Everyone Hates a Beauty Queen
Author : Kenneth J. Harvey
Publisher : Exile Editions, Ltd.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 12,55 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781550962529
I Hate Everyone
Author : Mij Kelly
Publisher : Pavilion Children's Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781856025089
Book Description
I Hate Everyone is an imaginative book about a Bee in a bad mood; beautifully written, and superbly illustrated, it reminds us all of the importance of saying 'please'. * Excellent cast of characters, featuring bugs of varying shapes and sizes. * Fabulous illustrations, all painted in vibrant colour.
Beauty Queens of Bishan
Author : Akshita Nanda
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 2024-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 936790794X
Book Description
In Bishan, the busiest suburb of Singapore, thirteen small beauty parlours coexist quietly, offering haircuts, bikini waxes and facials at no-nonsense prices. All that changes when a swanky new salon opens. D’Asthetique (Beauty Is Skin Deep) is run by April Chua, the stylist to the stars. April’s plan for Bishan includes controlling her competitors through a new society, NAILSO (Neighbourhood Alliance of Independent Lifestyle Service Operators). The only person who dares to protest is chubby Gurpreet Kaur, owner of Monty Beauty Spa (Beauty from Within, Fourth Wax Free). Both have clients in the upcoming Grand Glam Singapore beauty contest. Will April’s shoo-in Candy Kang prove yet again why she is Singapore’s sweetheart? Or will Gurpreet’s client, Tara Chopra, prove a star on stage as well as in court? The winner will determine who will lead NAILSO; the loser will never be able to show her facials again. Can there only be one beauty queen of Bishan?
Construction Beauty Queen
Author : Sara Daniel
Publisher : Entangled: Bliss
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1622669886
Book Description
She's on the job...and out of his league. Chicago socialite Veronica Jamison is determined to shake off her sheltered lifestyle and overbearing parents. She heads to her grandfather's small town of Kortville, ready to roll up her sleeves and work for the family construction business. She'll prove her worth, even if it means answering to the company's ruggedly handsome co-owner, Matt. Matt Shaw just wants to run his business, spend time with the niece he's raising on his own, and give back to the townspeople who have stood by him. Managing a spoiled-rotten princess he knows he'll never be good enough for? Not part of his plan. But as he gets to know Veronica, he learns there's more to her than just beautiful looks and designer clothes. She's got a heart as rich as her background. With the quirky townspeople rallying against Veronica inheriting her grandfather's business, it's up to Matt to try to drive her out of town. But how can he, when she's driving her way into his heart? Each book in the Small Town, Big Dreams series is STANDALONE: *Construction Beauty Queen *Love Him or Leave Him
Beauty Queens
Author : Libba Bray
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0545388716
Book Description
From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray, the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.Teen beauty queens. A "Lost"-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count.
Inside
Author : Kenneth J. Harvey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,76 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780151014835
Book Description
After fourteen years in prison, Myrden is proven innocent by DNA evidence, only to return to an old neighborhood in which he finds himself out of place, clinging to his young granddaughter and a former girlfriend as he awaits a financial settlement from the government.
Blackstrap Hawco
Author : Kenneth J. Harvey
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307371603
Book Description
Fifteen years in the making, this book is the one Canada’s “heavyweight champ of brash and beautiful literature” was meant to write. An epic masterwork about Newfoundland’s working class, Blackstrap Hawco spans more than a century in gorgeous and widely varied prose, reminding us that even when writing about the degradation of identity and language, Harvey does it magnificently. Named in a moment of anger, Blackstrap Hawco is heir to an island dominion picked over by its adoptive nation. From the arrivals of the indentured Irish to the Victorian drawing rooms of the English merchants, from the perilous seal hunt to the raucous iron ore mines, from a notorious disaster at sea to the relocation of outport communities, the family legend might be all his people have left to live for. But as Blackstrap Hawco – a novel that will consume you in its dazzling swirl of voices, legends and beautiful hearsay – testifies, a story this haunting, this powerful, might just be enough.
Girl Unwrapped
Author : Gabriella Goliger
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1551523914
Book Description
Toni Goldblatt’s awakening to forbidden desire in 1960s Montreal conflicts with the expectations of her Holocaust-scarred parents; she flees to Israel in an attempt to reinvent herself, but the Zionist dream doesn’t save her. Only on her return home, where she discovers kindred spirits in the underground lesbian scene, does Toni begin the accept the truth about herself.
Tempting the Beauty Queen
Author : Carolyn Hector
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488081697
Book Description
From beauty queen…to bride? A Once Upon a Tiara story If Kenzie Swayne didn’t require a date for a string of upcoming weddings, she’d turn Ramon Torres’s offer down flat. The gorgeous entrepreneur stood her up once, unwilling to let emotion interfere with his ambition. Ramon needs Kenzie’s expertise for a new business venture, so he agrees to escort her. But when secrets from their pasts are revealed, can Ramon make Kenzie his—forever?
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
Author : Sarit Yishai-Levi
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466890509
Book Description
Finalist for the Book Club category of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards. The #1 International Best Seller, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the ties that bind four generations of women. Gabriela's mother Luna is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty and charm seem to be reserved for everyone but her daughter. Ever since Gabriela can remember, she and Luna have struggled to connect. But when tragedy strikes, Gabriela senses there's more to her mother than painted nails and lips. Desperate to understand their relationship, Gabriela pieces together the stories of her family's previous generations—from Great-Grandmother Mercada the renowned healer, to Grandma Rosa who cleaned houses for the English, to Luna who had the nicest legs in Jerusalem. But as she uncovers shocking secrets, forbidden romances, and the family curse that links the women together, Gabriela must face a past and present far more complex than she ever imagined. Set against the Golden Age of Hollywood, the dark days of World War II, and the swinging '70s, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem follows generations of unforgettable women as they forge their own paths through times of dramatic change. With great humor and heart, Sarit Yishai-Levi has given us a powerful story of love and forgiveness—and the unexpected and enchanting places we find each.
