In Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry, Domenico Ingenito explores the unstudied connections between eroticism, spirituality, and politics in the lyric poetry of 13th-century literary master Sa‘di Shirazi.

First Published in 2000. This study stands alone in pairing black and white American women writers across the twentieth century on the intertwined issues of female beauty and literary aesthetics. Other studies published during the late 1980s and early 1990s—such as Aldon Lynn Nielsen’s Reading Race: White American Poets and the Racial Discourse in the Twentieth Century (1988), Dana B. Nelson’s The Word in Black and White: Reading "Race" in American Literature, 1638-1867 (1992), Eric J. Sundquist’s To Wake the Nations: Race in the Making of American Literature (1993), and Laura Doyle’s Bordering on the Body: The Racial Matrix of Modern Fiction and Culture (1994)—have also engaged in the process of reading racialist discourse in white texts or in attempting to construct a dialogue between black and white texts. None, however, has been concerned with female beauty and literary aesthetics in relation to twentieth-century American women writers and race.

Read My Lips: What It Takes to Build a World-Class Homegrown Brand by Rissa Mananquil Trillo—co-founder of Filipino beauty brand Happy Skin—is part-memoir and part-business guide: by rooting the conversation in Rissa’s own experiences—from her failures to her successes, from her lowest moments to her brightest triumphs—she inspires not just readers ready to rise to a new career challenge of entrepreneurship, but also anyone who wants to learn about beauty, business, and life. Read My Lips is divided into two parts. In the first, Rissa answers questions about entrepreneurship, helping you start and run your own business, while fully understanding both the sacrifices and fulfillment that go with making the leap. In the second, she imparts lessons gleaned from her own life experiences that unfolded the path for opportunities in business and beauty, as well as values needed to survive in entrepreneurship.

He stood still, a ray of sunlight made of shimmering particles. He wasnt an organism, but the organism was him. He didnt make the particles, but the particles made him. He was just a manifestation of dust and dreams, both revolving in an elliptical battle of wills. The dust won A world of malice is all that Arjun has ever known. In an attempt to escape this unjust myriad of swarming reality, he is pushed into paranoia by his Muslim step brother, Omair. With his parents impending divorce, Arjun and Omair set off a frenzy of events as they both run away from their homes, their swirling destinies mingling to become one. While gliding through the trough and flexing inside the rigidity of the society, Arjun finds his calling in sway of the motion and the solitude of his mind, a place he retreats to everytime his feet touch the dance floor. A master in the art but a novice in the path of life, he unknowingly hangs onto Omair, as his brother sabotages every obstacle into oblivion, furthering his debt on Arjun, the icy hands of death tightening around his neck. Now having finally been introduced to the concept of reality; his bubble of fantasy is burst with a single pinprick of a doubt.

"Promises Fulfilled" examines the promises made in both the Bible and the Qur'n concerning the coming of the Promised One. Author Nabil I. Hanna brings to the forefront significant topics that often arise when discussion turns to the primary Bah' claim-that Bah'u'llh fulfills the promises and prophecies of all religions with regard to the Promised One. The author also elaborates on additional subject matter that often accompanies these discussions such as: The Word of God The day of resurrection and judgment The definition and explanation of salvation The meaning of life and death Miracles, parables, and the ascension of Christ The seal of the Prophets The author introduces each chapter with clarifications and uses key verses from the Bible, Qur'n and Bah' Scriptures to underscore important themes. "Promises Fulfilled" can be used as a reference guide in study classes and interfaith readings or discussions. If you are looking for an opportunity to reflect, meditate, and compare Biblical, Qur'anic and Bah' teachings, then "Promises Fulfilled" will help you on your journey to spiritual enlightenment.