The Slave Dancer
Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, thirteen-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he must play his fife so that captured slaves will "dance," to keep their muscles strong and their... Jessie Bollier often played his fife to .. [... more]
Random House |
In Season
Celebrate the year by enjoying each month's special offering from the vegetable garden, market, or the wild. It's not only good for you and the planet, it also tastes better. In the years when I paid my rent by working as a dancer, "the season" [... more]
Suite101 |
Lou Fancher
Lou Fancher is a former ballet dancer who practiced dance steps instead of counting sheep when she could not sleep. Now a children's book illustrator and designer, Lou wrote The Quest for the One Big Thing, a counting book based on A Bug's Life, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Julie Kavanagh
Rudolf Nureyev, one of the most iconic dancers of the twentieth century, had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the ... [... more]
Random House |
Linda Maybarduk
Few ballet dancers have held the world's attention like Rudolf Nureyev. Naturally talented and technically brilliant, Nureyev had a charisma that knocked the dancing world on its heels. This stunning book is a very personal glimpse of a unique ... [... more]
Random House |
Ron Querry
Winner of two regional book awards and overwhelming praise, this haunting first novel about the mysterious death of a young Indian dancer is a stunning portrayal of the spirit and struggles of the Southwest's native peoples. Even today, amid the ... [... more]
Random House |
Marisol from HarperCollins Publishers
Marisol has been a fashion model, banker, belly dancer, chef, aerobics and college language instructor, and most recently, a public relations professional. A native of Venezuela, she currently lives in Denver. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Imperial Dancer: Mathilde Kschessinska and the Romanovs
 Author: Coryne Hall Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 792.8092 EAN: 9780750935579 ISBN: 075093557X Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2005-09-25 [... more]
CDN$24.95
Amazon CA |
Goddess: Martha Graham's Dancers Remember
From Amazon.com: Telling a story from one point of view is so much easier than from two. Or five. Or, goddess forbid, 30. But there are some events and people that demand many points of view. Dancer/choreographer Martha Graham was utterly different to [... more]
CDN$47.25
Amazon CA |
Maos Last Dancer
Superb account of a glorious life: When my wife and I moved to Texas in the early 1980's, the Houston Ballet's performances were a refreshing antidote to the Southwest's unrelenting commercialism and fixation with football and barbecue. Under Ben [... more]
CDN$26.00
Amazon CA |
Maos Last Dancer
Touching story: A very quick and enjoyable read - not a dull moment. Very interesting to learn how the peasants of communist China lived and their delusions of this side of the world. I felt both inspired by his struggle to succeed and grateful for all [... more]
CDN$16.05
Amazon CA |
No Way Home: A Dancer's Journey from the Streets of ...
Author: Carlos Acosta Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 792.8028092 EAN: 9781416566298 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1416566295 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2008-05-06 [... more]
CDN$32.00
Amazon CA |
