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Beautyland: A Novel
by Marie-Helene BertinoA Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Time, Elle, The Boston Globe, Literary Hub, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Goodreads, WBEZ Chicago, Book Riot, The Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Women’s WorldA Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionA Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club PickAn Esquire Best Science Fiction Book of All Time“A perfect little polished garnet of a novel.” —Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review“A book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life.” —Dakota Johnson, BustleFrom the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn’t feel at home on Earth.At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different: She possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings. For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone?Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life on our Earth and in our universe. It is a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.
Beautylicious!: The Black girl’s Guide to the Fabulous Life
by Jenyne M. RainesPlenty of successful guides have been published for hip girls in general, but now the trendsetting black reader has a book of her own. Dedicated to chic sisters everywhere,Beautylicious!shimmers with wit and soul—an irresistible new recipe for loving, playing, and beautifying with verve. Chapters include: • Soul Power: Sizzle with radiance from the inside out • Queen Me: Treats to perk you up when the blues have got you down • Superfly: How to heat up your wardrobe without scorching your self-confidence • Fit and Fine: A toned body plus a healthy mind equals a sensational you • Beauty . . . Moi Way: Enhancing fabulous you • Fun and Frolic: Perfecting your swerve •Fête Accompli: Entertaining wtih style and soul • Date-o-Rama: The fast track to vixenhood • Mane Intrigue: Straight talk on finding a hairstyle that's as fabulous as you are • Luxe Life: The fine art of indulgence Beautylicious!also shares know-how from the Patron Saints of Fabulosity, along with tips for becoming a favorite hostess (and a favorite guest), staying cool in heated situations, and finessing that saucy outlook on life. The ideal gift,Beautylicious!sparkles with fun and flair.
Beauty's Beast
by Amanda AshleyFair of face and figure, Kristine is young, innocent, pure. Yet she has been condemned to the gallows for killing a man. The only one who can save her is a lord so infamous that some say he is the son of the Devil himself. . .Erik Trevayne is called the Demon Lord of Hawksbridge Castle, but few know of the curse he lives under. Or the terrifying changes slowly gnawing away at his humanity. When he weds her, all he wants of Kristine is a son. But when he beds her, a wild hope is born--that love that can tame even the most monstrous of beasts...
Beauty's Beast
by Jenna KernanHe was the son of her sworn enemy...and now the only one who could save her. Samantha Proud doesn't think her life could get any more complicated-or tragic. Since she dared to save a human boy from evil spirits, Nagi, the Ruler of Ghosts, has been actively stalking her family. Still, she never expected well-meaning Thunderbirds to scatter them to the four winds, dumping her at the feet of Alon Garza, a gorgeous Halfling, for safekeeping. Alon has never met anyone like the sensual shifter who has just been literally dropped into his woods. Because of who he is, he never wanted to be with a woman for more than one night. Now, to keep Samantha safe, his only choice is to claim her. But will his desire expose the dark truth he's been fighting for so long?
Beauty's Curse
by Traci E HallIn this reversal of the Sleeping Beauty story, gorgeous Galiana Montehue--resisting her family's efforts at arranged marriage--scorns all her suitors and finds true love only after she awakens an injured knight from a deep sleep. Original.
Beauty's Daughter: The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy
by Carolyn MeyerWhat is it like to be the daughter of the most beautiful woman in the world? Hermione knows . . . her mother is Helen of Troy, the famed beauty of Greek myth. Helen is not only beautiful but also impulsive, and when she falls in love with charming Prince Paris, she runs off with him to Troy, abandoning her distraught daughter. Determined to reclaim their enchanting queen, the Greek army sails for Troy. Hermione stows away in one of the thousand ships in the fleet and witnesses the start of the legendary Trojan War. In the rough Greek encampment outside the walls of Troy, Hermione's life is far from that of a pampered princess. Meanwhile, her mother basks in luxury in the royal palace inside the city. Hermione desperately wishes for the gods and goddesses to intervene and end the brutal war--and to bring her love. Will she end up with the handsome archer Orestes, or the formidable Pyrrhus, leader of a tribe of fierce warriors? And will she ever forgive her mother for bringing such chaos to her life and the lives of so many others?
Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays (Vintage Original)
by Dael OrlandersmithThe sheer exuberance of language that pours forth in Dael Orlandersmith's plays has dazzled critics and audiences alike. In these three pieces, the award-winning writer and performer celebrates the power of words to rescue the young black women she portrays from their constricted worlds. In the Obie Award-winning play "Beauty's Daughter," Diane yearns to free herself from her soul-deadening surroundings, where people drown their unfulfilled aspirations in drugs and alcohol. In "Monster," Theresa imagines a life in the rock-'n'-roll poetry bohemia of Manhattan's Lower East Side and away from her home in East Harlem, where she is scorned as a misfit. And in "The Gimmick," Alexis escapes her brutal reality among the library bookshelves, where she dreams of becoming a writer in Paris. Charged with fearless wisdom, these three electrifying plays transform rage-filled ghetto experience into a triumph of rhapsodic expression.
Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick
by Dael OrlandersmithThree powerful plays by the famous Afro-American playwright
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 7 (Volume 7 #7)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 9 (Volume 9 #9)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Devil Guard: Volume 10 (Volume 10 #10)
by Ni GuLaSiZhaoSiA talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress!In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Beauty's Kingdom
by Anne Rice A. N. RoquelaureBefore E. L. James and Sylvia Day, there was Anne Rice: Discover Beauty's Kingdom, the fourth novel in the bestselling Sleeping Beauty series Mega-bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, returns to the mysterious kingdom of Queen Eleanor in this new chapter of her Sleeping Beauty series. When the great queen is reported dead, Beauty and Laurent return to the kingdom they left twenty years before. Beauty agrees to take the throne, but she insists that all erotic servitude be voluntary. Countless eager princes, princesses, lords, ladies, and commoners journey to Beauty's realm, where she and her husband usher in a new era of desire, longing, and ecstasy. Provocative and stirring, Rice's imaginative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty myth will be adored by her longtime fans and new readers of erotica just discovering the novels. This book is intended for mature audiences.From the Hardcover edition.
Beauty's New Beak (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Red #Level M)
by Jacqueline AdamsWhen an eagle named Beauty lost her beak, volunteers wanted to make her a new one. Everyone told them it couldn't be done. Did Beauty's friends find a way to help her?
Beauty's Personal Expert: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Wu MaoHe was originally one of the top Shadow Guards in China, but after being framed by a traitor, he was sent to prison. However, due to his good fortune, he managed to obtain an ancient martial arts technique. The Goddess of Gold, the commoner school beauty, the long-legged policewoman, the flirtatious CEO … Powerful men were like the sun, they would always attract the love and love of thousands.
Beauty's Personal Expert: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Wu MaoHe was originally one of the top Shadow Guards in China, but after being framed by a traitor, he was sent to prison. However, due to his good fortune, he managed to obtain an ancient martial arts technique. The Goddess of Gold, the commoner school beauty, the long-legged policewoman, the flirtatious CEO … Powerful men were like the sun, they would always attract the love and love of thousands.
Beauty's Personal Expert: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Wu MaoHe was originally one of the top Shadow Guards in China, but after being framed by a traitor, he was sent to prison. However, due to his good fortune, he managed to obtain an ancient martial arts technique. The Goddess of Gold, the commoner school beauty, the long-legged policewoman, the flirtatious CEO … Powerful men were like the sun, they would always attract the love and love of thousands.
Beauty's Personal Expert: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Wu MaoHe was originally one of the top Shadow Guards in China, but after being framed by a traitor, he was sent to prison. However, due to his good fortune, he managed to obtain an ancient martial arts technique. The Goddess of Gold, the commoner school beauty, the long-legged policewoman, the flirtatious CEO … Powerful men were like the sun, they would always attract the love and love of thousands.
Beauty's Personal Expert: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Wu MaoHe was originally one of the top Shadow Guards in China, but after being framed by a traitor, he was sent to prison. However, due to his good fortune, he managed to obtain an ancient martial arts technique. The Goddess of Gold, the commoner school beauty, the long-legged policewoman, the flirtatious CEO … Powerful men were like the sun, they would always attract the love and love of thousands.