Struggling with poor self-image issues that are complicated by her slender mother, plus-sized Ann resolves to lose a significant amount of weight before standing as bridesmaid to her aunt, an effort t
Newbery honor author Patricia C. McKissack’s original yarn of the Louisiana bayou is "told with verve and sly wit." (Publishers Weekly, Starred review)Hugh Thomas knows that the Bayou Clapat
Audrey is a cow with poetry in her blood, who yearns for the greener pastures beyond Bittersweet Farms. But when Roy the horse tells this bovine dreamer that she is headed for Abbot's War, the slaught
More Than 125 Quick and Easy Cocktails for the Speedy Mixologist, Made With Only Four Ingredients or Less! You don't need a thousand-dollar liquor cabinet to impress company at your
Vegetarians, meat-lovers, and anyone seeking to add more vegetables to their diet will all find inspiration in this vegetable-centric cookbook. Vegetables Please: The More Vegetables, Less Meat Cookbo
Learn Why Millions of Runners Have Decided That Less Is More!No topic in running has gotten more attention lately than minimalist shoes and barefoot running. Proponents say that running barefoot or in
PANIC LESS, PLAY MORE, AND GET YOUR PARTY ON! From her rural Missouri beginnings decorating tables with cherry-tree branches to her current and much-anticipated dinners and parties that always include
Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United Stat
Middle school is like a maze. But if you have a friend or, better yet, two friends who can cheer you on, middle school starts to feel less like a maze and more likeamaaaze. This guide, written by two
Ready or not?they're a family now! Dusty Carson knows he isn't exactly father material. But his friendship with single mom Teressa Wilder has recently become a lot more intimate. Now he has less than
Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone
Conventional wisdom holds that Christians, as members of a “universal” religion, all believe more or less the same things when it comes to their faith. Yet black and white Christians differ in signifi
The kids have left home, or maybe they’re just getting older and need less attention. Either way, it’s now your turn. You have more time, and you want to do something with it: perhaps go back to work,
Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, and there is no one quite like Sonchai: a police officer who has kept his Buddhist soul intact—more or less—despite the fact
Later to bed, munching some fries, makes a girl pretty healthy and wise. . . .Yes, it’s true—more or less. Why? Women do need to eat healthier, exercise, get adequate sleep, and ta
More science and less art leads to bigger fish and fewer talesMost anglers rely on advice from fishing buddies or books by well-known but unscientific anglers. Here is a book that distills the science
Things had been getting a little better until I got a letter from my dead sister. That more or less ruined my day. When Sunny's older sister, Jazz, ran away to New York, Sunny was secretly relieved.
The system presented in this book consists of two more-or-less independent parts. The first is the system's parallel network memory scheme; the second part of the knowledge-base system presented here
A low-stress introduction to GIS Forget everything you've been told about geographic information systems. Today's simpler, less expensive, and far more refined GIS software can be operated on a PC or
From the popular and best-selling Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast series, The All-New Fresh Food Fast offers 200 brand-new recipes using 5 ingredients or less, in 15 minutes or less-or both. It is jam-p
The key to a less hectic, less stressful life is not in simply organizing your desk, but organizing your mind. Dr. Paul Hammerness, a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, describes the latest neurosci
Don't Let Life Pass You By Feel like you're always rushing but never catching up? Are you doing more, but enjoying it less? The frantic pace and pressure of modern life can take a serious toll on your
Motivated people advance further and faster in their careers, earn more money, are more productive, experience more satisfying relationships and are happier than the less- motivated people around them
The practical art of making more with less--in the kitchen! Melissa Coleman, the creator of the popular design and lifestyle blog The Faux Martha, shares her refreshingly simple approach to cooking t
When you choose the right words—the words that work—you begin to develop new ways of communicating, getting more of what you want (and less of what you don’t), and steering your life in the direction
The girls of Devonairre Street have always been told they’re cursed. Any boy they love is certain to die too soon. But this is Brooklyn in 2008, and the curse is less a terror and more a lifestyle acc
The way we eat is changing. More and more of us are opting to eat fewer animal products or to cut them out entirely. Eating well to support a training regimen presents its own challenges, but as celeb
Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this hardcover collection of tales featuring BATMAN?, SUPERMAN?, WONDER WOMAN?, and all of the DC SUPER FRIENDS?. Each story can be read in five minutes or less, s
A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themsel
This is the latest title in Phaidona??s bestselling Silver Spoon series presenting over 100 recipes all of which can be made in 30 minutes or less. The recipes have been collected from the bestselling
Rich. Thin. Beautiful. Successful. Happy. Not every woman can achieve these goals overnight, but how about in 75 years or less? World-famous actress, Linda Gray certainly has and is ready to share her
"A little less conversation, a little more action!"--ElvisThe saga of one man's fight against the walking dead as you've never seen it before! The action never lets up as a chainsaw of events pits the
"The key to losing weight is not about enjoying less," teaches Jena la Flamme, "it's about enjoying more." This revolutionary insight has allowed thousands of Jena's students to lose weight without bo
By the publisher of the prestigious Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, an account of the deep economic slump of 1920–21 that proposes, with respect to federal intervention, “less is more.” This is a free
In this powerful book, Phil Ryken reminds us of the true source of the Christian’s love, encouraging us to take Jesus’s words seriously and love him more than anything or anyone else.
Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? Criminologists have found that individuals who are marginalized from the labor market are mor
After the great success of the Ultimate Braai Master TV seies, and of the book based on that, The Road Less Travelled: The Ultimate Braai Master second series again goes way off the beaten track, 8,00
Do math more quickly and with more confidence — with less reliance on paper, apps, and calculators. For people who automatically run to the nearest calculator, Idiot's Guides: Speed Math teaches tips,
Women are supposed to be tender and loving - not coldhearted killers, knife-wielding vampires or gun-toting hijackers. Yet throughout history, there's been no shortage of less than law-abiding ladies.
