Laura Kennedy: 11 books

I guess everyone wants something in life. It was easy figuring out what each of my BFFs wanted the beginning of our Junior Year at Coral Cove High. For brainy Sudsy it was to get skinny; for upwardly mobile Tamara to get more stuff, and problem child Maria to be treated like she was older than ten....

YOUR FACE’S NEW BEST FRIEND The face of beauty has changed. Gone are the days of the simple cleanse–tone–moisturise skincare routine, when the most complex make-up decision we had to make was whether to treat ourselves to a lipstick or a gloss. Now, we’re faced with a bewildering world...

When sixteen-year-old Brooke Bentley’s green convertible and cell phone conk out during a tropical rainstorm, she believes it’s just bad luck. But when she darts through the dark to a dilapidated Victorian she thinks is the home of a friend and is invited in by a butler in a faded black tux, Brooke...

I stepped out from the deep shadows in the wings and on to the stage. The others turned to look at me. Was it excitement or a renewed bout of nerves making me dizzy? I tried to speak, but the words stuck in my throat. Zoe really comes alive when she’s acting, so she’s thrilled when she...

Barbie Bentley has everything: great kids, a gorgeous Mediterranean in Florida, loyal friends, and a successful husband. Yet she’s unhappy, longing for a secret something that has to do with the emptiness in her heart. Restless, she returns to college where she meets hunky Greek pre-med student,...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Jennifer L. Armentrout, Lorelei James, Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright, Donna Grant, and introducing Rebecca Yarros and Kennedy Layne. Seven Dark Tales. Seven Sensual Stories. Seven Page Turners. DREAM OF YOU: Abby Erickson isn't looking for a one-night...

There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...

How ritualized public ceremonies affirm or challenge cultural identities associated with the American South * A Choice Outstanding Academic Title "From the jazz funeral processions in the streets of New Orleans to the annual Natchez Pilgrimage in Mississippi and the Scottish Highland...

Sport is an integral component of today's media, from prime-time television to interactive websites. This book is a theoretical and methodological guide to analysing sport in its diverse mediated forms. Students of media sport are taken through techniques of analysis for film, TV, newspapers, magazines,...

Over the next several decades, as human populations grow, the demand for energy will soar. But renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl—the amount of land needed to produce energy—which can threaten biodiversity. In Energy Sprawl Solutions, scientists Joseph M. Kiesecker and David Naugle...

This collection of cases from East Africa, contributed largely by locally-based authors, explores the increasing security governance phenomenon in the region: that is, the mix of state and non-state actors, including private entities, volunteer auxiliaries, homegrown vigilantes and gangs, and the...