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Out loud

a memoir
2019
Before Mark Morris became 'the most successful and influential choreographer alive' (The New York Times), he was a six year-old in Seattle cramming his feet into Tupperware glasses so that he could practice walking on pointe. Moving to New York at nineteen, he arrived to one of the great booms of dance in America. Morris was flat broke but found a group of like-minded artists that danced together, travelled together, slept together. This collective, led by Morris's fiercely original vision, became the famed Mark Morris Dance Group. Suddenly, Morris was making a fast ascent. Celebrated by The New Yorker's critic as one of the great young talents, an androgynous beauty in the vein of Michelangelo's David, he and his company had arrived. Collaborations with the likes of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Yo-Yo Ma, Lou Harrison, and Howard Hodgkin followed. And so did controversy: from the circus of his tenure at La Monnaie in Belgium to his work on the biggest flop in Broadway history. But through the Reagan-Bush era, the worst of the AIDS epidemic, through rehearsal squabbles and backstage intrigues, Morris emerged as one of the great visionaries of modern dance, a force of nature with a dedication to beauty and a love of the body, an artist as joyful as he is provocative. Out Loud is the bighearted and outspoken story of a man as formidable on the page as he is on the boards. With unusual candour and disarming wit, Morris's memoir captures the life of a performer who broke the mould, a brilliant misfit who found his home in the collective and liberating world of music and dance.
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Mae Jemison

2019
An introduction to the life and career of Mae Jemison, who became the first African American woman in space in 1992.
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Mae Jemison

2019
A biography of Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel into space.
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Astronaut Mae Jemison

Provides a biography of African American astronaut Mae Jemison. Discusses her childhood, education, and passion for space. Includes color photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.
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Mae C. Jemison

A biography of astronaut Mae C. Jemison, the first African American woman in space.
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Andy Goldsworthy

touching nature
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Hand to earth

Andy Goldsworthy sculpture, 1976-1990
Profiles the work of Andy Goldsworthy, with essays, quotations by the artist, and interviews discussing his pieces.
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Mae Jemison

Simple text and photographs introduce the life and accomplishments of astronaut Mae Jemison, the African American woman to travel into sapce.
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Mae Jemison

A biography of America's first African-American astronaut.

Larry Bird

hall of fame basketball superstar
"Learn about the life of Hall of Fame basketball player Larry Bird in this sports biography. From all of the struggles and hardships he faced as a child, Larry found a way to overcome it all and become one of the best basketball players in Boston Celtics' and NBA history"--Provided by publisher.

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