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Beauty Like the Night
by Joanna BourneIn the newest Spymaster novel, “master of romance and suspense”* Joanna Bourne offers a stirring tale of intrigue, espionage, and attraction. Séverine de Cabrillac, orphan of the French revolution and sometime British intelligence agent, has tried to leave spying behind her. Now she devotes herself to investigating crimes in London and finding justice for the wrongly accused. Raoul Deverney, an enigmatic half-Spaniard with enough secrets to earn even a spy's respect, is at her door demanding help. She's the only one who can find the killer of his long-estranged wife and rescue her missing twelve-year-old daughter. Séverine reluctantly agrees to aid him, even though she knows the growing attraction between them makes it more than unwise. Their desperate search for the girl unleashes treason and murder. . . and offers a last chance for two strong, wounded people to find love. *New York Times bestselling author Teresa Medeiros
Beauty Like the Night
by Liz CarlyleBeauty is like the night, fleeting and hard to hold, a truth the forbidding Lord Treyhern is about to discover. Let the opulence of Liz Carlyle's prose immerse you in the beauty of England while plunging you into the midst of the outrageous Rutledge family, where scandal is served up like a soup course and dangerous secrets are everywhere. The daughter of London's wickedest widow, Helene de Severs has struggled to overcome her heritage. Renowned within Europe's emerging psychiatric field, Helene has a gift for healing children. When fate sends her back to England, the country she left in disgrace, Helene is confident she has learned to govern her own reckless emotions. Ruthlessly, Treyhern has dragged his notorious family from the brink of ruin. But a disastrous marriage has left him with a traumatized child, and his rebellious brother is just one step ahead of the bailiffs. When his dissolute father drops dead while debauching the governess, Treyhern's infamous temper is truly tested. But the forceful earl means to straighten everyone out -- as soon as he has hired a reputable governess. Yet the moment she steps from his carriage, Treyhern's cold reserve is melted by a rush of desire he had long thought dead. With her elegant clothing and mountain of luggage, the woman is not who he expected. Or is she? Sometimes the workings of the mind are as dangerous as those of the heart. And soon, danger is truly everywhere...
Beauty Like the Night: Spymaster 6 (Spymaster)
by Joanna BourneIn Beauty Like The Night, Joanna Bourne, 'master of romance and suspense' (Teresa Medeiros) returns to the French Revolution, with a stirring tale of intrigue, espionage, and irresistible attraction. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read. Severine de Cabrillac, orphan of the French revolution and sometime British intelligence agent, has tried to leave spying behind her. Now she devotes herself to investigating crimes in London and finding justice for the wrongly accused.Raoul Deverney, an enigmatic half-Spaniard with enough secrets to earn even a spy's respect, is at her door demanding help. She's the only one who can find the killer of his long-estranged wife and rescue her missing fourteen-year-old daughter.Severine reluctantly agrees to aid him, even though she knows the growing attraction between them makes it more than unwise. Their desperate search for the girl unleashes treason and murder...and offers a last chance for two strong, wounded people to find love.For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Forbidden Rose, The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, The Black Hawk and Rogue Spy.
Beauty Lives Next Door: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Tang QianyannanfeiWhen we were kids, we lived next door to a big sister. Whenever my parents weren't home, she would come and sleep with me. When I grew up, I would go to her house to help her collect her clothes. A horse's life is intertwined, and the wild geese stay far away.
Beauty Lives Next Door: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Tang QianyannanfeiWhen we were kids, we lived next door to a big sister. Whenever my parents weren't home, she would come and sleep with me. When I grew up, I would go to her house to help her collect her clothes. A horse's life is intertwined, and the wild geese stay far away.
Beauty Lives Next Door: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Tang QianyannanfeiWhen we were kids, we lived next door to a big sister. Whenever my parents weren't home, she would come and sleep with me. When I grew up, I would go to her house to help her collect her clothes. A horse's life is intertwined, and the wild geese stay far away.
Beauty Lives Next Door: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Tang QianyannanfeiWhen we were kids, we lived next door to a big sister. Whenever my parents weren't home, she would come and sleep with me. When I grew up, I would go to her house to help her collect her clothes. A horse's life is intertwined, and the wild geese stay far away.
Beauty Marks: Healing Your Wounded Heart
by Linda BarrickIn this powerful healing journey, Linda Barrick applies the words Jesus spoke during His time of greatest pain to help readers transform their deepest wounds into their highest purpose. In one second, Linda Barrick’s life changed when a drunk driver slammed into her family’s van, nearly killing her daughter and leaving Linda, her husband, and their son critically injured. Barrick draws on her remarkable story of loss and hope to lead readers toward emotional, physical, and spiritual restoration. Everyone experiences shattered dreams and emotional pain. Some scars are visible, and some are hidden deep in the heart. Whether the pain happened yesterday or fifteen years ago, Beauty Marks shows readers that they don’t have to keep covering up their wounds. As Barrick leads readers through Jesus’s words of abandonment, forgiveness, and release, she shows how pain has purpose—and that God can transform scars into beautiful marks of victory.
Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890–1930 (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
by Anri YasudaThe notion of beauty is inherently elusive: aesthetic judgments are at once subjective and felt to be universally valid. In Beauty Matters, Anri Yasuda demonstrates that by exploring the often conflicting yet powerful pull of aesthetic sentiments, major authors of the late Meiji (1868–1912) and Taishō (1912–1926) periods illuminated themes and perspectives that resonated broadly in modern Japanese society. This approach presents an alternative to conventional accounts in which Japanese literature before the modernist turn of the 1920s has tended to be defined by an insular focus on subjective representation and autobiographical realism.Yasuda investigates how Natsume Sōseki, Mori Ogai, Mushanokōji Saneatsu and his peers at Shirakaba magazine, and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke sought to identify the aesthetic properties of literature through comparisons with the visual arts. They also considered the position of Japanese cultural sensibilities within the Eurocentric imperial world order. Their stories featuring painters and paintings weigh the fundamental challenge of representing anything when the conditions of knowledge are in flux, and their stories about cross-cultural encounters display both hope and ambivalence about the prospect of cosmopolitanism. Yasuda shows how thinking about beauty and art enabled these authors to surpass purely “literary” concerns. By tracing the wide-reaching significance of aesthetic affect in literary thought, Beauty Matters destabilizes received conceptions of literature’s parameters and affirms literature’s continued potential to intervene in cultural discourses in Japan and beyond.
The Beauty Molecule: Introducing Neuroceuticals, the Breakthrough for Ageless Beauty
by Dr. Nicholas PerriconeRevolutionize your beauty and health routine with The Beauty Molecule, the groundbreaking new discovery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Nicholas Perricone, the pioneer of the anti-inflammatory movement. Explore the science of neuroceuticals—cutting-edge compounds that harness the brain-body connection to reverse cellular aging, restore skin radiance, and unlock unparalleled vitality.In The Beauty Molecule, Dr. Nicholas Perricone, M.D. introduces acetylcholine (AcH), a groundbreaking discovery that works on a cellular level to boost energy, enhance cognitive function, fortify overall health, and rejuvenate the skin. At the forefront of this revolutionary program is Antioxidant 3.0, a next-generation approach to combating inflammation and cellular aging. Together, these innovations form the foundation of a science-driven program that connects the brain and body to unlock optimal health, lasting vitality, and true beauty from the inside out.Backed by decades of research, Dr. Perricone’s transformative program combines neuroceuticals, anti-inflammatory nutrition, hydrogen water, and practical lifestyle strategies to deliver visible results in just 21 days. Dr. Perricone’s latest work reveals:- How to slow mitochondrial aging with powerful amino acids like glycine and N-acetyl cysteine.- The secret connection between the vagus nerve and acetylcholine—the ultimate mind-beauty link.- Hydrogen water: the magic bullet for reversing cellular degeneration, restoring muscle tone, improving memory, and unlocking external radiance.- Antioxidant 3.0, a next-level approach to combating inflammation and promoting cellular renewal.Skin is more than just your body’s largest organ—it’s a mirror of your overall health. From acne and rosacea to eczema and psoriasis, skin conditions often signal deeper issues, such as inflammation and cellular aging. In The Beauty Molecule, Dr. Perricone draws on decades of research and clinical experience to address the root causes of these issues, offering readers a transformative program for radiant skin and better health.Dr. Perricone reveals how to slow mitochondrial aging with amino acids like glycine and N-acetyl cysteine, harness the power of acetylcholine as a master metabolic regulator, and explore the mind-beauty connection through the vagus nerve. He also introduces hydrogen water—a clean beverage that delivers a small-yet-mighty molecule that can forestall cellular degeneration, improve muscle tone, enhance memory and learning, and extend vibrancy. Dr. Perricone even provides you with the tools to make your own hydrogen water at home.Dr. Perricone’s anti-inflammatory diet is designed to nourish your skin, protect mitochondria—the key to preventing cellular aging—and boost overall health with nutrient-dense foods like nuts, seeds, cruciferous vegetables, grass-fed beef, free-range poultry, and eggs. This flexible and enjoyable eating plan fuels health and beauty without unnecessary restrictions.Beyond food, The Beauty Molecule outlines a complete program that incorporates breathing techniques, movement, sunlight exposure, and topical treatments—all accessible and practical steps for readers to take today. This is not just another beauty routine—it’s a long-term lifestyle revolution.
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
by Naomi WolfExplores the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement.
The Beauty Myth
by Naomi Wolf<P>The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. <P>In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. <P>Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. <P>It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty."
The Beauty Myth
by Naomi WolfEvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this shortened edition you will find the essence of Wolf’s groundbreaking book. It is a radical, gripping and frank exposé of the tyranny of the beauty myth, its oppressive function and the destructive obsession it engenders.
The Beauty of a Social Problem: Photography, Autonomy, Economy
by Walter Benn MichaelsBertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's "beauty and attraction" invisible. In The Beauty of a Social Problem, Walter Benn Michaels explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy. Although he discusses well-known figures like Walker Evans and Jeff Wall, Michaels's focus is on a group of younger artists, including Viktoria Binschtok, Phil Chang, Liz Deschenes, and Arthur Ou. All born after 1965, they have always lived in a world where, on the one hand, artistic ambition has been synonymous with the critique of autonomous form and intentional meaning, while, on the other, the struggle between capital and labor has essentially been won by capital. Contending that the aesthetic and political conditions are connected, Michaels argues that these artists' new commitment to form and meaning is a way for them to depict the conditions that have taken US economic inequality from its lowest level, in 1968, to its highest level today. As Michaels demonstrates, these works of art, unimaginable without the postmodern critique of autonomy and intentionality, end up departing and dissenting from that critique in continually interesting and innovative ways.
The Beauty of Believing: 365 Devotions that Will Change Your Life (Faithgirlz)
by Kristi Holl Mona Hodgson Nancy N. Rue Lois Walfrid Johnson Allia Zobel Nolan Tasha K DouglasAre you ready to blossom? Faith is like a flower. In order to grow, it needs soil, water, and sun—food for the spirit. That’s just what this devotional is. Spiritual food to help your faith grow strong and beautiful. Featuring 365 days of wisdom from your favorite Faithgirlz! authors, as well as quotes and questions from real girls like you, this devotional offers pages of inspiration on everything from navigating friendships, to taming the tongue, to trusting God in everything, big and small. Growing up can be tough, but Jesus is guiding you every step of the way. Beauty of Believing combines the talents of Faithgirlz! authors Tasha K. Douglas, Mona Hodgson, Kristi Holl, Lois Walfred Johnson, Allia Zobel Nolan, and Nancy Rue, and their words of wisdom will help your faith bloom and flourish as you grow into the girl God wants you to be.
The Beauty of Birds: From Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience (Princeton Shorts #10)
by Jeremy MynottSpring returns and with it the birds. But it also brings throngs of birders who emerge, binoculars in hand, to catch a glimpse of a rare or previously unseen species or to simply lay eyes on a particularly fine specimen of a familiar type. In a delightful meditation that unexpectedly ranges from the Volga Delta to Central Park and from Charles Dickens's Hard Times to a 1940s London burlesque show, Jeremy Mynott ponders what makes birds so beautiful and alluring to so many people. Princeton Shorts are brief selections taken from influential Princeton University Press books and produced exclusively in ebook format. Providing unmatched insight into important contemporary issues or timeless passages from classic works of the past, Princeton Shorts enable you to be an instant expert in a world where information is everywhere but quality is at a premium.
The Beauty of Broken: My Story and Likely Yours Too
by Elisa MorganFind beauty and hope by facing and dealing with the messiness of family life.The family is an imperfect institution. Broken people become broken parents who make broken families. But actually, broken is normal and exactly where God wants us.In The Beauty of Broken, Elisa Morgan, one of today's most respected female Christian leaders, for the first time shares her very personal story of brokenness--from her first family of origin to the second, represented by her husband and two grown children. Over the years, Elisa's family struggled privately with issues many parents must face, including:alcoholism and drug addictioninfertility and adoptionteen pregnancy and abortiondivorce, homosexuality, and deathEach story layers onto the next to reveal the brokenness that comes into our lives without invitation. "We've bought into the myth of the perfect family," says Elisa. "Formulaic promises about the family may have originated in well-meaning intentions, but such thinking isn't realistic. It's not helpful. It's not even kind."Instead she offers hope in the form of "broken family values" that allow parents to grow and thrive with God. Values such as commitment, humility, relinquishment, and respect carry us to new places of understanding. Owning our brokenness shapes us into God's best idea for us and enables us to discover the beauty in ourselves and each member of our family.
The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science
by Philip BallImages and text capture the astonishing beauty of the chemical processes that create snowflakes, bubbles, flames, and other wonders of nature.Chemistry is not just about microscopic atoms doing inscrutable things; it is the process that makes flowers and galaxies. We rely on it for bread-baking, vegetable-growing, and producing the materials of daily life. In stunning images and illuminating text, this book captures chemistry as it unfolds. Using such techniques as microphotography, time-lapse photography, and infrared thermal imaging, The Beauty of Chemistry shows us how chemistry underpins the formation of snowflakes, the science of champagne, the colors of flowers, and other wonders of nature and technology. We see the marvelous configurations of chemical gardens; the amazing transformations of evaporation, distillation, and precipitation; heat made visible; and more.
The Beauty of Choice: On Women, Art, and Freedom
by Wendy SteinerIn The Beauty of Choice, the renowned cultural critic Wendy Steiner offers a dazzling new account of aesthetics grounded in female agency. Through a series of linked meditations on canonical and contemporary literature and art, she casts women’s taste as the engine of liberal values.Steiner reframes long-standing questions surrounding desire, art, sexual assault, and beauty in light of #MeToo. Beginning with an opera she wrote based on Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” she presents women’s sexual choices as fundamentally aesthetic in nature—expressions of their taste—and artworks as stagings of choice in courtship, coquetry, consent, marriage, and liberation. A merger of art criticism, evolutionary theory, political history, and aesthetics, this book paints the struggle between female autonomy and patriarchal violence and extremism as the essence of art.The Beauty of Choice pursues its claims through a striking diversity of examples: Sei Shōnagon’s defense of pleasure in the Pillow Book; Picasso’s and Balthus’s sexualization of their models; the redefinition of “waste” in postmodern fiction; and interactivity and empathy in the works of contemporary artists such as Marlene Dumas, Barbara MacCallum, Kristin Beeler, and Hannah Gadsby. It offers the first critical study of Heroines, a memorial to the twenty thousand women raped in Kosovo during the Serbian genocide. This deeply original book gives taste, beauty, and pleasure central roles in a passionate defense of women’s freedom.
The Beauty of Conflict for Couples: Igniting Passion, Intimacy, and Connection in Your Relationship
by CrisMarie Campbell Susan B. Clarke&“Genius . . . will teach you how to transform your conflict into closeness. A beautiful read for anyone in a relationship they want to take higher.&” —Regena Thomashauer, New York Times bestselling author If left unresolved, sources of disconnect—from bad breath to infidelity—can lead to major rifts and smother the spark in a relationship. Authors CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke bring over twenty years of experience in family and marriage counseling and relationship coaching to this book. They cater their advice to romantic relationships and provide resolution strategies for women and men. While arguments with our partner can get tiring, looking at those disagreements as opportunities to strengthen the bond rather than weaken it can have a significant impact on their effect. With conflict comes the chance to communicate and solve problems together. This can restore a sense of intimacy and connection with our partner, both emotionally and physically. In The Beauty of Conflict for Couples, you will find: · Relatable stories that shed light on the common struggles of romantic relationships · Practical tools that offer guidance for addressing conflict · A source of hope for relationships that appear to be fated for failure &“The Beauty of Conflict for Couples is a knock-your-socks-off book for anyone who has ever struggled with intimacy, vulnerability, and the longing to make this relationship work even when it seems impossible . . . This book is readable (I couldn&’t put it down!), funny, warm, practical, and powerful.&” —Ann Weiser Cornell, author of The Radical Acceptance of Everything and The Power of Focusing
Beauty of Crowdfunding: Blooming Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Era (Routledge Frontiers of Business Management)
by Sunghan RyuCrowdfunding is emerging as a new source of financing for creativity and innovation. It promotes the launching and scaling of new projects for different types of creators by providing networked platforms and handy digital tools. This book provides insight into crowdfunding and how crowdfunding contributes to our communities and society. The book includes an overview of existing discussions across different disciplines, i.e. entrepreneurship, information systems, marketing, and correlates the literature to the best crowdfunding practices. The book begins with origins, basic notions, and antecedents of crowdfunding. In the main parts, it demonstrates the five distinguished facets of crowdfunding: Creativity, diversity, balance, connection, and change. It also addresses the drawbacks of crowdfunding and subsequent outcomes of crowdfunding success. Finally, it provides a perspective on the future of crowdfunding.
The Beauty Of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles #3)
by Mary E. PearsonLia and Rafe have escaped Venda and the path before them is winding and dangerous - what will happen now? This third and final book in The Remnant Chronicles is not to be missed. Bestselling author Mary E. Pearson's combination of intrigue, suspense, romance and action make this a riveting page turner for teens.
The Beauty of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles)
by Mary E. PearsonThe third and final book in the New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles.Lia has survived Venda - but so has a great evil bent on the destruction of Morrighan. And only Lia can stop it. With war on the horizon, Lia has no choice but to assume her role as First Daughter, as soldier - as leader. While she struggles to reach Morrighan and warn them, she finds herself at cross-purposes with Rafe and suspicious of Kaden, who has hunted her down. In this heart-stopping conclusion to the Remnant Chronicles trilogy, traitors must be rooted out, sacrifices must be made, and impossible odds must be overcome as the future of every kingdom hangs in the balance.
The Beauty of Destruction
by Gavin G. SmithIn the far future, after the Loss of Earth, war has begun and an unknowable alien race has awakened, intent on the destruction of everything.Here and now, the end of the world has come. And the only way our species will survive is if two augmented humans can fight their way through apocalypse to a faint glimmer of hope.Long ago, the seeds of that apocalypse were resisted by the warrior tribes of Britain, with devastating consequences for them and their lands.And all three of these times will meet on another world . . .
The Beauty of Destruction
by Gavin G. SmithIn the far future, after the Loss of Earth, war has begun and an unknowable alien race has awakened, intent on the destruction of everything.Here and now, the end of the world has come. And the only way our species will survive is if two augmented humans can fight their way through apocalypse to a faint glimmer of hope.Long ago, the seeds of that apocalypse were resisted by the warrior tribes of Britain, with devastating consequences for them and their lands.And all three of these times will meet on another world . . .