Kim Izzo Bücher

Jane-Austen-Fan, knapp 40, Single, ohne Job, sucht Mr. Rich. äh. Right Gute Freunde, ein toller Job bei einem Frauenmagazin und stolze Besitzerin der kompletten Jane-Austen-DVD-Sammlung: Katherine kann nicht klagen. Gut, ihr Freund hat sich mitsamt den Ersparnissen aus dem Staub gemacht, und ihr vierzigster Geburtstag steht kurz bevor – aber das Leben geht weiter. Doch dann schlägt das Schicksal erneut zu: Katherines Großmutter stirbt, sie verliert ihren Job und sitzt auf einem gigantischen Schuldenberg. Höchste Zeit für einen Plan B. Was würde Jane Austen tun? Natürlich, ein reicher Gatte muss her! Doch kurz vor dem Ziel kommen Katherine Zweifel: Ist Mr. Rich auch Mr. Right?

THE FABULOUS GIRL'S GUIDE TO LIFE is fully of witty, incisive and helpful advice for the thoroughly modern woman It covers many of the dilemmas and tricky situations a Fabulous Girl will encounter as she moves on to the next stage of her life, and will resonate with women everywhere. It includes: * CHANGING CAREERS MIDSTREAM * HOW TO WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO UNDERMINES YOU * BUSINESS TRIP ETIQUETTE * GETTING BETTER SERVICE * HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN FASHION STYLE * WHAT TO DO WHEN TWO FRIENDS SPLIT UP * HOW TO TELL FRIEND TO STOP DRINKING/LOSE WEIGHT * MAKING BOOTY CALLS * DATING SOMEONE WITH KIDS * CAREER CONFLICTS IN A RELATIONSHIP * HOW TO BREAK UP WITH STYLE * LAST-MINUTE ENTERTAINING * HOW TO SURVIVE FAMILY GATHERINGS AND END FAMILY FEUDS And woven through the books is the continuing story of the Fabulous Girl herself.

'You know the Fabulous Girl, don't you? She's Holly Golightly, the girl you must have at your cocktail party. She's smart, fun, sophisticated, and of course beautifully well-mannered. She's the friend who always knows when you need a shoe-shopping expedition to lift your spirits. She's the one who calls you after your disastrous dinner party and insists that she had a marvellous time. She's the girl you admire, the girl you want to be.' The "Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum" is an entertaining, stylish and thoroughly modern guide to manners. It offers invaluable advice on workplace etiquette and how to maintain the admiration and respect of your colleagues, entertaining (including how to throw the perfect dinner party and what to do if it all goes horribly wrong), sex and romance (which we all know aren't necessarily the same thing), dealing with one-night-stands, modern marriage and divorce, friendship and fashion. Woven throughout this wealth of witty advice is the story of the Fabulous Girl herself as she learns to glide gracefully through her days. The "Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum" is as essential as a little black dress - elegant, practical and something no woman of today should be without!

For readers of Kate Williams, Beatriz Williams and Jennifer Robson, a captivating novel of love and resilience during the Great War, inspired by the author’s family history. As the First World War rages in continental Europe, two New York heiresses, Sydney and Brooke Sinclair, are due to set sail for England. Brooke is engaged to marry impoverished aristocrat Edward Thorpe-Tracey, the future Lord Northbrook, in the wedding of the social calendar. Sydney has other adventures in mind; she is drawn to the burgeoning suffragette movement, which is a constant source of embarrassment to her proper sister. As international tempers flare, the German embassy releases a warning that any ships making the Atlantic crossing are at risk. Undaunted, Sydney and Brooke board the Lusitania for the seven-day voyage with Edward, not knowing that disaster lies ahead. In London, Isabel Nelson, a young woman grateful to have escaped her blemished reputation in Oxford, has found employment at the British Admiralty in the mysterious Room 40. While she begins as a secretary, it isn’t long before her skills in codes and cyphers are called on, and she learns a devastating truth and the true cost of war. As the days of the voyage pass, these four lives collide in a struggle for survival as the Lusitania meets its deadly fate.

Jaká je Fantastická Holka? Elegantní, chytrá a zábavná dívka, kterou lidé obdivují a mají rádi. Vyzná se v pravidlech společenského chování a se šarmem zvládá všechny oblasti moderního života: práci, přátelství, lásku i sex. Že vy taková nejste? Nevadí, tato příručka vám poskytne neocenitelné rady jak toho dosáhnout. Dokážete odpovědět na otázku, která vidlička se používá na rybu a kdo komu otevírá dveře (například otočné)? Znáte etiketu při půjčování peněz, dvoření, sexu, nakupování, telefonování či v restauraci? Umíte se chovat k těhotným ženám, gayům, lesbičkám, milencům svých známých, bezdomovcům, vyléčeným alkoholikům, kuřákům či slavným přátelům (jestli nějaké máte)? Víte, co dělat, když v zaměstnání povýšíte nebo naopak dáváte výpověď, do jaké míry je vhodné se mimopracovně stýkat s kolegy, jak se chovat za volantem, na večírcích a k partnerovi při známosti na jednu noc? Pokud ne, nezoufejte! To vše vám Fantastická Holka a její dvě kamarádky předvedou názorně, protože jejich zážitky a zkušenosti ve formě zábavného příběhu jsou nedílnou součástí tohoto netradičního breviáře pro mladé všech věkových kategorií.