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1) Eden burning
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Language
English
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Description
Paradise calls to Chase Wilcox. A man of science fascinated by the rebirth of life in the wake of cataclysmic natural upheaval, he is drawn to the lush beauty of the island of Hawaii and the secrets it holds -- while escaping the destruction of his own personal world. Here Chase plans to immerse himself in his work ... and somehow heal and forget. The last thing he needs or wants is love. But the island is home to many unexpected wonders, which is...
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English
Description
When an injury forces her to return home to Fool's Gold, and into the fold of her estranged family, dancer Evie Stryker, who doesn't believe in Christmas miracles, agrees to stage the winter festival and then plans to leave town, but her brother's best friend has other plans for her.
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English
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"When her return home to Graybridge coincides with the murder of her friend Kara, former professional ballerina Esmé Foster, haunted by a past tragedy, must shine a light into the darkness to learn what really happened in the woods the night Kara died to bring this nightmare to an end"--
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English
Description
"1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Café is the ritziest black-and-tan club in town. Honoree Dalcour, a sharecropper's daughter, is willing to work hard and dance every night on her way to the top. She's socializing with celebrities, but with the temptations of bootleg whiskey, gambling, and gangsters a young woman driven by ambition might risk more than she can stand to lose. 2015: Film student Sawyer Hayes arrives...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful 19-year-old woman from British Columbia ventures from her hometown to the big city of Las Vegas to seek her fortune. What she finds is not the glamorous life she expected ; instead she becomes a victim of Vegas hustlers and seedy casino houses.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Language
None
Description
Diana is outwardly the hit of the party but inwardly virtuous and idealistic. Her friend Ann is thoroughly selfish and amoral. Both are attracted to Ben Black, soon-to-be millionaire. He takes Diana's flirtations with other boys as a sign of disinterest in him and marries Ann. Big mistake. Ben and Diana begin to realize their true love for each other and plan a new life together as drunken Ann falls down the stairs to her death--Imdb.com.
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English
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"Emma Donoghue's explosive new novel, based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heatwave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman called Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice--if he...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Description
Adele Astaire was a glittering, glamorous star, dancing with her brother, Fred, endearing herself to audiences from New York to London. But although she is toasted by royalty and beloved by countless fans, Adele Astaire has dreams of a loving husband and a houseful of children. And when she meets Lord Charles Cavendish, her wishes may just come true, but at what cost? Ever since Violet Wood could walk she's wanted to dance on the London stage. Befriended...
10) Shadow dance
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
479 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Language
English
11) Isadora
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 386 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Using the scaffolding of Isadora Duncan's life and ... spirit, Amelia Gray delivers an incredibly imaginative portrait of the artist. In 1913, the restless world sat on the brink of unimaginable suffering. But for one woman, the darkness of a new era had already made itself at home. Isadora Duncan would come to be known as the mother of modern dance, but in the spring of 1913 she was a grieving mother, after a freak accident in Paris resulted in...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
All Penny has ever wanted to do is dance--and when that chance is taken from her, it pushes her to the brink of despair, from which she might never return. When she wakes up after a traumatic fall, bruised and battered but miraculously alive, Penny must confront the memories that have haunted her for years, using her love of movement to pick up the pieces of her shattered life.
13) Ziegfeld girl
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Language
English
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Description
Susan Gallagher leaves her vaudevillian father to climb the ladder of stardom; Sheila Regan drops her loyal beau, Gilbert Young for socialite Geoffrey Collins, and Young resorts to bootlegging to earn the money to win Regan back; and the exotic Sandra Kolter nearly destroys her marriage with her struggling violinist husband. Now, as part of the most glamorous show ever staged, these ladies have attained their dreams.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
When a hat-check girl loses her job, she is forced to pretend to be the mistress of a duke to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse where she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman.
15) Shall we dance?
Author
Series
Dance with me volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
389 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shannon Murphy has just found out she has two sisters she never knew and now the three are living together above her dance studio in Bridgeport. Dylan Lange is a policeman with a new partner, a big brother trying to help his little sister, and a loser of a bet with his buddies. Now as a result of a the loss, he has to take dance lessons. But when he walks into the dance studio, Shannon is the last person he expected to find.
Author
Series
Myth Adventures volume 17
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Ace mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any ordinary being into a hero. They go in search of the other members of the Hoard, only to find that they're not the only ones looking. A dancer named Calypsa, working with Aahz's old friend Tananda, is seeking to collect them to free her grandfather from...
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When Steve Emery (Glenn Ford) visit the steamy tropics of Trinidad, he gets more than he bargained for. Someone's murdered his brother, and his bombshell sister-for-law Chris (Rita Hayworth) might be the only one who can solve the mystery. Despite conflicting feelings of lust and loyalty, Chris and Steve must work together to track down the killer before the culprit catches them"--Container.
18) Misty Copeland
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn about how Misty Copeland broke barriers for dancers of color and worked her way to the top"--
19) Flamingo road
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joan Crawford stars as a dancer in a traveling circus. Stranded in a corrupt Southern town, she is framed for murder by a crooked sheriff.
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Language
English
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Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that's linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members' club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong.
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