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The Season's Best Gift Books
By Francine Prose
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the December 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Ailey Ascending: A Portrait in Motion
By Alvin Ailey America Dance Theater
144 pages; Chronicle Books

Ailey Ascending: A Portrait in Motion, a collection of Andrew Eccles's splendid photos of the dancers in the legendary Alvin Ailey dance troupe, will intensify your admiration for the astonishing capabilities of the body—onstage and off—even as it makes you reflect on how physical grace can mirror and express the bold generosity of the spirit.

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