Jumping to Confusions

Jumping to Confusions
Author: Liz Rettig
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2008-12-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407047566

A brilliantly funny tale of romantic confusion! Cat is fat and boring - or so she thinks. Her mum is a stick insect and so is her twin sister Tessa - a bit of a spoilt brat who can get any boy she wants. There's a new arrival in their town from the USA - Josh, the son of their dad's boss. He's gorgeous so Tessa is keen and Cat knows she doesn't have a chance... But Josh seems strangely uninterested in Tess. Cat thinks there must be more to the situation... She and Josh become friends and eventually she thinks she's got to the bottom of the mystery...maybe Josh just isn't into girls at all...? Now she has a new best gay friend, cat's life is much happier, and she and Josh get on wonderfully. If only things could stay that simple...

Young Törless

Young Törless
Author: Robert Musil
Publisher: Harvill Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1971
Genre: German fiction
ISBN:

It Sounded Better in My Head

It Sounded Better in My Head
Author: Nina Kenwood
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250219272

William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist! From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender and funny love letter to coming of age, and first love and its confusions, perfect for fans of Booksmart and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. She’d always imagined she would end up with Zach one day—in the version of her life that played out like a TV show, with just the right amount of banter, pining, and meaningful looks. Now everything has changed, and nothing is quite making sense. And then, an unexpected romance with Zach’s older brother comes along and shakes things up even further...

My Desperate Love Diary

My Desperate Love Diary
Author: Liz Rettig
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

I am absolutely over the moon. G spoke to me today. Kelly Ann is desperately in love with G--hopelessly, recklessly in love. The only problem? G is the biggest loser in school, and not the dorky kind, but the slimeball, cheating, self-obsessed variety. Her best friends can see how awful G is, and also that KellyAnn's quietly gorgeous friend Chris is madly in love with her. But Kelly Ann stumbles along blindly, unable to see what is right in front of her eyes. This laugh-out-loud, and truly desperate, love diary chronicles the highs and the lows of a year in the life of an endearing teenage girl.

Confusion de Confusiones [1688]

Confusion de Confusiones [1688]
Author: José de la Vega
Publisher: Colchis Books
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1957
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This book is the first that describes the practices of any stock exchange; it makes evident a high development of practices, with puts, calls, pools, and manipulations; and it appeared as early as the seventeenth century. Not inappropriately the stock exchange described is that of Amsterdam, a city which at the date of the volume’s publication —1688 — was still the leading financial center of the world. The book, to be sure, is hardly a systematic account of the institution; the author pursued moral, philosophical, and rhetorical objectives, and, while saying a lot that seems now to be of little value, manages somehow to leave unsaid a great deal that would be of interest for us. Nevertheless, it represents, even in its peculiar form, a really important source of information about the stock exchange, and indeed about the Dutch business world of that period.

Beyond the Black Door

Beyond the Black Door
Author: A.M. Strickland
Publisher: Imprint
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250198755

Beyond the Black Door is a young adult dark fantasy about unlocking the mysteries around and within us—no matter the cost... Everyone has a soul. Some are beautiful gardens, others are frightening dungeons. Soulwalkers—like Kamai and her mother—can journey into other people's souls while they sleep. But no matter where Kamai visits, she sees the black door. It follows her into every soul, and her mother has told her to never, ever open it. When Kamai touches the door, it is warm and beating, like it has a pulse. When she puts her ear to it, she hears her own name whispered from the other side. And when tragedy strikes, Kamai does the unthinkable: she opens the door. A.M. Strickland's imaginative dark fantasy features court intrigue and romance, a main character coming to terms with her asexuality, and twists and turns as a seductive mystery unfolds that endangers not just Kamai's own soul, but the entire kingdom ... An Imprint Book “I couldn’t put down this deliciously dark dream of a fantasy.” —New York Times bestselling author Lisa Maxwell “A dark delight, gorgeously written and as twisty and enigmatic as a labyrinth at twilight. I wanted to stay lost in its pages forever, wandering ever deeper into the maze of Strickland’s beguiling, intricately imagined world.” —Margaret Rogerson, New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens

My Now Or Never Diary by Kelly Ann

My Now Or Never Diary by Kelly Ann
Author: Liz Rettig
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2006
Genre: Diary fiction
ISBN: 0552553344

Kelly Ann has only just come to her senses and realised that G - the boy she's fancied all year - is a total nerd, and Chris - the boy next door who's been in love with her all year - is the one for her. But does that mean she'll live happily ever after with Chris, discovering the joys of sex and advising her mates in the ways of true love?

10 Books that Screwed Up the World

10 Books that Screwed Up the World
Author: Benjamin Wiker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2008-05-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 159698063X

You’ve heard of the "Great Books"? These are their evil opposites. From Machiavelli's The Prince to Alfred Kinsey’s Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, from Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto to Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa, these "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, the breakdown of the family, and disastrous social experiments. And yet the toxic ideas peddled in these books are more popular and pervasive than ever. In fact, they might influence your own thinking without your realizing it. Fortunately, Professor Benjamin Wiker is ready with an antidote, exposing the beguiling errors in each of these evil books. Witty, learned, and provocative, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World provides a quick education in the worst ideas in human history and explains how we can avoid them in the future.

My Rocky Romance Diary

My Rocky Romance Diary
Author: Liz Rettig
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2010-08-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 140707637X

Kelly Ann is all loved-up with her gorgeous soulmate, Chris, so there's no way she's going to let her attraction for the dark and dangerous new boy at school go any further. OK, so he rides a cool Harley Davidson motorbike, plays in a cool band and has dedicated a song to her. But she's not going to let that rock her relationship with Chris, is she? Besides, Kelly Ann has other things to worry about. Like being dragged through the mud by a rogue Great Dane, locked out of the house by an eight year old she's supposed to be babysitting and that YouTube video that shows her grappling with a half-naked guy in Pizza Express - 200,000 hits and counting in just twelve hours...