How can a pint-sized, self-avowed word nerd master otherworldly forces when she hardly has the wherewithal to master calculus? That's exactly the conundrum for Ariel Robinson, a freshman at Montana State University who encounters far more than the normal coed's share of strange new circumstances. Siren Song: Book 1 of the Siren Song Trilogy is author B.A. Blackwood's first of three wildly inventive, humor-inflected young adult fantasy novels starring fallen angels who roam the earth, and the unsuspecting who happen across their high-flying paths. With wit, suspense, and a romance that...

Weight loss is possible with the straightforward new health guide Morbid Obesity: The Real Skinny.

Written by Dr. Nick Nicholson, one of the country's leading experts on obesity, and B. A. Blackwood, this easy-to-read handbook helps patients cope with the often perplexing diagnosis of morbid obesity.

Many patients who hear such a diagnosis are sent home without any concrete idea of what it all means, what their next step should be, or what treatment options exist that improve their chances for success.

And while many doctors hand out medications to treat...