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500 Letters for Difficult Situations

de Corey Sandler

Giving difficult news clearly and sensitively is no easy task. However, there are ways to say the right thing at the right time. 500 Letters for Difficult Situations offers helpful templates for when you need...

Jokes Every Man Should Know

de Don Steinberg

The Only Joke Book You’ll Ever Need

Featuring:

     •  Nine Jokes about Heaven and Hell

     •  Eight Jokes Just for Kids

     •  Nineteen Jokes Definitely Not for Kids

     • ...

The Style Checklist: The Ultimate Wardrobe Essentials for You

de Lloyd Boston

The good news is: the most stylish clothes you can have are probably already in your closet. But savvy women are on a perpetual quest to find the perfect addition to their wardrobe: the perfect bathing suit,...

How to Organize (Just About) Everything: More Than 500 Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything from Organizing Your Closets to Planning a Wedding to

de Peter Walsh

Professional organizer Peter Walsh presents this witty and enormously practical guide to getting it -- and keeping it -- all together. With more than 500 easy-to-follow how-to instructions, How to Organize (Just...

How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times

de James Wesley Rawles

Read James Wesley, Rawles's posts on the Penguin Blog

In the vein of Sam Sheridan's The Disaster Diaries, a comprehensive guide to preparing for the apocalypse! 

With the recent economic crisis, formerly...

Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon

de Rocco Wachman & Matthew A. Pellegrini

Celebrity host of CMT's Cowboy U Rocco Wachman's modern guide to being a cowboy

Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon is the first book to explore, through a pop-culture lens, the many...

Perfumes: The A-Z Guide

de Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez

I've long wished perfumery to be taken seriously as an art, and for scent critics to be as fierce as opera critics, and for the wearers of certain ""fragrances"" to be hissed in public, while others are cheered....

Hot Sex

de Tracey Cox

The ultimate bedside companion--packed with erotic yet practical tips for men and women

Practical, down-to-earth, explicit and fun, Hot Sex is the must-have sex and relationships book for every man and woman....

Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Thrive in the Wilderness

de CC The Editors of Stackpole Books

Survival Wisdom is a large-scale practical guide, jam-packed with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure.

Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the most complete, all-in-one volume on every aspect...

The Art of Shaving

de Eric Malka & Myriam Zaoui

The average man will shave approximately 20,000 times over the course of his life, spending the equivalent of 139 full days doing it. He will shave off 27 feet of hair, from a total of 30,000 whiskers on his...

The Gentleman's Guide to Life: What Every Guy Should Know About Living Large, Loving Well, Feeling Strong, and Looking Good

de Steve Friedman

Whether you're a sensitive, bookish type or a beer-guzzling Cyber-jock--or just an average guy--The Gentleman's Guide to Life is a perfect and indispensable primer on looking, living, and feeling good, answering...

The Leader's Mentor

de Ian Jackman

What Makes a Leader?

“Leadership is the thing that wins battles. I have it but I’ll be damned if I can define it.” –General George S. Patton

Leadership is often daunting. Because every situation is different,...

Commander in Chic: Every Woman's Guide to Managing Her Style Like a F

de Mikki Taylor

With her “classic with a twist” sensibility, Michelle Obama oozes chic! Mikki Taylor, one of the nation’s foremost authorities on fashion, beauty, and style, has taken Mrs. Obama as her muse, to write...

Emily Post's Etiquette 17th Edition

de Peggy Post

For the first time in its history, this American classic has been completely rewritten. Peggy Post gives us etiquette for today's times. Read by millions since the first edition was published in 1922, Emily...

The Daring Book for Girls

de Andrea J. Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz

The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know—and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects,...

Lessons at the Fence Post

de Paul D. Cummings

"Remember, life is a marathon and not a sprint.

Train yourself to go the distance."

The homespun wisdom that young Paul Cummings received while he and his granddad talked beside an Arkansas fence post has enriched...

The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice

de Phineas Mollod & Jason Tesauro

Refine your cool with this quintessential sourcebook of manners and mischief. Author–raconteurs Phineas Mollod and Jason Tesauro offer timely advice and timeless wisdom for adventurous gents curious about:...

The Gifted Boss: How to Find, Create and Keep Great Employees

de Dale Dauten

Want freedom from management, mediocrity and morons?

Ever wonder what the best bosses know that you don't?

Do you want to have great employees, people who don't need to be managed and who make everyone around...

Wear This, Toss That!: Hundreds of Fashion and Beauty Swaps That Save Your Looks, Save Your Budget, and Save You Time

de Amy E. Goodman

It costs us not to look our best!

Dressing poorly costs us interviews, first impressions, money . . . and a whole lot more. But you can look good all the time, asserts Amy E. Goodman, the magazine maven and...

A Simple Guide to Verizon iPhone 4

de Mary Lett

Quotes are one of the most engaging and widely used forms of inspiration. For millions, they create an experiential link to the past and cultivate hope for a brighter future. Kimberlie Dykeman engages her readers...