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Reinvented lives
The subjects in this text provide the models for what has become a new age for many women. 28 women, including Anita Roddick and Prue Leith, write their own personal stories which are accompanied by Elizabeth Handy's photographs. Twenty-eight women, ranging from Anita Roddick and Prue Leith to less well-known names, write their own personal stories which are accompanied by Elizabeth Handy's black and white photographs and an introductory essay by Charles Handy. This generation of women is entering the sixties more healthy, more educated and more energetic than most of their mothers. The subjects in this book provide the models for what has become, for the first time, a new age for many women. Released from most of the cares and responsibilities that accompany midlife for women, they are free to reinvent themselves, to give more time to their career or calling, or to luxuriate in the serenity and friendships that few had time for in the past. Some enter new relationships, some start new careers or go back to study, some find that their work is only now reaching its peak. Many have survived traumas and tragedies, but 'the past is just the prologue' as one of them explains.
Writers' & artists' yearbook 2007
This volume is a guide to markets in all areas of the media. It contains information on a huge range of topics including copyright, finance, submitting a manuscript, e-publishing, prizes and awards. The bestselling guide to markets in all areas of the media, completely revised and updated, and this year in its 100th EDITION , with a foreword by Ian Rankin . New articles in this edition include: 1. Notes from a successful writer of historical fiction - Bernard Cornwall 2. Notes from a successful fantasy/sci-fi writer -Terry Pratchett 3. Marketing, publicising and selling books - Katie Bond 4. Notes from a successful television screenwriter - Andrew Davies 5. Is there a book in you? - Alison Baverstock Contains information on a huge range of topics including copyright, finance, submitting a manuscript, e-publishing, prizes and awards. 'The sheer volume of information in the Yearbook gives encouragement to the brittle vulnerable hearts of would-be writers' - Maeve Binchy 'Full of useful stuff. It answered my every question' - JK Rowling
Who do you want to be today?
Style gurus Trinny & Susannah show you how to put together 12 completely different looks. They analyse the iconic photographs which encapsulate each look, and use them to create an inspirational mood board of styles, colours and wardrobe essentials as the basis for each look. You've read The Rules, you know your shape, and you've worked out which colours suit you best, now you can have some real fun and learn how to vary your look according to your mood. WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE TODAY? ...sexy Bombshell (inspired by Marilyn Monroe or Scarlett Johansson) ...Ice Queen (cool perfection like Nicole Kidman or Grace Kelly) ...Rock Chick (wild and strong like Debbie Harry or Amy Winehouse) ...a sultry Diva (think Ava Gardner or Jerry Hall) ...a stylish Sophisticate (Coco Chanel or Anna Wintour) ...Androgyne boy-girl (Hillary Swank or Grace Jones) ...Boho (a la Kate Moss or Sienna Miller) ...Avant garde eccentric (like Diana Vreeland or Anjelica Houston) ...HIgh Maintenance (Victoria Beckham or Eva Longoria) ...Gamine (think Audrey Hepburn or Kylie Minogue) ...Minimalist (think Charlotte Rampling or Yoko Ono) ...Cutting edge cool (inspired by Chloe Sevigny or Agyness Deyn) Trinny & Susannah show you how to put together 12 completely different looks. They analyse the iconic photographs which encapsulate each look, and use them to create an inspirational mood board of styles, colours and wardrobe essentials as the basis for each look.They cover hair and makeup and the finishing touches - the details that will help you compose the look. It's all about learning how to express your individuality, developing your own personal style, and having the confidence to pull it off.
Writers' & artists' yearbook 2007
This volume is a guide to markets in all areas of the media. It contains information on a huge range of topics including copyright, finance, submitting a manuscript, e-publishing, prizes and awards. The bestselling guide to markets in all areas of the media, completely revised and updated, and this year in its 100th EDITION , with a foreword by Ian Rankin . New articles in this edition include: 1. Notes from a successful writer of historical fiction - Bernard Cornwall 2. Notes from a successful fantasy/sci-fi writer -Terry Pratchett 3. Marketing, publicising and selling books - Katie Bond 4. Notes from a successful television screenwriter - Andrew Davies 5. Is there a book in you? - Alison Baverstock Contains information on a huge range of topics including copyright, finance, submitting a manuscript, e-publishing, prizes and awards. 'The sheer volume of information in the Yearbook gives encouragement to the brittle vulnerable hearts of would-be writers' - Maeve Binchy 'Full of useful stuff. It answered my every question' - JK Rowling
Body & Soul
Anita Roddick admits that she knew nothing about business when, at 33, she opened her first Body Shop in Brighton with a bank loan of 4000. Now there are 570 Body Shops in 37 different countries and there will be 1000 before the next century. This book describes the way in which she has achieved this success. Turning conventional business wisdom on its head, the Body Shop spends no money on advertising or designing expensive packaging, but invests time, money and manpower on a range of vital humanist and environmental issues. It has also set up highly successful industries in threatened areas of the Third World - and quite literally, saved whole communities. The Body Shop chain has been acclaimed as Company of the year, Communicator of the year and Retailer of the year. Anita Roddick herself was named Business Woman of the Year in 1985, was awarded an OBE in 1988 and received a United Nations environmental award in 1989.
Reinvented lives
The subjects in this text provide the models for what has become a new age for many women. 28 women, including Anita Roddick and Prue Leith, write their own personal stories which are accompanied by Elizabeth Handy's photographs. Twenty-eight women, ranging from Anita Roddick and Prue Leith to less well-known names, write their own personal stories which are accompanied by Elizabeth Handy's black and white photographs and an introductory essay by Charles Handy. This generation of women is entering the sixties more healthy, more educated and more energetic than most of their mothers. The subjects in this book provide the models for what has become, for the first time, a new age for many women. Released from most of the cares and responsibilities that accompany midlife for women, they are free to reinvent themselves, to give more time to their career or calling, or to luxuriate in the serenity and friendships that few had time for in the past. Some enter new relationships, some start new careers or go back to study, some find that their work is only now reaching its peak. Many have survived traumas and tragedies, but 'the past is just the prologue' as one of them explains.
Remarkable Women Writers
From L M Montgomery and George Eliot to Margaret Atwood and JK Rowling, this book covers a range of time periods and styles. It is suitable for enthusiastic girl...
Business Leaders and Success: 55 Top Business Leaders and How They Achieved Greatness
Helps discover what it takes to become a global business leader and the success secrets you can use. This book details: how Oprah Winfrey became a billionaire media...
Remarkable Women Writers
The acclaimed Women's Hall of Fame series continues with profiles of ten women wordsmiths who made history in their own uniquely creative ways. From LM Montgomery and George Eliot to Margaret Atwood and JK Rowling, Ball covers a wide range of time...
Remarkable Women Writers
From L M Montgomery and George Eliot to Margaret Atwood and JK Rowling, this book covers a range of time periods and styles. It is suitable for enthusiastic girl writers of ages 9-12.
Remarkable Women Writers
From L M Montgomery and George Eliot to Margaret Atwood and JK Rowling, this book covers a range of time periods and styles. It is suitable for enthusiastic girl writers of ages 9-12.
Women in Business
Original / British English At the beginning of the twentieth century, the idea of women in business seemed strange. Today more and more women are reaching the top of business life. This book tells the business success stories of five very different women: Coco Chanel, Hanae Mori, Anita Roddick, Oprah Winfrey and Madonna.
Oprah Winfrey
Dynamic and engaging biographies of black achievers in graphic-novel form Dynamic and engaging graphic-novel biographies of black achievers in colourful and dramatic strip-cartoon artwork
Coco Chanel: A Biography
A biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest fashion icons, reissued to coincide with the biopic Coco avant Chanel.
Coco Chanel
To call Coco Chanel a fashion designer hardly captures her social and cultural significance. An iconoclastic entrepreneur, she rebelled against and manipulated gender...