Performing Arts
Performing Arts
Pieces of Us: The Making of Jordan Peele's Modern Horror Classic
ASIN : B0D5WLTP6S
Publisher : Insight Editions
Publication date : October 7, 2025
Language : English
Print length : 128 pages
ISBN-13 : 9798886636642
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Cynthia Erivo
Actress and singer Cynthia Erivo has entertained audiences on the stage and on the screen with performances in The Color Purple and Wicked. Readers will learn about Erivo's early life, how she became a star, and her most famous roles....
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Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song
A 2024 YALSA Best Graphic Novel for TeensA 2023 National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards Graphic Novel FinalistA 2026 Big City Reads Shortlist SelectionDebut writer Austin Paramore and artist Sarah Bollinger (Girls Have a Blog) strike a chord in this humorous...
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Muse: Cicely Tyson and Me: A Relationship Forged in Fashion
“Friendship, love and a beautiful sense of togetherness sew together this gem of a book. B Michael...presents to us a portrait of a woman who was a rare gift to fashion and culture.” —EDWARD ENNINFUL, OBE, Editor-in-Chief, British Vogue & European Editorial...
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The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
National Book Club Conference ‘Book of the Year’ Award Winner From her more than three hundred appearances for film and television, stage and cabaret, performing comedy or drama, as an unforgettable lead or a scene stealing supporting character, Jenifer Lewis...
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We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy
A WALL STREET JOURNAL FAVORITE FOOD BOOK OF THE EAR From the author of Queen Sugar—now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay—comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in America. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings...
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The Emperor of Sound
The long-anticipated inside look at the extraordinary career of the man who brought Sexy Back, the legendary producer in the pantheon of music greats as influential and groundbreaking as Motown’s Berry Gordy and a memoir of the creative process. Hailed...
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Ella
In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of African American historical fiction that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest Jazz Age singer of the twentieth century....
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Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography
Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer—the first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award—who broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movement—a remarkable woman of her...
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Confessions of a Video Vixen
This is the post-Me Too update to the ahead-of-its-time emotionally charged memoir from a former hip hop music video vixen many women needed to see. Twenty years after she took us beyond the glitz and glamour of celebrity, this powerful...
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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
From beloved Newbery Honor winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia comes a powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family, and love that will appeal to fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander. Clayton feels most alive...
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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
From beloved Newbery Honor winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia comes a powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family, and love that will appeal to fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander. Clayton feels most alive...
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Cack-Handed: A Memoir
The Britishcomedian of Nigerianheritage and co-executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chroniclesher odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively andhumorous memoir. According to family superstition, Gina Yashere was born to fulfill...
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Birth of a Culture
Step into the vibrant streets of the 1970s Bronx and witness the exact moment a global movement began. Birth of a Culture gives you a front-row seat to the origins of hip-hop, told through the firsthand experiences of Grandmaster Flash—one of the...
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Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American Rockette
The first African American Rockette charts her journey to one of the world's most celebrated dance troupes in this gripping performing arts memoir that, for the first time, goes behind the velvet curtains at Radio City's legendary holiday show. "Smashing...
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Alek: My Life from Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
Alek Wek has been the face of ad campaigns for companies ranging from Coach to Michael Kors to Nars and has worked the runways on behalf of designers such as Diane von Furstenberg and Christian Dior. Yet her defining moments...
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After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye
A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all—and a searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. After her...
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Smoke & Mirrors
An exciting and twisty middle-grade debut mystery novel―perfect for fans of From the Desk of Zoe Washington and The Parker Inheritance―about the disappearance of a famous magician, and one boy’s quest to find the truth A Junior Library Guild Selection A School Library Journal Best...
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Melody: My Diary
Read Melody's Diary to discover her story set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement. This title is a part of American Girl's exciting new series featuring the diaries and journals of girls throughout history!Melody can't wait to sing her...
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Making Waves: A Branches Book (Layla and the Bots #4)
Layla and the Bots' newest invention is going to make a big SPLASH! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content,...
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Just Right Jillian
In this heartfelt middle grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother. Fifth grader...
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Happy Paws: A Branches Book (Layla and the Bots #1)
Meet rock star Layla and her team of Bots! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on...
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Simon B. Rhymin'
A funny and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a kid rapper whose rhymes bring his community together, “effectively conveying the transformative power of art” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), by America's favorite rapping teacher from Chicago.Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming...
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Simon B. Rhymin' Takes a Stand
This humorous and heartwarming sequel to Simon B. Rhymin' follows a young rapper navigating the inequality and injustice within his school and community.Eleven-year-old Simon and his friends are disappointed with the lack of funding at Booker T. Washington School—there’s no AC, only...
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Simon B. Rhymin' Gets in the Game
The humorous and heartwarming third book in the Simon B. Rhymin' series, by America's favorite rapping teacher from Chicago, will have readers bopping along to the beat as Simon joins the community basketball team.When eleven-year-old Simon Barnes joins the basketball...
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Firebird Waltz
From New York Times bestselling author and former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland comes the first book in a middle grade series about a girl who must balance her ballet aspirations with her magical destiny.Twelve-year-old Josie can’t wait to start...
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Double Creature Feature (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol)
Desmond and Andres are on the edge of their seats in this twenty-fifth installment of Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!Grab some popcorn and soda—there’s a double feature playing at the Kersville movie theater! But when the monster from the movie...
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Camp Big Top
Four kids overcome challenges and form a strong friendship while trying to save their circus camp from closing in this new coming-of-age story from Pura Belpré Honor winner Alexandra Diaz.Mario has been banished, to circus camp of all places, after...
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Built for Speed: A Branches Book (Layla and the Bots #2): Volume 2
Ready, set, go! Layla and the Bots are heading to the races! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots,...
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Boulevard of Dreams
Better Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar Magic in this spooky second novel in the Fearless middle grade series from Hamilton and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who time travel back to 1950s Broadway.Twelve-year-old Relly can’t wait for his beloved...
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