Best Books on Creative Life

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The Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews
The Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews 4.12 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Henry James: Literary Criticism: Essays on Literature, American Writers, English Writers
Henry James: Literary Criticism: Essays on Literature, American Writers, English Writers 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Why Smart People Hurt: A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative
Why Smart People Hurt: A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative 3.26 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
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The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile 3.98 avg rating — 3,650 ratings
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Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life
Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life 3.97 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
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Women Embracing Creativity: Unleashing Your Inner Artist
Women Embracing Creativity: Unleashing Your Inner Artist 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing 3.84 avg rating — 2,118 ratings
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Writing Advice for Teens: Creating Stories
Writing Advice for Teens: Creating Stories 4.37 avg rating — 49 ratings
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52 Dates for Writers - Ride a Tandem, Assume an Alias, and 50 Other Ways to Improve Your Novel Draft
52 Dates for Writers - Ride a Tandem, Assume an Alias, and 50 Other Ways to Improve Your Novel Draft 4.68 avg rating — 40 ratings
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How to be an Artist: Envision artistic life goals and increase creative confidence
How to be an Artist: Envision artistic life goals and increase creative confidence 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book
Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book 4.08 avg rating — 247 ratings
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Steven D. Lavine. Failure is What It's All About: A Life Devoted to Leadership in the Arts
Steven D. Lavine. Failure is What It's All About: A Life Devoted to Leadership in the Arts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real
The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real 4.12 avg rating — 378 ratings
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Screenwriting 101 by Film Crit Hulk!
Screenwriting 101 by Film Crit Hulk! 4.41 avg rating — 778 ratings
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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol 3.84 avg rating — 47,988 ratings
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La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert (Marcus Goldman, #1)
La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert (Marcus Goldman, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 218,581 ratings
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On Ugliness
On Ugliness 3.88 avg rating — 18,990 ratings
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Daybook: The Journal of an Artist
Daybook: The Journal of an Artist 4.19 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
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The Hill of Dreams
The Hill of Dreams 3.85 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
120.
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within 4.06 avg rating — 3,911 ratings
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Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs
Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs 4.10 avg rating — 2,000 ratings
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Esercizi di stile
Esercizi di stile 4.05 avg rating — 12,556 ratings
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Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft 4.11 avg rating — 3,832 ratings
123.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,666 ratings
123.
Rethinking Depression: How to Shed Mental Health Labels and Create Personal Meaning
Rethinking Depression: How to Shed Mental Health Labels and Create Personal Meaning 3.39 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Make Good Art
Make Good Art 4.28 avg rating — 9,806 ratings
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No Plot? No Problem!
No Plot? No Problem! 3.83 avg rating — 7,293 ratings
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Writing as a Sacred Path: A Practical Guide to Writing with Passion and Purpose
Writing as a Sacred Path: A Practical Guide to Writing with Passion and Purpose 4.03 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Chasing Light - Notes on Creativity
Chasing Light - Notes on Creativity 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level 4.08 avg rating — 4,062 ratings
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A Poetry Handbook
A Poetry Handbook 4.23 avg rating — 8,985 ratings
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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One 3.48 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
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Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed 4.28 avg rating — 881 ratings
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The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life
The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life 4.49 avg rating — 358 ratings
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Five Hundred Self-Portraits
Five Hundred Self-Portraits 4.20 avg rating — 139 ratings
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On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association 3.87 avg rating — 1,074 ratings
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Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
by: Tom Simon
4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings
138.
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography 4.12 avg rating — 12,255 ratings
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Unstuck: A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block
Unstuck: A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block 3.96 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are
Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are 4.03 avg rating — 2,487 ratings
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The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor
The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor 3.90 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
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Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade
Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade 4.02 avg rating — 2,780 ratings
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Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose, 1983-2005
Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose, 1983-2005 4.07 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Steinbeck: A Life in Letters
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters 4.35 avg rating — 711 ratings
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The Blazing World
The Blazing World 3.71 avg rating — 8,677 ratings
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Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach 3.93 avg rating — 241 ratings
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Craft a Life You Love: 25 Practices for Infusing Creativity, Fun & Intention into Your Everyday
Craft a Life You Love: 25 Practices for Infusing Creativity, Fun & Intention into Your Everyday 3.81 avg rating — 784 ratings
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The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life 3.83 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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Literary Criticism, Vol 2: French Writers / Other European Writers / Prefaces to the New York Edition
Literary Criticism, Vol 2: French Writers / Other European Writers / Prefaces to the New York Edition 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft 4.05 avg rating — 1,433 ratings
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Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach 4.07 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Dimestore: A Writer's Life
Dimestore: A Writer's Life
by: Lee Smith
3.87 avg rating — 3,403 ratings
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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language 4.08 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
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Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life 4.21 avg rating — 4,659 ratings
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A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation
A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation 4.21 avg rating — 609 ratings
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The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language
The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language 3.95 avg rating — 1,638 ratings
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The Creative Artist: A Fine Artist's Guide to Expanding Your Creativity and Achieving Your Artistic Potential
The Creative Artist: A Fine Artist's Guide to Expanding Your Creativity and Achieving Your Artistic Potential 3.96 avg rating — 53 ratings
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In Over Her Head
In Over Her Head 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry
Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry 4.36 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Freeing Your Creativity: A Writer's Guide
Freeing Your Creativity: A Writer's Guide 3.35 avg rating — 34 ratings
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For the Love of Art
For the Love of Art really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?
The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time? 3.56 avg rating — 405 ratings
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Origin of Inspiration: Seven Short Essays for Creative People
Origin of Inspiration: Seven Short Essays for Creative People 3.70 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Undrawn
Undrawn 3.72 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Collabetition: 3 Principles For The Creative Person In All Of Us
Collabetition: 3 Principles For The Creative Person In All Of Us 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy 3.92 avg rating — 490 ratings
157.
Stories We Keep: A Yoga as Muse Anthology
Stories We Keep: A Yoga as Muse Anthology 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Important Words
Important Words really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Speaking of Journals
Speaking of Journals 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Creative Writing the Easy Way
Creative Writing the Easy Way 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs
Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs 3.98 avg rating — 80 ratings
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We All Need Heroes: Stories of the Brave and Foolish
We All Need Heroes: Stories of the Brave and Foolish really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Gods for Future Religions
Gods for Future Religions
by: Ho Baron
4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Audubon: The Dream That Wouldn't Die
Audubon: The Dream That Wouldn't Die 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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How to Write a Memoir - procrastination to print made simple
How to Write a Memoir - procrastination to print made simple 3.58 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Mr / Master Positive Powers 'Wizardry Word Influencer' Welcome to Ondlon City
Mr / Master Positive Powers 'Wizardry Word Influencer' Welcome to Ondlon City it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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On The Psychology of Writing
On The Psychology of Writing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work 4.23 avg rating — 1,631 ratings
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Secrets to Writing Well - Volume 1
Secrets to Writing Well - Volume 1 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel
Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Rhetoric of Fiction
The Rhetoric of Fiction 4.01 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
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Laid Off and Crazy Happy - Memoirs of a Houseband
Laid Off and Crazy Happy - Memoirs of a Houseband 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Instructor's Resource Manual for The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching
Instructor's Resource Manual for The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
157.
America: Be a Better American
America: Be a Better American it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Catch the Fire: An Art-Full Guide to Unleashing the Creative Power of Youth, Adults and Communities
Catch the Fire: An Art-Full Guide to Unleashing the Creative Power of Youth, Adults and Communities 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Mugging the Muse
Mugging the Muse 4.09 avg rating — 213 ratings
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Now What? The Creative Writer's Guide to Success After the MFA
Now What? The Creative Writer's Guide to Success After the MFA 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Marketing For Professional Artists: In The Second Decade Of The 21st Century
Marketing For Professional Artists: In The Second Decade Of The 21st Century 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Summers of Discontent: The Purpose of the Arts Today
Summers of Discontent: The Purpose of the Arts Today 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy
The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy 3.98 avg rating — 377 ratings
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Find Your Purpose Using Science
Find Your Purpose Using Science 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days
Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days 4.02 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Ideas Like Shoes Take You Places
Ideas Like Shoes Take You Places 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Write the Darn Book: Become an Author (How to Write a Book Series)
Write the Darn Book: Become an Author (How to Write a Book Series) 3.76 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Pieces: A Life in Eight Movements and a Prelude
Pieces: A Life in Eight Movements and a Prelude 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Write Away: A Year of Musings and Motivations for Writers
Write Away: A Year of Musings and Motivations for Writers 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 3.89 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Alt.Film Journal! How I Made A Low-Budget Indie Film for $32,000
Alt.Film Journal! How I Made A Low-Budget Indie Film for $32,000 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Death Troupe
Death Troupe 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century: Capturing the Art and Spirit of the Dancer's Legacy
Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century: Capturing the Art and Spirit of the Dancer's Legacy 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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