In the Absence of Men: A Novel Victoria Lavine and wry--portray the pleasures and

and wry--portray the pleasures and pains of sex and romance

The sunny citrus flavor of lemon mingles with the crisp

Children aged 7-9 can marvel at the miniature bee hummingbird that flaps its wings 200 times a second or the oilbird that navigates pitch-black caves using echolocation

and the SELF Navigation Map

more people die from eating too much than from eating too little

In the Absence of Men: A Novel Victoria Lavine and wry--portray the pleasures andFrom the author of the international bestseller Lie with Me comes the tale of an affair between an aristocratic teenager and a soldier, as they discover the possibilities and perils of first love. Summer, 1916. With German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, sixteen and still too young to fight, this moment of dread is also a moment of possibility. An electrifying encounter with Marcel, an enigmatic middle aged