Books published by Griffin Publishing

Helps you learn how to make over seventy macrame knots and small repeat patterns, and then use them to create a wide range of projects. In this title, each knot is shown in a close-up photograph with clear step-by-step diagrams showing how they are tied.

Glamorous "Vogue" magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is the most powerful style-maker in the world. She influences designers, wholesalers, and retailers globally. Based on interviews, this biography chronicles the insecure and creative climb of this powerhouse to the top of the bitchy, competitive fashion magazine world.

Stuck. That's how 33-year-old aspiring singer Celeste Duncan feels. Stuck with her deadbeat boyfriend and static career. But then Celeste receives a puzzling phone call and a box full of mysterious family heirlooms, which just might be the first real clue to the identity of the father she never knew.

Inevitable market rises (and dips) and the miracle of compounding will build, over a minimum two decades, real wealth. This book offers information about investing, and discusses how careful investing can capture many of big-company stock valuations that will be seen in time to have been tremendous buys.

Presents a guide with everything needed to turn the least sophisticated drinker into a sauce-slinger extraordinaire in no time flat. Despite the informative anecdotes, sidebars, and factoids, the focus is still on explaining the basics of mixology, including: the setup of a professional bar; the tools of the trade and how to use them; and more.

Tells the readers how to train their cats to prevent the most common household problems: how to stop a cat from clawing the furniture; how to prevent a cat from begging for food before his mealtime; how to train domestic cats to get along instead of fighting; how to deal with a cat who won't use his litter box; and, more.

When Summer meets Max Delaney, she instantly falls under his spell. Max is a master of submission, and Summer yearns to be dominated by him body and soul. Max tutors her in the pleasures of submissive sex, and together they explore Summer's most hidden fantasies. But can she surrender to her ultimate desire: to share herself with 3 men at once?

Illustrated with more than 180 black and white photos that show readers: warm up stretches and breathing exercises; standing yoga poses that can be done with the aid of a chair; seated poses; relaxation poses; and effective meditation techniques.

There's always time for a little mental exercise and what better way to flex your mental muscles than with sudoku? This title includes 100 sudoku puzzles.

Explains how to: plan ahead, spend less time at the supermarket, cut down on prep time, group similar kitchen tasks together to get them all done at once, make kitchen clean-up more manageable, and use the freezer, computer, and your head to create a month full of delicious meals.

Includes one hundred sudoku puzzles. This book features big grids with lots of space for easy solving.

There's always time for a little mental exercise and what better way to flex your mental muscles than with sudoku? This title features 100 easy to hard puzzles.

In their own brutally candid, often moving words, Marines tell why they are Marines, what inspires them to fight so fiercely, and why some grow to love battle.

Brighten your day with sudoku!This collection of easy-to-solve sudoku puzzles from puzzlemaster Will Shortz is perfect for solvers looking for a fun way to unwind this summer. So grab a pencil and watch these sunny puzzles chase the clouds away. Features:100 easy to hard puzzles Edited by legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz Big grids with lots of space for easy solving

Hanna has recently ended a two year relationship with Gray, a guy she was crazy about, because there just weren't any sparks. But everything changes when she meets J M, an instructor who teaches workshops in Tantric sex and Kama Sutra. But when Gray re-enters her life determined to show her sensual bliss, Hanna has an important decision to make.

Moving to sunny Southern Cal feels like punishment to 17-year-old Anne. The hippieish school is different from her old one on the East Coast, and the social scene is all about hanging out at the beach and surfing. When Chris - the gorgeous guy in school - reaches out to Anne and offers to teach her how to surf, sparks fly in more ways than one.

People have heard fleeting rumours about The Club. Located just outside Washington, D.C., only its members know where men go when they want to indulge the desire to share their women with a carefully selected male partner. John "Mac" McCoy resigned his membership from The Club when he married Keiley Hardin.

Do you consider your dog part of the family? More than 53 per cent of dog owners do. But when dogs are treated like humans, behaviour problems can develop. This book tackles basic training and problem behaviours of the dog. It discusses puppies and adult dogs, even special needs dogs, and tells how to choose the right dog for your family.

The "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers a hilarious and heartfelt new novel about a personal chef and her search for true love, who tires of serving so many others and whose life is about to take an unexpected turn.

The new commandments according to Rethinking Life and Death. --If you must take human life, take responsibility for the consequences of your decisions.--All human life is not of equal worth; treat beings in accordance to the ethical situation at hand.--Respect a person's desire to live or die.A profound and provocative work, Rethinking Life and Death, in the tradition of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, examines the ethical dilemmas that confront us as we near the twenty-first century.

TL has returned to his hometown of Swamp Creek, this time to stay. However, he's haunted by his sister's death all those years ago and when he moves into his recently-deceased mother's house, he struggles to make it his home.

"Colourful" is not sufficient to describe Buddy Cianci. He is seen by many as a brilliantly successful politician and by others as a rogue. Full of surprising stories and outrageous anecdotes, this is a one-of-a-kind memoir by a master of the political game.

It's Japan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. When a long-buried skeleton with mysterious links to the shogun suddenly comes to light, Sano and his wife Reiko must confront dangerous secrets.

Aims to help those who want to change someone - to make him or her more generous, less angry, more romantic, or less impatient. This book tell how to: inspire loyalty; eliminate prejudice; turn anyone's mood around fast; stop stubborn behaviour; make a wallflower into a social butterfly; stop passive aggressive behaviour; and more.

In the three decades since Kool Herc first put the same record on two side-by-side turntables, DJs have moved out of city parks, house and block parties, and the darkened booths of nightclubs, and onto center stage, performing before admiring crowds of thousands. They have not only given rise to hip-hop and house-DJs have influenced fashion, film, TV, and more. With On the Record, Scratch DJ Academy, the premiere institution for DJ education, brings together years of training and expertise to create an authoritative guide to the dynamic art of DJing. More than just a "how-to," this is a sonic adventure, guiding you through forty years of music, creativity, and culture. From beat matching to body tricks, Grandmaster Flash to Fatboy Slim, the Bronx to Ibiza, On the Record is an all-in-one guide. So whether you're learning the ropes, considering going pro, or just want insight into a broader range of music, this book is for you.

A guide to mental self-defence that delivers information and walks you though the thirty-five decisions you need to make in order to save your life, including: decide you are your own bodyguard; decide it can happen to you; decide to remain active vs reactive; and decide to go "nuts."

When the wife of a North Korean diplomat in Pakistan dies under suspicious circumstances, O is told to investigate, with a curious provison: Don't look too closely at the details, and stay away from the question of missiles. O finds himself on a trail that leads from Pyongyang to the streets of New York and the shores of Lake Geneva.