After a boy at school takes his own life, teen-witch Skim's fragile world seems to topple & turn upside down too. In honest diary entries, Skim confides the frenzy of grief that surrounds her, while deep down she struggles with her own loneliness & the secret inner stirrings she feels when falling in love for the first time. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Focuses on the biochemical & clinical differences between Caucasian & other skin types. This book provides readers with the tools necessary to further research, develop, market, & sell novel products. It also provides a philosophical perspective on the growth of the anti-aging market. ...

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. ...