How to make a great, best man's speech - and a guide to being a great best man. In this book Phillip Khan-Panni uses his expertise as a champion professional speaker to help the best man with the terrifying prospect of writing and delivering The Speech. He guides you on the vital preparation of your speech and tells you how to use stories, jokes and quotations that will lift it well above the bare necessities. With the author`s help and his professional tips and techniques, you will be able to make a really entertaining and moving speech that will be remembered for a long time to come. You might even enjoy making it as much as the guests do hearing it! There are also checklists and further advice to help you organise the whole occasion so that the big day honours the groom and his bride and thoroughly impresses their friends and relations

Discover the truth about weddings with this fun, witty, self-help book for brides-to-be. A Modern Girl's Guide to Getting Hitched gives tips, guidance and case studies on how to plan for your big day, cope with your families and friends, and achieve your own goals. Entertaining and informative, it tells the truth about weddings that the magazines don't dare to mention. Topics covered include: *Coming to terms with never being able to pull men again! *Dealing with the details that will drive you mad - and discovering the available options *Looking like a princess - without having to behave like one *Creating the right service for you *Speeches - choosing the right people for the job and controlling their content *Choosing a bridesmaid without losing all your female friends *Learning how to balance being a wedding bore with a full-time job *Judgement Day - including common disasters and last minute fixes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Getting Hitched is a must-have, light-hearted guide to one of the most unintentionally stressful days of a woman's life.

Now in paperback, a wonderful anthology of wedding poems, filled with surprising, curious, unorthodox and charming poems about love and the public commitment to love. For the many thousands of readers who each year go through the complex mix of thrill and trauma that is the planning of a marriage ceremony, Laura Barber's anthology is the answer to a prayer, with a wonderfully generous and unusual selection of poems suitable for reading out loud, and which celebrate and encapsulate our deepest feelings in all their bewildering diversity. Including verse by poets ranging from John Keats to Carol Ann Duffy and Walt Whitman to W. H. Auden, as well as many less familiar voices, this anthology offers numerous options for anyone about to read at the wedding of family or friends, or to celebrate their own.

The modern bride's key to creating a unique wedding - projects to make and wedding ideas for a day that's personalized, handcrafted and totally unique from the moment the wedding invitations are posted. This title shows how to make wedding invitations, wedding favours, jewellery, wedding decorations, wedding sweet treats, wedding centrepieces and wedding gifts. It is ideal for the novice crafter, with lots of clear step-by-step photography and explanation, plus tips for producing multiples such as wedding invitations. It covers a range of crafts vital for creating the perfect wedding, including paper crafts, sugarcrafts, beading and jewellery making. The necessary craft supplies are easily sourced from craft shops such as Michaels craft stores, Hobbycraft and arts and crafts stores on the high street and on-line.

On 30 November 2006, South Africa became the world’s fifth country and Africa’s first to legalise marriage for same-sex couples. To Have & To Hold explores the journey to same-sex marriage with a collection of interviews, essays and documents recognising the multiplicity of viewpoints on the topic, as well as the multiple aspects and efforts that shaped the making of same-sex marriage in South Africa.

It seeks to represent those perspectives by drawing on the opinions of a wide range of experts as well as representing those for whom the right to marry holds the most meaning – the people whose marriages can now be legally recognised. The combination of historical documents, personal reflections and academic and activist analyses of same-sex marriage makes this book invaluable for understanding this historic journey and its legal, social, cultural and religious ramifications.

The stories collected here--including such gems as Stephen Crane's "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," O. Henry's "The Marry Month of May," F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Bridal Party," Joy Williams's "The Wedding," and Lorrie Moore's "Thank You For Having Me", encompass comic wedding mishaps, engagements broken and mended, honeymoon adventures, and scenes both heartwarming and heartbreaking. There are glamorous weddings in Paris and New York, and more eccentric ones in the Wild West and on a remote island beach. There are nervous brides, forgetful grooms, meddling guests, interrupted nuptials, second thoughts, and second chances. Above all, there are all kinds of people - young and old, rich and poor, divorced and widowed, with or without children - joining together in the age-old quest for matrimonial happiness.

The wedding quiz book for husbands-to-be! The perfect book for wedding showers, engagements, bachelor parties, and more! This fun activity book will uncover the hilarious things a groom does (or doesn't!) know about his bride-to-be before the big day! With brain stumping questions and fun multiple choice, this is the perfect shower or engagement party game to get couples talking, laughing, and learning more about each other! Questions like: Name at least one food your bride would never want to give up. Has she ever plunged a toilet? When nervous, does she: ____ Munch nonstop? ____ Not eat a thing? ____ Talk a blue streak? ____ Shut up like a clam? ____ Fidget, tap, and squirm? Now, the only real question is, which groom will take up the trivia challenge?

Wedding planning doesn't have to be stressful! From budgeting to bachelorette parties to writing your own vows, this pocket-sized manual is packed with tips to plan, execute, and enjoy the perfect engagement and wedding. It's a personal wedding planner you can carry in your pocketthe perfect engagement present or planning handbook for any soon-to-be bride.

Congratulations! You are getting married and want a beautiful, memorable event, yet you need to stick to a tight budget. Don't despair! There are hundreds of proven ways to have your dream wedding without breaking your budget. The average cost of a wedding in the United States in 2007 is approaching $30,000, a 73 percent increase since 1992, according to a recent study. What is astonishing is how quickly all the other smaller expenses those you don't immediately think of add up. The stationery, invitations, announcements, thank-you notes, postage, make up, hair stylist, limousines, menus, and so on, not including the cost for an engagement party, rehearsal dinner, gifts, honeymoon, engagement ring, and bridal consultant or wedding planner. Just imagine what you could do if you could save GBP15,000 as you start out your new life together. Whether your budget is $1,000 or $50,000, in this easy to read and comprehensive new book you will learn hundreds of simple ways to cut down on your wedding expenses without serving a roomful of guests hamburgers and hot dogs at your reception. Reducing your wedding costs doesn t have to mean plastic forks and pitching a tent on your aunt s front lawn. This book will teach you hundreds of insider secrets to nip the overcharges out of your wedding budget. The author tackles invitations, facility, catering, gifts, bar-liquor, tables and chairs, decorations, napkins, centrepieces, flowers, limousine, dishes and glasses, music, candles, photography, videographer, ring pillow, linens, guest favours, tents, dance floor, cake, matches, place cards, thank you notes, and dozens more.

'Life-affirming, emotional and fun! A fabulous roller coaster of a read. I loved it!' Heidi Swain 'A fabulous, fun and flirty summer read!' Jenni Keer A wedding dress. A love letter. A secret that will change everything... When Maggie Burnett discovers her mother's beautiful wedding dress just days after she passes away, she wonders why she'd been told it was missing... Pinned to the waistband is a note that reads: 'E, je t'aime. LS x' . 'E' must be Elizabeth, her mother, but who is 'LS'? Could he be the father she's never known? As Maggie's seemingly happy life in London unravels, she decides it's time to go home to Norfolk and figure out the truth once and for all. Even if it means running into Nick Forster, her secret childhood crush. What if this journey to the past is the key to a new beginning? Warm and uplifting, The Love Note is perfect for fans of Lia Louis and Olivia Beirne. See what readers are saying: 'Sweet, special and very relatable with the various events that occur throughout this book. This has all the best ingredients for a perfect romance novel. Loved it' 'I absolutely adored this book! Stunning, a page-turner which stays long in the memory!' 'Perfect for a sunny day beach read' 'This story moves quickly and is an easy read. I really enjoyed it' 'The character development was fantastic and the between the two main characters was amazing. I could not put this book down.. I cannot wait for the next book!'

'Get a cool paralegal alter ego.'

'Get divorced. Sorry Wallis Simpson...'

'Perfect the art of gazing adoringly (into the camera/your prince's eyes).'

Meghan Markle has changed the rules. What was once an unattainable 7-year-old's dream has now become an achievable reality. With this book, step into Meghan's glass slippers, and find out all the little ways in which you can channel your inner modern princess. Simple yet profound, this humorous little book could change your life forever. Read it, enjoy it, learn from it... and it's just possible that your fairy tale dreams could come true.