The Gay Uncle's Guide to Parenting
Candid Counsel from the Depths of the Daycare Trenches
Written by Brett Berk
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
When your toddler's bowel movements seem more important than world peace, mealtimes require strategic negotiations, and you haven't had a night out in eight months, it's time to admit something needs to change. Let Gay Uncle Brett Berk take you by the hand and walk you down the path to parental... Read more >
Candid Counsel from the Depths of the Daycare Trenches
Written by Brett Berk
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
When your toddler's bowel movements seem more important than world peace, mealtimes require strategic negotiations, and you haven't had a night out in eight months, it's time to admit something needs to change. Let Gay Uncle Brett Berk take you by the hand and walk you down the path to parental... Read more >
The Department of Homeland Decency
Decency Rules and Regulations Manual
Written by Susan Fuller and Frank Fuller
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $10.95
Looking back at history, Americans have begun to realize that things were a lot better a long time ago. Men worked all day, raised large families, and didn’t expect others to pay for their health care. Their wives stayed at home and cooked, cleaned, and made themselves look pretty, just as... Read more >
Decency Rules and Regulations Manual
Written by Susan Fuller and Frank Fuller
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $10.95
Looking back at history, Americans have begun to realize that things were a lot better a long time ago. Men worked all day, raised large families, and didn’t expect others to pay for their health care. Their wives stayed at home and cooked, cleaned, and made themselves look pretty, just as... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide
Written by Jill Conner Browne
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2007
Price: $13.95
You are cordially invited to attend...
The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage (and ending one—flip this book right on over if you're looking for advice on dumping a deadweight hubby!), so who better to provide this handy wedding planner? And even if you're not planning... Read more >
Written by Jill Conner Browne
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2007
Price: $13.95
You are cordially invited to attend...
The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage (and ending one—flip this book right on over if you're looking for advice on dumping a deadweight hubby!), so who better to provide this handy wedding planner? And even if you're not planning... Read more >
I Killed
True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics
Written by Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2007
Price: $13.95
Read more >
True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics
Written by Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2007
Price: $13.95
Read more >
There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say
Written by Paula Poundstone
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2007
Price: $13.95
Part memoir, part monologue, with a dash of startling honesty, There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Paula Poundstone can’t help digressing to tell her own story. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Joan of Arc... Read more >
Written by Paula Poundstone
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2007
Price: $13.95
Part memoir, part monologue, with a dash of startling honesty, There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Paula Poundstone can’t help digressing to tell her own story. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Joan of Arc... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
All the Rage
The Boondocks Past and Present
Written by Aaron McGruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $16.95
Here are the latest, greatest, and last of the daily and Sunday strips; banned comics that have never been seen before, with Aaron McGruder’s commentary on them; and interviews and profiles of the man behind the rage. All the Rage is a must for any true Boondocks fan. Read more >
The Boondocks Past and Present
Written by Aaron McGruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $16.95
Here are the latest, greatest, and last of the daily and Sunday strips; banned comics that have never been seen before, with Aaron McGruder’s commentary on them; and interviews and profiles of the man behind the rage. All the Rage is a must for any true Boondocks fan. Read more >
Who Hates Whom
Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
Written by Bob Harris
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $11.95
The daily news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and who’s arming whom? What’s the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir? Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah?
Finally, here’s Who Hates Whom—a handy, often stunning guide to the... Read more >
Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
Written by Bob Harris
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $11.95
The daily news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and who’s arming whom? What’s the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir? Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah?
Finally, here’s Who Hates Whom—a handy, often stunning guide to the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
One Red Paperclip
Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply
Written by Kyle MacDonald
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $13.95
Kyle MacDonald had a paperclip. One red paperclip, a dream, and a resume to write. And bills to pay. Oh, and a very patient girlfriend who was paying the rent while he was once again “between jobs.” Kyle wanted to be able to provide for himself and his girlfriend, Dominique. He... Read more >
Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply
Written by Kyle MacDonald
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $13.95
Kyle MacDonald had a paperclip. One red paperclip, a dream, and a resume to write. And bills to pay. Oh, and a very patient girlfriend who was paying the rent while he was once again “between jobs.” Kyle wanted to be able to provide for himself and his girlfriend, Dominique. He... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
It's a Guy Thing
Awesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male Mind
Written by Scott Seegert
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $13.95
Man may have invented the wheel, but it was a Guy who first looked at an ordinary pogo stick and realized it would be greatly improved by the addition of a combustible-gas-powered engine; a Guy who invented a high-five simulator so he’d never be left hanging again; a Guy who dared... Read more >
Awesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male Mind
Written by Scott Seegert
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $13.95
Man may have invented the wheel, but it was a Guy who first looked at an ordinary pogo stick and realized it would be greatly improved by the addition of a combustible-gas-powered engine; a Guy who invented a high-five simulator so he’d never be left hanging again; a Guy who dared... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers
Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
Written by Michael Abrams
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $13.95
The Wright Brothers were wimps.
Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals—the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.
People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the... Read more >
Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
Written by Michael Abrams
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $13.95
The Wright Brothers were wimps.
Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals—the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.
People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Goomba Diet
Living Large and Loving It
Written by Steven R. Schirripa and Charles Fleming
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $12.95
Hey, goomba! Are you on the Goomba Diet? Do you need to be?
• Do they put up crime scene tape after you visit the buffet table?
• Is the air freshener in your car a slice of provolone?
Stop crying! The Goomba Diet is here—the dolce vita diet that shows you how to... Read more >
Living Large and Loving It
Written by Steven R. Schirripa and Charles Fleming
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $12.95
Hey, goomba! Are you on the Goomba Diet? Do you need to be?
• Do they put up crime scene tape after you visit the buffet table?
• Is the air freshener in your car a slice of provolone?
Stop crying! The Goomba Diet is here—the dolce vita diet that shows you how to... Read more >
The Remarkable Millard Fillmore
The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President
Written by George Pendle
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $13.95
Millard Fillmore has been mocked, maligned, or, most cruelly of all, ignored by generations of historians--but no more! This unbelievable new biography finally rescues the unlucky thirteenth U.S. president from the dustbin of history and shows why a man known as a blundering, arrogant, shallow, miserable failure was really our greatest... Read more >
The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President
Written by George Pendle
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $13.95
Millard Fillmore has been mocked, maligned, or, most cruelly of all, ignored by generations of historians--but no more! This unbelievable new biography finally rescues the unlucky thirteenth U.S. president from the dustbin of history and shows why a man known as a blundering, arrogant, shallow, miserable failure was really our greatest... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Get Stuffed
24 Projects for the Bereaved Pet Owner
Written by Chuck Iglesias
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $10.95
When Fido leaves this mortal coil for the big farm in the sky, when Fluffy doesn’t wake from her afternoon nap, when a beloved gerbil takes his last run on the exercise wheel, the grieving humans are left behind to mourn. If your pets are a much-loved part of the family... Read more >
24 Projects for the Bereaved Pet Owner
Written by Chuck Iglesias
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $10.95
When Fido leaves this mortal coil for the big farm in the sky, when Fluffy doesn’t wake from her afternoon nap, when a beloved gerbil takes his last run on the exercise wheel, the grieving humans are left behind to mourn. If your pets are a much-loved part of the family... Read more >
Dave Barry's Money Secrets
Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
Written by Dave Barry
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $13.95
Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing this book. In it, Dave explores (as only he can) such topics as:
• How the U.S. economy works, including the often overlooked role of Adam Sandler
• Why... Read more >
Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
Written by Dave Barry
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $13.95
Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing this book. In it, Dave explores (as only he can) such topics as:
• How the U.S. economy works, including the often overlooked role of Adam Sandler
• Why... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and in
large print.
Threadbared
Decades of Don'ts from the Sewing and Crafting World
Written by Kimberly Wrenn and Mary Watkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2006
Price: $17.95
A hilarious look at the home-sewing and crafting crazes of the last several decades, Threadbared is a parade of pictures of the “fabulous” clothes and “darling” decorative items that sent people rushing to their sewing machines, knitting bags, and local notions shops. These vintage photographs from instruction booklets and patterns may... Read more >
Decades of Don'ts from the Sewing and Crafting World
Written by Kimberly Wrenn and Mary Watkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2006
Price: $17.95
A hilarious look at the home-sewing and crafting crazes of the last several decades, Threadbared is a parade of pictures of the “fabulous” clothes and “darling” decorative items that sent people rushing to their sewing machines, knitting bags, and local notions shops. These vintage photographs from instruction booklets and patterns may... Read more >
