DescriptionRediscover the inner beauty in all of us with this beloved Hans Christian Anderson story of the outcast duckling who finds himself transformed into a beautiful swan. Original music by Patrick Ball.
DescriptionWhale Nation is a hymn to the beauty, intelligence, and majesty of the largest mammal on earth.
Description¿Cómo vivir mejor? ¡Disfrutando de una vida sana! Fortuna Calvo te enseñará a lograrlo con un programa que incluye cómo descifrar el abecedario de las vitaminas, cómo alimentarte saludablemente, y cómo iniciar tu pl…
DescriptionDon't just grow old "gracefully" - take Helen Gurley Brown's example and tackle aging with verve and self-reliance. In this inspiring guide for women over 50, Brown uses experiences from her own life - and knowledge shared by celebrity friends such as Raquel Welch, Ali McGraw, and Diane von Furstenberg - to explain the best ways for older women to handle a wide range of life issues, such as emotional security, money, sex, beauty, health, and work. This "semiwild but practical survival guide" will show you how to lead a happy, energetic life in late middle age and beyond.
DescriptionIn this spine-tingling thriller, mystery author Andrew Wilson is blessed with a life most would envy, but he has no one to share it with. And then he meets Mika Woods, a woman of otherworldly beauty. After a night of passion, Andrew regrets his decision and wants to take things slow. But slow is not Mika's speed, and soon Andrew is combating the advances of an obsessed, supernatural woman.
DescriptionTate's first book, The Lost Pilot (1967), was selected for the Yale Series of Younger Poets and his Selected Poems (1991) won the Pulitzer Prize. Tate teaches at the University of Massachusetts as Amherst. Here we present his poem, "The Lost Pilot". Roethke's poems are filled with sensuality and lyric power that he used to declare his love for nature and beauty. His 1948 volume, The Lost Son and Other Poems, is widely considered his best. At the University of Washington, Roethke taught many other poets who would become renowned, including Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, David Wagoner, and James Wright. His poem, "Elegy for Jane", is presented here.
DescriptionUno de los mas grandes escritores espanoles del siglo XIX, Perez Galdos creo en Marianela la triste historia de una muchacha campesina, lazarillo de un joven ciego, que cree que ella reune todas las bondades y la belleza, cuando lo cierto es que Marianela es bastante fea. En una intervencion quirurgica el muchacho logra recobrar la vista y eso hace que el mundo de la joven caiga en ruinas. One of the main works of spanish literature, Marianela is the sad story of a country girl, the guide of a blind boy, who thinks that she posseses all the goodness and beauty of the world when in reality she is ugly. In a surgical intervention the boy recovers his vision and that causes Marianela's world to fall apart in ruins.
DescriptionEven before John Singer Sargent painted her portrait, Virginie Gautreau's reputation for promiscuity and showy self-display made her the subject of vicious Paris gossip. In this remarkable novel, the author tells Virginie's story, drawing on the sketchy facts of the notorious beauty's life to recreate her tempestuous personality, the captivating milieu of Belle Epoch Paris, and the struggle between artist and model to control the painting that would change their lives and affect the course of art history.
DescriptionShe provides women with a fresh and unique perspective on many of the hot issues women face today. Twenty-something single recording artist Rebecca St. James teams up with 40-something radio talk show host and mother of three Lynda Hunter Bjorklund to present a multigenerational look at why women feel out of control and vulnerable. She helps women understand how they can be safe, healthy, and empowered as they find their identity and security in God.
DescriptionMake me beautiful. That's what Marci wants from the old woman, not "inner beauty", but real, physical attractiveness to save her from being a teenage outcast. The woman offers a gift in the form of a story, a strange tale from 1940s Bosnia about a group of soldiers who terrorize a town of women and children, brutalize their priest, and murder a child. Somehow, in the midst of the horror, a window opens to another reality, a world of impossible beauty, infectious music, irresistible laughter, and a vision that somehow changes everything. By the time the story ends, Marci hears the heavenly music herself. So will you. Once you hear this unforgettable story, you'll never be the same.
