Ballet Beautiful, Bowers, Mary Helen, 250 pages

This nonfiction work is a combination of lifestyle, exercise and diet written by a former ballerina.  The book covers multiple topics including self image and confidence.  It moves on to an exercise routine based on ballet conditioning.  Most of this takes place on a mat, no barre needed.  Finally Mary Helen covers diet in a pretty sensible way.  Don't let yourself be hungry, but learn to make good choices when you do eat.  I used the book in combination with a companion DVD of the exercises.  The book cover more exercises than the DVD.  I found it a plus that the exercises are very repetitive and easy to remember.  They can be done while listening to music or watching TV without the need for the DVD.