14 Best nonfiction books like Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary Directors by Beowulf Boritt

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Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary Directors

By: Beowulf Boritt

4.62

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

Transforming Space over Time tells the stories of six diverse five on Broadway and one Off Broadwa…

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1. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

By: Jung Chang

3.90

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chin… read more

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"She was a giant, but no saint."

-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

"For all her faults, she was no despot."

-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

"For Cixi, what the Viceroy as done was best left unsaid."

-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

"Empress Dowager Cixi’s legacy was manifold and towering."

-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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2. Spoon River Anthology

By: Edgar Lee Masters

4.05

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

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"Act well your part, there all the honor lies."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"Remember the acorn; It does not devour other acorns."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

3. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By: Tony Kushner

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more

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4. Sourdough

By: Robin Sloan

3.76

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world… read more

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"Culture,"

-Robin Sloan, Sourdough

"It was a fungal party hellscape."

-Robin Sloan, Sourdough

"You went to Greenland...on purpose," Naz said."

-Robin Sloan, Sourdough

"I agree," Mona said. As if she had any choice."

-Robin Sloan, Sourdough

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5. Daughter of Fortune

By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-… read more

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"حيث توجد النساء ، توجد الحضارة"

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

"Quien se complace en pensar en lo malo, acaba por convocarlo"

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

"Non c'è niente di più pericoloso del demone della fantasia acquattato nell'animo femminile."

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

"You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell."

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

6. Uncommon Type

By: Tom Hanks

3.79

Format: 223 pages,

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is a… read more

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7. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

By: Michael Chabon

3.95

Format: None pages,

Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, h… read more

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8. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

By: Bob Odenkirk

3.60

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more

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"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

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9. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

By: Tom Hanks

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-st… read more

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"Are you a clairvoyant?"

-Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

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10. Rough Sleepers

By: Tracy Kidder

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story o… read more

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11. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

By: Mary Rodgers

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more

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12. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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13. After Sappho

By: Selby Wynn Schwartz

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What did we want? To begin with, we wanted what half the population had got by just being born. … read more

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"The death of a child makes a barbaric sound, even in print."

-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

"But some of us have always seen the modern world as a sea meant to drown us."

-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

"We were going to be sappho, but how did Sappho begin to become herself? P.40"

-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

"There is always this risk, in life, that we have our parts in a tragedy and we do not know it."

-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

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14. Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

By: Heather Walter

3.95

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “S… read more

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"There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain." "Magic is everywhere...even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it."

-Heather Walter, Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

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15. Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

By: Alan Rickman

3.58

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

Madly Deeply is a rare invitation into the mind of Alan Rickman—one of the most magnetic, beloved … read more

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"The trouble with death is that there is no next."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"Why was I dreaming about having got myself a Saturday job at Woolworth's??"

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"The walls we are surrounded by, the objects we fill the spaces with, the lives they all describe."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"Savoy Grill with Emma[Thompson]. A very easy, enjoyable meal with an easy enjoyable person. She says 'fuck' a lot. Much laughter."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

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16. Thistlefoot

By: GennaRose Nethercott

3.96

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con a… read more

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"what is a memory if not a ghost?"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"Memory, it was nothing but a leash"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"This song is for the goners, whose smiles are dust"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"Leaves fell like one thousand small, flaming hands."

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

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17. The House Is on Fire

By: Rachel Beanland

4.10

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction abou… read more

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"If you want to help... any of us, then you get where you're going and you work hard and you find a way to take care of someone else the way your uncle has taken care of you."

-Rachel Beanland, The House Is on Fire

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18. Everybody

By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

3.84

Format: 55 pages, None

This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amo… read more

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19. Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies

By: Laura Thompson

3.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses , a fascinating look at the… read more

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20. Wolf at the Table

By: Adam Rapp

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a … read more

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21. Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"

By: James Lapine

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in… read more

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22. A Lady for a Duke

By: Alexis Hall

4.07

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

A lush, sweeping queer historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material—perfect… read more

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"I will never forget him. But"

-Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke

"Don’t try to tell me that time is a healer because time also kills people."

-Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke

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23. The Witches Are Coming

By: Lindy West

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

In this wickedly funny cultural critique, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir and Hulu se… read more

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"the soft violence of willful ignorance"

-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming

"It costs you nothing to err on the side of "care"."

-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming

"[about a character in movie Little Nicky] A hilarious, hilarious sex criminal."

-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming

"Common Sense" without growth, curiosity, or perspective eventually becomes conservatism and bitterness."

-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming

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24. Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy

By: Charles Busch

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's dramatic journey in the worlds of … read more

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25. The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture

By: Grace Perry

3.85

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From The Onion and Reductress contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip … read more

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"That’s the thing about being a queer millennial: it’s not about things getting better in any linear fashion but holding a painful past and an optimistic future together, one in each hand, at the same…"

-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture

"God, how much easier it would be, I felt, if coming out were something that just happened to me . For queerness to seek me out, and not the other way around. To be a passive observer in my personal j…"

-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture

"Dressing femme to the nines and then hanging on the arm of another woman all night—a fuck-you to straight men—can feel electrifying. And butch confidence, the grit to invert every traditional way a w…"

-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture

" The closet implies a literal, physical boundary dividing one’s life before publicly declaring queerness, and after. It’s a threshold impossible to recross, two distinct places to live: in the darkne…"

-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture

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26. Same Time Next Year

By: Bernard Slade

3.94

Format: 73 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Full Length, Comedy 1 male, 1 female Interior Set One of the most popular romantic comedies of the … read more

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27. Thank You, Mr. Nixon

By: Gish Jen

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In her first collection of stories since the acclaimed Who's Irish?, the beloved author of The Resi… read more

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28. Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary Directors

By: Beowulf Boritt

4.62

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

Transforming Space over Time tells the stories of six diverse five on Broadway and one Off Broadwa… read more

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29. When the British Musical Ruled the World

By: Robert Sellers

4.00

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

For decades, British stage musicals struggled to compete against the dazzling Broadway productions … read more

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Cover of Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre by Derek McLane

30. Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre

By: Derek McLane

4.38

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award–wi… read more

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31. Out For Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical

By: Chris Adams

4.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Featuring contributions from over eighty original cast members, creatives, crew and audience member… read more

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13 must-read theatre books like Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade

Transform Your Habits

You Can't Take it With You

Moss Hart , George S. Kaufman

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare

Christopher Durang

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Boys in the Band

Mart Crowley

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Vagina Monologues

Gloria Steinem , V (formerly Eve Ensler)

3.87

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