Shares ideas for first-time home entertainers, outlining ten fully photographed party plans for such events as birthdays and baby showers while offering suggestions for food and drink preparations, decorating, and having fun while hosting.

Brides-to-be, do you dream of rocking a wedding full of personality, pizazz, and style without compromising your dreams or kissing your budget goodbye? -- Well, buts out your happy dance because today is your lucky day...you're holding the key in your newly betrothed hands! In this witty guide, Dana LaRue, creator of TheBrokeAssBride.com, shares hundreds of tips and strategies for getting the most bang for your buck, celebrating your personality...

"A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood,...

"Building and Dwelling is the definitive statement on cities by the renowned public intellectual Richard Sennett. In this sweeping work, he traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. He shows how Paris, Barcelona, and New York City assumed their modern forms; rethinks the reputations of Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, and others; and takes us on a tour of...

Color photographs of kitchens, with descriptions of flooring, cabinets, surfaces, and design details. Does not include plans.

Find that knockout gown at a fraction of its original price, search for wedding invitations, rings, and flowers at reduced costs, read about creative ways to save on wedding cakes and reception menus, and locate incredible reception sites at affordable prices.

A resource for planning weddings, covering such wedding topics as writing invitations, picking flowers, creating a budget, wedding websites, and thank-you cards.

To have and to hold takes on a whole new meaning when one bride's past catches up with her and brings the present crashing down. Milly is engaged to Simon--who is wealthy, serious, and believes her to be perfect. Milly's secret history behind a previous marriage to an Oxford homosexual is locked away so securely she has almost persuaded herself that it doesn't exist--until, only four days before her elaborate wedding.