Presents the techniques and development of two styles of tango, covering the basic choreography of style of Social-American Ballroom and Argentine Tango, the history, myth, and lore surrounding the dance, and an interview with Carlos Gavito from the Broadway cast of the smash hit Forever Tango.

Ballroom dancing is back! And now anyone can move like a pro. Includes step-by-step photos, footwork illustrations, and instruction covering all the common ballroom dances. The #1 selling ballroom dancing book. Includes hundreds of illustrations and instructions Allen is a renowned, award-winning ballroom-dance teacher

A practical guide for beginners including basic information for the foxtrot, waltz, rumba, merengue, swing, cha-cha. Also includes sctions for the bride and groom, how to announce the first dance and present the bride.

What's a palooza? An activity that keeps kids from uttering those terrifying words, "I'm bored!" You may know John Lithgow as star of stage, screen, and television or even as a bestselling children's book author. But his most important role -- parent -- was also the most fun. Whether building cardboard castles or putting on a King and I puppet show or conducting a treasure hunt in the National Gallery of Art, John has spent years perfecting the art of the palooza. A palooza is easy to do! • A palooza doesn't cost much (some cost absolutely nothing) • A palooza is instigated or organized by parents but is quickly taken over by children • A palooza may involve a computer but never the TV • A palooza may use all varieties of arts and crafts • A palooza may secretly teach children (and parents!) a thing or two • A palooza is entertaining for the entire family • A palooza depends entirely on the inexhaustible creativity, ingenuity, imagination, and sense of fun of young minds This book contains 101 ideas for creating paloozas for children ages 3 to 12 wherever you are. Grouped according to interests and themes -- like art, drama, music, vacations, and birthdays -- and incorporating lots of extrapaloozas, fun facts for parent and child, and suggested additional reading for all ages, John's paloozas range from adopting your own soup can for a day to inventing your own secret language to establishing left-handed day or creating a self-portrait. A Lithgow Palooza! is an utterly unique collection of original activities guaranteed to transform any household from bored to bubbling with fun.

In the fantasy novel Gator Tango and the Higgs Boson, an American spy travels around the world reporting on scientific developments in other countries. In particular, he seeks information about the Higgs Boson - or the God Particle - an entity that will explain why subatomic particles have weight (a property that is not properly accounted for by current theories). His travels take him to Switzerland, Germany, France, Russia, China, Japan, Tibet, Nepal, India, Egypt and Israel, destinations enhanced by the insightful descriptions of the author, who has visited all these countries. During his missions, the spy has romantic encounters and falls in love with a KGB agent. The woman decides to leave Russia and move in with her new love in Louisiana. The dangers there not only include spy games but a giant monster alligator on the prowl. There's a lot of bite in Gator Tango. On a small island off the coast of Cape Breton, Peter Martel, a young man of French Acadian origins and a high school dropout, set out to find his place in the world. After graduating with a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Toronto, he ended up at Chalk River Laboratories doing research in pure physics