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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today? "This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life."--Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway Ringmaster -- Rin, to those who know her best -- can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
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Description
Describes the author's novice plunge into the abstract and intensely competitive world of the contemporary circus while tracing the history of circus performance and the current Cirque du Soleil-fueled renewal of circus popularity.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Elsa Mars is the proprietor of a troupe of human "curiosities" on a desperate journey of survival in the sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida, in 1952. Her menagerie of performers includes a two-headed, telepathic twin, a take-charge bearded lady, a vulnerable strongman, and his three-breasted wife. But strange emergence of an entity will savagely threaten the lives of the townsfolk and freaks alike.
Author
Publisher
Trafalgar Square Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Tricks every horse can learn to do! Tricks and games are not only fun for both horse and handler, they can also add variety to a serious training regimen, helping to keep a working horse interested in his job. Now, this fabulously illustrated book on trick training explains the best way to teach a horse tricks using positive reinforcement. Step-by-step instructions are provided for over 25 different tricks.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When The Great Zapfino climbs to the top of the circus platform, all eyes are on him, waiting for his incredible leap. But Zapfino is afraid of heights! He can’t take the pressure and flees, boards a plane, and runs away to start a new life. In the city, Zapfino starts work as an elevator operator in a tall building but soon learns you can never really outrun your fears. When disaster strikes, can Zapfino find the strength to be great?
Author
Series
Karres novels volume 2
Publisher
Baen Pub. Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
After eliminating the Worm World threat and outwitting a deadly gang of space pirates, Captain Pausert embarks on a mission for the Empress Haile to stop a nanite plague before it can devastate entire worlds.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Tessa Fontaines astonishing memoir of pushing past fear, The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discoverythrough her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother
Author
Series
Doctor Who. Hornet's nest volume 3
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"The circus has come to town - and so has the Doctor! Watching the parade pass by in 1832, he finds the people of Blandford strangely drawn towards the garish big top, and knows that something is terribly wrong. The only thing to do is pay a visit. Meanwhile Adam Farrow finds his sister caught up with the circus and its sinister ringmaster. What is behind Antonio's almost hypnotic power, and how is it connected with an event in the Doctor's future?...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"Circus fun": See performances by trapeze artists, acrobats, elephants and more! Go behind the scenes with Mister Rogers and learn how clowns put on their make-up and talk with some of the many other people who work at the circus. "Music adventure": Mister Rogers visits a friend who has a fascinating collection of musical instruments from around the world.
18) Roy Rogers
Series
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"Hands across the border, Roy Rogers plays a traveling Good Samaritan who walks into a battle for an army horse contract between patriotic rancher's daughter Kim Adams and her sneaky competitor Brock Danvers. Billy the Kid returns, Rogers plays dual roles: the famous outlaw Billy the Kid and an innocent cowboy who bears a striking resemblance to the notorious villain. Eyes of Texas, A crooked lawyer swindles one of her clients by claiming to have...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Having fibbed about stealing his best friend's popcorn at the circus, Doug-Dennis the sheep finds himself carried far away to a place filled with lies and liars of all sorts and must discover a way to return.
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