Kirkus Reviews At least one-third of the people we know are introverts.Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement “A smart, lively book about the value of silence and solitude.”-Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People.Manhattan User's Guide “Cain takes a balanced, intelligent look at the interactions of introverts and extroverts. Broadway has always been in the box someone just needed to plug it in to see what was on". Perhaps in a style similar to various Broadway and film retrospectives, Broadway in the Box takes individual events and brings them together to craft a larger commentary on American entertainments, economics, and industries. In the end, Mitzi Gaynor titillating America in a revealing and bejeweled Bob Mackie dress was not just the seventies being the seventies, but a single event reflecting a larger confluence of Broadway, film, Vegas, ratings, genre, and programming trends within a specific television model. Further, examining these texts alongside constantly changing and at times intersecting entertainment industries uncovers forms of symbiosis and synergy that linked the cultural and economic futures of the musical across platforms. This concentrated exploration of the genre across American television allows for an explication of America's shifting and at times wavering feelings toward the musical, its songs, and its stars. Over seven chapters, it works to unearth, explore, and analyze pockets of over seventy years of television programming which embraced, nodded toward, and satirized the American musical in its various forms. "Broadway in the Box shines a television-centric light on the cross-industry presence of a seminal American art form. “Gypsy of the Year,” Manhattan User's Guide. Witty, humourous and polished, White takes his reader on a whirlwind trip through the restaurant racket, sparing no one! Kitchen Con pays tribute to the history of dining out, starting with the first restaurants and moving on to the most fashionable and well-known kitchens in New York, Paris and London. Diners, be forewarned: this biting critique of restaurant culture shows today’s most celebrated restaurants for what they really are: greedy, ostentatious businesses solely dedicated to the fame of their owners. Renowned food critic Trevor White exposes what goes on behind the scenes in the high-stakes world of the restaurateur. Chefs are our newest celebrities and their restaurants are their stages, but hidden behind the elegant façade of fine dining exists the stark and sometimes shocking reality of the food industry. "The difference between Gordon Ramsay and a talking pig is that Gordon Ramsay never shuts up." -From Kitchen Con Our consumer culture can’t help but get wrapped up in designer crazes- these days our collective attention is focused on the designer food frenzy. The supplementary Teacher's Guide includes: ¥ A chapter guide of additional information, trivia, historical facts, and more to help teachers be "Experts!" ¥ Activity ideas that make the book come dramatically to life for young readers! ¥ The author's additional comments and thoughts about the subject ¥ Some reproducible activities ¥ Great out-of-the-box ideas for activities. Each Teacher's Guide turns you into the expert-we've done all the research for you! This comprehensive resource enhances the many dramatic learning opportunities students can gain from reading this mystery by Carole Marsh. The corresponding Teacher's Guide is a page-by-page supplementary resource that gives you additional activities to enhance the student's learning opportunities by using cross-curricular materials including discussion questions, reproducible vocabulary, science, geography and math activities. New York City Reference Index Manhattan User's Guide Chapter Euide _, 2 2 2 2 3 History.
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