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  • Alexandra Stoddard's Living Beautiful
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0380709082 (0-380-70908-2)
    Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers

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    In this very charming book, celebrated author Alexandra Stoddard explains how to bring beauty and joy to a life shared with one's spouse or lover, family and friends. She shows readers how simple acts of self-nurturing--meditation, long baths, studying art--can help foster self-esteem and inward good health, qualities which will naturally lead to love and respect for others. [via]

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  • Turnbull, Sarah: Almost French: A New Life in Paris
    Almost French: A New Life in Paris
    by Sarah Turnbull
    ISBN 1863252851 (1-86325-285-1)
    Softcover, Bantam Books

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  • Almost French: Love And A New Life In Paris
    by Sarah Turnbull
    ISBN 1592400825 (1-59240-082-5)
    Softcover, Gotham Books

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    The charming true story of a spirited young woman who finds adventure--and the love of her life--in Paris.

    "This isn't like me. I'm not the sort of girl who crosses continents to meet up with a man she hardly knows. Paris hadn't even been part of my travel plan..."

    A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with culture clashes but rife with deadpan humor. Sarah Turnbull's stint in Paris was only supposed to last a week. Chance had brought Sarah and Frédéric together in Bucharest, and on impulse she decided to take him up on his offer to visit him in the world's most romantic city. Sacrificing Vegemite for vichyssoise, the feisty Sydney journalist does her best to fit in, although her conversation, her laugh, and even her wardrobe advertise her foreigner status.

    But as she navigates the highs and lows of this strange new world, from life in a bustling quatier and surviving Parisian dinner parties to covering the haute couture fashion shows and discovering the hard way the paradoxes of France today, little by little Sarah falls under its spell: maddening, mysterious, and charged with that French specialty-séduction.

    An entertaining tale of being a fish out of water, Almost French is an enthralling read as Sarah Turnbull leads us on a magical tour of this seductive place-and culture-that has captured her heart. [via]

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  • Grahn, Judy: Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds
    Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds
    by Judy Grahn
    ISBN 0807067164 (0-8070-6716-4)
    Hardcover, Beacon Press

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  • Another Mother Tongue : Gay Words, Gay Worlds
    by Judy Rae Grahn, Merriam
    ISBN 0807079111 (0-8070-7911-1)
    Softcover, Beacon Press

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  • Bonechi: Art and History of Florence: Museums, Galleries, Churches, Palaces, Monuments
    Art and History of Florence: Museums, Galleries, Churches, Palaces, Monuments
    by Bonechi
    ISBN 8847609666 (88-476-0966-6)
    Softcover, Cpg Inc

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  • The Art of the Possible
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0380726181 (0-380-72618-1)
    Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers

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    As a speaker, author, and world-famous interior designer, Alexandra Stoddard was the first to show millions of of people how to turn the place they live in into an oasis of tranquility, beauty, and joy.  Beginning with her bestselling Living A Beautiful Life, and followed by other highly successful books, she demonstrates the magic that transforms living space, from cottages to mansions, not into showrooms, but into homes that reflect the comfort and joy of those who live there. Now in    The Art of the Possible she adds wise words to the dream of creating a perfectly beautiful home, reminding all those who seek beauty to overcome the confines of perfectionism in favor of freedom that allows creativity to flourish.

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  • The Art of the Possible: The Path from Perfectionism to Balance and Freedom
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0688143350 (0-688-14335-0)
    Hardcover, Harpercollins

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    As she reflects on the beauty of a balanced life, the author of Making Choices shares her ideas on ways to seek excellence, the importance of cherishing special moments, and how to live with simplicity and grace. 50,000 first printing. Tour. [via]

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom
    by Balthasar Gracian, Willis Barnstone, Joseph Jacobs
    ISBN 1590304020 (1-59030-402-0)
    Softcover, Bantam Books

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    This perennially popular book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one's way in the world. Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit scholar, these teachings are strikingly modern in tone and address universal concerns such as friendship, morality, managing emotions, and effective leadership. The Art of Worldly Wisdom is for anyone seeking to combine ethical behavior with worldly success.

    This edition of The Art of Worldly Wisdom includes an informative introduction by Willis Barnstone, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Barnstone, a noted translator, critic, and poet, explores Gracián's background and places him within his historical and literary context. [via]

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  • The Art Of Worldly Wisdom
    by Joseph Jacobs, Balthasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracian Y Morales, Willis Barnstone
    ISBN 1570627452 (1-57062-745-2)
    Softcover, Random House Inc

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    This perennially popular book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one's way in the world. Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit scholar, these teachings are strikingly modern in tone and address universal concerns such as friendship, morality, managing emotions, and effective leadership. The Art of Worldly Wisdom is for anyone seeking to combine ethical behavior with worldly success.

    This edition of The Art of Worldly Wisdom includes an informative introduction by Willis Barnstone, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Barnstone, a noted translator, critic, and poet, explores Gracián's background and places him within his historical and literary context.

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  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
    by Christopher Maurer, Baltasar Gracian
    ISBN 0385421311 (0-385-42131-1)
    Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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    The remarkable best-seller -- a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest -- as acute as Machiavelli yet as humanistic and scrupulously moral as Marcus Aurelius. [via]

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  • Better Than Beauty: A Guide to Charm
    by Alice Thompson, Helen Valentine, Emery I. Gondor
    ISBN 0811834514 (0-8118-3451-4)
    Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc

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    Chronicle Books resuscitates the long-lost art of charm with this classic compendium of hints, tips, and tricks guaranteed to boost anyones charm quotient. First published in 1938, this delightful handbook is overflowing with timeless advice to guide readers through a maze of social interactions with wit and grace. More than an etiquette or personal grooming book, Better than Beauty tackles complicated social situations with delicacy: How to be kind to atrocious people How to avoid the gossip mill How many drinks is too many drinks How to deflect unwanted advances from married men How much to tip And much, much more With good humor, authors Helen Valentine and Alice Thompson offer straightforward charm counsel, making it a cinch to win the admiration of friends, family, and suitors. Featuring original artwork, Better than Beauty proves that charm never, ever goes out of style. [via]

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  • Moran, Victoria: Creating a Charmed Life: Sensible, Spiritual Secrets Every Busy Woman Should Know
    Creating a Charmed Life: Sensible, Spiritual Secrets Every Busy Woman Should Know
    by Victoria Moran
    ISBN 0062515802 (0-06-251580-2)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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  • Daring to Be Yourself
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0380715783 (0-380-71578-3)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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    Alexandra Stoddard, internationally celebrated interior designer and bestselling author of the groundbreaking Living a Beautiful Life, has guided people from all walks of life in their quest for creating a home of beauty and grace. Now, in Daring to Be Yourself, this world famous decorator helps you reach new plateaus of immagination, creativity, and personal style. Once you have opened the doors to self-expression, you will enter a boundless new world of beauty, harmony, and indivuality in your home and in the way you dress, entertain, and travel that will become uniquely your own. [via]

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  • The Devil Wears Prada
    by Lauren Weisberger
    ISBN 1417663294 (1-4176-6329-4)
    Hardcover, Bt Bound

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    It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"

    This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alix Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle. --Claire Dederer [via]

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  • Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl
    by Debra Ollivier
    ISBN 0312308779 (0-312-30877-9)
    Softcover, St Martins Pr

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    Ever wonder what gives French women that je ne sais quoi?

    At first you might think its the elegant figure, matchless style, and mysterious allure. Then you realize those qualities dont come from just anywhere. They come from generations of women raised to cultivate an extraordinary sense of self. French women know who they are, like who they are, and excel at presenting who they are.

    The rest of us are often susceptible to the next fad, the new thing, the ultimate diet. Were always seeking, instead of realizing that what we already are may be just right. Rarely does an American woman feel as comfortable in her own skin as her French counterpart. And rarely does an American woman have that essentially French ability to say no---to refuse anything that doesnt suit her, whether that thing is a job, a man, or the seasons latest styles.

    Provocative and practical, lively and intelligent, Entre Nous unlocks the mystery of the French girl and the secrets of her self-possession. Why do French women always look inimitably stylish? How do they manage to sit in a café for a three-course lunch and a glass of wine...by themselves? How do they decide when theyre ready to let someone become a part of their very private lives?

    Laced with practical tips, engaging sidebars, and essential observations about French women and their ways, Entre Nous is a delightful book that will help you take the best of all pages from the French girls book---the page that reveals how to really enjoy life.
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  • The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum
    by Kim Izzo, Ceri Marsh
    ISBN 0767910109 (0-7679-1010-9)
    Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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    Good manners will make you fabulous. Good manners will make you sexy. The well-mannered get invited to more dinner parties, see their career aspirations blossom, and have a wider array of friends and eligible suitors. So if you want to become your most fabulous self, read onThe Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum is your ticket to becoming the girl you want to be.

    Authors Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh know first-hand that todays young women require etiquette advice that speaks to their modern sensibilities. Yes, we girls need to know how to write a perfect thank-you note and set a proper tablebut we also need to know how to handle a one-night stand, how to ask for a promotion, what to wear at an art opening, and when a budding romance should move from supper to sex.

    With The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum, Izzo and Marsh have written the etiquette guide for the new millennium and created the ultimate icon of style for the 21st century: The Fabulous Girl. Shes liberated but chic, impeccably mannered but never a snob, confident but compassionate, full of verve instead of vanity. Shes the epitome of Audrey Hepburn-esque style and savoire faire at the workplace, at a dinner party, and even in the bedroom.

    The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum addresses all aspects of urban life, including careers, friendships, families, entertaining, socializing, romance, and sex (these days they dont necessarily go hand in hand!) and provides invaluable advice on how to navigate these tricky waters with unfailing grace. From what to wear at a power lunch to how to behave at a film premier, Izzo and Marsh address topics such as:
    ·Coping with an office backstabber
    ·Taxi and door-holding protocol on dates
    ·How to handle an affair with the boss
    ·Hosting the perfect dinner party
    ·How to handle fair weather friends
    ·Protocol for first-night sex
    ·The 10 things an FG will always have in her handbag
    ·Saving face when a male buddy has become too attached
    Charming, witty and eminently practical, The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum is as essential as the little black dress and a must for every young womans bookshelf. [via]

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  • Fit for Life
    by Harvey Diamond
    ISBN 0446300152 (0-446-30015-2)
    Softcover, Grand Central Pub

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    Good: A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels.Some of our books may have slightly worn corners, and minor creases to the covers. Please note the cover may sometimes be different to the one shown. [via]

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  • Fit for Life
    by Marilyn Diamond, Harvey Diamond
    ISBN 1567315194 (1-56731-519-4)
    Hardcover, Fine Communications

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    "It is not only what you eat that makes the difference, but also of extreme importance is when you eat it and in what combinations," say Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, authors of this classic bestseller. Their program results in eating balanced, nutritious, high-fiber foods, making dieting "unnecessary and as obsolete as sealing wax."

    The Diamonds explain that body functions have a daily cycle: noon to 8 p.m.-- appropriation (eating and digestion); 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.--assimilation (absorption and use); 4 a.m. to noon--elimination (of body wastes and food debris). Fit for Life aims to return you to a lifestyle based on your natural body cycles. That means 70 percent of your diet should be "high-water-content foods"--fruits and vegetables--which facilitate all body functions. Consume nothing but fruit or fruit juice until noon, then eat salad and vegetables with every meal for the rest of the day.

    Two-thirds of the book is explanation and discussion; one-third is menu plans and recipes. You won't be hungry, your food choices will be healthy, and you'll lose weight without dieting. --Joan Price [via]

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  • French Women Don't Get Fat
    by Mireille Guiliano
    ISBN 1400042127 (1-4000-4212-7)
    Hardcover, Random House Inc

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    The message of this book could be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. There is no hard science, no clearly-defined plan, and no lists of food to have or have not; instead, you'll find simple tricks that boil down to eating carefully prepared seasonal food, exercising more and refusing to think of food as something that inspires guilt. It's both a practical message and far easier said than done in today's "no pain, no gain" culture.

    Author Mireille Guiliano is CEO of Veuve Clicquot, and French Women Don't Get Fat offers a concept of sensible pleasures: If you have a chocolate croissant for breakfast, have a vegetable-based lunch--or take an extra walk and pass on the bread basket at dinner. Guiliano's insistence on simple measures slowly creating substantial improvements are reassuring, and her suggestion to ignore the scale and learn to live by the "zipper test" could work wonders for those who get wrapped up in tiny details of diet. She sympathizes that deprivation can lead straight to overindulgence when it comes to favorite foods, but then, in a most French manner, treats them as a pleasure that needs to be sated, rather than a battle to be fought.

    A number of recipes are included, from a weight-loss enhancing leek soup to a lush chocolate mousse; they read more like what you'd find in a French cookbook rather than an American diet book. Most appealingly, these are guidelines and tricks that could be easily sustainable over a lifetime. If you agree that food is meant to be appreciated--but no more so than having a trim waist--these charmingly French recommendations could set you on the path to a future filled with both croissants and high fashion. --Jill Lightner

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  • French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
    by Mireille Guiliano
    ISBN 0375435484 (0-375-43548-4)
    Hardcover, Random House Large Print

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    The message of this book could be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. There is no hard science, no clearly-defined plan, and no lists of food to have or have not; instead, you'll find simple tricks that boil down to eating carefully prepared seasonal food, exercising more and refusing to think of food as something that inspires guilt. It's both a practical message and far easier said than done in today's "no pain, no gain" culture.

    Author Mireille Guiliano is CEO of Veuve Clicquot, and French Women Don't Get Fat offers a concept of sensible pleasures: If you have a chocolate croissant for breakfast, have a vegetable-based lunch--or take an extra walk and pass on the bread basket at dinner. Guiliano's insistence on simple measures slowly creating substantial improvements are reassuring, and her suggestion to ignore the scale and learn to live by the "zipper test" could work wonders for those who get wrapped up in tiny details of diet. She sympathizes that deprivation can lead straight to overindulgence when it comes to favorite foods, but then, in a most French manner, treats them as a pleasure that needs to be sated, rather than a battle to be fought.

    A number of recipes are included, from a weight-loss enhancing leek soup to a lush chocolate mousse; they read more like what you'd find in a French cookbook rather than an American diet book. Most appealingly, these are guidelines and tricks that could be easily sustainable over a lifetime. If you agree that food is meant to be appreciated--but no more so than having a trim waist--these charmingly French recommendations could set you on the path to a future filled with both croissants and high fashion. --Jill Lightner

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  • French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, & Pleasure
    by Mireille Guiliano
    ISBN 0307265234 (0-307-26523-4)
    Hardcover, Random House Inc

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    Mireille Guiliano, author of the immensely popular French Women Don't Get Fat returns with another book revealing secrets to living the good life. Branching off of her first book that dispelled the notion that you have to avoid everything wonderful in order to lose weight, with French Women for All Seasons, Guiliano suggests that the trick to living life to the fullest is to stay attuned to the "rhythms of the year" (that, and remembering that moderation is the key). Her new book offers new ideas for seasonal entertaining, shopping, cooking, and exercising. Want to know more? Watch our exclusive video message from Guiliano below. Want to know more about yourself? Take our "How French Are You?" quiz and discover your inner Frenchwoman. --Daphne Durham


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    In French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano laid out a general program for reaching the weight at which you can feel bien dans ta peau (comfortable in your own skin). Now, in French Women for All Seasons, she teaches you peu à peu (little by little), how to make over your whole life for maximum pleasure. Here you will find, not only more specific advice on preparing for the bikini season (with dozens of new slimming tricks and delicious recipes), but also Mireille's secrets to looking and feeling great throughout each season of the year. But before learning to become a French woman for all seasons, take this short quiz to find out how much of one you already are. Your inner French Woman--we all have one!--may already be more developed than you suspect! Find out now how close your daily habits are to bringing you optimum pleasure.

    1. Your idea of the ultimate chocolate fix is?
    a. A chocolate Entenmann's donut.
    b. A Hershey bar.
    c. Godiva truffles.
    d. One or two pieces of high-quality dark chocolate.

    2. How do you take your coffee?
    a. I don't drink coffee.
    b. Can't stand it without cream and three sugars.
    c. I add Equal and skim milk for low-cal pleasure.
    d. A small cup of freshly brewed coffee needs no lightening or sweetening.

    3. What should the salespeople at the mall know about you?
    a. I don't wear prêt à porter!
    b. I'm a sucker for the latest trends for the season--I love being in fashion.
    c. I'll buy an amazing pair of shoes before I pay my rent.
    d. I find a few items to accompany the best pieces in my closet--I just want to refresh my wardrobe.

    4. You're throwing a party in a couple of weeks. What's your plan of action?
    a. I obsess about the menu, wonder how I'll ever find the time even to plan, and when the big day comes I spend the entire time in the kitchen while my guests (usually) drink too much.
    b. I call a caterer, of course. What do I know about such things, and why should I care?
    c. I set out a bag of chips and a bag of pretzels and ask everyone to bring a bottle.
    d. I choose a few favorite food items to serve, some store-bought delicacies, some easy to prepare but impressive treats, add some personal serving touches, sit back and relax while the guests ooh and ahh.

    5. Which of the following drinks will you serve at the party?
    a. Whatever the guests bring.
    b. Margaritas (Frozen--is there another kind?).
    c. Wine, vodka, beer& hospitality is variety.
    d. A thoughtfully chosen wine and mineral waterkeep it simple and always give guests water with their alcohol.

    6. You've just gone to the market and found wonderful fresh basil, but you got so excited about it that you bought too much. What do you do?
    a. What would I be doing at the market? What's basil again?
    b. I chop some in my pasta, but eventually have to throw the rest away.
    c. I have a pesto pack-down that night!
    d. I try to invent a new dish for using it while it's fresh (substituting it for another herb I might otherwise use); the rest I make into pesto and freeze it in ice cube trays (one cube is perfect for a single pasta serving).

    7. Au restaurant, you're most likely to order:
    a. A cheeseburger with fries.
    b. A large salad with ranch dressing.
    c. Vegetable lasagna.
    d. Grilled hangar steak with wine sauce.

    8. When the waiter comes to your table to take your drink order, you:
    a. Order up Grey Goose.
    b. Let someone else advise--wine lists are intimidating.
    c. Remember the rule that white goes with fish and red goes with meat.
    d. Choose Champagne--it goes with just about anything.

    9. How much wine do you typically drink with dinner?
    a. None--alcohol is fattening.
    b. Keep 'em coming--I've read wine is heart smart!
    c. A few glasses--I know my limits.
    d. Usually one, but if I want more, Ill have another half glass.

    10. You're traveling and a sumptuous breakfast buffet is included in the cost of your hotel room. What do you do?
    a. I load up on eggs, bacon, muffins, and pancakes, but make sure to hit hotel gym later.
    b. I load up on eggs, bacon, muffins, and pancakes to get me through the day--it's free, and I don't eat that way at home, so what's the harm?
    c. I can't be trusted around any all-you-can-eat spread; I skip breakfast.
    d. I choose one day to indulge at the buffet (compensating with lighter lunch and dinner), but order room service for the rest of my trip to avoid overdoing it.

    11. What is your ideal workout?
    a. Does channel surfing count?
    b. An hour at the gym, wailing on the Cybex.
    c. I eat healthfully so I can spend less time exercising.
    d. I walk everywhere, and enjoy some Yoga a couple of times a week.

    12. Mireille Guiliano says in French Women Dont Get Fat that her "secret weapon" is plain yogurt. If you want to sweeten it, what do you add?
    a. Sweet 'n Low or Equal.
    b. Sugar.
    c. Spoonful of maple syrup or honey.
    d. Fresh fruit.

    13. You have an after-hours party to attend for work. Pick an outfit that will take you most elegantly from day to night.
    a. A short suit skirt with a tank top and a jacket that you'll be able to take off later--if you've got it, flaunt it!
    b. Designer jeans with a top you saw in Vogue.
    c. Your trusty black dress, but you'll dress it up with trendy baubles for evening.
    d. A trimly cut dress paired with simple jewelry or a scarf.

    14. In the fall, you eat:
    a. Strawberries.
    b. Asparagus.
    c. Peaches.
    d. Apples.

    15. Le dessert is served! You choose to have:
    a. A big piece of cake--you only live once.
    b. A small slice (or two) of apple tart--an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
    c. A piece of pie or cake, but you'll share it with a friend.
    d. Nothing overly sweet--instead you go for a piece of seasonal fruit or cheese.

    Results:
    Allow 1 point for "a" answers, 2 points for "b" answers, 3 points for "c" answers, and 4 points for "d" answers. Add up your total points and find out how French you are based on the scale below.

    Not Very French At All (15-25 points)
    You are a true American woman. You're busy and don't always have time to entertain or cook. Your treats are sweet or salty. But Mireille says in French Women for All Seasons, "When foods are bursting with natural taste--as opposed to being artificially flavored, laden with fat and salt, or just plain tasteless--the experience of eating them is more satisfying, and we can content ourselves with less." Start reading to find out how you can change your approach to eating, and how all of Mireille's secrets about fashion, entertaining, wine--and more--can change your life.

    Potentially French (26-36 points)
    You're already aware of your indulgences, and realize you have great potential for improvement. You just need a little coaching on how to maximize style, taste and pleasure without sacrificing your waistline or sanity. "The key," Mireille says in French Women for All Seasons "is to cultivate your own intuition of your offenders and pleasures and adjust each accordingly by degrees that suit you." Start reading to find out how you can change not only your relationship with food, but how Mireille's secrets about fashion, entertaining, wine--and more--can change your life.

    You're Almost French! (37-47 points)
    You value quality over quantity. But we've all been known to stress out about a party or get weak in the knees in front of a chocolate donut. In French Women for All Seasons, Mireille says, "French women don't get fat because they know the secret of pleasure. But the secret to pleasure is cultivation: a life of ongoing exploration, experimentation, practiced enjoyment, and--most important--self discovery." Check out French Women for All Seasons for tips about how to entertain and dress, new recipes, and most importantly, how to remain bien dans sa peau.

    Une Vraie Française (48-60 points)
    You may have already read French Women Dont Get Fat and taken it to heart or you simply have an inner French woman. Either way, you've unlocked the secret of pleasure--it's the most important part of life. But again as Mireille says in French Women for All Seasons, "the secret to pleasure is cultivation: a life of ongoing exploration, experimentation, practiced enjoyment, and--most important--self discovery." Read the book to find out how to keep this process going throughout the winter, spring, summer, and fall.

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  • Bolonik, Kera: Frugal Indulgents : How to Cultivate Decadence When Your Age and Salary Are under 30
    Frugal Indulgents : How to Cultivate Decadence When Your Age and Salary Are under 30
    by Kera Bolonik, Jennifer Griffin
    ISBN 0805047182 (0-8050-4718-2)
    Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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  • Gift of a Letter
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0380714647 (0-380-71464-7)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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    This enchanting book is dedicated to one of the most intimate and touching of human experiences -- the letter. With charm, grace, and enthusiasm, Alexandra Stoddard describes the art and the pleasure of writing letters and the surprising joy it can bring to writer and recipient alike. A letter that takes only a few minutes to write may be treasured for years. Its contents are a true expression of heart, mind, and spirit. Brimming with anecdotes and ways to bring letters into your life, Gift of a Letter inspires and satisfies.

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  • A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions
    by Genevieve Antoine-Dariaux, Geneviere Antonine Dariaux
    ISBN 0060757345 (0-06-075734-5)
    Hardcover, Harpercollins

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    The original
    What Not to Wear
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    most enduringly
    stylish women ...

    Written by French style guru Madame Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, Elegance is a classic style bible for timeless chic, grace, and poise -- every tidbit of advice today's woman could possibly need, all at the tips of her (perfectly manicured) fingers.From Accessories to Zippers, Madame Dariaux imparts her pearls of wisdom on all things fashion-related -- and also offers advice on other crucial areas in life from shopping with girlfriends (don't) to marriage and sex.

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  • Home Comforts: The Art And Science Of Keeping House
    by Cheryl Mendelson, Harry Bates
    ISBN 0743272862 (0-7432-7286-2)
    Softcover, Scribner

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    Virtually everyone enjoys a crisply ironed dress shirt, clean sheets on a well-made bed, and a savory home-cooked meal. Yet housekeeping today stands as a somewhat neglected, if not maligned, job. But as author Cheryl Mendelson points out in Home Comforts, keeping house well can be a rewarding position--it allows you to provide for the physical and emotional comfort of loved ones. It's also not an easy job--there's much to be learned about properly managing a home, and Mendelson has set out to provide a guide to doing just that.

    Mendelson, a homemaker, lawyer, and mother, learned about housekeeping from an early age from her grandmothers, one Appalachian, the other Italian. The two grandmothers taught her that although different ways of keeping house can be appropriate, there are generally smarter, faster, and more creative ways of housekeeping that make it less of a chore and more of an art. In a practical, authoritative tone, Mendelson discusses the ins and outs of homemaking, such as washing dishes, recommended cleaning methods for various surfaces, housekeeping for those with pets or allergies, and emergency preparedness and safety procedures.

    Mendelson's well-researched book includes meticulous sections on food (for example, which foods belong in the fridge versus the pantry, food storage times, picking the freshest fruits and vegetables, and keeping your kitchen and food sanitary) as well as laundry (caring for various fabrics, how to read--and read between the lines of--clothing care labels, and removing stains). Mendelson covers a lot of ground, and as she herself points out, readers shouldn't feel required to do everything mentioned in the book--simply pick the activities that seem appropriate for your particular home. This is a comprehensive reference book that should serve homemakers well and induce a greater appreciation for the effort and specialized knowledge that go into keeping house. --Kris Law [via]

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  • Honore, Carl: In Praise Of Slowness: Challenging The Cult Of Speed
    In Praise Of Slowness: Challenging The Cult Of Speed
    by Carl Honore
    ISBN 0060750510 (0-06-075051-0)
    Softcover, Harper San Francisco

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  • In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed
    by Carl Honoré
    ISBN 006054578X (0-06-054578-X)
    Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers

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    We live in the age of speed. The world around us moves faster than ever before. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, every day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has taken complete hold and pushed us to breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans spend 40% less time with their children than they did in the 1960s; American on average spends 72 minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car; a typical business executive now loses 68 hours a year to being put on hold; and American adults currently devote on average a meager half hour per week to making love.

    Living on the edge of exhaustion, we are constantly reminded by our bodies and minds that the pace of life is spinning out of control. In Praise of Slowness traces the history of our increasingly breathless relationship with time, and tackles the consequences and conundrum of living in this accelerated culture of our own creation. Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time-sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down? Realizing the price we pay for unrelenting speed, people all over the world are reclaiming their time and slowing down the pace - and living happier, more productive and healthier lives as a result. A slow revolution is taking place.

    But here you will find no Luddite calls to overthrow technology and seek a pre-industrial utopia. This is a modern revolution, championed by cell phone using, emailing lovers of sanity. The slow philosophy can be summed up in a single wordbalance. People are discovering energy and efficiency where you may have least expected  in slowing down.

    In this engaging and entertaining exploration, award-winning journalist and rehabilitated speedaholic Carl Honoré details our perennial love affair with efficiency and speed in a perfect blend of anecdotal reportage, history and intellectual inquiry. In Praise of Slowness is the first comprehensive look at the worldwide slow movements making their way into the mainstream, in offices, factories, neighborhoods, kitchens, hospitals, concert halls, bedrooms, gyms and schools. Defining a movement whose time has finally come, this spirited manifesto will make you completely rethink your relationship with time. [via]

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  • Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance Order Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0380705117 (0-380-70511-7)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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    Eating. Sleeping. Bathing. Chores. These are the things we do every day, yet few of us stop to consider how we perform the routines that occupy 95 percent of our lives: in chaos or serenity, with irritation or with joy.

    Here, in one elegant, copious and forever rereadable book, Alexandra Stoddard shows how to live a more beautiful, more ordered life, every single day. Drawing on the wisdom of Emerson, Samuel Johnson, Rilke and many others and warmed by Alexandra Stoddard's personal anecdotes, this book deals with life both philosophically and practically -- from discovering the sources of your well-being to buying the right stationery or sheets; from using solitude to replenish your spirit to using fabrics, ribbon, paper and your own five senses to transform your daily life.

    Living a Beautiful Life demonstrates how to use the ordinary in extraordinary ways, suggesting hundreds of techniques for turning dull, irritating routines into life-enhancing rituals; hundreds of simple ways to transform your days -- or your bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and desk -- into delights of beauty and efficiency. There's a marvelous trick for locating the perfect psychological spot for your bed, a quick way to use "remembrance of things past" to choose color schemes that suit you, suggestions for how to turn a fifteen-minute lunch break into a restorative experience. And throughout, Alexandra Stoddard shows how taking care of "the little things" can ultimately add up to a change in the big things.

    Most of all, Living a Beautiful Life reveals how a beautiful life can be achieved; how daily motions become truly satisfying patterns of pleasure; and how these patterns of pleasure can add up to a life lived deeply and well, transforming even the most cluttered and hectic existence. [via]

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  • Living a Beautiful Life: Five Hundred Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0394555392 (0-394-55539-2)
    Hardcover, Random House Inc

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    Offers more than 500 techniques for transforming the way we spend 95% of our lives: eating, sleeping, working, doing everyday tasks. 46 black and white photos. [via]

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  • Living More With Less
    by Longacre
    ISBN 0836119304 (0-8361-1930-4)
    Softcover, Herald Pr

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    This edition is currently out of print. Check out the new, revised Living More with Less: 30th Anniversary Edition. [via]

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  • Maryjane's Ideabook-Cookbook-Lifebook: For the Farmgirl in all of Us
    by MARY JANE BUTTERS
    ISBN 1400080479 (1-4000-8047-9)
    Hardcover, Clarkson Potter

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    MaryJane Butters sense of purpose is as big as the Idaho landscape where her organic farm is nestled. She wants nothing less than to reconnect us all with the food we eat and the heritage of farming that belongs to all of us, and nothing more than to empower and encourage rural women everywhere ... she is cultivating not just a farm but a philosophy of living.  Body & Soul

    Carpenter, waitress, janitor, upholsterer, secretary, milkmaid, wilderness ranger, environmental activist, entrepreneurthe founder of MaryJanesFarm has worn many hats in her day, but none more proudly than that of modern-day farmgirl. Speaking to the farmgirl in all of us, MaryJane Butters offers a captivating introduction to the organic lifestyle, resurrects forgotten domestic arts, and shares lessons gleaned from her diverse background and two decades of life as an Idaho farmer.

    Whether you simply need encouragement to embrace a more authentic, wholesome lifestyle or youre looking for guidance on building a greenhouse, chopping firewood, hosting a town event, caring for a flock of chickens, making your own butter, growing a winter salad, or choosing a water filter, MaryJanes Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook is both an inspiration and a practical road map for farmgirls of all stripes.


    Dreams are MaryJane Butters business, and she has always pursued them without pausing to consult conventional wisdom.
     House & Garden

    MaryJane Butters, a natural teacher, has a gift for simplification, and makes it seem that everything she does is easy and attainable.
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  • Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geisha
    by Arthur Golden
    ISBN 9681905849 (968-19-0584-9)
    Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc

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    En Memorias de una geisha, Arthur Golden abre una ventana al misterioso mundo del erotismo en Japón y describe con fidelidad la delicada fortaleza de la cultura de las geishas de Kioto a lo largo del siglo. [via]

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  • The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice
    by Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro
    ISBN 1580084303 (1-58008-430-3)
    Softcover, Ten Speed Pr

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    THE MODERN GENTLEMAN is a visually stimulating, rib-tickling, thought-provoking sourcebook of manners and mischief for the 21st-century male. The book offers a panoramic snapshot of the gentleman: witty and poignant, traditional but spontaneous, flirtatious yet courting. Discussions range from the classic (Motoring, Oenophilia) and serious (Secrets & Lies, The Good Husband), to the racy (Kink & Fetish, To the Power of 3) and silly (Bumper Stickers, Fonzarelli Moves & Legerdemain ). And since it is inevitable that a gentleman will dabble in the friskier areas of excess, trouble, and chance, the book's naughty nucleus, ÄúThe Potent Gentleman,Äù explores leisure and dalliance, from alcohol and snuff to recreational botanicals and sex.All men aspire to be perpetually dapper, fluent in three languages, and hit 300-yard drives off the blue tees, not to mention quote poetry by the stanza and win a back-alley scrap. However, there is a dashing plateau more desirable than Hollywood perfection, a level of gallantry that makes one stand out, even in the elevator. So knot up your ascot, pour a glass of sherry, and crack open the MODERN GENTLEMAN: your Man Cycle is peaking. [via]

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  • Mundo Feliz
    by Aldous Huxley
    ISBN 8497594258 (84-9759-425-8)
    Softcover, Debolsillo

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    Un mundo feliz es posiblemente la novela mas leida de Huxley, y su influencia es evidente tanto en buena parte de la novela de ciencia ficcion de calidad como en las novelas filosoficas. Presenta un mundo en el que el Estado controla hasta el mas minimo detalle de la vida de los individuos, a los que mantiene en una ignorancia, producto de un depurado lavado de cerebro. Mas tarde el autor escribiria Nueva visita a un mundo feliz, donde analizaria lo que habia escrito anos antes y sacaria conclusiones muy distintas sobre el destino de la humanidad. [via]

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  • McNaught, Brian: On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith, and Love
    On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith, and Love
    by Brian McNaught
    ISBN 0312029594 (0-312-02959-4)
    Softcover, St Martins Pr

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  • Stoddard, Alexandra: Open Your Eyes: 1,000 Simple Ways to Bring Beauty into Your Home and Life Each Day
    Open Your Eyes: 1,000 Simple Ways to Bring Beauty into Your Home and Life Each Day
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 0380731444 (0-380-73144-4)
    Softcover, Quill

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    For thirty-seven years and in nineteen previous books, Alexandra Stoddard has shared her keen eye for design and sure sense of style. Now this renowned decorator and lifestyle philosopher takes readers to a new level of visual awareness, showing how to achieve the discerning eye that is the key to creating beautiful environments for living.

    In Open Your Eyes, Alexandra Stoddard shows us how to see with the expertise and clarity of professional designers, creating a home that reflects our individual sense of beauty, refined to its best expression. She reveals how to use daily awareness to educate our eye, sharing examples from the masters and her own extensive training and personal experience. These visual epiphanies can happen anywhere, once we become attuned-perhaps as we set a pretty table, straighten a linen closer, stroll in a park or garden, or browse in a thrift shop.

    Through Stoddard's anecdotes and a rich array of ideas, tips, and techniques, we learn hundreds of ways to see and solve problems of proportion, pattern, color, and composition through simple, pleasing changes. These may be as subtle as rearranging treasured objects on a table, altering a lamp shade, or moving a chair-but they have dramatic results: a home that is more beautiful, more comfortable, and more useful, reflecting our unique sense of life. Each day becomes a visual feast as we deepen our understanding not only of what makes something beautiful but of what makes something beautiful to us.

    Filled with the warmth, encouragement, and down-to-earth solutions that have helped hundreds of thousands to seek and find their own personal style, Alexandra Stoddard's Open Your Eyes provides essential tools to elevate our understanding of what makes our house a home and transform our surroundings into personal works of art. For thirty-seven years and in nineteen previous books, Alexandra Stoddard has shared her keen eye for design and her sure sense of elegant style. Now this renowned decorator takes readers to a new level of visual awareness, showing how to achieve the discerning view that is the key to creating beautiful environments of professional quality.

    Open Your Eyes teaches, step by step, the principles of proportion, scale, order, symmetry, balance, space, form, composition, material, and more that provide the basis for true beauty. Stoddard shows how to use daily awareness to educate our eye, sharing examples from visual mentors and from her own training and experience. Each day becomes a visual feast as we hone our sensitivity to beauty and our understanding of what makes something beautiful.

    The author invites us to open our eyes and really see: How many colors are in a sunset? A glass of water? The soap bubbles in the sink? Why does one room look cramped and inharmonious, while another gives the impression of light and space? And how can we use this new vision to create a pleasing, comfortable personal world? In the process of learning to train our eye, Alexandra Stoddard enables us to become the artists of life. With this book in hand, we have all the essential tools to begin transforming our homes and our surroundings into personal works of art.

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  • Oraculo Manual Y Arte De Prudencia / Manual Oracle and Art of Wordly Wisdom
    by Baltasar Gracian Y Morales, Emilio Blanco
    ISBN 8437613493 (84-376-1349-3)
    Softcover, Catedra Ediciones

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    Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647) es un tratado práctico, concebido para que el pensamiento y los principios abstractos se supediten a la situaciones de la vida en una mezcla equilibrada entre ingenio cotidiano y saber filosófico.Gracián y Quevedo son las figuras más relevantes del conceptismo. Las definiciones de Gracián al respecto afirman que el escritor debe mezclar lo complejo y lo breve con precisión aforística.Gracián pretendió establecer asociaciones conceptuales a través del contraste de dos términos en una misma imagen. Creía que estas relaciones entre signos son semejantes a las que se dan entre las cosas reales. [via]

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  • Maranian, Matt: Pad: The Guide to Ultra-Living
    Pad: The Guide to Ultra-Living
    by Matt Maranian, Susan L. Tudor, Jack Gould
    ISBN 0811826538 (0-8118-2653-8)
    Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC

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  • Savageau, David: Places Rated Almanac
    Places Rated Almanac
    by David Savageau, Ralph B. D'Agostino
    ISBN 0028634470 (0-02-863447-0)
    Softcover, Macmillan General Reference

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  • Savageau, David: Places Rated Almanac : Your Electronic Guide to Finding the Best Places to Live in North America
    Places Rated Almanac : Your Electronic Guide to Finding the Best Places to Live in North America
    by David Savageau, Geoffrey Loftus
    ISBN 0028612337 (0-02-861233-7)
    Softcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

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  • Places Rated Almanac: Your Guide to Finding the Best Places to Live in North America
    by David Savageau, Richard Boyer
    ISBN 067188395X (0-671-88395-X)
    Softcover, Macmillan General Reference

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    Looking to live somewhere where houses are cheap? Head to Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa, where the average home costs $75,700, and annual property taxes for that home are about $960. Perhaps a good job market is a higher priority. In that case, pick Phoenix, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; or Riverside, California, as they top the list of places projected to have the highest-percentage increase in new jobs by 2005. Most of those jobs, by the way, are expected to have above-average pay. This and other detailed information can be found in the sixth edition of Places Rated Almanac, a helpful resource for people thinking of relocating as well as those with a desire to learn about cities and towns. Metropolitan areas are rated in nine categories: costs of living, job outlook, transportation, education, health care, crime, the arts, recreation, and climate. But don't go looking for statistics on Podunk--the focus remains on 354 metro areas, metro defined as a city or urbanized population of at least 50,000, located in a county with a total population of at least 100,000.

    Places Rated is laced with intelligent and, unexpectedly, witty writing. The whole concept of judging places, the author notes, may seem the utmost of brass. "Yet everyone does it, privately. Some suspect that culture in Omaha or Des Moines or Saskatoon is a contradiction. Others surmise that daily life in Miami consists of surviving drug-trade shoot-outs..." Organized intelligently, Places Rated acknowledges that "livability" and "quality of life" are moving targets. Livable for whom? The artist who wants mountain vistas? The entrepreneur who wants low taxes and no red tape? With these limitations in mind, the book ends with a chapter titled "Putting It All Together," where the reader is invited to rate cities with a customized list of priorities. Arriving at your customized list, however, requires answering 72 questions that force you to decide once and for all what you value most--a low cost of living or good school districts or mild winters or some other criterion. And should you find that climate matters most, head for Santa Barbara, California, where winters and summers are mild and natural hazards are few, and stay away from Rochester, Minnesota, unless you're willing to endure 35 days when it's 0 degrees Fahrenheit, and 165 days of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, annually. --John Russell [via]

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  • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab 5's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better
    by Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Jai Rodriguez, Carson Kressley
    ISBN 140005446X (1-4000-5446-X)
    Hardcover, Random House Inc

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    Imagine this: Five eminently stylish and hilariously witty gay menauthoritative experts in food and wine, grooming, decorating, fashion, and cultureinvade your life, assess your strengths and weaknesses, and, in the course of a day, make you better dressed, better groomed, better mannered, and a better cook, living in a better home. All of this is painless (unless you have a really egregious body-hair situation), liberating, and downright fun.

    This is what Queer Eye for the Straight Guy does each week on one of the hottest TV shows in memory, as the Fab 5Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Jai Rodriguezturn an everyman frog into an every-girl's-dream prince. And this is what the book offers: the essential "make better" advice from each of the Fab 5. Just like the show, the book focuses on easy but lasting lifestyle transformationthe tasks, the projects, the modest purchases, and, most important, the new attitudes that immediately make a noticeable difference.

    From Kyan's instructions on how often to wash your hair to Carson's explanation of why shirts are the new ties, from Ted's strategies for ordering wine and Thom's suggestions on a better bathroom to Jai's hints on shaking hands, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is filled with clear, direct advice on the issues that confront every man. But Queer Eye doesn't try to make you dress like Carson or dance like Jai; it's about teaching you how to refine your own personal style, without throwing away your entire closet and buying a whole new everything. It's about helping you realize the best expression of yourselfthe real you.

    Queer Eye introduces men to the rewards that womenand a lot of gay menhave long reaped by thinking about the day-to-day details that make them look better, feel better, and get more out of life. Many straight men have long felt that these subjects are not for them. Nothing could be sillier. In this book, the Fab 5 sets them straight (so to speak). [via]

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  • The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living
    by Janet Luhrs
    ISBN 0553067966 (0-553-06796-6)
    Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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    Whether you are looking at small solutions for cutting down the stress in your life or taking the big leap toward the simpler life, this book can be your guide.  Janet Luhrs, the nationally recognized founder and editor of the Simple Living Journal, brings together strategies, inspiration, resources, and real-life profiles of people who have slowed down, overcome obstacles, and created richer lives.

    As Janet Luhrs says, "Simple living is about living deliberately.  Simple living is not about austerity, or frugality, or income level.  It's about being fully aware of why you are living your particular life, and knowing that life is one you have chosen thoughtfully.  Simple living is about designing our lives to coincide with our ideals." In The Simple Living Guide Janet Luhrs demonstrates how to live a deliberate, simpler life--and savor it.

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  • The Swashbuckler
    by Lee Lynch
    ISBN 0930044665 (0-930044-66-5)
    Softcover, Naiad Pr

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    Frenchy Tonneau leaves her closeted home in the Bronx for the bars of New York City, the freedom of Provincetown, and the liberation of Greenwich Village in the 1960s and 1970s. Her hangouts, her women, her small yet universal world tell the stories of the times  and the stories of lesbians today. A timeless journey and a riveting read, The Swashbuckler is heart-wrenching, heartwarming, and unforgettable. [via]

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  • Tao Te Ching
    by Lao-Tzu, D. C. Lau
    ISBN 9622014674 (962-201-467-4)
    Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr

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    Tao Te Ching, also commonly known as Lao Tzu, is perhaps the most important of Chinese classical texts, with an unparalleled influence on Chinese thought. This bilingual edition consists of two parts. The English text in Part One is a reprint of the earlier translation of the so-called Wang Pi text, first published by Penguin Books in 1963. Part Two is the fresh translation of a text which is a conflation of two manuscripts of the Lao Tzu, dating at the latest from the early Western Han and discovered at Ma Wang Tui in December 1973. The result is a text with a fuller use of particles, free from the scribal errors and editorial tampering of subsequent ages.

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  • Tao Te Ching : The Cornerstone of Chinese Culture
    by Lao Tzu, Abe Bellenteen
    ISBN 9654941562 (965-494-156-2)
    Softcover, Astrolog Publishing House

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    Written nearly 2,500 years ago, this ancient text served as the basis for Chinese and other Eastern philosophies for generations, as well as for the I Ching. Meaning "the way that has to be followed," this version was translated in 2001 and is based on two scientific editions that were published in China at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as on the English translation rendered by the Buddhist Association in London. This version includes terms that are explained for and accessible to the modern reader. [via]

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  • Stoddard, Alexandra: Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Small Book About the Big Issues in Life
    Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Small Book About the Big Issues in Life
    by Alexandra Stoddard
    ISBN 006128436X (0-06-128436-X)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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  • The Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift As a Viable Alternative Lifestyle
    by Amy Dacyczyn
    ISBN 067974388X (0-679-74388-X)
    Softcover, Random House Inc

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    Having discovered that frugality is good for the bank account and the environment, Amy Dacyczyn started a newsletter for skinflints in 1989. Within a year, 50,000 cheapskates had subscribed to The Tightwad Gazette. Now Amy has collected all her wisdom into a book, and it's as good a deal as you'll find in these inflationary times. Line drawings. [via]

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  • Dilallo, Kevin: The Unofficial Gay Manual: Living the Lifestyle or at Least Appearing to
    The Unofficial Gay Manual: Living the Lifestyle or at Least Appearing to
    by Kevin Dilallo, Jack Krumholtz
    ISBN 0385474458 (0-385-47445-8)
    Softcover, Doubleday

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  • Elgin, Duane: Voluntary Simplicity: An Ecological Lifestyle That Promotes Personal and Social Renewal
    Voluntary Simplicity: An Ecological Lifestyle That Promotes Personal and Social Renewal
    by Duane Elgin
    ISBN 0553227661 (0-553-22766-1)
    Softcover, Bantam Books

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  • Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
    by Duane Elgin
    ISBN 0688121195 (0-688-12119-5)
    Softcover, Quill

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    Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin, first published in 1981 and revised in 1993, is the sacred text for those wanting to liberate themselves from enslavement to a job and the pursuit of status symbols. Elgin's work emerges from a concern for the environmental consequences of our mass consumption lifestyles. His book exhorts us to save the planet and our souls by "living with balance in order to find a life of greater purpose." [via]

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  • The Way You Wear Your Hat
    by Bill Zehme
    ISBN 0060931752 (0-06-093175-2)
    Softcover, Harpercollins

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    NonfictionLarge Print Edition*A New York Times BestsellerA charming, entertaining look at Sinatras life. Publishers WeeklyTwentieth-century entertainer extraordinaire, Frank Sinatra, did nothing halfway. Wherever he went became his personal playground, and he rounded up the most colorful cronies alive the Rat Pack. Masterfully assembled in this book are the most personal details of how the role of Frank Sinatra was played in everyday life, crafted from interviews with Tony Bennett, Robert Wagner, Angie Dickinson and Joey Bishop, as well as daughters Nancy and Tina. [via]

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  • Branch, Shelly: What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living
    What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living
    by Shelly Branch, Sue Callaway
    ISBN 1592402712 (1-59240-271-2)
    Softcover, Gotham Books

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  • Who Was That Masked Woman
    by Noretta Koertge
    ISBN 0312870337 (0-312-87033-7)
    Softcover, St Martins Pr

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    Tells the story of the coming-of-age and education of Tretona Getroek, an exuberant lesbian who questions the facts of life, sex, and religion in her small southern Illinois hometown [via]

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  • McKeith, Gillian: You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life
    You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life
    by Gillian McKeith
    ISBN 0452287170 (0-452-28717-0)
    Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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    good condition, no markings, almost new looking except for the right hand side of the cover and few pages inside are a little folded. [via]

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  • Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money & Achieving Financial Independence
    by Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin
    ISBN 0140167153 (0-14-016715-3)
    Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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    There's a big difference between "making a living" and making a life. Do you spend more than you earn? Does making a living feel more like making a dying? Do you dislike your job but can't afford to leave it? Is money fragmenting your time, your relationships with family and friends? If so, Your Money or Your Life is for you.

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    • get out of debt and develop savings
    • reorder material priorities and live well for less
    • resolve inner conflicts between values and lifestyles
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    • attain a wholeness of livelihood and lifestyle
    • save the planet while saving money
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