Author: Kelley Armstrong
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: book, otherworld, women, stolen
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2004-09-28
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0452285933
ISBN-13: 9780452285934

It was in Bitten, Kelley Armstrong s debut novel, that thirty-year-old Elena Michaels came to terms with her feral appetites and claimed the proud identity of a beautiful, successful woman and the only living female werewolf. In Stolen, on a mission for her own elite pack, she is lured into the net of ruthless Internet billionaire Tyrone Winsloe, who has funded a bogus scientific investigation of the other races and their supernatural powers. Kidnapped and studied in his underground lab deep in the Maine woods, these paranormals witches, vampires, shamans, werewolves are then released and h

Author: Tyler Cowen
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: meeting, motivate, dentist, survive, love, inner, economist, incentives, discover
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-05-27
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0452289637
ISBN-13: 9780452289635

Freakonomics revealed much about our society. Now, one of America s most respected economists reveals how individuals can turn economic reasoning to their advantage in their daily life at home, at work, even on vacation. Tyler Cowen explains how understanding the incentives that work best with each individual is the key to successful and satisfactory daily interactions from getting the kids to do the dishes to having a productive business meeting, attracting a mate to finding a good guide in a foreign country. Discovering your inner economist, Cowen suggests, can lead to a happier, more satisf

Author: Wendy Northcutt
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: fittest, survival, iii, awards, darwin
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2004-09-28
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0452285720
ISBN-13: 9780452285729

Honoring those who improve our gene pool by inadvertently removing themselves from it, The Darwin Awards III includes more than one hundred brand new, hilariously macabre mishaps and misadventures. From a sheriff who inadvertently shot himself twice, to the insurance defrauder who amputated his leg with a chainsaw; from a farmer who avoided bee stings by sealing his head in a plastic bag to the man crushed by the branch he just trimmed, The Darwin Awards III proves again that when it comes to stupidity, no species does it like we do. Featuring scientific and safety discussions and filled wit

Author: Wendy Northcutt
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: darwin, awards, books, plume, evolution, action
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2002-04-30
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0452283442
ISBN-13: 9780452283442

"Only two things are infinite-the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not so sure about the universe." -Albert Einstein Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards vividly portrays the finest examples of evolution in action, and shows us just how uncommon common sense can be. Marvel at the thief who steals electrical wires without shutting off the current. Gape at the lawnchair jockey who floats to a height of 16,000 feet suspended by helium balloons. Learn from the man who peers into a gasoline can using a cigarette lighter. All three -- an

Author: Tony Buzan
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: memory, improving, third, techniques, new, dramatic, perfect
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1991-01-30
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0452266068
ISBN-13: 9780452266063

Now in a totally updated edition--the secrets of how to stretch memory skills to the fullest. Buzan has devised an ingenious system for memory improvement, geared to handle each specific memory problem--from everyday names and phone numbers to special programs for card players to showing students how to prepare for and get optimum results on exams.

Authors:A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice,
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: beauty, sleeping, punishment
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1999-05-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0452281431
ISBN-13: 9780452281431

An erotic novel of discipline, love, and surrender for the enjoyment of men and women. This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice’s elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and t

Authors:Vinay Rai, William Simon,
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: means, american, power, world, india, rise, think
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-07-29
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0452289580
ISBN-13: 9780452289581

If you don t read this book, you are going to be left behind. The future of the world will be determined by India. Richard D Aveni, Professor of Strategic Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and author of Hypercompetition With 1.1 billion residents and the fastest growing free market economy, the world s largest democracy is poised to dominate the world stage. Vinay Rai, one of India s top businessmen and philanthropists, gives an insider s view into his country s dynamic transformation and meteoric rise. With the economy soaring at eight percent a year, India is a me