Karen Karbo

From Frida Kahlo and Elizabeth Taylor to Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher, and Lena Dunham, this witty narrative explores what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of 29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths in the world. Smart, sassy, and unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history. Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco Chanel) spotlights the spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations: Amelia Earhart, Helen Gurley Brown, Edie Sedgwick, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, and Shonda Rhimes, among others. Their lives--imperfect, elegant, messy, glorious--provide inspiration and instruction for the new age of feminism we have entered. Karbo distills these lessons with wit and humor, examining the universal themes that connect us to each of these mesmerizing personalities today: success and style, love and authenticity, daring and courage. Being "difficult," Karbo reveals, might not make life easier. But it can make it more fulfilling--whatever that means for you. In the Reader's Guide included in the back of the book, Karbo asks thought-provoking questions about how we relate to each woman that will make for fascinating book club conversation.

Life Lessons from 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules

In Praise of Difficult Women

Chesley McLaren

Coco Chanel

A new kind of self-help book delves into the long, extraordinary life of renowned French fashion designer Coco Chanel, exploring her philosophy on themes ranging from style to passion, success to living life on one's own terms.

Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel

"Karen Karbo's hilarious feminist manifesto about swearing off self-improvement and owning and appreciating our flawed human selves"--

How I Found Happiness Swearing Off Self-Improvement and Saying F*ck It All--And How You Can Too

Yeah, No. Not Happening

This non-traditional biography reassesses the life of one of the greatest women painters in American history, tracing her early life, her desire to be an artist, and the key moment when art became her form of self-expression.

Lessons on the Art of Living

How Georgia Became O'Keeffe

Garrett McNamara

Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.

Hound of the Sea

Filmmaker Mouse FitzHenry reluctantly returns to Los Angeles with her fiancâe after sixteen years in Africa, as they each pursue secret projects; he is writing a screenplay set in the city, while she is making a documentary about her bethrothal.

The Diamond Lane

'O Evangelho de Coco Chanel' é um olhar sobre o estilo, a fama e o talento de Coco Chanel. Este livro divide a biografia de Chanel em capítulos temáticos - como elegância, paixão, dinheiro, sucesso - que pretendem ensinar lições de vida, com comentários e ilustrações.

lições de vida da mulher mais elegante do mundo

O evangelho de Coco Chanel

A guide to success in life borrows lessons from the life of the independent, free-thinking actress, covering such topics as the importance of being brash and facing fear and learning why and how to lie.

Lessons on Living from Kate the Great

How to Hepburn

Still enjoying her new found self-confidence, a thirteen-year-old sleuth in Portland, Oregon, tries to uncover a missing red diamond and gets herself mixed up with a crooked animal shelter worker and some very strange animals.

Minerva Clark Goes to the Dogs

A novel of babies and friendship, mothers and fathers, and the havoc of procreation. Brooke and Mary Rose are best friends. Brooke is the mother of a six-month-old. Mary Rose is pregnant. Brooke is married to Lyle, though, at times, she wonders why. Mary Rose would be married if Ward, the father of her child, weren't already. Ward and Brooke are cousins... A comedy of manners and biology, Karbo gives us a laugh-out-loud look at the wonders of pregnancy and motherhood. It is a world where the women are fierce and strong and the men duck and cover; a world that is turned upside down when the expecting mother turns out a most unexpected child. Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me celebrates the courage and strength of women and the bonds that join them "in the motherhood."

A Novel

Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me

Honey, marriage is for ever, but divorce is for life. An intelligent, candid and hilarious book on the experience of the 'ex factor'.

Tales from the Second Wives Club

Generation Ex

Minerva Clark has never liked popular, bratty Chelsea de Guzman. But when Chelsea pleads with Minerva to help her locate a missing diamond, the prospect of a new mystery is just too irresistible to pass up, especially after Minerva learns the diamond is worth millions. Before long Minerva is doing what she does best: getting into trouble while getting to the bottom of things. And whether that includes digging through a day's worth of trash, tangling with some crooked animal shelter workers, dodging three mischievous corgis, or tracking a carrier pigeon with intestinal problems, Minerva is determined to get her man-and his best friend...

Brooke ist seit kurzem Mutter und felsenfest davon überzeugt, mit Stella das vollkommene Wunder in die Welt gesetzt zu haben. Als dann auch noch ihre Freundin Mary Rose schwanger wird, ist ihre Begeisterung unermesslich. Aber Mary Roses Schwangerschaft hat ihre Tücken.

Roman

Eine echte Überraschung

Minerva Clark is a typical thirteen-year-old girl: she hates her hair, she hates her legs (which somehow manage to look both too fat and too skinny at the same time), and don't get her started on her gigantor bootie. On top of all this puberty, she's being raised by three older brothers, none of whom really get her. But when a fateful encounter with a lightning storm rewires her sense of self, Minerva Clark becomes anything but a typical teen. With a brazen new attitude and a nose for trouble, Minerva soon finds herself drawn inexplicably to the scene of a murder and determined to track down the killer. If only all the clues weren't pointing so close to someone she knows... Visit www.minervaclark.com Bookseller Praise "I loved this book!. . . . This is the perfect mystery for girls who have just outgrown Nancy Drew." -Patricia Sanders, Barnes & Noble, Towson, MD "Great mystery for grade schoolers." -Susan Rose, Snoop Sisters, Belleau, FL Reviews "Karbo's (The Stuff of Life, for adults) first book for young readers. . . takes kids on an entertaining, curve-filled ride. . . .The narrator's relationships with her caring siblings and her recurring musings about missing her mother add poignancy to this cleverly tangled whodunit. Minerva will quite easily win fans who will hope that another mystery needs her attention." -Publishers Weekly, on-line exclusive "Interspersed with Minerva's amusing revelations is an entertaining mystery with engaging characters and a positive theme." -School Library Journal "A. . . cross between Nancy Drew and Adrian Monk, investigating a complex web of check fraud, theft and murder involving her previously-thought-perfect glamour-girl cousin, Jordan ('On the days I didn't want to be her, I hated her.')"-Kirkus Reviews "Karbo's innovative, good-natured satire of adolescent girl behavior shines when portraying Minerva's quirky but affectionate home life, in which her t

Minerva Clark Gets a Clue

Generazione ex. Storie di donne felicemente divorziate

Gabrielle Reece

The six-foot-three, 175-pound professional beach volleyball player, TV sports commentator, and cover girl tells the story of her childhood and the development of her athletic career

Big Girl in the Middle

A smart and hilarious look at husbands, wives, and exes, from the critically acclaimed novelist, and pundit of domesticity. Karen Karbo turns her signature wit and wisdom to the state of marriage, divorce, and remarriage in this wildly funny and often painfully accurate portrayal of a life rife with "exes": your ex, your husband or wife's ex, the ex of the ex, and of course, their children. Generation Ex is written from the point of view of five women who gather periodically to share stories, blow off steam, and have a few laughs about the impossible-and stubbornly persistent-phenomenon that is the ex-relationship. These are the stories of women who have survived dating, a first marriage, and subsequent divorce. They now have everything they've ever wanted, but wind up with much more than they bargained for. They're a bit older, wiser, more secure-and still manage to find themselves in the middle of rather messy situations. A welcome relief from the how-tos and woebegone accounts of divorce, Generation Ex offers comic relief and wisdom to what has become a fairly common, though still maddening, state of affairs.

Tales from the Second Wives' Club

NOW IN PAPERBACK! A modern look at the life of a fashion icon—with practical life lessons for women of all ages Delving into the extraordinary life of renowned French fashion designer Coco Chanel, Karen Karbo has written a new kind of self-help book, exploring Chanel's philosophy on a range of universal themes—from style to passion, from money and success to femininity and living life on your own terms.

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