The Big Bad Musical

A brilliantly original fairy-tale twist from Children's Laureate and Charlie & Lola creator Lauren Child.

The New York Times Best Seller. Part biography, part critical appreciation, part love letter, and all fun, this enormous full-color volume, packed with color film stills and behind-the-scenes photography, chronicles every Murray performance in loving detail, recounting all the milestones, legendary “Murray stories,” and controversies in the life of this enigmatic performer. He’s played a deranged groundskeeper, a bellowing lounge singer, a paranormal exterminator, and a grouchy weatherman. He is William James “Bill” Murray, America’s greatest national treasure. From his childhood lugging golf bags at a country club to his first taste of success on Saturday Night Live, from his starring roles in Hollywood blockbusters to his reinvention as a hipster icon for the twenty-first century, The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray chronicles every aspect of his extraordinary life and career. He’s the sort of actor who can do Hamlet and Charlie’s Angels in the same year. He shuns managers and agents, and he once agreed to voice the lead in Garfield because he mistakenly believed it was a Coen Brothers film. He’s famous for crashing house parties all over New York City—and if he keeps photobombing random strangers, he might just break the Internet.

This is the perfect full-color, hands-on, easy tutorial for Skylanders SuperChargers - the newest game in Activision's amazingly popular series! Packed with boldly-labeled in-game pictures, it's designed for every player - including young players who find other Skylanders books too complicated. It's also perfect for parents who want to understand the Skylanders universe and game figures, and help their kids succeed with the game. You'll find easy, complete help for every part of Skylanders SuperChargers: setup, navigation, rules, characters, vehicles, gameplay, hints, tricks, challenges, quests, and more. Playful and informal, The Ultimate Guide to Skylanders SuperChargers covers all that's new and exciting in SuperChargers, including its 20 new figures and 20 new land-, sea- and sky-based vehicles. Along the way, you'll uncover hundreds of Skylanders secrets: hidden Soul Gems, treasure chests, collectibles, extra stars, player power, upgrades, and more!

This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and new will captivate young fans—and prove invaluable to those contemplating staging a musical production. Written with high school students in mind, The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song encompasses not only Broadway and film musicals, but also made-for-television musicals, a genre that has been largely ignored. The two volumes cover significant musicals in easily accessible entries that offer both useful information and fun facts. Each entry lists the work's writers, composers, directors, choreographers, and cast, and includes a song list, a synopsis, and descriptions of the original production and important revivals or remakes. Biographical entries share the stories of some of the brightest and most celebrated talents in the business. The encyclopedia will undoubtedly ignite and feed student interest in musical theatre. At the same time, it will prove a wonderful resource for teachers or community theatre directors charged with selecting and producing shows. In fact, anyone interested in theatre, film, television, or music will be fascinated by the work's tantalizing bits of historical and theatre trivia.