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Beauty
by Frederick DillenFrom award-winning author Frederick Dillen, an inspiring and deeply moving novel about the power of second chances As a corporate "undertaker" for a mergers and acquisitions firm in New York, Carol MacLean travels from factory to factory, firing blue-collar workers who remind her of her father and the kids she grew up with. She hates her job. But Carol has been biding her time: her boss has promised that one day, after she has paid her dues, Carol will get to run a company instead of having to bury it. On what is supposed to be her last assignment, Carol travels up the coast of Massachusetts to a desperate fishing town where the late lobster and day boats cluster around the inner harbor, the blue steeples of the Portuguese church stand tall on the horizon, and the last remaining fish processing plant is in its death throes. That's when she learns that she's about to be fired. To save the town and herself, Carol becomes determined to rescue the factory she's under orders to shut down. With the help of the townspeople and a roughly charming local fisherman, and by the force of her own resolve, Carol throws herself into transforming the company--but is soon faced with increasingly difficult decisions. Must she choose between the job she has always wanted and everything else? Beauty explores the ways in which one woman will risk everything--her savings, her reputation, and even a chance at love--in pursuit of her dream.
A Beauty
by Connie GaultA spellbinding and highly original novel that gives a new name to the Prairie Novel by one of the most exciting new literary voices in Canada. For readers of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Hay, and Marina Endicott. In a drought-ridden Saskatchewan of the 1930s, self-possessed, enigmatic Elena Huhtala finds her self living alone, a young Finnish woman in a community of Swedes in the small village of Trevna. Her mother has been dead for many years, and her father, burdened by the hardships of drought, has disappeared, and the eighteen-year-old is an object of pity and charity in her community. But when a stranger shows up at a country dance, Elena needs only one look and one dance before jumping into his Lincoln Roadster, leaving the town and its shocked inhabitants behind. What follows is a trip through the prairie towns, their dusty streets, shabby hotel rooms, surrounded by dry fields that stretch out vastly, waiting for rain. Elena's journey uncovers the individual stories of an unforgettable group of people, all of whom are in one way or another affected by her seductive yet innocent presence. At the centre is Ruth, a girl whose life becomes changed in unexpected ways. She and the girl Elena, distanced and apart, form a strange bond that will come to haunt the decades for them both. Written in luminous prose, threaded through with a sardonic wit and deep wisdoms, A Beauty is at one time lyrical and tough, moving and mysterious, a captivating tale of a woman who, without intending to, touches many lives, and sometimes alters them forever.
The Beauty
by Jane HirshfieldThe Beauty, an incandescent new collection from one of American poetry's most distinctive and essential voices, opens with a series of dappled, ranging "My" poems--"My Skeleton," "My Corkboard," "My Species," "My Weather"--using materials sometimes familiar, sometimes unexpected, to explore the magnitude, singularity, and permeability of our shared existence. With a pen faithful to the actual yet dipped at times in the ink of the surreal, Hirshfield considers the inner and outer worlds we live in yet are not confined by; reflecting on advice given her long ago--to avoid the word "or"--she concludes, "Now I too am sixty. / There was no other life." Hirshfield's lines cut, as always, directly to the heart of human experience. Her robust affirmation of choice even amid inevitability, her tender consciousness of the unjudging beauty of what exists, her abiding contemplation of our moral, societal, and biological intertwinings, sustain poems that tune and retune the keys of a life. For this poet, "Zero Plus Anything Is a World." Hirshfield's riddling recipes for that world ("add salt to hunger"; "add time to trees") offer a profoundly altered understanding of our lives' losses and additions, and of the small and larger beauties we so often miss. From the Hardcover edition.
The Beauty: Poems
by Jane HirshfieldThe Beauty, an incandescent new collection from one of American poetry’s most distinctive and essential voices, opens with a series of dappled, ranging “My” poems—“My Skeleton,” “My Corkboard,” “My Species,” “My Weather”—using materials sometimes familiar, sometimes unexpected, to explore the magnitude, singularity, and permeability of our shared existence. With a pen faithful to the actual yet dipped at times in the ink of the surreal, Hirshfield considers the inner and outer worlds we live in yet are not confined by; reflecting on advice given her long ago—to avoid the word “or”—she concludes, “Now I too am sixty. / There was no other life.” Hirshfield’s lines cut, as always, directly to the heart of human experience. Her robust affirmation of choice even amid inevitability, her tender consciousness of the unjudging beauty of what exists, her abiding contemplation of our moral, societal, and biological intertwinings, sustain poems that tune and retune the keys of a life. For this poet, “Zero Plus Anything Is a World.” Hirshfield’s riddling recipes for that world (“add salt to hunger”; “add time to trees”) offer a profoundly altered understanding of our lives’ losses and additions, and of the small and larger beauties we so often miss.
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
by Robin McKinleyThe New York Times–bestselling author of Rose Daughter reimagines the classic French fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast.I was the youngest of three daughters. Our literal-minded mother named us Grace, Hope, and Honour. . . . My father still likes to tell the story of how I acquired my odd nickname: I had come to him for further information when I first discovered that our names meant something besides you-come-here. He succeeded in explaining grace and hope, but he had some difficulty trying to make the concept of honour understandable to a five-year-old. . . . I said: &‘Huh! I&’d rather be Beauty.&’ . . . By the time it was evident that I was going to let the family down by being plain, I&’d been called Beauty for over six years. . . . I wasn&’t really very fond of my given name, Honour, either . . . as if &‘honourable&’ were the best that could be said of me. The sisters&’ wealthy father loses all his money when his merchant fleet is drowned in a storm, and the family moves to a village far away. Then the old merchant hears what proves to be a false report that one of his ships had made it safe to harbor at last, and on his sad, disappointed way home again he becomes lost deep in the forest and has a terrifying encounter with a fierce Beast, who walks like a man and lives in a castle. The merchant&’s life is forfeit, says the Beast, for trespass and the theft of a rose—but he will spare the old man&’s life if he sends one of his daughters: &“Your daughter would take no harm from me, nor from anything that lives in my lands.&” When Beauty hears this story—for her father had picked the rose to bring to her—her sense of honor demands that she take up the Beast&’s offer, for &“cannot a Beast be tamed?&” This &“splendid story&” by the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown has been named an ALA Notable Book and a Phoenix Award Honor Book (Publishers Weekly).
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (A\trophy Bk.)
by Robin McKinleyThe New York Times–bestselling author of Rose Daughter reimagines the classic French fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast.I was the youngest of three daughters. Our literal-minded mother named us Grace, Hope, and Honour. . . . My father still likes to tell the story of how I acquired my odd nickname: I had come to him for further information when I first discovered that our names meant something besides you-come-here. He succeeded in explaining grace and hope, but he had some difficulty trying to make the concept of honour understandable to a five-year-old. . . . I said: &‘Huh! I&’d rather be Beauty.&’ . . . By the time it was evident that I was going to let the family down by being plain, I&’d been called Beauty for over six years. . . . I wasn&’t really very fond of my given name, Honour, either . . . as if &‘honourable&’ were the best that could be said of me. The sisters&’ wealthy father loses all his money when his merchant fleet is drowned in a storm, and the family moves to a village far away. Then the old merchant hears what proves to be a false report that one of his ships had made it safe to harbor at last, and on his sad, disappointed way home again he becomes lost deep in the forest and has a terrifying encounter with a fierce Beast, who walks like a man and lives in a castle. The merchant&’s life is forfeit, says the Beast, for trespass and the theft of a rose—but he will spare the old man&’s life if he sends one of his daughters: &“Your daughter would take no harm from me, nor from anything that lives in my lands.&” When Beauty hears this story—for her father had picked the rose to bring to her—her sense of honor demands that she take up the Beast&’s offer, for &“cannot a Beast be tamed?&” This &“splendid story&” by the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown has been named an ALA Notable Book and a Phoenix Award Honor Book (Publishers Weekly).
Beauty
by Louise MenschFROM THE BESTSELLING LOUISE BAGSHAWE, NOW WRITING AS LOUISE MENSCH comes BEAUTY, a novel of glitz, glamour, power and business. 'A classic of the genre' Daily ExpressBlend it. Sculpt it. Shape it. Use it...There isn't a woman on earth who doesn't have her beauty secrets. But for Dina Kane, beauty is more than just business. It's power. And it is the secret. She's dragged herself up from poverty to Park Avenue. She's rolled with the punches. And she's learned how to win.Now someone is out to destroy her, and all she's built. They've underestimated Dina Kane. She's staying at the top - and she's happy to wait for the perfect moment to exact her revenge...
Beauty
by Louise MenschFROM THE BESTSELLING LOUISE BAGSHAWE, NOW WRITING AS LOUISE MENSCH comes BEAUTY, a novel of glitz, glamour, power and business. 'A classic of the genre' Daily ExpressBlend it. Sculpt it. Shape it. Use it...There isn't a woman on earth who doesn't have her beauty secrets. But for Dina Kane, beauty is more than just business. It's power. And it is the secret. She's dragged herself up from poverty to Park Avenue. She's rolled with the punches. And she's learned how to win.Now someone is out to destroy her, and all she's built. They've underestimated Dina Kane. She's staying at the top - and she's happy to wait for the perfect moment to exact her revenge...
Beauty: An Anthology
by John MillerBeauty is more than skin deep. In this anthology of fiction, science, lore, and just plain gossip, a remarkable range of authors ruminates on the subject that captures everybody's attention. Camille Paglia talks about pagan beauty, Sophia Loren offers a few tips, Edmund Burke waxes philosophical about the qualities of beauty, Toni Morrison has a couple of things to say about Ernest Hemingway's idea of good looks, and Helen Gurley Brown cautions us never to apply lip liner with a dull pencil. Theoretical writings on bosom size, ugliness, and beauty pageants, as well as odes to beauty and two versions of "Beauty and the Beast" make Beauty alluring to every beholder.
Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
by John O'DonohueBeauty does not linger, it only visits. <p><p> Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm, <p> it calls us to feel, think, and act beautifully in the world: <p> to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful. <p> Beauty is a gentle but urgent call to awaken. Bestselling author John O'Donohue opens our eyes, hearts, and minds to the wonder of our own relationship with beauty by exposing the infinity and mystery of its breadth. His words return us to the dignity of silence, profundity of stillness, power of thought and perception, and the eternal grace and generosity of beauty's presence. In this masterful and revelatory work, O'Donohue encourages our greater intimacy with beauty and celebrates it for what it really is: a homecoming of the human spirit. As he focuses on the classical, medieval, and Celtic traditions of art, music, literature, nature, and language, O'Donohue reveals how beauty's invisible embrace invites us toward new heights of passion and creativity even in these uncertain times of global conflict and crisis.
Beauty
by Sarah PinboroughAn enticing contemporary retelling of the classic story of Sleeping Beauty. While the the handsome prince, the evil fairy, the beautiful girl and of course the spindle all appear, Sarah Pinborough's charming and provocative spin on the story will captivate fans of the fairy tale all over again.The third of three brand-new retellings of classic fairy tales by Sarah Pinborough.
Beauty: Fairy Tales 3 (Tales From The Kingdoms Ser.)
by Sarah PinboroughBEAUTY is a beautifully illustrated re-telling of the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST story which takes all the elements of the classic fairytale that we love (the handsome prince, the ancient curse, the beautiful girl and, of course, the haunting castle) and puts a modern spin on the characters, their motives and their desires. It's fun, contemporary, sexy, and perfect for fans of ONCE UPON A TIME, GRIMM, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and more.You can learn more about Sarah Pinborough at www.sarahpinborough.com, or by following @SarahPinborough on twitter.
Beauty: The definitive dark fantasy romance retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the Sunday Times bestselling author of global sensation Behind Her Eyes (Tales from the Kingdoms #2)
by Sarah PinboroughFIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun... Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in the old yarns' THE INDEPENDENT What if everything you thought you knew about the Grimms' fairytales was wrong?Imagine a castle lost to history, a brave prince, a beautiful princess, and a curse waiting to be broken...Welcome to the story of Sleeping Beauty, retold as it always should have been. Beauty is the second instalment in the Tales from the Kingdoms series by the internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash-hit Behind Her Eyes - unmissable for fans of A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson, Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, and Gallant by V. E. Schwab. __________________ Step into the Tales from the Kingdoms series: Book 1: MAGIC Book 2: BEAUTY Book 3: POISON Book 4: CHARM Book 5: BLOOD __________________ PRAISE FOR SARAH PINBOROUGH: 'Bloody brilliant' STEPHEN KING 'An absolute dream' RICHARD OSMAN 'A twisted genius' LISA JEWELL 'Queen of WTF' RUTH WARE 'An absolute must-read' JOE HILL 'A dark, electrifying page-turner' HARLAN COBEN 'The queen of twisty reads' HARRIET TYCE 'Everyone will be talking about this book' STYLIST 'Expertly plotted' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the best endings to a book' PRIMA 'The very definition of a page-turner' SUN
Beauty: The definitive dark fantasy romance retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the Sunday Times bestselling author of global sensation Behind Her Eyes (Tales from the Kingdoms #2)
by Sarah PinboroughFIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun... Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in the old yarns' THE INDEPENDENT What if everything you thought you knew about the Grimms' fairytales was wrong?Imagine a castle lost to history, a brave prince, a beautiful princess, and a curse waiting to be broken...Welcome to the story of Sleeping Beauty, retold as it always should have been. Beauty is the second instalment in the Tales from the Kingdoms series by the internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash-hit Behind Her Eyes - unmissable for fans of A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson, Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, and Gallant by V. E. Schwab. __________________ Step into the Tales from the Kingdoms series: Book 1: MAGIC Book 2: BEAUTY Book 3: POISON Book 4: CHARM Book 5: BLOOD __________________ PRAISE FOR SARAH PINBOROUGH: 'Bloody brilliant' STEPHEN KING 'An absolute dream' RICHARD OSMAN 'A twisted genius' LISA JEWELL 'Queen of WTF' RUTH WARE 'An absolute must-read' JOE HILL 'A dark, electrifying page-turner' HARLAN COBEN 'The queen of twisty reads' HARRIET TYCE 'Everyone will be talking about this book' STYLIST 'Expertly plotted' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the best endings to a book' PRIMA 'The very definition of a page-turner' SUN
Beauty: The definitive dark fantasy romance retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the Sunday Times bestselling author of global sensation Behind Her Eyes (Tales from the Kingdoms #2)
by Sarah PinboroughFIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE.'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in the old yarns' THE INDEPENDENTImagine a castle lost to history, a brave prince, a beautiful princess and a curse waiting to be broken . . .And then imagine them all again . . .This is the tale of Sleeping Beauty, retold as it always should have been.Beauty is the second instalment in this British Fantasy Award-winning world teeming with lovers, dragons, witches, and werewolves by Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller Sarah Pinborough.Newly revised, rejacketed, and relaunched with a brand-new prequel and sequel, the Tales from the Kingdoms series is your next dark fantasy romance obsession.__________________Step into the Tales from the Kingdoms series:Book 1: MAGICBook 2: BEAUTYBook 3: POISONBook 4: CHARMBook 5: BLOOD__________________PRAISE FOR SARAH PINBOROUGH:'Bloody brilliant' STEPHEN KING'An absolute dream' RICHARD OSMAN'A twisted genius' LISA JEWELL'Queen of WTF' RUTH WARE'An absolute must-read' JOE HILL'A dark, electrifying page-turner' HARLAN COBEN'The queen of twisty reads' HARRIET TYCE'Everyone will be talking about this book' STYLIST'Expertly plotted' SUNDAY TIMES'One of the best endings to a book' PRIMA'The very definition of a page-turner' SUN
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
by Roger ScrutonBeauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely. Is there a right judgment to be made about beauty? Is it right to say there is more beauty in a classical temple than a concrete office block, more in a Rembrandt than in an Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Can? Forthright and thought-provoking, and as accessible as it is intellectually rigorous, this introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects that fill our lives.
Beauty (FANTASY MASTERWORKS)
by Sheri S. TepperA magnificent reworking of the Sleeping Beauty story by a master storytellerOn her 16th birthday, the princess Beauty sidesteps the sleeping curse placed upon her by her wicked aunt, the fairy Carabosse - only to be kidnapped by visitors from another time and place, far from the picturesque castle in 14th-century England. She is taken to the world of the future, a savage society where, even amongst the teeming billions, she is utterly alone. And as she travels magically to places both imaginary and real, Beauty eventually comes to understand her special place in humanity's destiny.Captivating, uncompromising and unforgettable, BEAUTY will carve its own unique place in the hearts and minds of readers.
Beauty
by Sheri S. TepperWith the critically acclaimed novels The Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and the Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In Beauty, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty," Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop both enchanted and frightening, the story begins with a wicked aunt's curse that will afflict a young woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday. Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast consequences. For it becomes clear that the enchanted places of this fantastic world--a place not unlike our own--are in danger and must be saved before it is too late.From the Paperback edition.
Beauty
by Bill WallaceA Horse Named Beauty. She was an old horse, but she still had a lot of life in her. And she was the best friend Luke needed after the pain of his parents' divorce and the move to Oklahoma to live with his difficult grandfather. Luke could have had a younger horse, one better able to keep up with a boy's adventures. But it was Beauty that Luke loved. He found himself sharing his hopes, dreams, and fears with the old horse. With Beauty, Luke was finally able to enjoy life again. Until one night, in a wild storm, Beauty escapes from the corral into a terrible trap, and Luke is faced with the most difficult decision he's ever had to make.
The Beauty
by Aliya WhiteleyNominated for the Shirley Jackson and Saboteur awards, this game-changing story was chosen by Adam Nevill as one of his favourite horror short stories: “What a refreshing gust of tiny spores this novella explodes into, and I inhaled them all with glee”.Somewhere away from the cities and towns, in the Valley of the Rocks, a society of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their history recounted by Nate, the storyteller. Requested most often by the group is the tale of the death of all women. They are the last generation. One evening, Nate brings back new secrets from the woods; peculiar mushrooms are growing from the ground where the women’s bodies lie buried. These are the first signs of a strange and insidious presence unlike anything ever known before… Discover the Beauty.
Beauty
by Susan WilsonEvery reader is familiar with the popular tale of Beauty and the Beast. But what if the fairy tale came true? Beauty tells the story of a modern woman who learns to love the deeper man, beyond all appearances; it is a totally credible, contemporary retelling of the classic tale. First serial to Good Housekeeping.
Beauty-accompanying Manual: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Wang YueShuangJiaoa silk university student had unintentionally obtained a beauties system in the mysterious space which allowed him to possess countless mystical abilities which went against the will of the heavens in an instant he had attracted the best school beauties hot beauties pure lolis mature sisters barbarian daughters beautiful stars beautiful models sexy beauties charming police ladies surrounding and harassing all kinds of girls beaming with affection constantly flirting with all kinds of people wonderful encounters one after another were all displayed in the《 treasure book of imperial beauty》
Beauty-accompanying Manual: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Wang YueShuangJiaoa silk university student had unintentionally obtained a beauties system in the mysterious space which allowed him to possess countless mystical abilities which went against the will of the heavens in an instant he had attracted the best school beauties hot beauties pure lolis mature sisters barbarian daughters beautiful stars beautiful models sexy beauties charming police ladies surrounding and harassing all kinds of girls beaming with affection constantly flirting with all kinds of people wonderful encounters one after another were all displayed in the《 treasure book of imperial beauty》
Beauty-accompanying Manual: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Wang YueShuangJiaoa silk university student had unintentionally obtained a beauties system in the mysterious space which allowed him to possess countless mystical abilities which went against the will of the heavens in an instant he had attracted the best school beauties hot beauties pure lolis mature sisters barbarian daughters beautiful stars beautiful models sexy beauties charming police ladies surrounding and harassing all kinds of girls beaming with affection constantly flirting with all kinds of people wonderful encounters one after another were all displayed in the《 treasure book of imperial beauty》
The Beauty Aisle Insider
by Perry RomanowskiWhy does my shampoo stop working? Are my cosmetics poisoning me? What does hypoallergenic mean? Are organic products better?Every day thousands of people turn to the scientists at the popular blog thebeautybrains.com for answers to their most pressing beauty questions. In The Beauty Aisle Insider you'll discover that:- Salon products are not necessarily better than products you can buy in the store.- Some of the most expensive cosmetics are made by the same companies that make the less expensive brands, and often the same formulas are used in both.- You do not need to spend hundreds of dollars to look and feel good.