Fresh from his foray into Hollywood stardom, Babe gets a new cover for the Knopf Paperbacks line.An ALA Notable BookA Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor BookA Horn Book Fanfare Honor BookAn IRA/CBC Children's ChoiceAn NCTE Teachers' Choice

He can't stand being touched... but the mountain man makes him feel safe.AceMy brothers call me a brat. Maybe I am. But they abandoned me when I was just a kid--left me to fend for myself.And when they left, my entire life went to crap.The walls I've built up around my heart and soul would impress nations. I can't let anyone close to me.And after everything I've been through, I can't stand being touched either. It s...

Midlife is your time to shine, and The Selfish Season is here to guide you. With humor and tough love, the authors bust aging myths and show you how to reclaim your happiness, purpose, and confidence. Employing their SELFISH method-Storytelling, Elevating Yourself, Life Purpose, Filtering, Investment, Style & Beauty, and Habits & Support-they offer practical steps to help you prioritize self-care, financial independence, and personal growth. Empowering, relatable, and inspiring, t...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to the USA.Discover the USA's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from exploring Chicago's hidden architecture and lakefront beache, to immersing yourself in the New Orleans jazz scene, and hiking through miles of misty trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Pla...

A candid and very funny memoir from beloved children’s book author Dick King-Smith.Before he was a children’s book author, Dick King-Smith was a soldier, a farmer, a salesman, a factory worker, and a teacher. But he was always a devoted family man who loved the countryside he lived in and the animals he kept. In this insightful memoir, Dick King-Smith recounts the joys and failures of his life with equal humor and candor. And he remembers a delightful cast of animal characters–from ...

We often look for much in life, but it all boils down to one thingpeace, or as we know it in the Western word, happiness. All of our adult lives we search for this happiness, which seems to elude us, only prominent in our childhood. The link to peace and childhood is assumed to be an obvious one, spurred on by lack of responsibility and free schedules. Perhaps. Or perhaps it is the simple fact that nothing is more honest than a child with a curiosity for the world around them. Out the mout...

Women will laugh out loud at the jokes and one-liners in I'm Still a Hot Babe, but Now It Comes in Flashes. Loaded with quips on everything from menopause to mammograms, pregnancy to PMS, this book makes the perfect gift for women everywhere.

Muffin-Liebhaberin trifft auf intellektuellen Lesebegeisterten. Selbstbewusster Footballstar trifft auf Sport-Legasthenikerin. Jill freut sich auf ihr letztes Uni-Jahr. Ihre beste Freundin befindet sich gerade auf Abwegen und meint, ein Quarterback namens Blake wäre etwas für sie. Und ihr selbst macht Nick O'Donnell, Teamkollege und bester Freund von Blake, einen sehr dicken Strich durch die Rechnung, als er sie verzweifelt bittet, seine Alibifreundin zu spielen. Aber wer zum Teufel hat ih...

Best known for his best-selling novel, Babe, which was made into a major motion picture, Dick King-Smith draws on his over 14 years of experience on Woodlands Farm to create this thoughtful and humorous memoir. His time on the farm inspired countless stories as well as the numerous lovable characters found in them. In Chewing the Cud, he candidly talks about what moved him to become a children's author.