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Glamorous "Vogue" magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is the most powerful style-maker in the world. She influences designers, wholesalers, and retailers globally. Based on interviews, this biography chronicles the insecure and creative climb of this powerhouse to the top of the bitchy, competitive fashion magazine world.

Aims to help those who want to change someone - to make him or her more generous, less angry, more romantic, or less impatient. This book tell how to: inspire loyalty; eliminate prejudice; turn anyone's mood around fast; stop stubborn behaviour; make a wallflower into a social butterfly; stop passive aggressive behaviour; and more.

Stuck. That's how 33-year-old aspiring singer Celeste Duncan feels. Stuck with her deadbeat boyfriend and static career. But then Celeste receives a puzzling phone call and a box full of mysterious family heirlooms, which just might be the first real clue to the identity of the father she never knew.

Inevitable market rises (and dips) and the miracle of compounding will build, over a minimum two decades, real wealth. This book offers information about investing, and discusses how careful investing can capture many of big-company stock valuations that will be seen in time to have been tremendous buys.

When Kylie Galen left Shadow Falls, she thought it was the hardest decision of her life. Heartbroken and separated from everyone she loves, she finally comes to terms with her abilities and what it means to be a chameleon. For Kylie, everything will finally be revealed and nothing will ever be the same.

Designed for children aged eight and up, this work begins with a sudoku lesson from Will Shortz and easy 4 X 4 grids to warm up. It features four difficulty levels including smaller "kids grids".

Presents a guide with everything needed to turn the least sophisticated drinker into a sauce-slinger extraordinaire in no time flat. Despite the informative anecdotes, sidebars, and factoids, the focus is still on explaining the basics of mixology, including: the setup of a professional bar; the tools of the trade and how to use them; and more.

Tells the readers how to train their cats to prevent the most common household problems: how to stop a cat from clawing the furniture; how to prevent a cat from begging for food before his mealtime; how to train domestic cats to get along instead of fighting; how to deal with a cat who won't use his litter box; and, more.

Deconstructs the craft of writing for film, and reveals: story arc; plotting and subplotting; classical vs revolutionary screenplay structure; tone, style and atmosphere; the use of time; and the creation of drama and tension.

The 21st edition of the award-winning annual compilation of the year's best science fiction stories.

When Summer meets Max Delaney, she instantly falls under his spell. Max is a master of submission, and Summer yearns to be dominated by him body and soul. Max tutors her in the pleasures of submissive sex, and together they explore Summer's most hidden fantasies. But can she surrender to her ultimate desire: to share herself with 3 men at once?

Illustrated with more than 180 black and white photos that show readers: warm up stretches and breathing exercises; standing yoga poses that can be done with the aid of a chair; seated poses; relaxation poses; and effective meditation techniques.

There's always time for a little mental exercise and what better way to flex your mental muscles than with sudoku? This title includes 100 sudoku puzzles.

Explains how to: plan ahead, spend less time at the supermarket, cut down on prep time, group similar kitchen tasks together to get them all done at once, make kitchen clean-up more manageable, and use the freezer, computer, and your head to create a month full of delicious meals.

The 21st edition of the award-winning annual compilation of the year's best science fiction stories.

Are you often left wondering whether to use "healthy" or "healthful"? Is that sugary treat a "doughnut" or a "donut"? Is "data" singular, plural, or both? This author has you covered with a wide range of words that often trip us up. Each entry features clear definitions and examples that put each word in context, along with memory tricks and fun.

Presented in a portable size, this title includes 200 hard puzzles.

Presented in a portable size, this title includes 200 sudoku puzzles.

Many solvers love sudoku not just for the intellectual challenge or the sheer fun of solving, but because sudoku puzzles help them attain an almost Zen-like state of mental relaxation. Sudoku, to put it simply, helps solvers get in the zone.

Puzzled by the wordless crossword puzzle? This book contains 100 easy-to-solve sudoku puzzles.

Sudoku is fun, mind-boggling, and relaxing. Solving a sudoku puzzle demands no mathematical skills. There's just one basic rule: Fill in the empty boxes in the nine-by-nine grid so that every row, column, and three-by-three square contains the numbers I through 9, without repeating. This is a collection of 150 sudoku puzzles.

Covers the full spectrum of character and events of the historic moment, from national leaders and admirals to the views of ordinary citizens caught in the chaos of war. This story stretches from the slaughter of China in the 1930s to the lonely office of Commander James Watson, an American cryptographer.

Explains how to neutralize an opponent; useful footwork, positioning, and manoeuvres; and self-defence principles for women. This guide helps you to overcome your opponent and keep yourself safe.

Takes the reader into the psyche of France's doomed queen, Marie Antoinette: her love affair with handsome Swedish diplomat Count Axel Fersen, who risked his life to save her; her fears on the terrifying night the Parisian mob broke into her palace bedroom intent on murdering her and her family; and her attempted flight from France in disguise.

Provides instructions for beginners and solutions for experienced knitters. This work includes topics and techniques such as: picking a pattern that's right for you, determining gauge, how to knit and purl, five different methods of buttonholing, how to weave invisible seams, picking up dropped stitches, how to hand-wash, and more.

In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyber space, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. This work explores the ideas of a new world.

Takes us behind bars and into the cellblock. This book captures the voices of prisoners and illuminates the varied ways in which men experience life behind bars in America.

Originally published: Melbourne, Vic.: Crown Content, c2002

A how-to book on organizing your life and workplace for creative "right-brained" people

Deceit, lying, and falsehoods lie at the very heart of our cultural heritage. The ever-present possibility of deceit is a crucial dimension of all human relationships, even the most central: our relationships with our very own selves. This book elucidates the essential role that deception and self-deception have played in human evolution.