Bikini Story

Author : Patrik Alac
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 178310726X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikini Story written by Patrik Alac and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Réard dared to ‘undress’ women’s bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed - albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress, all of whom were featured in bikinis that accentuated their own curvaceous contours. More than a bathing costume, the bikini made its own contribution during the 1970s to the sexual revolution and to the changing relationship between men and women in general. This book investigates the history of the bikini and its effect on the evolution in the perception of women in society, as women regained responsibility for the way they look and laid claim once more to full sexual equality. A collection of images throughout this book illustrates this progression step-by-step over a period of more than 50 years.

Author : Patrik Alac
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 1780429517
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikini Story written by Patrik Alac and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Réard dared to ‘undress’ women’s bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed - albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress, all of whom were featured in bikinis that accentuated their own curvaceous contours. More than a bathing costume, the bikini made its own contribution during the 1970s to the sexual revolution and to the changing relationship between men and women in general. This book investigates the history of the bikini and its effect on the evolution in the perception of women in society, as women regained responsibility for the way they look and laid claim once more to full sexual equality. A collection of images throughout this book illustrates this progression step-by-step over a period of more than 50 years.

Author : Sheila Roberts
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9781429993760
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikini Season written by Sheila Roberts and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erin Merritt has returned to her scenic hometown of Heart Lake to plan her wedding, but when she repeatedly runs into her childhood crush, she wonders if she's engaged to the wrong man. To make matters worse, all the stress is making her eat, and now she can't fit into her wedding dress. Erin enlists the help of her cooking club--Angela, Megan and Kizzy--and the Teeny Bikini Diet Club is born. The women make a pact to get slim enough to wear their bikinis to the lake by summertime, a pact that changes their lives forever. With a little help from her friends, Angela faces her fear that her marriage is crumbling. Megan confronts the self-esteem issues that have always held her back. Kizzy deals with her husband's efforts to sabotage her diet and keep her overweight. And Erin learns some important truths about love. Pull up your favorite beach chair and savor this funny, inspiring story about being true to yourself and following your heart, and the women who enrich our lives.

Author : Kirsty Gunn
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571339352
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caroline's Bikini written by Kirsty Gunn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Alright' I said, 'I'll try...' This is how Emily Stuart opens her intricate tale of a classic love affair that becomes Caroline's Bikini: a swirling cocktail of infatuation, obsession, and imagination.The moment that Emily's friend Evan Gordonstone - a successful middle-aged financier - meets Caroline Beresford - a glamorous former horsewoman, and now housewife, hostess, and landlady - there is a 'PING!' At least, that's how Evan describes it to Emily when he persuades her to record his story: the story of falling into unrequited love, which is as old as Western literature itself. Thus begins a hypnotic series of conversations set against the beguiling backdrop of West London's bars, fuelled in intensity by endless G&Ts and Q&As. From the depths of mid-winter to July's hot swelter, Emily's narration of Evan's passion for Caroline will take him to the brink of his own destruction.Written in a voice so playful, so charismatic, and so thoughtfully aware of the responsibilities of fiction it can only be by Kirsty Gunn, Caroline's Bikini is a swooning portrait of courtly love - in a modern world not celebrated for its restraint and abstraction. Ready. Steady. Go!

Author : Patrick Alac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781597640060
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bikini written by Patrick Alac and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Reart borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking with decades of boring conformity, Reart dared to 'undress' women's bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed--albeit in tiny wisps of material. As the title suggests, this book on cultural history will not only tell you about the change in the perception of women by society, but also bikini's contribution to sexual revolution.

Author : Connie Goldsmith
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1467725455
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bombs over Bikini written by Connie Goldsmith and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946, as part of the Cold War arms race, the US military launched a program to test nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific Ocean. From 1946 until 1958, the military detonated sixty-seven nuclear bombs over the region's Bikini and Enewetak Atolls. The twelfth bomb, called Bravo, became the world's first nuclear disaster. It sent a toxic cloud of radiation over Rongelap Atoll and other nearby inhabited islands. The testing was intended to advance scientific knowledge about nuclear bombs and radiation, but it had much more far-reaching effects. Some of the islanders suffered burns, cancers, birth defects, and other medical tragedies as a result of radiation poisoning. Many of the Marshallese were resettled on other Pacific islands or in the United States. They and their descendants cannot yet return to Bikini, which remains contaminated by radiation. And while the United States claims it is now safe to resettle Rongelap, only a few construction workers live there on a temporary basis. For Bombs over Bikini, author Connie Goldsmith researched government documents, military film footage, and other primary source documents to tell the story of the world's first nuclear disaster. You'll meet the people who planned the test operations, the Marshall Islanders who lost their homes and suffered from radiation illnesses, and those who have worked to hold the US government accountable for catastrophically poor planning. Was the new knowledge about nuclear bombs and radiation worth the cost in human suffering? You decide.

Author : Various
Publisher : Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
ISBN 13 : 9781416999317
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Bikini Bottom Stories Ever! written by Various and published by Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four popular SpongeBob stories are included in this collection of beginning readers.

Author : Melissa Wygand
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1984894099
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sponge at Heart: How to Live a Bikini Bottom Life (SpongeBob SquarePants) written by Melissa Wygand and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants! Are you feeling in over your head or all washed up? SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends from Bikini Bottom will have you looking on the the bright side again with their thoughts on friendship, fun, business, bubble blowing, and much, much more. Filled with quotes and advice from Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, this full-color gift book is sure to thrill fans of all ages.

Author : K'Anne Meinel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781986844802
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikini's Are Dangerous written by K'Anne Meinel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1: This is what happens when I wear a bikini for the first time. A short erotic story that tells a tale for those who understand that BIKINIS ARE DANGEROUS. Book 2: Once again we prove that Bikini's can't be trusted, that these itty bitty scraps of material, are DANGEROUS! Book 3: Proving that Bikini's are more than just for swimming. Bikini's are multi-functional. I use mine in a way that neither my girlfriend nor I had anticipated. Book 4: Rio de Janeiro is well known as the world's premiere beach destination. They are also well known for their nude or "clothing optional" beaches. Will I wear my bikini or not? BIKINIS ARE DANGEROUS! Book 5: When you are insecure about your body, being around fit and trim, bikini-clad women can be inhibiting and distracting. But as I work on my body, my attraction to your bikini-clad body boosts my confidence and helps me achieve the results I desire. Finally admitting our mutual attraction will lead to a situation that proves BIKINIS ARE DANGEROUS!

Author : Theodore Taylor
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152061654
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bomb written by Theodore Taylor and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, when the Americans liberate the Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, 14-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that the next year he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat, in this long-out-of-print novel by the acclaimed author of "The Cay."