Pulling A Rabbit Out Of A Hat

Author : Ross Anderson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781496822307

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Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat by Ross Anderson Pdf

Who Framed Roger Rabbit emerged at a nexus of people, technology, and circumstances that is historically, culturally, and aesthetically momentous. By the 1980s, animation seemed a dying art. Not even the Walt Disney Company, which had already won over thirty Academy Awards, could stop what appeared to be the end of an animation era. To revitalize popular interest in animation, Disney needed to reach outside its own studio and create the distinctive film that helped usher in a Disney Renaissance. That film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, though expensive and controversial, debuted in theaters to huge success at the box office in 1988. Unique in its conceit of cartoons living in the real world, Who Framed Roger Rabbit magically blended live action and animation, carrying with it a humor that still resonates with audiences. Upon the film’s release, Disney’s marketing program led the audience to believe that Who Framed Roger Rabbit was made solely by director Bob Zemeckis, director of animation Dick Williams, and the visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, though many Disney animators contributed to the project. Author Ross Anderson interviewed over 140 artists to tell the story of how they created something truly magical. Anderson describes the ways in which the Roger Rabbit characters have been used in film shorts, commercials, and merchandising, and how they have remained a cultural touchstone today.

Author : Jon Agee
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735230255

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Milo's Hat Trick by Jon Agee Pdf

Milo the Magnificent's magic act isn't so magnificent after all, until he meets a bear who teaches him the secret to the perfect hat trick in this classic and critically acclaimed picture book, perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers and Jon Klassen Milo the Magnificent is the world’s least magnificent magician. He can't even pull a rabbit out of his hat! When Mr. Popovich gives him one more chance, Milo knows he has no choice: he has to go out and catch a rabbit for his act. Instead, he catches a bear. And the bear promises to help! Into the hat he dives. Milo rides the train home, sure his act will go off perfectly tonight. But when he arrives in his dressing room, he discovers that he left his hat—and the bear!—on the train. Meanwhile, across town, a man in a restaurant has a very familiar hat . . . Can Milo get his hat back in time for his act?

Author : Brian Cox
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781538707319

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Putting the Rabbit in the Hat by Brian Cox Pdf

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER The incredible rags-to-riches story of acclaimed actor Brian Cox, best known as Succession’s Logan Roy, from a troubled, working-class upbringing in Scotland to a prolific career across theatre, film and television. From Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter to media magnate Logan Roy in HBO's Succession, Brian Cox has made his name as an actor of unparalleled distinction and versatility. We are familiar with him on screen, but few know of his extraordinary life story. Growing up in Dundee, Scotland, Cox lost his father when he was just eight years old and was brought up by his three elder sisters in the aftermath of his mother's nervous breakdowns and ultimate hospitalization. After joining the Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of fifteen, you could say the rest is history — but that is to overlook the enormous effort that has gone into the making of the legend we know today. Rich in emotion and meaning, with plenty of laughs along the way, this seminal autobiography captures both Cox's distinctive voice and his very soul.

Author : Malcolm Mitchell
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338276978

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The Magician's Hat by Malcolm Mitchell Pdf

A magician introduces children to the fantastical powers of books in this delightful and encouraging read by a Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader. This is not your typical afternoon at the library—a magician invites kids to reach into his hat to pull out whatever they find when they dig down deep. Soon—poof!—each child comes away with something better than they could’ve imagined—a book that helps them become whatever they want to be, and makes their dreams come true through pages and words, and the adventures that follow. But each child can’t help but wonder, What’s really making the magic happen? Praise for The Magician’s Hat “Malcolm Mitchell is changing the world through the power of reading.” —Dav Pilkey, bestselling creator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series “The Magician’s Hat will cast its spell on you!” —Jeff Kinney, bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series “New England Patriot and literacy advocate Mitchell proves to have a touch of magic as an author as well as on the field . . . Perhaps youngsters who think they are more interested in football than reading will take the message to heart.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Jon Klassen
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763696757

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I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Pdf

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011! A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. Features an audio read-along! The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humor-- and winks at the reader with a wry irreverence that will have kids of all ages thrilled to be in on the joke.

Author : Gustav Kuhn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262039468

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Experiencing the Impossible by Gustav Kuhn Pdf

How the scientific study of magic reveals intriguing—and often unsettling—insights into the mysteries of the human mind. What do we see when we watch a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat or read a person's mind? We are captivated by an illusion; we applaud the fact that we have been fooled. Why do we enjoy experiencing what seems clearly impossible, or at least beyond our powers of explanation? In Experiencing the Impossible, Gustav Kuhn examines the psychological processes that underpin our experience of magic. Kuhn, a psychologist and a magician, reveals the intriguing—and often unsettling—insights into the human mind that the scientific study of magic provides.Magic, Kuhn explains, creates a cognitive conflict between what we believe to be true (for example, a rabbit could not be in that hat) and what we experience (a rabbit has just come out of that hat!). Drawing on the latest psychological, neurological, and philosophical research, he suggests that misdirection is at the heart of all magic tricks, and he offers a scientific theory of misdirection. He explores, among other topics, our propensity for magical thinking, the malleability of our perceptual experiences, forgetting and misremembering, free will and mind control, and how magic is applied outside entertaiment—the use of illusion in human-computer interaction, politics, warfare, and elsewhere. We may be surprised to learn how little of the world we actually perceive, how little we can trust what we see and remember, and how little we are in charge of our thoughts and actions. Exploring magic, Kuhn illuminates the complex—and almost magical—mechanisms underlying our daily activities.

Author : Renaud Dillies,Regis Hautiere
Publisher : NBM Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781561637010

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Abelard by Renaud Dillies,Regis Hautiere Pdf

To lure pretty Epily, little chick Abelard sees only one solution: to catch the moon for her. So off he goes to America, the country that invented flying machines. Armed with his banjo and his proverb-sharing hat, he launches out on the country roads, where he meets Gaston, a grumpy bear with whom he shares his plan. As opposed to dreamer Abelard, Gaston has his feet firmly planted on the ground. This humorous comic, where the absurd becomes poetry, explores philosophical ideas through a simple, fanciful story.

Author : Mimi Pockross
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538131695

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Pulling Harvey Out of Her Hat: The Amazing Story of Mary Coyle Chase by Mimi Pockross Pdf

Talk about working from home. . . . Pulling Harvey Out of Her Hat chronicles the story of how Mary Chase—a housewife with three children from a working-class Irish community in Denver, Colorado—became a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright for Harvey, a Broadway comedy about a gentle soul and his invisible six-foot-and-one-half-inch-tall rabbit friend. This entertaining and inspiring account traces how Chase achieved her dream of becoming a famous playwright while remaining in Denver—where she worked for the Rocky Mountain News, married an editor, and raised a family. Pulling Harvey Out of Her Hat includes many vignettes and unforgettable stories about the theater industry. It brings to life the history of Franklin Roosevelt’s Federal Theatre Project; provides readers with an insider’s view of the Broadway scene in the 1940s; and highlights the importance of theater personalities, including Brock Pemberton (Harvey’s producer), Antoinette Perry (Harvey’s director and namesake for the Tony Awards), and Frank Fay and Jimmy Stewart (actors who played Elwood Dowd, the amiable, slightly tipsy gentleman lead character). The author of fourteen plays, three screenplays, and two award-winning children’s books, Mary Chase created Harvey to counter sadness during the height of World War II. It would win the 1945 Pulitzer Prize (beating out Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie) and remain to this day one of the most beloved and underappreciated works of the twentieth century.

Author : Tom Bennett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781441161192

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Not Quite a Teacher by Tom Bennett Pdf

'I will translate every acronym and portmanteau the panjandrums of education feel we can't live without. I will tell you which mug to buy, and where your biggest worries will come from.' Tom Bennett, the Behaviour Guru There are many, many teacher training books that claim to offer practical advice; some of them are even useful. There are also humorous books aimed at teachers claiming to offer a zany, sideways look at our madcap world; some of them even contain a joke. This book, although light in tone, has a serious intent: to reassure trainee and beginning teachers that are parachuted into difficult schools without anything like the right level of preparation. Tom Bennett walks you through the training and initial teaching practice, offering practical advice and wisdom from the more experienced vantage point of hindsight. This double-narrator style allows you to identify with the situation, learn from the experience and then critically reflect on your own teaching journey. But most importantly, this is a teacher training guide disguised as something actually readable.

Author : Bruce Eckel
Publisher : MindView LLC
Page : 1820 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780981872520

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On Java 8 by Bruce Eckel Pdf

Author : J. David Velleman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521854296

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Self to Self by J. David Velleman Pdf

This collection of essays by philosopher J. David Velleman on personal identity, autonomy, and moral emotions is united by an overarching thesis that there is no single entity denoted by 'the self', as well as themes from Kantian ethics and Velleman's work in the philosophy of action.

Author : Satoshi Kitamura
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781682633908

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Hat Tricks by Satoshi Kitamura Pdf

You're invited to Hattie the rabbit's magic show! A lively, must-have read-aloud for preschooler story times from acclaimed author-illustrator Satoshi Kiramura. Abracadabra, katakurico! Oh, goodness! Out pops a cat from Hattie's magic hat. Can you guess what creature will appear from the magic hat next? Follow along as Hattie the rabbit conjures up a parade of animals from her magic hat in this highly interactive story that's perfect for toddler and preschool story times. Simple, repetitive language along with ample opportunities for prediction and fun magic words add to its engaging qualities. A great pairing for magic-themed activities and animal units.

Author : Sergio Ruzzier
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781596435025

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Hey, Rabbit! by Sergio Ruzzier Pdf

All of Rabbit's friends find the things that they want in his special suitcase, until he wonders if there is anything left in the suitcase for him.

Author : Betty Selakovich Casey
Publisher : Roadrunner Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1937054373

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That Is a Hat by Betty Selakovich Casey Pdf

An unidentified object arrives on the wind, leaving the desert animals who find it to ponder what it could be: A highfalutin tumbleweed? A tasty treat? Their clever guesses will thrill children.

Author : Milbourne Christopher
Publisher : Running PressBook Pub
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0786716886

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The Illustrated History of Magic by Milbourne Christopher Pdf

Follow the fascinating stories of the world's greatest necromancers, from sorcerer-priests in ancient Egypt to such modern miracle workers as Houdini and David Copperfield.