Download or read book Dancing Naked on the Floor written by Kwame Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems from the 2015 Newbery Medalist, Kwame Alexander If I can have a literary son, I like to think it is Kwame Alexander...Hard worker, truth seeker, soul sharer. --Nikki Giovanni Like the minimalist, melodic, melancholy music of 20th century French Composer Erik Satie, poet Kwame Alexander's parsed, fecund words dance their way into one's heart, head...and soul. --Eric W. Feber, Virginia Pilot-Ledger Dtar

Download or read book Dancing Naked on the Floor written by Kwame Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his third books of poems, a more seasoned Alexander once again uses a deft wit and wide-eyed focus to bridge the gap between passion and politics; family and freedom.

Download or read book Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn written by Kris Radish and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2004-12-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Elegant Gathering of White Snows comes a poignant, outrageous, refreshingly liberating story about one woman whose life takes an unexpected turn.... Meg Fratano has just witnessed the unthinkable: her husband of twenty—seven years making love to another woman. In her bed. And all Meg wanted to do was watch. Quietly, secretly, watch. Then she realized her life would never be the same. Meg isn’t sure what she wants, but she knows it’s not what she had. After almost three decades of marriage and two children, she has finally awakened to how unhappy she is. Now, with the help of friends old and new, and even her teenage daughter—a former brat who has blossomed into a startlingly wise young woman—Meg just might break through the chains of everyone’s expectations for her and find the strength to take the first step on her own path. To strip away a lifetime of inhibitions. To dance naked at the edge of dawn...

Download or read book Dancing Naked written by Shelley Hrdlitschka and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kia finds she is pregnant, her ordered life crumbles until she begins to trust herself.

Download or read book Dancing Naked Before God written by Fitzroy Othello Jr. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-12-12 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have any questions about why you feel disconnected from God, this book is for you. Dancing Naked Before God is a roadmap to an abiding relationship with Godalways reaching out to us with His arms open wide. If you have any questions about why the world is now descending into environmental, economic, political, social and religious chaos, and ultimately World War III, this book is also for you! The author seeks to point out clear biblical reasons for what is taking place today and prophetically outlines the future of mankind.

Download or read book Dancing Naked in Dixie written by Lauren Clark and published by Camellia Press. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel writer Julia Sullivan lives life in fast-forward. She jet sets to Europe and the Caribbean with barely a moment to blink or sleep. But too many mishaps and missed deadlines have Julia on the verge of being fired. With a stern warning, and unemployment looming, she's offered one last chance to rescue her career. Julia embarks on an unlikely journey to the ‘Heart of Dixie’—Eufaula, Alabama—home to magnificent mansions, sweet tea, and the annual Pilgrimage. Julia arrives, soon charmed by the lovely city and her handsome host, but her stay is marred by a shocking discovery. Can Julia's story save her career, Eufaula, and the annual Pilgrimage?

Download or read book Dancing Naked in Fuzzy Red Slippers written by Carmen Richardson Rutlen and published by Cypress House. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing Naked ... in fuzzy red slippers isn't about life, but about living life. You'll visit Tobago on a warm summer evening, and Venice at twilight. This isn't a travel book in the usual sense, but it does explore interesting landscapes of the mind and heart. It talks about dancing naked in the morning and being late for work, and visits divorce and the accompanying sorrows and joys. It introduces you to a homeless woman named Joan, and tells about the death of a basset hound named Rufus. It takes you through a "near-love" experience, and gives instructions on what to do with an extra half-hour you find lying on the ground. And in the end, it's about how beautiful we all are, despite our stumbling, bumbling ways, and what a joy it is to be part of this marvelous, exclusive club we call -- being human. Book jacket.

Download or read book Dancing Naked in the Mind Field written by Kary Mullis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a multidimensional playland of ideas from the world's most eccentric Nobel-Prize winning scientist. Kary Mullis is legendary for his invention of PCR, which redefined the world of DNA, genetics, and forensic science. He is also a surfer, a veteran of Berkeley in the sixties, and perhaps the only Nobel laureate to describe a possible encounter with aliens. A scientist of boundless curiosity, he refuses to accept any proposition based on secondhand or hearsay evidence, and always looks for the "money trail" when scientists make announcements. Mullis writes with passion and humor about a wide range of topics: from global warming to the O. J. Simpson trial, from poisonous spiders to HIV, from scientific method to astrology. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field challenges us to question the authority of scientific dogma even as it reveals the workings of an uncannily original scientific mind.

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Download or read book Dancing Dirty written by Ryan Field and published by Riverdale Avenue Books LLC. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the summer of 1978, it's the middle of the disco era, and dancing is one of the hottest trends. But 18 year old Junior has never seen the inside of a gay bar or danced with another man. His mother and father think he's just shy about meeting girls and that he'll grow out of it. His little sister drives him insane with her constant invisible companion, a talking dog named Elmer. All Junior cares about is meeting the right man and falling in love. But when his parents buy a summer home in an exclusive resort community in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, his prospects of finding love don't look too promising. His first day there he meets an aggressive, abrasive young woman who isn't the least bit shy about letting him know she wants to get to know him better. And the more he ignores her, the more she chases after him. While his mother and father are enjoying all the amenities of the resort, and his sister is flirting with one of the waiters, Junior mopes around watching everyone else have fun. That is until he meets a handsome young dance instructor named Carlo who changes his life in ways he'd never dreamed were possible. From the minute Junior lays eyes on Carlo, he knows he's in love. And in order to prove his love, he's willing to make personal sacrifices that no one else has ever been willing to make for Carlo...

Download or read book Dirty Dancing written by Rachela Colosi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on ethnographic research conducted in 'Starlets', a lap-dancing club in the North of England, this book delves into what is often seen as the 'deviant', and 'stigmatized' world of lap-dancing. As well as the relationships between dancers, the author offers a unique insider's account of lap-dancing club culture, having worked as a lap-dancer both prior to, and during, the study. The book tells a fascinating tale of the author's experiences working as a lap dancer and the insights this has provided. This book projects a textured picture of working, socializing and living as a lap-dancer by following the dancer from the beginning of her career, to her eventual exit; providing a fluid and comprehensive examination of the occupation of lap-dancing. As well as building on the popular themes of 'dancer motivation', 'dancer exploitation/empowerment' and risk already embedded in existing literature, this book also offers completely new insight into this industry by drawing attention to the occupational subculture of which lap-dancers at 'Starlets' were found to be a part. This book is recommended for anyone studying or researching in this field.

Download or read book The 100 Best African American Poems written by Nikki Giovanni and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the voices of a culture from legendary New York Timesbestselling author Nikki Giovanni HEAR: Langston Hughes Gwendolyn Brooks Countee Cullen Paul Laurence Dunbar Robert Hayden Etheridge Knight READ: Rita Dove Sonia Sanchez Richard Wright Tupac Shukar Lucille Clifton Mari Evans Kevin Young Including one audio CD featuring many of the poems read by the poets themselves, 100 Best African-American Poems is at once strikingly original and a perfect fit for the original poetry anthologies from Sourcebooks, including Poetry Speaks, The Spoken Word Revolution, Poetry Speaks to Children, and the Nikki Giovanni-edited Hip Hop Speaks to Children. Award-winning poet and writer Nikki Giovanni takes on the difficult task of selecting the 100 best African-American works from classic and contemporary poets. This startlingly vibrant collection spans from historic to modern, from structured to free-form, and reflects the rich roots and visionary future of African-American verse in American culture. The resulting selections prove to be an exciting mix of most-loved chestnuts and daring new writing. Most of all, the voice of a culture comes through in this collection, one that is as talented, diverse, and varied as its people.

Download or read book Dancing Naked written by Robert Hodgson Van Wagoner and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terry Walker is an even-tempered, successful mathematics professor, comfortable with his world--the order and predictability of it. He likes the kind of life one lives in a quiet Salt Lake City subdivision. At his children's births, he masks his terror with numbers--his wife's contractions and dilations, blood pressure, heart rate. At funerals he absorbs his grief by calculating the cubic feet of earth the coffin and vault will displace. But control is illusive, something his fifteen-year-old son Blake never lets him forget. A sensitive boy, Blake has refused to eat meat since the time he could walk. Fearing he will hurt his friends' feelings, Blake withdraws from a spelling bee that he could easily win. More importantly, however, Blake harbors a secret that he keeps from Terry. Driving this important first novel are issues and characters Thomas Mann himself would have found compelling. Terry Walker's inability to accept what he knows and does not know about his child, what he possibly could never accept, exacts a high price. Almost at the threshold of insanity, the father begins waging a war against a powerful chaos. Van Wagoner takes his readers beyond a simple foretelling of what happens in such situations to deep beneath the story's skin, to a place readers will find familiar and perhaps even irresistible. Tim Sandlin has commented on Dancing Naked (Sandlin is the author of Skipped Parts, a New York Times "Notable Book."), noting how "remarkably clean" Van Wagoner's prose is. He calls him a "first-rate writer" and adds that he "stares deep into the heart of intolerance, grief, and redemption, and does not blink." David Lee (Western States Book Award for My Town) considers Van Wagoner "the best contemporary writer in Utah." Elaborating, he writes: "Reading Van Wagoner is like opening a can of biscuits: there's the pop, the swelling, the aroma of fresh dough, and the anticipation of flavor. And the wonder: how can he fit so much into such a small vessel?" Similarly, Levi Peterson (Association for Mormon Letters Book Award for Canyons of Grace) praises the "mastery of language" and "perfectly cadenced sentences" in Dancing Naked. He says that it is remarkable that Van Wagoner can so perfectly present "the effects of male ego--a punitive anger turned against homosexuality--upon three generations of a family."

Download or read book Dancing Naked in Front of the Fridge written by Nancy J. Sipes and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What began as a four year old's joyful jig in front of a shiny refrigerator has become a unique way to look at life, as a dance in front of a mirror--each person constantly reflecting off the other. Dancing Naked in Front of the Fridge is the first book of its kind co-authored by identical twins. It takes you inside twinship and inside yourself for a new fascinating view of relationships. The twin relationship is something everyone can learn from!

Download or read book Dancing Naked in the Material World written by Marilyn Suriani Futterman and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing Naked in the Material World, a unique and illuminating photo-documentary, allows us to look beyond the exotic, sometimes grimy surface of the world of striptease and into the lives of the women who perform there. The dancers, whose humanity and intelligence is graciously depicted in Marilyn Futterman's brilliant black-and-white photographs, describe in their own words how they feel about themselves, their marginal profession, and the men who support it. How does such a sexual, competitive occupation affect the self-esteem of these women? What are their fears, hopes, and ambitions? Futterman, after deciding to do a photographic series on strippers, became a waitress in one of the clubs in Atlanta, Georgia. Working with and interviewing the dancers enabled her to better understand their diverse and complex lives. She witnessed first-hand the strippers' working environment, the people met there, and the relationships between the women. Men go to these clubs seeking fantasy for a dollar with no threat of intimacy. And the women achieve a kind of emotional fulfillment that is remarkably harder to find outside the doors of the club. Dancing Naked's poignant depiction of this odd social contract is important cultural history, vivid autobiography, and beautiful photography.

Download or read book Dance with the Devil written by Cherry Adair and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A date from hell--literally. Satan at his seductive best! It's getting hot in here.... Better the devil you know!

Download or read book Can You Hear What I Hear written by Matthew Ludwick and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cool crisp air whips across his face as he sprints from the two boys who are chasing him. He runs around a building that blocks out the late afternoon sun and enters a shaded alley. He frantically scans the alley for a place to hide that may conceal him from threat. He looks behind him and notices the boys emerge from the light in the street and enter the alley. When young Jonathan ran into that alley to escape his pursuers, he had no idea that he would soon meet a man with an incredible story. After Matt comes to the rescue, he offers to walk Jonathan home. Along the way, Matt shares his life story with Jonathan, an amazing story of one man's journey to overcome his disability and to succeed above and beyond his wildest dreams. Join author Matthew Ludwick as he tells his own true-life story of beating the odds in Can You Hear what I Hear?