What Happened at Soaring High Dance Academy? God Happened.


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A beautiful stage can be a perilous place, if someone is jealous enough. Mandy Westbrook, dance team member at Soaring High, experiences mean pranks and cyberbullying, culminating in an epic, injurious debacle. Who is the culprit? Mandy and her friends try to guess. Mandy’s fellow dancer and BFF, Zara, pursues finding her birth mother. Josephine, another dancer, wonders if her dad will ever get sober.




Dancing with Destiny


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In the dazzling world of professional ballroom dancing, where passion, precision, and elegance collide, a tale of destiny and love unfolds. 'Dancing with Destiny' invites you to step into the enchanting world of Scarlet, a tenacious dancer grappling with a life-altering injury, and Callahan, a former champion whose heart has been scarred by lost love. Amidst the graceful swirl of ballroom gowns and the rhythmic beats of dance, fate weaves an intricate tapestry, uniting these two souls on an unforeseen journey. Scarlet, once a rising star in the competitive world of ballroom dance, now faces the daunting challenge of overcoming a crippling injury that threatens to shatter her dreams. Callahan, a once-revered figure in the world of dance, withdrew from the spotlight after a heartbreak that left him shattered and embittered. As they both struggle with their pasts, an unexpected alliance is forged when Scarlet seeks Callahan's expertise as a coach. Despite their initial clashes, their shared dedication to the art of dance and their wounded spirits draws them closer. A spark of hope ignites, one that could not only revive their careers but also redefine their lives. With every step they take on the dance floor, Scarlet and Callahan discover the transformative power of dance. It's a power that not only heals their bodies as they perfect their routines, but also mends their wounded hearts. As they train relentlessly for a life-changing competition that could be their second chance at glory, they find themselves entangled in a dance of emotions. Through late-night practices and whispered confessions, they realize that the perfect partner for the dance of love might be closer than they ever imagined. Embark on a journey where passion, perseverance, and vulnerability intertwine, and where the pursuit of dreams becomes a dance with destiny. Join Scarlet and Callahan as they navigate the twists and turns of the ballroom, waltzing through the highs and lows of their careers and the complexities of their hearts. As their chemistry on the dance floor becomes undeniable, they must confront their fears and insecurities, proving that sometimes, life's most extraordinary love stories unfold under the glimmering lights of the dance floor. Let the music carry you away as we delve into a world where dance and destiny intertwine in ways that are simply unforgettable. 'Dancing with Destiny' is a captivating tale of love's reawakening, of second chances embraced with open arms, and of the undeniable magic that happens when two hearts find their rhythm together.




Vox Lycei 1948-1949


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Leaving


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Raised by two loving parents in New Delhi, India, Kanchan Bhaskar has always been taught that marriage means companionship, tenderness, and mutual respect—so when she enters into an arranged marriage, this is the kind of partnership she anticipates with her new, seemingly wonderful, husband. But after they marry, she quickly discovers that his warmth is deceptive—that the man beneath the bright, charming façade is actually a narcissistic, alcoholic, and violent man. Trapped in a nightmare, Kanchan pleads with her husband to seek help for his issues, but he refuses. Meanwhile, Indian law is not on her side, and as the years pass, she finds herself with three children to protect—three children she fears she will lose custody of if she leaves. Almost overnight, she finds herself transformed into a tigress who will do whatever it takes to protect her cubs, and she becomes determined to free them from their toxic father. But it’s not until many years later, when the family of five moves from India to the United States, that Kanchan is presented with a real opportunity to leave him—and she takes it. Chronicling Kanchan’s gradual climb out of the abyss, little by little, day by day, Leaving is the empowering story of how—buoyed by her deep faith in a higher power and single-minded in her determination to protect her children best—she fought relentlessly to build a ramp toward freedom from her abuser. In this memoir, Kanchan clearly lays out the tools and methods she utilized in her pursuit of liberation—and reveals how belief in self and belief in the Universe can not only be weapons of escape but also beautiful foundations for a triumphant, purpose-driven life.




Ebony


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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.




The Complete Book of Colleges 2021


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"The mega-guide to 1,349 colleges and universities by the staff of the Princeton Review ... [including] detailed information on admissions, financial aid, cost, and more"--Cover.




The 101 Most Influential Coming-of-age Movies


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A lifelong movie buff puts his knowledge and passion on paper to show you the best films of his favorite movie genre, Coming of Age. The author highlights some of the finest acting, the most poignant moments, and the funniest gags in movies about growing up, reflecting each decade of American culture since the beginning of film-making, while illustrating the ageless turbulence and confusion of adolescence.




BEHIND THE GOLDEN BARS OF FREEDOM: LEE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SERIES.


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Tuckeddeep in the recesses of every human heart, lies buried, the priceless treasure of moments etched evergreen in one’s memory. Reminiscences of carefree and mirthful days spent at school, form a cherished portion of those golden memories. ‘Behind the Golden Bars of Freedom’ is the first book in a series of books that elaborate on the incidents that take place in L’ ÉtudianteÉclairée (LEE) International School, nestled in the small hill town of Coonoor in the Blue Mountains. The story opens with the enrolment of Dorothy at LEE. Dorothy finds herself in what she interprets as an austere circus of performing idiots and is unwilling to be pushed towards discipline and orderliness, impractical qualities for which she has no purpose in life. Her unruly ego and indomitable character refuse to bend to what she perceives as irrational rules solely framed with the purpose of bringing calamity into the lives of teenagers at the boarding school. Unable to get her hands on a cell phone, Dorothy is cut-off from her social circle and whimpers like a crow ensnarled in an electric live wire. Thanks to her petulant nature, Dorothymakes a few friends and countless enemies.She sniffles and sobs, bubbles and bobs as she confronts people with various shades of character that she had never imagined existed! Masking her annoyance, hiding her fears, she also has her share of fun and adventure with her new found friends. She decides to play up the game, tame her unruly spirits temporarily, and prove herself to her mother so that she can triumphantly win back her freedom.




Jazz Country


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Horace Porter is the chair of African American World Studies and professor of English at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Stealing Fire: The Art and Protest of James Baldwin and one of the editors of Call and Response: The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition. The first book to reassess Ralph Ellison after his death and the posthumous publication ofJuneteenth, his second novel, Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America explores Ellison's writings and views on American culture through the lens of jazz music. Horace Porter's groundbreaking study addresses Ellison's jazz background, including his essays and comments about jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. Porter further examines the influences of Ellington and Armstrong as sources of the writer's personal and artistic inspiration and highlights the significance of Ellison's camaraderie with two African American friends and fellow jazz fans—the writer Albert Murray and the painter Romare Bearden. Most notably, Jazz Country demonstrates how Ellison appropriated jazz techniques in his two novels, Invisible Man and Juneteenth. Using jazz as the key metaphor, Porter refocuses old interpretations of Ellison by placing jazz in the foreground and by emphasizing, especially as revealed in his essays, the power of Ellison's thought and cultural perception. The self-proclaimed “custodian of American culture,” Ellison offers a vision of “jazz-shaped” America—a world of improvisation, individualism, and infinite possibility.