A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the world’s legendary artists and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets—from insight to action—for harnessing vitality, finding purpose as you age, and expanding one’s possibilities over the course of a lifetime in her newest New York Times bestseller Keep It Moving. At seventy-eight, Twyla Tharp is revered not only for the dances she makes—but for her astounding regime of exercise and nonstop engagement. She is famed for religiously hitting the gym each morning at daybreak, and utilizing that energy to propel her breakneck schedule as a teacher, writer, creator, and lecturer. This book grew out of the question she was asked most frequently: “How do you keep working?” Keep It Moving is a series of no-nonsense mediations on how to live with purpose as time passes. From the details of how she stays motivated to the stages of her evolving fitness routine, Tharp models how fulfillment depends not on fortune—but on attitude, possible for anyone willing to try and keep trying. Culling anecdotes from Twyla’s life and the lives of other luminaries, each chapter is accompanied by a small exercise that will help anyone develop a more hopeful and energetic approach to the everyday. Twyla will tell you what the beauty-fitness-wellness industry won’t: chasing youth is a losing proposition. Instead, Keep It Moving focuses you on what’s here and where you’re going—the book for anyone who wishes to maintain their prime for life.

Kinetic art not only includes movement but often depends on it to produce an intended effect and therefore fully realize its nature as art. It can take a multiplicity of forms and include a wide range of motion, from motorized and electrically driven movement to motion as the result of wind, light, or other sources of energy. Kinetic art emerged throughout the twentieth century and had its major developments in the 1950s and 1960s. Professionals responsible for conserving contemporary art are in the midst of rethinking the concept of authenticity and solving the dichotomy often felt between original materials and functionality of the work of art. The contrast is especially acute with kinetic art when a compromise between the two often seems impossible. Also to be considered are issues of technological obsolescence and the fact that an artist’s chosen technology often carries with it strong sociological and historical information and meanings.

Keep It Moving is a dynamic lifestyle management book for self-enhancement. Written in basic, clear, down-to-earth language, it is the first step to developing your inborn skills, making life changes, and setting and reaching your goals. With advice both personal and professional, author Michele Morris introduces a new, interactive learning concept called S*E*T* Management Strategies. The concept of S*E*T* combines self, environment, and time with the ability to achieve and succeed. S*E*T* offers systems, solutions, and inspiration with motivation as well as individual participation. It is dedicated to the whole person and the uniqueness of that person. You are the main character of this journey. You will experience change that will teach you how to enhance your perception of self. Become an individual with enough self-reliance and discipline to alter your life. Realize you must refocus, regroup, and refire! Take the positive actions presented in this book and find your new, amazing, and awesome self. As an aspiring new author, a certified life coach specializing in time management, productivity consultant, public speaker, and entrepreneur, Michele writes from information received both personally and professionally. By giving detailed information to her reading audience, she hopes to be the solution to someone’s problems. God has blessed her to be a blessing. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. —Proverb This is not another self-improvement book. Keep It Moving: Get Ready, S*E*T*, Go! is written in basic, clear, down-to-earth language. It is to be used as your first step to a lifestyle management program for self-enhancement with a new interactive learning experience called S*E*T* management strategies. The concept of S*E*T* is that it combines one’s self, environment, and time with his or her ability to achieve and succeed over things that affect his or her life. S*E*T* offers systems, solutions, and inspiration with motivation as well as individual participation. It’s dedicated to the whole person and the uniqueness of that individual. The reader is the main character. He or she will experience change in ways that will teach him or her how to enhance his or her perception of self. Be that individual with enough self-reliance and discipline to go through with change. Take the positive actions presented in this book and find your new, amazing, awesome self. Become the one who realizes you must refocus, regroup, and then refire! If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. —Milton Berle

These meditations include philosophy, spirituality, and wellness narratives that will help you find your truth and fulfill your potential. Paula Rainer, who earned a Ph.D. in counselor education and has dedicated her life to helping others overcome anxiety, depression, and other problems, explores the range of emotions we experience daily—some good and some bad. She also highlights how our DNA plays a part in how we navigate various encounters. As you read, you’ll learn how to: • build resiliency through the learned experience of others; • create infrastructures to turn dreams into reality; • overcome mental patterns that undermine your goals; • free your mind and open yourself up to new possibilities. The author emphasizes that you should not expect people to understand, endorse, support, or help you with your purpose. Successful people will understand your need to follow your inner soul. People who have yet to follow their inner souls will tell you why your goals are impossible. Move past the naysayers, identify your goals, and take steps to achieve them with the lessons and insights in Keep It Moving.

A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers South Bay High's Jayd Jackson finally has her own ride, but that sure doesn't mean her troubles are over. . . These days, Jayd just can't seem to get a break. Her car is more trouble than it's worth; her girl Mickey is being forced to attend continuation school; and Rah and his ex Sandy are still arguing. Despite these distractions, Jayd concentrates on making potions for hair and developing her own signature braid technique, which is getting her a lot of respect and money. But then school starts up again, and with it comes more drama. If Jayd wants to keep it all under control, she'll have to look deep into herself and take her destiny into her own hands. . .

• An anthology of writings by some of the most influential women in history on the often misunderstood and misrepresented female drug experience. • With great honesty, bravery, and frankness, women from diverse backgrounds write about their drug experiences. Women have been experimenting with drugs since prehistoric times, and yet published accounts of their views on the drug experience have been relegated to either antiseptic sociological studies or sensationalized stories splashed across the tabloids. The media has given us an enduring, but inaccurate, stereotype of a female drug user: passive, addicted, exploited, degraded, promiscuous. But the selections in this anthology--penned by such famous names as Billie Holiday, Anais Nin, Maya Angelou, and Carrie Fisher--show us that the real experiences of women are anything but stereotypical. Sisters of the Extreme provides us with writings by women from diverse occupations and backgrounds, from prostitute to physician, who through their use of drugs dared cross the boundaries set by society--often doing so with the hope of expanding themselves and their vision of the world. Whether with LSD, peyote, cocaine, heroine, MDMA, or marijuana, these women have sought to reach, through their experimentation, other levels of consciousness. Sometimes their quests have brought unexpected rewards, other times great suffering and misfortune. But wherever their trips have left them, these women have lived courageously--if sometimes dangerously--and written about their journeys eloquently.

Anne Waldman, world renowned for her high-energy poetry performances, is the author of over thirty books and chapbooks of poetry. She is the co-founder and director of The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

How do bicycle gears work? Why does it look like a skateboard sticks to a skater's feet? Readers learn all about the physics involved in their favorite wheeled sport, whether it be cycling, skating, or skateboarding. Fun ideas for science fair projects follow many of the experiments.

Jacqueline McBride’s Poetry: Words Flowing from My Heart is inspired by her relationship with God, by her personal experiences, her mother’s love, courage, and strength, family personal trials, challenges and victories along with the trials of other people, and her study of Biblical principles. She reflects on her love and commitment to the Lord, the Grace YHVH (the God of Abraham, Isaiah and Jacob) extends to all, and the power of love to conquer fear and challenges. With the help of these poems, you will be inspired to become the amazing person God created: a person of wisdom and knowledge through the gift of grace, given to us by Jesus Christ. You will develop a greater respect for others and enjoy your life. With the love of God, there are no limits to reaching your dreams, but you can’t always do it alone. No two people are created the same, everyone with his or her own life experiences. Jacqueline believes we can learn from each other and become greater in our diversity. Her words encourage us to help others without expecting anything in return because the joy of giving provides peace within. This collection encourages you to laugh, awaken to new possibilities, see your purpose, and walk your destined path.