Reuters reports here: Mom’s getting a tummy tuck and a new nose. But how does she tell her kids? Dr Michael Salzhauer, A Florida plastic surgeon has written the first known picture book, “My Beautiful Mommy,”aimed at 4-7 year-olds that seeks to reassure them about mom going under the knife.
AP reports here at Yahoo News: “Three Girls and Their Brother” (Shaye Areheart Books, 337 pages, $23.95), by Theresa Rebeck: In her first novel, playwright and screenwriter Theresa Rebeck skewers paparazzi culture and our national obsession with the hookups and breakdowns of the young and the beautiful.
The Top Ten Books in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
And The Top Ten Books This Week are:
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61)
• The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits
• Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
• Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World
• The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
• Unaccustomed Earth
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
• Eat This Not That: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-or More!
The Top Ten Books in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
And The Top Ten Books This Week are:
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61)
• Sports Illustrated, Brett Favre Retirement Tribute, 2008 Issue
• How Come That Idiot’s Rich and I’m Not?
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
• Eat This Not That: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-or More!
• Sports Illustrated: Brett Favre: The Tribute
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
• Martha Stewart’s Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine)
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York - From the New York Times perfume critic, a stylish, fascinating, unprecedented insider’s view of an industry and its charismatic characters No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes-one created by a Frenchman in Paris for an exclusive luxury-goods house, the other made in New York by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Coty, Inc., a giant international corporation. We follow Coty’s mating of star power to the marketing of perfume, watching Sex and the City’s Parker heading a hugely expensive campaign to launch a scent into the overcrowded celebrity market. Will she match the success of Jennifer Lopez? Does she have the international fan base to drive worldwide sales? In Paris at the elegant Herms, we see Jean Claude Ellena, his company’s new head perfumer, given a challenge: he must create a scent to resuscitate Herms’s perfume business and challenge le monstre of the industry, bestselling Chanel No. 5. Will his pilgrimage to a garden on the Nile supply the inspiration he needs? The answer lies in Burr’s informative and mesmerizing portrait of some of the extraordinary personalities who envision, design, create, and launch the perfumes that drive their billion-dollar industry.
The Top Ten Books in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice holiday gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
And The Top Ten Books This Week are:
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
• A Thousand Splendid Suns
• The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health
• Eat This Not That: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-or More!
• Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat (Agora Series)
• The Appeal
• In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
• Plum Lucky (Stephanie Plum Novels)
• How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
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, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it’s not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers—although that’s included, of course! Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this book is every girl’s invitation to adventure.
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls Anne Lamotts hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister) is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.
The Top Ten Books in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice holiday gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
And The Top Ten Books This Week are:
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
• A Thousand Splendid Suns
• The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
• His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
• The Kite Runner
• The Dangerous Book for Boys
• You: Staying Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty (You)
• I Am America (And So Can You!)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
The Top Ten Book Gift Ideas in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice holiday gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
And The Top Ten Books This Week are:
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
• I Am America (And So Can You!)
• The Dangerous Book for Boys
• A Thousand Splendid Suns
• The Daring Book for Girls
• His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
• You: Staying Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty (You)
• Our Dumb World: The Onion’s Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition
• The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah’s Book Club)
• IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit
Iconic America: A Roller-Coaster Ride through the Eye-Popping Panorama of American Pop Culture
AP reports here at Yahoo News: "Iconic America: A Roller-Coaster Ride Through The Eye-Popping Panorama of American Pop Culture (Universe/Rizzoli, 368 pages, $60), by Tommy Hilfiger with George Lois: Our world today is one of fragments, niches, products, icons — this much is obvious. Far less evident to Americans as consumers is how these fragments — bit by bit, year by year — shape and add texture to our lives.
Book Description:
What is America? It’s Monopoly and Mickey Mouse, but also Sinatra and Fred Astaire. It’s the Declaration of Independence, but it’s also Barbie and Playboy, Winslow Homer and Rudi Gernreich’s topless bathing suit. This juxtaposition of images reflects America’s unique eclecticism, and the unprecedented influence that the images of America’s pop culture have had on the world. This book works as a great treasury of Americana, and as a mischievously enjoyable observation on all things truly American. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and famous adman George Lois have crafted an enlightening book, searching American history to find over 350 people, symbols, and things of import. Their iconic and iconoclastic choices are entertainingly presented through surprising visual juxtapositions. Inspired by Tommy Hilfiger’s passion for Americana and George Lois’ wit, Iconic America dramatizes the national ethos, and makes us think about who we are and what we stand for, with humor and charm. For more info or to order, check out the book Iconic America here in our online store.
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