Gregory Hines
Pub. Date
1996. 2004
Description
Isaiah Turner didn't want to be a hero. All he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyrus Bloomington, the young Isaiah grew up with one aim in mind: to find the man who killed his folks and take him down.
2) White nights
Pub. Date
2006
Description
A Russian defector ballet dancer is trapped in the Soviet Union when his plane crashes. Hines is a US defector to Russia whose job is to keep the dancer happy.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
"Who killed Atlanta's children? Alanta - 1981. The city was terrorized by the brutal "Altlanta child murders." A shocked nation launched the largest manhunt in US history. A lone man was accused and convicted of some of the crimes and the case was closed. Four years later, a magazine editor and his best reporter investigate charges that the original investigation was marred by incompetence, abandoned leads and tainted evidence. It seems only the truth...
Description
... shows a rather different side of Moses, the Stone Age and the Roman Empire - in which Brooks is a stand-up philosopher playing Caesar's Palace. Next, the truth is finally told about the Spanish Inquisition in a splashy production number featuring song-and-dance monks and swimming nuns ... It's history as you've never known it - completely irreverent and positively hilarious. -- Container.
6) Tap
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Max Washington is a promising but disillusioned tap dancer who must resolve the conflict between his craft and the fast track life of a high-stakes thief.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
In this lavish, 1930s-era drama, Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide. Now, Francis Ford Coppola's extraordinary film is brought tovivid new life with never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences thatdeepen and enrich the storylines.
9) Bojangles
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A look at the life of extraordinary tap dancing legend Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. This is the story of an incredibly talented man who struggled with the demons of his past and the racism of his time, but still entertained millions with his unique and complex dance style.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Egg hunt: It's an egg-cellent day for an Egg hunt adventure! Max's chocolate chicken: The Easter bunny has hidden eggs in Max and Ruby's yard and whoever finds the most eggs will win. The skating lession: Little Bill is ready to skate for the first time ever! Mr. Moth: Little Bill's moth is taking an awfully long time to hatch. Our neighborhood festival: Join Blue for a neighborhood festival, a friend-filled event filled with food and new things to...
Pub. Date
[2001], c1999
Description
An anthology of 5 loosely connected and interwoven stories showing how women deal with the variety of problems that each faces in her life. A doctor looking after her invalid mother who realizes that her own life is passing her by. A wealthy bank manager dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, a workaholic boyfriend, and a street woman who dispenses advice that hits too close to the truth. A single mother debating starting a relationship with the dwarf...
12) The Cotton Club
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
In 1928 New York, spirits are high and jazz, dancing and gangsters rule supreme. Harlem's Cotton Club is in the center of it all, where rich upper-eastsiders mix with dressed-up mobsters. On stage is gifted coronet player Dixie Dwyer, who dreams of the big time, and tap sensation Sandman Williams who can't touch his girl, the lovely singer Lila Rose Oliver, because of strict club rules. As tension rises, so do tempers, and the nightclub becomes a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world.