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Limon, Jose. Jose Limon: An Unfinised Memoir. Wesleyan Univ: Univ. Pr. of New England. (Studies in Dance History). 1999. c.224p, ed. by Lynn Garafola. illus, bibliog. ISBN 0-8195-6374-9. $29.95. DANCE [...]

Moss, Dena Simone & Allison Kyle Leopold (text) & Steve Ladner (photogs.). The Joffrey School's Book of Ballet Fitness. Griffin: St. Martin's. Jan. 1999. c.256p. photogs, index. ISBN 0-312-19470-6. pap. [...]

International Dictionary of Modern Dance. St. James: Gale. 1998. 891p. ed. by Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf. photogs. bibliog. index. LC 98-9853. ISBN 1-55862-359-0. $160. REF The modern in modern dance is an [...]

Smith, Ronald L. Comedy Stars at 78 RPM: Biographies and Discographies of 89 American and British Recording Artists, 1896-1946. McFarland. Oct. 1998. c.208p, photogs. filmog, index, discog. LC 98-20286. ISBN [...]

Banes, Sally. Dancing Women: Female Bodies on Stage. Routledge. 1998. c.271p. illus. index. LC 97-24496. ISBN 0-415-11162-5. pap. $22.99. DANCE In this thoughtful and thought-provoking work, dance critic and historian [...]

This is not a souvenir book with pretty pictures of swans in tutus and princes in tights; rather, it is a virtual gallery of kinetic sculpture. Members of our leading [...]

This work documents and celebrates contemporary dance in a collection of stunning, sometimes graphic, images and a quintet of essays by dance critic Nancy Dalva on some of today's most [...]

Larousse. 1997. 1527p. ed. by Alison Jones. index. IN 0-550-21019-9. $39.95. REF Similar in size, scope, and arrangement to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Oxford Univ., 1996. 4th ed.), this [...]

Obstfeld, Raymond & Patricia Fitzgerald. LC 97-11880. ISBN 0-8050-4887-1. According to Mick Jagger, rock'n'roll is 'energy and three chords.' Country music, says Hal Ketchum is 'three chords and the truth.' [...]

Obstfeld, Raymond & Sheila Burgener. LC 97-5464. ISBN 0-8050-4888-X. ea. vol: Owl Bks: Holt. 1997. c.288p. permanent paper. photogs. pap. $12.95. REF According to Mick Jagger, rock'n'roll is 'energy and [...]

Museum of Broadcast Communications. 3 vols. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1997. 1948p. ed. by Horace Newcomb. photogs. index. ISBN 1-884964-26-5. $300. REF This is not a compendium of TV trivia but rather [...]

Environmental studies programs encompass a wide array of fields, from atmospheric science to zoology. Until now, the only separate treatment of the topic has been one for undergraduate-level programs (Education [...]

Even with ten percent more entries than its first edition (1993), this is still a complement to The International Who's Who (Europa, annual). A random check of 30 names found [...]

Critic Arlene Croce has called Ashton one of the 'two great classical choreographers of our time,' George Ballanchine being the other. Ashton, whose lyrical style many felt personified British dance, [...]

Greenwood. Jun. 1997. c.250p. permanent paper. ed. by Anita King. photogs. index. LC 96-47431. ISBN 0-313-29122-5. $39.95. REF While King's earlier compilation (Quotations in Black, LJ 6/15/81) took a historical [...]

Claro, Christopher & Julie Klam. Boulevard: Berkley. Apr. 1997. c.288p. ISBN 1-57297-108-8. pap. $12. TV Comedy Central provides cable viewers with a veritable comedic cornucopia, from comedy specials to movies [...]

Sheehy, Helen. knopf. 1996. c.544p. photogs. bibliog. index. LC 96-13778. ISBN 0-679-411178. $37.50. THEATER In a richly detailed account of an American theater legend, the author of Margo: The Life [...]

If all the world's a (Shakespearean) stage, here is its atlas. Said companies and festivals in thirty-seven states and twelve other countries are detailed in chapters arranged alphabetically by state, [...]

An aquarium guide like this one is almost as rare as a white alligator. Although aquatic institutions have been included in general zoological guides, such as Allen W. Nyhuis' The [...]

The Hollywood Who's Who: The Actors and Directors in Today's Hollywood. Ed. by Robyn Karney. New York: Continuum Books (dist. by Gale), 1993. 499p. $42.50 (ISBN 0-8264-0632-7). LC 93-18636. Written [...]