Alexandra Parsons Books

This invaluable guide will help you make your way in polite society.There comes a time in every girl’s life where she has to leave behind the follies of youth and embrace adulthood. No longer can you get away with spending a Friday night necking bottles of cheap alcopops on a park bench until dawn, you must instead present a sophisticated, cultivated persona to the world. With so many terrible role models out there (we’re looking at you Z-list celebrities, drunkenly photographed falling out of cabs and straight into the following day’s papers), girls need a firm hand to guide them on the path to civility, and that’s where How to be a Lady comes in. As morals become looser and manners become rarer, Alexandra Parsons attempts to redress the balance and have people behaving in far more appropriate ways. First up is How to Dress, featuring tips on presentability and helpful hints on choosing the right outfit for any social engagement. Next comes How to Behave in Public, explaining how to interact in polite society, whether it’s at a dinner party or a hotel bar. The Ladylike Lifestyle chapter will teach you all you need to know about careers, relationships, and family life. Finally, Speaking and Writing Like a Lady covers elocution, teaching people to pronounce their words properly, think before they speak, and deliver the killer quip.

Introduces such notable mammals as the elephant, sloth, koala, and porcupine, explains what makes them unique, and describes the important characteristics of the entire group.

These 50 excellent-and sometimes off-the-wall-tips will help you stay warm, indoors and out.

Luminous presence: Derek Jarman's life-writing is the first book to analyse the prolific writing of queer icon Derek Jarman. Much of Jarman's powerful, imaginative response to HIV/AIDS can be found in his remarkable books, which Alexandra Parsons argues were critical in changing the cultural terms of queer representation in the 1980s and 1990s. -- .

Everything you want to know about the fabulousness that is Eurovision!

Did you know: - That the dinosaurs had to make do without one? - That the armadillo's is one-third its body length? - That the kangaroo has a forked one? - That snakes have two? - That the gorilla's is minute? - That man has the largest one of all the primates in relation to his body size? - That many primitive tribes display theirs in a decorative sheath? - That the size of a man's nose is VERY significant? Well, now you do. Combining humour with incredible research, in Facts & Phalluses Alexandra Parsons has created a most unusual encyclopedia of scientific fact, folklore, and enduring myths about a very influential body part!

Sachbilderbuch über die interesantesten heimischen und exotischen Arten. Text: A. Parsons. Fotos: J. Young.