Eat, Drink & Remarry

Eat, Drink & Remarry
Author: Margo Howard
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0373893043

"Margo Howard, daughter of advice maven Ann Landers and author of the highly syndicated columns 'Dear Prudence' and 'Dear Margo,' chronicles her winding journey to everlasting love--and the three divorces it took to get there--in this disarmingly candid memoir"--

The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
Author: Amy Hempel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743291638

With her trademark compassion and wit, Hempel takes readers into the marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation in an uneasy America.

Queen Elizabeth II, A Very Peculiar History

Queen Elizabeth II, A Very Peculiar History
Author: David Arscott
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1908759321

EIIR Queen Elizabeth II, 60 Years a Queen, A Very Peculiar History' uniquely explores the life and times of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as we approach her 2012 Diamond Jubilee. The story that unfolds is one of doughty determination - the story of a young monarch who finds herself thrust into a new world of relentless public exposure, whose own family turns out to be as frail as everyone else's, but who somehow, for a full 60 years and counting, manages to steer the institution through the choppy waters intact. David Arscott provides an eccentric account of the trials and tribulations that have beset the Queen's reign, from the glamour of her coronation, through the gloom of her 'annus horribilis' to the impending dawn of her Diamond Jubilee.

Move to Greatness

Move to Greatness
Author: Ginny Whitelaw
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2011-06-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1931930694

Your guide to the patterns of personality As a senior manager at NASA, Dr. Ginny Whitelaw had access to excellent leadership training. But like most leadership training, it taught leaders from the neck up, not deeply enough to develop the whole and balanced leaders so needed in today's complex organizations. She knew there had to be a deeper, more integrated way of developing effective leaders. There is! Move to Greatness reveals that to lead and live wholly, basic energy patterns must be brought into balance. Out of kilter, these four patterns create the ineffective "buts" in leadership style ("great at making numbers, but hell on staff") and personal performance ("successful at work, but has no life"). Success and failure originate in our use (or misuse) of four fundamental patterns in the nervous system that have been studied over decades: * The Driver pushes into every barrier with speed, directness and intensity and puts a focus on priorities, actions and the bottom line. * The Organizer does the right thing with discipline and order and establishes processes, clarifies roles and assigns responsibility. * The Collaborator swings into playful engagement with life and the people in it, and as a leader, the Collaborator is oriented to customers, employees, loyalty and fun. * The Visionary goes with the flow, hangs out in the chaos, and leaps to new possibilities; the Visionary leader thinks outside the box and creates the future. Using these patterns as a map, you will understand people more easily and more deeply, and see how to lead them more effectively. Moreover, you'll learn how to move yourself to your highest potential. Discover your natural preferences and learn how to literally move yourself-and others-to greatness.

Seven Webfoot Way

Seven Webfoot Way
Author: Bob Spohn
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1543432115

An exhilarating experience with six African American teenage girls changed the life of a white guy from Jersey who had grown up with an outhouse until he was eight years old. He left a successful career with a Fortune 500 company to become a dynamic college professor and art collector, eventually living in a charming little house at 7 Webfoot Way on Cape Cod. You will get some inside information about the corporate and academic worlds and witness the ending of a long-term monogamous marriage and the subsequent exciting life as a single person. The expository writing and storytelling is intended to inform and entertain. It is laced with humor, mostly self-deprecating. You might want to use this memoir as a model or template for telling your offspring your life story, just as hes done for his grandson, Aidan.

Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader

Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1626861811

The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print! At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John’s Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers’ Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay, quotes, and a few surprises (such as some of the “creative” methods people have used to pay off their alimony). And yes, Uncle John’s latest masterpiece is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your can! So hang on tight as you read about . . . • Hairy superstitions • Animals who act like people • The Mother of the Father of our Country • Really BIG Things • Eugene Vidocq—the world’s first private eye • Bill Gates and his “Toilet Challenge” • Unclassified: The story of the Freedom of Information Act • How to behave like a gentleman . . . 16th century style • Great Gushers: The world’s most incredible oil strikes • Who’s the Suzette in Crepe Suzette? • Happy Sewerage Day! And much, much more!

Words from the Wise

Words from the Wise
Author: Rosemarie Jarski
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 1247
Release: 2007-11-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 160239136X

This compendium of enlightening phrases from society's best and brightest is as enjoyable as it is...

Buzz Books 2014: Fall/Winter

Buzz Books 2014: Fall/Winter
Author:
Publisher: Publishers Lunch
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0989321347

BEA In A Book More than 30 books for adults only are included in our fifth edition of Buzz Books, as we spin off young adults in a separate volume. We offer all the excitement of Book Expo America by sharing substantial pre-publication excerpts from forthcoming books of note. Now everyone has the same access to the newest voices the publishing industry is broadcasting for the fall/winter season. Highly-anticipated debuts include multi-generational family epic We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas, featured on the Book Expo America “buzz books” editors panel alongside another highly touted debut set for publication in over 30 countries, Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist. We have Nayomi Munaweera’s novel longlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, and Audrey Magee’s The Undertaking, already shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize in Fiction. Well-established authors such as Tana French, Marlon James, John Scalzi and W. Bruce Cameron are represented, and we include excerpts from the last books in two hugely popular series by from Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness. Our largest selection yet of new nonfiction is jammed with celebrities—Alan Cummings, Billy Idol, and Neil Patrick Harris—as well as investment star, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. And there are penetrating real-life stories, from Pulitzer-winning journalist Matt Richtel on the darker side of what our technology is doing to us, and Morten Storm’s personal journey inside al Qaeda and the CIA. In addition to the excerpts, there’s a comprehensive round-up from Publishers Lunch of dozens of noteworthy fall/winter books to add to your must-have list. Start reading some of the best future books right now, and invite your friends and book groups to download their own free copy of the ebook from any major ebookstore or at www.buzz.publishersmarketplace.com. And be sure to look for Buzz Books 2014: Young Adult, also available now (9780989321365), for the best in children’s literature.

Once Upon a Time: Second Chances

Once Upon a Time: Second Chances
Author: Alex McGraw
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2016-11-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1483460479

Once upon a time there was a young couple in love in a small college town in Bay Minette, Alabama. This is the story of that couple who, at the time, were a can't-miss couple. They were Mr. and Mrs. Going-To-Be, but never did. At the end of the school year, they went their different ways. They would not see or hear from one another for forty years. Facebook would be the vehicle on how this reunion would begin. This book is written strictly from the heart. The book was supposed to be an anniversary gift but did not make the deadline of that date. I hope the reader will come to the same conclusion that the author did, and that is that there are some things that are meant to be. This is that story. Yes, this is a simple story of two kids who should have never broken up but did. I know that there are, in many of our lives, a young love that got away. This is my story of that person.

Antonia and Her Daughters

Antonia and Her Daughters
Author: Marlena de Blasi
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1742695256

The next volume of memoir from the author of the international bestseller A Thousand Days in Venice introduces the extraordinary Antonia, imperious matriach of four generations of strong-willed Tuscan women The renovations to 34 via del Duomo now complete, Marlena de Blasi, the bestselling international author and "the woman with the fairy-tale life" needs to find time and space to finish a book. Lured by the offer of a simple stone cottage in the remote, mountainous region of western Tuscany, distant from the distractions of her everyday life with Fernando in Orvieto, she sets off for some much-needed solitude. But her plans to live simply, in peace and quiet, are overturned when she meets the imperious, tempestuous Antonia, the still-stunning, elderly matriarch of a large, complicated family of four generations of beautiful blue-eyed Italian women, all with stories and ideas of their own. Antonia dislikes tourists and outsiders, and so Marlena at first spars and clashes with her before they reach an understanding. Over feasts and family dinners, walking in the dark before sunrise to harvest wild lettuces, preparing meals and exchanging recipes, the two women joust, joke, exchange confidences, and grow closer and closer until finally Antonia reveals the terrible secrets behind the vivid beauty of Il Castelleto. Evocative, powerful, and haunting, this is a compelling insight into Italy's recent past and a revealing glimpse into one extraordinary woman's story and her kitchen.