The Beauty and the Sorrow

The Beauty and the Sorrow
Author: Peter Englund
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2012-09-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307739287

An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like. In this masterful book, renowned historian Peter Englund describes this epoch-defining event by weaving together accounts of the average man or woman who experienced it. Drawing on the diaries, journals, and letters of twenty individuals from Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Venezuela, and the United States, Englund’s collection of these varied perspectives describes not a course of events but "a world of feeling." Composed in short chapters that move between the home front and the front lines, The Beauty and Sorrow brings to life these twenty particular people and lets them speak for all who were shaped in some way by the War, but whose voices have remained unheard.

Of Battle and Beauty

Of Battle and Beauty
Author: David Harris
Publisher: California Academy of Sciences
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN:

This catalogue establishes the background and historical context of the 1860 second Opium War, and outlines the central role that photographer Felice Beato played in the photographic history of 19th century imperial China.

The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth

The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth
Author: Christopher Alexander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2012-11-29
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Christoper Alexander's always controversial work raises issues critical to regenerating the environment and creating a new culture for building--and rebuilding--our cities, neighborhoods, buildings, and gardens. Demonstrates the application of Alexander's theories and methods to a large-scale project and shows how architecture can bring life to a community. The creative processes described in the book are for anyone who designs, builds, shapes, repairs, or otherwise modifies the built environment.

Beauty in Battle

Beauty in Battle
Author: Jason Benham
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736807095

Beauty in Battle is not just another marriage book - it's a blueprint for how to energize your relationship, give you purpose, and draw you close to your spouse by turning the tension that divides you into energy that fuels you. In these pages, Jason and Tori Benham share their story of how they turned conflict and quarrels into passion and purpose by leaning into their struggles rather than trying to avoid them. As a result, they discovered that fighting together drew them together. Their message is clear - you don't need to stop fighting; you need to start fighting ? the right way. When you and your spouse choose to no longer fight against each other in a personal battle but alongside one another in a spiritual war, the results are amazing as you begin to recognize your God-given purpose together.Laced with practical insights and easy-to-follow steps, Beauty in Battle will help you discover:The number one relationship killer and how to stay away from it. How to combat negative thinking toward your spouse. The one key that will magnetize you to your spouse and your spouse to you.How to win your love back when "you've lost that lovin' feeling."Why there was a wedding crasher at the first marriage in history and how he showed up at your wedding too. We all fight. The question is, will you discover the beauty in battle? Beauty in Battle will help you do just that. AUTHOR BIO: Jason and Tori Benham have been married for more than twenty years, own several businesses together, and are passionate about helping couples thrive in marriage. Jason holds a Master's Degree in Christian Counseling and Tori is a certified emotional intelligence and enneagram coach. They have four children and live in Charlotte, NC.

Of Battle and Beauty

Of Battle and Beauty
Author: David Harris
Publisher: California Academy of Sciences
Total Pages: 185
Release: 1999
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0899511007

This catalogue establishes the background and historical context of the 1860 second Opium War, and outlines the central role that photographer Felice Beato played in the photographic history of 19th century imperial China.

Inventing Beauty

Inventing Beauty
Author: Teresa Riordan
Publisher: Broadway
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2004
Genre: Design
ISBN:

Examines some of the early inventions and innovations used by women in their quest for beauty including bustles and brassieres, makeup to enhance the eyes and lips, treatments for the body and hair, and ways to flatter the hips and derriere.

Beautiful Battle

Beautiful Battle
Author: Mary E. DeMuth
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0736943811

Warfare...hell...demons..."I'm just trying to drive my kids to school and stay on top of the laundry. " "What does any of that have to do with me?" You've heard plenty of talk about evil. You've heard about binding Satan and breaking strongholds and calling demons by name. You've heard you should claim your victory in Christ...but you're not really sure how to do that. This isn't a book about evil. With passion and strength, Mary DeMuth brings balance and insight to the often murky realm of spiritual warfare. As you embrace the abundant life to which God calls his daughters, she'll tell you why your voice matters for eternity. And on the darkest days, you'll know that spiritual warfare is about bowing before the Creator, not cowering before the devil. It's about finding freedom and beauty in the midst of devastation. It's about the power of God to heal our hearts, to move mountains, to intercede when we're weary. It's about crucifixion and a defiant, glorious resurrection. It's about truth. It's about power. Join Mary in the beautiful battle, and be renewed on the journey.

Beauty Among Ruins

Beauty Among Ruins
Author: J'nell Ciesielski
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0785233571

In Ciesielski’s latest sweeping romance, an American heiress finds herself in Scotland amid the fallout of the Great War, and a wounded Scottish laird comes face-to-face with his past and a woman he never could have expected. American socialite Lily Durham is known for enjoying one moment to the next, with little regard for the consequences of her actions. But just as she is banished overseas to England as a “cure” for her frivolous ways, the Great War breaks out and wreaks havoc. She joins her cousin in nursing the wounded at a convalescent home deep in the wilds of Scotland at a crumbling castle where its laird is less than welcoming. Alec MacGregor has given his entire life to preserving his home of Kinclavoch Castle, but mounting debts force him to sell off his family history bit by bit. Labeled a coward for not joining his countrymen in the trenches due to an old injury, he opens his home to the Tommies to make recompense while he keeps to the shadows. But his preference for the shadows is shattered when a new American nurse comes streaming into the castle on a burst of light. Lily and Alec are thrown together when a series of mysterious events threatens to ruin the future of Kinclavoch. Can they put aside their differences to find the culprit before it’s too late, or will their greatest distraction be falling in love? Praise for Beauty Among Ruins “An atmospheric, engrossing romance for fans of Downton Abbey and Somewhere in France. A real gem!” —Aimie K. Runyan, internationally bestselling author “A satisfying and highly enjoyable read that I recommended for readers of historical fiction, mystery, and romance.” —Tea Cooper, author of The Woman in the Green Dress World War I historical romance Full-length stand-alone novel Book length: 113,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Not Just a Pretty Face

Not Just a Pretty Face
Author: Stacy Malkan
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0865715742

Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful that they've kept themselves unregulated for decades. Not one cosmetic product has to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration before hitting the market. Incredible? Consider this: The European Union has banned more than 1,100 chemicals from cosmetics. The United States has banned just 10. Only 11% of chemicals used in cosmetics in the US have been assessed for health and safety - leaving a staggering 89% with unknown or undisclosed effects. More than 70% of all personal care products may contain phthalates, which are linked to birth defects and infertility. Many baby soaps are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical 1,4 dioxane. It's not just women who are affected by this chemists' brew. Shampoo, deodorant, face lotion and other products used daily by men, women and children contain hazardous chemicals that the industry claims are "within acceptable limits." But there's nothing acceptable about daily multiple exposures to carcinogenic chemicals -- from products that are supposed to make us feel healthy and beautiful. Not Just a Pretty Face delves deeply into the dark side of the beauty industry, and looks to hopeful solutions for a healthier future. This scathing investigation peels away less-than-lovely layers to expose an industry in dire need of an extreme makeover. 15 percent of the purchase price of each book sold benefits the national Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, administered by the Breast Cancer Fund, through December 31, 2012.

War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict

War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict
Author: David Shields
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1576879496

Bestselling author David Shields analyzed over a decade's worth of front-page war photographs fromTheNew York Timesand came to a shocking conclusion: the photo-editing process ofthe "paper of record,"by way of pretty, heroic, and lavishly aesthetic image selection, pullsthe woolover the eyes of its readers; Shields forces us to face not only the the media's complicity in dubious and catastrophic military campaigns but our own as well.This powerful media mouthpiece, the mightyTimes, far from being a check on governmental power, is in reality a massive amplifier for its dark forces by virtue of the way it aestheticizeswarfare. Anyone baffled by the willful American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan can't help but see in this book how eagerly and invariably theTimesled the way in making the case for these wars through the manipulation of its visuals. Shields forces the reader to weigh the consequences of our own passivity in the face of these images' opiatic numbing. The photographs gathered inWar Is Beautiful, often beautiful and always artful, are filters of reality rather than the documentary journalism they purport to be.