When Circus Zampano comes to town and strange things start happening during the juggling act, Klooz is hired to investigate.

Under the Big Top examines the immensely popular big tent revivals of turn-of-the-twentieth-century America and develops a new framework for understanding Protestantism in this transformative period of the nation's history. Contemporary critics of the revivalists often depicted them as anxious and outdated religious opponents of a modern, urban nation. Early historical accounts likewise portrayed tent revivalists as Victorian hold-outs, bent on re-establishing nineteenth-century values and religion in a new America. In this revisionist work, Josh McMullen argues that, contrary to these stereotypes, big tent revivalists actually participated in the shift away from Victorianism and helped in the construction of a new consumer culture in the United States. How did the United States became the most consumer-driven and yet one of the most religious societies in the western world? McMullen shows that revivalists and their audiences reconciled the Protestant ethic of salvation with the emerging consumer ethos by cautiously unlinking Christianity from Victorianism and joining it to the new, emerging consumer culture. Under the Big Top helps to explain the continued appeal of both the therapeutic and the salvific worldview to many Americans as well as the ambivalence that accompanies this combination.

The game was always played the same. She ran, and he chased to bring her back home. And somehow Cole managed to fall in love with his wealthy charge. He could never resist the touch of her skin or how her taste imprinted on his memory. Together the flames of passion burned like white heat consuming them both. All he knew is no matter how much he loved her, he couldn’t have her. They were from two different worlds, and no bridge could close the gap. Juliette wanted to finish the match of wits she started years ago with Cole. It was fun at first, but now her heart was on the line. Cole was all she wanted in a man and a lover. She could not close her eyes without seeing his brooding eyes beckoning her. For this game, love was the prize, and if she lost, Juliette knew she would never be the same. Like a chess match each move led them closer to each other or farther apart. But will the final victory bring them happiness or heartbreak?

In his book, My Life Under the Big Top, the Rev. David Fly shares his lifes journey as a standup comedian, a professional television clown, and an Episcopal priest. The three roles became increasingly intertwined throughout his life. The big top of the circus came to represent for him the church with its sense of wonder and mysterya world from which no one is excluded. The role of the clown and the Christian is to play Stan Laurel to the worlds Oliver Hardy, exposing the folly of pretense and the vanity of pride. The book is both a memoir and a theological reflection.

Once an eagerly awaited spectacle, the traveling circus--that miracle of red wagons, trumpeting elephants and spangled trapeze artists that slipped into town at dawn and disappeared by midnight--has all but vanished from the American landscape. This work explores circus history from 1793 to the present and addresses the forces of modern culture (such as the popularity of Cirque du Soleil, and pressure from the animal rights movement) that are pushing big top shows toward what the author calls "circus ballet." Numerous photographs and in-depth interviews conducted with show owners, performers and directors enrich the narrative. Overall, the book reveals a sobering contrast between circuses of yesterday and today, even as it honors the outstanding performers who created, and have sustained, the enduring appeal of the circus.

Welcome to the Big Top! Our versatile resource includes a big book, changes, hands-on activities, and many visuals of the circus. Art activities include: Big Top Circus Train and What's Under the Big Top. We've also included a Big Top Poem, My Circus Word Book, the rebus story "A Life in the Circus," illustrations and certificates. Students will explore the early stages of language arts skills using a circus theme. A Big Top chart gives suggested classroom activities that stimulate creative thinking. The circus is an exciting event for all children. Under the Big Top can help you make your theme study more visually attractive. The Big Top Poem uses early math concepts, such as asking the students to put two elephants in the second ring. Students create several Big Books featuring illustrations and text. This Primary Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with illustrations, poems, big book, hands-on activities, word search, and card game to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

The Sea City High School varsity cheerleaders head to ""The Wondrous Harvey-Carlson Circus"" for an afternoon of fun. But when a series of strange accidents threatens to put the circus out of business, it's up to the girls to step into their Pep Squad Mystery Club mode to stop the ""SABOTAGE UNDER THE BIG TOP."" Pep Squad Mysteries is a series of mystery chapter book adventures aimed at preteen readers and up.