-Titulo Original : Surviving High School: A Novel-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: As featured in People Magazine, Seventeen, Tiger Beat and Glitter! Vine superstar Lele Pons-“one of the coolest girls on the web” (Teen Vogue)-teams up with #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz (The Isle of the Lost) in this charming debut novel about the ups and downs of high school that’s as laugh-out-loud addictive as Lele’s popular videos. Ten million followers and I still sit alone at lunch. Lele is a bullseye target at her new school in Miami until, overnight, her digital fame catapults the girl with cheerleader looks, a seriously silly personality, and a self-deprecating funny bone into the popular crowd. Now she’s facing a whole new set of challenges-the relentless drama, the ruthless cliques, the unexpected internet celebrity-all while trying to keep her grades up and make her parents proud. Filled with the zany enthusiasm that has made Lele into Vine’s most viewed star, this charming novel is proof that high school is a trip. From crushing your crushes (what’s up with that hot transfer student Alexei??) to throwing Insta-fake parties with your BFFs and moaning over homework (GAH) with your frenemies, high school is a rollercoaster of exhilarating highs and totally embarrassing lows. Leave it to Lele to reassure us that falling flat on your face is definitely not the end of the world. Fans of Mean Girls will love this fun and heartwarming fish-out-of-water story. About the Author Lele Pons was born in Caracas and moved with her family to Miami when she was five years old. She grew from five thousand local followers to over ten million by November 2015 and is the creator of the popular “Do it for the Vine!” tagline. She has been nominated for three Teen Choice Awards, a People’s Choice Award, and a Streamy Award and has been featured in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Time, and more. In 2015, she was invited to the White House to create Vines to support the First Lady’s campaign for disadvantaged kids to go to college. Lele graduated from high school in 2015 and moved from Miami to L.A. Melissa de la Cruz is the #1 bestselling author of books for readers of all ages, including the Witches of East End, Blue Bloods, and Descendants series. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Surviving High School PROLOGUE To my lovely and beautiful readers. Before I tell you the story of how I vowed to survive high school, I’d like to talk about something near and dear to my heart. See, every human being (and most animals, I find) have their own unique essence, an essence comprised of deeply rooted qualities that make them who they are. Ancient Greek philosophers would refer to this as the “soul”-but I am not an ancient Greek philosopher, I am a teenage girl, and so I will call it Lele-ness. Of course, you wouldn’t call it Lele-ness, you would call it Sara-ness or Jason-ness, or whatever your name might be. My point is: I believe that YOU-ness is something very special, no matter who you are, and it ought to be celebrated. So I shall now tell you how I came to be truly Lele, a person I love for better or for worse. Of course, part of your essence comes into this world with you at birth, but it’s really what happens next that starts to shape you into you. I was born in Caracas, a major city in Venezuela, but quickly moved to the countryside where I-get this-lived in a barn. I mean, can you even? Picture this: baby Lele running barefoot through cornfields miles and miles away from civilization. I didn’t have dogs or cats as pets, instead I had baby tigers and monkeys as close friends. My whole childhood I knew nothing of shopping malls or (gasp!) the internet. For entertainment I had only nature-bird-watching and berry picking and, best of all, stargazing. For as long as I can remember, language has been a struggle for me. Words didn’t come to me as a child, so I used my body to communicate. It felt so much more natural to exp...

-Titulo Original : Shadows Of Foxworth (11) (Dollanganger)-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: Forbidden passions have been the hallmark of the Dollanganger clan since Flowers in the Attic debuted more than forty years ago. In this third book of a new related trilogy, witness the birth of the Dollanganger curse as Corrine Foxworth’s children learn that family is but destiny by another, crueler name. As a young girl in France, Marlena Hunter’s life was a fairy tale. She had a talented artist for a father, a doting mother, and a brother she couldn’t be closer to. She loved her family; she just didn’t know what her family actually was. When a car crash kills their parents, Marlena and Yvon lose not only France, but also their identity. Sent to Richmond, Virginia, they arrive at the home of two aunts they’ve never met before, who tell them that their true last name is Dawson, that their father had fled the family years back-and that now the family is calling in the debt. Trapped in a mansion with as many secrets as rooms, Marlena yearns for escape. But in America, you can either make friends or make profit, and Yvon suddenly seems much more interested in the latter. While he is free to leave the house, Marlena is left to avoid lecherous tutors and the secretary-to-wife track expected of a woman. Caught between mastering the game to escape it and falling prey to its allure, she needs to learn fast-for Malcolm Foxworth has cast his eye in her direction. And no family name can protect her from the twisted roots of the Dollanganger family tree. About the Author One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews® has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of Flowers in the Attic, first in the renowned Dollanganger family series, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. The family saga continues with Christopher’s Diary: Secrets of Foxworth, Christopher’s Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger, and Secret Brother, as well as Beneath the Attic, Out of the Attic, and Shadows of Foxworth as part of the fortieth anniversary celebration. There are more than ninety V.C. Andrews novels, which have sold over 107 million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty-five foreign languages. Join the conversation about the world of V.C. Andrews at /OfficialVCAndrews...

-Titulo Original : Ink And Bone: A Novel-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: Read the stunning bestseller voted a Best Book finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards! New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger builds a sense of place for The Hollows that rivals Stephen Kings Castle Rock for continuity and creepiness. (The News & Observer - Raleigh)For fans of dark and twisty psychological suspense, Ink and Bone is not to be missed. (Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Most Wanted) Twenty-year-old Finley Montgomery is rarely alone. Visited by people whom others cant see and haunted by prophetic dreams she has never been able to control or understand, Finley is terrified by the things that happen to her. When Finleys abilities start to become too strong for her to handle--and even the roar of her motorcycle or another dazzling tattoo cant drown out the voices--she turns to the only person she knows who can help her: her grandmother Eloise Montgomery, a renowned psychic living in The Hollows, New York. Merri Gleason is a woman at the end of her tether after a ten-month-long search for her missing daughter, Abbey. With almost every hope exhausted, she resorts to hiring Jones Cooper, a detective who sometimes works with psychic Eloise Montgomery. Merris not a believer, but shes just desperate enough to go down that road, praying that shes not too late. Time, she knows, is running out. As a harsh white winter moves into The Hollows, Finley and Eloise are drawn into the investigation, which proves to have much more at stake than even the fate of a missing girl. As Finley digs deeper into the town and its endless layers, she is forced to examine the past, even as she tries to look into the future. Only one thing is clear: The Hollows gets what it wants, no matter what. Review “ Ink and Bone is like The Sixth Sense on steroids -a dark, dazzling tale in which the light manages to shine through on things that really do go bump in the night. -The Providence Journal Lisa Unger is building a sense of place for The Hollows that rivals Stephen Kings Castle Rock for continuity and creepiness. - The News & Observer I experienced something pleasantly heartbreaking while reading Ink and Bone, Lisa Ungers latest mystery-thriller. This horrific, fast-paced novel succeeded in drawing me in by taking possession of my senses and controlling the emotions I thought were mine. Literally... a true nail-biter. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Unger makes the spectral realistic because anything can happen in The Hollows, and does. In her storytelling, the supernatural jump starts a story about fragile families seeking peace and fulfillment.... Without over violence, Unger delivers a frighteningly real villain who is able to hide in plain sight. Ink and Bone is a welcomed return to the haunting The Hollows. - Sun Sentinel A gut-wrenching tale of horror and mystery.... Strong characters and stellar writing make this a wonderful mix of small-town life with the supernatural. - Associated Press Unger builds the tension to high intensity.... Little by little, the truth is revealed to Finley and to the reader-a dark side that winds through the Hollows like the long-abandoned mines that snake beneath its surface.... Ink and Bone takes the reader into dire places, but into the light as well. And Finley? My psychic vibes predict shell be back. - Tampa Bay Times “Those voices appear on the page, and without much prompting become the interesting, dimensional characters that make her books so thrilling.” - Sarasota Herald-Tribune “For those who like intense psychological mystery at its best. Unger provides. -The Florida Times-Union Lisa Unger has written the sort of novel that fans of Stephen King and Peter Straub used to eagerly anticipate. Many of her previous books have been dark, but this one is a full-fledged dive into the deep end of the horror pool. The result is an effective and unsettling supernatural tale that will leave you reeling...

-Titulo Original : After We Collided (2) (the After Series)-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: The inspiration behind the major motion picture After We Collided! From New York Times bestselling author and Wattpad sensation Anna Todd, “the biggest literary phenom of her generation” (Cosmopolitan), comes the sequel to the internet’s most talked-about book-now with new exclusive material! Tessa has everything to lose. Hardin has nothing to lose...except her. AFTER WE COLLIDED...Life will never be the same. After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa and Hardin were on the path to making things work. She knew he could be cruel, but when a bombshell revelation is dropped about the origins of their relationship-and Hardin’s mysterious past-Tessa is beside herself. Hardin will always be...Hardin. But is he really the deep, thoughtful guy Tessa fell madly in love with despite his angry exterior, or has he been a stranger all along? She wishes she could walk away. It’s just not that easy. Not with the memory of passionate nights spent in his arms. His electric touch. His hungry kisses. Still, Tessa’s not sure she can endure one more broken promise. She put so much on hold for Hardin-school, friends, her mom, a relationship with a guy who really loved her, and now possibly even a promising new career. She needs to move forward with her life. Hardin knows he made a mistake, possibly the biggest one of his life. He’s not going down without a fight. But can he change? Will he change...for love? About the Author Anna Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the After series. Always an avid reader, Todd began writing stories on her phone through Wattpad, the reading and writing multiplatform for original stories, with After becoming its most-read series with over two billion reads. She has been hailed by Cosmopolitan as “the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation.” The print edition of After was published in 2014 and has since been released in over thirty-five languages with more than twelve million copies sold worldwide. After is a #1 bestseller in countries across the globe including Italy, Germany, France, and Spain. Since the release of After, Todd has gone on to write eight additional novels and served as producer and screenwriter on the film adaptations of After and After We Collided. A native of Ohio, Anna, her husband, and son currently live in Seattle. Find her at AnnaTodd , on Twitter at @AnnaTodd, on at @AnnaTodd, and on Wattpad as Imaginator1D. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. After We Collided chapter one TESSA It took longer than a month,” I sob as Zed finishes explaining how the bet came to be made. I feel sick to my stomach, and I close my eyes to get some relief. “I know. He kept coming up with excuses and he kept asking for more time and he’d lower the amount he was supposed to get. It was weird. We all just thought he was obsessed with winning-like to prove a point or something-but now I get it.” Zed stops talking for a second, and his eyes scan my face. “It was all he talked about. Then, that day when I invited you to the movies, he flipped out. After he dropped you back off, he totally flipped shit on me and said I had to stay away from you. But I just laughed it off, because I thought he was drunk.” “Did he . . . did he tell you about the stream? And the . . . other stuff?” I hold my breath as I ask. The pity in his eyes answers me. “Oh my God.” I put my hands over my face. “He told us everything . . . I mean everything . . .” he says in a low voice. I stay quiet and turn off my phone. It hasn’t stopped vibrating since I left the bar. He has no right to be calling me. “Where’s your new dorm?” Zed asks, and I notice we’re near campus. “I don’t live in a dorm. Hardin and I . . .” I can barely finish my sentence. “He convinced me to move in with him, just a week ago.” “He didn’t,” Zed gasps. “He did. He’s so beyond . . . he’s j-just . . .” I stutter, unable to come up with a fi...

-Titulo Original : My Friend Anna The True Story Of A Fake Heiress-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Sex and the City meets Catch Me if You Can in the astonishing true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as a German heiress in New York City-as told by the former Vanity Fair photo editor who got seduced by her friendship and then scammed out of more than $62,000. Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel DeLoache Williams’s new friend Anna Delvey, a self-proclaimed German heiress, was worldly and ambitious. She was also generous-picking up the tab for lavish dinners at Le Coucou, infrared sauna sessions at HigherDOSE, drinks at the 11 Howard Library bar, and regular workout sessions with a celebrity personal trainer. When Anna proposed an all-expenses-paid trip to Marrakech at the five-star La Mamounia hotel, Rachel jumped at the chance. But when Anna’s credit cards mysteriously stopped working, the dream vacation quickly took a dark turn. Anna asked Rachel to begin fronting costs-first for flights, then meals and shopping, and, finally, for their $7,500-per-night private villa. Before Rachel knew it, more than $62,000 had been charged to her credit cards. Anna swore she would reimburse Rachel the moment they returned to New York. Back in Manhattan, the repayment never materialized, and a shocking pattern of deception emerged. Rachel learned that Anna had left a trail of deceit-and unpaid bills-wherever she’d been. Mortified, Rachel contacted the district attorney, and in a stunning turn of events, found herself helping to bring down one of the city’s most notorious con artists. With breathless pacing and in-depth reporting from the person who experienced it firsthand, My Friend Anna is an unforgettable true story of money, power, greed, and female friendship. Review My Friend Anna is sensational. - Bustle “Unbelievable, unforgettable, and unputdownable: that’s My Friend Anna.” - Book Riot “My Friend Anna is the dishy story youve been craving ever since Anna Delvey first made headlines…a harrowing account of what its like to be conned.” - Refinery29 “If you gobbled up every last detail of the Anna Sorokin ‘Fake Socialite’ trial this spring (and really, who didn’t?), your addictive summer beach read has arrived.” -New York Post “…a behind-the-scenes look at the [Anna Delvey] scam and how she got away with it...until she didnt. This ones nonfiction but feels too wild to be true.” -The Skimm “It started out as an article in Vanity Fair and ended up a national obsession. Read for an inside look at NYC’s elite - and a lesson in how people aren’t always what they seem.” -The Skimm “Beach reads should be light, fun, and serve a lot dish. That’s why number one on my summer reading list is My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams.” - Town & Country “…the Sorokin scam [has] everything: glamour, greed, lust for power, great clothes (or at least expensive ones), rich people being ripped off, cameos by fellow millennial con artists like ‘Pharma Bro’ and the Fyre Festival organizers, and lots of satisfying cliches about the rotten core of the Big Apple.” - The New York Times “…the gritty, glittery story of the woman who defined the Summer of Scam.” - Bustle “…a thrilling tell-all that I have no doubt will be one of the most talked-about releases this summer!” - Audible My Friend Anna is a powerful account of Anna Delvey’s life and crimes, but also a searching portrait of confidence artists and hustlers at large, and the kinds of communities that seem especially vulnerable to them. - CrimeReads “Williams book is a detailed retelling of her experience, building far beyond the initial account she published in Vanity Fair in April 2018.” -Insider “I’m embarrassed to say how much I enjoyed it.” -Entertainment Weekly About the Author Rachel DeLoache Williams was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is a graduate of Kenyon College. In 2010, she moved to New York City and landed her ...

-Titulo Original : The Stationery Shop-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea-extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a “moving tale of lost love” and by Shelf Awareness as “a powerful, heartbreaking story”-explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink. Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer-handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry-and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran. A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts-a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on-to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England-until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me? Review [A] moving tale of lost love. The Wall Street Journal“Marjan Kamali weaves a powerful, heartbreaking story of star-crossed lovers and Irans political upheavals...The Stationery Shop is at once a layered historical saga of a country struggling toward democracy and an intimate meditation on a love from which we never recover.” Shelf Awareness“Marjan Kamalis The Stationery Shop is an affecting novel about first love.” Real SimpleA powerful love story. Newsweek“Spanning decades and continents, Marjan Kamali’s richly imagined novel immerses us in the blossoming love affair between two Iranian teenagers, set against the political upheaval of 1950s Tehran. Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful, THE STATIONERY SHOP explores love’s power to transcend time and distance-and the ways fate can tear people apart and bring them back together. This book broke my heart again and again.” -- Whitney Scharer, author of THE AGE OF LIGHT“Kamali paints an evocative portrait of 1950s Iran and its political upheaval, and she cleverly writes the heartbreak of Roya and Bahman’s romance to mirror the tragic recent history of their country. Simultaneously briskly paced and deeply moving, this will appeal to fans of Khaled Hosseini and should find a wide audience.” BooklistA sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love. Kirkus ReviewsA beautifully immersive tale, THE STATIONERY SHOP brings to life a lost and complex world and the captivating characters who once called it home. -- Jasmin Darznik, New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD DAUGHTER and SONG OF A CAPTIVE BIRDThe unfurling stories in Kamali’s sophomore novel (after Together Tea) will stun readers as the aromas of Persian cooking wafting throughout convince us that love can last a lifetime. For those who enjoy getting caught up in romance while discovering unfamiliar history of another country. Library Journal A big, ambitious, beautifully executed novel that draws the reader in and never lets go.” The Santa Barbara IndependentGrab your tissues . . . Marjan Kamali’s second novel channels love in the time of coup d’etats. Set among the political upheaval of 1950s Tehran, The Stationery Shop follows teenager Roya as she discovers the power of love, loss, and then, decades later, fate. And did we mention you’ll need tissues? Boston MagazineA tender story of enduring love. Minneapolis Star TribuneI! Am! Obsessed! With! This! Book! . . . Think Th...

-Titulo Original : The Sweetness Of Forgetting A Book Club Recommendation!-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: A baker in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, must travel to Paris to uncover a family secret for her dying grandmother-and what she learns may change everything. The Sweetness of Forgetting is the book that made Kristin Harmel an international bestseller.At thirty-six, Hope McKenna-Smith is no stranger to bad news. She lost her mother to cancer, her husband left her for a twenty-two year old, and her bank account is nearly depleted. Her own dreams of becoming a lawyer long gone, she’s running a failing family bakery on Cape Cod and raising a troubled preteen. Now, Hope’s beloved French-born grandmother Mamie, who wowed the Cape with her fabulous pastries for more than fifty years, is drifting away into a haze of Alzheimer’s. But in a rare moment of clarity, Mamie realizes that unless she tells Hope about the past, the secrets she has held on to for so many years will soon be lost forever. Tantalizingly, she reveals mysterious snippets of a tragic history in Paris. And then, arming her with a scrawled list of names, she sends Hope to France to uncover a seventy-year-old mystery. Hope’s emotional journey takes her through the bakeries of Paris and three religious traditions, all guided by Mamie’s fairy tales and the sweet tastes of home. As Hope pieces together her family’s history, she finds horrific Holocaust stories mixed with powerful testimonies of her family’s will to survive in a world gone mad. And to reunite two lovers torn apart by terror, all she’ll need is a dash of courage, and the belief that God exists everywhere, even in cake... Review Harmel manages to deliver an immersive and evocative tale of generations struggling to survive. Recipes sprinkled throughout the book allow readers to experience firsthand the sweetness of Hopes journey. --Publishers WeeklyTHE SWEETNESS OF FORGETTING is absolutely enthralling and full of twists and turns that add to the drama and keeps the tale moving along. Author Kristin Harmel does a magnificent job of telling this saga of one familys search for understanding. She also handles her approach to Alzheimers disease with gentleness and understanding. Readers will remember THE SWEETNESS OF FORGETTING long after the final page is turned. -- Fresh FictionKristin Harmels novels are written with a lot of heart and soul. She has a way of bringing the reader into her stories in such a powerful way that they can often forget theyre reading at all. The Sweetness of Forgetting may just be Harmels best book yet. -- Lisa Steinke SheKnows Book Lounge“Kristin Harmel writes with such insight and heart that her characters will stay with you long after you’ve finished her books.” -New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin“Kristin Harmel...[is] one of my favorite authors!” -Melissa Senate, bestselling author of The Love Goddess’ Cooking School About the Author Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels including The Book of Lost Names, The Winemaker’s Wife, The Room on Rue Amelie, and The Sweetness of Forgetting. She is also the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series, Friends and Fiction. She lives in Orlando, Florida...

-Titulo Original : Halo: The Fall Of Reach (1)-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: The New York Times bestselling origin story of the Master Chief-part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo! The twenty-sixth century. Humanity has expanded beyond Earth’s system to hundreds of planets that colonists now call home. But the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command is struggling to control this vast empire. After exhausting all strategies to keep seething colonial insurrections from exploding into a full-blown interplanetary civil war, the UNSC has one last hope. At the Office of Naval Intelligence, Dr. Catherine Halsey has been hard at work on a top-secret program that could bring an end to the conflict…and it starts with seventy-five children, among them a six-year-old boy named John. And Halsey could never guess that this child will eventually become the final hope against an even greater peril engulfing the galaxy-the inexorable confrontation with a theocratic military alliance of alien races known as the Covenant. This is the electrifying origin story of Spartan John-117-the Master Chief-and of his legendary, unstoppable heroism in leading the resistance against humanity’s possible extinction. About the Author Eric Nylund is the author of many novels, including the New York Times bestselling works Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, and the World Fantasy nominated Dry Water. As a writer for Microsoft Game Studios, Nylund helped develop such game franchises as Halo and Gears of War. He has also helped shape the intellectual property for some of the world’s best videogame developers, including Bioware and Epic Games, and also worked with Amazon’s game studios. Nylund lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, award-winning science fiction/fantasy writer Syne Mitchell, and their son...

-Titulo Original : Taste: My Life Through Food-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Notable Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them. Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York; preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia; falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burned dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last. Written with Stanley’s signature wry humor, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl-and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal. Review Through food and scenes of family life, Stanley Tucci shares both his personal story and his celebration of all-things taste. With tales from peanut butter sandwiches to lobster in Maine, with recipes from the perfect Negroni to his wife’s roast potatoes, he draws us to his table. Come hungry for the food, the cocktails, the gossip and the fun. Just never, ever, cut up your spaghetti. -Yotam Ottolenghi An instant classic, Stanley Tuccis TASTE is as captivating, simple, charming and insanely moreish as the best Italian food. Take it to bed with you and you will fall asleep dreaming youre in Italy. But take it to the kitchen and you will find yourself using it as often as a pan or a peeler. -Stephen Fry A delicious story of appetite, family and pasta. A serious amount of pasta. In this gloriously written memoir, the ever tasteful Stanley Tucci invites us to his table and feeds us all the good stuff. -Jay Rayner It’s impossible to read this without becoming ravenous!” -Nigella Lawson Our relationship with fire and food has shaped us as human beings, it connects us in a unique way, to ourselves, the people we love and this beautiful planet we live on. It is a wonderful story of and told by a wonderful man through his food memories. It is as infectious as it is delicious, as funny as it is insightful. The only reason to put this book down, is to go cook and eat from it.” - Heston Blumenthal Funny, heart-breaking, fascinating, intimate and beautifully-written.” -Kate Mosse This superb book… Taste enriches the reader and establishes Tucci as one of the wisest and most generous personalities of our time. - Roger Lewis, Daily Mail The man, the myth, The Devil Wears Prada legend Stanley Tucci has blessed our hungry souls with a food memoir to feed our mounting appetite for the actor and cook’s wit, warmth and, let’s face it: tight polo shirts. He divulges some of his most treasured memories and stories behind favourite recipes - prepare to feel bereaved when it’s over. -Joanna Taylor, Evening Standard Reading this book will make you more attentive to the glorious - or modest - food on your table, and to the people with whom you are privileged to share it. --Jennifer Reese, The Washington Post Like the enormous layered pasta pie that starred in the 1996 movie Big Night, Stanley Tucci’s new memoir is a gastronome’s delight. --Bookpage Tucci is not only a prolific actor and writer, but his zest for food, travel, culture, and life is contagious. -Edith G. Tolchin, New York Journal of Books About the Author Italian American actor Stanley Tucci was born in New York in 1960. He has directed five films and appeared over seventy films, including The Devil Wears Prada, Easy A, The Terminal, and Road to Perdition, as well as more th...

-Titulo Original : The Book Of Lost Names-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: “A fascinating, heartrending page-turner that, like the real-life forgers who inspired the novel, should never be forgotten.” -Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this “sweeping and magnificent” (Fiona Davis, bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue) historical novel from the #1 international bestselling author of The Winemaker’s Wife. Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books when her eyes lock on a photograph in the New York Times. She freezes; it’s an image of a book she hasn’t seen in more than sixty years-a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names. The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II-an experience Eva remembers well-and the search to reunite people with the texts taken from them so long ago. The book in the photograph, an eighteenth-century religious text thought to have been taken from France in the waning days of the war, is one of the most fascinating cases. Now housed in Berlin’s Zentral- und Landesbibliothek library, it appears to contain some sort of code, but researchers don’t know where it came from-or what the code means. Only Eva holds the answer, but does she have the strength to revisit old memories? As a graduate student in 1942, Eva was forced to flee Paris and find refuge in a small mountain town in the Free Zone, where she began forging identity documents for Jewish children fleeing to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forger named Remy, Eva decides she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember who they really are. The records they keep in The Book of Lost Names will become even more vital when the resistance cell they work for is betrayed and Remy disappears. An engaging and evocative novel reminiscent of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Alice Network, The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil. Review “You’ll want to add [ The Book of Lost Names] to your #TBR list.” -Parade Magazine If you love historical fiction about World War II, you will enjoy this story of Eva, a young woman who during the war helps Jewish kids escape France by forging documents. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch “With meticulous research and an assured hand, Kristin Harmel once again spotlights French Resistance figures of the Second World War, unique heroes whose bravery and immeasurable sacrifices are too often lost to history. THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES is a fascinating, heartrending page-turner that, like the real-life forgers who inspired the novel, should never be forgotten. A riveting historical tale that I devoured in a single sitting.” -- Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday “Harmel brilliantly imagines the life of a young Polish-French Jewish woman during the depths of WWII...Harmel movingly illustrates Eva’s courage to risk her own life for others, and all of the characters are portrayed with realistic compassion. This thoughtful work will touch readers with its testament to the endurance of hope. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Not since “The Nightingale” have I finished a book and been so choked with emotion. Harmel was inspired by the true story of French citizens who fought against evil during WWII with courage and conviction. She shines a brilliant light on those who had their identities erased and lives destroyed, on a country and its people torn apart, and young women like Eva, who risked their lives with everyday acts of epic heroism. Sweeping and magnificent. -- Fiona Davis, national bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue A ...

-Titulo Original : The People We Keep-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: BOOK RIOT’S BEST BOOKS OF 2021 “This is a novel of great empathy, about connections and coming-of-age, built families and self-acceptance. It contains heartbreak and redemption, and a plucky, irresistible protagonist…[A] propulsive, empathetic novel.” -Shelf Awareness Little River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a motorless motorhome that her father won in a poker game. Failing out of school, picking up shifts at a local diner, she’s left fending for herself in a town where she’s never quite felt at home. When she “borrows” her neighbor’s car to perform at an open mic night, she realizes her life could be much bigger than where she came from. After a fight with her dad, April packs her stuff and leaves for good, setting off on a journey to find a life that’s all hers. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Her only plan is to survive, but as she looks for work, she finds a kindred sense of belonging at Cafe Decadence, the local coffee shop. Still, somehow, it doesn’t make sense to her that life could be this easy. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she can’t shake the feeling that she’ll hurt them the way she’s been hurt. As April moves through the world, meeting people who feel like home, she chronicles her life in the songs she writes and discovers that where she came from doesn’t dictate who she has to be. This lyrical, luminous tale “is both a profound love letter to creative resilience and a reminder that sometimes even tragedy can be a kind of blessing” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author). Review “I loved everything about The People We Keep, beginning with the narrator, April Sawicki, who is both wise beyond her years and unbelievably naive, to the fact it’s 1994 and no one has a cell phone. Allison Larkin has given us a heroine who is raw and real, a young person capable of breaking your heart one moment and lifting it up the next.” -Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch This book is for everyone who has known or has been the tough and troubled outsider in search of their place and their people. Its a story so true and tender-hearted that I want to wrap it in a hug and buy it some soup. Read it! Youll be so glad you did. -Therese Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and A Well-Behaved Woman “Raw, surprising and ultimately uplifting, Allison Larkin’s The People We Keep will break your heart a million different ways before putting it back together again.” -Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of Be Frank with Me and Better Luck Next Time What does it mean to feel at home in the world? To find our true family? In Larkin’s luminous new novel, a young songwriter steals a car, hits the road, and struggles against all odds to try to find the answer. About the people we choose-and even more importantly the people who choose us- The People We Keep is both a profound love letter to creative resilience and a reminder that sometimes even tragedy can be a kind of blessing. -Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You, Cruel Beautiful World, and With or Without You An emotionally gripping journey with one of the most compelling and determined protagonists I’ve met in a long time. April had me on the first page and hasn’t let me go yet. Her quest to heal deep childhood wounds and find her true place in the world is one that will resonate with every reader. Allison Larkin has created the perfect tribute to the healing power of music, the road, and the souls we meet along the way, those who truly belong to us. -Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth Petal “In sparkling and unflinching prose, Larkin spins a propulsive story about friendship and intimacy, love and loss, and the healing power of art. A big-hearted and deeply moving nov...

-Titulo Original : After (1) (the After Series)-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: Experience the internets most talked-about book, now a major motion picture, from Anna Todd, the writer Cosmopolitan called “the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation.”There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there’s everything AFTER... Life will never be the same. #Hessa Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way. But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, and tattoos, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to. But he’s also rude-to the point of cruelty, even. For all his attitude, Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does-until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she’s never known before. Hell call her beautiful, then insist he isn’t the one for her and disappear again and again. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, yet every time she pushes back, he only pulls her in deeper. Tessa already has the perfect boyfriend. So why is she trying so hard to overcome her own hurt pride and Hardins prejudice about nice girls like her? Unless...could this be love? Review The one thing you can count on is to expect the unexpected. -- Vilmas Book BlogBe prepared to have an emotional explosion! -- Biblio BellesAnna Todd manages to make you scream, cry, laugh, fall in love, and sit in the fetal position... Whether you have read the Wattpad version or not, After is a cant miss book - but get ready to feel emotions that you werent sure that a book could bring out of you. -- Fangirlish About the Author Anna Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the After series. Always an avid reader, Todd began writing stories on her phone through Wattpad, the reading and writing multiplatform for original stories, with After becoming its most-read series with over two billion reads. She has been hailed by Cosmopolitan as “the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation.” The print edition of After was published in 2014 and has since been released in over thirty-five languages with more than twelve million copies sold worldwide. After is a #1 bestseller in countries across the globe including Italy, Germany, France, and Spain. Since the release of After, Todd has gone on to write eight additional novels and served as producer and screenwriter on the film adaptations of After and After We Collided. A native of Ohio, Anna, her husband, and son currently live in Seattle. Find her at AnnaTodd , on Twitter at @AnnaTodd, on at @AnnaTodd, and on Wattpad as Imaginator1D. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One chapter one My alarm is set to go off any minute. I’ve been awake for half the night, shifting back and forth, counting the lines between the ceiling tiles and repeating the course schedule in my head. Others may count sheep; I plan. My mind doesn’t allow a break from planning, and today, the most important day in my entire eighteen years of life, is no exception. “Tessa!” I hear my mother’s voice call from downstairs. Groaning to myself, I roll out of my tiny bed. I take my time tucking the corners of my bedsheet against the headboard, because this is the last morning that this will be a part of my regular routine. After today, this bedroom is no longer my home. “Tessa!” she calls again. “I’m up!” I yell back. The noise of the cabinets opening and slamming closed downstairs makes it known that she is feeling just as panicked as I am. My stomach is tied in a tight knot, and as I start my shower I pray that the anxiety I feel will lessen as the day goes on. All of my life has been a series of tasks in preparation for this d...

-Titulo Original : Chameleon In A Candy Store (2) (The Oxygen Thief Diaries)-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: Anonymous is back with the intoxicating, darkly dangerous, and wildly addictive sequel to his New York Times bestselling debut novel Diary of an Oxygen Thief. Picking up the story where it left off, the controversial protagonist of cult classic Diary of an Oxygen Thief retools his advertising skills to seduce women online. It’s a pursuit that quickly becomes a dangerous fixation, often requiring even more creativity and deception than his award-winning ad campaigns. Dazzling, daunting, and darkly hilarious, this spellbinding sequel is a spectacular indictment of a modern love twisted beyond recognition. This title was previously published as Chameleon on a Kaleidoscope...

-Titulo Original : Eunuchs And Nymphomaniacs (3) (The Oxygen Thief Diaries)-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: The New York Times bestselling author of Diary of an Oxygen Thief and Chameleon in a Candy Store is back with the spellbinding conclusion to the series. You’ve never seen romance do this before. So brutally honest and breathtakingly perverse you’ll want to throw this book at the wall, but you’ll also want to know if it can possibly get any more disturbing (it can and it does). And as you start to wonder whether men and women were ever even meant to be together, a surprise ending brings the trilogy full circle and provides unexpected closure to an issue raised by a certain photographers assistant in the first book. Eunuchs and Nymphomaniacs is about how we love today and how increasingly we try to avoid it altogether...

-Titulo Original : Full Out Lessons In Life And Leadership From Americas Favorite Coach-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: From the breakout star of Netflix’s Cheer, a motivational and inspiring guide to becoming a champion in all areas of life.In Full Out, “the Bill Belichick of cheerleading” (The Cut) Coach Monica Aldama shares how she built one of the most successful and beloved cheerleading programs in the country. Her uncompromising brand of discipline and consistency goes far beyond the mat-showing how the principles of building a winning team apply to personal goals, the corporate world, parenting, and all aspects of life. There’s a lot of talk these days about shortcuts and life hacks, but what really counts is commitment and integrity, helping your friends, and improving with your teammates. Coach Monica shares deeply personal stories of triumph and tragedy-from divorce and remarriage to her husband, her challenges as a young mother working more than full time, and her strenuous weeks on Dancing with the Stars. She shares surprising behind-the-scenes moments from the Cheer docuseries, and insights gleaned from more than two decades of pushing students to succeed. A true force and inspiration who has captured hearts around the world, Coach Monica will show you how to take command of your talent, make the most of your potential, and find your drive to win. Review “Aldama, from Netflix’s docuseries Cheer, takes her wisdom from the mat to the page in this heartening debut. Using her no-nonsense style, Aldama-who coaches at Navarro College in Corsicana, Tex.-helps readers apply to their own lives the tenets of cheerleading that she’s used to lead her team to win 14 national championships.... Fans will appreciate the behind-the-scenes accounts she shares of filming the show....There’s lots to cheer for in Aldama’s upbeat and practical advice.” -Publishers Weekly“Coach Monica breaks down her secret sauce for coaching students to absolute excellence. Her mix of tenacity and consistency has something to teach all of us. You’ll love every single word.” -Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire and host of the For the Love Podcast“Coach Monica gets people to work harder, dig deeper, and give more than ever before. FULL OUT is exactly the kind of compassionate tough-talk that has driven our team to excellence time and time again. This book will inspire you to aim high and succeed no matter what ‘getting on mat’ means in your life.” -Gabi Butler, two-time national cheerleading champion “Monica Aldama inspires me to be braver and never settle for less. Whether you’re a literal cheerleader or someone who wants more actual cheer in their life, Full Out lays out how to harness your power and kick you into high gear. Monica delivers the kind of down-to-earth advice we need to be fearless, make excellence a habit, and to bet on ourselves.” -Whitney Cummings, author of I’m Fine… And Other Lies About the Author Monica Aldama, one of the most successful athletic coaches in the country, became an overnight sensation after starring in the hit Netflix original series Cheer. She has been with Navarro College for twenty-five years where she has led the cheer squad to win fourteen national championships and was inducted into the inaugural class of the Navarro College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019. A true force and inspiration that has captured the hearts of millions, she brings her empowering messages on leadership, resilience, teamwork, and success to audiences worldwide...

-Titulo Original : Ladies Get Paid The Ultimate Guide To Breaking Barriers, Owning Your Worth, And Taking Command Of Your Career-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: From career coach and founder of the startup Ladies Get Paid-the eponymous organization leading the fight for equality in the workplace-comes a “powerful call to action” (Reshma Saujani, CEO and author of Brave, Not Perfect) that provides the tools you need to strategically navigate the workplace, achieve success, and become a true leader. Claire Wasserman has one goal for women: Rise up and get paid. As the founder of Ladies Get Paid, Claire has worked her entire adult life to promote gender equality in the workplace. If you’re looking to navigate a promotion or break the glass ceiling, Ladies Get Paid is your essential toolkit for achieving success. Filled with straightforward advice and inspiring stories, this book is a transformative “guide to succeeding in your field, even when you feel completely stuck” (Beth Comstock, author of Imagine It Forward), by encouraging self-advocacy and activism. Covering topics as crucial and varied as how to combat imposter syndrome, deal with office politics, and negotiate a raise, Ladies Get Paid is a reminder that you are valuable-both as an individual woman and as part of the female community. And ultimately, it’s about more than your wallet-it’s about your worth. Review “A manual for women to help them navigate the professional challenges that inevitably come up…From negotiating to self advocating-this book is for any woman who is ready to rise in her career.” -Forbes“[A] beacon to women navigating the choppy waters of workplace patriarchy.” -Publishers Weekly“Beyond-practical and much-needed how-to-get-ahead road map for women… The way Wasserman structures her book makes for clear directions for every point of the career journey... a ‘gotta-read’ playbook.” -Booklist“Women have been talked over, ignored, or downright dismissed for too long. Money is power and Claire Wasserman teaches us how to claim it.” -Arlan Hamilton, author of Its About Damn Time and founder of Backstage Capital“A must read for any woman looking to succeed in her career-and for any man or woman looking to create a fair and equitable workplace.” -David Cohen, Senior Counselor to the CEO and former Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast Corporation“Every woman in every workplace can learn something from this book. Claire Wasserman has created a guide to succeeding in your field, even when you feel completely stuck.” -Beth Comstock, author of Imagine It Forward, former Vice Chair, GE“Whether you’re setting the groundwork in your first job, or climbing the ladder to the very top, there is something for you in Ladies Get Paid.” -Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik, Co-Hosts & Co-Founders of Almost 30“Ladies Get Paid is about more than just money-it’s a powerful call to action for women everywhere to know their worth, pursue their goals, and become brave leaders.” -Reshma Saujani, CEO and Founder of Girls Who Code and author of Brave, Not Perfect“Salary is only the starting point. Claire Wasserman reminds us how much we have to offer, then demands that we dream even bigger.” -Alexa von Tobel, Founder of Inspired Capital and New York Times bestselling author of Financially Fearless and Financially Forward“With Ladies Get Paid, Claire shares her revolutionary yet simple vision: pay women what we are owed and talk about money unapologetically.” -Blair Imani, author of Modern HERstory and Making Our Way Home“I read this book expecting to find career advice and negotiation tactics. Claire Wasserman offers both in spades, but more importantly, she dares you to hope for more from your career, and for yourself.” -Mika Brzezinski, founder of Know Your Value“To advocate for your worth, you have to believe you are worthy. This book will help you do just that.” -Amber Rae, author of Choose Wonder Over Worry“If you dont ask, you dont get. In Ladies Get Paid, Claire Wasserman is determined to make sure that you learn this lifelong lesson and never forget it.” -Lydia Fenet, Global Managing Director o...

-Titulo Original : Youre Not Special A (sort-of) Memoir-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: In her first-ever (sort of) memoir, the beloved actor and YouTube sensation gets personal about everything from mental health to drunken debaucheries with this “brave, behind-the-webcam look at self-discovery” (Kirkus Reviews).As an only child raised in a town of less than 8,000 people and without a Starbucks in sight, Meghan Rienks has always been pretty good at entertaining herself. Then one day-cue the dramatic voiceover-her life changed forever. In 2010, Meghan was diagnosed with mononucleosis. Mono is basically just a really bad case of the flu, right? Wrong. To a party crazed sixteen-year-old, mono is social suicide. More than anything, it’s just plain boring. So, Meghan opened up her MacBook, used the webcam for something other than a bad Andy Warhol-style photobooth session, and recorded her first YouTube video. Since then, Meghan has shared the ups and downs of her life with the internet, documenting her teenage years for the whole world to see. Now that she’s (mostly) through her awkward stage, Meghan’s here to tell you that it gets better. You’re not alone in the thoughts you think. Sometimes a bad hair day feels worse than a punch in the gut and asking a boy out seems about as difficult as achieving that perfect dewy glow. But despite what you’ve been told, your problems are not unique, and somebody else has felt the way you feel right at this very moment. You’re not special. But you’re also not alone on the bumpy road to adulthood. About the Author Meghan Rienks is an actress and the creator of her own wildly popular comedy and lifestyle YouTube channel. Meghan flexes her acting muscles (and sometimes her real muscles) in a number of series, including Freakish, 12 Deadly Days of Christmas, Mr. Student Body President, and in her first feature film, The Honor List. As a social media tastemaker, Meghan has been named one of Teen Vogue’s Top 6 A-Listers and Allure’s Influencer of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles...

-Titulo Original : Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll My Life In Rock-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: The jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of 1980s supergroup Ratt-and the dirty details of the riotous era when big-haired bands ruled the world. Women. Spandex. Drugs. Hair spray. . . . Welcome to heavy metal rock ’n’ roll, circa 1980, when all you needed was the right look, burning ambition, and a chance. Cranking out metal just as metal got hot, Ratt was the perfect band at the perfect time, and their hit single “Round and Round” became a top-selling anthem. The bigger Ratt got, the more excessive lead singer Stephen Pearcy and his “pussy pirates” became. There was nothing these guys wouldn’t snort, drink, bed, or break. But as Ratt scrambled up a wall of fame and wealth, so they experienced a gut-wrenching free fall. Pearcy’s stunningly honest rock ’n’ roll confessional, by turns incredible, hilarious, and lyrical, is more than a story of survival-it’s a search for the things that matter most. About the Author Stephen Pearcy, founder, lead singer and songwriter of the popular rock band Ratt, led his band to critical praise and multi-platinum success. Formed in Los Angeles in 1982 from the remains of his band Mickey Ratt, Ratt was known for their flamboyant appearance and rebellious attitude. Pearcy currently lives in Los Angeles. Sam Benjamin is the author of American Gangbang: A Love Story. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll YOU’RE TALKIN’ TO ME IN 2009, I PACKED myself off to rehab in Pasadena, California, in an attempt to wean myself from that nagging booze/pills/grass/heroin habit I’d picked up over the last several decades. There was an initial period of hell, better known as withdrawal, followed by a long stretch of a much more annoying kind of torture: therapy. It’s the price of getting clean, I guess. They help you ditch the drugs, make it so your bandmates no longer have to stick mirrors underneath your nostrils to see if you’re still alive when you go into one of your increasingly frequent nods in the recording studio-and then you have to sort of humor them when they say, What else about you can we clean up? I was assigned a decent, flabby therapist named Dr. Harold Roberts, who had the nerve to imply that I might have a few other addictions to my name, too. “What I’d like to ask you, Stephen, is, have you ever considered yourself a sex addict?” I laughed. “How would I even know?” “A sex addict might, for instance, spend the majority of his waking hours trying to procure sex.” “I’m a rock singer,” I said. “If you have to try to get laid, then there’s definitely something wrong.” “Did you ever have a period of your life when you went from partner to partner, without due regard for their personalities?” “Yes. The 1980s.” “Okay.” Dr. Roberts laughed. “All right. Humor can be a defense mechanism. How many partners might you have had?” He said it casually, but I could see his interest was growing. “You know that guy John Paul?” I said. “Lives in Italy?” “The Pope?” Dr. Roberts asked. “More than him.” “Again with the humor,” said Dr. Roberts. “My stamina in the mid-’80s was unparalleled,” I began. “I was tearing down three chicks a day when we were on the road, under ideal conditions.” “Three? But I don’t even see how that’s possible.” “It’s possible when you’re organized. It’s possible when you have a team.” They were well-trained and faithful soldiers-Phil, Joe, and Road Dog-each one ready to scout the hottest trim around and slap passes in those girls’ hands. They’d continue throughout our show, scanning the audience, knowing my type perfectly. After the encore, there would be twenty-five giggling blondes lined up, all incredible tits, flat stomachs, and golden asses. I just had to pick. “But of course you’re exaggerating,” Dr. Roberts said. “Now,” I continued, “if you want to throw down on tour, you have to learn how to do it right. You space out the trim-one before the show in your dressi...

-Titulo Original : Youre Not Special A (sort-of) Memoir-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: In her first-ever (sort of) memoir, the beloved actor and YouTube sensation gets personal about everything from mental health to drunken debaucheries. As an only child raised in a town of less than 8,000 people and without a Starbucks in sight, Meghan Rienks has always been pretty good at entertaining herself. Then one day-cue the dramatic voiceover-her life changed forever. On June 12th, 2010, Meghan was diagnosed with mononucleosis. Mono is basically just a really bad case of the flu, right? Wrong. To a party crazed sixteen-year-old, mono is social suicide. More than anything, it’s just plain boring. So, Meghan opened up her 2009 MacBook, used the webcam for something other than a bad Andy Warhol-style photobooth session, and recorded her first YouTube video. Since then, Meghan has shared the ups and downs of her life with the internet, documenting her teenage years for the whole world to see. Now that she’s (mostly) through her awkward stage, Meghan’s here to tell you that it gets better. You’re not alone in the thoughts you think. Sometimes a bad hair day feels worse than a punch in the gut and asking a boy out seems about as difficult as achieving that perfect dewy glow. But despite what you’ve been told, your problems are not unique, your struggles have taken form in everybody else’s life too, and somebody else has felt the way you feel right at this very moment. You’re not special. But you’re also not alone on the bumpy road to adulthood. Review “Rienks reassures fans that while ‘your problems are not unique…the upside is youre not alone.’ … [A] brave, behind-the-webcam look at self-discovery.” -Kirkus Reviews About the Author Meghan Rienks is an actress and the creator of her own wildly popular comedy and lifestyle YouTube channel. Meghan flexes her acting muscles (and sometimes her real muscles) in a number of series, including Freakish, 12 Deadly Days of Christmas, Mr. Student Body President, and in her first feature film, The Honor List. As a social media tastemaker, Meghan has been named one of Teen Vogue’s Top 6 A-Listers and Allure’s Influencer of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles...

-Titulo Original : Shut Up And Give Me The Mic-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: The wildly entertaining memoir from lead singer and songwriter of Twisted Sister-revealing the real stories behind the crazy makeup, the big hair, and badass hits like “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock.”As lead singer and songwriter of Twisted Sister, Dee Snider worked as hard as he played, avoided the debauched lifestyle that has destroyed lesser rockers, and survived the music industry’s fickle fortunes with his priorities and sense of humor intact. Now, he shares his journey from every parent’s worst nightmare to Renaissance man-with an impressive resume that, along with being rock royalty, includes Broadway performer, film actor, reality television star, radio host, and author of a teenage survival guide that is required reading in Russia!-in this “honest and entertaining memoir” (Publishers Weekly). Dee tells the real stories behind the crazy makeup, the big hair, and badass hits like “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock.” He takes you through good times, personal struggles, and public battles-such as being slapped with a Parental Advisory warning label by Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center, a fight that led him to testify before Congress with Frank Zappa. Throughout his twisted career, Snider stayed strong and focused, and did it all for his wife, four kids, and millions of “SMF” (Sick Mother F******) fans. About the Author Dee Snider is the lead singer and songwriter for the multiple-platinum-selling heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He is also a noted reality show star, radio personality, and voice-over talent, as well as a screenwriter and author of the book Dee Snider’s Teenage Survival Guide. He has been married to his wife, Suzette, since 1981. Visit Dee.Snider ...

-Titulo Original : Single State Of Mind-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: The breakout star of ABC’s The Bachelorette and New York Times bestselling author of It’s Not Okay returns with a “relatable AF” (Cosmopolitan) collection of her adventures as a still-single gal surviving and thriving in New York City. Sharing moments like finding her first New York apartment (the front door broke so she had to use the fire escape), her first dates on “celebrity Tinder” (just as bad as regular Tinder) and finally, watching her ex-fiance propose to another woman on Bachelor in Paradise, Andi Dorfman doesn’t shy away from pulling back the curtain on the life of a reality star who’s returned to reality. Once again, Dorfman “doesn’t hold back” ( HuffPost) as she recounts her romantic mishaps, city adventures, and, of course, insider Bachelor experiences. Single State of Mind is Sex and the City for the reality TV generation. Review All the juicy dating stories we didn’t get to see on Dorfman’s make an appearance in her new book....An entertaining read. Huffington Post Relatable AF Cosmopolitan Dating is hard, but but no one can put it into words quite like Andi Dorfman. Bustle Dorfmans book is about the quest for love, and she takes readers through it - one lousy date with a hot new guy after the next. New York Daily News About the Author Before she was a New York Times bestselling author, Andi Dorfman starred on Season 10 of The Bachelorette and was a finalist on Season 18 of The Bachelor. She is currently living-and dating-in New York City. She is the author of It’s Not Okay and Single State of Mind...

-Titulo Original : Bowie The Biography-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke. Gender Bender. Rebel. Songwriter. Fashion Icon. Rock God. One of the most influential creative artists of his generation, David Bowie morphed from one glittering incarnation to the next over the course of five decades-an enduring superstar who remained endlessly enigmatic and always ahead of his time. Discover the man behind the myth in this intimate and in-depth biography-featuring a full-color sixteen-page photo insert.David Bowie passed away after an eighteen-month battle with cancer on January 10, 2016. Few knew of his illness, and Bowie flawlessly orchestrated his last goodbye with the release of his final (and some say best) album, Blackstar, featuring the haunting song “Lazarus,” and its accompanying video, a farewell message to his millions of fans. Throughout his iconic career that included such hits as “Let’s Dance,” “Space Oddity,” “Heroes,” “Modern Love,” and “Life on Mars,” Bowie managed to retain his Hollywood star mystique. Through in-depth interviews with those who knew him best, New York Times bestselling author Wendy Leigh reveals the man behind Bowie’s myriad images-up to and including his role as stay-at-home dad, happily monogamous in his quarter-of-a-century-plus marriage to supermodel Iman. In this “sizzling” (Radar Online) new biography, Leigh brings fresh insights to Bowie’s battles with addiction; his insatiable sex life-from self-avowed gay to bisexual to resolutely heterosexual-and countless conquests; his childhood in a working-class London neighborhood and the troubling family influences that fueled his relentless pursuit of success; and much more. This exploration of an artist beloved by so many reveals the man at the center of the mythos. About the Author Wendy Leigh is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen books, including Bowie, Prince Charming: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story, and The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe & Jacqueline Kennedy, and the coauthor of Life with My Sister Madonna, Jeannie Out of the Bottle, and Shirley Jones. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Bowie ONE ABSOLUTE BEGINNING David Bowie’s first hit, “Space Oddity,” followed by “Life on Mars?” and “Starman,” insured that he would be forever associated with the planets, space, the moon, and the stars-and later on, when he made his cinematic debut in The Man Who Fell to Earth, with aliens and other worlds. Yet David Bowie was born in what in 1947 was one of the most mundane, down-to-earth, run-down communities in Britain: Brixton, in the London borough of Lambeth, a poor, grimy, working-class enclave. Yet stark and ordinary as Brixton was in those days, in true contrasting Bowie fashion, David’s birthplace also carried the visual blueprint of some of his creative dreams, his fantasies, his lyrics, his future. As history tells us, during the Second World War German bombs didn’t drop on London’s historic landmarks, like Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral. Documents have revealed that after double agents planted deliberate misinformation within the Luftwaffe, the Germans set the coordinates of the flying bombs so they didn’t fall on Central London and destroy England’s most hallowed historic edifices, but rather on the East End and South London, which bore the brunt of the bombing. Between October 1940 and June 1941, 1,215 bombs fell on Lambeth, an area three miles wide and seven miles long. And there was worse to come. Toward the end of the war, the lethal V-1 pilotless flying bombs (aka buzz bombs or doodlebugs) wrought havoc on London. At exactly 7:47 A.M. on July 16, 1944, a V-1 bomb hit Rumsey Road just one street north of Stansfield Road, where David Robert Jones (aka David Bowie) would be born just over two and a half years later, and in the process, demolished twelve houses and damaged forty others. The ravages of that deadly attack (along wit...

-Titulo Original : Wendys Got The Heat-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: Known as a shock jock diva, Wendy Williams has had a following in the nations number one media market, New York City, and across the nation from the time she became a top-rated radio personality and It Girl in the mid-1990s-whether shes hosting her nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy Williams Show or doing commentary for the VH1 Fashion Awards, her fans know that Wendys Got the Heat. Wendy Williams is the kind of media personality that artists love because she builds them up-and fear because she can bring them down. Shes interviewed many of the biggest names in entertainment-Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, and Queen Latifah among them-and is known for her ability to disarm and get them to reveal their secrets. Known as both a shock jock diva and the biggest mouth in New York, Wendy Williams is always at the top of her game, whether shes doing commentary for the VH1 Fashion Awards or giving romantic advice. But theres more to the Queen of Urban Radio than meets the mike. Wendys Got the Heat is her story-about growing up in a predominately white suburb, recovering from drug addiction, struggling to launch a successful career in one of the most male-dominated media industries-and its by turns painful, hilarious, triumphant, and totally true. Review Amy DuBois Barnett Honey magazine With the incredible success of her daily program -- full of celebrity dish and frank advice -- Wendy is at the top of her game....The best part? Wendy achieved her success by being herself. New York Post If youre dying to find out everything there is to know about radio scandal-monger Wendy Williams, she has a story for you. About the Author Wendy Williams , a graduate of Northeastern University, is the host of the popular television show The Wendy Williams Show. Lifetime also released a documentary revolving around Wendy’s life, Wendy Williams: What a Mess! She lives in New York with her husband and son. Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Confessions of a Video Vixen, On the Down Low, and Wendy’s Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College...

-Titulo Original : Its No Secret From Nas To Jay-z, From Seduction To Scandal--a Hip-hop Helen Of Troy Tells All-Fabricante : Gallery Books-Descripcion Original: An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at life in the rap world, from the woman at the heart of the Nas/Jay-Z feud-one of the biggest beefs in hip-hop.Carmen Bryan is no stranger to the rap world. Not only did she work at Def Jam and Capitol Records but she shares a daughter with hip-hop superstar Nas-a relationship made extremely public through Nass celebrity status, rap lyrics, and the ever-present media. Now, in Its No Secret, a strong, resilient Carmen bares all, telling her side of the story and leaving no detail unturned-with the true candor and raw emotion of someone who has been there, done that, and survived. From a clandestine relationship with Nass biggest rival, Jay-Z, that stirred up the biggest feud in hip-hop history, to seeing her reputation in tatters and a once loving relationship with Nas fall apart, Carmen depicts her trying journey to become the strong woman and mother she is today. After years of turmoil that included drugs, sex, greed, and violence-and abandoning what she had always prized above all, her freedom-Carmen took a stand, focusing on herself. After years of pursuit by the media, Carmen sets the record straight in Its No Secret-and has no regrets. About the Author Carmen Bryan lives in Long Island, New York, with her daughter...