic of Puppetry: A Guide for Those Working with Young Children more books like this by Peggy Davison Jenkins add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $112.41! \| first editions
16 view cover	Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance Events more books like this by Jan Mrazek (Editor) add to wishlist Solid and accessible scholarship about a multifaceted form of art. see all copies from $25.00! new only from $54.92! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Throw Your Heart Over the Fence: The Continuing Adventure of the Famous People Players more books like this by Diane Dupuy, Don Harron (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
18	Four Puppet Plays: Play Without a Title, the Divan Poems and Other Poems, Prose Poems, and Dramatic Pieces more books like this by Federico Garcia Lorca, Edwin Honig (Translator) add to wishlist Collected for the first time in a single volume, Federico Garcia Lorca's FOUR PUPPET PLAYS, A PLAY WITHOUT A TITLE, DIVAN POEMS, OTHER POEMS, PROSE POEMS, & DRAMATIC PIECES represent the purest examples of the poet's genius & range, & demonstrate how Lorca became his generation's most popular poet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.33! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Victorian Marionette Theatre more books like this by John McCormick, Clodagh McCormick, John Phillips (Contributions by) add to wishlist In this fascinating and colorful book, researcher and performer John McCormick focuses on the marionette world of Victorian Britain between its heyday after 1860 and its waning years from 1895 to 1914. Situating the rich and diverse pupper theatre in the context of entertainment culture, he explores both the aesthetics of these dancing dolls and ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $25.42! \| SVS
20	Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves more books like this by Ward Keller, Ward Keeler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.90!
21 view cover	The Hostel more books like this by Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, Craig Yeung add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.28! \| SVS
22	Dracula: A Toy Theatre: The Sets and Costumes of the Broadway Production of the Play more books like this by Edward Gorey add to wishlist see all copies from $39.95! first editions
23	The Second Ben Wicks Treasury more books like this by Ben Wicks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Further Adventures of Phoenix & Cyclops Tpb more books like this by Peter Milligan, John Paul Leon (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $17.10! new only from $37.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Art of Jim Lee more books like this by Jim Lee add to wishlist see all copies from $18.37! new only from $19.29!

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