On Blondes
On Blondes

Author: Joanna Pitman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1596918799

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'Fascinating ...Pitman skillfully navigates the complicated history of our addiction to fair hair, skipping through the centuries with an elegant touch' Independent 'Riveting ... provocative ... ON BLONDES is ultimately a study of power-and powerlessness-between the sexes ... travelling undercover, this brunette produced a book which, like its subject, is wonderfully enlightening' Telegraph In art and literature, in history and popular culture, blonde has never been a mere colour. For 2,500 years, it has been a blazing signal and around this obsession entire industries have developed, influential trends set. From Greek prostitutes mimicking the golden-haired Aphrodite, to the Californian beach babe; from pigeon-dung and saffron dyes to L'Oreal - because you're worth it - we see the lengths to which women will go to become blonde. The power and duality of the blonde as either erotic symbol or saintly virgin waxes and wanes but never disappears. Weaving a story rich in anecdote, history and high intrigue, Joanna Pitman effortlessly combines the wealth of her knowledge with a sharp and clear-sighted view of the power of the blonde throughout the ages.

Blonde Like Me
Blonde Like Me

Author: Natalia Ilyin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000-02-22

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0684852144

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In essence, she shows us the difference between simply having blonde hair and being a blonde."--BOOK JACKET.

Blonde
Blonde

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 0062685864

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The National Book Award finalist and national bestseller exploring the life and legend of Marilyn Monroe Soon to be a Netflix Film starring Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale and Julianne Nicholson In one of her most ambitious works, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jeane Baker—the child, the woman, the fated celebrity, and idolized blonde the world came to know as Marilyn Monroe. In a voice startlingly intimate and rich, Norma Jeane tells her own story of an emblematic American artist—intensely conflicted and driven—who had lost her way. A powerful portrait of Hollywood’s myth and an extraordinary woman’s heartbreaking reality, Blonde is a sweeping epic that pays tribute to the elusive magic and devastation behind the creation of the great 20th-century American star.

Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes
Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

Author: Karin Slaughter

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2015-08-18

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0062442813

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A gripping short story from the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her. A beautiful young girl was walking down the street―when suddenly… Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. Beautiful, intelligent, a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened. Because girls are disappearing. A fellow student, Beatrice Oliver, is missing. A homeless woman called Mona-No-Name is missing. Both taken off the street. Both gone without a trace. Julia is determined to find out the reasons behind their disappearances. And she doesn't want to be next…

How to Look Expensive
How to Look Expensive

Author: Andrea Pomerantz Lustig

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1101591765

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Glamour's "Beauty Sleuth" reveals tricks of the trade to help you look fabulously high-end—in any economy. Andrea Pomerantz Lustig has spent twenty years as a beauty editor, and her contact list is packed with the names of the most exclusive stylists in the business.In How to Look Expensive, she combines her own experience with highly coveted secrets she's learned from the experts to help readers achieve buttery highlights, luminous skin, flawless makeup, and more, all on a budget. Delivering red-carpet looks without putting readers in the red, tips include: • How to get expensive-looking hair color at an inexpensive salon • Superluxe DIY skincare cocktails for less than $20 • The cheap cosmetic secrets of expensive makeup artists • Tips for princess-perfect skin on a pauper’s budget • “Work Your Beauty Budget” sections that help you make the most of every dollar With How to Look Expensive, every woman can afford to get gold-card gorgeous, and reap the self-confidence that comes with it.

On Being Blonde
On Being Blonde

Author: Paula Munier

Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 9781592331062

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Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, and Madonna, just to name a few. Each of them, at times, naughty, controversial, propheticàand blonde. What is it about these golden-tressed bombshells that cause us to hang on their every word? YouÆll find out in On Being Blonde, which showcases the worldÆs top 40 blondes, sharing their outrageous life stories and their wise and witty bon mots. This is the most complete collection to date of the most quotable quotes by the fair haired chanteuses from our past and our present. From "Strawberry" to "Dishwater" weÆve got a dynamic sampling of the most profound statements to ever escape their lipsà and thatÆs no joke! Plus Blonde tips, tricks, and trivia. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Blonde mystique! "If I've one life...let me live it as a blonde!" --Clairol. "Gentlemen prefer blondes" --Anita Loos "I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde." --Dolly Parton

Something Strange and Deadly
Something Strange and Deadly

Author: Susan Dennard

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-07-24

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0062083287

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Sixteen-year-old Eleanor Fitt’s brother is missing. And when she discovers that the Dead are rising in Philadelphia and wreaking havoc throughout the city, she knows that her brother is involved. So Eleanor enlists the help of the Spirit-Hunters. This motley crew, hired to protect the city from supernatural forces, is after the necromancer who has been reanimating corpses. Their skills can save her brother. But as Eleanor spends time with the Spirit-Hunters, and their handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. Now not only is her reputation at risk, but her very life may hang in the balance. In Something Strange and Deadly, the first book in a trilogy, Susan Dennard weaves together vividly imagined scenes of action, adventure, and gorgeous Victorian fashion to create an entertaining steampunk tapestry of humor, horror, and romance. Readers who love Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices series will be intrigued from the start.

Leggy Blonde
Leggy Blonde

Author: Aviva Drescher

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1476722110

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A memoir from the Real Housewife of New York City.

The Blondes
The Blondes

Author: Emily Schultz

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2015-04-21

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 146684146X

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The Blondes is a hilarious and whipsmart novel where an epidemic of a rabies-like disease is carried only by blonde women, all of whom must go to great lengths to conceal their blondness. Hazel Hayes is a grad student living in New York City. As the novel opens, she learns she is pregnant (from an affair with her married professor) at an apocalyptically bad time: random but deadly attacks on passers-by, all by blonde women, are terrorizing New Yorkers. Soon it becomes clear that the attacks are symptoms of a strange illness that is transforming blondes—whether CEOs, flight attendants, students or accountants—into rabid killers. Emily Schultz's beautifully realized novel is a mix of satire, thriller, and serious literary work. With biting satiric wit, The Blondes is at once an examination of the complex relationships between women, and a merciless but giddily enjoyable portrait of what happens in a world where beauty is—literally—deadly.