The Beauty Quotient Formula (Large Print 16pt)
The Beauty Quotient Formula (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Robert M. Tornambe

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-01-23

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1459609700

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Their gorgeous faces stare out at us from the glossy pages of magazines or appear larger-than-life on movie screens. With role models such as these, it's easy to find yourself wanting. During his 25-year career as a plastic surgeon, Dr. Robert M. Tornambe has worked with thousands of women and spent countless hours contemplating the nature of beauty - particularly in situations where he was asked to perform a procedure he believed would diminish his patient's natural good looks. In an attempt to provide as many options as possible, he focused on helping women understand that while surgery has its place, it isn't the only roadmap to looking and feeling great. This focus led Dr. Tornambe to devise The Beauty Quotient Formula - a much more useful way to look at beauty. While physical traits do play a role in beauty, Dr. Tornambe shows us that what makes any woman truly attractive is based largely on confidence, charisma, personality, and a solid beauty routine - and that more often than not, going under the knife isn't necessary. The Beauty Quotient Formula begins with a detailed quiz that helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses so you can work to enhance your intrinsic good qualities. Your answers to the quiz will point you toward specific parts of Dr. Tornambe's unique beauty regimen covering everything from firming your body, to improving your skin, to dealing with social anxiety, to perfecting your unique style.

Finistre (Large Print 16pt)
Finistre (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Fritz Peters

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-10-19

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1458716945

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A lyrical gay coming-of-age story first published in 1951, acclaimed by Gore Vidal and The New York Times, about Matthew, a young American who moves to France with his mother following his parents divorce. As Matthew navigates his budding sexualit...

The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review (Large Print 16pt)
The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Danielle Ofri

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 1458780554

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Founded just six years ago, Bellevue Literary Review is already widely recognized as a rare forum for emerging and celebrated writers - Julia Alvarez, Raphael Campo, Rick Moody and Abraham Verghese among them - on issues of health and healing. Gat...

The Greek Plays (Large Print 16pt)
The Greek Plays (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Ellen McLaughlin

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 1458781305

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This chilling passage is from Ellen McLaughlin's new adaptation of The Persians by Aeschylus, the earliest surviving play in Western literature, an elegy for a fallen civi-lization and a warning to its new conqueror. As Margo Jefferson wrote in the New York Times, ''the play is a true classic: we see the present and the future right there, inside the past. And when writers give us a 'new version' (a translation or adaptation) of a classic, they both serve and use it. They serve the playwright's gifts by refusing to simplify. But they can't just imitate. Every age has its own rhythms and drives. The classic must make us feel the new acutely. Ellen McLaughlin serves and uses The Persians with true power and grace.''

Ghosthunting New Jersey (Large Print 16pt)
Ghosthunting New Jersey (Large Print 16pt)

Author: L'Aura Hladik

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-01-22

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1459609379

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On this leg of the journey you'll explore the scariest spots in the Garden State. Author L'Aura Hladik visits thirty-four legendary haunted places, all of which are open to the public - so you can test your own ghosthunting skills, if you dare. Jo...

Hidden Buddhas (Large Print 16pt)
Hidden Buddhas (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Liza Dalby

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 1458761835

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Hidden Buddhas may well be Liza Dalby's best work yet; with its fascinating story of characters caught up in a world they themselves don't understand. Besides taking us on a journey through little-known corners of Japan, it offers us an engaging and believable portrait of people driven to do things they may not have imagined.'' - Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha According to Buddhist theology, the world is suffering through a final corrupt era called mapp. As mapp continues, chaos will increase until the center can no longer hold. Then the world will end. In Japan, many believe that Miroku, Buddha of the Future, will appear and bring about a new age of enlightenment. From this ancient notion of doom and rebirth comes a startling new novel by the acclaimed author of Geisha and The Tale of Murasaki. Hundreds of temples in Japan are known to keep mysterious ''hidden buddhas'' secreted away except on rare designated viewing days. These statues are not hidden because they are powerful - their power lies in their being hidden. Are they being protected, or are they protecting the world? In this novel, one Buddhist priest struggles with the dictates of his inherited orthodoxy, while another rebels. An American graduate student begins to suspect the mysterious purpose of the hidden buddhas, just as he falls in love with a beautiful Japanese artist who is haunted by an aborted child. The weaving of karma that brings these two together results in a tech-savvy half-Western, half-Japanese child who text-messages her way through the profane world to enlightenment. Tracing the lives of its characters through the late twentieth century to the present, from Paris to Kyoto to California, Hidden Buddhas turns a cosmopolitan eye on discipline and decadence in religion, fashion, politics, and modern life. Liza Dalby is an anthropologist and writer specializing in Japan. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Training of the American Actor (Large Print 16pt)
Training of the American Actor (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Arthur Bartow

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 1458781267

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The first comprehensive survey and study of the major techniques developed by and for the American actor over the past 60 years. Presented side-by-side, each of the 10 disciplines included is described in detail by one of today's foremost practitioners. An invaluable resource both for the young actor embarking on a career and for the theatre professional polishing his or her craft. ''successful acting must reflect a society's current beliefs. The men and women who developed each new technique were convinced that previous methods were not equal to the full challenges of their time and place, and the techniques in this book have been adapted to current needs in order to continue to be successful methods for training actors. The actor's journey is an individual one, and the actor seeks a form, or a variety of forms, of training that will assist in unlocking his own creative gifts of expression.''

Once in a Blue Moon (Large Print 16pt)
Once in a Blue Moon (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Eileen Goudge

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1459617142

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Lindsay and Kerrie Ann are sisters who have known hardship from an early age, when their mother was sent to prison and they were separated and sent into foster care. Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her little sister.When they are finally reunited, neither sister’s expectations are met. Kerrie Ann feels intimidated by the “classy,” more educated Lindsay, while Lindsay is dismayed by Kerrie Ann’s streetwise ways. They immediately clash as Lindsay becomes threatened by Kerrie Ann. Simultaneously, Kerrie Ann struggles with the prospect of losing both her home and her boyfriend and is thrown into even further turmoil when her daughter’s foster parents put in a petition to adopt her. As the two sisters engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are drawn together despite their differences.