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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true Be careful what you wish for... Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple—until a massive lottery win changes...

This centennial edition of Emily Post’s classic guide to etiquette has been completely rewritten with up-to-date and comprehensive advice on the need-to-know manners, customs, and best practices of today. For the past one hundred years, Emily Post has been America’s definitive source for how...

Should you remove your shoes at the door? Find out how good manners make visiting a friend’s house fun for everyone.

In the new fast-paced medical thriller from bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie are inadvertently drawn into a dangerous vortex of a series of homicides that have been cleverly staged as suicides. After Dr. Jack Stapleton’s near-death confrontation with a medical...

An authoritative and witty guide to modern table manners for all occasions by one of the world's most acclaimed chefs and restaurateurs Table Manners is an entertaining and practical guide to manners for everyone and every occasion. Whether you are a guest at a potluck or the host of a dinner...

From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young woman’s unraveling during the Blitz—a story of World War II intrigue, love, and danger “[A] thrilling novel…atmospheric and memorable.” —Emma Donoghue, best-selling author of Haven It is 1940 and...

ECPA BESTSELLER Strengthen your spiritual, mental, and emotional health and reach your most audacious goals with three simple but power-packed words—from the New York Times bestselling author of Win the Day. “A practical framework to be the kind of thoughtful, helpful force for good...

The 18th century novelist-of-manners-turned-sleuth returns to delight readers with another nimble-witted investigation of mayhem in the pastoral landscape of rural England. When Jane's gentleman friend Lord Trowbridge sends her, in the utmost secrecy, to retrieve a parcel hidden amidst the ruins of Netley Abbey, Jane finds not only the parcel but also a dying man. When events take a regrettably sinister turn, only Jane is clever enough to pursue the miscreant.

Elke Heidenreich kennt sich aus mit Jacke, Hose, Rock und Hut - vor allem aber mit Menschen. Gut aussehen wollen alle, aber steckt nicht noch mehr dahinter? Warum sind einem die Jugendfotos im Faltenrock so peinlich? Warum fällt man auf den gutgekleideten Typen rein, der sich schnell als Dummkopf entpuppt? Elke Heidenreich erzählt von sich selbst mit sechzehn, von Freundinnen und Freunden, von Liebe und Trennung, erzählt Geschichten, in denen sich jeder wiedererkennt.

“Wake up, Muffy. We’re back.” From Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook—and designer Chip Kidd—comes a whole new take on the prep world that Birnbach turned into an international best-selling phenomenon thirty years ago. True Prep is a contemporary look at how the...

In this "exquisite gem from a master" of Regency Romance, one duke's plan to find a bride makes for a most entertaining house party (Library Journal). Julian St. David, Duke of Haverford, is barely keeping his head above water in a sea of inherited debts. Though he has a long-term plan to...

De mayor quiero ser... feliz 1, 2 y 3 reúne 18 entrañables cuentos para conseguir que los niños aprendan a ser felices desde pequeños. Temas tan importantes como el poder de las palabras, el valor de las cosas, la actitud frente a los otros, la confianza en uno mismo, la autoestima y la gestión de la frustración, explicados de forma amena y comprensible para todos.

"Männer in den besten Jahren: bloß nicht aufgeben!" Männer am Beginn einer Lebenswende: "Alter Sack, was nun?" hat viele Männer da abgeholt und stellte den Status Quo fest. Kester Schlenz lässt seine Fans jetzt bei der Bewältigung dieses neuen Lebensabschnitts nicht im Stich: Für Leg los, alter Sack! hat der Autor verschiedene Hilfsmittel ausprobiert, um dem Altern ein Schnippchen zu schlagen und sich selbst zu optimieren. Und Kester Schlenz hat mit Dietmar Bär einen Sprecher als sein Alter Ego ausgewählt, der mit dem richtigen Quentchen Selbstironie, Humor und großer Könnerschaft seine Gedanken an den Mann und die Frau bringt.

A construction worker unearths a human skull dating to the 1960s on the campus of the University of Mississippi. Dr. Diana Bratton is a surgeon surrounded by bodies after the discovery of her Aunt Phoebe’s 50-year-old note detailing the manners of death. Suicide, accident, natural cause, and one death classified undetermined are soon crossed off this list - leaving Diana to believe that only murder remains. When Diana spots photographs in a 1966 university yearbook, Phoebe is linked not only to that death, but to the recent deaths of two local men.

Suzy Bigelow ist neu in Miami Beach, Florida - erst kürzlich ist sie mit ihrem Mann Dave, der als Arzt eine Anstellung in einer renommierten Klinik bekommen hat, hierher gezogen...

A unique, inside look at American childhood through the conversations between Highlights magazine and its young readers and a call to grown-ups to make time to actively listen to the children in their lives. Every year, tens of thousands of children write to Highlights magazine, sharing their...

Der Bestseller aus Frankreich. Keine Männer - das ist die Regel. Die Bewohnerinnen eines verwunschenen Hauses mitten in Paris haben der Liebe abgeschworen. Kater Jean-Pierre ist das einzige männliche Wesen, dem sie Zutritt zu ihrer Welt gestatten. Als die junge Juliette einzieht, stellt sie das Leben der unterschiedlichen Frauen auf die Probe. Denn sie hat die Männer noch nicht aus ihrem Herzen verbannt... Mit viel Gefühl gelesen von Katrin Fröhlich.

When Chadwick Newsome lingers too long in Paris, his mother, a wealthy New England widow, sends her fiancé, Lambert Strether, to fetch him home. Newsome refuses, extending his stay while Strether finds himself lured by the intrigue of Parisian life. Published in 1903, The Ambassadors is regarded as a masterpiece of American fiction for its exceptional structure, its moral significance, and its depiction of the contrasting New and Old World cultures. Henry James considered this his finest novel.

A.L. Rowse, who died in 1997, was the author of a vast number of books, all of them readable and most of them fiercely arrayed against what he considered to be declining standards of manners, morals, and politics. He was more than a mere curmudgeon, though. His background was extraordinary: from a working-class family, he got a scholarship to Oxford, and from there was elected to All Souls College, the most exclusive of all faculties.

Emily Post has gone to pot. As we enter the dawn of a new "post-prohibition" era, the stigma surrounding cannabis use is fading, and the conversation about what it means to get high is changing. When it comes to being a respectful, thoughtful, and responsible consumer of pot, there is a lot you...