Forget Joan of Arc and Britney Spears. It continues to be Nancy Drew who delights and inspires young girls everywhere

Advice on every imaginable aspect of domestic management for the modern home in one 900-page volume.

This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. This 'little' book can help students communicate more effectively, showing them how to enliven their sentences, put statements in the positive form and write in a clear and simple style.

Mitch Albom rediscovered his college professor and mentor, Morrie Schwartz, in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited Mitch every Tuesday, just like in college. This is a chronicle of their time together and their final class : lessons in how to live.

From 1903 to 1908, German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of responses to a young would-be poet, on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. An accompanying chronicle of Rilke's life comments on his own experiences at the time.

An indespensible guide for teenage readers that helps find the right book to suit any mood, time or interest.

Designed to ease the transition from graduate school to a well-rounded and rewarding career, this guide for those planning or beginning an academic career, offers advice from the faculty members, administrators, and professionals with experience at all levels of higher education.

Some people seem to be just good at life. They glide onwards and upwards, always seeming to know right things to say and do, in every situation. Everybody likes them - they are great to work with and to live with. This book provides guiding principles that aims to help you achieve more, shrug off adversity, be a happier, calmer, fulfilled person.

Style experts Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine reveal the secrets of looking good for every occasion in this super-stylish diary format edition.

A collection of words of wisdom features incisive quotations from children's books--including Charlotte's Web, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Sounder, and Goodnight Moon--all arranged by topic, including faith, imagination, character, acceptance, sadness, goodness, greed, wisdom, and growing old. Reprint.

A completely comprehensive guide to solving all clothing and beauty dilemmas from Britain's most famous style experts.

The big things in life look after themselves. Birth, love, death - they're all terrifically exciting but they happen whether we like it or not. It's the little things in life that cause the most trouble. How do you deal with the million and one everyday challenges? Help is at hand.

Looking at the barriers holding women back and the social forces constraining them, this title shows women how to reframe their interactions and evaluate their opportunities. It teaches them how to ask for what they want in ways that feel comfortable and possible, taking into account the impact of asking on their relationships.

Written in the seventeenth century, this collection of three hundred timeless maxims offers sage advice on how to impress superiors, confound rivals, and get the most from subordinates. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Or everything your doctor won't tell you Witty and wise advice on becoming pregnant that you won't find anywhere else

Lauren Henderson draws on all of Jane Austen's wit and wisdom to set down the ten first principles for a successful love life and finding a serious partner

Pema Chodron reveals the vast potential for happiness, wisdom and courage even in the most painful circumstances.

In this Seussian tale, the good doctor primes his readers against all the little mishaps and misadventures that can befall even the best of us - from bang-ups and hang-ups to lurches and slumps - encouraging us to take life in our stride.

The multi million copy bestselling personal finance book that teaches people how to become masters of their money and sustain wealth for themselves and their families. Over 7 million copies sold worldwide.