Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1904, George Balanchine was the 20th century’s towering figure of classical ballet. Coming to America in 1933, Balanchine founded the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet, where he hired the Danish-born Peter Martins as a dancer and, later, as a choreographer. Balanchine and Me is dedicated to Martins’s profound artistic relationship with George Balanchine, who taught him a new, freer style of dance, and ultimately entrusted Martins with...

Home and Away – A Civil Engineering Odyssey draws on the author's long career as an engineer responsible for many projects around the world. In the memoir he highlights some of those projects with descriptions of the design processes and the construction methods used to bring the works to successful completion, keeping technical detail to the minimum needed for the reader's understanding of the projects. Personal reminiscences of his travels complement descriptions of life as an engineer. ...

For most women, a positive pregnancy test would bring joy. But for Angie, it marks the beginning of a nightmare that will bring heartbreak and despair.All too aware of the dire consequences she faces, she knows she never should have gotten pregnant in the first place. Her husband doesn't know the family secret that killed her mother and overshadows his happiness at becoming a father - and Angie isn't going to be the one to tell him.As her marriage and her life begin to fall...

This book was written as a lifeline for women who are involved with men who lie, cheat, and mistreat their wives or girlfriends. Readers join a support group of four smart, educated women with careers and families who were lied to and devastated by the people who promised to love, honor, and protect them--their husbands. If you are hurting, open this book and turn to a section that meets your needs. You may feel worthless and lost now, but you can become stronger than ever. Liars, Chea...

Echoes of war in a Cotswold's townSituated in the Cotswolds, Burford has always possessed a sense of tranquillity: medieval stone cottages and streets seemingly untouched by the passage of time. War, however, weighed down on every part of the British Isles and Burford was no exception.Burford's Wartime Stories is a social history - a mosaic of memories that reveals how ordinary people responded to extraordinary times. From the Crimean and Boer Wars...

THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPEDo you find the enigmas of space fascinating? Do you aspire to go beyond our solar system and discover the vastness of the cosmos? Your ticket to a breathtaking adventure into space is the James Webb Space Telescope.The next generation of space telescopes, the James Webb Space Telescope, is scheduled to launch in 2021 and is intended to replace the Hubble Space Telescope. This cutting-edge telescope's potent technology will enable it to take br...

The official wellness program of the New York City Ballet: "an invaluable guide for dancers of any age" (Meredith Monk, Dance Magazine ).In the world of contemporary dance, performers contend with choreography that involves extreme dance, multiple techniques, and acrobatic moves. The dilemma for aspiring professionals is that dance class no longer provides sufficient preparation for performing at this level. Dancers who w...

Progress may be good, but progress will be an adjustment. When a change involves a change in living and uprooting of surroundings, it’s major. This book is about progress, “a squirrel’s dilemma”, and adjustment. About taking down beautiful trees full of pecan nuts in a park area. The park area provided food, shelter, play and sleep for the squirrels as well as safety. As trees were plowed down and taken away, squirrels scampered to other locations in areas of distance from their habitat. A...

THE NUCLEAR FUSIONNuclear fusion is a fascinating and cutting-edge method of generating energy that might fundamentally alter our way of life. The same process that powers the stars is at work here, and if we can harness it, it will provide a plentiful and healthy supply of energy for a very long time.With our in-depth manual, "The Nuclear Fusion Book," learn the revolutionary developments in nuclear fusion. Examine the physics behind this limitless supply of clean energy t...

At the present moment, in the Church and in society, there is no more critical issue for us to address than the truth about marriage. Our world has presented us with an atmosphere in which the integrity of marriage has been under attack for decades.In the midst of pressure from a secularized culture there comes a bright light of joyful hope from Theresa and Peter Martin: The Rule offers us the first English translation of Cardinal Wojtyla's Rule for a joy-...

The African Church and COVID-19: Human Security, the Church, and Society in Kenya is a bold and incisive look at the African Church in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the book, contributors explore how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragilities of African society as well as the weaknesses in the Church’s role in helping and serving African communities. The African Church and COVID-19 analyzes the question of how the Church in Kenya should move forward in a post-COVID-19 era t...

This text provides practical guidance on conducting regression analysis on categorical and count data. Step by step and supported by lots of helpful graphs, it covers both the theoretical underpinnings of these methods as well as their application, giving you the skills needed to apply them to your own research. It offers guidance on:· Using logistic regression models for binary, ordinal, and multinomial outcomes· Applying count regression, including Poisson, negative binom...