Alesha Dixon has not followed the easy path to fame. Suffering heartbreak, rejection and struggles that would test any of us, her strength of will and character were pushed to the limit.After early fame with R&B girl band Mis-Teeq, Alesha was dropped from her record label and experienced the breakdown of her marriage.However, her inner strength and determination to succeed were demonstrated in her victory as 2007 winner of Strictly Come Dancing. Since then, she has n...

In "School Fail", readers will find a fantastic selection of the side-splitting bloopers, mistakes and misunderstandings that kids have boldly come out with in their school work.

A guy walks into a bar car and...From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved.Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy.With Let's...

Jim Gaffigan never imagined he would have his own kids.Though he grew up in a large Irish-Catholic family, Jim was satisfied with the nomadic, nocturnal life of a standup comedian, and was content to be "that weird uncle who lives in an apartment by himself in New York that everyone in the family speculates about." But all that changed when he married and found out his wife, Jeannie "is someone who gets pregnant looking at babies."Five kids later, the comed...

**Sarah Dessen gets a road trip twist in Emery Lord's debut novel, a summer story of love and true friendship."A fabulously entertaining story of friendship, healing, and love." --Elizabeth Eulberg, authorof Better Off Friends and Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality**After breaking up with her bad-news boyfriend, Reagan O'Neill is ready to leave her rebellious ways behind. . . and her best friend, country superstar Lilah Montgomery, is nu...

Move over Bieber, there's a new pop sensation in town! The next hot band is here, and it's One Direction! These five super cute boys from the UK have a #1 debut album, sold-out tours, famous friends, and tons of fans. And they're only heading in one direction--up! Check out this awesome book full of fun facts and pictures to find out more about 1D! Includes playful stickers (music notes, hearts, stars, etc.) that fans will want to stick everywhere!

Take a seat and settle in—it's a gigantic treasury of trivia and humor for our twenty-fifth (is that porcelain?) anniversary!IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Winner in HumorForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards, Honorable Mention in Humor"Fully Loaded" is putting it mildly. This behemoth of a book is overflowing with incredible stories, surprising facts, weird news, little-known origins, forgotten history, fun wordplay, and ever...

THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR is the only music ebook that teaches you how to read and play Guitar at the same time. Most Guitar books simply show you how to imitate something that sounds like you know how to play Guitar when you really don’t. Others are filled with confusing chords charts that do not tell you where exactly to put your fingers and lastly most of them avoid the task of teaching you how to really read music. The few books that try are extremely expensive and usually come with d...

For more than 25 years, there's always been a home in Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for those stories about doctor visits or routine surgeries gone horribly wrong--the wrong limb getting amputated, the wrong person getting a transplant, the nurse who didn't notice her patient had died…for three days. Because we never get tired of reading about big boo-boos (as long as they're happening to someone else), here is a whole book of the troubling and funny stories of when good health care goes ba...

If everyone loves the world's hottest band, who's trying to destroy them?Most people would love to be Lorna Powell, travelling the globe with her brother and his mega-famous band. Then again, most people don’t realise just how annoying four handsome rock stars can be. A new home and a new school seem like the start of a normal life – until Lorna overhears a chilling plot to silence the band forever.Soon Lorna is drawn into a frantic attempt to identify the ...