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Christian Bérard worked freely in many artistic circles and fields, as a painter, designer of theater and film sets and costumes, fashion designer, interior designer, masterful draftsman, and colorist. His iconic drawings epitomized the Paris fashion world and graced the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Women's Wear Daily in the 1920s and 1930s. Tracing his eccentric and colorful life of encounters and artistic partnerships with the greatest creatives of his time-Jean-Michel Frank, Christian Dior, Gabrielle Chanel, Jean Cocteau, Boris Kochno-this book positions Bérard in his rightful place in the center of Parisian art world in the 1930s and 1940s. The monograph includes more than two hundred of his paintings, drawings, photographs, intimate correspondence, and interior decorations, along with portraits of Bérard by Cartier Bresson, Horst, and Schall.

Featuring rare images from Pierre Passebon's personal collection, this volume celebrates Marlene Dietrich, Hollywood's iconic femme fatale, as immortalized by master photographers including Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Milton Greene, George Hurrell, Antony Armstrong-Jones, and others. An active participant in her photo sessions, she constructed her own unique image of charm and seduction. Dietrich's life was devoted to glamour for over forty years: in stage performances, on screen, and in concert. The public loved her. A modern and transgressive woman, she didn't hesitate to break the rules by dressing in menswear (she was Yves Saint Laurent's muse for his iconic tuxedos) or by being seen in public with her husband and her lovers (both male and female). Dietrich also refused to bend to Hollywood conventions around motherhood by raising her daughter in the limelight. Her beauty, style, and elegance made her the archetypal femme fatale, but it was Dietrich's unwavering confidence, gender fluidity, and firm stand against Nazism that made her a revolutionary and an icon. This volume reveals how her fascination lies not only in the way she inspired the greatest photographers and fashion designers of her time, but in how she continues to embody the essence of glamour and female independence today.

He needs to do better. Perfect isn't good enough. Once his father sets him up with the Great White Shark, there is no room for mistakes. The whole point is for him to stop slipping up and get back on track. Now, what would his father say if he knew Shark and Theodore have been sleeping together this entire time? That Shark's the one taking Theodore around, letting him in, showing him the tunnels? The price of failure is far too high. This late into the game, they can no longer afford to lose. Laith makes a point to tell him just how stressed this song and dance makes him exactly, but Theodore is unable to grasp the severity of it. Reopened wounds and bad habits aren't enough to put it into scale either. Will he ever see the pain his actions cause? More importantly, will he see it in time to change fate? He's the reason Laith no longer has a support system, after all. A ticking time-bomb always explodes.

After hitting rock-bottom, former Major-Leaguer Sam Kincaid returned home to guide canoe expeditions in the Maine wilderness. He needs to make this gig a success. He can't let himself be distracted by an ambitious, obsessed female, even if she's sexy, witty and smart. Annie Wylde, an investigative journalist, embarks on the canoe trip to keep a promise to her friend, murdered by a notorious killer called the Hunter. She struggles with nature's challenges and fights her attraction to Sam, considering him just another egotistical jock. When the trip turns deadly, they realize the Hunter has followed Annie into the wilderness. With her life on the line, Sam faces the challenge of his life because she's become much more than a client to him.

Freelance writer Sheridan Harte reluctantly returns to her Maine hometown to ghostwrite a memoir. Sheri just wants to do her job and avoid revisiting her tragic past. But after a brutal murder and more attacks, she resolves to stay. She then finds herself in the arms of a determined and tempting blue-eyed detective. And in the crosshairs of a killer. As Detective Justin Wylde investigates the murders, he encounters more suspects with secrets than boulders on the rockbound coast. The puzzling case endangers Sheri's life, but also keeps Justin from protecting this beautiful woman whose caring heart and sexy laugh make him long for more than a fling. Passion and trust grow between Sheri and Justin, but when her secret is revealed, he must face hard truths in his own past. Can he solve the case before the killer carries out a special plan for Sheri?