Author: Will DavisPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408823047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
An exceptional, break-out, coming-of-age novel from the talented Betty Trask Award-winning writer, Will Davis
The Trapeze Artist
Author: Will DavisPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408823047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
An exceptional, break-out, coming-of-age novel from the talented Betty Trask Award-winning writer, Will Davis
Queen of the Air
Author: Dean N. JensenPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307986586
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A true life Water for Elephants, Queen of the Air brings the circus world to life through the gorgeously written, true story of renowned trapeze artist and circus performer Leitzel, Queen of the Air, the most famous woman in the world at the turn of the 20th century, and her star-crossed love affair with Alfredo Codona, of the famous Flying Codona Brothers. Like today's Beyonce, Madonna, and Cher, she was known to her vast public by just one name, Leitzel. There may have been some regions on earth where her name was not a household expression, but if so, they were likely on polar ice caps or in the darkest, deepest jungles. Leitzel was born into Dickensian circumstances, and became a princess and then a queen. She was not much bigger than a good size fairy, just four-foot-ten and less than 100 pounds. In the first part of the 20th century, she presided over a sawdust fiefdom of never-ending magic. She was the biggest star ever of the biggest circus ever, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Greatest Show on Earth. In her life, Leitzel had many suitors (and three husbands), but only one man ever fully captured her heart. He was the handsome Alfredo Codona, the greatest trapeze flyer that had ever lived, the only one in his time who, night after night, executed the deadliest of all big-top feats, The Triple--three somersaults in midair while traveling at 60 m.p.h. The Triple, the salto mortale, as the Italians called it, took the lives of more daredevils than any other circus stunt.
The Fundamentals of Flying Trapeze
Author: Alastair PilgrimPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781479329793
Category : Aerialists
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From the founder of flying-trapeze.com, this book illustrates the fundamental principles, techniques and equipment of Flying Trapeze. With hundreds of clear and simple diagrams illustrating tricks gathered from trapeze schools around the world, this is an invaluable reference guide for the recreational trapeze artist.
The Trapeze Artist
Author: Will DavisPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620400022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A man will endlessly torture his muscles until they shriek and complain. But he will not give in. He will take a hammer to his ceiling until the neighbors begin to watch from the window and the journalists knock at the door. He will continue to train and hack away at the house until it is finished and the trapeze is in place. Although his parents thought he was nice and kindhearted and teachers saw him as a good boy, secretly he hated his drab, ordered world and longed for more. Then, when he was fourteen, Edward arrived at his school. Edward exuded the coolness of a latter-day Oscar Wilde. Edward listened to Patti Smith, watched Fassbinder films, knew the writings of Gore Vidal, and, one evening, would kiss him in the moonlight. Forty years old and fleeing from a life he can no longer handle, he stumbles upon the circus. Not knowing why, only that he must, he gets in his car and follows after it, refusing to listen to the doubts that plague him, determined to build a new home and family. The Trapeze Artist draws together the past, present, and future of one life to create a work of startling dexterity and vision-a haunting and heartbreaking account of a child, a boy, a man, desperate to free himself from the suffocating weight of his desires, his family, and his grief. It speaks of what it is to grow up gay in a straight world, to be unable to communicate with those you love, of the sweat, passions, and tempers of circus life, and, above all, of the joyous longing to break free, and to swing higher and higher...
Louise Trapeze Is Totally 100% Fearless
Author: Micol OstowPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0553497421
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
"Six-year-old Louise Trapeze lives at the circus and can't wait to fly on the trapeze until she discovers that she is afraid of heights"--
The Trapeze Artist
Author: Leslie AwenderBetween Trapezes
Author: Gail BlankePublisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9781579549282
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Explains how uncertainty can become a catalyst for reinventing one's life, offering a guide that demonstrates how to let go without a safety net and overcome life's transitions to seek new fulfillment, success, and accomplishment.
The Trapeze Artist
Author: Laura PutreThe Art of Trapeze
Author: Molly McCordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780989604512
Category : Self-realization
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
On a random Thursday morning, with nothing to lose and only a dream to gain, Molly McCord decides to move to Paris, France to follow the courageous call of her heart. She arrives in a city she has never visited before and where she knows no one, yet she trusts her ability to figure it out because her adventurous life has prepared her for this biggest of leaps. She carries the wisdom of Solitude, Strength, Style, Flexibility, Heart, Endurance, and Grace in her non-matching luggage collection. Molly's soul-riveting experiences unfold in surprising ways as she discovers the joys and realities of life as a foreigner in France, falls in love with a sexy Turkish man, moves her cats across the Atlantic, enjoys the rare opportunity of working for a U.S. Ambassador, and creates the life of her dreams in less than two years. Yet when unexpected developments require her to surrender once again, a higher consciousness catches her with a deeper spiritual awakening. The Art of Trapeze soars with emotional honesty, delightful humor, unexpected wisdom, and inspiring spiritual perspectives around living life to the fullest when nothing is guaranteed except gravity. Reached #1 on Amazon in Spiritual Self-Help and Memoirs: Adventurers! This is Book One in The Awakening Consciousness Series. Book Two is "The Modern Heroine's Journey of Consciousness.""
Trapeze
Author: Leigh AnsellPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241436575
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
**How do you trust the ground when all you've known is flight?** Seventeen-year-old Corey Ryder can't remember a time when she wasn't gliding through the air of Cirque Mystique's big top on a trapeze. When tragedy strikes and Corey narrowly escapes from the burning circus tent she once called home, her life is forced to a sudden stand-still. Now back in high school and trying to fit into small town California, Corey faces living life with two feet firmly on the ground. When her friendship with local golden boy Luke Everett starts to grow into something more, Corey must learn to perform the high-wire act of being true to who you really are. The Greatest Showman meets Gilmore Girls in this romantic, bittersweet and beautiful YA coming of age novel.