Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

A Novel

"A novel of Mata Hari's final days, as written by the woman herself while accused of espionage" --

The Spy

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#childrens #picturebook #dancer #bedtime #dog #blanket #music #party #dance A sweet bedtime story for your little dancer.  Ex library book.  Stamps and stickers inside and on cover/spine.  Clear plastic on dust jacket.  Tape on interior page. For similar 🔖Bookmark Journey 📚 titles, click #bookmarkjourneyearlychildhood

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

Mabel Dancing

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Hardcover no dust jacket. Small tear on bottom of one page (see pic). #hardcover #danceteacher #dancer #ballerina #ballet #childrens #kids #children #picturebook #teacher

California

A beautifully illustrated, timeless story about ballet, effort and rewards, and a special relationship between a girl and her teacher

One day a little girl peers around the door of Miss Sylvie's dance studio. 'I want to be a ballerina,' she says.

Isabelle loves to dance. She practices her five positions over and over again. But does she have what it takes to achieve her dream, and one day become a prima ballerina? Celebrating the joy of dance and the role inspirational teachers can play in our lives, this lovely picture book will enchant readers young and old.

The Dance Teacher

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A behind-the-scenes look at the world of ballet as told, many times comically, by NYC Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin. #dancer #ballet #ballerina #auto-biography #soloist #non-fiction

North Carolina

The Making of a Rogue Ballerina

Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra circle. In this love letter to the art of dance and the sport that has been her livelihood, NYCB’s first Asian American soloist Georgina Pazcoguin lays bare her unfiltered story of leaving small-town Pennsylvania for New York City and training amid the unique demands of being a hybrid professional athlete/artist, all before finishing high school. She pitches us into the fascinating, dizzying shoes of dancers in one of the most revered ballet companies in the world with an unapologetic sense of humor about the cutthroat, survival-of-the-fittest mentality at NYCB. Some swan dives are literal: even in the ballet, there are plenty of face-plants, backstage fights, late-night parties, and raucous company bonding sessions. Rocked by scandal in the wake of the #MeToo movement, NYCB sits at an inflection point, inching toward progress in a strictly traditional culture, and Pazcoguin doesn’t shy away from ballet’s dark side. She continues to be one of the few dancers openly speaking up against the sexual harassment, mental abuse, and racism that in the past went unrecognized or was tacitly accepted as par for the course—all of which she has painfully experienced firsthand. Tying together Pazcoguin’s fight for equality in the ballet with her infectious and deeply moving passion for her craft, Swan Dive is a page-turning, one-of-a-kind account that guarantees you'll never view a ballerina, or a ballet, the same way again.

Swan Dive

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Arizona

Born in Illinois, Marie Rutkoski is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Harvard University. She is a professor of English literature at Brooklyn College and a New York Times bestselling author of books for children and young adults. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

Real Easy

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#thriller #murder #suspense #suspensethriller #dancer #missingperson #stripclub #realeasy #marierutkoski Ex library book.  Stamps and stickers inside and on cover/spine.  Clear plastic on dust jacket.  Crack in spine (see picture). For similar 🔖Bookmark Journey 📚 titles, click #bookmarkjourneysuspensethriller

#hardcover #ya #fiction #dancer #lgbtq #youngadult

Iowa

All it takes is one missed step for your life to change forever.

Luca Mason knows exactly who he is and what he wants: In six months, he's going to be accepted into the Australian Ballet School, leave his fancy private high school, and live his life as a star of the stage--at least that's the plan until he falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his foot in a way he can never recover from.

With his dancing dreams dead on their feet, Luca loses his performing arts scholarship and transfers to the local public school, leaving behind all his ballet friends and his whole future on stage.

The only bright side is that he strikes up unlikely friendships with the nicest (and nerdiest) girl at his new school, Amina, and the gorgeous, popular, and (reportedly) straight school captain, Jordan Tanaka-Jones.

As Luca's bond with Jordan grows stronger, he starts to wonder: who is he without ballet? And is he setting himself up for another heartbreak?

Anything but Fine

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#hardcover #fiction #thriller #murder #hardcoverbook #dancer #2022 #new 

Massachusetts

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

Dances

#hilarious #carlhiaasen #striptease #bachelorparty #florida #dancer #cop #humor Shelf wear to cover crease on back cover(see pictures). For similar 🔖Bookmark Journey 📚 titles, click #bookmarkjourneyhumor 

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Murder, politics, and G-strings collide in this caper from the bestselling author of Tourist Season. Hilarity and chaos break out in a strip joint when a bachelor party gets out of hand, making the drunken guest of honor a threat to "big money" and "big government."

Strip Tease

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#paperback #romance #noraroberts #dancer #dreamers #goals #hardwork #talent #love #partners

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Utah

Short Stories Reflections / Dance of Dreams

Reflections and Dreams

At the age of eleven, Li Cunxin was one of the privileged few selected to serve in Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy. Having known bitter poverty in his rural China home, ballet would be his family's best chance for a better future. From one hardship to another, Cunxin demonstrated perseverance and an appetite for success that led him to be chosen as one of the first two people to leave Mao's China and go to American to dance on a special cultural exchange. But life in the U.S. was nothing like his communist indoctrination had led him to believe. Ultimately, he defected to the west in a dramatic media storm, and went on to dance with the Houston Ballet for sixteen years.

This inspiring story of passion, resilience, and a family's love captures the harsh reality of life in Mao's communist China and the exciting world of professional dance. This compelling memoir includes photos documenting Li's extraordinary life.

Mao's Last Dancer

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Florida

A young Cuban woman passes her nights dancing in a seedy Florida strip club; a Russian orphan loses everything, then builds a new and prosperous life for himself in New York; a woman struggles to maintain her dignity and hope after a life-changing accident; these are the three members of the troika whose story is told in this dazzling literary debut. Their lives unexpectedly intertwined, Perla, Julian and Sophie discover a world and a way of life that forces them to challenge their definitions of commitment, love and trust, in a world that heals old wounds.

Troika

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one page has minor water damage but otherwise in great condition 

District of Columbia

Someday dancer

#hardcover #historicalfiction #irish #dancer #actress. Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. No page or spine folds or creases. However, there is a small Sharpie mark on the top edge (see picture). 

A witty and inherently feminist novel about passion and marriage, based on a true story of an unstoppable woman ahead of her time in Victorian London.

In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest of three daughters of a middle-class military family, growing up in a small garrison town. By 1891 she is the Countess of Clancarty, dubbed "the peasant countess" by the press, and a member of the Irish aristocracy. Becoming Belle is the story of the four years in between, of Belle's rapid ascent and the people that tried to tear her down.

With only her talent, charm, and determination, Isabel moves to London alone at age nineteen, changes her name to Belle, and takes the city by storm, facing unthinkable hardships as she rises to fame. A true bohemian and the star of a dancing double act she performs with her sister, she reigns over The Empire Theatre and The Corinthian Club, where only select society entertains. It is there she falls passionately in love with William, Viscount Dunlo, a young aristocrat. For Belle, her marriage to William is a dream come true, but his ruthless father makes clear he'll stop at nothing to keep her in her place.

Reimagined by a novelist at the height of her powers, Belle is an unforgettable woman. Set against an absorbing portrait of Victorian London, hers is a timeless rags-to-riches story a la Becky Sharpe.

Becoming Belle

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South Carolina

Ballet Stories

Themes such as friendship, rivalry, disappointment, and success run through these tales about dance and dancers. There are autobiographical contributions from famous prima ballerinas such as Margot Fonteyn, as well as stories by popular writers such as Cynthia Voigt, Noel Streatfeild, and Michelle Magorian. This artfully chosen anthology will delight any dancer or fan of the ballet.

Paulo Coelho

The Spy

Amy Hest

Mabel Dancing

Simon Milne; Chantal Stewart (Illustrator)

The Dance Teacher

Georgina Pazcoguin

Swan Dive

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Tobias Madden

Anything but Fine

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Tobias Madden

Anything but Fine

Nicole Cuffy

Dances

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Carl Hiaasen

Strip Tease

Nora Roberts

Reflections and Dreams

Li Cunxin

Mao's Last Dancer

Adam Pelzman

Troika

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Sarah Rubin

Someday dancer

Nuala O'Connor

Becoming Belle

Harriet Castor

Pirouette

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy

Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy