Aesthetics

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Pinkwashing

Pinkwashing

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

A closer look at pink-ribbon products and what the leading cosmetics companies don’t tell you about breast cancer prevention. 15 $1.50 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

The cosmetics industry is in desperate need of a makeover. It is the unregulated, poorly studied chemical industry in a bottle. Toxic chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and learning … 4 $0.40 Add
Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics

Roman Ingarden’s Ontology and Aesthetics

A leading Polish philosopher of the 20th century, Roman Ingarden is principally renowned in Western culture for his work in aesthetics and the theory of literature. Jeff Mitscherling … 246 View
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Romantic Winter: The Season Sight

Romantic Winter: The Season Sight

From: Winter

In this chapter, Gopnik traces how humanity’s relationship with winter evolved from classical mythology through to the modern era, highlighting figures like William Cowper, Caspar David … 50 $5.00 Add
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Skin Deeper

Skin Deeper

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

How safe are your products? The Environmental Working Group builds the first-ever database of toxic ingredients in personal care products. 17 $1.70 Add
The City of Words

The City of Words

In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. … 178 View
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The Face of the Future

The Face of the Future

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

Green chemistry, green politics and other hopeful solutions for a healthier tomorrow. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Literary Work of Art

The Literary Work of Art

From: Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics

Ingarden recognized that his treatment of the literary work of art offered only a first step in his preparatory analysis, and immediately upon completing The Literary Work of Art he undertook … 40 $4.40 Add
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Tricks of the Trade

Tricks of the Trade

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

The beauty industry gears up for a backlash. 10 $1.00 Add
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Unmasked

Unmasked

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

Peek behind the scenes of Big Beauty, as the author goes undercover to the largest cosmetics industry conference of the year. 14 $1.40 Add
Winter

Winter

Five Windows on the Season

The 2011 CBC Massey Lectures celebrates fifty years with bestselling author, essayist, cultural observer, and famed New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik, whose subject is winter — the season, … 290 View