Graduation Gifts From Barnes & Noble That Tell It Like It is

Business Wire, May 30, 2000

Business/Retail Editors

NEW YORK, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2000

From The College Woman's Handbook to Cool Careers for Dummies(R),

The Young Entrepreneur's Edge, Frommer's Europe from $60 a Day, The

Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road, Our Dumb Century, Ten Things I

Wished I'd Known - Before I Went out into the Real World, and

Much, Much More

Barnes & Noble, Inc., the nation's largest bookseller, offers graduation gifts that help students get ahead in school, travel on budgets they can afford, find the kinds of jobs they're looking for, and keep their sense of humor. Your neighborhood Barnes & Noble bookstore offers a wide selection of books for graduates of all ages. Some gift ideas for:

JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Dollars and Sense for College Students or How Not to Run out of Money by Mid-Terms ($10.95) by Ellen Braitman makes sure that collection agents don't show up at your college graduation. Braitman give solid advice on ways to handle your money.

The College Woman's Handbook ($14.95) by Rachel Dobkin compiles and organizes a world of information. Comprehensive, passionate and detailed, the book covers health, sexuality, birth control, managing daily expenses, career issues and the many other questions and concerns that college women have.

Oh, the Places You'll Go! ($17.00) by Dr. Seuss is a joyous ode to life and success. Dr. Seuss tells us in his inimitable way, simple but never sappy, that life may be a "Great Balancing Act," but through it all, "There's fun to be done."

JOB-HUNTING COLLEGE GRADUATES

Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design ($17.95) by Laurence Boldt show how everyone can be the artist of his or her own life. In this comprehensive and useful book, Boldt tells you how to widen possible horizons and then focus in to make the ideal real.

Cool Careers for Dummies(R) ($16.99) by Marty Nemko, Sarah Edwards and Paul Edwards delivers a practical approach to career-path navigation, whether it be climbing up the bureaucratic ladder or following your own entrepreneurial dreams.

The Complete Resume & Job Search Book for College Students ($12.95) by Bob Adams with Laura Morin shows you how to stand out from the competition and get a good job without great grades or a lot of extracurricular activities. The authors cover how to pursue leads that others with your background may not know about, write resumes and cover letters, do well in job interviews, and land the position you want.

The Young Entrepreneur's Edge: Using Your Ambition, Independence, and Youth to Launch a Successful Business ($12.00) by Jennifer Kushell, a risk-taker herself, shows you how to transform the big idea into a thriving business, with thoughtful and thorough advice for every challenge you'll face. She covers raising funds, writing a business plan, opening an office, building partnerships, and much more.

STUDENT TRAVEL

Frommer's Europe from $60 a Day ($21.95), 2000 edition, by Arthur Frommer gives you the best of Europe at a bargain price. It helps you plan your trip, lists the exact prices of every expense, and includes plenty of maps and a great number of free activities.

Europe 2000: The Rough Guide ($24.95) from Rough Guides Publications covers 31 countries, packed with all the information you need to cover the continent. This hip, lively guide offers great coverage of nightlife and recreation, but never neglects the basics - hotels, transportation, etc.

The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road ($14.95) by Cameron Tuttle contains an excellent collection of handy tips and little-known facts that will enable and empower even the most inexperienced "road sister" to have an incredible wacky, and most important, safe adventure.

A journal is the perfect way to record and remember your own personal travel experiences. Barnes & Noble sells beautiful, handcrafted journals from Italy ($19.95).

PRACTICAL AND HUMOROUS ADVICE FOR ALL GRADUATES

Ten Things I Wished I'd Known - Before I Went out into the Real World ($11.70) by Maria Shriver is a pithy, poignant, down-to-earth, and at times laugh-out-loud bestseller that will help people of all ages and on all roads in life. The book is an expanded version of Maria's acclaimed College of the Holy Cross commencement address.

Bart Simpson's Guide to Life ($13.95) by Matt Groening gives you the hard-knocks facts of life from Bart Simpson, the guy who's seen it all, heard it all, done it all, and denies it all.

You're Officially a Grown-Up: The Graduate's Guide to Freedom, Responsibility, Happiness, Personal Hygiene, and the Conquest of Fear ($17.00) by Judith Viorst describes, in verse and illustrations, all those terrifying, but eagerly anticipated freedoms that go hand in hand with leaving home and trying to make one's way in the world.

Seuss-isms for Success: Insider Tips on Economic Health from the Good Doctor ($6.99) by Dr. Seuss is a collection of specially selected Dr. Seuss excerpts, introduced by the well-known business writer Tom Peters. The book's "Seuss-isms" offer a mix of insight, inspiration and fun to help you get ahead in the business world.