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"Sadie Montogmery has had good breaks and bad breaks in her life, but as a struggling artist, all she needs is one lucky break. Things seem to be going her way when she lands one of the coveted finalist spots in a portrait competition. It happens to coincide with a surgery she needs to have. Minor, they say. Less than a week in the hospital, they say. Nothing about you will change, they say. Upon recovery, it begins to dawn on Sadie that she can see...
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Why fear the things that go bump in the night when you can become one?
World-renowned special effects artists Brian and Nick Wolfe will teach you how to transform everyday faces into an army of ghastly personas—from raging fire demons and disfigured zombies, to blood-spattered vampires and otherworldly aliens—with simple face-painting techniques. Learn the secrets to creating believable, creepy costume makeup with readily...
World-renowned special effects artists Brian and Nick Wolfe will teach you how to transform everyday faces into an army of ghastly personas—from raging fire demons and disfigured zombies, to blood-spattered vampires and otherworldly aliens—with simple face-painting techniques. Learn the secrets to creating believable, creepy costume makeup with readily...
4) Funny faces
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In this bold book for babies, toddlers celebrate funny faces from "happy" and"sad" to "silly" and "sleepy." Full color.
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Most of us have trouble remembering names, but what if you can't even remember a face? This video clip explores the social nightmare facing people with a condition known as prosopagnosia, or "face blindness." New research has reveals that the condition is hereditary and far more common than previously believed. It turns out that one in 50 children may have hitherto unrecognized problems with face blindness. The clip gives valuable details about how...
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This Science Screen Report describes the anatomy and functions of facial features, and the evolutionary development of the human face. It explains how the mouth and nose work together to identify food, the process of chewing and swallowing, and the varying functions of the taste buds, saliva, teeth, tongue, and jaws. Combining principles in anatomy, anthropology, psychology, and zoology, the program also details how muscles in the face convey expressions...
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Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him....
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Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective...
9) Bone Gap
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Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.
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"Jane Ellison is a "super recognizer" able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details. When she spies human rights activist and heiress Bella Valencia in a crowded Boston airport, Jane's convinced she's found the person responsible for her sister Kit's disappearance. Jane is ready to risk everything for the chance to publicly expose Bella's crimes at her upcoming celebrity wedding, but the more she digs into what happened that night, the...
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An unusual and uncommonly moving family memoir, with a twist that give new meaning to hindsight, insight, and forgiveness. The author is face blind--that is, she has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people's faces. Growing up, unaware of the reason for her perpetual confusion and anxiety, she took what cues she could from speech, hairstyle, and gait. But she sometimes kissed a stranger, thinking...
13) Faces
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Whether you've got a baby face or a poker face, your identity is deeply rooted in your own unique face. With the many muscles in your face, you can express a near infinite number of emotions and feelings, but your brain is also highly adept at recognizing what other peoples' faces are saying. In this episode, we will show you that there's more to a face than meets the eye. Discover the most important feature of your face, how staring can make you...
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Makeup artist Annamarie Tendler's Daily Face feature on her hugely popular Tumblr blog has inspired hundreds of thousands of followers. Now in her first book, she takes readers around the clock with 25 easy-to-achieve looks for everything from an afternoon first date to a retro-glam cocktail party or a sultry smoky-eyed late night. She even throws in some head-turning costume ideas. It's all about personal expression. Step-by-step photos make it easy...
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Development of the face over the first trimester is a fascinating process in which some dramatic changes take place in a short time. During month 1, when the fetus is still an embryo, its face starts as a series of paired tissue mounds called branchial arches. The embryo's face forms from the first branchial arch along with the area above it. The forehead, nose, cheekbones, and mouth form from the area above the first branchial arch. Lower areas will...
16) Face
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"In Joma West's Face, Margaret Atwood meets Kazuo Ishiguro in this sci-fi domestic drama that reimagines race and class in a genetically engineered society fed by performative fame. How much is your Face worth? Schuyler and Madeleine Burroughs have the perfect Face--rich and powerful enough to assure their dominance in society. But in SchAddie's household, cracks are beginning to appear. Schuyler is bored and taking risks. Maddie is becoming brittle,...
18) Ugly
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"Robert Hoge was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs, but he refused to let what made him different stand in the way of leading a happy, successful life. This is the true story of how he embraced his circumstances and never let his 'ugly' stop him from focusing on what truly mattered"--Provided by publisher.
19) Face Recognition
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Most of us are able to identify people we've met before and to pick out friends from among a group of strangers simply by scanning their faces. What cognitive processes allow us to do this? What goes on in the brain when we struggle to match a name to a face? And why are some people unable to remember the faces of individuals at all? This program explores facial perception and prosopagnosia, a condition in which the ability to recognize what should...