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Marie Antoinette: To the Scaffold

One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court.
Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery.
In To the Scaffold, Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving. To the Scaffold will be enjoyed by students of European and French history. Carolly Erickson's descriptive writing talents will insure a readership for this book.
To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson
ISBN: 0312322054

40 Things Every Woman over 40 Needs to Know about Getting Dressed

It's tough to be a woman over 40 in a world where fashion is dominated by youth and unnatural body images. But help is on the way! With generous doses of humor, 40 over 40 speaks to the 40-something woman, helping her develop style and expression through her clothes with 40 helpful hints and strategies. The book provides compassionate support for the busy woman who, already befuddled by fashion, may be really lost now that she imagines she's over the hill fashionwise. While acknowledging the changes time brings, 40 over 40 promises to help a woman create a closet of clothes that provides deep satisfaction and makes getting dressed an enjoyable experience. Tackling scenarios such as shopping for a bathing suit, dressing for a high school reunion, and exploring alternatives to plastic surgery, 40 over 40 dissects the fashion and beauty business, pulls out what works, and shows the reader how to toss away what doesn't.
40 over 40: 40 Things Every Woman over 40 Needs to Know about Getting Dressed by Brenda Reiten Kinsel
ISBN: 1885171420

Colin Francome: Abortion in the USA and the UK

Recent years have revealed the different experiences of abortion in the UK and the USA. The United States has a higher abortion rate accompanied by a higher political profile for the issue. In fact, one of George W. Bush's first acts in 2001 was to ban American funding for overseas organizations carrying out abortions.
The USA has also experienced a higher degree of abortion-related violence, with several people linked to abortion services being targeted and even killed. Compelling and enlightening in its approach, this invigorating volume compares the two countries' abortion laws and outlines the distinctions.
The usually conservative American society has a much more liberal abortion law than the United Kingdom, whose female citizens can obtain an abortion relatively easily although in fact they do not have the right to choose. This volume examines the comparative positions taken by each country and makes suggestions for the future.
Abortion in the USA and the UK by Colin Francome
ISBN: 0754630153

Chanel: A Woman of Her Own

Coco Chanel. The name means fashion and perfume, emancipation and casual feminine allure. Gabrielle Chanel began as a kept woman making hats for her lover's other mistresses and went on to become fashion's greatest career woman.
Chanel never married or had children, but men like Igor Stravinsky and the Duke of Westminster abandoned their families for her. Now Axel Madsen tells Chanel's story. Scheduled to become a TV miniseries starring Jane Seymour.
Chanel: A Woman of Her Own by Axel Madsen
ISBN: 0805016392

What You Wear Can Change Your Life

Here is the bible from the authors of the New York Times bestseller What Not to Wear. What You Wear Can Change Your Life shows you how to redefine your look and style from head to toe.
Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine go over the basics of choosing colors that suit you best, what underwear to buy, which accessories to look for, how to store clothing, how to revamp your wardrobe at no cost, and how to make the sartorial most of being pregnant.
This is a gorgeous, lavishly illustrated package - a resource to consult again and again. Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine anticipate the needs and questions of every woman and address them with the surefire style, self-deprecating wit, and friendly but firm empathy that have made them the last word in looking better.
Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine are fashion journalists and hosts of the BBC America television series, What Not to Wear.
What You Wear Can Change Your Life by Trinny Woodall, Susannah Constantine
ISBN: 1594481482