Sophi Miller has loved fashionable shoes ever since she was a little girl playing in her mother’s closet. So it’s really no surprise to anyone when Sophi shows early promise of becoming a shoe designer. Success seems inevitable, her dreams well within reach, until tragic loss throws Sophi’s aspirations way off course. Sophi inevitably regains her “passion for fashion” in The City of Light where she finds herself changing her image...and her name. In grand Paris, Sophi finds the offerings of a new life and love when she meets a rough-hewn Frenchman whose free-flowing good looks leave her charmed from the moment he says bonjour. Sophi Arriver—her sexier, more sophisticated alter-ego—seems ready to take on the world. But first...she must decide whether or not to take a chance on love.

Celebrating Shoe Lovers everywhere! No matter how bad your day is going, none of it seems to matter if you’re wearing the perfect shoes. Do You Speak Shoe Lover? will not only make Shoe Lovers feel better about loving shoes, but it also reveals the business principles of leading shoe retailer, DSW. It explains how DSW strives everyday to be America’s Favorite Place for Shoes—as well as America’s Favorite Place to Work. Each and every DSW Shoe Lover lives the values—for the benefit of their customers as well as for each other. It also shares stories from DSW’s customers and employees about how the right shoes made the difference at important moments in their lives, along with shoe fashion tips and career and business advice, based on DSW’s core values. Filled with photos—it’s perfect as a gift Explains DSW’s core values: 1) Passion, 2) Accountability, 3) Collaboration and 4) Humility, which run through its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, into each of its 350+ retail locations, and to its more than 20 million Rewards members and 1.5 million fans on Facebook Coauthor Kelly Cook is Senior Vice President Marketing at DSW and the queen of shoe love Explore the emotional relationship women have with shoes with insights from the retailer that knows shoe buyers best.

This is the first academic study of sneakers and the subculture that surrounds them. Since the 1980s, American sneaker enthusiasts, popularly known as “sneakerheads” or “sneakerholics”, have created a distinctive identity for themselves, while sneaker manufacturers such as Reebok, Puma and Nike have become global fashion brands. How have sneakers come to gain this status and what makes them fashionable? In what ways are sneaker subcultures bound up with gender identity and why are sneakerholics mostly young men? Based on the author's own ethnographic fieldwork in New York, where sneaker subculture is said to have originated, this unique study traces the transformation of sneakers from sportswear to fashion symbol. Sneakers explores the obsessions and idiosyncrasies surrounding the sneaker phenomenon, from competitive subcultures to sneaker painting and artwork. It is a valuable contribution to the growing study of footwear in fashion studies and will appeal to students of fashion theory, gender studies, sociology, and popular culture.

There are aliens among us. Really. We're not talking about Yoda or E.T. or even My Favorite Martian. We're talking about the extraterrestrials that live in our very homes. They may appear vaguely humanoid, but they have their own language, culture, rituals, eating habits. They are a distinct and separate race whose ways are not ours. We're talking, of course, about "Tweens." Lovin' the Alien is a humorous look at life with a tween. How does a self-described "middle-aged mom" cope with the ups and downs of parenting an adolescent girl in the digital age? With a little white wine, a lot of technology, and an unfailing sense of humor. Based on the wildly popular blog, "Lovin' the Alien," this book is the perfect gift for parents of tweenagers. Or the perfect treat if you find yourself in that particular ... um ... otherworldly situation.

Now in its fifth edition, this comprehensive and highly illustrated edition of Sneakers spans over 300 shoes, while also giving advice on shoe care and maintenance.

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"I LOVED THIS BOOK! ...smart, sensitive and incredibly satisfying." —Elin Hilderbrand "Jane L. Rosen has a forever fan in me."—Emily Henry A young woman has one month and a closetful of shoes to discover the future she thought she'd lost in this captivating new novel from the author of Eliza Starts a Rumor and Nine Women, One Dress. Esme Nash is eager to leave her small town and begin her carefully planned post-grad life: a move to New York City, an apartment with her loving college boyfriend, and a fancy job at an art gallery. But when tragedy strikes, instead of heading to Manhattan, she returns home to care for her ailing father, leaving every bit of her dream behind. Seven trying years later, Esme is offered a dog-sitting job in Greenwich Village by a mysterious stranger, giving her access to all of her long-buried hopes and dreams—as well as to an epic collection of designer shoes. Esme jumps at a second chance to step into the future she's sure was meant to be hers. As she retraces her steps, one pair of borrowed shoes at a time, making new friends and reconnecting with her old love, Esme tries on versions of herself she didn’t know existed. But the hazy August days and warm summer nights pass too quickly, and Esme must decide how much of the life she imagined still fits, and what—and who—is on the road ahead of her.

Praise for the work of Peter Larson "Larson presents a wealth of balanced info on the raging debate over proper running form and minimalist running shoes." —Erin Beresini, Outside Online “Peter Larson is both a scientist and a realist when it comes to running shoes, and that's a good combination.” —Amby Burfoot, Peak Performance Blog, Runner's World Humans evolved over the millennia to become one of the most exceptional distance-running species on Earth. So why are injuries so common? Are our shoes to blame, or is it a question of running form, training, or poor diet? In this groundbreaking book, Peter Larson and Bill Katovsky explore the reasons why runners experience injuries and offer potential solutions to the current epidemic of running-related injuries. Their findings, gleaned from research studies and conversations with leading footwear scientists, biomechanical experts, coaches, podiatrists, physical therapists, and competitive runners, are informative and enlightening. Topics include: How modern runners differ from their ancestors Why repetitive stress causes most injuries, and how runners can safely reduce their occurrence The pros and cons of barefoot running Why it’s time to move beyond the pronation-control paradigm with running shoes How certain running-form flaws might increase injury risk How footwear has evolved over the past 10,000 years The recreational runner Why running shoes are not inherently evil Tread Lightly is a highly readable, multifaceted investigation of running—past and present, with a hopeful look to the future.

This book, written in an accessible style and illustrated with drawings by the author and numerous photographs, uses semiotics, psychoanalytic theory, and other cultural studies disciplines to analyze pop culture and everyday life in America. Each chapter contains numerous quotations of interest from writers and thinkers of all kinds, giving the book a documentary quality. Among the topics discussed are the social, psychological, and cultural significance of blue jeans, women’s handbags, hairstyles, hip hop fashion, nudism, wrestling, Donald Duck, and many other aspects of popular culture and everyday life in America. The book will be of use as a secondary text for courses in pop culture, cultural studies, fashion studies, American culture and society, material culture, and, since it is written in a lively and entertaining style, for the general reader.

Perspectives on Everyday Life: A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis makes the argument for studying everyday life through a combination of introductory theoretical approaches and a grouping of applications to specific aspects of American culture. The first part of the book addresses the idea of everyday life as considered by distinguished thinkers who have written books about everyday life, such as Sigmund Freud, Fernand Braudel, Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, and others. The second part of the book uses theories dealt with in the first part of the book to explore objects—such as suitcases, alarm clocks, milk, pacifiers, pressure cookers, smart speakers, and super-glue—and their part in the various rituals of everyday life in America, revealing their hidden meanings.