"From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the passionate, political world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a ballerina whose life has been shaped by her relationship with the world-famous dancer Arslan Ruskov, whom she helps defect from the Soviet...

A star quarterback and his sister spend decades trying to figure out who murdered their parents, uncovering the involvement and possible motives of a ballerina and her rock star husband who lived in a mansion across the street.

In this soothing, gentle rhyming picture book, author Jennifer Adams bids sweet dreams to the youngest readers who identify as ballerinas by day and tender, sleepy children by night. With luminous art from illustrator Alea Marley, Goodnight, Little Dancer is sure to send little ones to sleep with twirling, dancing dreams.

New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein takes readers behind the scenes of New York City's theater world — from Lincoln Center to the lights of Broadway — in a riveting novel, rich with her trademark blend of cutting-edge legal issues, skillful detective work, and heart-stopping suspense.

Teaming up with longtime friends — NYPD's Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace — Assistant DA Alex Cooper investigates...

Brenda Black tries to dig her way out of a mess when she tells her bragging cousin, Tiffany, that she not only knows who prima ballerina Miss Camilla Freeman is, she actually has an autographed pair of her toe shoes.

"In the summer of 1918, Captain Marcus Weatherford arrives in Russia on a secret mission, with a beautiful ballerina posing as his fiancée. Marcus searches for the Romanov tsarina and her son--who both allegedly survived the murdering Bolsheviks--and the information behind an allied plot to assassinate Lenin. But Marcus's sense of duty battles his desire to return home to Clare--his actual love. Hospital orderly Clare Danner still suffers from Marcus's...

"Ready to Fly is an inspiring picture book about the life of African American dancer Sylvia Townsend, who taught herself how to dance ballet by reading books she borrowed from a bookmobile as a young girl. "I learned from an early age that if I wanted to pursue my dreams, I would have to work for it." Ready to Fly is a true story about Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on her family's secondhand...

After finishing her ballet class, Ella Bella listens to music from Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan lake ballet and is magically transported into the story where the ballet takes place. She meets all the story's characters and she watches as the legendary taleunolds before her very eyes.

A man glimpses the future fate has planned for him and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under, and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.