1,500円 Extrait : "- Allons, voyons, Augustin, ne fais donc pas comme cela le Bobèche ! Telle fut l'apostrophe que ma bonne mère me lança, un jour que je me signalais, devant elle, par toutes sortes d'extravagances, en gestes et en paroles. J'étais niais au suprême degré. J'avais alors onze ans, l'âge où...

1,983円 From the 1870s to the 1960s, circuses crisscrossed the nation providing entertainment. A unique workforce of human and animal laborers from around the world put on the show. They also formed the backbone of a tented entertainment industry that raised new questions about what constituted work and ...

961円 Micah's beloved grandfather is gravely sick, but all is not lost. Years ago, his grandfather visited a mysterious circus where he was promised a miracle by a man who could bend light. But who is this stranger, will he keep his promise, and does the magical Circus Mirandus really exist?

1,300円 Join Jellyboy on an extraordinary adventure in "Memoirs of a Coney Island Clown. Jellyboy's Sideshow Saga" After the tragic loss of his brother, Jellyboy finds himself thrust into a world of wild chaos. From grieving brother to accidental clown, his journey is anything but ordinary. Prepare for l...

10,280円 What are the characteristics of contemporary circus? In what way does contemporary circus differ from theater, dance, and performance? Where do hybrid forms exist? Where are there observable commonalities? Despite the diversity of contemporary circus performances, are there generalizable characte...

2,819円 As a veteran in the art of circus with more than 50 years of experience in training, performing, and instructing Mongolian contortion, this book will prove itself important for many contortion coaches and a handy manual for students. In this book, the author has shared her extensive background, p...

1,450円 "Pallenberg Wonder Bears – From the Beginning is a captivating narrative you couldn't have dreamed up, but won't want to put down. I've been in publishing for a long time and at this point it takes something really unique to raise my eyebrows -- and this story certainly did, from the very first p...

1,450円 In 1989, the Artistic Director of a San Francisco circus, Judy Finelli, met briefly with Lu Yi, the Director of the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe, in upstate New York. It was, as Judy now calls it, "a moment that changed circus forever." Lu Yi would move to San Francisco to teach the 2000-year-old art...

1,300円 На манеже с тиграми и львами они не «хозяева», не надсмотрщики, не укротители. Прежде всего, они ー вожаки этой стаи. Лидеры, которые знают психологию хищников и показывают, что человек может общаться с этими животными вот так ー на расстоянии укуса и удара лапой. И тут все просто: либо ты покаже...

1,549円 It's Baltimore, 1920. You're 16. You have four adoring sisters and four disapproving brothers. You are the son of devout Orthodox Jewish immigrant parents who escaped Russian pogroms. Your murderously abusive father is repulsed by your artful interests. You're harboring a big secret. And an even ...

9円 Through Almost Perfect, Erika Lemay shares how she became world-famous by creating a career out of her passion 'Äî the acrobatic world of Physical Poetry. The gritty detail of a life in the spotlight is exposed 'Äî rebuilding herself after a fall that left one of her limbs compromised and challen...

1,600円 On a cold February day in 1844, a small group of travellers disembarked their ship at the port of Liverpool in England. There was no welcoming party; no bands and banners and the visitors slipped silently away to their hotel. Amongst them was the American showman P. T. Barnum and his protégé Char...