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Alla Osipenko

Beauty and Resistance in Soviet Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

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Alla Osipenko

Beauty and Resistance in Soviet Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

Alla Osipenko is the gripping story of one of history's greatest ballerinas, a courageous rebel who paid the price for speaking truth to the Soviet state. A cast of characters drawn from all sectors of Soviet and post-Perestroika society makes this biography as encyclopedic and encompassing as a great Russian novel.

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Oxford University Press

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0190253703

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9780190253707

Wilde Times

Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

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Wilde Times

Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

The authorized biography of one of the greatest dancers from the golden age of New York City Ballet

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345

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Brandeis University Press

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1611688035

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9781611688030

Summer of Love

Art, Fashion, and Rock and Roll

By: Jill D'Alessandro,Colleen Terry,Dennis McNally,Joel Selvin

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Summer of Love

Art, Fashion, and Rock and Roll

By: Jill D'Alessandro,Colleen Terry,Dennis McNally,Joel Selvin

Published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and University of California Press on the occasion of the exhibition The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock and Roll at the de Young, San Francisco, April 8 through August 20, 2017"--Colophon.

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Univ of California Press

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0520294823

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9780520294820

Wilde Times

Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

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Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

The authorized biography of one of the greatest dancers from the golden age of New York City Ballet

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Brandeis University Press

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1611688035

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Tallulah!

The Life and Times of a Leading Lady

By: Joel Lobenthal

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Tallulah!

The Life and Times of a Leading Lady

By: Joel Lobenthal

Outrageous, outspoken, and uninhibited, Tallulah Bankhead was an actress known as much for her vices -- cocaine, alcohol, hysterical tirades, and scandalous affairs with both men and women -- as she was for her winning performances on stage. In 1917, a fifteen-year-old Bankhead boldly left her established Alabama political family and fled to New York City to sate her relentless need for attention and become a star. Five years later, she crossed the Atlantic, immediately taking her place as a fixture in British society and the most popular actress in London's West End. By the time she returned to America in the 1930s, she was infamous for throwing marathon parties, bedding her favorite costars, and neglecting to keep her escapades a secret from the press. At times, her notoriety distracted her audience from her formidable talent and achievements on stage and dampened the critical re-sponse to her work. As Bankhead herself put it, "they like me to 'Tallulah,' you know -- dance and sing and romp and fluff my hair and play reckless parts." Still, her reputation as a wild, witty, over-the-top leading lady persisted until the end of her life at the age of sixty-six. From her friendships with such entertainment luminaries as Tennessee Williams, Estelle Winwood, Billie Holiday, Noël Coward, and Marlene Dietrich, to the intimate details of her family relationships and her string of doomed romances, Joel Lobenthal has captured the private essence of the most public star during theater's golden age. Larger-than-life as she was, friends saw through Bankhead's veneer of humor and high times to the heart of a woman who often felt second-best in her father's eyes, who longed for the children she was unableto bear, and who forced herself into the spotlight to hide her deep-seated insecurities. Drawn from scores of exclusive interviews, as well as previously untapped information from Scotland Yard and the FBI, this is the essential biography of Tallulah Bankhead. Having spent twenty-five years researching Bankhead's life, Joel Lobenthal tells her unadulterated story, as told to him by her closest friends, enemies, lovers, and employees. Several have broken decadelong silences; many have given Lobenthal their final interviews. The result is the story of a woman more complex, more shocking, and yet more nuanced than her notorious legend suggests.

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992

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Harper Collins

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0061865974

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9780061865978

Alla Osipenko

Beauty and Resistance in Soviet Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

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Beauty and Resistance in Soviet Ballet

By: Joel Lobenthal

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Oxford University Press

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0190253703

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Dancing on Water

A Life in Ballet, from the Kirov to the ABT

By: Elena Tchernichova

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Dancing on Water

A Life in Ballet, from the Kirov to the ABT

By: Elena Tchernichova

Dancing on Water is both a personal coming-of-age story and a sweeping look at ballet life in Russia and the United States during the golden age of dance. Elena Tchernichova takes us from her childhood during the siege of Leningrad to her mother's alcoholism and suicide, and from her adoption by Kirov ballerina Tatiana Vecheslova, who entered her into the state ballet school, to her career in the American Ballet Theatre. As a student and young dancer with the Kirov, she witnessed the company's achievements as a citadel of classic ballet, home to legendary names--Shelest, Nureyev, Dudinskaya, Baryshnikov--but also a hotbed of intrigue and ambition run amok. As ballet mistress of American Ballet Theatre from 1978 to 1990, Elena was called "the most important behind-the-scenes force for change in ballet today," by Vogue magazine. She coached stars and corps de ballet alike, and helped mold the careers of some of the great dancers of the age, including Gelsey Kirkland, Cynthia Gregory, Natalia Makarova, and Alexander Godunov. Dancing on Water is a tour de force, exploring the highest levels of the world of dance.

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422

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UPNE

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155553824X

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9781555538248

All Israel Shall Be Saved

Installment Ii of Chasing Truth, a Detailed Discussion of Romans 9-11

By: Joel Zao

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All Israel Shall Be Saved

Installment Ii of Chasing Truth, a Detailed Discussion of Romans 9-11

By: Joel Zao

Paul’s foundational letter to the Romans is placed within the commonly accepted scripture structure as the initial letter from one of the apostles to the churches in the first century, BC. Paul, formerly known as Saul of Tarsus, was by his own account one of the most prominent Jewish scholars, thoroughly versed in the history of his nation, as well as the particulars of the Law of Moses. In the early days of church history, immediately following the crucifixion and ascension of Jesus Christ, Saul of Tarsus was one of the fiercest opponents of the sect known as Christians, initially known by that name in the ancient city of Antioch. The Lord dramatically saved Saul as he approached Damascus in Syria with orders from the Jewish Sanhedrin to capture and return Christians for trial in Jerusalem. Knocked to the ground, and blinded, Jesus instructed him to continue on to Damascus to be prayed for by a Christian, Ananias, at which time he would recover his sight, receive his new name, and begin his new career as the apostle to the nations. Paul was perfectly suited to fulfill his new role. His letter to the Romans laid out the basic doctrines of faith for all believers. In Chapters 9-11, of which this manuscript describes, Paul provides a detailed status report on Israel, including their temporary fall from grace, followed by the wondrous time when they will return to God when All Israel Shall be Saved.

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100

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796071161

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9781796071160

Joel Chandler Harris, Editor and Essayist

By: Joel Chandler Harris

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Joel Chandler Harris, Editor and Essayist

By: Joel Chandler Harris

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462

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0781202752

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9780781202756

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Alla Osipenko

Alla Osipenko

Wilde Times

Wilde Times

Summer of Love

Summer of Love

Wilde Times

Wilde Times

Tallulah!

Tallulah!

Alla Osipenko

Alla Osipenko

Dancing on Water

Dancing on Water

All Israel Shall Be Saved

All Israel Shall Be Saved

Joel Chandler Harris, Editor and Essayist

Joel Chandler Harris, Editor and Essayist

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