The New York Times bestselling author of Big Girl Panties puts a modern twist on My Fair Lady in this funny, romantic confection in which a canny young woman makes over her awkward millionaire client . . . with some hot, sexy, and surprising results.Suffocating in a dead-end marriage, Midwesterner Zoey Sullivan fled to New York and moved in with her older sister Ruth, a carefree, vivacious beauty with

In a posthuman virtual world sealed off from the ruins of Earth, the idyll is shattered by an arachnid invasion. Designed in imitation of a harbor town in southern Europe, the Realm of Summer is just one of the zones within the virtual resort known as the Costa del Numero. It has been more than a thousand years since human guests stopped coming to the Realm, leaving the AIs alone in their endless summer.

Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships: Douglas Ward\'s Complete Guide to Cruising - formerly Berlitz Cruising and Cruise Ships - features enhanced user-friendly design, extra images, new coverage of cruise history and ultimate cruising experiences, new Author\'s Choice recommendations, along with the expert reviews and ratings readers have trusted for over 35 years. Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise

First collection on filmmaker and poet Pasolini\'s passion for painting One of Europe\'s most mythologized Marxist intellectuals of the 20th century, Pier Paolo Pasolini was not only a poet, filmmaker, novelist, and political martyr. He was also a keen critic of painting. An intermittently practicing artist in his own right, Pasolini studied under the distinguished art historian Roberto Longhi, whose

Few things are more essential to the health of the church than clear understanding of the Bible\'s teaching concerning the person of Jesus Christ. Doctrine informs devotion, and this, in turn, motivates discipleship. Neglect or misunderstanding of Christology will inevitably weaken Christian character and conduct.Furthermore, the ascendancy of pluralism leads many to the view that there is nothing

Create nutritious, cost-effective meals all bursting with flavor with 15-minute recipes in Ultra Easy Dinners.For the busy home cook, sometimes it\'s hard to get a meal on the table when life gets hectic. Whether you\'re on the go and don\'t have time to spend in the kitchen or have a busy weeknight with family, these simple, healthy meals make eating well easy. Even better, they\'re all ready in 15

Through its revised and applied Aristotelianism, this book illuminates our understanding of friendship in moral philosophy, moral psychology, and moral education. Friendship for Virtue has four main aims. The first is to give the virtue of friendship the pride of place it deserves in contemporary Aristotle-inspired virtue ethics. The second is to integrate Aristotelian theory with recent social scientific

Here is an extraordinary mix of fantasy and science fiction from one of the masters of science fiction, Larry Niven. *** The stories in this collection include some collaborations with authors such as Jerry Pournelle (Spirals) and Steven Barnes (The Locusts), as well as stories written by Niven himself. *** Larry Niven\'s credits include the award-winning Ringworld series, his \"Known Space\" novels

We apologize for not properly crediting Fun World, Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. for their ownership of the Ghost face mask on the cover of It All Began With A Scream. This is being rectified with a legal note added to the book going forward. In 1996, a movie came along that changed the face of horror films forever. Initial signs indicated Scream being a flop upon its release in theaters, but it quickly

Suzie the eight legged painter lives alone outside of Buzz Town. None of the other insects want to live near Suzie because they think she is scary for being different. One day, she bravely wanders into town wanting to make new friends. Feeling sad and alone as the insects run away from her, Suzie meets Cindy, a friendly centipede who appreciates her differences. As their friendship begins, Cindy has

Stephen King\'s #1 Bestseller As You\'ve Never Seen It Before Featuring more than 20 illustrations by acclaimed artists Pat Kinsella, Robert McGinnis, and Mark Summers, this brand new edition of JOYLAND brings the carny world to life in all its bright and sinister glory. College student Devin Jones took the summer job at Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his heart. But he wound up facing

The year is 1988, Detroit is the scene, and crack is the movement. It\'s a time when young black men can become self-made millionaires seemingly overnight by selling dope.The crack era has become to Blacks what Prohibition was to the Italians--a time to get over! It\'s a time that inspires generations of street dreamz... Fresh out of high school, young Wink has but one thing on his mind--rollin\' fresh.

No other person has done more to celebrate and encourage the short story in Canada than John Metcalf. For more than five decades he has worked tirelessly as editor, anthologist, writer, critic, and teacher to help shape our understanding of the form and what it can do. The long-time editor of the yearly Best Canadian Stories anthology, as well as a fiction editor at some of the pre-eminent literary

The revised edition of the self-published hit, offering powerful strategies to end procrastination. Why do we sabotage our own best intentions? How can we eliminate procrastination from our lives for good? Based on current psychological research and supplemented with clear strategies for change, this concise guide will help readers finally break free from self-destructive ideas and habits, and move

Now in paperback, this first global history of sports offers all spectators and participants a reason to cheer--and to think. Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sports. The book shows how sports have been practiced, experienced, and made meaningful by players and fans throughout history. It assesses how sports developed and diffused across the globe, as well as many other

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of the literary has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically

A sponsored silence, a sat nav trip to outer space, a pancake race, and some muscle-building magic! Get ready for four crazy Winnie and Wilbur

Originally published in 1994, This Working-Day World is lively collection of essays presenting a social, political and cultural view of British women\'s lives in the period 1914-45. The volume describes women\'s activities in many different areas, ranging from the weekly wash to the rescue of child refugees. Each essay, from an international list of contributors, is based on new research which will