For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. With more than fifteen million copies sold, How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the best known motivational books in history, with proven advice for achieving success in life. You ll learn: three fundamental techniques in handling people; six ways to make people like you; twelve ways to win people to you way of thinking; nine ways to change people without arousing resentment; and much, much more! ,

like all young elephants,Elly sometimes forgets her manners!In this beautifully illustrated story,Elly finds out how good table manners can make meal times much more fun.

Learn how to hot-pepper marmalade and make homemade itching powder and whoopee cushions among other time-tested pranks in this charming little book.

First published in 1913, Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country is a scathing novel of ambition featuring one of the most ruthless heroines in literature. Undine Spragg is as unscrupulous as she is magnetically beautiful. Her rise to the top of New York's high society from the nouveau riche provides a provocative commentary on the upwardly mobile and the aspirations that eventually cause their ruin. One of Wharton's most acclaimed works, The Custom ofthe Country is a stunning indictment of materialism and misplaced values that is as powerful today forits astute observations about greed and power as when it was written nearly a century ago.

In this extraordinary volume of selections from Aristotle-culled from the monumental Oxford translation by authorities including W.D.Ross,Benjamin Jowett,and Ingram Bywater-editor Justin D.Kaplan has included the most widely read,studied,and quoted works of the great philosopher.Informative notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work,illuminating the main ideas.Thoughtfully assembled,The Pocket Aristotle is the essential guide to the man who has often been called the world's most important thinker.

Birds have always held a special fascination for mankind. The stud), of the avian species did more than simply spur homo sapiens on to conquer the skies; birds have also permeated the cultural and spiritual fabric of our lives. Add to this the fact that birdwatching is a pursuit that can be bltowed in town, country and at the coast all year round, without sophisticated equipment, and it is hardly surprising that so many look m it as a source of relaxation and inspiration. If observation is the primary pleasure, it is enhanced by greater knowledge and understanding. This book focuses on the 180 commonest species which are either native to Britain or regular visitors to these shores. Concise physical de*ions are given for each bird, both at rest and in flight, and distinctive behaviour patterns are also detailed. Articulating the voice of a particular species is fraught with difficulty, but as birdsong can often be the key to identification this has also been included. The habitat for each species is briefl

Men fill up prisons. They drive oil tankers onto rocks in pristine wilderness areas. They skip out on their kids. They loot S&Ls in Brooks Brothers suits and convenience stores in T-shirts. Men commit the most crime in America, outnumbering women in prisons 94 to 6. Yet women are expected to pay their unfair share for this essentially male pursuit. June Stephenson has an idea: a tax on men. In Men Are Not Cost-Effective, June Stephenson outlines the ground-breaking idea of a gender tax, as well as examining just why crime is a masculine statement. She also provides sound government statistics on the staggering impact of male crime in America and pro- vides workable remedies for stopping this great crime wave.

After a year's sabbatical in Kyoto, a college professor presents a collection of essays on traditional Japanese culture.

There is a world of irrational thoughts,fantastic images,and rare omens that is unleashed when your mind is at rest Through dreams,many people have foreseen happy events;they also have been warned of impending doom it is said that Joan of Arc predicted her own death,that the famine of egypt was revealed in a dream that history would be rewritten had Julius Caesar heeded the warning con tained in his wifes dream. What do our dreams mean?How can they help us understand ourselves and our destiny ?In this little A-to-Z guide,youll learn which dreams are good omens and which are warnings,what it means to dream of a frog ,and why a dream about something as beautiful as a diamond is not always a good thing. From acorns and islands to stars and zebras,Dreams will explain it all.

Carl Reiner Any book that includes three episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show in its list of 100 Best has to be considered a major masterwork. I applaud its publication. Read this entertaining book and learn how it was done and how you too can do it. TV Land, the network of America's television favorites, delivers opinionated, informed, and, most of all, humorous takes on everything television! Who are the fifteen grumpiest TV characters? What are the twenty-nine most important comic formulas? What were Chuck Woolery's six careers? Plus TV haiku, TV anagrams, the great literary works that were the progenitors of the sitcom genre, and behind-the-scenes facts and stories that are sure to enhance your television experience. In fact, you'll never watch TV the same way again. TV Land to Go will become as indispensable as your remote control!

Have you ever wanted to set up your own totally cool club?Then check out this fabulous book to guide you on your way.

Every day-in the shower,at your desk,or waiting for the bus-there are little are little things to do to make you look,fell and act younger.There's no need for straining,no tedious calisthenics,no starvation diets. OVer a twenty-year period,Dr.Morehouse devel-oped his concept of effortless exercise into this revolutionary physical conditioning program,and-as an expert with the space program-applied his methods to America's astronauts.And,fortwenty years,they have worked right here on earth,especially in the prevention of heart disease! No matter what your age,this amazing book shows you how to look younger,fell better,and probably live longer-using a quick and easy method.Try it for just two weeks and experience a new vitality and youthful bouyancy that will amaze you!

WHICH RAINFOREST BATS DRINK BLOOD? ARE ANY BIRDS POISONOUS? You'll find the answers to these and over 100 other intriguing questions inside this superbly illustrated book. Other titles in this series: Creepy Crawlies Dionsaurs Sea Creatures.