"Three best friends are going to solve their relationship woes once and for all. ... Forty-something Jemima's life is on track - well, sort of, she just need to bat her niggly ex away for good.Twenty-something Meagan is in the midst of her five-phase plan and is nearly ready for phase three: a relationship. While thirty-something Simi has had more it's not yous than any I dos.These best friends decide it's time to ditch the dating apps and play the...

"A delightful history of Americans' obsession with advice and self-help -- from Poor Richard to Dr. Spock to Miss Manners." -- From book jacket. We've always loved seeking advice-- so long as it's anonymous, and as long as it's clear that we're not asking for ourselves; we're just asking for a friend. And from the colonial era on, there have always been people eager to step up and offer advice, some of it lousy, some of it thoughtful, but all of...

Looking for someone to save Christmas. Asking for a friend.
Struggling to cope with the death of the grandmother who raised her, Emily Wilson finds herself in the tiny Devonshire village of Cottonwood, hoping to escape from both her grief and her responsibilities.
Cottonwood, however, is under the control of a mysterious but powerful recluse determined to prevent Christmas at any cost.
Channelling her grandmother's never-say-die attitude,

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Join Cassandra Clare and a circle of top YA Authors as they explore the world of Mortal Instruments. Inside you will read: A cinematic tutorial on why the best friend (Simon) always loses out to the bad boy (jace). The benefits(no really) of incest ... at least literature. What we can read between the lines of Alec and Magnus European vacation. The importance of friendship, art, humor, and rebellion. And more, from the virtues of downworlders to the...

"An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, who wants nothing more than to see him live up to his potential as the valedictorian of Bronx Science. But Darren is content working at Starbucks in the lobby of aMidtown office building, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother's home-cooked meals. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of...

A year ago, Gage survived a car accident that killed his best friend, Hunter. Without the person who always brought out the best in him, Gage doesn't know who he is. He likes working as a fry cook and loves his small-town friends and family, but they weren't in the wreck and he can't tell them how much he's still hurting. He just wants to forget all his pain and move on. So when his stepdad shows him a dream job opening in one of his idol's restaurants,...

Merry asks God to help her find her friend's missing mother.

"Clark the Shark is super excited about the drawing contest. The winner gets Captain Suckermouth comics, signed by Captain Suckermouth! When Clark asks Joey Mackerel for help, his excitement gets the best of him and he doesn't listen to his friend. Joey is sad because his pet catfish died. Will Clark be able to truly listen and put his friend first? Clark the Shark has been embraced in the elementary school classroom and at home. Kids laugh at his...

"In New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis's new Domestic Diva mystery, Old Town's annual Pie Festival crumbles into chaos after a celebrity judge is murdered, leaving it up to entertaining maven and sometime-sleuth Sophie Winston to dole out justice . . .Nothing heats up Old Town quite like the annual Pie Festival, and this year is no exception, especially since Sophie's professional rival, Natasha Smith, is barred from participating. Sophie,...