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Say good-bye to sore and irritated feet forever with this comprehensive look at foot care. In Natural Foot Care you'll find: * Easy recipes for moisturizing creams, relaxing soaks, and healing ointments * Instructions and herbal remedies for an at-home... (read more)

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Here is a book for the nine out of ten people who will eventually suffer from serious foot ailments. Written by a leading podiatrist, it provides the latest advances in treating and preventing foot problems and injuries--including the newest pain-free... (read more)

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Just in time for barefoot season, "Perfect Feet" is the one book that offers the combined knowledge of a podiatrist and a beauty expert to help everyone achieve gorgeous, healthy, feel-good feet. 80 color photos.... (read more)

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"There is a bit of Imelda Marcos in many women," begins the fascinating, energetic text of Shoes. This chic book taps into the obsession, the fetish, and the fashion of footwear, from the pump to the sneaker, the boot to the stiletto. There are no... (read more)

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Shoes, Shoes, Shoes collects the outrageous and bedazzling images of shoes - from spikes to boots to mules - that are some of Warhol's icon images. Accompanied throughout by witty Warhol quotations, such as "I decided that being a shoe salesman is a... (read more)

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OBSESSED. Vivier, Blahnik and Westwood. Two-foot-high wooden chopines of the 15th century and their resurgence as the platform shoes of the '60s and '70s. The paradox of high heels. Uppers of tulle, brocade, rhinestone, glass, fish scales and feathers... (read more)

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An extraordinary exploration of footbinding that encompasses Chinese art and mythology, social and political history, and truly exotic eroticism.... (read more)