"Long before hygge, lagom, or ikigai took the world by storm, there was la dolce vita-the Italian phrase for "the sweet life." La dolce vita encourages the benefits of practicing Italian traditions on improving your mental health by taking life slow and relishing in the sweet moments. This unique self-help approach offers practical advice on forming habits, love, balance, and simplicity that make daily life in Italy a celebration"--

Shortly after his thirtieth birthday in 2018, John Turner accepts a job offer from an old college friend to move to Ukraine to teach customer service agents there how to sound American, but with no knowledge of the language and struggling to understand the culture and customs, he finds himself in a romantic entanglement with disastrous consequences.

London, 1894. Albertine Honeycombe never wanted a husband and certainly not the one with fifteen children that her cousin, Aubrey, is trying to marry her off to. She reinvents herself as Countess Von Dagga, a private detective aiding the upper echelons of women in society. As the Countess, she is a married woman, with a conveniently absent husband who doesn't exist, which allows her far more freedom than being single. When Lord Grendel, from whom...

"A Southern Grandma's house is special, filled with warmth and love. She's always ready with a biscuit. She's always ready with a hug. She collects knickknacks and buttons and makes pies and ice cream, too. When you go to Grandma's house, there's always lots to do. In this sweet tale about visiting Grandma, Charley learns to count from one to ten. Your children will love to follow along and read it again and again." --Page 4 of cover.

"Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theater, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Abigail has always found respite at the theater, away from the town's judgmental stares and the risks of her own secret work to help the cause of abolition--and her fears that someone from her past...

"Hong Kong has always been many cities to many people: a seaport, a gateway to an empire, a place where fortunes can be dramatically made or lost, a place to disappear and reinvent oneself, and a mixing pot of diverse populations from literally everywhere around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party who continues to threaten its democracy and put its rich legacy at risk. Here, renowned...

No Hissy Fits from It's a Southern Thing A Southern Book of Manners Charley is excited Because it’s Potluck Day! Mom and Dad want to be sure Charley knows how to behave. As Charley learns her manners Your children learn them, too, So when they’re out in public They know just what to do. Follow along and help your child Learn manners through fun rhymes, Then read the book again because You’ll be laughing the whole time. --

When her formidable intelligence, outspoken opinions and headstrong determination gain her the favor of the beau monde's leading taste-maker Beau Brummell, Lady Hester Stanhope learns to bend the rules of the ton to her own advantage until England is plunged into war, changing her world forever.

"The complete collection of penny dreadfuls from Sarah M. Eden's Dread Penny Society series. Also includes three new stories"-- "This beautiful, cloth-covered hardcover collector's anthology compiles all the penny dreadful short stories from Sarah M. Eden's five-book Victorian romance series. Included in this edition are three new, never-before-released stories.Each short story is written in the style of the Victorian fiction that became so popular...

"Chronicling two-hundred years of glamour, intrigue, and hedonism, this rich and vivid history of the French Riviera features a vast cast of characters, from Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel to Andre Matisse and James Baldwin. 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the 185 years...