In this new graphic novel edition of Ann M. Martins very first “Baby-Sitters Club,” Raina Telgemeier captures all the drama of the original in warm, spunky illustrations. Witness Kristys eureka moment, when she gets the idea for a “baby-sitters club” and enlists her best friends, shy Mary Anne and artistic Claudia, in an exciting new […]
In modern times, a poor little rich boy grows up believing that he is that final avatar. Only, he is a serial killer. In this heart-stopping tale, the arrival of a murderer who executes his gruesome and brilliantly thought-out schemes in the name of God is the first clue to a sinister conspiracy to expose […]
Scorpia has dogged Alex Rider for most of his life. They killed his parents, they did their best to con Alex into turning traitor, and they just keep coming back with more power. Now the worlds most dangerous terrorist organization is playing with fire in the worlds most combustible land: the Middle East. No one […]
Nowhere is the drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. Atul Gawande??s gripping stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, delivery rooms in Boston, a polio outbreak in India, and malpractice courtrooms in the US. He discusses the ethical dilemma of lethal […]
Indulgent and sensual, outrageous and taboo, but always highly erotic, this new collection of Black Lace stories takes the illicit and daring rendezvous with a lover (or lovers) as its theme. Popular Black Lace authors like Portia Da Costa and Janine Ashbless contribute saucy tales, as do a number of brand new passionate and edgy […]
Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how??and how well??people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the theory of social justice that, in […]
This interactive journal based on Greg Heffleys own diary lets kids express themselves in an new way. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, kids will be asked – What was the best dream you ever had? The worst thing you ever ate? The best secret you ever heard? The most trouble you ever […]
Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as “Lily” in Lima in 1950, when she arrives one summer out of the blue, claiming to be from Chile but vanishing the moment her claim is exposed as fiction. He loves her next in Paris, where she appears […]
Avalon High, Ellies new school, is pretty much what shed expected. Theres Lance, the hunky footballer. Jennifer, the cute cheerleader. Marco, the troublemaker. And then theres Will – the most gorgeous guy Ellies ever met. She can hardly believe he likes HER. When Will says he thinks hes met Ellie before, things start getting a […]
A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body conscious Los Angeles. Her parents are disappointed by their daughter??s looks. Later in life, the one thing Victoria knows is that she has to get as far away from […]
Sidney Sheldon is read world over. Something about his plots and the raciness that caught on quite early. After all, at the end of a hard day, all one wants is an easy read, which is what Sheldon delivers every single time. After this death in 2007, it is Tilly Bagshawe who is extrapolating his […]