"Jumping Through Hoops reveals the hidden history of early female circus performers: boundary-breaking women like Lavinia Warren, known as The Queen of Beauty; Millie-Christine McKoy, the Two-Headed Nightingale; and Patty Astley, the mother of the modern circus. These female and ...
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"Following on his exquisite Stones, Young's new collection shapes stories of familial and familiar love, inspired in part by other lives. A central sequence, "The Two-Headed Nightingale," is spoken by Millie-Christine McCoy, the famous conjoined African American "Carolina Twins."...
Presents a collection of stories in which the crew of the Enterprise faces many challenges, including warrior-robot pilots turning to pillaging for thrills and machinery attempting to take control of the Enterprise.
"The planet Vok is holding its first free elections after years of oppressive military rule. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise have been dispatched by Starfleet to serve as impartial observers, but remaining neutral proves a challenge, as Kirk confront...
"This book examines real collections and the experiences of the archivists who created them to present a practical guide to building community archives"-- Provided by publisher