115 results for '"Cheek, Tessa'

These iconoclastic and witty essays are about what happens when scientists jump on band-wagons. Tony Rothman applies creative skepticism to contemporary fashions in science, including the "standard...

A panoramic social history that chronicles the quest for beauty in all its contradictions—and how it affects the female body."Women have been fat or slim, hyperthyroid or splenetic, sallow or...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TESSA THOMPSON AND RUTH NEGGATwo women in 1920s New York discover how fluid and dangerous our perceptions of race can be in this electrifying classic of the Harlem...

"Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn't miss this for the world."--Leslie Jones When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing...

"A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences, filled with moments that are somehow restrained and astute and gorgeously written all at the same time."--Holly Gramazio,...

"A modern, tongue-in-cheek view...Fly with Me makes you laugh right before it makes you cry." - The New York TimesA one-way ticket to love or a bumpy ride ahead?Flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy is...

Thirty-Three and a Third is a series of short books about critically acclaimedand much-loved albums of the past 40 years. Over 50,000 copies have been sold!"Passionate, obsessive, and smart." —Nylon"...

Felix Powell is back! After his brief stint as a dog, Felix thinks his troubles with magical animal transformation are over. . . until a mysterious bit of magic turns him into a squirrel. A funny,...

A look at the true nature of the zombie brainEven if you've never seen a zombie movie or television show, you could identify an undead ghoul if you saw one. With their endless wandering, lumbering...

Function and meaning in architecture and elsewhere, from tongue-in-cheek instructions for creating a surveillance state to reflections on the architecture of the potato chip.World's Greatest...

Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year winner for ages 6 to 8Most Anticipated Books of 2024 List, Kirkus ReviewsMost Anticipated Kids Books List - February, Barnes & NobleKids Indie Next Pick...

A panoramic history of rules in the Western worldRules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended...

A panoramic history of rules in the Western worldRules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended...

Prepare your hearts for the highly anticipated finale of The Legacy Series! NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED“No one writes emotional, immersive, beautiful chaos like Melissa Roehrich.” —LJ Andrews, bestselling...

From the brilliant and incisive author of Mislaid—"a writer of extraordinary talent and range" (Jonathan Franzen) whose "capacity for inventions is immense" (BookForum)—comes a new collection of her...

The first full-career survey of the idiosyncratic life and work of Ray Johnson, a collagist, performance artist, and pioneer of mail art.Ray Johnson (1927-1995), a.k.a. “New York’s most famous...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The darkly suspenseful tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives—all over the course of one meal. Now a major motion picture. “Chilling,...

An infectiously edifying, not-so-saintly self-help book that dives into the wild, wise, and unconventional lives of 16th- and 17th-century nuns, offering advice for our modern age and proving one...

Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of America in this New York Times bestseller.Before there was "tourism" and souvenir ashtrays became...

Best Books of 2023: TIME, Electric LiteratureFrom Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence comes this unflinching collection that intricately mines the experience of being a Black woman in...