Performance
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Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better
$29.00 Add to cartRules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practice
We live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the ga
- Author: Lemov, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 19 2012
- ISBN10: 111821658X
- Language: English
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Disordered Attention: How We Look at Art and Performance Today
$26.95 Add to cartHow technology and the politics of attention changed the way we look at art
The ways we encounter contemporary art and performance has changed. How are we expectedto engage with today’s diverse practi- Author: Bishop, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1804292885
- Language: English
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Blacklips: Her Life, and Her Many, Many Deaths
$75.00 Read moreFrom June 1992 to March 1995, in the midst of the AIDS crisis in NYC, an extraordinary theatrical collective emerged from the queer underground. Blacklips Performance Cult, initiated by ANOHNI and joi… [more below]
- Author: Anohni
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1944860533
- Language: English
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Befriending Performance Anxiety: Practical Tips for Performers of All Levels
$14.95 Add to cartStage fright, performance nerves, performance anxiety: are you terrified of stepping into the spotlight? Do you shake, get cold and sweaty hands, experience shallow and fast breathing, dry mouth, naus
- Author: Pestova Bennett, Xenia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 92
- Publish Date: March 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1739717600
- Language: English
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Transgressive Devotion: Theology as Performance Art
$40.00 Add to cartAcademic theology is in need of a new genre. In “Transgressive Devotion” Natalie Wigg-Stevenson articulates a theological vision of that genre as performance art. She argues that theology done as perf… [more below]
- Author: Wigg-Stevenson, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 28 2021
- ISBN10: 033405947X
- Language: English
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On the Technique of Acting
$17.99 Add to cartThe most authoritative, authentic text of a classic guide to acting
In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov’s To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theate
- Author: Chekhov, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0062730371
- Language: English
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Two Awesome Hours: Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done
$16.99 Add to cartInternational Bestseller
Feeling overwhelmed with work and life demands? Rushing, multitasking, or relying on fancy devices and apps won’t help. The answer is to create the conditions for two awesome h
- Author: Davis, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0062326120
- Language: English
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Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances
$35.00 Add to cartRichard Hackman, one of the world’s leading experts on group and organizational behavior, argues that teams perform at their best when leaders create conditions that allow them to manage themselves ef
- Author: Hackman, J. Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 10 2002
- ISBN10: 1578513332
- Language: English
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Dare to Un-Lead: The Art of Relational Leadership in a Fragmented World
$29.95 Add to cart2022 PORCHLIGHT LEADERSHIP STRATEGY BOOK OF THE YEAR
A 2023 THINKERS50 BEST NEW MANAGEMENT BOOK A transformational book for trying times, Dare to Un-Lead will challenge the way you think and feel abo- Author: Schillinger, Celine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1773271822
- Language: English
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The Positive Path for Actors: How to Stop Second-Guessing Your Talent & Start Kicking A$$ in Your Career
$17.99 Add to cartActing isn’t just a job, it’s a way of life. It makes you open your heart, expose your vulnerabilities and share your authentic self… over and over again. If you want to be the kind of performer who… [more below]
- Author: Shaw, Shari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1982238097
- Language: English
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Life as Sport: What Top Athletes Can Teach You about How to Win in Life
$36.00 Add to cartWhy do sports captivate people? They allow us to watch human beings achieve peak performance, but, beyond physical strength and skill, what’s really impressive is an athlete’s mental prowess — their … [more below]
- Author: Fader, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0738218952
- Language: English
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Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
$19.99 Add to cartAn updated edition for the classic book on escaping the drudgery of overwork and finding excellence and happiness–by doing less
Overwork is the new normal. Rest is something to do when the importan- Author: Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604830
- Language: English
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Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre
$45.00 Read moreIn this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane explores the craft while reflecting on some of the greatest stage product… [more below]
- Author: McLane, Derek
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 076248036X
- Language: English
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Sun Ra: Art on Saturn: The Album Cover Art of Sun Ra’s Saturn Label
$75.00 Add to cartConsidered the foremost exponent of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra mastered a wide array of styles that spanned jazz, R&B, exotica, Afro-hybrids, electronic, big band, solo piano, orchestral, experimental, and … [more below]
- Author: Ra, Sun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1683966589
- Language: English
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Pretentiousness: Why It Matters
$18.00 Add to cartPretentiousness is the engine oil of culture; the essential lubricant in the development of all arts, high, low, or middle.
- Author: Fox, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 156689428X
- Language: English
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Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad
$32.00 Read moreAn expert in human performance describes his experience pushing his own aging body past preconceived limits in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three.
- Author: Kotler, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0063272903
- Language: English
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Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, Third Edition
$32.00 Add to cartMaximize employee performance with this updated edition of the classic bestseller
In Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, renowned thought lead
- Author: Daniels, Aubrey C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1259644901
- Language: English
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The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
$32.50 Add to cartBelieve and be unshakable.
The Director of West Point’s influential Performance Psychology Program shares the secrets of mental toughness and self-belief in this definitive guide to mastering confidenc
- Author: Zinsser, Nate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0063014831
- Language: English
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Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
$29.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explos- Author: Doerr, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0525536221
- Language: English
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Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow
$49.99 Add to cartFrom Gallup: a landmark study of great leaders, teams and the reasons why people follow.
More than a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a globa- Author: Gallup
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 1595620257
- Language: English
