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Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is. She knows duck-billed platypuses don't have stomachs. She knows that fourteen squirrels were once detained as spies. She knows only one flag in the world features a building. And for once, Harriet knows exactly how her life should go. She's got it ALL planned out. So when love is in the air, Harriet is determined to Make Things Happen!.

"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek." The fourth book in the award-winning GEEK GIRL series. Harriet Manners has high hopes for the new school year: she's a Sixth Former now, and things are going to be different. But with Nat busy falling in love at college and Toby preoccupied with a Top Secret project, Harriet soon discovers that's not necessarily a good thing.

Eileen Ford, working with her husband Jerry, created the world's largest and most successful modeling agency, representing some of the most famous names---Suzy Parker, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Lauren Hutton, Christie Brinkley, Jerry Hall, Christy Turlington, and Naomi Campbell. The woman at its helm was outspoken, a shrewd businesswoman with a keen eye for talent, and had a passion for serving her clients.

Petra Nemcova recounts her experiences during the tsunami of 2004, which trapped Petra in the branches of a palm tree with a shattered pelvis for eight hours and killed her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee.