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Spa Wars

Author : Lora Condon

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 153 pages

File Size : 33,4 MB

Release : 2011-02-11

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1450285899

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Spa Wars was featured in the New York Times, Time Out New York and American Spa Magazine! What really happens when the spa door closes, the shades shut, and the staff thinks no one is looking? In Spa Wars: The Ugly Truth about the Beauty Industry, seasoned esthetician Lora Condon provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the beauty industry while sharing her personal experiences working in day spas, at cosmetic counters, and as a freelance makeup artist. Lora Condon has been a licensed esthetician for over ten years. Through mouth-dropping, laugh-out-loud personal anecdotes, she reveals all the dirty secrets of the spa and cosmetic and beauty industries. As she uncovers common lies and myths propagated by cosmetic companies, advertisers, and magazines, Condon also addresses common questions and complaints about beauty issues, provides easy-to-apply tips and tricks such as how to keep skin looking young and fresh, and shares her favorite beauty and health items as well as the best therapists, treatments, and organizations. Spa Wars uncovers the ugly truths of a fascinating industry for anyone who has ever wondered what their bikini waxer is really thinking while ripping out their hair.



Australian Spas and Retreats

Author : Amanda Jane Clark

Publisher : Tuttle Publishing

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 28,33 MB

Release : 2015-12-08

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1462916880

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Featuring luxurious spa treatments, healthy recipes and overviews of the best spas, this Australian spa guide is a must have for those looking for the best Australia has to offer. The potent mix of centuries-old expertise and new-age awareness has resulted in the Australian spa boom. Situated in Asia, Australia is wonderfully positioned to draw on the spa traditions of Bali, Thailand, Japan and beyond. In this spa book you will find where to go to experience the ultimate in pampering, how to recreate recipes — both culinary and other — at home, and even how to harness the country's natural resources for healing. Beautiful photographs throughout make this the best guide to Australian spas available anywhere.



Strange Spaces

Author : André Jansson

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 505 pages

File Size : 46,3 MB

Release : 2016-12-05

Category : Science

ISBN : 1351897829

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Certain bizarre spaces, where disruption or disarray rule, leave us estranged and 'out of place'. This book examines such spaces, highlighting the emotional and mediated geographies of uncertainty and the state of being 'in-between'; of cognitive displacement, loss, fear, or exhilaration. It expands on why space is sometimes estranging and for whom it is strange. It is the first book to link strangeness and spatial production, as well as empirical explorations of strange spaces within a profound theoretical discussion of 'what is strange about strange spaces' and how they evolve in a modern media age.



Hotel Management and Operations

Author : Michael J. O'Fallon

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 513 pages

File Size : 37,37 MB

Release : 2010-01-12

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0470177144

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This newly updated edition is a compilation of readings, divided into nine sections, each examining a specific hotel department or activity. Each topic is examined through a variety of viewpoints on the duties, responsibilities, problems, and opportunities encountered there. Multidimensional case studies, taking a practical approach, challenge readers to identify the central issues involved in complex management problems, understand the structure and resources of the department in question, and find solutions that may help in managing other hotel resources and departments.



The Geoheritage of Hot Springs

Author : Patricia Erfurt

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 419 pages

File Size : 16,22 MB

Release : 2021-04-24

Category : Science

ISBN : 3030604632

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The aim of this book is to provide an overview of topics related to the extensive geoheritage of hot springs, their natural environments, and their integration into commercial and industrial functions. The eleven chapters explore aspects of historical and cultural traditions, geology and geochemistry, research updates, conservation issues and of course health, wellness, and recreation throughout time. Because natural hot springs and active hydrothermal areas play a significant role in the tourism industry, visitor expectations are examined together with an assessment of common hazards and potential risks in active hydrothermal environments, along with recommendations how to stay safe. For the purpose of showcasing certain unique features, to share noteworthy events and developments or to identify concerns associated with the sustainability of natural water source, examples of particular hot spring areas are included in several chapters. One chapter is also dedicated entirely to the protection of natural hot springs and raises awareness for conservation, while another chapter reviews the history of hot springs in great detail to establish a realistic and justifiable timeline of their original use. Lastly, the significance of natural hot springs for various tourism sectors is analysed and the potential for sustainable future destination development in rural and remote regions is discussed. Many locations were considered and invite the reader to use the information as a reference point in the quest to further explore the remarkable natural and cultural geoheritage of hot springs worldwide.



Europe in the Era of Two World Wars

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Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 172 pages

File Size : 12,34 MB

Release : 2008-12-29

Category : History

ISBN : 1400832616

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How and why did Europe spawn dictatorships and violence in the first half of the twentieth century, and then, after 1945 in the west and after 1989 in the east, create successful civilian societies? In this book, Volker Berghahn explains the rise and fall of the men of violence whose wars and civil wars twice devastated large areas of the European continent and Russia--until, after World War II, Europe adopted a liberal capitalist model of society that had first emerged in the United States, and the beginnings of which the Europeans had experienced in the mid-1920s. Berghahn begins by looking at how the violence perpetrated in Europe's colonial empires boomeranged into Europe, contributing to the millions of casualties on the battlefields of World War I. Next he considers the civil wars of the 1920s and the renewed rise of militarism and violence in the wake of the Great Crash of 1929. The second wave of even more massive violence crested in total war from 1939 to 1945 that killed more civilians than soldiers, and this time included the industrialized murder of millions of innocent men, women, and children in the Holocaust. However, as Berghahn concludes, the alternative vision of organizing a modern industrial society on a civilian basis--in which people peacefully consume mass-produced goods rather than being 'consumed' by mass-produced weapons--had never disappeared. With the United States emerging as the hegemonic power of the West, it was this model that finally prevailed in Western Europe after 1945 and after the end of the Cold War in Eastern Europe as well.





Political Transformations and Public Finances

Author : Mark Dincecco

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 32,56 MB

Release : 2011-09-26

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1139501917

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How did today's rich states first establish modern fiscal systems? To answer this question, Political Transformations and Public Finances by Mark Dincecco examines the evolution of political regimes and public finances in Europe over the long term. The book argues that the emergence of efficient fiscal institutions was the result of two fundamental political transformations that resolved long-standing problems of fiscal fragmentation and absolutism. States gained tax force through fiscal centralization and restricted ruler power through parliamentary limits, which enabled them to gather large tax revenues and channel funds toward public services with positive economic benefits. Using a novel combination of descriptive, case study and statistical methods, the book pursues this argument through a systematic investigation of a new panel database that spans eleven countries and four centuries. The book's findings are significant for our understanding of economic history and have important consequences for current policy debates.



Tales from the Crib

Author : Jennifer Coburn

Publisher : Kensington Books

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 34,66 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780758209825

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After agreeing to her husband's suggestion to remain married in name only to create a stable environment for their child, Lucy Klein, while dealing with her strange situation, children's parties, her cousin's wedding to herself, and dating, discovers how to be a great mom without losing her self-identity. Original.



Spa Wars

Author : Chrissie Manby

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 319 pages

File Size : 23,88 MB

Release : 2008-10-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1848945809

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When Emily Brown's life and business is turned around by a surprise visit from Carina Lees, an immaculately-groomed reality TV star, she can't believe her luck. With just one other member of staff to help her out at her Essex salon The Beauty Spot, Emily is pushed for time as well as money. So Carina's patronage and the subsequent financial success of the salon is more welcome than a sunbed session in December. But even with the assistance of skilled-yet-shabby new girl Natalie, things start to go mysteriously wrong, and it soon becomes clear that someone's got it in for the salon. And with tactics dirtier than a gardener's fingernails, the battle of the beauticians commences. For, under all the make-up and manicures, Carina is not who she seems and, although confronting the past can be painful, Emily eventually has to stare the truth in the face and realise it's what's inside that really counts . . . Praise for Chris Manby 'Nothing short of brilliant' - Marie Claire 'Delicious read' - Daily Mail