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Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing bu...

Warren Schmidt is about to taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From m...

Meet the Army wives--four women and one man--who share the common bond of loving someone enlisted in the U.S. Army and get a glimpse into the lives of everyday Americans as they struggle to understand honor, friendship and loyalty to their country.

Publisher Annotation: What does the future hold? Ten speculative short stories by leading young-adult authors imagine what the world could be through the lens of technologies emerging today. When the modification industry transforms how humans look, sound, and interact, a nonbina...

Denise and Frank fight to save their marriage; while Claudia Joy discovers a life-changing personal truth of her own. Newly promoted Joan wrestles with a major decision that will affect her husband and new baby; while Roland imagines what his life would be like had he taken a dif...

The Army Wives return for the captivating second half of the esteemed series' sixth season. Experience all the surprises, battles and shared triumphs of television's tight-knit military family - leading to the season finale.

Having fun is getting it done, especially when Bob the Builder and his best friends are here to help! Watch and learn as Bob rescues his pal Scruffy, repairs an old theater, builds a stage, and throws a surprise birthday party for his best friend Wendy. Get the help you need from...

Blue's school: Blue and Steve are playing school. Something to do: Blue and Steve are looking for something to do and Mr. Salt has just the right recipe. Rhyme time: Steve's playing poet, but what does Blue want to rhyme about? Puppets: Blue wants to tell a story with puppets. Pr...

On the night of their senior prom, Lucy and her once-close childhood friends -- Kit and Mimi -- reunite to dig up a time capsule they buried together as little girls. Mimi's wants to make good on her childhood dreams; leaving their small town for fame and fortune in Los Angeles. ...

A powerful exploration of postpartum psychosis and motherhood--and a call to end the stigma and blame. Early motherhood is supposed to be joyous, but for Aaisha Alvi those early days were ruined by terrifying thoughts about her baby and family. Her experience was the antithesis o...

Features "alternative history re-imaginings of ... the WWI and WWII eras: tales with the grit of roaring bombers and rumbling tanks, of 'We can do it' and old time gangsters, or with the glamour of flappers and Hollywood starlets, smoky jazz and speakeasies. The stories in this v...

Having fun is getting it done, especially when Bob the Builder and his best friends are here to help! Watch and learn as Bob rescues his pal Scruffy, repairs an old theater, builds a stage, and throws a surprise birthday party for his best friend Wendy. Get the help you need from...

"For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin's novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the conventions of period romance. Headstrong young Sybylla Melvyn (Judy...

Numerical evidence is everywhere and how best to handle and leverage it is a growing concern in the academic world in general and the academic library world in particular. Libraries are not only storehouses and key contacts for library patrons in accessing numbers, but are also c...

"Bill Bittinger, a small town host of a local talk show in Buffalo, NY, is trying to make it in the big leagues. He is obnoxious, insensitive, hypocritical and will do whatever it takes to succeed. He makes life miserable for his producer Karl Shub and his calm, competent, talent...

Award-winning author Tanita S. Davis delivers a heartwarming and humorous middle-grade tale about a young girl who finds her own voice through vlogging and learns to speak out, perfect for fans for Wendy Maas and Lisa Greenwald. JC shines like a 4th of July sparkler. She has th...

"Men and women who have despaired that their sex lives would never change will find hope and answers in this friendly, encouraging, and essential guide." -Laura Davis, coauthor of The Courage to Heal and author of Allies in Healing This widely esteemed, highly respected resour...