(Hardback, Second)
By: Mark St Leon
ISBN: 9781877096501
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Melbourne Books
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A comprehensive, entertaining and visually stunning history of the circus in Australia.
(Hardback)
By: Barnaby King
ISBN: 9781474249270
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac
ISBN: 9781350163751
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Dan Meyer
ISBN: 9780764368820
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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An authoritative compendium on sword swallowing, featuring historical biographies, expert insights, rare photos, and behind-the-scenes stories from contemporary sword swallowers.
(Paperback)
By: Nell Stroud
ISBN: 9781860496950
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2000
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2000
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A remarkable, moving memoir about life in the circus by a young British ringmistress. Josser is the powerful and moving account of Oxford-educated Nell Stroud's life in the circus.
(Paperback)
By: Duncan Wall
ISBN: 9780307472267
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Hardback)
By: David Haberstich
ISBN: 9781944466336
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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(Paperback)
By: Bluford Adams
ISBN: 9780816626311
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 1997
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Phineas Taylor Barnum lived from 1810 until 1891. This study investigates the influence he had on American popular culture of the 19th century and looks at how he continues to have an influence today.
(Paperback)
By: Adele Wong
ISBN: 9781941806715
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: Oro Editions
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A photo book that captures the history of the Tai Thean Kew Circus, a once-great Chinese Circus established in Singapore in 1929 by the author's own ancestors.
(Hardback)
By: Frederik L. Schodt
ISBN: 9781611720099
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2012
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
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The true tale of an American impresario, Japanese acrobats, and a circus tour adventure; richly illustrated.
(Hardback, Multilingual edition)
By: Linda Granfield
ISBN: 9783836586641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2021
Publisher: Taschen GmbH
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Daredevils and scantily clad starlets, fearless animal trainers and startling "freaks": This behind-the-scenes look at the American circus brings together original posters and lithographs as well as remarkable circus photography to explore the glamour and the grit of what was once the largest showbiz industry on earth.
(Paperback)
By: Tina Bicat
ISBN: 9781847973726
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Costumes designed and made for devised or physical drama, for contemporary circus or for dance, differ radically from the more traditional costume work produced for naturalistic performance.
