Tucked high in the Jamaica Blue Mountains is Top Valley, home to twelve-year-old twins: the sharp-eyed (and sharp-mouthed) Pollyread Gilmore and her brother, Jackson, who's always up for (and in) trou
In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now overweight. Critser's sharp-eyed reportage and sharp-ton
Sandinista Jones is a high school senior with a punk rock name and a broken heart. The death of her single mother has left Sandinista alone in the world, subject to the random vulnerability of everyda
Age is but a number when it comes to brain powerKeep Your Brain Sharp for the Over 50s offers hundreds of puzzles, games, tests and exercises and explains how your brain gets better past the age of 50
This adorable book shows how to make a wide variety of birds by needle felting--sculpting wool roving into a three-dimensional figure using a special barbed needle. Each project includes a fun photo o
Step into the Dark Realm--but beware Tusk's razor sharp namesakes!Tusk the Mighty Mammoth rules the rotting forests of Gorgonia with razor sharp tusks. She terrorizes the rebels at war with the evil w
How clever are you?And how sharp-sighted?Are you as clever as Doctor All-Knowing -- keen to change his sad life (and feed his poor daughter, Maggie)?Are you, like Doctor All-Knowing, sharp-eyed enoug
Harrison Harrison—H2 to his mom—is a lonely teenager who’s been terrified of the water ever since he was a toddler in California, when a huge sea creature capsized their boat, and his father vanished.
Today's active investors enjoy spotting, tracking, and paying bottom dollar on undiscovered gems. In The Superstock Investor, stock-picking icon Charles LaLoggia provides the tools and insights sharp
"Gripping and powerful."-Emily Giffin"The quintessential beach novel, complete with juicy drama and characters you fall madly in love with. You will devour it!" -Elin Hilderbrand"Warm, witty, sharp an
"A razor-sharp, cross-generational tragicomedy set in California's wine-soaked Central Valley Ingrid Palamede never returns to places she's lived in the past. For her, "whole neighborhoods, whole cit
"Sharp, biting prose distinguishes this first novel... [Mandelman] deftly blends a murder mystery with a nuanced examination of the intransigent Israeli-Arab conflict."---Publishers Weekly, starred r
"Sharp, brilliantly plotted, and totally engrossing."--KAREN M. MCMANUS, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying"A crafty, dark, and disturbing story."--KATHLEEN GLASGOW, New York Time
John Cleese’s towering comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp satirical eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with Monty Python, on Fawlty Towers, and beyond
From the sharp decline in CD sales to the fragmentation of network TV audiences, the business models of the entertainment and advertising industries are showing severe cracks. "Advertising Age "editor
A sharp, funny, delightfully unhinged collection of stories set in the dark world of domesticity,American Housewife features murderous ladies who lunch, celebrity treasure hunters, and the best bra fi
The inside scoop on innovations and relationships that are revolutionizing the industryFrom the sharp decline in CD sales to the fragmentation of network TV audiences, the business models of the enter
Helen Simonson’s beloved, New York Times bestselling debut, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand,instantly established her reputation as an uncommonly gifted storyteller, with humor, wit, and a sharp eye for
With Danger!, young readers will tour the adrenaline-filled worlds of animals, nature, space, science, the human body, and more. Discover animals armed with sharp claws and killer jaws, deep-sea monst
Persuasion, Jane Austen's last finished novel, is a brilliant satire and evocation of polite society, full of sharp perceptions on people and personal relations, especially love, and a celebration of
"Written late in Anita Desai's illustrious career, these three novellas ruminate on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life's expectations and dreams and its realit
Twelve princesses suffer from a puzzling (if silly) curse, and anyone who ends it will win a reward. Reveka, a sharp-witted and irreverent apprentice herbalist, wants that reward. But her investigatio
USA Today bestselling author Jan Burke delivers chills, suspense, shockers, and sharp wit in eighteen works of short fiction sure to satisfy longtime fans and newcomers alike. This positively addicti
Debut author Sheldon Siegel bursts into the legal thriller arena with a riveting courtroom drama, exposing the world of big-time law firms and lawyers in a fresh, sharp-witted, wonderfully sardonic pa
WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the
"A love letter to all your favorite horror movie classics... Micol Ostow's razor sharp writing and David Ostow's wonderful illustrations combine for an unforgettable reading experience."—Cou
A stirring debut novel about a mother and daughter who find an unlikely home amid the quirky residents of a small town—“The smart style, crisp narrative, sharp dialogue, and vivid descriptions send a
Drawing on 30 years of BOMB Magazine, this anthology of interviews brings together some of the greatest figures of world literature for a brilliant and unforgettable collection of sharp, insightful an
