Performing Arts
10 books
Performing Arts
516
P. T. Barnum - Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself
The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the «Greatest Show on Earth,» P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It details his life and business struggles up to the year 1872. Not only a showman and a...
27 hours 17 minutes
General Fiction
527
Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts
This is the twelfth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to...
2 hours 25 minutes
Performing Arts
452
Lillian Shearon - Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves
Reading the Cup is essentially a domestic form of Fortune-telling to be practiced at home, and with success by anyone who will take the trouble to master the simple rules laid down in these pages: and it is in the...
1 hour 14 minutes
Performing Arts
464
Professor Louis Hoffman - Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
This «how-to» book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, to how to do tricks with cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes and dice,...
19 hours 8 minutes
Crafts & Hobbies
572
Frederic Maccabe - Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions
This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how sounds are formed in the human body and how the voice is used. It then...
2 hours 17 minutes
Performing Arts
518
Jack Gaver - There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows
There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of the medium and brief but intimate accounts of some of the biggest acts from the...
5 hours 13 minutes
