Adult imprint: 1806 books
by Leigh Matthews, Leigh M Blucher
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
A true football legend, this is a hugely long awaited autobiography told with Leigh's customary steel, wry humour and no-holds barred honesty.Life and lessons from the world of Australian Rules Football as told by an icon of the sport, Leigh Matthews. Four time Premiership player, voted the player...
Major League Dads
Baseball's Best Players Reflect on the Fathers Who Inspired Them to Love the Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Baseball is America's favorite pastime and one of the best ways for fathers and sons to bond. Major League Dads is an inspirational look at such connections through a collection of heartfelt essays from interviews with 150 of the top players in Major League Baseball, such as David Wright, Carlos Pena,...
Simply Divine
A Guide to Easy, Elegant, and Affordable Entertaining
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Lisa Vanderpump has become the breakout star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Her unique mix of sparkling glamour and down-to-earth style has appealed to thousands of fans. On the show, viewers can see her hosting dinner parties and running her popular Beverly Hills restaurant Villa Blanca...
by Ed Fischer, Jane Thomas Noland
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life ...and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps,...
The Art of Faking It
Sounding Smart Without Really Knowing Anything
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
In today's fast-paced society, who has time to keep up with both the current trends and the classics of what is good” and popular”? The Art of Faking It guides you-with tongue planted firmly in cheek-through any awkward, intellectual, and/or über-sophisticated social situation, using both...
Smart Girls Marry Money
How Women Have Been Duped Into the Romantic Dream--And How They're Paying For It
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Why does society applaud a girl who falls for a guy's “big blue eyes” yet denounces one who chooses a man with a “big green bankroll”? After all, isn't earning power more a reflection of a man's values and character? Smart Girls Marry Money challenges the ideals and assumptions women have...
Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life
The Chump Lady's Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life is a no-nonsense self-help guide for anyone who has ever been cheated on. Here's advice not based on saving your relationship after infidelity-but saving your sanity.
When it comes to cheating, a lot of the attention is focused on cheaters-their unmet needs or their...
Good Jeans
10 Simple Truths about Feeling Great, Staying Sexy & Aging Agelessly
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Diane Gilman, Home Shopping Network's #1 fashion personality,wants to help women reinvent and reinvigorate themselves as they approach the over-40 milestone, and beyond.
Like so many women who enter the second half of their lives, Diane found herself trudging along, having lost the energy that...
Diggers, Hatters & Whores
The Story of the New Zealand Gold Rushes
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
**The social history of New Zealand's gold rushes, as used by Eleanor Catton in her research for The Luminaries.**A thorough and carefully researched history of the gold rushes in New Zealand. Based on sound scholarship and aimed at the general reader it's accessibly written in a clear, clean and...
Touchstones
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
A memoir that is at once a self-portrait, a hymn to a vanishing New Zealand, and a record of a varied cast of influential people. A young man leaves home a deckhand on a Norwegian freighter, to travel the world. He returns to New Zealand changed almost beyond recognition. Along the way he meets nine...
Brady, Brady, Brady
The Complete Story of The Brady Bunch as Told by the Father/Son Team who Really Know
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
The Brady Bunch is one of the most beloved series to ever grace American television screens. Whether you've been a devoted fan since its inception in the late 1960s, or are a more recent Brady buff thanks to its steady airing in syndication, there is an undeniable shared delight that comes from the...
Edith Head
The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
All About Eve. Funny Face. Sunset Blvd. Rear Window. Sabrina. A Place in the Sun. The Ten Commandments. Scores of iconic films of the last century had one thing in common: costume designer Edith Head (1897-1981). She racked up an unprecedented 35 Oscar nods and 400 film credits over the course of...
Front Roe
How to Be the Leading Lady in Your Own Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Louise Roe-internationally renowned fashion journalist, TV host, and makeover guru-knows style. It's not about trends but about being your own person and sharing the things you love in your appearance, your home, and your personality. In Front Roe, Louise shares her expertise on cultivating personal...
by Lee Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
**A Kiwi cowboy and his stubborn horse (nicknamed 'Goddammityou-sonavabitch') ride through America.**Here's how an 'averagely dumb city-slicker' looking for something to do on his summer holiday saw Dances With Wolves and was seduced by the lure of the West. Together with a small stubborn horse rescued...