The Prime Book

 

The Prime Book

This year French fashion house Celine set the Internet abuzz with the release of its spring 2015 print campaign.  The ads quickly went viral, blazing a path across Instagram, Twitter and the blogosphere before hitting The New Your Times, Forbes and The Atlantic.  At the center of all the attention was the face of the campaign: 80-year-old author Joan Didion.

Two days later, French luxury label Saint Laurent debuted another eye-catching ad featuring 71-year-old Joni Mitchell.  Not to be outdone, Kate Spade and jewelry designer Alexis Bitter rolled out campaigns featuring 93-year-old style legend Iris Apfel.  A short time later, L'Oreal announced that it had signed 65-year-old '60's icon Twiggy as its latest brand ambassador, going 69-year-old Helen Mirren.  

These are only the latest members of a sorority of senior being tapped by major brands with earlier trailblazers including Jessica Lange, 65 for Marc Jacobs Beauty: Charlotte Ramping 69, for Nars: Catherine Deneuve, 71 for Louis Vuitton: and Anjelica Huston, 63 for Gap.   The trend has led many to wonder whether the notoriously youth-obsessed world of fashion and beauty is finally accepting-even embracing- women of a certain age.

Four years in the making the Prime Book is available for purchase at theprimeboo.org 

The Prime book is a collection of over 80 stunning black and while portraits and essays that are a true celebration of women.  Each Woman, ranging in age from 35 to 104 was photographed without makeup and reproduced with no retouching or Photoshop alteration.  The book is a self-described labor of love for photographer for publications including The New York Times, Forbes, Esquire, Newsweek and Architectural Digest.  With a foreword by the American scholar and New York Times best selling author Brene Brown and an introduction by the founder of Philosophy Beauty, Christina Carlino, Prime includes over 84 never before published essays written by the subjects.  

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 It’s been a bit of a tightrope walk raising two girls these last 23 years. Like many parents, I am particularly sensitive to the pressure my girls are subjected to in the media. Every day, young girls are exposed to images of women “perfected” with the help of technology. Advances in Photoshop regularly facilitate the elongation and general distortion of what is natural. This unrealistic form is consistently represented across almost all of media, with blemish-free, wrinkle-free, and even pore-free skin. It’s hard enough for growing girls to maintain a positive self-image without narrowing the scope of socially acceptable “beauty”. through manipulation.. The National Center for Biotechnology information concluded 50% of girls and young women are unhappy with the way they look. For years I photographed celebrities for magazine covers and features as well as movie posters and ads only to see the finished product highly altered from the original image.

  I realize through my photography assignments how far from reality the representation of today's female status symbols has become. This was the impetus behind a change I gradually made in my technique. I began to simplify the way I chose to light and compose my portrait work. Ultimately it was an early -2000 Harper's Bazaar feature of supermodels without make up that inspired my idea to create the prime book. I wanted to depict women in a positive authentic way. I chose to shoot in black and white in a fairly tight composition without any makeup, jewelry or retouching. I wouldn’t say I had to pry the mascara from their clenched fingers but it was not always easy. Over the next 4 years I photographed over 120 women from around the country from the age of 35 to 104. Each woman was asked to write an essay about what they thought it was to be in their prime. What followed was an facinating collection of stories celebrating personal milestones and professional achievements. The women’s essays are filled with the challenges life has thrown them and the choices they have made. All of the women who’ve participated in the book seemed to share an independent spirit that inspired their rejection of conventional definitions of womanhood while challenging accepted notions about aging. My hope was that readers would see the names, look into the faces, and hear in their own words details of the journey that has shaped these extraordinary women.

  

TEEN LIFE SKILLS 101

Teen life skills 101 is a guide that gives teens and young adults the tools and principles needed to become responsible adults. Dennis Claytons methods will insure any parent that their teen will make less mistakes and overcome life obstacles easier. Every parent wants their teen to be well rounded individuals, and with his strategies a teen has better chance to make sound decisions personally and financially.

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Future Millionaire: Daily Motivational Book

The instruction for this book " Future Millionaire Daily Motivational" is very simple…Read one page daily and take from it what you need to help you note your “Daily Goals” and get through your day. After completing the book, I’m hoping you will be inspired to use this book as a measuring stick so you can see how far you have progressed in a very short time.

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Fish Potatoes?

 

Fish Potatoes?

Lilly, a little girl with a head full of curls and a heart of gold, loves to laugh, play, and spend time with her family and friends. But one thing she absolutely, positively doesn’t like is fish.

No matter how hard her parents try, they can’t convince her to even take a bite.

When Aunt Karie gets word of this, she comes up with a creative solution to encourage Lilly to try.

Follow this fun journey as a loving aunt lends a hand to help her niece try something new in the most wonderful and creative way!

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A Little Workbook for a Big Genius

 

A Little Workbook For A Big Genius: 

Fun and Exciting Children's Activity Book – Engaging and Intelligence-Improving Exercises and Activities for Children Ages 6-10

Discover a Perfect Children's Activity Book Filled With Unique and Fun Content Designed to Boost Your Child's Memory and Intelligence!

It is widely known that the best way of learning new things is through fun and engaging activities, and that's precisely what this children's activity book offers.

With A Little Workbook for a Big Genius: Fun and Exciting Children's Activity Book, your child will get loads of engaging and unique content and brain workouts designed to improve their skills, memory, intelligence, and much more.

From word searches, crosswords with clues, sudoku, math games, logic puzzles, geography games, and map activities, to word scramble, human body functions, riddles, jokes, coloring with math, and much more – this children's activity book will help you to turn your smart kid into even smarter one.

Here is what this activity book for kids can offer you:

Awesome challenges for brain power

Funny jokes and brain-busting riddles for curiosity

Word searches and crosswords for resourcefulness

Sudoku, wacky logic puzzles, and math games for intelligence

And much more!

This unique collection of engaging and fun activities will help with improving your child's focus and logic. It will feed their curiosity and develop their interest in various subjects.

Most importantly, it will provide them with endless hours of fun and excitement – no better way to give your child a great head start in life.

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Coloring Animation Characters:

The Adventures of Poyi and Ubo

Coloring Animation Characters “Workbook” volume one based on the Adventures of Poyi and Ubo, a collection of the art from the animation films released here for the first time! Watch the Adventures of Poyi and Ubo online, animation films all in one place, information available inside the book, a new episode every week!Easy and fun way to Learn the letters and words in English and Spanish following Poyi and Ubo across the world. What you will find inside the book:• Contains 142 individual designs.• Designs are a combination of single sided and two page spreads detailed backgrounds.• Age appropriate elementary age kids and older and animation collectors.• Follow the Adventures of Poyi and Ubo and tropical forest friends in this very first activity and coloring book.

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The STOP: 

Improving Police and Community Relations

REAL LIFE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE POLICE AND 

COMMUNITY RELATIONS

“Dear Dwayne, “Thank you for writing. There are too many places in America where communities of color feel unfairly targeted by police and where police departments feel unfairly attacked for doing their jobs…I recognize these fears and frustrations are deeply felt—they are rooted in realities that have existed for a long time. But I’ve witnessed our Nation make tremendous progress in my own life, and I still believe we are not as divided as we may seem.” – President Barack Obama

The current climate of police and community relations is very tense. From George Floyd and Breonna Taylor to Ahmaud Arbery and Elijah McClain, seemingly every week, the media captures another story of a police officer’s use of deadly excessive or unreasonable force. Police officers have also been the target of random attacks and shootings, which has further reinforced the level of distrust between the police and communities. 

Whether it is police against community or community against police, this chaotic relationship will prove detrimental to our communities if we continue in this manner. 

“I sincerely believe our communities and police need each other,” says Dwayne Bryant. “However, if we don’t make a mutual commitment to foster honest and open dialogue and improve our efforts to bridge the gap to create a positive relationship, I am concerned that our society is headed in an irreversible direction.”

Bryant, a renowned motivational speaker, who has spent the last two decades educating over 30,000 students, parent and teachers on police and community relations, is the author of The STOP: Improving Police and Community Relations, which supports the values of mutual respect, shared responsibility and personal accountability, ensuring institutions that create, apply and enforce the law – from congress to the courtroom to the police – are an integral part of building a sustainable relationship with community and authority.

With a letter to Bryant from President Barack Obama and forewords by Lee Brown, PhD, former Police Chief and Mayor of Houston, TX and former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and David R. Bursten, Captain, Chief Public Information Officer, Indiana State Police, The STOP aims to inspire and empower individuals to look beyond initial thoughts of fear with police encounters and discover strength in resolving strained situations.

Bryant, an Alumni of the FBI Citizen’s Academy and Community Advisor for COPA (Civilian Office of Police Accountability), shares seven real-life personal encounters with law enforcement from his childhood into adulthood. With compelling narratives, research and humor, The STOP will:

• Teach youth how to interact with police in a respectful manner
• Encourage thought-provoking conversations and intelligent action between families, communities and law enforcement
• Provide framework for parents, teachers and community leaders to engage in meaningful dialogue with youth about their expectations in life
• Offer practical solutions to bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement, creating a positive relationship

 

“Before you change your world, you must change your vision,” continues Bryant. “I named this book The STOP for two reasons: first, because I want to encourage everyone to stop and think in any situation, confrontational or not. A positive outcome goes a long way for our community and nation; and second, The STOP is about more than just a police stop. It stands for Support the Teaching Of Principles.”

DWAYNE BRYANT is an internationally renowned speaker, best-selling author, educational consultant, trainer and Alumni of the FBI Citizen’s Academy. Known for his high-energy, unique ability to connect to an audience, keen intellect and wit, Bryant fuels audiences by sharing his credo of hard work, perseverance, integrity, and applied faith, which are the keys to his success. 

He is the Founder and CEO of Inner Vision International, Inc., which provides various education institutions with results oriented social emotional mentoring services, including eLearning with DB. He is sought after by corporations, nonprofits and academic institutions for his proven ability to offer step-by-step resources to audiences on how to unlock their unlimited power.

Bryant has been a three-time guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, correspondent for Next TV, host the Unity breakfast for The Obama Presidential Library and has been featured on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and PBS networks for his impactful work throughout various communities. 

He received a proclamation from the Pennsylvania State Legislatures for his book, The STOP: Improving Police and Community Relations. Recognizing his work for creating solutions to improve police and community relations, Bryant received EBONY Magazine’s EBONY Power 100’s “Community Crusader” Award. 

For more information, please visit, www.DwayneBryant.com and connect with Dwayne on Facebook @dwayne.bryant.39, Twitter @iamdwaynebryant, and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwayne-bryant-9484083b/

THE STOP: Improving Police and Community Relations is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

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Student of Life Master of Life

 

Student of Life Master of Self

A broaden perspective on life's most essential elements: Love, Perception, and Oneness. A light work to bring awareness of one's soul through experiences in life.

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