Jacob "Dancer" Blake never saw Carrie as more than his kid sister's best friend. But the night he killed the scum who had been trying to rape her put him into a hell he'll never escape. Now he's out of the slammer, there's trouble in the club, and Dancer has to get his head straight. He's so trapped in the darkness-- and Carrie is light. She wants to save him. But when a man's been broke in so many pieces, can he ever be mended back together?

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its future Every day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the world both in and outside of dance. In Turning Pointe, journalist Chloe Angyal captures the intense love for ballet that so many dancers feel, while also grappling with its devastating shortcomings: the power imbalance of an art form performed mostly by women, but dominated by men; the impossible standards of beauty and thinness; and the racism that keeps so many people of color out of ballet. As the rigid traditions of ballet grow increasingly out of step with the modern world, a new generation of dancers is confronting these issues head on, in the studio and on stage. For ballet to survive the twenty-first century and forge a path into a more socially just future, this reckoning is essential.

The true story of how Radio City Music Hall, Art Deco masterpiece and one of New York City's iconic tourist attractions and cultural landmarks, was saved from demolition is told at last. Nearly forty years later, Rosemary Novellino-Mearns, Dance Captain of the legendary Radio City Music Hall Ballet Company during the 1970s, tells the amazing story of how she motivated a small group of dedicated colleagues, friends, media and political allies to join forces, challenge the Rockefeller establishment and, against all odds, save "the Showplace of the Nation."

"Dance is a means to tell stories across cultures and in The Cambodian Dancer: Sophany's Gift of Hope, we discover how it can also be used as a way to overcome immense pain and loss. Daryn Reicherter's moving story and Christy Hale's beautiful illustrations introduce us to Sophany Bay and show us how central dance was to her life. When she was forced to leave Cambodia, dance became the means for her to heal and help others connect with the culture. This is an important book that reminds us all that no matter what happens, we need to live. We need to dance. --award-winning author, John Coy"

This poetic and uplifting picture book illustrated by the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines follows a young girl born with cerebral palsy as she pursues her dream of becoming a dancer. Like many young girls, Eva longs to dance. But unlike many would-be dancers, Eva has cerebral palsy. She doesn’t know what dance looks like for someone who uses a wheelchair. Then Eva learns of a place that has created a class for dancers of all abilities. Her first movements in the studio are tentative, but with the encouragement of her instructor and fellow students, Eva becomes more confident. Eva knows she’s found a place where she belongs. At last her dream of dancing has come true.

One kiss from those cherry lips and I knew she was meant to be mine. I'm claiming her and I won't be letting her go. Luke "Grunt" Stafford had one job. He didn't like it, but when your President gives you an order you usually follow it. He didn't plan on the feisty redhead that showed up and rocked his world. Jasmine Blake knows how her family and friends see her. They think she's a wild child rebelling from her parents. It's not true, but Jasmine has no idea how to explain herself. Being the daughter of Dancer, Savage MC Vice President, is anything but easy. So, after a while, she gave up trying. Luke caught her eye immediately. She'd sworn off men, but something about him made it impossible for her to stay away. Luke and Jasmine both have secrets though. And they just might be enough to get them both killed.

‘My favourite novel and one I wish I’d written.’ ALAN BENNETT Winner of the McKitterick Prize for best first novel by an author aged over 40, and the Hawthornden Prize for imaginative literature.

Erin and Darcy, answering personal ads as research for a TV show, discover a whole new New York sub-culture - adulterers, con men, the shy and frankly weird, all looking for love. And one man looking for something darker . . . A serial killer who has just got away with murder for fifteen years, and has promised himself just two more . . .

Mark tells the story of his life through his strong memories of the ups and downs in his life from poverty to the glittering stages where he performed, surviving sexual abuse and overcoming a stutter. An aunt who made his life unbearable and a woman who believed in his talent as a dancer. Against all adversity he had to believe in himself and conquer the world and his fears and finding the ultimate, goal in life. Happiness, love and fulfillment with his partner in London.