Culled from Tony Barr's 40 years' experience as a performer, director and acting teacher in Hollywood, this highly praised handbook provides readers with the practical knowledge they need whe
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, Overcoming De
The 1992 release of the "Director's Cut" only confirmed what the international film cognoscenti have know all along: Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's brilliant and troubling SF n
"Paul provides information about pioneer life through speculation about the origins of 26 quilt patterns, one for each letter of the alphabet. The variety of colors and designs makes the quilts themse
Welcome to the remarkable first four issues of Simpsons Comics, brought to you by the Bongo Comics Group, a small but overachieving band of merry artists, designers, lawyers and publicists. Their work
Bestselling author of Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History now takes on the world! Skewering the nonsense we were all taught about the world's revolutions, religions, heroes, and i
In Anger Kills, Dr. Redford Williams reveals ground-breaking research that confirms that hostility not only is a serious barrier to happiness, but can lead to heart disease and other life-threatening
Mothers today must raise girls in a vastly different environment than they themselevs experienced. In this practical book, Dr. Ann Caron first discusses what is happening to girls' bodies and minds i
?A highly diverting picture book about an agreeable pet boa constrictor that earns the affection and gratitude of a French village.? ?BL. ?Children will love it.? ?H. Notable Children's Books of 1940
A daring imagination has woven a simple rhyme into a brilliantly original tale [about Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who seeks Experience and becomes the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre]. Notabl
Called one of America's favorite Christmas stories, and now a classic television movie, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever has been a favorite of young readers the world over since 1972. Funny, memorabl
?A highly diverting picture book about an agreeable pet boa constrictor that earns the affection and gratitude of a French village.? ?BL. ?Children will love it.? ?H. Notable Children's Books of 194
Based on the new Nickelodeon animated series and inspired by the classic series by Michael Bond, this 24-page Halloween storybook is perfect for sharing with the Paddington fan in your life. Includes
“Devious, delicious, and gasp-worthy.” (Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces)In this genre-defying page-turner from Lygia Day Peñaflor, four teens bef
Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mount
A winter-themed, skill-building story designed for shared reading combines bold illustrations and introductory text in the tale of young Henry, who embarks on a snowy day of snowman building, ice skat
Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from her blue-collar Boston neighborhood. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro risked everything to find her?only to orchestrate her return to a negle
William Morrow Cookbooks Trade Paperback Original An expert pastry chef and master baker offers an all-new approach to seasonal eating with more than 150 can't-fail recipes that bring out the best
Temptation in paradise Smart, sexy, successful Laura Murdock never mastered the fine arts of loving and trusting. Taking a well-deserved vacation from her work at a Detroit women?s crisis center, sh
Emily's uniquely strange homeschool syllabus includes: 1. Time Travel 101 2. Advanced Spy Photography 3. Bonnet Basics 4. Great Aunts Through the Ages 5. Intro to Germ Theory 6. Care and Feeding of
This remarkable second volume of Christopher Isherwood?s diaries opens on his fifty-sixth birthday, as the fifties give way to the decade of social and sexual revolution. These pages are crammed with
The so-called Israel lobby has been widely denounced and demonized in the global media, but as Mitchell Bard reveals, its power pales in comparison to the decades-long corruption of American interests
They live ordinary lives, but they are extraordinary. They are the Offspring, children of a mysterious experiment gone awry?and they are in terrible danger. Cheveyo: a name that stirs Petra like no
Recounting the story of her life, Oei plunges us into the colorful world of nineteenth-century Edo, in which courtesans rub shoulders with poets, warriors consort with actors, and the arts flourish in
Princeton, New Jersey, 1951: As a CIA operative watches from the shadows, two old men?Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion and world-renowned scientist Albert Einstein?enter Einstein?s home to spea
Everyone knows Michael Jackson?the myth. This is the revealing true story of Michael Jackson?the man. To Frank Cascio, Michael Jackson was many things?second father, big brother, boss, mentor, and t
Richard Paul Roe spent more than twenty years traveling the length and breadth of Italy on a literary quest of unparalleled significance. Using the text from Shakespeare?s ten ?Italian Plays? as his
For ten years, the knowledge seekers at mental_floss have been hunting and trapping the world?s rarest facts, locking them into captivating lists for the world to admire. Thanks to their tireless effo
It is the night before Christmas! When Marie receives a handsome wooden Nutcracker from her dear uncle, she?s thrilled. But during the night, something magical happens...and when her toy Nutcracker tr
The astonishing true story of Atlantis In 1500 B.C. a supervolcano beneath the Greek island of Santorini exploded in a near-apocalyptic eruption. Buried beneath the rubble and waves was the world?s
The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circle?they are back once again in the rambling country house in which they solved their first murder together. Both
In this fourth novel in Lisa Black?s captivating suspense series, forensic investigator Theresa MacLean finds herself embroiled in a case in which everyone has a motive and everyone is a suspect?espec
A gripping story of buried truths, deceit, and sudden, brutal death featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont from the New York Times bestselling author of Betrayal of Trust J. A. Jance Minor in P
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterward the two Germanys reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. Anna Funder?s bestselling Stasiland brings us extraordinary tales of real lives in the for
When journalist Liao Yiwu first stumbled upon a vibrant Christian community in the officially secular China, he knew little about Christianity. In fact, he?d been taught that religion was evil, and th
A hidden truth. Mortal enemies. Doomed love. With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki?the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms.
One man?s sacrifice shocks the world . . . One woman?s courage threatens a conspiracy as old as humankind . . . And some will do anything?anything?to keep their secrets in the dark. Sanctus A
The Great War has ended at last. No longer must archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his
The annual Historical Romance Writers of the World convention in New York City is calling to Jacqueline Kirby, a Nebraska librarian who desperately desires some excitement. But all is not love and kis
A bargain that was all business . . . and pure passion. Neither wealth nor beauty will help Lady Francesca Gordon win custody of her young niece Georgina, saving the girl from a cruel stepmother; sh
