Designed by A. Markevich and K. Syunnerberg. 8vo, white glossy pictorial boards, 221pp, b&w illustrations, photographs. Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: lt. crease to boards and spine, contents are clean and tight. The author, an animal trainer from the world-famous Durov family, tells about the circus and her trained animals, the joy of a performance and the hard round of daily work, about what goes on in the arena itself and behind the scenes.