Plume imprint: 843 books
The Conscious Closet
The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2019
From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you'll love.
Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation...
Future Babble
Why Pundits Are Hedgehogs and Foxes Know Best
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
An award-winning journalist uses landmark research to debunk the whole expert prediction industry, and explores the psychology of our obsession with future history.
In 2008, experts predicted gas would hit $20 a gallon; it peaked at $4.10. In 1967, they said the USSR would be the world's fastest-growing...
Thank God for Evolution
How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2008
Few issues have revealed deeper divisions in our society than the debate between creationism and evolution, between religion and science. Yet from the fray, Reverend Michael Dowd has emerged as a reconciler, finding faith strengthened by the power of reason.
With evidence from contemporary...
by Melissa Rossi
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2003
Confused about the news? Slip out of the room when friends talk current events? Now you can keep up with ease and learn to talk like a diplomat.
Among the things you’ll soon be able to slip into everyday conversation:
What is the difference between Kurdistan and Kazakhstan?
Why did North...
You Can Feel Good Again
Common-Sense Strategies for Releasing Unhappiness and Changing Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
The words “don't sweat the small stuff” became an important part of American culture thanks to Richard Carlson’s runaway bestseller, which made publishing history as the #1 book in the United States for two consecutive years.
Now, You Can Feel Good Again has one simple message: changing...
by Kathleen Peddicord
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of a move to paradise: Mexico's Mazatlán region
Welcome to Mazatlán, one of the few places in the world where you can walk for miles on an uncrowded beach within city limits.
Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, discomfort with the current...
by Kathleen Peddicord
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of a move to paradise: Belize
Welcome to Belize, one of the quirkiest countries you'll ever know—a nation of freedom seekers, white sand beaches, and Mayan ruins, at a bargain price.
Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, discomfort with the...
Inventing the Rest of Our Lives
Women in Second Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2004
New brain research is proving it: Women at midlife really do start to see the world differently. Some 37 million women now entering their fifties and sixties—a unique generation—are refashioning their lives, with dramatic results. They have fulfilled all the prescribed roles—daughter, wife,...
Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You
Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear and Build Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Thanks to technology, we live in a world that’s much more comfortable than ever before. But here’s the paradox: our tolerance for discomfort is at an all-time low. And as we wrestle with a sinking “discomfort threshold,” we increasingly find ourselves at the mercy of our primitive instincts...
The Secret Power of Middle Children
How Middleborns Can Harness Their Unexpected and Remarkable Abilities
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
This myth-busting book shows how "forgotten" middle children can-and do-rule the world.
In this counterintuitive book, psychologist Catherine Salmon and journalist Katrin Schumann combine science, history, and real-life stories to reveal for the first time that our perception of middle children...
by Erica Lyon
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2007
At last-everything expecting moms need to know about giving birth
Childbirth is one of the most significant events of any womans life-and for many, also a source of enormous anxiety and fear. In The Big Book of Birth renowned childbirth educator and Realbirth Center founder Erica Lyon offers...
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised for the twenty-first century—with updated information and attractive new illustrations and photos throughout. For women birthing vaginally, 90% of Bradley births are drug-free!
The Bradley Method®, used and praised by women for...
Red Flags
How to Know When You're Dating a Loser
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Sure, he's gorgeous, funny, and charming—but early in any doomed relationship there are warning signals foretelling the bad news to come. Studies show that most women will try to justify these signs, excusing them so they don't interfere with their fantasy of having met the perfect man. Unfortunately,...
by Christopher Winn
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
A treasure trove of fascinating trivia about the city that never sleeps
Did you know:
• Grand Central Terminal is the largest railway station in the world.
• Columbus Circle is the point from which all official distances to and from New York are measured
• When Queen Elizabeth...