What if Jesus were in high school today?What would he say?What would he do?Maggie's reputation as the school sleep-around is hard to live with, but escaping her past is even tougher. And a strange guy
Mateo’s perfectly normal life was upended one fateful night when tragedy struck his family. After years of running the streets and fighting the temptations that would surely make him spiral out of con
Brandon Sanderson is one of the most significant fantasists to enter the field in a good many years. His ambitious, multi-volume epics (Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive) and his stellar continuation o
Skin Deep looks at the preoccupations of European-Australians in their encounters with Aboriginal women and the tropes, types and perceptions that seeped into everyday settler-colonial thinking. Early
An angry teenager is sucked into a gang of neo-NazisDan shows up on his first day at a new school with long blond hair, John Lennon glasses, and a shy grin that makes every girl in the hallway swoon.
An against-the-odds love story at the heart of a book for teens about prejudice, courage, and a dark, compelling mystery—shortlisted for a Romantic Novelists Association Award Ugly people don’t have f
Looks at different components of beauty culture, including makeup, skin lotion and creams, hair treatments, cosmetic surgery, and dental work, describing what their purposes are and how the cosmetic i
More Than Skin Deep helps teen girls deal with the struggles of insecurity, fear, and their overwhelming emotions. Author Crystal Kirgiss helps them learn to celebrate, accept, love, and care for what
Chantel O'Hurley has parlayed talent, breathtaking beauty and will into stardom.She lights up the screen - larger than life and untouchable. But every day she receives a dozen red roses, with a thre
When her mother suddenly announces that she has breast cancer, Cori's world seems to end. Things that once seemed so important to her no longer matter—it's hard to care if your hair is flat-ironed whe
Classic stories starring Dog Boy and Mister Blister, as well as several tales of doomed romance and creepy revulsion, plus a selection of sketchbook excerpts, covers and illustrations.
A THRILLING NEW URBAN FANTASY SERIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF UNFALLEN DEAD AND UNQUIET DREAMS.She'll need to keep up appearances-if she wants to stay alive...Being an undercover agent has its occupational
There's a fine line between pleasure and pain...When she's kidnapped from the bar where she works, Nicky has to admit that she's strangely aroused. She always knew her possessive ex-lover Jackson Bled
Homicide detective Steve Abbot investigates a series of killings that have targeted plastic surgery patients, while his beloved wife, a prospective plastic surgery client, finds herself targeted by a
It?s 1968 and one communal house in West London, home to the last, desperate remnants of an Aboriginal tribe, echoes with drum-calls and unintelligible chants. And it reeks of blood?the animal blood u
Explains what skin is and why it is important, including protecting the body from germs, helping cool down the body when it gets too hot, and absorbing Vitamin D from sunlight.
Explains what skin is and why it is important, including protecting the body from germs, helping cool down the body when it gets too hot, and absorbing Vitamin D from sunlight.
The narrator of Skin Deep is David Loya, a second generation Chicano from the East L.A. barrio. With a degree from Harvard Law School he is a rising star in a major New York law firm. He returns to L.