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Ant Farm
And Other Desperate Situations
Written by Simon Rich
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $12.95
In Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place–with endless comic potential.
–If your... Read more >
And Other Desperate Situations
Written by Simon Rich
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $12.95
In Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place–with endless comic potential.
–If your... Read more >
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UFOs, JFK, and Elvis
Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe
Written by Richard Belzer
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2009
Price: $15.00
"I'm not asking you to believe every conspiracy theory you'll find in this book. . . . I didn't write this book to give you all the answers. The Warren Commission did that, and the answers were all wrong. I wrote this book to inspire you to do what the powers... Read more >
Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe
Written by Richard Belzer
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2009
Price: $15.00
"I'm not asking you to believe every conspiracy theory you'll find in this book. . . . I didn't write this book to give you all the answers. The Warren Commission did that, and the answers were all wrong. I wrote this book to inspire you to do what the powers... Read more >
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Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
Written by Dave Barry
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $13.95
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and Wheel of Fortune contestant Dave Barry exposes the shattering truth. Whether he's splashing with the U.S. sychronized swim team ("Picture a bunch of elegant swans swimming with a flailing sea cow") or reliving the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving ("We've decided to obliterate your culture, but first... Read more >
Written by Dave Barry
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $13.95
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and Wheel of Fortune contestant Dave Barry exposes the shattering truth. Whether he's splashing with the U.S. sychronized swim team ("Picture a bunch of elegant swans swimming with a flailing sea cow") or reliving the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving ("We've decided to obliterate your culture, but first... Read more >
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Swish
My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happening Instead
Written by Joel Derfner
Foreword by Elton John
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $14.00
A hilarious and deeply moving account of one man’s journey from stereotype to truth.
Joel Derfner is a knitter, an aerobics instructor, a cheerleader, a go-go dancer, and a musical theater composer, but when he realizes one day that he’s a walking gay cliché he embarks on a quest for deeper meaning... Read more >
My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happening Instead
Written by Joel Derfner
Foreword by Elton John
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $14.00
A hilarious and deeply moving account of one man’s journey from stereotype to truth.
Joel Derfner is a knitter, an aerobics instructor, a cheerleader, a go-go dancer, and a musical theater composer, but when he realizes one day that he’s a walking gay cliché he embarks on a quest for deeper meaning... Read more >
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Free-Range Chickens
Written by Simon Rich
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $13.00
After a riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich returns to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world. In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his fear of the Tooth Fairy (“Is there a face fairy?”) and his initial reaction to the “Got-your-nose” game (“Please just kill me. Better to... Read more >
Written by Simon Rich
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $13.00
After a riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich returns to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world. In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his fear of the Tooth Fairy (“Is there a face fairy?”) and his initial reaction to the “Got-your-nose” game (“Please just kill me. Better to... Read more >
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Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Read by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $29.95
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Read by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $29.95
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
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Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Read by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Read by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
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Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg
Life and Other Calamities
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $22.00
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
Life and Other Calamities
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $22.00
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
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unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
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Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $22.00
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $22.00
As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win
Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
Written by Carol Leifer
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.00
Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about her age. But the choice soon became clear: “I see now that when you deny your age... Read more >
Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
Written by Carol Leifer
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.00
Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about her age. But the choice soon became clear: “I see now that when you deny your age... Read more >
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People Are Unappealing
Even Me
Written by Sara Barron
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. Her dad’s not really a homosexual. He just acts like it. Her mom, however, really is a hypochondriac), Sara Barron never stood a chance of being normal. At age eleven, she starts writing porn (“He humped me wildly with his... Read more >
Even Me
Written by Sara Barron
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. Her dad’s not really a homosexual. He just acts like it. Her mom, however, really is a hypochondriac), Sara Barron never stood a chance of being normal. At age eleven, she starts writing porn (“He humped me wildly with his... Read more >
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eBook.
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People Are Unappealing
Even Me
Written by Sara Barron
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. Her dad’s not really a homosexual. He just acts like it. Her mom, however, really is a hypochondriac), Sara Barron never stood a chance of being normal. At age eleven, she starts writing porn (“He humped me wildly with his... Read more >
Even Me
Written by Sara Barron
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. Her dad’s not really a homosexual. He just acts like it. Her mom, however, really is a hypochondriac), Sara Barron never stood a chance of being normal. At age eleven, she starts writing porn (“He humped me wildly with his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win
Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
Written by Carol Leifer
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $24.00
Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about her age. But the choice soon became clear: “I see now that when you deny your age... Read more >
Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
Written by Carol Leifer
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $24.00
Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about her age. But the choice soon became clear: “I see now that when you deny your age... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Price: $12.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Price: $12.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Rejected
Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled
Written by Jon Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $14.00
Besides being born and dying, the most common human experience is being rejected–dissed, dumped on, or downsized–by lovers, parents, and employers. Now here’s a hilarious collection of rejection stories–and rejected works–by some of today’s most accomplished comic writers and performers (some world famous) sharing their pieces that were ripped to pieces... Read more >
Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled
Written by Jon Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $14.00
Besides being born and dying, the most common human experience is being rejected–dissed, dumped on, or downsized–by lovers, parents, and employers. Now here’s a hilarious collection of rejection stories–and rejected works–by some of today’s most accomplished comic writers and performers (some world famous) sharing their pieces that were ripped to pieces... Read more >
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eBook.
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Rejected
Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled
Written by Jon Friedman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $14.00
Besides being born and dying, the most common human experience is being rejected–dissed, dumped on, or downsized–by lovers, parents, and employers. Now here’s a hilarious collection of rejection stories–and rejected works–by some of today’s most accomplished comic writers and performers (some world famous) sharing their pieces that were ripped to pieces... Read more >
Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled
Written by Jon Friedman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $14.00
Besides being born and dying, the most common human experience is being rejected–dissed, dumped on, or downsized–by lovers, parents, and employers. Now here’s a hilarious collection of rejection stories–and rejected works–by some of today’s most accomplished comic writers and performers (some world famous) sharing their pieces that were ripped to pieces... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $17.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $17.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
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eBook.
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Ditched by Dr. Right
And Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society
Written by Elizabeth Warner
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $12.95
In witty slice-of-life vignettes and laugh-out-loud cultural riffs, Elizabeth Warner shares her divinely demented view of the world. Raised by a mild-mannered psychiatrist father and a slightly off-kilter mother, Warner opted out of the life that awaited the youth of WASP heaven (aka Philadelphia’s Main Line)–that is, to be “typically weaned... Read more >
And Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society
Written by Elizabeth Warner
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $12.95
In witty slice-of-life vignettes and laugh-out-loud cultural riffs, Elizabeth Warner shares her divinely demented view of the world. Raised by a mild-mannered psychiatrist father and a slightly off-kilter mother, Warner opted out of the life that awaited the youth of WASP heaven (aka Philadelphia’s Main Line)–that is, to be “typically weaned... Read more >
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Mere Anarchy
Written by Woody Allen
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.00
Here, in his first collection since his three hilarious classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, Woody Allen has managed to write a book that not only answers the most profound questions of human existence but is also the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent... Read more >
Written by Woody Allen
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.00
Here, in his first collection since his three hilarious classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, Woody Allen has managed to write a book that not only answers the most profound questions of human existence but is also the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Clothing Optional
And Other Ways to Read These Stories
Written by Alan Zweibel
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $22.00
“Garry, it’s Alan. Look, I’m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I’m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I’ll explain later. Bye.”
In Clothing Optional, Alan Zweibel offers a collection... Read more >
And Other Ways to Read These Stories
Written by Alan Zweibel
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $22.00
“Garry, it’s Alan. Look, I’m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I’m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I’ll explain later. Bye.”
In Clothing Optional, Alan Zweibel offers a collection... Read more >
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eBook.
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Clothing Optional
And Other Ways to Read These Stories
Written by Alan Zweibel
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $22.00
“Garry, it’s Alan. Look, I’m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I’m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I’ll explain later. Bye.”
In Clothing Optional, Alan Zweibel offers a collection... Read more >
And Other Ways to Read These Stories
Written by Alan Zweibel
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $22.00
“Garry, it’s Alan. Look, I’m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I’m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I’ll explain later. Bye.”
In Clothing Optional, Alan Zweibel offers a collection... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Free-Range Chickens
Written by Simon Rich
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $17.00
In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.
In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his... Read more >
Written by Simon Rich
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $17.00
In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.
In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Free-Range Chickens
Written by Simon Rich
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.00
In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.
In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his... Read more >
Written by Simon Rich
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.00
In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.
In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Rock and Roll Cage Match
Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided
Written by Sean Manning
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
Music defines us. To return the favor, we’ll stick up with zealous passion for the performers and bands that we love . . . and heap aspersions and ridicule upon people who dare to place their allegiances above our own. In Rock and Roll Cage Match, today’s leading cultural critics, humorists... Read more >
Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided
Written by Sean Manning
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
Music defines us. To return the favor, we’ll stick up with zealous passion for the performers and bands that we love . . . and heap aspersions and ridicule upon people who dare to place their allegiances above our own. In Rock and Roll Cage Match, today’s leading cultural critics, humorists... Read more >
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eBook.
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Rock and Roll Cage Match
Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided
Written by Sean Manning
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
Music defines us. To return the favor, we’ll stick up with zealous passion for the performers and bands that we love . . . and heap aspersions and ridicule upon people who dare to place their allegiances above our own. In Rock and Roll Cage Match, today’s leading cultural critics, humorists... Read more >
Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided
Written by Sean Manning
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
Music defines us. To return the favor, we’ll stick up with zealous passion for the performers and bands that we love . . . and heap aspersions and ridicule upon people who dare to place their allegiances above our own. In Rock and Roll Cage Match, today’s leading cultural critics, humorists... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
