Download or read book Two Bit Dancing written by Evelyn Schneider and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cats, dogs… they approach each other with clear intentions. We have the gift of speech, yet we rarely let each other know what we want. What a stupid breed we are." Han Ascono is a computer genius employed by a prestigious bi-coastal consulting firm. On weekends he dances in an exotic strip bar. Tom Lawson is working on a routine investigation, helping a father reunite with his children. Tom couldn't have anticipated the ethical dilemma he's about to face. And he wasn't prepared for the anger—or the passion… Angela Louie is a recently unemployed mother of teenagers struggeling to make ends meet. Right now she's entering an upscale hotel fidgeting with an escort service's business card. She has, of course, no idea of the impact her lapse in common sense will have. And, there is a man buried in an Arizona grave… somone's son…

Download or read book Shanghai s Dancing World written by Andrew David and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon a unique and untapped reservoir of newspapers, magazines, novels, government documents, photographs and illustrations, this book traces the origin, pinnacle, and ultimate demise of a commercial dance industry in Shanghai between the end of the First World War and the early years of the People's Republic of China. Delving deep into the world of cabarets, nightclubs, and elite ballrooms that arose in the city in the 1920s and peaked in the 1930s, the book assesses how and why Chinese society incorporated and transformed this westernized world of leisure and entertainment to suit its own tastes and interests. Focusing on the jazzage nightlife of the city in its "golden age," the book examines issues of colonialism and modernity, urban space, sociability and sexuality, and modern Chinese national identity formation in a tumultuous era of war and revolution.

Download or read book The Outsiders written by S. E Hinton and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Double Talk written by Manjula Padmanabhan and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Double Talk Debuted In The Sunday Observer In Bombay, 1982. Suki, Its Central Character, Was A Bushy-Haired, Baggy-Clothed Free Spirit. With Neither Job Nor Family To Tie Her Down, Her Life Was Breezily Uncluttered, Unencumbered And Unconventional. In Four Years She Had Just One Romance And Her Best Friends Were Non-Human. Her Favourite Concerns Were Bewilderingly Abstract And Her Reference Points Were Usually Universal Rather Than Local. In The Nineties, Suki Was Resurrected In A Daily Strip Of That Name, In The Pioneer In New Delhi, Where It Ran For Six Years. Despite All The Changes That Have Occurred In The Real World Since The Birth Of Suki, The Character And The Illustrations Continue To Bristle With Their Own Quirky Brand Of Humour. Or Lack Of It: Bombay S Feisty Readers Had Strong Views About The Cartoon, And Sent In Almost 60 Published Letters Of Complaint To The Editor! This Book Represents A Selection Of The Strips That Appeared In Print From 1982 To 1986.

Download or read book The Bit Dance written by Tilmer Wright, Jr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when millions of tiny minds find a way to work together? At what point do they become one? At what point are they no longer merely machinery, but actually alive? Kayla Henry is a genius. She has a grasp of technology that far surpasses that of people three times her tender age of fourteen. She has mastered every skill she has attempted to acquire - except the ability to impress her father and appease his overbearing perfectionism. The eBot is the newest offering from her father's employer that will set the company's course for as much as a decade. It is a revolutionary toy endowed with groundbreaking technology and an online community that will encourage consumers to share their experiences. Kayla is fascinated by it and longs to be a part of it in any way she can. When an ex-KGB officer appropriates the technology for his own nefarious purposes, it responds in ways no one could predict - or even imagine.

Download or read book From Dance Hall to White Slavery written by H. W. Lytle and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dancing in the Dark written by Stuart M. Kaminsky and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To save a film star’s fingers, Toby Peters gives dance lessons Fred Astaire has a headache named Luna. The moll of a well-known Los Angeles gangster, Luna has demanded dance lessons from Hollywood’s finest hoofer, and whatever Luna wants, Luna gets. But after two lessons with the lead-footed lady, Astaire tires of her making passes at him, and hires famously discreet private investigator Toby Peters to break the news gently. Trouble is, Luna and her boyfriend—nicknamed “Fingers” because he likes to cut them off—don’t take bad news well. To protect the star’s digits, Toby attempts to pass himself off as a dance instructor. For his troubles, he earns a spanking from Fingers and a promise of more pain if Astaire doesn’t come around. Not long after, Luna surfaces with a cut throat, never to dance again. Toby may not be a dancer, but to escape this deadly mire he has no choice but to stay nimble and keep his feet moving.

Download or read book Night of the Living Rat written by Doyle and Macdonald and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MELVINGE OF THE MAGAVERSE BOOK 2 NIGHT OF THE LIVING RAT! RAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? Imagine there’s this mall, and it’s the biggest thing you’ve ever seen in the whole universe. It’s so big it’s going to take your whole life just to find a place to park in one of its fifty quajillion parking lots. Now imagine you’re the biggest schlub in the universe. Your name is Melvinge. You‘re on your way to the mall with your faithful dogoid companion, Harlan. Only you’ve bitten off more than you can chew, even if you had ten thousand sets of teeth. When we last saw Melvinge, he had been turned into a werewolf and shot to death with a silver bullet. Now, the Neitherworld just isn’t what Melvinge expected. Sdark, the Card Shark, is looking for him. Harlan is continuing their quest alone. And lunatic revolutionaries are infiltrating the One True Mall in search of power, glory, and all-night dancing. Ever have one of those nights...? DANIEL M. PINKWATER’S MELVINGE OF THE MAGAVERSE

Download or read book Everything Is Broken Up and Dances written by Edoardo Nesi and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extended autobiographical essay explains in clear, engaging terms how the role of economics and finance in the Western world has shifted in the twenty-first century, from cultivating wellbeing in society to eroding the wealth of the middle class. Just a handful of years into the new millennium, globalization has had a profound impact on economies and societies throughout Europe and America. In this accessible yet literary work, Edoardo Nesi and Guido Maria Brera illustrate its effects in Italy through the changes that occurred in their own lives: while the former was forced to sell the textile company his grandfather founded before World War II, the latter became one of the key figures in European asset management. Between Bill Clinton's remarks at the Lincoln Memorial on December 31, 1999 that closed the American Century, and Donald Trump's inauguration speech, economics and finance stopped functioning as instruments constructing a healthy society and became weapons to destroy the middle class. As demagogues seduce citizens of nations across the globe, Everything Is Broken Up and Dances tells the critical story of how we corrupted what we might in retrospect call "the best of all possible worlds"--a world without banking crises, unemployment, terrorism, and populism, in which it was impossible to think that a state might default on its debt.

Download or read book The Wedding Dress written by Rachel Hauck and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four brides. One dress. The New York Times bestselling tale of faith, redemption, and timeless love. Charlotte owns a chic Birmingham bridal boutique. Dressing brides for their big day is her gift--and her passion. But with her own wedding day approaching, why can't she find the perfect dress--or feel certain she should marry Tim? Then Charlotte purchases a vintage dress in a battered trunk at an estate sale. It looks brand-new, shimmering with pearls and satin, hand-stitched and timeless in its design. But where did it come from? Who wore it? Charlotte's search for the gown's history--and its new bride--begins as a distraction from her sputtering love life. But it takes on a life of its own as she comes to know the women who have worn the dress. Emily from 1912. Mary Grace from 1939. Hillary from 1968. Each with something unique to share. For woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte's heritage, the power of courage and faith, and the beauty of finding true love. Full length clean romance Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Download or read book South Philadelphia written by Murray Dubin and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From mayors and mummers to tap dancers and gamblers, South Philly has it all. This quintessential Philadelphia neighborhood boasts a complicated history of ethnic strife alongside community solidarity and, for good measure, some of the best bakeries in town. Among its many famous people South Philadelphia claims Marian Anderson, Frankie Avalon, Mayor Frank Rizzo, Temple Owl's coach John Chaney, Larry Fine of the Three Stooges, and "Loving" soap opera actress Lisa Peluso. For South Philadelphians, whether they stay or leave, the neighborhood is always happy to give you their opinions, and in this book they talk about their favorite subject to Murray Dubin, award winning journalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer, who also called South Philly home. Music and the arts are part of everyday life. Baritone Elliott Tessler says, "I'm not a celebrity, I'm a minor curiosity. If Pavarotti lived here, he would just be a minor curiosity, and probably because he was fat more than because he sang." Jean DiElsi remembers finding work in 1943 as a cashier at a diner that would become a South Philly landmark. "It was the only diner around and it was open 24 hours. If you went to dances, everybody would go to the Melrose Diner afterwards...No, there was no Mel or Rose. it was named after a can of tomatoes. In addition to being Philadelphia's first neighborhood, South Philly is the oldest ethnically and racially mixed big-city neighborhood in the nation. Catherine Williams remembers growing up black on Hoffman Street, "We had everything. We had the Jews, we had Italians, we had the blacks, we even had a Portuguese family. You never knew there was a color thing back then. I was the only black in my class at Southwark, but you never knew. In the third, fourth grade, some of those Italian boys was big, but you would have thought they were brothers to me." These are some of the people and the opinions that make up South Philadelphia and Murray Dubin will take you on a resident's tour of the ultimate city neighborhood. But for every interview, there's also a lot of history. And Dubin provides an historical examination that spans 300 years, from Thomas Jefferson living in South Philadelphia in 1793 to the burning of Palumbo's in 1994. Whether you're a South Philadelphian yourself, or just want to understand the South Philly phenomenon this book is a must. Author note: Murray Dubinwas born in South Philadelphia and is a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Download or read book A Harsh Mistress written by Jim Dries and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dancing People written by Clyde Ellis and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a comprehensive history of of Southern Plains powwow culture - an interdisciplinary, highly collaborative ethnography based on more than two decades of participiation in powwows - addressing how the powwow has changed over time.

Download or read book Ghost Dances written by Josh Garrett-Davis and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in South Dakota, Josh Garrett-Davis knew he would leave. But as a young adult, he kept going back -- in dreams and reality and by way of books. With this beautifully written narrative about a seemingly empty but actually rich and complex place, he has reclaimed his childhood, his unusual family, and the Great Plains. Among the subjects and people that bring his Midwestern Plains to life are the destruction and resurgence of the American bison; Native American "Ghost Dancers," who attempted to ward off destruction by supernatural means; the political allegory to be found in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; and current attempts by ecologists to "rewild" the Plains, complete with cheetahs. Garrett-Davis infuses the narrative with stories of his family as well -- including his great-great-grandparents' twenty-year sojourn in Nebraska as homesteaders and his progressive Methodist cousin Ruth, a missionary in China ousted by Mao's revolution. Ghost Dances is a fluid combination of memoir and history and reportage that reminds us our roots matter.

Download or read book Someday Dancer written by Sarah Rubin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ballerina tale with a thoroughly modern twist! Casey Quinn has got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, even if you'd never guess it from the looks of her too-long legs and dirty high-top sneakers. It's 1959, and freckle-faced Casey lives in the red-dust countryside of South Carolina. She's a farm girl: Her family can't afford ballet lessons. But Casey's dream is to dance in New York City. And if anyone tries to stand in her way, she's going to pirouette and jeté right over them! Casey's got the grit, and Casey's got the grace: Is that enough to make it in Manhattan someday? Or might the Big Apple have something even better in mind? When she meets a visionary choreographer she calls "Miss Martha," Casey's ballerina dream takes a thoroughly, thrillingly modern twist!

Download or read book Election Dance written by Joseph Hart and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Bartels, a brilliant, idealistic 37-year-old math teacher, is asked to participate as a keynote speaker in a seminar on sustainable growth to achieve better governance after the upcoming elections. This leads to his joining a political party to realize his vision. He discovers that politics and crime are closely linked and concentrated in the evil genius of’ ’The Voice’, who is building a drug empire. As the pressure of work, politics and character assassination builds, Matthew relives his childhood horrors via his nightmares and the reader learns about his traumatic youth. Throughout the novel the love relationship and the political & criminal plot lines are inextricably linked, and contribute to Matthew’s unraveling. The characters are all in the grip of the upcoming elections and dance to its rhythm, each in his own way, weaving an intricate and spellbinding choreography of human desires, ambitions, greed, love, passion, sacrifice and idealism. ‘Election Dance’ is a realistic, literary narco thriller, as well as an erotic and psychological novel, depicting real life situations and taboos within the context of Curaçao’s social-historical and cultural setting and holds up a mirror to modern society. But Matthew learns there is a price to pay when entering politics. His background is attacked by the media and demons of his past are resurrected. The attacks are instigated by Manny Contreras, 'The Voice,' whose goal is to turn Curaçao into an import-export hub of Colombian drugs for Europe and the U.S.The political campaign becomes ugly and ruins his love relationship. His private life and politics are inextricably linked, contributing to Matthew’s unraveling. As 'The Voice' does all he can to neutralize Matthew’s popularity, Matthew works with the police to end Manny’s drug career, even at great personal cost.Almost in the manner of Balzac, Joseph Hart presents a cross-section of Curaçao, from the most wretched and impoverished of its citizens to the most powerful and corrupt of its politicians. He is unflinching in his description whether of love

Download or read book The Last Dance written by Ed McBain and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-11-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fiftieth novel in the 87th Precinct series, Ed McBain returns to Isola, where detectives Meyer Meyer and Steve Carella investigate a murder which leads them to the seedy strip clubs and bright lights of the theater district. In this city, you can get anything done for a price. If you want someone's eyeglasses smashed, it’ll cost you a subway token. You want his fingernails pulled out? His legs broken? You want him more seriously injured? You want him hurt so he’s an invalid his whole life? You want him skinned, you want him burned, you want him—don’t even mention it in a whisper—killed? It can be done. Let me talk to someone. It can be done. The hanging death of a nondescript old man in a shabby little apartment in a meager section of the 87th Precinct was nothing much in this city, especially to detectives Carella and Meyer. But everyone has a story, and this old man’s story stood to make some people a lot of money. His story takes Carella, Meyer, Brown, and Weeks on a search through Isola’s seedy strip clubs and to the bright lights of the theater district. There they discover an upcoming musical with ties to a mysterious drug and a killer who stays until the last dance. The Last Dance is Ed McBain's fiftieth novel of the 87th Precinct and certainly one of his best. The series began in 1956 with Cop Hater and proves him to be the man who has been called “so good he should be arrested.”