Accountant slash bartender Reg will show rock star Jeremy how to have fun...and possibly fall in love. Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before embarking on yet another international concert tour, he wanders into a bar in what he considers the middle-of-nowhere and meets a man who wins him over with his friendly smile and easy-going nature. Accountant slash bartender slash adventure-seeker Reg Moore has fun talking and drinking with The Jeremy Jameson and can't say no when the supposedly straight rock star makes him a once in a lifetime offer: keep him company on his tour by playing the part of his boyfriend. Listening to music, traveling the world, and jumping off cliffs is fun. Falling in love is even better. But to stay with Jeremy after the stage lights dim, Reg will need to help him realize there's nothing pretend about their relationship.

Maxine escapes an abusive polygamous marriage to a man much older than her to make a new life in Harare, Zimbabwe. The story follows the five madams she works for. Through them, we see the struggles of women trying to hold down careers and relationships in a big city where tradition, patriarchy, domestic abuse and unhealthy societal behaviours form a backdrop. While Maxine bears The book explores women learning about and seeking the love they feel they deserve. Whether self-love or romantic love, each woman must find the courage to believe in and hold onto that love. Through Maxine?s narration, the intricacies of the relationship women share with their helpers are uncovered. These relationships reveal the truth that women can discover themselves via their friendships with other women.

Olympics. Olympians. What talent, what honour, what glory, what respect; belonging, only to a selected few. Why can't every human be that amazing? What's limiting them? What's missing in their lives? Why can't every human become the dream idol that they've always wished to be? In a journey across infinite stars, I seek the answers to humanity's greatest strengths and weaknesses. Timeless explorations presents opportunities to understand humanity. But what disturbs me most, is the many distressing voices that goes unheard, only to fade away with time or … life. Why do I hear cries, echoing across many worlds? From where do these voices emerge? For whom or what do they cry? Are those cries of pain, from cries of losses? Or cries of disappointment, in cries of hopelessness? It's hard to say, too many to count. Every cry is different, unique to each story. All I can sense, is their wailing sufferings; arising, from the worldly imperfections. It is my humble wish is to free 'everything' from suffering, in a world where all will be loved the same way. And so, begins the tale of a hermit and a fool, in their quest to discover and forge a new perfection; for the sake of humanity; for the sake of our beloved mother nature; for the sake of all that lives; and for the sake of the universe that gives us hope and life. Wonder no more if I am the hermit, because I might just be, the fool you never expected. So promise me, read me, understand me, accept me, and seek the ultimate truth to perfection in this fantastic voyage across the stars and galaxies and beyond. Together, let us begin our journey in finding your newfound strength, and bring more awareness and wisdom to everyone as we challenge the the devil on our shoulders with our new awakening and enlightenment. Together, we'll not fail! With love, for all that lives! To become, the best Olympians we can ever be! Love, Respect, Unity

If you have read The House that Pinterest Built, Smart Spaces, The Alchemy of Things, or Elements of Style you're going to love Perfect Imperfect. Wabi-sabi and new creative interior design expressions: Perfect Imperfect is a stunning collection of homes and studios of creatives from all over the world, with thought-provoking text by Karen McCartney and stunning visuals by Sharyn Cairns and Glen Proebstel. Perfect Imperfect takes as its founding principle the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. Wabi-Sabi advocates the beauty to be found in imperfection, impermanence and the authentic. Importantly this is done without losing sight of the benefits of living in the 21st century; where designers are merging digital technology with the handmade, rethinking how to use space and accommodating the natural world. Creating a new interior design vocabulary: As the collaborative process for creating Perfect Imperfect involved working across continents, the authors created a list of words and phrases that define how to curate the work they include in their stunning book. Their new interior design and interior decorating vocabulary includes terms such as mutability, irregularity, unfinished and incomplete, void, the effects of accident, unpretentious, simplicity, contrasts, and Leonard Koren's idea that 'beauty can be coaxed out of ugliness'. The new words and phrases introduced by the authors define the book's visual sections: - Spirit of Nature - Strange Beauty - Mark of Hand - Deep Shadow - Weathering & Decay - And, Incomplete and Irregular A beautiful, inspirational decorative book: Perfect Imperfect is a celebration of accident, curation, collection, hesitation, collaboration, reuse, reimagining and true originality. It explores an established aesthetic in a new way and embraces current design objects alongside well-worn ones; featuring interior settings that mix comfort, design and an off-beat beauty.

These perfectly imperfect dogs have gentle lessons for us all ... Meet special little Vegemite with the permanent wink; Bali Pip, the playful pup who lost her fur; Raul, who takes partial paralysis in his stride; and many more, all seen through the lens of award-winning photographer Alex Cearns.In this inspiring portrayal of difference, Alex captures the intrinsic beauty and spirit; the sweetness, resilience and strength of 60 perfectly imperfect dogs. They adapt to their unique bodies without complaint, they survive with determination and they live with joy. In the accompanying stories from their best friends, the bond between these endearing doggos and their humans shines through - and sometimes they even save each other. For anyone who's ever loved a dog ...

Sarah Lewis desires nothing more than to begin again after a failed marriage and a tragedy so terrifying, it forces her to leave her life in London to stay with her best friend a world apart in South Africa. Despite immediate success in her business, she struggles to understand who she really is and where she belongs in the world. So begins a journey of discovery as Sarah re-unites with Katy in the land where she was born, where the air is lavender scented, and weekends are spent cycling on the beach. Until the day when she has to return to London to face the ghosts of her past and confront a situation that has grown more complicated in her absence. Perfect Imperfections is an intriguing tale which hints at wrongdoings and deceit without giving too much away. The author cleverly weaves a tale around fragile yet strong Sarah as she tries to reconcile her past with her future, engaging the reader to the point where we simply want the best for her and for happiness finally to come her way.

In Beautiful Imperfections, Rough Gods photographer Michael Alago continues to surprise us with vivid and uncompromising images of raw emotion, in the poetic and in-your-face style his fans know and love. Michael Alago traveled around the globe, photographing his subjects on the street; capturing stylized images at once surreal and dreamlike which seem to mirror the most perfect expressions of both the power and the beauty of sexuality s dark side."