Self-made superhero Kick-Ass and sweet-faced, foul-mouthed assassin Hit Girl try to return to life as "normal" teenagers, but soon they are faced with their deadliest challenge yet. To seek revenge for his father's death, Red Mist has re-invented himself as the leader of an evil ...
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Like many women, Andrea Owen always lived life on the sidelines, watching each day pass by without ever catching a glimpse of the happiness she yearned for -- until the day she had enough. She realized that she had to take action and step out of the box she had created for hersel...
"A revised edition of Kim Scott's perennial bestseller that created a cultural revolution and took workplaces worldwide by storm. Radical candor is back with an all new foreword, afterword, FAQ, and radically candid performance review. From the time we learn to speak, we're told ...
The VCR-loving, mixtape-making, spandex-wearing Goldbergs are back! For geeky and movie-obsessed youngest child Adam, his wonder years were spent documenting the hilarious and awkward antics of his colorful family. This season finds the siblings fighting off huggies, snuggies, an...
Most people associate Georgia O'Keeffe with New Mexico, painted cow skulls, and her flower paintings. She was revered for so long--born in 1887, died at age ninety-eight in 1986--that we forget how young, restless, passionate, searching, striking, even fearful she once was--a daz...
"Refreshingly hilarious award-winning trainer Oonagh Duncan busts years of weight loss myths and offers the essential mindset and no-nonsense advice to get the healthy and happy lifestyle you want--for good. Oonagh Duncan is cutting you off before you order yet another shot of we...
"Sometimes an unexpected fall can lead a person to reach for magnificent heights. Dana Liesegang was a lively, athletic, 19-year-old engineman in the U.S. Navy when she was sexually assaulted by a fellow sailor, thrown off a cliff, and left for dead. She survived--but woke up in ...
Dave (Kick-Ass) decides to start the world's first superhero team with Mindy (Hit Girl). Unfortunately, Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, and she's forced to retire. Dave must join forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Str...
"Who is "the girl"? Look to movies, TV shows, magazines, and ads and the message is both clear and not: she is a sexed-up sidekick, a princess waiting to be saved, a morally infallible angel with no opinions of her own. She's whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become h...
Ordinary teenager and rabid comic-book geek Dave Lizewski captures the imagination of the public when he becomes the no-nonsense vigilante, Kick-Ass. After he teams up with the fearless father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, the three work together to take do...
As a child, Sarah Robb O'Hagan dreamed she could be a champion. Her early efforts failed to reveal a natural superstar, but she refused to settle for average. Through dramatic successes and epic fails, she studied how extraordinary people in sports, entertainment and business set...
The ultimate personal finance book for seventeen-year-old Canadians who wanna be millionaires. Crafted in a conversational, "we're-just-hangin'-out-having-coffee" kind of style, Seventeen To Millionaire highlights the pathway to financial success in a kick-ass, fast-paced, and ea...