«Sono stata incredibilmente fortunata ad avere una madre come la mia e un fratello come Clyde. Ho avuto l'opportunità di crescere con due persone che, ogni volta che potevano, sapevano divertirsi. Penso che sia questa la mia nuova missione: apprezzare di più le mie giornate, imparare da mamma. Perché non ci sono dubbi: sono la persona più fortunata del mondo.» Se non fosse stato per Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson non sarebbe mai diventata Whoopi Goldberg. Nera, povera, madre single nella New York degli anni Cinquanta, Emma ha cresciuto i suoi figli tra indicibili difficoltà eppure, orgogliosa, pratica e indomabile, è riuscita a trasmettere loro il più importante degli insegnamenti: nella vita non bisogna rassegnarsi a sopravvivere ma impegnarsi sempre per fiorire e risplendere. In questo memoir intimo e sentito Whoopi Goldberg condivide per la prima volta moltissimi aneddoti personali della vita della sua famiglia. Cosa ha significato crescere nelle case popolari di New York, le gite a Coney Island, gli spettacoli di pattinaggio artistico sul ghiaccio, le visite ai musei, e poi la magia più bella, quella che si ripeteva ogni Natale davanti all'albero scintillante di lucine e affollato di pacchetti luccicanti. Ancora oggi per Whoopi è un mistero come sua madre sia riuscita a dare a lei e a suo fratello maggiore Clyde un'infanzia così piena e stimolante, malgrado la povertà e gli ostacoli contro cui combatteva giorno dopo giorno. Solo da adulta Whoopi si è resa conto di quanto traumatiche fossero state alcune di quelle battaglie. Questo libro è il commovente, tenero e divertente

From the provocative and hilarious EGOT winner, bestselling author, and host ofThe View, Whoopi Goldberg, comes the perfect antidote to all those outdated relationship advice books in the world, weighing in on why marriage isn't for everybody, and how the life you want shouldn't be the life everyone else expects you to have.

Whoopi Goldberg has been an electrifying, envelope-pushing public figure of many stripes: acclaimed actor, comedienne, singer, songwriter, author, political activist and talk show host. Now, Whoopi will speak openly about why marriage isn't for everyone, how being alone can be satisfying, and how what's most important is understanding who you are and what makes you happy. Wise, funny, and conversation-starting, Whoopi's message is sure to resonate with the millions of people who struggle with relationships every day.

Goldberg says: "I get to hear from a lot of different people about relationships and this got me trying to figure out why the divorce rate is SO high. It occurred to me that as one who has done it badly often, I might have some insight. It's hard to really know the other person's agenda, but if someone says 'you complete me'...RUN!!!"

These are 50 exciting new recipes for America's most decadently delicious food, from classic Southern preparations to new twists by chefs across the country, paired with 25 perfect sides--the best of the crispiest birds around, as selected by the founder of the South Beach and New York City Wine & Food Festival.

Everyone has their own take on fried chicken: some let it brine with lots of salt and spices, some bathe it in buttermilk, and some batter or even double batter it. Lee Brian Schrager, founder and director of the New York City and South Beach Wine & Food Festivals, roadtripped to find the 50 most delicious and inventive fried chicken, representing everything from roadside chicken fry joints to four-star fusion restaurants.

“Whoopi Goldberg takes on the decline of our country’s civility.”
–USA Today

Have you noticed people aren’t as polite as they once were or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that bad manners are taking over everywhere. Just look and you’ll see:

· People yak on cell phones in restaurants, and even at church.
· Folks in carpools wear enough cologne to make your eyes bleed.
· Family outings to the ballpark are ruined by rowdy drunks.
· People talk in movie theaters like they are in their living rooms.

Well, Whoopi Goldberg has noticed all this and more and asked herself, “Is it just me” Unleashing her trademark irreverence and humor, her book of observations takes a funny and excruciatingly honest look at how a loss of civility is messing with the quality of life for all of us.

Jessica is worse than worried when she learns that the Nutcracker School of Ballet might lose its lease! Life just wouldn't be the same without the ballet classes she shares with her Sugar Plum sisters. Her problems mount when she rescues an adorable stray kitty on her way home from class. The animal shelters can't take the cat for weeks, so Jessica hopes the cat can live at the Nutcracker School in the meantime. But the school is already in trouble, and a cat could be just what the landlord needs to bring down the curtain on the ballerinas--permanently.

Terrel is always in charge, whether she's making lists for grocery shopping (her favorite hobby, AFTER ballet), keeping her brothers in line, or organizing father-daughter time in with her dad. Lately, though, her dad's been acting a little strange--wearing new clothes and way too much aftershave. Things get even weirder  when he surprises Terrel with his new girlfriend during a night out at the ballet - a night that was supposed to be father-daughter time. What's more, his "date" brought her niece along. A niece who turns out to be Terrel's ballerina nemesis, Tiara Girl! With some Sugar Plum help, Terrel takes charge of breaking up her father's new relationship.

In a book laced with her trademark humor, a veteran comedian and co-host of the The View shares stories of when she has been forced to deal with tough situations in family, marriage, friendship and business, navigating through them with healthy honesty, which she believes has all but vanished in the era of the volatile pundit. 300,000 first printing.

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Perfectionistic Jerzey Mae desperately wants to be a ballet dancer. But she's frustrated by her own lack of talent--and by her friends' jokes about her terrible dancing. Things get even worse when her little brother Mason attends her ballet class, totally embarrassing Jerzey in front of her prima ballerina idol, Miss Camilla Freeman. When Jerzey learns that Miss Camilla will be attending their recital, she's determined not to make a fool of herself again. But her efforts to learn her dance are continually thwarted--until she finds help in a very unexpected place.

Stephen King's unparalleled imagination is in full force in this collection of four unabridged short stories originally found in the classic, Nightmares & Dreamscapes. An all-star cast of readers bring to life these timeless stories from the darkest places, including the tale Dolan's Cadillac: soon to be a feature film starring Christian Slater, Wes Bentley, and Emmanuelle Vaugier.

A widowed husband spends seven years plotting revenge for his wife's murder in Dolan's Cadillac. A school teacher discovers her students are not what they seem in Suffer the Little Children. In Crouch End, a woman fears that supernatural events may have led to her husband's disappearance. And in Rainy Season, a young couple is forced into the ultimate battle of Man vs. Nature when torrential rain turns deadly.

Rob Lowe, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, and Yeardley Smith lend their voices to this haunting collection of classic stories that no Stephen King fan should be without.

As the first decade of Peanuts closes, it seems only fittingto bid farewell to that halcyon decade with a cover starring Patty, oneof the original three Peanuts. Major new additions to classic Peanutslore come fast and furious here. Snoopy begins to take up residenceatop his doghouse, and his repertoire of impressions increasesexponentially. Lucy sets up her booth and offers her first five-centpsychiatric counsel. (Her advice to a forlorn Charlie Brown: "Get overit.") For the very first time, Linus spends all night in the pumpkinpatch on his lonely vigil for the Great Pumpkin (although he lamentsthat he was a victim of "false doctrine," he's back 12 months later).Linus also gets into repeated, and visually explosive, scuffles with ablanket-stealing Snoopy, suffers the first depredations of hisblanket-hating grandmother, and falls in love with his new teacher MissOthmar. Even more importantly, several years after the last addition tothe cast ("Pig-Pen"), Charlie Brown's sister Sally makes her appearance—first as an (off-panel) brand new baby for Charlie to gush over, thenas a toddler and eventually a real, talking, thinking cast member. (Bythe end of this volume, she'll already start developing her crush onLinus.) All this, and one of the most famous Peanuts stripsever: "Happiness is a warm puppy." Almost one hundred of the 731 stripscollected in this volume (including many Sundays) have never beencollected in any book since their original release, with one hundredmore having been collected only once in relatively obscure and nowimpossible-to-find books; in other words, close to one quarter of thestrips have never been seen by anyone but the most avid Peanuts completists.

The introduction is by comedienne extraordinaire Whoopi Goldberg, who reveals which Peanutscharacter she has tattooed on her body (and where)—as well as tellingof her meeting with "Sparky" Schulz, and her fascinating theory onSnoopy's brother Spike. As always, this volume is gorgeously designedby award-winning cartoonist Seth. The Complete Peanutscontinues to receive national and international media attention for itssophisticated treatment of one of the 20th Century's defining Americanclassics.

A 2007 Eisner Award winner: Best Archival Collection/Project: Strips; a 2007 Harvey Award winner: Best Domestic Reprint Project.