Charles J. Sykes offers fifty life lessons not included in the self-esteem-laden, reality-light curriculum of most schools. Here are truths about what kids will encounter in the world post-schooling, and ideas for how parents can reclaim lost ground---not with pep talks and touchy-feely negotiations[...]

Easy to solve . . . hard to resist For solvers who want more of the fun and less of the challenge of solving the legendary "New York Times" crossword comes this twelfth collection of light and fun puzzles. All the puzzles in this book originally appeared in Monday editions of the paper--the easiest[...]

- Over 50 reproducible mentor texts that demonstrate the moves of skillful nonfiction writers
- 36 ready to use content-literacy lessons designed to engage students in close reading, quick writing, and lively discussion
- More than 100 options for meaningful, content-focused extended writin[...]

I feel like a failure. It's now been 351 days since I had sex. That's a carnal drought. If Bob Geldof knew about it he'd hold a concert. Sarah Sargeant has been single for three years and nine months. She has just spent five months plucking up the courage to ask out a balding man with a paunch who w[...]

For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day. An editor at "The New York Times," at daily editorial meetings she couldn't hear what her colleagues were saying. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. As she once put it, she[...]

"We must develop a compelling vision of later life: one that does not assume a trajectory of decline after fifty, but one that recognizes it as a time of change, grown, and new learning; a time when our courage gives us hope.'" from The Third ChapterAt a key moment in the twenty-first century, demog[...]

A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World?

?Sprezzatura,? or the art of effortless mastery, was coined in 1528 by Baldassare Castiglione in The B[...]

No money? No problem. You can start packing your bags for that trip you've been dreaming a lifetime about.
For more than half a decade, Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has been showing readers of his enormously popular travel blog that traveling isn't expensive and that it's affordable to all. H[...]

This simple and "highly" accessible non-fiction guide to BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, Sadism, and Masochism) features 50 edgy and erotic adventures to sample and is the perefct companion for the millions of fans of the Fifty Shades trilogy ("Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker "and "Fifty Shades [...]

No money? No problem. You can start packing your bags for that trip you've been dreaming a lifetime about.
For more than half a decade, Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has been showing readers of his enormously popular travel blog that traveling isn't expensive and that it's affordable to all. H[...]

There are 78 million people now crossing the 50-year mark?and they?re redefining middle age and creating a new vision of what a fulfilling sex life means. "Sex Over 50" speaks to this legion of gracefully aging Americans who are looking for professional, practical advice on how to make the transitio[...]