Dance with Me

Dance with Me

Author: Julia A. Ericksen

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2011-11

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0814722660

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Click here to listen to Julia Ericksen's interview about Dance with Me on Philadelphia NPR's "Radio Times" Rumba music starts and a floor full of dancers alternate clinging to one another and turning away. Rumba is an erotic dance, and the mood is hot and heavy; the women bend and hyperextend their legs as they twist and turn around their partners. Amateur and professional ballroom dancers alike compete in a highly gendered display of intimacy, romance and sexual passion. In Dance With Me, Julia Ericksen, a competitive ballroom dancer herself, takes the reader onto the competition floor and into the lights and the glamour of a world of tanned bodies and glittering attire, exploring the allure of this hyper-competitive, difficult, and often expensive activity. In a vivid ethnography accompanied by beautiful photographs of all levels of dancers, from the world’s top competitors to social dancers, Ericksen examines the ways emotional labor is used to create intimacy between professional partners and between professionals and their students, illustrating how dancers purchase intimacy. She shows that, while at first glance, ballroom presents a highly gendered face with men leading and women following, dancing also transgresses gender.


Healthy Is the New Skinny

Healthy Is the New Skinny

Author: Katie H. Willcox

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2017-01-17

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1401951635

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We live in a world where beauty is everything. Society tells us that if we just looked a certain way, if we had the right products, if we were skinny enough, then we would be enough —we would have value. Society is wrong, but it took Katie H. Willcox years to understand this: “Over the course of my 30 short years, I have both worked as a professional model and been the exact opposite of our culture’s beauty ideal. I have struggled with my weight and felt like I didn’t and never would fit in. Then I had a powerful realization: my misery and self-loathing didn’t change with my weight or how ‘pretty’ society thought I was, so my looks weren’t the source of happiness and worth that I had believed them to be. But then, what was? And how had I come to invest so much of myself in beliefs that were so untrue?” In these pages, Katie shares the lessons she learned in her journey to find the answers to these questions. She reveals who gains from our feeling small and why we need to examine the messages we receive from our culture and our families. She explains how we can redefine beauty, make healthy the new “skinny,” and harness the power of our thoughts to choose self-love. Katie encourages us to discover our true magnificent selves, find our purpose, and pursue our dreams —and help others to do the same. Join the movement! Visit www.HealthyIsTheNewSkinny.com and follow us on Instagram @healthyisthenewskinny.


Getting Naked Later

Getting Naked Later

Author: Kate Hurley

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 073697833X

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Will I always be lonely if I end up alone? You thought you’d be married by now, but you’re not. Even though your friends in relationships love to tell you that singleness is a gift, this gift comes with its share of fear, grief, and still-to-be-answered prayers. Life coach and singer-songwriter Kate Hurley has been there, and now she encourages you to open yourself to new opportunities and relationships of all varieties. Getting Naked Later will help you… find family in your friends, church, and community stop viewing the pursuit of a partner as a formula that demands a solution hand over control of your life to God, finding peace in the knowledge that He has a plan for you You don’t need to give up on romance, but you also don’t need to live on standby, expecting someone else to give your life meaning. Learn how to stop waiting and start embracing your life—right where you are. This is an expanded edition of the previously released book Cupid is a Procrastinator.


A Storm Within

A Storm Within

Author: Esther Vance

Publisher: TEACH Services, Inc.

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1479600849

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Life was anything but idyllic for Esther as a child. She grew up in Honduras in a small home built from driftwood collected along the beach from shipwrecks. With ten children in the house, food was scarce. But what her family lacked in material possessions, they made up for in love and a deep faith in God. At the tender age of seven, Esther was sent to live with a couple to work as their housemaid. What was done in love to provide Esther with food and better living accommodations turned into a twelve-year nightmare of physical and verbal abuse--something she kept hidden from her parents out of respect for their instruction to obey her employer. When Esther secured her freedom, she turned away from God and decided to do things her way. Sadly, her decisions led to more heartache and trials. The freedom she sought ended in other forms of slavery. Could she ever find true freedom? Did God hold the answer? Journey with Esther as she recounts her childhood, the lessons her parents taught her, her quest to come to America, two abusive marriages, and God's never-failing love and forgiveness in A Storm Within. Although her life has been battered by many storms, God has always been beside her.


Complete Works of Daniel Defoe. Illustrated

Complete Works of Daniel Defoe. Illustrated

Author: Daniel Defoe

Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing

Published: 2022-10-21

Total Pages: 4060

ISBN-13:

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Widely regarded as the Father of the Novel, Daniel Defoe is a paramount literary figure, who deserves a place in all digital libraries. This comprehensive eBook offers readers the complete fictional works, with a wide range of non-fiction works too. The Novels ROBINSON CRUSOE THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE CAPTAIN SINGLETON JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR COLONEL JACK MOLL FLANDERS ROXANA The Shorter Fiction THE CONSOLIDATOR A TRUE RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF ONE MRS. VEAL ATLANTIS MAJOR A SHORT NARRATIVE OF HIS GRACE JOHN, D. OF MARLBOROGH THE KING OF PIRATES DICKORY CRONKE MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER THE MEMOIRS OF MAJOR ALEXANDER RAMKINS THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MR. DUNCAN CAMPBELL THE PIRATE GOW THE HISTORY OF THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF JOHN SHEPPARD THE MILITARY MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE CARLETON THE HISTORY OF THE PYRATES The Poetry THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN HYMN TO THE PILLORY The Travel Writing A TOUR THRO’ THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN


On Pins and Needles

On Pins and Needles

Author: Victoria Pade

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 142686955X

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Why, Josh Brimley not only expressed doubt about Megan Bailey's medical abilities…but the handsome sheriff actually accused her family of having buried a skeleton in the backyard—eighteen years ago! Megan knew she'd have her work cut out for her, convincing the townsfolk of Elk Creek to buy into her nontraditional treatments, but Josh's theories—and sex appeal—threw an unexpected wrench into things. Skeptical Sheriff Josh Brimley found it tough enough to seek treatment from beautiful Megan before he knew her relatives were the prime suspects in a years-old murder. Afterward, he found it downright impossible—because he believed only in things he could get his hands on. Although his hands sure seemed to be moving more in Megan's direction….


Celestra’s Plan

Celestra’s Plan

Author: Michael Barr Mossman

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2020-09-09

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1728372887

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Celestra’s Plan tells the story of how Wil Mossman grew up in a small Midwestern town around the time of the War in Afghanistan. Wil thinks he has met the girl of his dreams at a college dance. However, Wil does not know about her true identity. A trip to California and an unexpected trip to Texas sets his life in a new direction. Wil’s love for a woman leads him on a rescue mission to Afghanistan, and then to a large cattle ranch in Texas. Soon, Wil finds himself fighting drug dealers in his attempt to save the woman he loves. However, Wil’s life has been greatly influenced by the love of two other beautiful women. A mystical muse, named Celestra, enters into Wil’s life and directs him to his one true love.


An Elm Creek Quilts Album

An Elm Creek Quilts Album

Author: Jennifer Chiaverini

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-10-10

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 0743296567

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This collection includes "The Runaway Quilt, The Quilter's Legacy," and "TheMaster Quilter."


The Fortunate Mistress

The Fortunate Mistress

Author: Daniel Defoe

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-07-30

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 3752376708

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Reproduction of the original: The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe