Mary Karr meets Miranda July in this hilarious debut about a young woman's quest for self-acceptance & belonging 240 pages Beagin Jen ...

<DIV> Mega-bestselling author Luanne Rice returns with a ripped-from-the-headlines story of a girl who is kidnapped by her friend's family<DIV> 352 pages Rice Luanne ...

Pretend You're Safe is the new gripping chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Ivy Perfect for fans of Karen Rose Karin Slaughter & Lisa Gardner He sees you He knows you & he'll never let you go Jaci Patterson was sixteen when she found the first golden locket on her porch Inside were a few strands of hair wrapped around a scrap of bloodstained ribbon Though the 'gifts' kept arriving no one believed her hunch that a serial killer was at work Now Jaci has finally returned home
- only for bodies of strangled victims to start appearing years after they disappeared Her nightmare is beginning all over again & this time it won't end until the murderer makes Jaci hisfor ever Look for the next novel of page-turning suspense from Alexandra Ivy What Are You Afraid Of?
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Track Listings Disc 1 1 Popstar 2 Human 3 From the Heart Down 4 Nails in the Road 5 Who's Who 6 Dragway 42 7 Baby's Breath 8 One More Time 9 Legalise Me 10 Samurai 11 Rabo De Nube 12 Biker Disc 2 1 The Homecoming (Street Version) 2 Popstar 3 The Needle & the Damage Done 4 Samurai (Street Mix) 5 Back Down 6 California 7 From the Heart Down 8 Goin' Back (From ' Fever Pitch') 9 Goodbye (From 'GI Jane') 10 The Homecoming (From 'GI Jane') Disc 3 1 Human (Promo Video) 2 Popstar (Promo Video) 3 From the Heart Down (' Later With Jools Holland' May 1999) 4 Human (' Later With Jools Holland' May 1999) 5 Talk of the Town (' Songwriters' Circle' July 1999) 6 Kid (' Songwriters' Circle' July 1999) 7 Back On the Chain Gang (' Songwriters' Circle' July 1999) ...

When the pretending ends the lying begins Molly Arnette is good at keeping secrets As she & her husband try to adopt a baby she worries that the truth she's kept hidden about her North Carolina childhood will rise to the surface & destroy not only her chance at adoption but her marriage as well Molly ran away from her family twenty years ago after a shocking event left her devastated & distrustful of those she loved Now as she tries to find a way to make peace with her past & embrace a healthy future she discovers that even she doesn't know the truth of what happened in her family of pretenders ...

What is pretentiousness? Why do we despise it? & more controversially why is it vital to a thriving culture? In this brilliant passionate essay Dan Fox argues that it has always been an essential mechanism of the arts from the most wildly successful pop music & fashion through to the most recondite avenues of literature & the visual arts PRETENTIOUSNESS WHY IT MATTERS unpacks the uses & abuses of the term tracing its connections to theatre politics & class From method acting to vogueing balls in Harlem from Brian Eno to normcore Fox draws on a wide range of references in advocating critical imagination & open-mindedness over knee-jerk accusations of elitism or simple fear of the new & the different Drawing on his own experiences growing up & working at the more radical edges of the arts this book is a timely defence of pretentiousness as a necessity for innovation & diversity in our culture ...

Tally has finally become Pretty Now her looks are beyond perfect her clothes are cool her boyfriend is totally gorgeous & she's completely popular It's everything she's ever wanted But beneath all the fun
- the non-stop parties the high-tech luxury the total freedom
- is the nagging sense that something is very wrong Something important Then a message from Tally's Ugly past arrives Reading it Tally remembers what's wrong with Pretty life & the fun stops cold Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows & fighting for her life

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There's a witch with a date & she wants to look her best The woodland creatures have lots of ideas on how she can improve but will she still be the same witch at the end of it? This picture book explores the pressure to be perfect & how easy it can be to lose yourself in the process A hilarious yet thought-provoking picture book from Canizales ...

" Grand & majestic storytelling" Warren Ellis (Gun Machine Red) Kelly Sue Deconnick (CAPTAIN MARVELBITCH PLANET) & EMMA R& Iacute;OS (ISLAND MIRROR) present the follow up to the Eisner-nominated New York Times best-selling PRETTY DEADLY VOL 1 THESHRIKE Sarah Fields is dying & her children strike a bargain with the Immortals give them one month more until the moon is full again to find their little brother so that he may see his mother one last time But the boy is farfar away in the trenches of France stalked by the Reapers of Vengeance and Cruelty As beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage THE BEAR collects Issue 6-10 ...

The Pretty Flower Postcards book contains 25 beautifully intricate illustrated postcards to colour in Each postcard is easily detached & has space on the back for a message & address so they can be easily removed coloured & sent as a stunning & sophisticated gift With an eye-catching foil cover & detailed black & white designs to colour in Pretty Flower Postcards would make a gorgeous gift for the artistically inclined ...