The death of Judd Foxman's father marks the first time that the entire Foxman family--including Judd's mother, brothers, and sister--have been together in years. Conspicuously absent: Judd's wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd's radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully p[...]
When Mrs. Merz asks her sixth grade class to write poems of apology, they end up liking their poems so much that they decide to put them into a book. Not only that, but they get the people to whom they apologized to write poems back. This poetry collection covers an array of highly relatable topics,[...]
A riveting investigation of the myriad ways that parasites control how other creatures including humans think, feel, and act. These tiny organisms can only live inside another animal, and as McAuliffe reveals, they have many evolutionary motives for manipulating their host s behavior. Far more often[...]
The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir--wise, complex, smart, funny--a version of the American experience different from anything we've read
Gabourey Sidibe--"Gabby" to her legion of fans--skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played [...]
"Engrossing ... An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain." --Wall Street Journal
"Fascinating--and full of the kind of factoids you can't wait to share." --Scientific American
Parasites can live only inside another animal and, as Kathleen McAuliff[...]
Just as "bogus doctors" are occasionally discovered in hospitals, Jimmy Conway has become a "bogus celebrity"; winning an award for something he never did, being photographed in "Hello!" in someone else's house, and ultimately making a fool of the entire mad, shallow celebrity merry-go-round.[...]
"This is Your Brain on Sports" is "the" book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. "Sports Illustrated" executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild [...]
This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild ride i[...]
A girl makes her own dollhouse in this picture book that celebrates creativity and imagination
A little girl proudly walks the reader through her handmade dollhouse, pointing out the bricks she painted on the outside, the wallpaper she drew on the inside, the fancy clothes she made for her dol[...]
"So real it hurts." David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author ofKids of Appetite
Fans of Andrew Smith and Matt de la Pena will be captivated by this summer-in-the-life of a teenage guy growing up in a trailer park in Eugene, Oregon.
Travis plans to spend the summer as follows:
Wo[...]
'This Is China' is the expert guide for anyone thinking about becoming a foreign teacher in China. This book gives you tailor-made advice on what to do before you go - where to find a job, how to get a Z visa and not an L visa, and how to pare down your luggage without losing the essentials. 'TIC' s[...]
Offers a collection of linked narratives about love - passionate love, illicit love, dying love, maternal love - told through the lives of New Jersey Dominicans, as they struggle to find a point where their two worlds meet.[...]
Offers a collection of linked narratives about love - passionate love, illicit love, dying love, maternal love - told through the lives of New Jersey Dominicans, as they struggle to find a point where their two worlds meet.[...]
Offers a collection of linked narratives about love - passionate love, illicit love, dying love, maternal love - told through the lives of New Jersey Dominicans, as they struggle to find a point where their two worlds meet.
Junot Diaz's new collection, This Is How You Lose Her, is a coll[...]
So this is permanence, edited by Jon Savage with a foreword by Deborah Curtis, presents the intensely personal writings of one of the most enigmatic and influential songwriters and performers of the late twentieth century, Joy Division's Ian Curtis. The songs of Joy Division, infused with the energy[...]
Presents the intensely personal writings of one of the most influential songwriter and performer of the late twentieth century.[...]
So this is permanence, edited by Jon Savage with a foreword by Deborah Curtis, presents the intensely personal writings of one of the most enigmatic and influential songwriters and performers of the late twentieth century, Joy Division's Ian Curtis. The songs of Joy Division, infused with the energy[...]
A serious book is black-and-white, and it informs the reader.So why are a donkey in a flowered hat, a laughing zebra, a hissing snake, a marching penguin and cavorting monkeys in this book?Join the fun as the animals take control, effortlessly and with great style and humour, in this new picture boo[...]
A TELEGRAPH AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE MONTHLRB BOOK OF THE WEEKCAUGHT BY THE RIVER BOOK OF THE MONTHRoss Raymond and Johnny McLaughlin are two fanboys dedicated to the Airdrie post-punk scene of the early '80s - the glory years - wh[...]
"I wanted to live in this book." -- Kim Gordon
A songbook that includes the songs from the debut album of Scottish teen singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald arranged for piano, voice and guitar. It includes four pages of colour photographs.[...]