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Kids' Favorite Funny School Poems
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Sillier than a teacher with hiccups! Funnier than toilet the bottom of the principal's shoe!
Here are the funniest poems about school ever collected in one book, selected by Bruce Lansky, the “King of Giggle Poetry,” with the help of thousands of elementary-school children. Read about why...
When The Teacher isn't Looking
And Other Funny School Poems
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Students and teachers will roar as Kenn Nesbitt pokes fun at silly school topics with dozens of wacky poems.
Who knew school lunches and detention could be so funny? Kenn Nesbitt, that's who! Do you attend a school like the one Kenn Nesbitt describes in this hysterically funny collection of...
Ava Gardner
A Life in Movies
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Renowned for her screen performances, down-to-earth personality, and love affair with Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner left an indelible mark on Hollywood history. Her adventurous life story is told through authoritative text and hundreds of photos in Ava: A Life in Movies.
Ava is an illustrated...
What We Keep
150 People Share the One Object that Brings Them Joy, Magic, and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
With contributions from Cheryl Strayed, Mark Cuban, Ta-Nahesi Coates, Melinda Gates, Joss Whedon, James Patterson, and many more--this fascinating collection gives us a peek into 150 personal treasures and the secret histories behind them.
All of us have that one object that holds deep meaning--something...
Hi Gorgeous!
Transforming Inner Power into Radiant Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Trailblazing transgender actress, activist, and style icon Candis Cayne has spent a lifetime learning how to see herself for who she really is, and along the way has taught herself and others how to celebrate inner beauty as the perfect starting point for outer radiance. Drawing from her personal...
You Are a Badass®
How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
YOU ARE A BADASS IS THE SELF-HELP BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES BUT DON'T WANT TO GET BUSTED DOING IT.
In this refreshingly entertaining how-to guide, bestselling author and world-traveling success coach, Jen Sincero, serves up 27 bitesized chapters full of hilariously...
What You Don't Know About Turning 50
A Funny Birthday Quiz
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
A funny 50th birthday quiz
Q: Is 50 too young to be worried about bladder control problems?
A: Depends.
Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your 50-year-old husband?
A: Tell him you're pregnant.
Here is an outrageous quiz that can ease the pain of turning 50 and provide entertainment for any 50th birthday party. Keep those bifocals handy.
George Hurrell's Hollywood
Glamour Portraits 1925-1992
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
George Hurrell (19041992) was the creator of the Hollywood glamour portrait. Before his arrival, movie star portraits were soft focus” and undistinguished, derivative of the Main Street USA portrait salon. The maverick artist instituted a sharp, dramatic look and captured movie stars of the...
Cecil B. DeMille
The Art of the Hollywood Epic
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Colossal. Stupendous. Epic. These adjectives, used by movie companies to hawk their wares, became clichés long ago. When used to describe the films of one director, they are accurate. More than any filmmaker in the history of the medium, Cecil B. DeMille mastered the art of the spectacle. In the...
The Girl
Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
With an in-depth look at the two most empowering years in the life of Marilyn Monroe, The Girl details how The Seven Year Itch created an icon and sent the star on an adventure of self-discovery and transformation from a controlled wife and contract player into a businesswoman and unlikely feminist...
Icons
The Celebrity Exposures of Markus and Indrani
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Markus Klinko and Indrani-the hottest team in celebrity and fashion photography-have produced album covers for Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and David Bowie, and shot everyone from Lady Gaga to KateWinslet, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, and Naomi Campbell. As former stars of the Bravo series Double Exposure and...
by Ed Sheeran
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
An exclusive, fully authorized, first-person account by Ed Sheeran of how he became an internationally renowned singer-songwriter.
Ed Sheeran is the soulful singer-songwriter from England who has captivated American audiences. With words by Ed Sheeran and illustrations by his childhood friend,...
Sinatra: Hollywood His Way
Hollywood His Way
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
In the scores of posthumous tributes paid to Frank Sinatra after his death in 1998, most focused on his extraordinary reign as The Voice” of twentieth-century pop music.
But Sinatra was much more than a music icon. He was also one of the most popular movie stars of the 1940s, '50s, and...
Majestic Hollywood
The Greatest Films of 1939
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
1939 was a watershed year. The Great Depression was barely over; economics, politics, and culture braced for war. There was a lull before the storm and Hollywood, as if expecting to be judged by posterity, produced a portfolio of classics. No year before or since has yielded so many beloved works...