Be careful what you wish for ...
Food writer Annie Wilkins is about to step on the express elevator up to wealth and fame. Her husband, Tom, a research scientist, has done the impossible. He's invented the ultimate indulgence: fat-free, carb-free, calorie-free chocolate that tastes like the real thing ... only better! When Tom's company proposes using Annie and Tom as the product's spokespeople, Annie thinks she's hit the jackpot. Suddenly, she's getting the life most people can only dream of! Goodbye to writing walleye-on-a-stick articles for Minnesota Menus! Hello to showcase houses and a (mini)celebrity lifestyle rubbing elbows with the hoi polloi. Make room for new furniture, pots of melting chocolate, glossy pictures of America's new fabulous couple -- and a gorgeous remade Annie.
As Annie soon learns, fame does have its price. She's under corporate orders to lose twenty pounds ... make that twenty-five (the cameras!). And her hair? All wrong. Then there's her official workspace -- a kitchen set. And a lovable husband who has become, overnight, America's Sexiest Scientist. Not to mention her suddenly worldly children, an amorous French chef, a P.R. staffer in permanent overdrive, and a whole new milieu requiring her to spend, spend, spend. Annie's wickedly funny and all-too-believable flirtation with life at the top proves that just when she thinks What could possibly go wrong?, something certainly does! Now she has to find a way to save her sanity, her marriage, and her life.
A funny, contemporary fairy tale that is as entertaining as it is enlightening, Better Than Chocolate is a charming, dead-on story that reminds us of what's truly valuable.

Better Than Chocolate: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Waggoner, Susan

Humor & Satire

William Morrow

Be careful what you wish for. . .Food writer Annie Wilkins is on an express elevator to fame and fortune, thanks to research scientist/husband Tom's remarkable invention: fat-free, carb-free, calorie-free chocolate that tastes better than the real thing! Once reduced to writing walleye-on-a-stick articles for Minnesota Menus, now she's living large in showcase houses and hobnobbing with the hoi polloi. Annie and "America's Sexiest Scientist" Tom happily accept their new status as the nation's most happening Fabulous Couple.
But as a high-profile spokesperson, Annie's got a corporate responsibility to change her hair, her style, and lose twenty-five pounds. Her kids are becoming too worldly too fast -- and Tom's in demand for a lot more than just his candy. If this is the American Dream, Annie needs to wake up -- because all of a sudden her marriage and her sanity are in jeopardy. . . and she's about to bottom out on top!

Better Than Chocolate

United States

HarperTorch

A parody of the best-selling book on dating for women, The Rules, presents nearly one hundred rules that govern the inscrutable behavior of cats, accompanied by forty delightful, original full-color illustrations.

The Rules for Cats

Humor & Entertainment

Mews, Fancy

Humor

Smithmark Pub.

Remember sipping a Mai Tai, perhaps with a lei around your neck while lounging to a Burt Bacharach song at a seventies shindig? Or dousing your thirst with a Tequila Sunrise after a turn on the disco floor boogying to Barry Manilow's Copacabana? Like Proust's madeleine, there are certain drinks that can take you back to a perfect time of pure pleasure. Cocktails A Go-Go sends you on that trip, with more than one hundred recipes for favorite drinks from the past along with the stories behind their invention, and nostalgic visuals that evoke the era. With the recent revival of cocktail culture at home gatherings, bars, and restaurants, drinkers have developed an ever-expanding and more demanding palate. Cocktails A Go-Go rediscovers a slew of long-lost concoctions to quench the unending thirst for the hot new drink. While several books have tapped into this craze, none offers this combination of historical information, practical real drink recipes, and kitschy images. Filled with fun TV and film stills, posters, and vintage advertisements, the book hits the Generation X nostalgia nerve that is rooted in a past of tiki-mania, pu pu platters, disco music, and lounge lizards. It also serves as an entertaining sourcebook, with tips throughout for planning theme cocktail parties complete with music, food, and décor suggestions. This fun and affordable gift book is as essential as a cocktail shaker or a 10-speed blender.

Cocktails A-Go-Go: Favorite Drinks from the 60s and Beyond

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Markel, Bob

Beverages & Wine

Universe

We all deserve a little cake now and then. But with today's cramped kitchens and even more cramped schedules, making a big threelayer cake can be a monumental undertaking. And unless you're baking for an army, you risk having much of it go to waste. How about a small cake with big flavor? Little Cakes is here to liberate us from the toobig, tooboring tyranny of boxed cake mixes and the traditional layercake recipes. Betty Crocker has fooled us into thinking that "yellow" and "white" are the only flavors available. We've forgotten about the imaginative range of cakes that our grandmothers made. Little Cakes brings back the creativity of those lost classics but updates them for today's smaller households. Illustrated with original watercolors, Little Cakes makes a charming gift. But it's also an essential addition to any baker's bookshelf, with more modestsized cake recipes than any other cookbook. Rediscover the simple pleasures of baking and enrich any occasion with just the right amount of sweetness.

Little Cakes: Classic Recipes for any Occasion

Baking

Shows women how to develop the team skills that will become essential to success in the 1990s

Star Teams, Key Players: Successful Career Strategies for Women in the 1990s (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FEMALE EXECUTIVES LIBRARY)

Jackman, Michele

Business & Money

Henry Holt Co.

London, 2218 A.D. Seventeen-year-old Zee is an intern empath. She's focused on her job, poised for a great career―until one day an attractive patient undoes her hard-earned calm. As an empath, she cannot afford such distractions, but neither can she stay away from David, even when she discovers he's one of a mysterious alien race. As London comes under attack by anarchist bombings, and as Zee struggles to get a handle on her unusually strong psychic abilities, David starts pulling away. Although Zee's sure he's attracted to her, David has secrets he cannot share. But it's too late for Zee. In Neptune's Tears by Susan Waggoner, she's losing her heart to the gray-eyed alien boy, and she's determined to follow him―no matter how far it may take her.

Neptune's Tears (Timedance)

Travel

Europe

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Zee has given up her entire world to be with David on far-future Earth, confident that their love will overcome all obstacles. But beneath its lustrous surface and dazzling technology, New Earth is full of challenges, including the animosity of David's wealthy and powerful family.
As Zee struggles to find her place, David travels back to past Earth. Then, on a mission to Pompeii on the eve of the Vesuvius eruption, he vanishes. Zee knows he is in mortal danger, but will she be able to rescue him in time?

Starlight's Edge (Timedance)

Teen & Young Adult

An illustrated exploration of nightclub style looks at the history and art of this colorful and newly popular "retro" trend that recalls the glamour and glitter of the famed nightspots, from their growth to popularity in the 1920s to their decline in the 1960s, including the Stork Club, the Cotton Club, El Morocco, and the Latin Quarter.

Nightclub Nights: Art, Legend, and Style 1920-1960

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Rizzoli

The Old-Time, Blue-Ribbon Gardener's Handbook: Tips, Techniques, and Projects brings back the days of the big backyard and the home-oriented pleasure of days gone by. Full of visually appealing vintage art that exudes old-fashioned warmth and a wealth of classic, time-tested gardening know-how, this stunning volume is a classic that will delight beginning and experienced gardeners of all ages as well as those interested in popular culture and graphic design. This is the first gardening book of its kind to offer basic gardening information and projects illustrated with authentic vintage art, which ranges from charming seed packets and colorful gardening catalogs and advertisements to photographs and step-by-step line drawings from gardening magazines and rarely seen books. Chapters cover all the timeless basics: planning; equipment; soil; lawns; trees and shrubs; annuals and perennials; roses; bulbs, tubers, and corms; vegetable gardening; berries and fruit trees; weeds, pests, and diseases; and special projects. Tip boxes and anecdotal sidebars provide helpful information and a witty, historical perspective throughout. Beautifully designed and printed on heavy paper stock that authentically replicates the artwork, this volume is an indispensable reference of tried-and-true gardening tips and techniques that is as useful as it is collectible.

The Old-Time Blue-Ribbon Gardener's Handbook: Tips, Techniques, and Projects

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

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