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Joan Collins is quite simply one of the most glamorous women in the world. In The Art of Living Well, she reveals the secrets of how to look amazing whatever your age. Joan shares many of her life experiences and the methods she has learned about how to deal with the bad and the good things in life. She will show you how to feel better about yourself inside and consequently you will look better.

The Art of Living Well includes:
--Glamour and how to achieve it. Joan writes about the women she admires, including Audrey Hepburn, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich and her own mother.
--Exercise. Joan's program is suitable for women of all ages. She is photographed step-by-step as she works out with her daughter, Katy. Looking good takes discipline and organization and Joan does these exercises several times a week wherever she is in the world.
--Joan's make-up secrets. Joan is photographed from bare faced to fully made up. She reveals tricks she learned from leading Hollywood make-up artist Whitey Snyder, who also worked closely with Marilyn Monroe.
--Relationships, love and sex. Joan speaks frankly about "everyone's favorite subject," including her relationship and marriage with Percy Gibson, tips on finding the right man and her views on sexual freedom for women.--The art of assertiveness. How to speak your mind, how to say no and mean it and how to avoid being manipulated. Also, Joan's views on financial independence and how she handles difficult people and situations.
--Achieving happiness. Joan has seen many highs and lows in her life and she reveals what makes her happy, how she handles conflict and bad times, plus her personal advice for happiness. ... Read more

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Worthy Motivator
This book was excellent encouragement for me to take better care of myself. The way Joan spoke felt genuine to me and the photos...well, look at her! She has lines on her face but is radiant and gorgeous. I love her attitude. That was the most motivating factor was her attitude. She is positive, refined, elegant yet straight-forward. She knows what she is talking about. I find it amazing that with all the hurdles and disappointments she faced in life she did not 'let herself go' and kept a good attitude. It can be tempting to give up when disappointed or to develop a bitter temperament. I see Joan as a good model of self-respect & self-love(the healthy kind of self love-where you treat yourself with loving care as you do your family). People mention about Joan having had plastic surgery which she insists she didn't. It is quite possible she has not and the reason I say this is because of people like my aunt. My aunt is 70 and is every bit as youthful-looking/beautiful as Joan. Every bit...and with no plastic surgery. My aunt is an absolute delight to be around so there you have it. Take good care of yourself and keep a good attitude and the glow will show!

Better and newer than I thought
I bought this book used through Amazon and it arrived quickly for media post to Alaska.When I opened it, I realized that this book was a much newer one than I thought.Without reading too much about the book I thought it was done in the 90's.A lot of the information is therefore very relavant to todays world. The cover and pictures are done quite well. It is well written and gives you good information with a peek into her world. There are some very tasty recipes from top restaurants that I will be trying shortly.The book gave information on eating, working out, being strong, presenting yourself and beauty. Overall, very well rounded. I recommend this book and I have already ordered some of her others.

The Art of Living Well; Looking Good, Feeling Great by Joan Collins
Excellent book, beautifully done with photographs and very informative.

An inspirational guide to the beauty and self-health world
The Art of Living Well: Looking Good, Feeling Great offers up consumer beauty tips from one of the most famous, glamerous women in the world, covering everything from makeup secrets and exercise to eating, relationships, skincare, entertaining and more. As an all-around guide to enhancing life its chapters gather not only Collins' own success stories but those of other glamorous women, blending color photos with clear details on how to effect positive changes. An inspirational guide to the beauty and self-health world, this comes from a pro used to living her words.

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Dynasty superstar Joan Collins bares all in a gossipy, funny, and wildly scandalous book as daring as her notorious Playboy cover.Classy, smart, and fabulously talented, she follows up her first autobiography Past Imperfect with more irresistible stories about her life, loves, Hollywood friends--and enemies.From her childhood in a British show biz family to her glittering stage, film, and television career, to her four marriages, find out what it takes to thrive in a business where only the strong survive--and hear what Joan has to say about:

--Why she said NO to Peppard and Sinatra--Why she said YES to Warren Beatty and a handsome younger man--Her worst mistake in love--and money--Her million-dollar battle with Random House--Sibling rivalry with her bestselling sister Jackie--Her views on the rude, crude, and beautiful including Madonna, Tommy Lee Jones, Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, Joan Rivers...and more!

Continuing her reign as one of Hollywood's sexiest icons, the inimitable Joan Collins gives you a front row seat to some of the greatest moments in show biz--and proves unequivocally that her Second Act is far from her last. ... Read more

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"Well-Written Memoir By A Hollywood Legend"
Joan Collins is really the last of the Hollywood glamour girls from the 1950's along with Liz Taylor and Raquel Welch. Mostly known for her soaring portrayal of Alexis in "Dynasty" back in the eighties, Joan has proven herself an exceptional writer both in fiction and non-fiction works. This, her sequel to her first memoir "Past Imperfect", is interesting, well-written, funny, and involving as Collins takes us on a Hollywood tour of some of the greats she met on the way upon her arrival in California from England. Collins actually met the biggest stars in Hollywood, everyone from Rock Hudson, James Dean, Mae West, Joan Crawford and more, and she is not afraid to tell us all the neat tidbits when she met these superstars. Another great part of the book are her pages on "Dynasty" and her conflicts with certain co-stars like Linda Evans and John Forsythe, and she documents the rise and fall of this once mighty primetime soap. She discusses all her marriages and affairs, and there's a great chapter on one of the most difficult times in her life when a book publisher sued her for not writing a novel to their best expectations. She also discusses what that trial did to her emotionally and financially and how it almost destroyed her. What is evident in this book is the fact that Collins has great humor and faith, two of the factors that has gotten her though some of the toughest times that would have ruined the most strongest of people.

Really pretty awesome.
Very good, juicey and fun. Thanks Ms. Collins for writing this really provocative and warm book about many vast experiences, and for putting a little extra spring in my step!

Fabulous book by a FABULOUS woman!
Joan's life has been a roller-coaster but she's managed it with grace.In this book she talks about her loves, children, career and friends with deep emotion and tongue-in-cheek humor all at the same time.It's full of beautiful pictures and is a treat for her fans.

Getting better Joan.
Joan's first book, Past Imperfect, was absolutely awful!In fact, I gave it a grand rating of ONE star!So when I saw this book, Second Act, on sale at the local library, being a glutton for punishment, I decided to read it.Well, I was happily surprised as I turned the pages and read an entirely different Joan Collins.This book was extremely entertaining as Joan told about her very eventful life.All the famous people she worked with.I had fully expected another bunch of dribble like her first book which was filled with 'poor ol me' stories about her husbands screwing her over but this book turned out to be the total opposite.Maybe Joan learned by her first disasterous attempt at writing that it's not at all easy to be a best selling novelist as her sister Jackie is.This book was obviously researched and edited a lot better than her other one.So, I will give it three stars and if you're a Joan Collins fan, then this is definately a 'must read' for you.

Her Second Act Brought Down The House
At first i thought this memoir was a rehash of her Past Imperfect (which i enjoyed immensely), but from the beginning, it was clear that JC had plenty more to say. This is an amusing, bright woman, with keen insight. Her discriptions of her meetings with Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Mae West are priceless, PRICELESS i tell you.One must fully realize that the phenomenon known as Celebrity happens to so few people, that its fascinating when one of "them" actually talks about it. Its also hysterical when she discusses how people treated her as if she were Alexis, the conniving b#@%h, when in fact she is anice mother of 3 and step mother of 3.Doesnt it scare you when you hear that people actually believe that the characters she performed were real. Or that she was asked to give advice (as Alexis)?The revelation here isnt that she can write (she can), its that she continues to be a interesting woman, a beauty, and is gifted with an amazing memory. ... Read more

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joan is perfect!!!
i've read this book countless times and it always moves me, joan certainly is a wonderful writer, who clearly understands the art of "tell all books" she is pretty open and honest when it comes to her life, her failures and her successes, i don't know why it took me so long to write a review, but when i saw the many pans i had to stick up for my girl, joan if you ever read this review, i want you to know that your book really helped me during a difficult time in my life, and thank you for writing it!

joan is perfect!!!
i've read this book countless times and it always moves me, joan certainly is a wonderful writer, who clearly understands the art of "tell all books" she is pretty open and honest when it comes to her life, her failures and her successes, i don't know why it took me so long to write a review, but when i saw the many pans i had to stick up for my girl, joan if you ever read this review, i want you to know that your book really helped me during a difficult time in my life, and thank you for writing it!

Past Imperfect: An Enjoyable Glossy Memoir
This autobiography, first written by the effervescent Collins in 1978 before being updated in 1984, is a great showbiz memoir. The best word to describe this book is breezy...going at lightning speed from London to Hollywood to the jet set hideaways of Europe back to the glittering lights of LA Collins dishes on everything from husbands (3 failed ones), clothes (couture of course), children (3 darling ones) and career (a roller coaster).

With a gritty take on her life Collins is refreshingly frank in this book, bridging the gap between kiss and tell all and a manifesto of sorts. Sharply written and fantastically photographed this book is the Collins standard. As always she'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

Outrageous Autobiography.
'Past Imperfect' follows Joan's childhood, her swift transition into an international sex symbol... from Hollywood to Europe and back, three broken marriages, the struggle to save her daughter's life & her many love affairs. Films, glamour, fashion... Joan Collins remains one of the most beautiful and sexy lady of showbiz!

Deserves a big fat zero
What a load of tripe. shes trying to hang on her sisters coat tails.go back to acting joan cos you certainly can't write.that's for sure. ... Read more

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An Intriguing Peak into Another World
Welcome to the world of Joan Collins rich & famous friends. She just knew we would get a thrill from Joan giving us a glimpse into worlds most people would never experience. She keeps the tone of the book down to earth, light-hearted and fun. Each of Joan's friends are interesting. I had my favorites of course and learned a little about people I had never heard of. Joan's theme of this book puts consistent emphasis on positive thinking more than anything else that makes a woman appealing and her face pleasant to look at. Discipline quickly follows at the heals of 'positive thinking' as is revealed when Joan interviews each of her friends. Most of them are disciplined in their regimes whether it be watching what they eat or making time for regular exercise.

Some have had plastic surgery and some appear not to. Ali MacGraw and Jacqueline Bisset look to have aged gracefully without plastic surgery. They have lines on their face but are especially good-looking. This book was written 12 years ago. The fun part was to let curiosity get the better of me and look up some of these personalities to see how they have got on since then. Joan Collins has aged but looks gorgeous and younger than her 77 years. Ali MacGraw & Jacqueline Bisset look great. Morgan Fairchild has remained frozen in time. Joan Rivers has continued on her plastic surgery track and it shows these days. Rivers promotes plastic surgery in this book. Ivana Trump looks the same except she has put on weight recently. Jerry Hall looks healthy and attractive but facial features and figure have matured and this is visible since she has not had plastic surgery but she has plainly stated recently that she is in no way trying to stay young looking. Those were a few of the women I looked up to compare past with present.

All in all this was a fun read. Spending time with the girls as a fly on the wall, getting a little peak into their lives where they are human just like everyone else. They have to diet, exercise grow and mature in the process of life. As with all of Joan's beauty books she draws emphasis to feminine empowerment and healthy self-esteem.

HUGE FAN OF "JOAN COLLINS"
I ENJOY READING ABOUT JOAN COLLINS AND HAVE ENJOYED MANY OF HER BOOKS. I FOR ONE DO NOT THINK THAT TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BEAUTY IS SUPERFICIAL UNLESS IT LITERALLY CONSUMES ONES LIFE. THE ONLY THING I HAVE AGAINST CELEBRITIES WHO WRITE BEAUTY AND EXERCISE BOOKS IS SOME OF THESE PEOPLE PROMOTE SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T ACHEIVE NATURALLY. WHAT I MEAN IS, I AM ALL FOR SKIN CARE AND EXERCISE AND PROPER DIET TO PROMOTE YOUTH, BEAUTY AND HEALTH. I AM NOT FOR GOING "UNDER THE KNIFE" OR HAVING COSMETIC PROCEDURES DONE, THEN WRITING BEAUTY AND EXERCISE BOOKS UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT THEIR APPEARANCE WAS ACHEIVED BY "HARD WORK."
I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR TO THE CONSUMER. IT SELLS FALSE HOPE AND ILLUSIONS. HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE BOOKS SUCH AS THESE DO HAVE THEIR PLACE. I JUST DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD BASE WHAT THEY WANT TO LOOK LIKE ON WHAT THEY GET OUT OF A BEAUTY BOOK. I THINK IT IS BEST TO JUST TAKE WHAT CAN BE USED AND DISCARD THE REST. I WILL CONTINUE TO BUY MS. COLLINS BEAUTY BOOKS AS LONG AS I BELIEVE WHAT SHE HAS WRITTEN.

Beware!
One should never reveal the secrets of friends!

As Joan will soon find out! Apparently Joanna Lumley & Jerry Hall are very upset with her and are waiting in the shadows and lurking for the perfect opportunity to deliver a Linda Evans-style smack down on Joan!

How to stay a goddess after forty
In general, this book is a fast page-turner. Joan Collins has gone a long way to prove how attractive women over forty can be in other books and, as if it wasn't enough, she makes her point again with friends rallying for support. This book is written in a very colloquial style which makes us privy to Joan Collins' intimate chats with her friends about beauty, fitness, life and love. It is a privilege to have the likes of Stefanie Powers, Shirley MacLaine, Ali Mc Graw, Morgan Fairchild, Shirley Bassey, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Shakira Caine or Angie Dickinson handing down to us the experience of a lifetime in the limelight. Yet, the most naive readers should beware of certain oddities like Ivana Trump's gobbling up over six eggs a day, Shirley MacLaine's fasting for over six days on apple juice or Jacqueline Bisset's phobia of fans kisses for fear of bacteria transmission. Despite which, the book is a winner.

Fascinating and Beautiful
Joan Collins has done a remarkable job with this beauty tell-all.She has choosen very fascinating, not to mention beautiful, and all over the age of 40, and some close to 80.The books reads like a friendly chat.There are some great tips from legendary beauties such as Ali McGraw, Ivana Trump, the ever beautiful Joan Rivers and from society hostesses such as the Texas beauty Lynn Wyatt the always gracious Betsy Bloomingdale.This book is a must have for anyone interested in health and beauty.The photos alone are worth the price of the book. ... Read more

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Author of Prime Time, superstar Collins is back with a "hornet's nest of romance, envy, lust and revenge" (Kirkus). Murderous secrets and desperate passions shape the lives of those working on the movie Cortez as they are drawn into a powerful web of love, desire, and hate. HC: Simon & Schuster. ... Read more

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A gem of a novel to be revisited again and again
I love this book! I first read it, no, utterly devoured it, when it was published a decade ago. I was 17 at the time and was supposed to be studying another novel for English class (a novel, it is fair to say, of a different, more classical caliber) - decidedly an element which made me feel I was being just a little bit wicked for reading it. Not that Love & Desire & Hate needs any added spice. Mainly set in the post-World War II Hollywood and British film industry - Collins has dealt with the setting in a highly convincing manner - it had everything I wanted in a juicy read: a lusty leading man reminiscent of Ronald Colman (but with more than a touch of Errol Flynn), a French beauty with a tumultuous past in occupied France, a young starlet-nymphomanic, and an emotionally scarred woman with haunting, tragic memories, bent on vengence and desire. And those are only some of the scandalous and evil characters you will meet in this dishy "potboiler". A long-standing fan of Joan's sister, Jackie , I defintely say - without a doubt - that Love & Desire & Hate equals anything she wrote, perhaps surpassing it, the tone being more "romantic soap opera" than "hard-core Hollywood". It has a delightfully colorful cast, foreboding atmosphere, and thrilling suspense.Once you have read it, you won't soon forget it.

A gem of a novel to be revisited again and again
I love this book! I first read it, no, utterly devoured it, when it was published a decade ago. I was 17 at the time and was supposed to be studying another novel for English class (a novel, it is fair to say, of a different, more classical caliber) - decidedly an element which made me feel I was being just a little bit wicked for reading it. Not that Love & Desire & Hate needs any added spice. Mainly set in the post-World War II Hollywood and British film industry - Collins has dealt with the setting in a highly convincing manner - it had everything I wanted in a juicy read: a lusty leading man reminiscent of Ronald Colman (but with more than a touch of Errol Flynn), a French beauty with a tumultuous past in occupied France, a young starlet-nymphomanic, and an emotionally scarred woman with haunting, tragic memories, bent on vengence and desire. And those are only some of the scandalous and evil characters you will meet in this dishy "potboiler". A long-standing fan of Joan's sister, Jackie , I defintely say - without a doubt - that Love & Desire & Hate equals anything she wrote, perhaps surpassing it, the tone being more "romantic soap opera" than "hard-core Hollywood". It has a delightfully colorful cast, foreboding atmosphere, and thrilling suspense.Once you have read it, you won't soon forget it. ... Read more

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Useful
Two days ago Joan Collins Beauty Book arrived in the mail all the way from the UK. Having thoroughly enjoyed Joan's other beauty books this was the only one I had not read. I've followed the trail of Joan's beauty advice from book to book piecing together her routine and recommendations. Of all the 'celebrities' she is the one who I feel is the most truthful about her beauty routine. Joan has never had a sales tone of pushing 'her' beauty products like other celebrities. Joan has remained consistent with her basic recommendations and honest about what she does and does not do in her beauty routine. We all know smoking is 'bad' for beauty and Joan admits this, she herself smoked until recently. Her secret though was no more than 5 a day. She writes about this in one of her later beauty books. This book was an easy read. I got through it in one day. While much of her recommendations are common sense many of us can be lax with common sense(the discipline aspect) when it comes to beauty and health and thus could benefit from being told again and again the rules for health. How this book differs from Joan's others is it is from 1980 and looks it which I find rather fun. The book is less in depth, more basic which is appropriate for Joan's first book on beauty. I must say I am always impressed with Joan's level of self-discipline and light-hearted spirit which is evident in all her books of this sort. What I especially like is how Joan is a stand for femininity & healthy self-love/self-esteem.

"FINALLY, THE ONE BEAUTY BOOK I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR"
UNTIL NOW I HAD NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING THIS BOOK. I AM HAPPY THAT IS IS FINALLY AVAILABLE TO ME. I HAVE ADMIRED MS. COLLINS SINCE DYNASTY. I HAVE READ SOME OF HER OTHER BOOKS, SUCH AS PAST IMPERFECT. I REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT SHE NEVER GO TO BED WITH MAKE-UP STILL ON. THAT IS A STUNT IN ITSELF. BEING A FEMALE I KNOW HOW EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IT IS TO DRAG MYSELF TO THE BATHROOM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT TO REMOVE MAKE-UP. SINCE JOAN DID NOT MENTION HOW SHE HAS MAMAGED TO ACHEIVE THAT STUNT, I WILL REFRAIN FROM COMMENTING ABOUT IT. I HAVE ALSO READ AND ENJOYED "HEALTH, YOUTH AND HAPPINESS." SHE HAVE SOME VERY USEFUL MAKE-UP, EXERCISES, AND HEALTHY EATING TIPS THAT ARE JUST WONDERFUL. EVENTHOUGH HER FIRST BEAUTY BOOK IS NEARLY THREE DECADES OUTDATED, I'M SURE SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND TIPS ARE STILL USEFUL/USEABLE, AND I'M STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING MY COPY OF THIS HOPEFULLY EXCITING BOOK.

Joan Collins Opens Up!
Written in 1980 before Joan Collin's Dynasty fame, this books it's the usual common sense by a celebrity giving out advice on health and beauty. Miss Collins doesn't reveal any fantastic secrets on how to stay forever young, but rather common sense approach on how to take care of oneself, exercises, positive attitude, a chapter on children, and of course makeup! For the fans of Miss Collin's there are plenty of rare photographs too.

This book is somewhat dated now, after all it was written 29 years ago, but it has insight on the world of beauty and other health issues as seen through Miss Collins eyes. She followed up on this book with Health Youth and Happiness My Secrets (1994), Joan's Way (2002), and the updated The Art of Living Well (2002). Joan Collins is a woman who seems to have a lot to say and indeed she does in these books.

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A novel of romance and suspense introduces a wildly popular Hollywood soap opera actress who falls for Mr. Wrong, yet somehow manages to overcome those who would destroy her, personally and professionally. Reprint. ... Read more

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Excellent Purchase
I purchased this product used for 1.99 and it was in excellent, very clean condition.I was very satisfied with purchase.

Good book, but not Joan's best novel!
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this book.But unlike her others, this one took me a while to get interested completely.It all seemed kind of "Blah" until she met the mysterious man.The last chapters were especially great, though, and made the book for me.Totally worth reading!

An instant classic
I am not a fan of romance novels, and I cannot read anything by Joan's sister Jackie.Joan Collins though taught me what great writing is all about.To live, to love, to eat gourmet food all while living a life offame and secrecy...it blew me away.The words flowed like honey from thepage and took my breath away.I could only hope to approach Joan's writingstyle with my own meager attempts at prose.All this, and the woman actstoo! Joan Collins is a spectacular writer and one of the best we havewriting today.Joan is so great, she confounds the experts.She is YEARSahead of her time, which is why she had that trouble in court.They didn'tget her and she didn't yeild...a true artist and a great inspiration to allwriters.

simply the best
a wonderful book from a woman who has learned from her years what life and love can be.I can think of no greater author this century than Joan for capturing life in a phrase, a smile in a word, or an experience in asentence.Joan has written the way women long to live, full of passion andverve, always looking for the miracle man to sweep us away.Don't botherwith Goethe for classic literature.He couldn't hold a candle to her. Joan captures the psyche of women like Freud never could.A must read forall.

So good, nothing else compares
Joan Collins has virtually made me give up reading.Her novels are so well written, everything else seems like a waste of time.Joan is a woman who has truely known love and knows how to capture it on the page.I can'twait for the next book in this series."my little cabage", don'tmake us wait too long. ... Read more

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In addition to the ample opportunities for reading and writing practice contained in the Student's Book, the Workplace Plus Workbook contains further reading and writing exercises. The Workbook is valuable for homework or for in-class activities. An added feature is a test preparation activity for each unit, with CASAS-like and BEST Test-like items which ensure that learners can "bubble in" and scope with the formats of standardized language tests. Workplace Plus, an innovative four-level ESL course, readies adults for self-sufficiency in the three principal areas of their lives: the workplace, the community, and the home. Workplace Plus integrates the CASAS life skill competencies and SCANS Compentencies and Foundation Skills with a complete language syllabus and relevant social language. ... Read more

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The television and film actress discusses her personal and public life in a volume that includes her works, Prime Time, Love and Desire and Hate, and Past Imperfect. ... Read more

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The actress-author of Prime Time shares her advice on how women can look and feel their best, from tips on exercise, diet, skin care, makeup, and fashion to ways to develop the skills and positive attitudes necessary to achieve success. 75,000 first printing. ... Read more

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Terrific Pick-Me-Up Inspiration
This book is part of my library along side the Art of Living Well by Joan Collins.What I love about her beauty books is Joan gives the reader honest advice from her experience yet encourages the reader to find their way and do what is best for them. Her writing is in-depth and covers a variety of subjects and as always Joan tastefully(with humor) gives a lot of 'herself' which the reader(or fan) wants. You can sense the truth in what Joan says and feel that she does indeed care that the reader get something uplifting and useful from what she has to share. ... Read more

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Joan Collins is one of the most glamorous women in the world and in Joan's Way she reveals the secrets of how to look amazing, whatever your age. In this book she shares many of her life experiences and the methods she has learned to deal with the good and bad things in life over the years. The book includes glamour and how to achieve it, Joan's exercise programme (she is photographed step-by-step working out with daughter Katy), Joan's make-up and skincare secrets, her tips on eating super-healthily, entertaining and assertiveness, and more. Plus relationships, love and sex: Joan talks frankly about 'everyone's favourite subject'. ... Read more

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The Eternally Young Joan Collins
Basically this book is a fallow up to Joan Collins' 1995's Health, Youth and Happiness. She said it all in the first book and basically gives the same advice in this one too. If you are a Joan Collins' fan than you'll enjoy the book for her candor, good health and beauty tips, and some very good photographs of Miss Collins looking her best.

One thing the reader would appreciate more if Miss Collins would be forthcoming on whether she has had cosmetic surgery to enhance her looks. On and all it ls an entertaining book told by Miss Collins in her own humorous style, reminiscing about some of her Dynasty days, her own personal views on life love and aging and above all being positive and strong in life, staying with the adage that you are as old as you feel.

Fun and Interesting
Ms. Collins gives basic, common sense.Sometimes we just don't think about those things.She is very encouraging when you're having a bad day.Pick it up and see that life isn't all peaches and cream because you're famous.

Joan Really Does Know!!!!...
I've been fascinated by Joan since I was a kid and have always looked at her as being absolutely fabulous (I'm 34 now so I've been a fan for a loooooong time). She dishes out sound advice with eloquence and humanity. Ms. Collins comes across as a good friend showing you the way rather than someone who is lecturing and pointing fingers. She is down to earth but at the same time quite regal and very intelligent. I love the exercise and diet tips (stay away from those processed/sugared up foods and a glass of wine a day won't hurt. Amen, I would have a wine with lunch but my job doesn't allow it.) as well as the tips on glamour, dressing, makeup, socializing, not being a doormat etc... I've always looked up to the old glamour of Hollywood because the Paris Hiltons, Lindsay Lohans etc... could learn a great deal from the old Hollywood ways. Honestly, I don't understand the fascination with these new girls and as Collins points out much of the modern set all look the same. I don't care what anyone says, there is nothing special about them.

She also relates things using really great anedotes from her own life and career. I found these to be witty and an effective teaching tool.

If anything, pick up a copy of this book and read it for yourself. It is a great read and there is always much to learn from women of "a certain age" (as the French call more mature women) especially Ms. Collins.

Joan's Way is the Best Way!
"Joan's Way" by Joan Collins is an informative read on proper nutrition (that does allow one to indulge!) fantastic exercise routines (that work, trust me) skin, hair and nail care solutions (all practical, effective and quite low cost) vitamin supplementation (all medically sound) and assorted lifestyle tips, including travel and the quest for happiness.

Always practical and with a flair for living the good life Collins is chatty and warm rather than stern and commanding in her writing.

Accompanied with exclusive photographs by Brian Aris this book is essential for everyone who wants to live life to the fullest and enjoy themselves while looking and feeling fabulous at the same time! ... Read more

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hen gutsy Irish redhead Millie McClancey defies her humble beginnings to pursue a life on the stage, she becomes the first of four generations of unforgettable women to taste success in the exciting yet precarious world of show business. Taking readers on a breathtaking journey from the music halls of World War I London to the glitz of Broadway and from Hollywood in its heyday right up to the present, Star Quality is a gripping tale of ambition, betrayal, sex, and survival. Joan Collins is a legendary woman with stardom in her genes, and with Star Quality she'll enchant readers nationwide with this engrossing and thrilling page-turner. ... Read more

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I loved it!
I don't know what everyone is complaining about.It's FICTION!The dates don't need to be perfect.I really loved this book, and couldn't put it down.Following the generations of women stars was interesting.The ending is pleasant as well.What can I say?It's a typical Collins novel, but I found that this one did have less sex than usual and a better storyline (which is nice for a change!).Give it a try!

Decent Quality
I love books like this, female sagas that span generations, full of intrigue and glamour.While Judith Krantz did it a little better, Joan Collins isn't bad.Our story begins in London near the turn of the 20th century when poor Irish girl Millie McClancey takes a job as a house maid for a rich London family.Millie is quickly caught up in the excitement of the popular dance revues, and soon is practicing songs and routines of her own.One day, Toby Swannell, her employer's son (and an unapologetic womanizer) finds her practicing and encourages her to meet him in private to perform.When another jealous maid finds her out, Millie runs back to Ireland, sure she's going lose her job.She manages to find work in the local pubs doing her singing and dancing routines, until Toby shows up to sweep her off her feet.They get engaged, and Toby finally talks Millie into bed, but he gets cold feet and takes off before they can be married, leaving Millie pregnant.She is not thrilled about it, and things get even tougher when the aunt she's been living with dies and her home is repossessed.With nowhere else to go, Millie returns to London and gets a job in the chorus of a revue, and then moves on to become a big star.Millie is too busy performing to be much of a mother, and does not feel deep maternal love toward her daughter, Vickie, so Vickie grows up with Millie's friend Susie, while Millie advances her career on Broadway.Millie marries a notorious mobster, and they live a glittering life until Millie's death.

The story then shifts to Vickie, who is a bit of a shy wallflower.After her mother's death, her stepfather has her brought to the United States, where she lives quietly in the country until Susie sends photos of her to a Hollywood studio when the search is on to find a Scarlett O'Hara for "Gone With the Wind."Vickie doesn't get the part, but Hollywood likes her looks, and she moves there and builds a career as a movie star during Hollywood's golden age.Vickie has a string of affairs, but never manages to find love, until she meets Sebastian Swannell and gives up her career to be a duchess.The most disappointing part of the book is that Vickie's blood relationship to Sebastian is only handled peripherally.She never figures out he's her half-brother, until the very last part of the book, and then the subject is just dropped.How she managed to miss out on that, as her real father's name was on her birth certificate, bothered me.Anyhow, Vickie's marriage to Sebastian soon hits the skids, and she has another fling with her longtime married lover, Cooper.She and Cooper conceive a child, but since it's a girl, Vickie has no trouble getting out of her marriage to Sebastian.She returns to Hollywood and finally marries Cooper, and they settle down to raise their little girl, Lulu.

Lulu is a wild child bent on self-destruction, and apparently has no feelings for anyone who cares for her.She walks out on her mother and moves to New York at a young age, and soon becomes a world-renowned supermodel.Her career is at the top, but because of her drug problems and her very public lesbian affairs, it all falls apart.After disappearing for awhile and having a baby in secret, she reinvents herself as a soap opera star, on the same show where her mother also gets a job.They manage to repair their uneasy relationship and in the end, Lulu's daughter is also on her way to superstardom.

There's a lot packed into only a few pages in this book, so the story always keeps moving.It does not, however, pause much for reflection, or for deep glimpses into the characters.That's too bad, too, because we have a good cast.Millie, Vickie, and Lulu are far from perfect, often selfish and irresponsible, yet (possibly with the exception of Lulu) they are likeable.They make choices that just sometimes aren't good, but I could always relate to the reasons.While it could have benefited from some fleshing out, I still think this was a good, solid book, and a lot of fun!

Ridiculous!
I'd give this book one star, but I think I am going to reserve that for things I find truly morally offensive.This was such a laughably bad book, though.But not in a good way.Someone wrote here in one of the reviews that it was good because it was only supposed to be a mindless trashy read and accomplished it.

NO, NO, NO!Anyone who picks up this book WANTED a mindless trashy read and we wouldn't be insulting the book if we had gotten it in the first place!No one goes to Joan for great litterature.Come on.But it failed miserably, and I'm speaking as someone who enjoyed one of her other books.For one thing, the brief book tries to cover "four generations" of women.

There is not enough time spent on any of the characters for us to care too much about them.Nothing happens to them that makes us care, either.There's no love story, nothing.I could barely pay attention.And by the way, no sex scenes of any note, just brief and clinical descriptions of stuff.Basically, four beautiful women become famous and have problems.But no interesting love affairs.I can't tell you how boring and bad this book was.

Lack of Star Quality
I read this book hoping that it would be a wonderful generational saga like Barbara Taylor Bradford's books or Judith Krantz or even her sister's books, full of juicy details of the roaring twenties, theatre and Hollywood in it's heyday. What I got instead was the literary equivalent of gruel.

How is it possible for Joan Collins, a British subject, not to know that the daughter of a Duke, is styled a Lady not an Honorable? Or that Bugsy Siegal didn't start building his hotel in Vegas till the late forties?

This book was full of cliche's, thin characterization, and bad dialogue. The purported villainess of the piece spends most of the book unseen, only to pop up occasionally like the proverbial bad penny. If this book had come over the transom without a famous name attached, it would not even have published.

Ms. Collins would do well to stick to what she knows.

A Beach Book
OK, so, as one reviewer said, this is a no-brainer book and we need that sometimes.
Predictable...yes, but this book has enough twists and turns and even an occasional surprise to actually make you want to continue to the next chapter to see "What happens next?"
As I titled it, "A Beach Book," a book to enjoy along with the sand and surf. ... Read more

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Excellent book for true beginners
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