The ultimate guide to dating — how to hitch, switch or ditch. This is the definitive guide. From her uncensored and hilarious dating mishaps to unconventional wisdom you won't have heard before, Sam Pease will help you work out whether he's a sleeper, a creeper or a keeper. Sam Pease is the Dating Doctor. With a thousand dates under her belt, numerous marriage proposals and enough dating escapades to write a trilogy, she has first-hand experience of what makes, or breaks, a new bond. In the same way her first book Eat Less Crap, Lose That Fat inspired readers to get slim without the gym, this book’s positive and humorous style will give readers hope and enthusiasm for the dating scene. Date Like a Dude will teach you how to date with your head, not your heart. Whether you’re sick of being single, recently separated, a solo mum, or allergic to dating, finding a man is easy with Sam's lessons in chemistry. As Sam says, the biggest mistake women make is assuming all the good ones are taken. “Beautiful, good men are everywhere. You just need to be in the right headspace to see them.”

Copiously researched and documented, Hit Men is the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the insatiable greed and ambition; the enormous egos; the fierce struggles for profits and power; the vendettas, rivalries, shakedowns, and payoffs. Chronicling the evolution of America's largest music labels from the Tin Pan Alley days to the present day, Fredric Dannen examines in depth the often venal, sometimes illegal dealings among the assorted hustlers and kingpins who rule over this multi-billion-dollar business. Updated with a new last chapter by the author.

In a crowded world you need to be seen! Schmingling - The Art of Being Well-Connected Through Blatant Self-Promotion shows you how to be seen and perceived as a leader in your industry. This book is for you if you are an introvert, are new to your industry or want practical and actionable tips to stand out and be seen. Author, Faith McKinney, knows from experience how to be seen. Although she is an introvert, Faith has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, many national blogs, and books. Faith is lead Ambassador of Successful Thinkers of Indianapolis. She is an on air personality for ICIndymag.com where she has interviewed everyone from newsman Dan Rather to musician Kirk Franklin. Through Schmingling, Faith has been elevated to celebrity status even though she works as a janitor. She is a sought after speaker and advisor for business and social advice even though she did not complete college. Schmingling - The Art of Being Well-Connected Through Blatant Self-Promotion will give you the confidence to create the expert and celebrity status you need to succeed in your business. "Faith McKinney has done it! Schmingling - The Art of Being Well-Connected Through Blatant Self-Promotion, perfectly re-frames the concept of networking so that you can build meaningful, extraordinary, and very rich relationships in both your personal and professional lives. She is Indianapolis' best when it comes to networking. It is her passion. This book will help so many people who are looking to get to the next level. Schmingling - The Art of Being Well-Connected Through Blatant Self-Promotion, should be mandatory reading for anyone wanting to enhance their personal and professional relationships in a way that is mutually beneficial and personally rewarding. We all need to build and sustain meaningful relationships based on mutual give and take. Faith has the formula to show us how." Jesse Brown Dean, School of Business, Martin University, Indianapolis, IN Author of Investing in the Dream, and Pay Yourself First - The African American Guide to Wealth and Prosperity January 2013

A wealthy casino heiress and an FBI agent on a mission find themselves fighting danger—and a powerful mutual passion!—in this sexy romantic suspense originally published as Her 24-Hour Protector in 2009! FBI special agent Lex Duncan has taken a post in Las Vegas to search for the missing pieces of his past in a city that has no memory. But when the cool agent’s current investigation intersects with a high-profile Sin City murder, Lex runs into a completely different kind of trouble in the form of hot, young casino heiress Jenna Jayne Rothchild…and the sins of the past suddenly slam right into the present. And Lex—who was seeking to take the Rothchild family down—suddenly becomes the one man who can rescue the sexy young heiress…in more ways than one. Jenna is a party girl in a city that knows no limit on glitz or fun, and she’s everything Lex avoids in a woman. The homicide victim, however, was her sister, and the mysterious diamond stolen from her sister’s body belongs to her father. And it’s now in the FBI’s custody. Jenna is determined to get what she wants from the sexy special agent. But gleaning classified information about her sister’s case requires finesse. Her seduction strategy backfires when Lex cons her into revealing family secrets…and into falling for him. As the Vegas heat gives way to searing passion, will their tryst become a high-risk affair—or are they betting on forever?

A Place to Call Home When Reed Hamilton arrives in Lake Endwell for a family wedding, he expects to do his part as best man then head back to the big city. But when a a tornado postpones the wedding, the town is in shambles and Reed is injured. Thankfully maid of honor Claire Sheffield offers him one of her cottages to recuperate in. Dedicated to her family and her dream job at the zoo, Claire is all about roots. She's this city slicker's opposite, yet as they help the town rebuild, Reed is captivated by her stunning looks and caring ways. He can't ask Claire to leave the life she loves for him, but he also can't imagine ever leaving her behind…

The ladies of the #1 New York Times bestselling Friday Night Knitting Club return in a moving, laugh-out-loud celebration of special times with friends and family… Whipping up chocolate-orange scones at pastry school is Dakota Walker’s passion, but she’ll never give up the Friday Night Knitting Club at Walker and Daughter, the coziest yarn shop in Manhattan. The club is also a haven for Peri, Darwin, Lucie, K.C., Anita, and Catherine—Dakota’s dearest friends, big sisters, and sometimes surrogate mothers. With the holidays just around the corner, the women have reason to celebrate: There’s a special wedding planned for New Year’s Day. And in the meantime, Dakota is finishing a sweater her mother started before she was born. As she takes on her mother’s pattern, she learns that there was much more history in these stitches than she had anticipated, and to build on her mother’s legacy, Dakota must become the woman she truly desires to be. READERS GUIDE INSIDE

‘So, was it hard to pretend I was “dead”? Well, my motivation was abundant; it was splendiferous, endless, you might say.’ An American actress, renowned for being late, is living with her two cats in a modernist clifftop apartment in Sydney in the late 1980s. The recounting of her story is prompted by the arrival of an old typewriter and a book addressed to Zelda Zonk. And by the arrival of a young man called Daniel, who is locked out while house-sitting her neighbour’s apartment. Together Zelda and Daniel form an unlikely but close bond as they go walking, prepare dinner for Shabbat, traverse Sydney Harbour on a ferry and talk about their lives. Part of their bond is the discovery that they are both orphans. Daniel is also a habitué of the nearby sandstone cliffs where men have mysteriously gone missing. In Late, Michael Fitzgerald superbly captures the literary spirit and sensibility of an ageing woman and icon who has escaped celebrity. It is a haunting and lyrical novel about art, friendship, and confronting our fears. ‘A big swing that works beautifully. Fitzgerald’s affection and respect for his subject, whom we all know and don’t know at all, results in a voice that rings true: warm, tender, passionate, smart, self-aware and very, very witty.’ — C. J. Johnson, President of the Film Critics Circle of Australia ‘Deeply referential, dramatic and allusive, Late balances on a tightrope between present and past lives, public and private roles. A riveting mystery unfolds. In the process the author delivers a meditation on celebrity and a love song to Sydney.’ — Catherine Phil MacCarthy, author of Daughters of the House and One Room an Everywhere

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Three Junes comes the story of Greenie Duquette, who lavishes most of her passionate energy on her Greenwich Village bakery and her young son—until she makes an impulsive decision that will change the course of several lives around her. Greenie's husband, Alan, seems to have fallen into a midlife depression, while Walter, her closest professional ally, is nursing a broken heart. At Walter’s restaurant, the visiting governor of New Mexico tastes Greenie’s coconut cake and decides to woo her away to be his chef. For reasons both ambitious and desperate, she accepts—heading west without her husband.

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