St Martin S Griffin imprint: 2039 books
Hello, My Name Is Mommy
The Dysfunctional Girl's Guide to Having, Loving (and Hopefully Not Screwing Up) a Baby
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2004
Hilarious and true and inspirational, Hello, My Name is Mommy is for every pregnant woman and new mother who ever felt helpless and out of control instead of confident and aglow.
Sure, women know pregnancy is no bed of roses, but Lynch taps into her own dysfunctional childhood and fears about...
Queen Elizabeth's Daughter
A Novel of Elizabeth I
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
From Anne Barnhill, the author of ***At the Mercy of the Queen,***comes the gripping tale of Mary Shelton, Elizabeth I's young cousin and ward, set against the glittering backdrop of the Elizabethan court
Mistress Mary Shelton is Queen Elizabeth's favorite ward, enjoying every privilege the position...
Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?
How Pessismism, Paranoia, and a Misguided Media are Leading Us Toward Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1997
-In the last twenty years, incidents of crime have declined by 25 percent.
-Automobiles of today emit just 1 percent of the pollution that spewed from cars of the 1970s.
-The national recycling rate is about 22 percent-seven times the rate of only ten years ago.
-The average human life span continues...
Fame, Fortune, and Ambition
What Is the Real Meaning of Success?
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
A provocative look at the pursuit of material success and influential power from one of the twentieth century’s greatest spiritual teachers.
“I want you to be rich in every possible way—material, psychological, spiritual. I want you to live the richest life that has ever been lived on...
by Florence King
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1993
Looking for guidance in understanding the ways and means of Southern culture? Look no further. Florence King's celebrated field guide to the land below the Mason-Dixon Line is now blissfully back in print, just in time for the Clinton era. The Failed Souther Lady's classic primer on Dixie manners...
by Avraham Burg
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Modern-day Israel, and the Jewish community, are strongly influenced by the memory and horrors of Hitler and the Holocaust. Burg argues that the Jewish nation has been traumatized and has lost the ability to trust itself, its neighbors or the world around it. He shows that this is one of the causes...
English as a Second F*cking Language
How to Swear Effectively, Explained in Detail with Numerous Examples Taken From Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1996
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective communication. In this hilarious and illuminating guide, you will learn just how to do it - no f*cking problem.
Whether you want to succeed in business, school, or social circles, a strong command of vocabulary is absolutely necessary....
Summer Days and Summer Nights
Twelve Love Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom.
Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international...
Bad Haircut
Stories from the Seventies
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta's first book is "more powerful than any coming-of-age novel" —The Washington Post
Bad Haircut explores the themes that have fascinated Perrotta throughout his career: suburban rituals and mores; sports and religion; the cheerful cheesiness...
Cat-echisms
Fundamentals of Feline Faith
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Everyone knows cats think they're so special.
But how can they explain why to mere humans?
Where do cats get their sense of superiority? How do they manipulate us so easily? Cat-echisms answers these eternal feline questions in an easy question-and-answer form. The result? A privileged...
50 Successful Harvard Application Essays
What Worked for Them Can Help You Get into the College of Your Choice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
You've been told a million times how selective and random the college process is, how the personal essay is your one chance to speak directly to admissions officers and sway them in your favor. You have to be entertaining, persuasive, and passionate, while effectively conveying your personality, character,...
L.A. Exposed
Strange Myths and Curious Legends in the City of Angels
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2002
Every city has its urban legends, its tall tales, and even its outright lies, and Hollywood and Los Angeles have enough to fill a book--and Paul Young has done just that.
L.A. Exposed includes the facts behind the myths surrounding everything from the tall tales of tinsel town, to the legend...
Pulp Friction
Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring, mostly between the covers of the cheaply produced pulp paperbacks of the post-World War II era. Cultural critic Michael Bronski collects a sampling of these now little-known gay erotic writings—some...
by Sandra Dallas
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging...