An insightful and original approach to dating draws inspiration from the novels of Jane Austen to demonstrate qualities useful in attracting members of the opposite sex and includes plenty of useful a
The author of the best-selling The Essential 55 outlines eleven themes specific to teaching and raising children, sharing anecdotal stories that explain how to motivate learning in young people by con
Selected by his grandson, a compilation of some of the finest speeches by the indomitable former British Prime Minister encompasses his entire career and includes both well-known speeches as well as t
From one of America's most widely acclaimed writers comes a masterwork of detective fiction, the most suspenseful, thematically complex, and dazzling accomplishment in the series featuring Dave Robic
It's usually said that it was "all started by a mouse" but did you know that iconic mouse was invented while on a train ride? Since its inception, The Walt Disney Company has often r
Picking up where Frozen Heat left off, top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat pursues the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered the execution of her mother over a decade ago. For the hunt, Nikk
Walt Disney once said of Marc Davis, "Marc can do story, he can do character, he can animate, he can design shows for me. All I have to do is tell him what I want and it's there! He's my Renaissance m
An international journalist explores the modern world of the Middle East--the birthplace of three great religions--in order to understand where famous biblical stories really came from, who wrote them
Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Frankenweenie" by director Tim Burton, a film in which scientist Victor Frankenstein brings his deceased dog Sparky back to life.
Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World Dining Guide is a complete diner’s guide to what’s where in the World. What do they serve? How good is it? How much will it cost? It’s all here. Our personally rated taste
This clever imagining of the surprise pardon of Willie Sutton, one of the most notorious criminals in American history, on Christmas Eve in 1969, traces the remarkable life of this mysterious man, who
Grace leaves Trinidad for a new life as a nanny in New York City, where she discovers a unique West Indian subculture and is forced to conduct humiliating tasks for meager wages as she cares for Ben,
Jane Lynch, best known for her award-winning role as hard-driving cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on Glee, tells the story of how she reached success by anything but a straight path. From teen alcoho
Amy Atlas, home baker, crafter, and party planner extraordinaire, shows her readers and fans how to create fabulous sweets tables for adults and kids, combining easy recipes, dressed-up store-bought t
Featuring essays from Portia de Rossi, Kathy Griffin, Lisa Ling and Lauren Conrad, this personal guide, drawn from a list that Glamour published 13 years ago that became a viral phenomenon, presents t
This gripping story follows professional thief Colton Harris-Moore, a neglected child who eluded authorities, gained a cult following and made everyone pay attention after escaping from juvenile priso
A tale set in 18th-century Cambridge finds bookseller John Holdsworth commissioned to investigate Lady Anne's son's mental illness, a deep melancholy tied to a woman's mysterious death and a secret so
Jane Lynch, best known for her award-winning role as hard-driving cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on Glee, tells the story of how she reached success by anything but a straight path. From teen alcoho
In this satisfying conclusion to the enchanting trilogy set in 1914 during World War I, polar explorer Seamus Finnegan tries to forget Willa, a passionate mountain climber, as he marries a beautiful y
From her first humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 1994, Suraya Sadeed has been personally delivering relief and hope to Afghan orphans and refugees, to women and girls in inhuman situations deemed t
When beautiful senior Claire Harkness is found dead in her room 10 days before graduation, everyone at the prestigious Armitage Academy finds their lives upended, especially a local police detective a
Twenty-five-year-old Jack Sparrow is a clean-cut merchant seaman pursuing a legitimate career as a first mate for the East India Trading Company. He sometimes thinks back to his boyh
The Fountain of Youth has been the object of desire for many adventurers since Ponce de Leon was rumored to have discovered it in the early sixteenth century. For Jack Sparrow, the fountain is equival
The bloggers responsible for OneDollarDietProject.com chronicle their month-long efforts to live on one dollar of food a day--the amount on which 15 percent of the world's population feeds themselves-
Young psychology student Hailey Dean's world explodes when Will, her fiance, is murdered just weeks before their wedding. Reeling, she fights back the only way she knows how: in court, prosecuting vi
The editor-in-chief of Wired magazine reveals how to run an online business profitably in spite of the Internet's inherently free culture, disseminating the principles of a "priceless economy" in six
Yale student Chloe Carrington finds that her career as the author of a notorious sex column for the campus newspaper is wreaking havoc on her personal social life, as she bares the details of her late
Book Description When Lost debuted on ABC last fall, viewers were immediately captivated. On a remote South Pacific Island, 48 plane crash survivors are forced to scavenge what they can and battle cru
"Central Vietnam. 1975. A young peasant woman, happily married to a successful farmer, returns to her house in the countryside to find a thong of villagers assembled around her gate. She learns that h
A leading neuroscientist introduces an innovative memory and brain fitness program that includes a diet of effective memory-enhancing foods, mental exercises, a list of effective drugs, and the author
