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Think a good man is hard to find? Let him find you! Valerie Beck's Romance Around the Corner: 8 Steps Toward Attracting the Man of Your Dreams and Having Fun in the Process shows you how to transform yourself, inside and out, so that you can attract the right one by being the right one.

Romance coach Valerie Beck created 8 steps that took her from being the dateless wonder to being the girl whose phone never stops ringing. The 8 steps combine old wisdom, common sense, things our mothers told us, and contemporary savvy. Romance Around the Corner covers topics including:

• Attracting men by choice, not chance
• Eliminating self-sabotage
• Your feminine energy-what it is and why you need to turn it up
• Easy, non-verbal techniques to encourage men to approach you anywhere
• On a date-how to dazzle, discover, and check your dealbreakers
• Why not having fun is not an option

Romance Around the Corner is an engaging spiritual yet practical guide for any woman ready to attract the man of her dreams.

Comprehensive and clear explanations of key grammar patterns and structures are reinforced and contextualized through authentic materials. You will not only learn how to construct grammar correctly, but when and where to use it so you sound natural and appropriate. Portuguese Grammar You Really Need to Know will help you gain the intuition you need to become a confident communicator in your new language.

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To keep the part she didn't even know she wanted, Amy finds herself taking a spin through the "Hollywood Car Wash" to make her more marketable. First, she'll have to lose twenty pounds (don't ask how). Then it's new clothes, new teeth, blonder hair, new friends, and a megastar, high-profile boyfriend (though hers comes with a big secret). Bombarded by jealous, two-faced colleagues, overeager plastic surgeons, and manipulative network executives, Amy slowly learns that the only way to survive in Hollywood is to lose her identity. Will Amy get too caught up by the glitz or will she get a grip on her life before it's too late?

The hands-down winner of Touchstone's "Media Predict" Contest -- a competition similar to American Idol for books, Hollywood Car Wash is as delicious and addictive as the celebrity gossip that inspired it.