Before the curtain rises, careful planning, budgeting and scheduling must be overseen, making even small productions potentially complicated. This book guide to theatre management includes templates, charts and contracts.'

Theater Management Handbook: From Box Office to Payroll, Proven Plans and Strategies for Running a Successful Production

Schneider, Richard E.

Arts & Photography

Penguin Random House LLC (F&W Media)

Written by a woodworker for fellow woodworkers, this book will teach how to get great designs out of readers' heads and into working drawings. They will create original furniture that is strong, attractive, and well-proportioned. Includes information on how to develop a design philosophy; how to apply standards of size, shape and style; how to select the proper materials and tools; and more.

Woodworker's Guide To Furniture Design Pod Edition

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Graves, Garth

Crafts & Hobbies

Scenic designer Rich Rose takes you through the drawing process starting with sketched &amp; moving to renderings.You will find:Step by step instructionsLearn by looking at a portfolio of sketchesPrinciples of perspective, for the appearance of three dimensionsSketching thumbnailsUsing a camera view method, for film or televisionDrawing furniture from geometrical shapesSuggest textures - from trees to glass to stuccoShading &amp; toning to freeze the mood of a moment in the play

Drawing Scenery For Theater, Film and Television

Rose, Rich

Performing Arts

Following basic, step by step instruction, readers will gain access to most of the primary records they need (including civil registrations, census returns, parish register and probate materials). Readers will learn to document their findings properly and go beyond the names on their pedigree charts to understand the historical context in which their English ancestors lived. Covering every aspect of English family history research, this guide also provides guidance for planning a successful research trip to England--from where information is stored to how it can be accessed quickly and effectively.

Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors

Reference

Jonas, Linda

Milner, Paul

Genealogy

Shelia Bender shows readers how to find the common threads in their lives, the threads that tie the episodes of their lives to the larger web of human emotion and existence. No topic is dull or taboo. Personal stories are important, and Bender shows how to tell them in the reader's own voice. Also includes a chapter on publishing, how to find the right place to send essays, and how to present work to editors.

Writing Personal Essays: How to Shape Your Life Experiences for the Page

Bender, Sheila

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

The only guide of its kind created just for fiction writers. Drawing upon the insights of experienced authors, editors and agents, it provides writers with the crucial information needed to get published in today's rapidly-changing fiction industry. Using examples from real novel proposals, this guide illustrates all the do's and don'ts of pitching a manuscript, including how to: target the right publishers find a great agent network and make important industry contacts send a query letter that gets attention avoid editors' and agents' 'Top 10 submission pet peeves' master the elements of a strong synopsis and killer cover letter

Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract

Marshall J. Cook

Blythe Camenson

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Penguin Random House LLC (F&W Media) publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Penguin Random House LLC (F&W Media)