It was as if a beautiful book had been written, but instead of the author finishing his first novel the way he saw fit, someone stood in his way looking exactly like him, and writing something completely off-base, destroying the masterpiece.
"There is nothing more beautiful than the book, the paper, the font, the cloth, " she said at the New York event.
In it, she explained to her readers that Amazon had sent out an email to everyone who had bought the self-published Kindle version of her book, Beautiful Disaster, telling them that there was a problem and that buyers could request a refund and then re-buy the book if they wished.
The book is as beautiful as its recipes, including about 200 photos in its 304 pages, and is a work of art, published by Flammarion and distributed in the US by Rizzoli.
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The book is full of beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and helpful, realistic ideas (plus lots of quotations, which I always love).
And those two things, the title Beautiful Losers from Cohen's book and "reaching for the sky just to surrender, " I can relate to that.
The book is full of beautiful, counter-intuitive, simple, clear nuggets like this, which are guaranteed to make you rethink how you run your business.
But it is the beautiful writing that really carries this book.
And he actually had a book of poems called Beautiful Losers...
She was as beautiful as someone in a foreign movie, a book, or a catalogue of strange, expensive clothes.
Lest you scoff at my predilection for elementary-level reading (the book is rated for ages four to eight), I beg you to look past the pastel illustrations and sing-songy cadence of the writing and see this book for what it is: a beautiful script about parenthood, a poignant parable about life and death, a testimony to when the roles of child and parent become blurry.
In the library, where weekly workshops, book clubs and talks are held, is a selection of beautiful Taschen coffee table books and must-reads including Vogue creative director Grace Coddington's autobiography.
One user posted a typo-ridden email from Amazon customer support that confirms a refund given on a book that user had never bought in response to a query about Beautiful Disaster.
The book, to be sold by Livraria Cultura all over Brazil, is illustrated with beautiful pictures taken by photographer Niven Franci as well as schematic drawings that faithfully register the memory of this piece of Brazilian historical and cultural heritage.
It is worth noting that while the exhibited artworks are often visually beautiful, much of the cultural history they represent is illuminated in even greater detail in the eponymous exhibition book.
What can a consultant with a great new book, or an academic author with a wonderful idea, or a novelist with a heartbreakingly beautiful story do to get in print, and sell a few books?
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Entrepreneurial can-do spirit is a beautiful thing, but when, say, a fancy coffee retailer tells you its unique approach has implications for book publishing, run.
Architect and academic Fritz Haeg, whose work has been exhibited at Tate Modern in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art, has written a book, "Edible Landscapes", in which he calls for our lawns to be replaced by beautiful spreads of fruit and vegetables.
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