While we at Online Shopping Chick love you just the way you are if you’re like many people you’ve made a New Year’s Resolution or two. Perhaps you’d like to shed those last 20 pounds, start living a better life or just learn something new. Today we take a look at three how-to books to help you on your journey to self improvement.

In order to live a healthier and happier life it only makes sense that we should know all we can about the body we live in. You: The Owner’s Manual takes you inside your body and lets you know exactly what makes it tick.

If your New Year’s Resolution is to live a healthier life you owe it to yourself and your body to learn the best way to care for yourself. This newly updated version features in depth information on your body as well as over 100 Q & As answering the most popular questions about the body we live in.

Going on a diet and losing weight is probably the number one resolution people make in the new year. The problem is most diets don’t work because they’re not realistic. I mean do you really want to eat only protein or salad for the rest of your life?

Instead of going on a diet why not learn to choose healthier alternatives to those fattening foods we crave. In the book Eat This, Not That you get help choosing healthier foods when it’s most difficult—while eating out. The book puts the food industry in the spotlight and reveals what’s lurking in those “healthy” choices some restaurants offer.

If you’re serious about losing weight and eating healthier you need to have a look at this book and learn how to really make healthy food choices when eating out.

Ok, so you’re healthy and your weight is just fine. How about learning a new language? Learn Spanish in your car makes the time you spend commuting everyday more productive by teaching you a second language. Three levels take you from learning basic keywords to being able to converse in your new second language. Reviews from those who have purchased this book state that learning Spanish with the help of this system is easy and effective. If becoming bilingual is on your to-do list for 2009 pick up this language course.

Make 2009 the year you become a better you. Live a happier, healthier and more fulfilled life by picking up a new skill or shedding an old habit.