Lisa Light’s book, Destination Bride: A Complete Guide to Getting Married Anywhere In The World has moved to the TOP spot in destination wedding resources on Amazon.com.
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New Israeli Novel Highlights the Beauty of Biblical Marriage, As Americans Gear Up for the Summer Wedding Season
“The Song of Hannah” Takes Readers Back in Time for an Amazing Wedding Extravaganza
Ever wonder what it was like to get married three thousand years ago? THE SONG OF HANNAH a sensual and gripping story of love, jealousy, revenge and redemption features not one, but two weddings of biblical proportions.
The book, by Eva Etzioni-Halevy and published by Plume (a Division of Penguin), has recently hit U.S. bookshelves. (more…)
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Andrea Passman Candell, owner of His Cold Feet is excited to announce she is working on an upcoming His Cold Feet book, a survival guide for the woman who wants to tie the knot with the guy who wants to talk about it later (St. Martin’s Press). Andrea is looking to hear from women who felt ready to get engaged before their boyfriends felt ready and from women who proposed to their boyfriends. Those interested in sharing their ‘pre-engagement limbo’ story can email Andrea at andrea@hiscoldfeet.com. (Identifying Info will Not be Used)
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In the foyer, tables overflowed with juicy grapes, hors d’oeuvres, and tapas. A main course of Eggplant Parmesan, Mock Chicken Scaloppini Marsala, Rigatoni Mezza à la Calabrese, and signature salads tantalized the guests’ taste buds. A four-tier banana spice cake with vanilla “butter cream” filling and white icing was the grand finale. These decadent dishes were all part of Christian and Dawn Pilosi’s wedding-reception feast—and none of them contained so much as a teaspoon of meat, eggs, or dairy products.
Couples today want their weddings to reflect their values and beliefs as much as the love they share. With the ever-increasing number of people choosing a vegetarian diet, vegetarian weddings are growing in popularity.
In her new book, Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth-and Animal-Friendly Living, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) President Ingrid E. Newkirk explores this trend and gives a behind-the-scenes look at every detail of the Pilosis’ vegetarian wedding. The couple, who decided to become vegetarian during a chicken dinner when they realized that they might as well be eating their beloved dog, wanted their wedding to stay true to their beliefs, as well as pleasing their guests. They accomplished both goals beautifully: “Everyone raved about the food, including some of the older people who, I’m sure, went home none the wiser that it was all vegan!” said Dawn.
Newkirk’s book provides resources and advice for planning all aspects of a vegetarian wedding, from elegant reception food and stunning cakes to nonleather shoes and nonwool tuxedos. The book also features a list of contact information and Web sites for vendors and products.
The One Thing Every Bride Needs to Know After the Honeymoon is Over
While women spend months, sometimes years planning their dream wedding, buying the house etc., they rarely stop to think about what comes next: Living together! It can be fun, but it also can be a challenge. Author Carina Castelli reveals 70 secrets gleaned from her own relationship with her fiance, and 6 other contributors with more than 87 years of cohabitation experience, in her new humor book for brides: The Unofficial Manual to Living with Men.
Castelli’s must-have manual offers advice to newlyweds and addresses cohabitating couples‚ most common problems, like dealing with issues of dirty dishes, personal space, why he doesn’t hear a word you are saying while the TV is on, why he thinks it is okay to use your decorative hand towels for everyday use, and why he makes noises from under the sheets (Yuck!), plus she offers sane, lighthearted solutions.
The #1 Rule to Successful Co-habitation:
Let him think he is right! Even when he is wrong, even when he knows he is wrong, even when he knows that you know he is wrong, let him think he is right. He wins because he thinks he wins, and you win because you know he is slowly losing, and you’ll probably still get your way. Subtlety is brilliance!
Let Castelli share with your audience why this works every time!
With a girlfriend-to-girlfriend advice style, Castelli shows how to defy men’s outlandish ‘all women are crazy’‚ accusations, and conquer the household so subtly he’ll think he still wears the pants in the family - only she’ll know those pants are now pink!
Castelli moved in with her boyfriend after 6 months of dating and was shocked to find it wasn’t always as romantic and exciting as she thought it would be. Says the author, “I created this book because during my cohabitation journey, I wished I had a manual of some sort, something to offer me guidance, and let me know that my boyfriend’s and my differences were normal. If I could have found the answers in a book it would have been so much easier!” So she turned to a variety of women who were happily cohabitating and found the answers she needed to turn her living situation into cohabitation bliss. Almost four years later, and engaged, she now shares that advice in The Unofficial Manual to Living with Men, which can be found on Amazon.com.