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Celestial Bodies
A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of ballet As much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad -- in Russia, Italy, and France. In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura Jacobs makes the foreign familiar, providing a lively, poetic, and uniquely accessible introduction to the world of classical dance. Combining history, interviews with dancers, technical definitions, descriptions of performances, and personal stories, Jacobs offers an intimate and passionate guide to watching ballet and understanding the central elements of choreography. Beautifully written and elegantly illustrated with original drawings, Celestial Bodies is essential reading for all lovers of this magnificent art form.
The Bird Catcher
Margret Snow is the quintessential New York woman. She dresses the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue by day and mingles in the downtown art world by night, always searching for her niche in a city intent on capturing The Next Big Thing as it flies into view. Married to Charles, a professor at Columbia, and living on the Upper West Side, the backdrop to Margret's life is made up of the poetic rhythms and colors of the Manhattan day: slow-running buses, the gray morning light striking the Hudson, the winter landscape of Riverside Park, the endless round of gallery openings, cocktail parties and grand dinners in the palatial apartments on Manhattan's upper east side. Against this metropolitan whirl,...
Women about Town
Debut novelist Jacobs joins an elite group of authors (Jane Austen, Nancy Mitford, Diane Johnson) whose novels celebrate intelligent, modest, witty, and endearingly funny women. The setting is Manhattan, but women everywhere can identify with Iris and Lana as they struggle to keep friendships afloat, the checkbook balanced, the career moving, and the morale up.
Barbie
Updated to include the 1990s, this landmark edition of the ultimate Barbie photo shoot presents the full range of this trendsetting doll's nineties wardrobe, in addition to highlights from 1959 through 1989. 276 color illustrations.
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Barbie is an American phenomenon--with 700 million dolls sold, and still selling at the rate of two per second! Now, for the first time, America's s weetheart models 300 of her favorite ensembles from the past three decades in American fashion. Glorious color photographs make this a book to be treasured by little girls, Barbie collectors, and women of all ages everywhere.276 color illus.
Ballerina
A gorgeously illustrated look at the profound influence that classical ballet and the ballerina have had on high fashion Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse is a revelatory, irresistible treat for dance aficionados and fashionistas alike. Couturiers such as Balmain, Balenciaga, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Charles James, Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent designed ballet-inspired dresses and gowns, many featuring the boned bodices and voluminous tulle skirts of classical tutus. And ready-to-wear designers such as Claire McCardell found inspiration in ballet leotards and other practice clothing, creating knitted separates, bathing suits, and wrap dresses. Written by fashion and ballet experts, the book is illustrated with archival photography by such masters as Richard Avedon, Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Man Ray, and Cecil Beaton, along with newly commissioned photography of contemporary ballerinas wearing ballet-influenced couture.
David's Journey
The story of David Jal's struggle to survive a decades-long civil war in South Sudan that ultimately turned him into one of the Lost Boys of Sudan.
Jacob's Hope
Jacob, having been cast out of the only life he has ever known, embarks on a journey to the land of his mother's ancestry. It is an arduous journey filled with danger and intrigue, in which Jacob is forced to make a choice to remain consistent to his calling. It is an epic story of love and hate, trickery and deceit, and ultimately the triumph of good over evil. Jacob's Hope is the promise of God to make his descendants into a great nation. God not only proves faithful to Jacob, but has remained faithful to the nation of Israel even today. This is Jacob's story.
Beene by Beene
Pieces are pursuing the same truths. How are women moving through their days? Is the fabric young and easy in its seems? Is a silhouette speaking? What Beene sees as beautiful can be innocent or sly, a technical tour de force, or a shape made with one shy seam. But the beauty is always honest, coherent - invention born of precision."--BOOK JACKET.
