Peter Biddlecombe Faster, They're Gaining is the sixth in a series of dispatches from all over the world, taking Peter Biddlecombe's total to 115 countries visited and described. Minsk, Valletta,...

Martin Kihn Presents a programme for assholism, which includes: essential body language; workplace etiquette; diet and exercise; relationships; and, feelings. January 1, 2008 by Penguin Books

Laure Myracle Ty Perry’s second-grade life is crazier than ever. He’s trying hard not to worry too much, but that’s not easy when his brain is filled with so many thoughts, like...

Joanne Jowell The kidnapping of baby Zephany Nurse from the cot beside her mother's hospital bed made headline news. Desperate pleas from her parents to return her safely went unanswered....

Gail Carson Levine How can a fairy's blessing be such a curse?At her birth, Ella of Frell was the unfortunate recipient of a foolish fairy's gift—the “gift” of obedience. Ella...

Lucy Diamond Maddie's getting it from all sides. Her bitchy new boss at the radio station humiliates her live on air about her figure, her glamour-puss mum keeps dropping not-so-subtle...

Curtis Sittenfeld Hannah is a confused fourteen-year-old. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah's own life, her parents' marriage is crumbling.Over the next decade and a...

Peter Biddlecombe To businessman and travel writer Peter Biddlecombe, the USA is about food. Huge, enormous, vitamin-fortified, artery-clogging, fat-laden, calorie-packed, colon-blocking, microwaveable mountains of the stuff. In his ninth irreverent...

Peter Biddlecombe Peter Biddlecombe takes us on another irreverent global tour, snubbing his nose at the "gimmick tourists" and carrying on doing what he does best—business, all over the world,...

Shamini Flint Inspector Singh is back, but this time on secondment to Bali. A bomb has exploded and Singh has been sent to help with anti-terrorism efforts. But there's a...

Mark Leyner ad Billy Goldberg, MD The Doctor Is In . . . Again!Did the mega-bestselling Why Do Men Have Nipples? exhaust your curiosity about stuff odd, icky, kinky, noxious, libidinous, or...

Tarun J. Tejpal Quick-paced and inventive, brimming with ideas and memorable characters, " The Alchemy of Desire" celebrates the chaotic spirit of India at a time of great change. It...