Added on 12/21/09

Forget makeover culture, forget slavishly following fashion diva dictates, forget your insecurities—forget everything you’ve ever read in fashion magazines! This guide shows you that the secret to finding your inherent natural style is to have fun... See more

Forget makeover culture, forget slavishly following fashion diva dictates, forget your insecurities—forget everything you’ve ever read in fashion magazines! This guide shows you that the secret to finding your inherent natural style is to have fun and be inspired. Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett, clothing aficionados and editors of Britain’s hit Cheap Date magazine, show you how to build your style without going broke, going mad, or coming out looking like everyone else. Included are chapters on developing your own sense of style, the art of accessorizing, and crafting a cool wardrobe from a mix of cheap basics and chic secondhand finds. Because "to be stylish, you need to be into clothes, and if you’re into clothes, you’re into finding them," the CD girls share their time-tested strategies for thrifting, including how to identify prized finds. For further inspiration, throughout the book there are interviews with some of the world’s most stylish women, including Mischa Barton, Rachel... See less

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Added on 12/21/09

There's no text; simply page after page of intriguing color photos, chosen with sly intelligence, that show how people dress around the world. Arrangement is by theme (e.g. headgear, extreme conditions, eyewear), and the photos are identified at the... See more

There's no text; simply page after page of intriguing color photos, chosen with sly intelligence, that show how people dress around the world. Arrangement is by theme (e.g. headgear, extreme conditions, eyewear), and the photos are identified at the end. Graphic designer and social activist Kalman (1949-1999)—he was the editor of Benetton's Colors magazine—had finished the picture selection and design of this book before he died, and the work was completed by his wife Maira, a children's book author and illustrator. This is a reprint of the 2000 publication. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR See less

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Added on 12/21/09

Feminism, you'd think, needs Helen Gurley Brown like a fish needs a bicycle. In 1970, feminists staged a sit-in at Cosmopolitan magazine -- its cover famed for "man-pleasing!" taglines and necklines -- demanding that editor-in-chief Brown use her... See more

Feminism, you'd think, needs Helen Gurley Brown like a fish needs a bicycle. In 1970, feminists staged a sit-in at Cosmopolitan magazine -- its cover famed for "man-pleasing!" taglines and necklines -- demanding that editor-in-chief Brown use her glossy platform to advocate for women's liberation. Brown's response? To defend her magazine as "already feminist," writes women's studies prof Jennifer Scanlon in Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown. Indeed, Scanlon posits Brown -- convincingly -- as a provocative pioneer of feminism's second wave: Brown's version, "more likely practiced by single women than by housewives, and by working-class secretaries than middle-class college students, has largely been left out of established histories of postwar feminism's emergence and ascendance." Brown, for starters, did use her platform to support the ERA, abortion rights, and contraception (and tried, unsuccessfully, to make her writing lesbian-friendly). Her feminism -- its... See less

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Added on 12/21/09

How does a six-foot-four, Bronx-born black gay male become Queen of the Catwalk? In one word: attitude. Beloved by millions of fans for his outrageous wit, spot-on critiques, and irrepressible flair, J. Alexander, affectionately known as Miss J, has... See more

How does a six-foot-four, Bronx-born black gay male become Queen of the Catwalk? In one word: attitude. Beloved by millions of fans for his outrageous wit, spot-on critiques, and irrepressible flair, J. Alexander, affectionately known as Miss J, has helped groom hundreds of wannabe models as a runway coach and judge on America's Next Top Model, as well as coaching such supermodels as Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, and Kimora Lee. But his empowering, no-nonsense advice applies far beyond the runway. And in this inspiring guide he shows women not just how to walk, but how to live the Miss J way — fully and fabulously. As witheringly funny in print as he is in person, Miss J recounts a remarkable life and career that began with creating couture knockoffs on his grandmother's sewing machine and took a brief detour while he considered becoming an accountant (yes, really). But it was a public casting call for a Jean Paul Gaultier runway show that led him to take his first impeccably clad step... See less

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Added on 12/12/09

Macy's summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for... See more

Macy's summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for the big opening of the townhouse section of her luxury development. But Macy's plans don't anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or . . . Wes. Tattooed, artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn't fit Macy's life at all&150so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So . . . happy? What is it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about how much she misses her father, who died before her eyes the year before? Sarah Dessen delivers a page-turning novel that carries readers on a roller coaster of denial, grief, comfort, and love as we watch a broken but resilient girl pick up the pieces of her life and fit them back together. See less

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Added on 11/23/09

Certain to inspire, this book from Nylon magazine features inventive street style from all over the world. Perfect for the fashion lover in your life, with blurbs about each photo and high quality heavier stock pages – perfect for flipping through... See more

Certain to inspire, this book from Nylon magazine features inventive street style from all over the world. Perfect for the fashion lover in your life, with blurbs about each photo and high quality heavier stock pages – perfect for flipping through again and again! See less

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Added on 11/23/09

This book of wardrobe inspiration plucked from the pages of international outfit blogs is the perfect coffee table companion for any girl who can't live without fashion. From the second hand stylista to rock and roll chicks to the runway couture... See more

This book of wardrobe inspiration plucked from the pages of international outfit blogs is the perfect coffee table companion for any girl who can't live without fashion. From the second hand stylista to rock and roll chicks to the runway couture obsessed, the glossy full-color photos will provide fresh ideas for any look. See less

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Added on 11/23/09

If you've always toyed with the idea of keeping a diary, but find the thought of detailing your day in long passages daunting, then this is the book for you! Bound in a handsome, robin's egg blue hardcover with regal golden print, this... See more

If you've always toyed with the idea of keeping a diary, but find the thought of detailing your day in long passages daunting, then this is the book for you! Bound in a handsome, robin's egg blue hardcover with regal golden print, this non-electronic, short messaging device features enough gilded-edge pages to fit five years worth of your circadian summaries, and a handy ribbon to indicate where you made your last memo. Keep it in your bookbag or purse for whenever inspiration hits you, and you'll be a master of one-liners in no time. See less

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Added on 10/08/09

Who said coloring is just for kids? Whynot try out this fun illustrated book thatfeatures all your favorite indie rockstars,and you will beg to differ! With musicianslike the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and DevendraBanhart, Rilo Kiley, and Bloc Party, it alsohas... See more

Who said coloring is just for kids? Whynot try out this fun illustrated book thatfeatures all your favorite indie rockstars,and you will beg to differ! With musicianslike the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and DevendraBanhart, Rilo Kiley, and Bloc Party, it alsohas tons of images that are a blast to fillin. Proceeds go to charity! About 8”x10” See less

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Added on 08/03/09

...a dark, twisted sort of fable that anyone that has a passing interest in fantasy fiction should pick up and read immediately. Neverwhere is one of the best books that I’ve read this year.

...a dark, twisted sort of fable that anyone that has a passing interest in fantasy fiction should pick up and read immediately. Neverwhere is one of the best books that I’ve read this year. See less

Added on 08/03/09

Novelist Neil Gaiman has sent a British businessman tumbling into a fantastic underworld and had a devil and angel comically conspiring to thwart the Apocalypse. He found his biggest success, though, in Death, Dreams and Destruction -- and the four... See more

Novelist Neil Gaiman has sent a British businessman tumbling into a fantastic underworld and had a devil and angel comically conspiring to thwart the Apocalypse. He found his biggest success, though, in Death, Dreams and Destruction -- and the four other similarly named siblings who controlled the reins of the human race's emotional impulses in his graphic-novel series The Sandman, a wholesale rejuvenation of graphic fiction that had everyone from Tori Amos to Norman Mailer spinning with, yes, Delirium. See less

Added on 08/03/09

My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable,... See more

My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. See less

Added on 08/03/09

Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer . . . everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has... See more

Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer . . . everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun. When Jane and Scarlett are approached by a producer who wants them to be on his new series, a "reality version of Sex and the City," they can hardly believe their luck. Their own show? Yes, please! Soon Jane is TV's hottest star. Fame brings more than she ever imagined possible for a girl from Santa Barbara—free designer clothes, the choicest tables at the most exclusive clubs, invites to Hollywood premieres—and she's lapping up the VIP treatment with her eclectic entourage of new pals. But those same friends who are always up for a wild night are also out for a piece of Jane's spotlight. In a city filled with people chasing after their dreams, it's not long before Jane wakes up to the reality that... See less

Added on 08/03/09

When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality — that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own limits and dangers.

When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality — that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own limits and dangers. See less

Added on 08/03/09

From Publishers Weekly McCafferty's mixed follow-up to Fourth Comings begins with Jessica Darling running through an airport to catch a flight to her friend's wedding, only to trip over ex-boyfriend Marcus Flutie, fresh off the plane from New... See more

From Publishers Weekly McCafferty's mixed follow-up to Fourth Comings begins with Jessica Darling running through an airport to catch a flight to her friend's wedding, only to trip over ex-boyfriend Marcus Flutie, fresh off the plane from New Orleans, where he was building houses. Jessica is reluctant to start things anew with Marcus, who had in an earlier book proposed to her and still longs for her. McCafferty does a terrific job of recounting her protagonists' pasts while keeping the story feeling fresh, and Marcus's friend Natty Addison makes for a charming foil, though the narrative really lags during part two, with 80 pages of nonstop dialogue—and a series of 54 haikus doesn't do the book any favors. Fans of the series might be hooked, but newer readers may find the intimacy irritating and even boring. McCafferty writes strong characters with rich, believable inner lives, but the attempts at formal cuteness don't allow the book to properly flourish. (Apr.) Copyright © Reed... See less

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From Publishers Weekly Acerbic heroine Jessica Darling is faced with the post-college conundrum—what now?—in McCafferty's fourth (following Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings and Charmed Thirds). Her answer is to finally break it off with her on-again,... See more

From Publishers Weekly Acerbic heroine Jessica Darling is faced with the post-college conundrum—what now?—in McCafferty's fourth (following Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings and Charmed Thirds). Her answer is to finally break it off with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Marcus Flutie, who, after cleaning up his drug habit, studying Buddhism and spending some time in Death Valley, is now at Princeton. But before she can break up with him, he pops the question, and she mulls her response for a week. The bulk of the novel is made up of Jessica's satirical observations on life in New York: the tiny room in a basement sublet she shares with her best friend Hope; her nonjob for a magazine that pays so little she has to mooch off of her older sister; her friends who convince her to go to a club where she is hit on by a seven-foot-tall drag queen named Royalle G. Biv. Though the acid descriptions of city life are as hilarious as in the previous books (her landlord says of her eyebrows: Zey are... See less

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Added on 08/03/09

From Publishers Weekly This funny, sympathetic installment in Jessica Darling's story (Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings) picks up the summer after her freshman year at Columbia University. The precocious Jersey girl, now a savvy city slicker, has... See more

From Publishers Weekly This funny, sympathetic installment in Jessica Darling's story (Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings) picks up the summer after her freshman year at Columbia University. The precocious Jersey girl, now a savvy city slicker, has picked a major (psychology), landed an internship at a hip Brooklyn magazine and managed to stay together with her high school boyfriend, reformed bad boy Marcus Flutie, for the entire school year. McCafferty follows Jessica through three years of college, chronicling her academic and extracurricular endeavors, her romantic and financial woes, all in Jessica's frank, exuberant voice. While she kisses a Republican, lusts after hot Spanish grad student Bastian and ventures a clumsy hookup with dormmate Kieran, Jessica expends a lot of energy agonizing over her long-distance relationship with Marcus, now a student at an unaccredited Buddhist university in California. The snappy writing, au courant wordplay (e.g., Jessica affectionately dubs... See less

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From Publishers Weekly "Every day, I wait for that doomsday shoe to drop on my head and crush my spirit," laments New Jersey high schooler Jessica Darling. This hilarious, candid sequel to Sloppy Firsts opens the summer before Jessica's senior year... See more

From Publishers Weekly "Every day, I wait for that doomsday shoe to drop on my head and crush my spirit," laments New Jersey high schooler Jessica Darling. This hilarious, candid sequel to Sloppy Firsts opens the summer before Jessica's senior year of high school, when the precocious misfit is at a New Jersey academic enrichment camp whose competitive enrollment is belied by its acronym-SPECIAL. There, she meets Prof. Samuel MacDougall, a handsome writing teacher with "three novels, two works of nonfiction and one hot piece of ass to his name," who challenges Jessica to imagine the world outside of her native suburbia. She also runs into her former "crush-to-end-all-crushes" Paul Parlipiano (he's gay, of course), who introduces her to Columbia University-which she decides she must attend. Come September, Jessica works on her college applications, dearly misses her best friend, Hope, who has moved to Tennessee, and spends much of her time trying not to think about bad boy Marcus Flutie,... See less

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Review “Such a sharp, funny, poignant heroine, with an inner world we can all relate to. I love it.”—Sophie Kinsella, author of Confessions of a Shopaholic “Sloppy Firsts captures, in spare, truthful prose, the exquisite pain and ecstasy of being... See more

Review “Such a sharp, funny, poignant heroine, with an inner world we can all relate to. I love it.”—Sophie Kinsella, author of Confessions of a Shopaholic “Sloppy Firsts captures, in spare, truthful prose, the exquisite pain and ecstasy of being besotted by your best friend. The reader may flinch, but Megan McCafferty never does.” —Emma Forrest, author of Namedropper “Sloppy Firsts is a spirited, down-the-rabbit-hole adventure in the madcap subculture of high school. With remarkable insight, tenderness, and wit, Megan McCafferty offers us a compassionate, clear-eyed tale of how a sassy young woman survives teenage-hood.” —Laurie Fox, author of My Sister from the Black Lagoon “Sloppy Firsts perfectly captures the turbulent roller-coaster ride that is being a teenager. This is an (at times) intimate, painfully honest peek at a girl’s coming of age. Getting to know Jessica was like meeting a new best friend. I miss her already.” —Atoosa Rubenstein, editor in chief of CosmoGirl! From the... See less

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Amazon.com Review What is most notable about this funny, touching, memorable first novel from Stephen Chbosky is the resounding accuracy with which the author captures the voice of a boy teetering on the brink of adulthood. Charlie is a freshman. And... See more

Amazon.com Review What is most notable about this funny, touching, memorable first novel from Stephen Chbosky is the resounding accuracy with which the author captures the voice of a boy teetering on the brink of adulthood. Charlie is a freshman. And while's he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. He's a wallflower--shy and introspective, and intelligent beyond his years, if not very savvy in the social arts. We learn about Charlie through the letters he writes to someone of undisclosed name, age, and gender, a stylistic technique that adds to the heart-wrenching earnestness saturating this teen's story. Charlie encounters the same struggles that many kids face in high school--how to make friends, the intensity of a crush, family tensions, a first relationship, exploring sexuality, experimenting with drugs--but he must also deal with his best friend's recent suicide. Charlie's letters take on the intimate feel of a journal as he shares his day-to-day... See less

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Amazon.com Review Following the huge success of White Oleander, where Janet Fitch portrayed the coming-of-age of Astrid, a young girl placed in foster care after her mother murders a former lover and goes to prison for life, she has once again... See more

Amazon.com Review Following the huge success of White Oleander, where Janet Fitch portrayed the coming-of-age of Astrid, a young girl placed in foster care after her mother murders a former lover and goes to prison for life, she has once again created an indelible portrait of a young woman in Paint it Black. Josie Tyrell is a teenage runaway, an artist's model, and an habitué of the '80s LA punk rock scene. She is a white trash escapee from Bakersfield, having left a going nowhere life there. Now, sex, drugs and rock n' roll inform her days and nights. Paint it Black is the perfect title choice because Josie's lover is never coming back, as the song says. Josie meets Michael Faraday, son of concert pianist Meredith Loewy and writer Calvin Faraday, long divorced. He is everything that she is not: refined, wealthy, well-traveled, brilliant by fits and starts. He is also a Harvard dropout, leaving school so he can paint; his new obsession. He refuses help from his mother, who is furious... See less

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Added on 08/03/09

Completely random facts about the human anatomy, broken down by body-system chapters. Learn the answers to such burning questions as: What does human flesh taste like? Do bugs live in your eyelashes? Why is yawning contagious? - plus plenty of other... See more

Completely random facts about the human anatomy, broken down by body-system chapters. Learn the answers to such burning questions as: What does human flesh taste like? Do bugs live in your eyelashes? Why is yawning contagious? - plus plenty of other queries that will amaze, amuse and gross you out. Made in the USA. See less

Highlights: $14.95

Added on 07/19/09

Voyeuristic. Inspirational. Entertaining. One thousand blank journals are currently circulating throughout the world, beckoning contributors who find the journals by chance on trains, in cafe's, and anonymously left on doorsteps. Artist Someguy... See more

Voyeuristic. Inspirational. Entertaining. One thousand blank journals are currently circulating throughout the world, beckoning contributors who find the journals by chance on trains, in cafe's, and anonymously left on doorsteps. Artist Someguy shares more than 250 of the best entries: a collage of African countries repositioned into a new continent; the musings of a teen trapped in a drug- ravaged community; a student's humorous personal ad for his ideal girlfriend ("C-cup required!"). A faux leather cover and two beautifully embroidered pages bring the look and feel of the original journals to life. See less

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Added on 07/15/09

You got a serious sweet tooth? Let Jill O’Connor and Chronicle Books guide you through that addiction with a great collection of desserts that will give you 75 sticky, chewy, messy & very gooey reasons to stock up on napkins! Yum!Hardback cover. 168... See more

You got a serious sweet tooth? Let Jill O’Connor and Chronicle Books guide you through that addiction with a great collection of desserts that will give you 75 sticky, chewy, messy & very gooey reasons to stock up on napkins! Yum!Hardback cover. 168 pages. 8.25”x9” See less

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Added on 07/15/09

This amazing journal features picturesof colorful and textured walls in urbansettings, perfect for doodling on. Nowyou can make graffiti without breakingthe law! 160 pages. Approx. 7”x8.75”

This amazing journal features picturesof colorful and textured walls in urbansettings, perfect for doodling on. Nowyou can make graffiti without breakingthe law! 160 pages. Approx. 7”x8.75” See less

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Added on 07/14/09

In the utopian World State, community, identity and stability are held in the highest regard, even at the expense of individuality, emotion and senses like sight and sound. Through the consumption of a substance called Soma, depression is kept at... See more

In the utopian World State, community, identity and stability are held in the highest regard, even at the expense of individuality, emotion and senses like sight and sound. Through the consumption of a substance called Soma, depression is kept at bay, while babies are born in laboratories. Sound all too familiar? Now consider that Brave New World was written in 1932. Highly regarded as a classic, Huxley's novel foreshadowed much of what we consider commonplace today - read up to find out what might be in store tomorrow. Made in the USA. See less

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Added on 07/14/09

Filled with six-word statements of wisdom from writers famous and obscure, this book proves that no matter what, you're not alone. Terse and true, these simple sagas each explore aspects of the human heart - both the highlights and the lowlights are... See more

Filled with six-word statements of wisdom from writers famous and obscure, this book proves that no matter what, you're not alone. Terse and true, these simple sagas each explore aspects of the human heart - both the highlights and the lowlights are included in brief, insightful bursts on love and loss. Made in the USA. See less

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Added on 07/15/09

This is certainly not your mom’s day planner! This new journal randomly intersperses monthly overviews with note and idea pages so you can have order without all those constrictions! Whimsical art & 12 undated months means you can begin this planner... See more

This is certainly not your mom’s day planner! This new journal randomly intersperses monthly overviews with note and idea pages so you can have order without all those constrictions! Whimsical art & 12 undated months means you can begin this planner at anytime! Printed on recycled paper with soy-based ink. 96 pages. 5”x7” See less

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Added on 07/14/09

The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space; concocting fabulous, all-natural body products; designing your own unique stationery; and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved... See more

The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space; concocting fabulous, all-natural body products; designing your own unique stationery; and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved ones that you're the secret love child of Martha Stewart (only much, much cooler). Forget crocheted doilies and itchy knit sweaters - TLC's While You Were Out top designer Mark Montano has created stylish and imaginative projects that range from a Warhol-esque Ultrasuede iPod case to photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs to wooden night-light boxes. Divided into sections that include Outdoorsy (ideas to enhance your backyard), Dishing It Out (decorating plates using different techniques), You've Been Framed (innovative picture framing ideas), and Can I Have a Light? (creating and decorating lamps, lanterns, and chandeliers), it's as entertaining to read as it is endlessly inspiring. With more than one hundred and fifty... See less

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