Esta autora australiana, que ha pasado la mayor parte de su vida en Melbourne, obtuvo reconocimiento por su extensa obra dirigida a lectores jóvenes antes de dedicarse a la ficción para adultos. Sus novelas para adultos, a menudo ambientadas en contextos históricos como la Malaya de los años 30 o China y Australia, demuestran un profundo compromiso con los entornos culturales e históricos. Inspirándose en experiencias personales y largas visitas a Malasia, crea narrativas cautivadoras. Antes de dedicarse a la escritura a tiempo completo en 1999, perfeccionó sus habilidades como profesora de inglés y drama y como editora de revistas infantiles, experiencias que enriquecen su narrativa.
Featuring her collaborations with Givenchy, and stills from the sets of her most famous Hollywood films, The Little Book of Audrey Hepburn takes the reader on a journey through the actress's career and reveals just how powerfully her image resonates across the globe - even so long after her death.
Packed with simple and practical ways to start reducing the amount of plastic you use, How to Go Plastic Free will show you how to eliminate plastic from your life, one step at a time. With 100 easy-to-follow tips championing the plastic-free cause, this is the stress-free, guilt-free guide to getting started simply, plastic-free eating and drinking, maintaining the lifestyle you love without plastic, shopping responsibly and resourcefully, and creative ways to phase plastic out of your life. From consuming zero plastic to producing our own weight in plastic every year, the last 100 years have seen global plastic usage reach epic proportions. The devastating impact this has had on our planet is clear, and so is the solution: to go plastic free. But with a plastic habit this bad, how can we give it up?
This essential guide to the Duchess of Cambridge's style celebrates her ladylike, yet youthful fashion flair and gives Kate fans an insider's look at her favorite designers and stores, plus her beauty and grooming tricks--all in one gorgeously illustrated book. More than forty of the Duchess's most iconic outfits--including jewelry, hats, shoes, and bags--are analyzed. From effortless casual clothes to red-carpet eveningwear, this book shows you how Kate's chic, polished, and quintessentially elegant style can work for you. Tip boxes give advice on hair, makeup, accessories, and how to put an outfit together like Kate. A style calendar charts her look from her single days at the University of St. Andrews to her life as a duchess. Includes a shopping directory of Kate's favorite brands and designers!
Over 100 Fashion, Decorating and Entertaining Tips to Bring Out Your Inner Holly Golightly
Inspired by the classic 1960s film, this illustrated guide offers a fresh take on the iconic style of Holly Golightly, blending fashion, décor, and entertaining tips. Readers will discover how to infuse their everyday lives with the effortless elegance and charm that define Holly's character. From chic outfits to stylish home décor ideas, the book serves as a source of inspiration for those looking to embrace a glamorous lifestyle reminiscent of the film's timeless appeal.
Time-Saving Ideas for Fitting Exercise, Diet, Fashion and Beauty Into Every Day
Will help every woman with a busy, active life find the time to address their exercise, diet, beauty and fashion desires without derailing their schedules.
Eco Tips for Busy People
No more waste! These 100 tips provide insight, practical advice, and a painless approach to joining the zero-waste revolution. Every year, people dump over two billion tons of waste—which does untold damage to the environment, wildlife, and our health. How can we, as individuals, stem this tide of trash? How to Go Waste Free helps you change your habits, so you throw nothing away, replace non-sustainable products with reusable ones, compost or reuse everything, and live a simple, cost-effective, and eco-friendly life. One hundred easy-to-implement, painless tips cover everything from shopping locally, avoiding wastefully packaged takeout, and carrying your own shopping bags to buying LED lightbulbs, ecogifting, and throwing a waste-free wedding. Plus, there’s advice on doing a waste audit so you know where you stand right now!
‘It’s dog eat dog in this rat race.’ ‘We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.’ ‘I hope to come first or second, or at least to win it.’ The information superhighway brings more text to our door than ever before. It’s just that most of it gets mangled along the way.Twenty years ago, Harold Scruby’s Manglish became an instant bestseller. This version expands on the consummate mangles of the original, with all-new Scrubyisms and recent classics from the shame files of the Plain English Foundation.Modern Manglish explores the traditional linguistic traps of mixed metaphors and mispronunciation, new words and old clichés, and euphemisms, tautologies, and jargon. It also exposes the latest Manglish in serially offending professions such as politics, business, and the law. When exactly did we all become ‘stakeholders seeking to leverage our paradigmsto achieve best-practice scenarios moving forward’? Alongside these are the newest contenders for the Manglish crown, ranging from sports talk to silly signs, and from food speak to fancy-pants job titles.For your delectation — and perhaps chagrin — here are the worst excesses of Manglish, illustrated by Australia’s premier editorial cartoonist, Alan Moir.
Biedere Hausfrau und Backfisch, Mutter und Geliebte, Karrierefrau und Abendbegleitung – es gibt eine Vielzahl von Rollen, welche die moderne Frau immer zur richtigen Zeit beherrschen muss. Caroline Jones kennt das nur zu gut und weiß bestens über die verschieden Facetten der Frau von heute Bescheid. In ihrem Führer gibt sie Tipps, wie man schwierige Situationen meistert, Männer um den kleinen Finger wickelt und sich selbst dabei immer unter Kontrolle hat – das alles natürlich mit einem kleinen Schmunzeln. - Tipps, um Kinder und Karriere unter einen Hut zu bekommen - Ratschläge, wie man Partys veranstaltet und Nachbarschaften pflegt - Einführung in den gepflegten Small Talk - Zehn Überlebensstrategien, um Dates nach der Scheidung zu überstehen - Tipps für Shopping-Touren und Schönheitssalons
