Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today.
Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now.
Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of...
Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today.
Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today.
Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now.
Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of...
Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today.
A complete and emotional romance, brought to you by bestselling author Vanessa Brown. Vanessa is a promising young journalist with a bright career ahead of her. Her latest work? An in-depth piece on one of the greatest young authors in the world: Marie Wexler. Then, Marie dies unexpectedly. Vanessa feels like she's lost a friend when she hears the news. Marie's husband Robert feels the same way times 100, and some time after her death he's still recovering from his loss. So in a desperate attempt to lay things to rest, he decides to have someone write a biography of his passed wife. And when...
A complete and emotional romance, brought to you by bestselling author Vanessa Brown. Vanessa is a promising young journalist with a bright career ahe...
An attention starving Stephanie Ryan is a woman who must put her ex-lover and his antics behind her. Comforting herself through eating, she finds a lover who strongly resembles her favorite treat white chocolate.
An attention starving Stephanie Ryan is a woman who must put her ex-lover and his antics behind her. Comforting herself through eating, she finds a lo...
A complete and loving romance, brought to you by Vanessa Brown. Marco was her childhood sweetheart. That guy that showed her what love was, and the one she though she'd spend the rest of her life with. That was, until he left her to go and live in Italy. Now years after the sudden and unexpected leaving of her first love, Janet is a successful buyer and is doing well for her self. Nothing can knock her off her game, or at least, nothing could until he returned Now a successful billionaire and head of a company in business talks with her own, she's forcefully and painfully brought face to...
A complete and loving romance, brought to you by Vanessa Brown. Marco was her childhood sweetheart. That guy that showed her what love was, and the on...
A complete story, brought to you by bestselling author Vanessa Brown. Billionaire Janet is an app whiz, and has created multiple apps worth millions of dollars. Unfortunately, Janet is feeling a bit burned out, so travels to a secluded island for some downtime. While there, she's inspired to create a new international dating app for those wanting to meet people without revealing big details, such as occupation or social status. But when the app doesn't take off as expected, her team devise a marketing scheme that involves Janet pretending to find someone on her app, and getting together with...
A complete story, brought to you by bestselling author Vanessa Brown. Billionaire Janet is an app whiz, and has created multiple apps worth millions o...
Bonus: Includes a free 111 page copy of the previously released story 'Basic Obsession', details below. When Britta meets the handsome young billionaire Jonas Helm, she falls head over heels. Unfortunately, it turns out that Jonas' father Michael is the person who has been continually trying to buy out her own father's business, so she knows she shouldn't get involved with him. Eventually though, Britta's heart wins out and she and Jonas start a romantic relationship, quickly getting serious. But when Britta finds out she's pregnant, will she be able to tell Jonas about it? Or is their...
Bonus: Includes a free 111 page copy of the previously released story 'Basic Obsession', details below. When Britta meets the handsome young billionai...
A complete love story, brought to you by bestselling author Vanessa Brown. Despite Vera's full time schedule of long working hours and taking care of her mum, she knows she needs to invest in her love life. And while signing up to an online dating service wasn't her preferred way of meeting men, it's all she had time for. That said, it's a decisions that may just have paid off Soon she's matched with Archer, a handsome bachelor she just happens to have briefly met before. But what Vera doesn't know is Archer's a billionaire. And he's desperately looking for a girl to love who is interested...
A complete love story, brought to you by bestselling author Vanessa Brown. Despite Vera's full time schedule of long working hours and taking care of ...
