When still a young dancer in the New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer was chosen by George Balanchine to lecture, demonstrate, and teach--he recognized in her that rare dancer who not only performs superbly but can also successfully pass along what she knows to others. In Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique, she commits to paper the fruit of her twenty-four-year collaboration with Balanchine in a close examination of his technique for teachers, scholars, and advanced students of the ballet. Schorer discusses the crucial work at the barre as well as center work, port de bras,...

Edgar Allan Poe's short story about a sea voyage from South Carolina to New York City, with one of the passengers bringing a long pine box with them that contains an odd smelling odor.

The classic novel by L. Frank Baum about Dorothy of Kansas being swept up by a tornado and ending up in the magical Land of Oz. This version features restored illustrations from the classic book.

A Charles Dickens classic about a cricket that acts as a guardian angel for a poor toy maker and his blind daughter.

During the horrific French Revolution, a man is wrongfully accused of treason and must escape the fate of the guillotine before clearing his name. This classic novel was written by Charles Dickens and is one of his most popular novels. In this version, the original illustrations from the 1800s can be seen in here. There is also a biography of Dickens in the beginning of the book.

This is the classic novel by author Mark Twain that is set in the 1840s. It is about a young boy named Huckleberry Finn who runs away from home and ends up floating down the Mississippi River. Along the way, he meets up with a runaway slave named Jim. The two end up traveling and experiencing a series of adventures together, which ends up changing Huck's views on bigotry and racism. This version features restored pictures and illustrations from the classic novel.