A stylishly smart collection of practical advice for the busy modern woman
With information on entertaining, etiquette, housekeeping, basic home repair, decorating, sex, and beauty, this indispensable book has everything today's young woman should know-but may not! The Modern Girl's Guide to Life is a collection of all the helpful tips and secrets that get passed on from generation to generation, but many of us have somehow missed. It's full of practical, definitive advice on the basics -- the day-to-day necessities like finding a bra that fits, balancing a checkbook, making a decent cup of coffee, and hemming a pair of pants. Modern Girl guru Jane Buckingham includes loads of savvy counsel to help us feel more refined, in charge, and together as we navigate the rocky terrain that is twenty-first-century womanhood.

The Modern Girl's Guide to Life (Modern Girl's Guides)

Business & Money

Buckingham, Jane

Business Culture

William Morrow Paperbacks

What will the next ten years look like?
In her role as founder and president of The Intelligence Group, a consulting and trend-spotting company at the forefront of predictions about the ever-elusive youth and consumer market, Jane Buckingham spends her days looking for the telling details in today's culture that give clues about what our future holds. What's Next: The Experts' Guide is the result of her conversations with dozens of fascinating people in a wide range of industries, all giving their highly individual perspectives on the world as they know it. 
From education to the environment, from robotics to drug policy, with an emphasis on up-and-coming industries and news-making topics, some of the most compelling and timely matters of our era are addressed by dozens of contributors, including:
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<li>Renowned computer scientist Steve Ward, PhD, on the biggest issues regarding emerging technologies, intellectual property, and alternate economic models.</li>
<li>Actors Felicity Huffman and Bill Macy, on the need for new creativity in storytelling.</li>
<li>Campaign adviser Joe Trippi, on how politics will be turned upside down in the next five to ten years.</li>
<li>Latina magazine founder Christy Haubegger, on the optimism and growing prospects of the young Latino population.</li>
<li>Architect Greg Lynn, on how technology is uniting the world of design, from automobiles to art to movies.</li>
</ul>
Filled with surprising insights and details, What's Next: The Experts' Guide also shows how these leaders work, what they believe will be important, and what they think is not worth our time. In a world that seems to be changing faster than ever, What's Next offers intriguing insights into how we can keep up—and stay ahead.

What's Next: The Experts' Guide: Predictions from 50 of America’s Most Compelling People

Reference

Harper

The author of The Modern Girl's Guide to Life asks fifty experts, artists, business leaders, trendsetters, doctors, athletes, environmentalists, and intellectuals
What will the next decade look like?
Where are we headed? That is the question professional trendspotter Jane Buckingham posed to fifty influential leaders in a wide variety of fields—and their responses are surprising, provocative, compelling, and important. The result of her conversations with some of the most fascinating men and women in America today, What's Next is an essential collection of highly individual perspectives on tomorrow's world, including: 
Our world is changing faster than ever. The essential insights offered in What's Next can help us keep up—and stay ahead.
Acclaimed writer Reza Aslan's belief that American Islam may become the model for Islam throughout the rest of the world
Attorney Alan Dershowitz's views on the very scientific future of criminal defense law
Campaign adviser Joe Trippi's thoughts on how politics will be turned upside down . . . 
and more
Our world is changing faster than ever. The essential insights offered in What's Next can help us keep up—and stay ahead.

What's Next: Predictions from 50 of America's Most Compelling People

Computers & Technology

Programming Languages

Harper Paperbacks

The author of the phenomenally popular Modern Girl’s Guide to Life, Jane Buckingham is back with The Modern Girl’s Guide to Sticky Situations, a helpful handbook for surviving headaches, pickles, jams, and everyday emergencies. The president of the innovative marketing and media consulting firm Trendera and a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan Magazine, Jane Buckingham dispenses savvy solutions to life’s myriad little annoyances with warmth, great wit, and impeccable wisdom.

The Modern Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations (Modern Girl's Guides)

Self-Help

Creativity

This newly revised and updated edition to Jane Buckingham’s phenomenal bestselling guide to modern life for young women now contains all of the latest information on online dating, exercise trends, social media etiquette, and healthy eating.
With information on entertaining, etiquette, housekeeping, basic home repair, decorating, sex, and beauty, The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life became a sensational bestseller as young women everywhere discovered this indispensable book had everything they should know—but might not! Now in this revised edition to the classic bestseller, style maven Jane Buckingham reveals more of the helpful tips and secrets that get passed on from generation to generation, but many of us have somehow missed.
Full of practical, definitive advice on the basics—the day-to-day necessities like finding a bra that fits, balancing a checkbook, making a decent cup of coffee, and hemming a pair of pants, The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life Revised Edition includes new topics such as:
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<li> Social media 101: where you should and shouldn’t be online</li> <li> Online dating: should you, shouldn’t you, and how can you find the right guy</li> <li> The do’s and don’ts of sexting</li> <li> Online flash sales: are you really saving?</li> <li> Tips &amp; tricks for eating organic, shopping at Farmer’s markets, and juicing safely</li> <li> Updated recipes</li> <li> How to find the exercise that’s right for you</li> <li> Interview etiquette: everything from what to wear to what to say</li> <li> Updated financial section</li> <li> … and more!</li>
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Modern Girl guru Jane Buckingham includes loads of savvy counsel to help us feel more refined, in charge, and together as we navigate the rocky terrain that is twenty-first-century womanhood.

The Modern Girl's Guide to Life, Revised Edition (Modern Girl's Guides)

This book looks at the history of Indian migrants in Australia and New Zealand over a period of two and a half centuries. It looks at the history of their migration, settlement and encounter with racism. However, this book is not just about the diaspora; it is also about circulation of ideas between the Antipodes and India, both being parts of the British Empire and the Commonwealth.

India and the Antipode: Networks, Boundaries and Circulation

History

Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar

Asia

Oxford University Press

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