Gorgeous for Good


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It's fair to say that the beauty business is booming--as is the anti-aging industry. Each year, Americans spend more than $30 billion on cosmetics, and, globally, we spend about $260 billion on services and products to enhance our youth. Accompanying the decisions we make around our beauty comes the ever important question of whether to go fake or natural. Do we resort to the latest commercial chemical or surgical quick fix or go completely organic but possibly get less stunning results? Clean beauty guru and New York Times best-selling author of Gorgeously Green, Sophie Uliano offers a solution to this latest beauty dilemma and says you don't have to choose, and when you look at her, you can tell she has more than a few good secrets.Unlike other books, Gorgeous for Good takes the middle ground between natural and fake. Rather than focusing on these extremes, Sophie looks at what truly healthy options actually work--and it isn't necessarily what people might think. In addition, she lays out a beauty perspective that focuses on helping readers create their own unique beauty--inside and out. With her exceptional combination of passionate research and everywoman commonsense, she puts forth a revolutionary, holistic program that covers everything from nutrition to self-care to spiritual connection and includes: -Well-researched, myth-busting information about commercial and natural beauty products -Simple guidelines for buying the best skin care products, and easy recipes for cost-saving beauty products to make at home -Healthy, budget-friendly recipes for food to kick start the new you -Exciting ways to get spiritually connected In her girl-next-door voice, Sophie brings all of this together in an innovative 30-day Gorgeous for Good program, offering readers tools for a body-and-soul beauty regimen that will help them stay gorgeous--not for six months or a year--but for good!




Drop Dead Gorgeous


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A serial killer turns up the heat in Miami in this gripping romantic suspense thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham. Fifteen years ago, Sean Black was accused—and then acquitted—of murdering his high school girlfriend. Now, the bestselling crime novelist is back in Miami where he encounters another former girlfriend and discovers that the spark they felt as teenagers is still there. But before Sean and Lori can rekindle their relationship, they must confront the past... Old high school friends—connected to the events leading to the fifteen year-old murder—are being killed. In order to learn the truth behind the deaths, they must return to the scene of the crime and stop a psychotic killer from finishing what he started so long ago.




Surprising Attack to His Gorgeous Wife


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The explosion caused two people to move towards the north and south.Chen had spent three years recovering his health, but Xi had forgotten everything.Returning once again, she felt that this time, there was nothing that could stop the two of them from being together.Who knew that Xi Shuangzhe had lost his memory and became someone else's husband ...The man who had once been deeply in love with her had pushed her against the corner of the wall at the wedding. He had lifted her chin with his finger, and his eyes sparkled as he said, "We feel pretty good together. How about you treat me as your mistress?"Chen Xi Wu's eyes widened as she looked at his red lips, at a loss of what to do.— —It took her three months to get used to her new identity — Xi's aunt.Watching him hug others tenderly every day, his heart could no longer bear the torment.On summer afternoons he was kissed by her with a rose in his hand: "I tell you! I'm not your aunt. I don't want to be your aunt in this life! "I am..."She swallowed the rest of her words.Who is she? He couldn't even remember.




Hello, Gorgeous!


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They Want Her To Save The World. As If. One minute I'm out with my sorority sisters; the next there's a terrible accident (beyond my friend Stacey's outfit) and I'm waking up in some weird clinic transformed into a human cyborg--with a mission: to stop evil and stuff. Uh, hello? I've got a beauty salon to run. Granted, it is cool to run faster than a Ford Mustang when I need to, even if it's totally hard on my shoes. But then I have to bring in another human cyborg on the run? One who happens to be male, totally gorgeous, smart, funny--and, um, his "enhancements"?--as if! "Davidson's over-the-top humor and raunchily funny sex scenes will delight her fast-growing cadre of fans, while Janet Evanovich fans will also enjoy Davidson's rough-talking heroine." --Booklist




This Gorgeous Game


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A CHILLING NOVEL ABOUT THE ISOLATION OF BEING STALKED AND THE ABUSE OF POWER. Olivia Peters is over the moon when her literary idol, the celebrated novelist and muchadored local priest Mark D. Brendan, offers to become her personal writing mentor. But when Father Mark's enthusiasm for Olivia's prose develops into something more, Olivia's emotions quickly shift from wonder to confusion to despair. Exactly what game is Father Mark playing, and how on earth can she get out of it? This remarkable novel about overcoming the isolation that stems from victimization is powerful, luminous, and impossible to put down. A 2010 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A 2011 ALA Best Book for Young Adults A 2011 CCBC Choice




Gorgeous Beasts


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Gorgeous Beasts takes a fresh look at the place of animals in history and art. Refusing the traditional subordination of animals to humans, the essays gathered here examine a rich variety of ways animals contribute to culture: as living things, as scientific specimens, as food, weapons, tropes, and occasions for thought and creativity. History and culture set the terms for this inquiry. As history changes, so do the ways animals participate in culture. Gorgeous Beasts offers a series of discontinuous but probing studies of the forms their participation takes. This collection presents the work of a wide range of scholars, critics, and thinkers from diverse disciplines: philosophy, literature, history, geography, economics, art history, cultural studies, and the visual arts. By approaching animals from such different perspectives, these essays broaden the scope of animal studies to include specialists and nonspecialists alike, inviting readers from all backgrounds to consider the place of animals in history and art. Combining provocative critical insights with arresting visual imagery, Gorgeous Beasts advances a challenging new appreciation of animals as co-inhabitants and co-creators of culture. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Dean Bavington, Ron Broglio, Mark Dion, Erica Fudge, Cecilia Novero, Harriet Ritvo, Nigel Rothfels, Sajay Samuel, and Pierre Serna.




Hello, Gorgeous


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“Masterful . . . Many books have been written about Streisand but few, if any, put readers as close to the subject as Mann does” (Miami Herald). A legendary singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker with multiple Academy, Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and even two Peabody awards to her name, Barbara Streisand is a talent like no other. In Hello, Gorgeous, celebrity biographer William J. Mann profiles the Brooklyn-born talent, focusing on her early years, honing her persona at Greenwich Village nightclubs like the Blue Angel and the Bon Soir. Streisand lost her father at an early age and had a rocky relationship with her mother, but her natural abilities and supernatural chutzpah soon earned her the role of a lifetime: a starring role as Fanny Brice in the Broadway musical, Funny Girl. In lush detail, Mann chronicles Streisand’s dizzying ascent from an unknown dreamer into one of the world’s most beloved superstars. “Mann’s meticulous research and insightful analysis go deeper than any previous biography: shedding light on the formative years that shaped Streisand’s persona, debunking some myths . . . and providing a cultural snapshot of the wild and free-spirited era in which Streisand blossomed.” —USA Today




Dead Gorgeous


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In the cutthroat world of fashion, beauty comes at a deadly price... As the top model for the Ivano King fashion house and girlfriend of the label's founder, Ian King, Kirsty was destined for stardom. But when she is found dead in her flat, D.I. Angela Costello is called to the scene. D.I. Costello's investigation leads her to the local gym, and as she delves deeper, she discovers a seedy underworld of theft, addiction, and prostitution lurking behind the glamorous façade of the fashion world And then, it seems her own life could be in danger... "Dead Gorgeous" is the second of Elizabeth Flynn's D.I. Costello mysteries. A classic murder mystery in the Christie tradition, "Dead Gorgeous" is ideal for fans of Netflix's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" and Richard Osman's "The Thursday Murder Club". Praise for "Dead Gorgeous": ́I thought "Dead Gorgeous" was a fantastic read with a captivating case, a little bit of wit and an ultimately satisfying and very entertaining finale ́ - Book Drunk review ́Great book set in London. Good mystery. The action moves along well. Interesting about the fashion industry and how it operates. ́ - Amazon reviewer Elizabeth Flynn is a Londoner of Anglo-Irish parentage. An ex-actress, she spent many years working as a bereavement officer in a hospital. "Game, Set and Murder" is the first in her series of DI Costello novels.




Drop Dead, Gorgeous


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Fast. Powerful. Deadly. With bitchin' highlights. Ah, weddings--every single woman's reminder that she'll probably die alone, covered in cat hair and dressed in unflattering sweatpants. And as far as bad wedding experiences go, my friend Stacy's could take the cake. 1) I'm dateless 2) I'm a bridesmaid, and 3) Someone just attempted to whack the groom in the middle of the ceremony. Whoa. . .hang on. Anyone who tries to ruin a girlfriend's big day by bumping off her true love will have to go through me first. So now I, assistant hairdresser Jenny Branch, am helping to hunt down a real-life bad guy, and the prime suspect is Kevin Stone, who claims to be working undercover for a group called Covert Ops Protection. Riiiight. All of this is hard to believe--especially the way this unbelievably sexy villain/double agent/whatever Kevin is makes every (and I mean every) nerve-ending tingle the second he comes into view. . . Praise for MaryJanice Davidson "Unwavering in her humor and saucy, yet realistic, with the sex."--Romantic Times




Gorgeous, Sexy and Rich


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Personal Finance.