The Dirt on Breaking Up


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Teens learn how to handle breaking up so it doesn't destroy their emotions or their self-images.




Make-Up, Hair and Costume for Film and Television


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An introductory guide for students learning professional make-up, hairdressing and wardrobe skills and `front of camera' professionals needing an understanding of the techniques. Written by an experienced professional, this manual offers a step-by step approach for the complete beginner with diagrams to show procedures for a variety of make-up effects, from corrective and character make-up, to period dramas, special effects and prosthetics. It describes the skills required of the job, introduces special make-up products and how to apply them for different effect and sets the context for the make-up artist's role, by considering technical requirements such as lighting, camerawork and chroma-key backgrounds.




Not If You Break Up with Me First


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Best friends Eve and Andrew go to their first eight grade dance together, and suddenly everybody assumes they are dating, so they each try and arrange a break-up--except they are both beginning to feel a different kind of attraction.










The Breaking of Brendalyn Ellingboe


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The kingdom of Crim rests along the mountainous human and fae borders, dedicated to defending the human realm from the shapeshifters at all cost. Brendalyn Ellingboe is the perfect image of a soldier. Everything in Bren’s world seems to be under her control, that is until she is bitten by a shapeshifter. The shapeshifter venom rips Bren’s consciousness in two, leaving her trapped in the same body as her new hellacious twin, Shadow. While the sun shines Bren is in perfect control of her life, but within her lurks a demon. Like a stain upon her soul, Shadow emerges only at night, straining for bloodshed and freedom. Thankfully the new general of Crim, Novah Vang, has experience with shapeshifter poison. In fact, he has more knowledge about the fae than anyone within Crim’s walls. Bren and Novah dance around the truth like a deadly waltz. Their attraction is just one more flame that has set Bren’s world afire. Bren must tame Shadow, her personal demon, before she can tackle the dangers that threaten her kingdom. But Shadow is not the only traitor. Beating beneath Bren’s chest blooms another. Her loyalty to Crim versus the man she loves battle as she navigates who within her now murky alliances she can trust.




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KAZUCHIYO: The Breaking of the Siege


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A year has passed since the Battle for Two Bridges, and Kazuchiyo is once again sent out to wage war in Lord Aritaka’s name. With Yagi and Amai at his side, he ventures west into a new province in search of allies that will aid their march on the capital. There he is confronted with a castle under siege, a mortal enemy, and a mysterious stranger who holds the secrets of magic. As his resolve and his relationships are tested through battle and deception, he must ask of himself: how much would he risk to seize the title of shogun, not only from the current ruler, but from his own father? The Breaking of the Siege is the second book of the KAZUCHIYO series, continuing the adventures and romance of a young samurai, his most loyal warrior, and a trickster shinobi. Visit melanieschoenbooks.com for updates and more information.