Looks at skin's structure & functions & then delves into such topics as the importance of touch & how the skin reflects & affects emotions. This book examines the human obsession with age-related changes in skin, especially wrinkles. It places skin within its biological context. ...

When the decomposed body of a young woman is found near railway tracks just outside Bristol one morning, all indications are that she's committed suicide. That's how the police want it too; all neatly squared & tidied away. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He is on the trail of someone predatory. ...

Anthony Fabian directs this drama based on the true story of Sandra Laing (Sophie Okonedo/ Ella Ramangwane), a black girl born to two white Afrikaaner parents (Sam Neill & Alice Krige) in South Africa during the apartheid era. A genetic throwback to the mixed blood of previous generations of her family, Sophie's skin colour causes problems for her bigoted father & her all-white school, which expels her despite her family's attempts to have her classified as white. Later in life, Sandra again causes shockwaves when she decides to marry a black man & have herself reclassified as black. ...

Revised & thoroughly updated, this practical guide to photographing people is better than ever! What is the color of skin? You may think you know, until you enter the world of digital photography & try to reproduce what you see. Differences in software, lighting, computer calibration-everything has an impact on color. ...

There are more than a thousand conditions that may affect the skin but some of the most common skin diseases include rashes, bacterial infections, fungal infections, parasitic infections, pigmentation disorders, tumours & cancers & skin diseases that result from trauma. This book gathers the research from around the globe in this field. ...

On a cold January morning, a nightmare awaits in a small Sussex village. A deranged young man goes on the rampage, shooting everyone in his path before taking his own life. It is a senseless, tragic event, but sadly not an unfamiliar one. Only Julia Trent
- believed to be the sole survivor
- knows that there was a second man involved.

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On a cold January morning, a nightmare awaits in a small Sussex village. A deranged young man goes on the rampage, shooting everyone in his path before taking his own life. It is a senseless, tragic event, but sadly not an unfamiliar one. Only Julia Trent
- believed to be the sole survivor
- knows that there was a second man involved.

...