"Five high school freshmen--the Phoenix Five--reveal their friendships, crushes, school and family dramas, and big secrets, as told in their unique voices through journal entries"--

Olivia "Liv" James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. She's going to smash junior year, and makes a list. A F*ck-It list. She tries out for the school musical, says yes to a date, and starts making new friends. But with change comes a lot of missteps, and being bold means following her heart. What happens when Liv's heart is interested in three different guys-- and two of them are her best friends? What is she supposed to do...

The hit sketch comedy driven by a series of hilarious character-based shorts all of which take place in the creators' dreamy and absurd rendering of Portland, Oregon--where '90s culture reigns supreme and political correctness is all the rage.

A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London during the 1950s.

The continuing saga of nurse Sarah Nordmann and the Bligh family set in 1958 Australia.

"Mastodon, an exciting new platform in the social media universe, connects you to a whole world of fascinating personalities. This book opens the gate and invites you to participate in this new digital playground. Reconnect with contacts from other social sites, meet new people, contribute your two cents, and build a following of your own as you make yourself at home in the friendly and supportive Mastodon community. You'll even learn how to use the...

When it comes to family, Annie is in the losers bracket. While her foster parents are great (mostly), her birth family would not have been her first pick. And no matter how many times Annie tries to write them out of her life, she always gets sucked back into their drama. Love is like that. But when a family argument breaks out at Annie's swim meet and her nephew goes missing, Annie might be the only one who can get him back. With help from her friends,...

Written late in Desai's career, these three novellas ruminate on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life's expectations and dreams and its realities. Set in India in the not-too-distant past, the stories' diverse surroundings and dramas frame universal themes, which illuminate the ways in which various aspects of the Indian culture can nourish or suffocate. Overwhelmed by their own lack of purpose, the men and women...

An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.