 | Fourth Comings: A Jessica Darling Novel (Jessica Darling Novels)
Release Date: September 9, 2008| Series: Jessica Darling Novels The New York Times Bestseller“Acidly funny, imaginatively profane, and, above all, a sharp reflection of the what-to-do-now, post-college dilemma.”—Miami Herald Is the real world ready for Jessica Darling?At first it seems she’s living the New York City dream. She’s subletting an apartment with her best friend, working for a magazine that actually cares about her psychology degree, and still deeply in love with the charismatic Marcus Flutie. But reality is more complicated than dreamy cli...
 |  | The Ask: A Novel
Release Date: March 2, 2010Milo Burke, a development officer at a third-tier university, has “not been developing”: after a run-in with a well-connected undergrad, he finds himself among the burgeoning class of the newly unemployed. Grasping after odd jobs to support his wife and child, Milo is offered one last chance by his former employer: he must reel in a potential donor—a major “ask”—who, mysteriously, has requested Milo’s involvement. But it turns out that the ask is Milo’s sinister college classmate Purdy Stuart. And the “give̶...
|  | You're Making That Face Again: Zits Sketchbook No. 13
Release Date: October 19, 2010| Series: Zits Sketchbook (Book 13) Lauded by the Los Angeles Times "as one of the freshest and most imaginative comic strips" and designated as Best Newspaper Comic Strip twice by the National Cartoonists Society, Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman's Zits chronicles many of the scenes that play out under the rooftops of more than 80.5 million homes across the country.Artfully exploring insecurities, societal pressures, and just plain teenage goofiness, Scott and Borgman contrast the experiences of adolescence and parenthood. Sixteen-year-old Jeremy Duncan is learning ...
|  | The Power of Positive Idiocy
Release Date: April 6, 2010From David Feherty, the notorious ex-pro and golf commentator at CBS Sports, comes a hilarious new collection of rants sure to surprise and crack up hackers everywhere. In The Power of Positive Idiocy, readers will be treated to Feherty’s distinctive commentary on aging, Texas, women on the golf course, the Irish, parenting, addiction, Charles Barkley, and, of course, every pro golfer and golfing situation you’d ever want to read about. He also graciously (or in some instances unforgivingly) answers his fans’ questions and passes on his u...
|  | Significant Others (Tales of the City, Book 5)
Release Date: September 6, 1989 Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer, and the world’s most beautiful fat woman. Significant Others is Armistead Maupin’s cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia....
|  | Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits
Release Date: September 1, 2009Hang on to your hats! We’re in for some fiercely funny weather and crackling-sharp observations from Celia Rivenbark, of whom USA Today has said, "Think Dave Barry with a female point of view." With her incomparable style and sassy southern wit, you’ll hear from Celia on: The joys of remodeling Tara How Harry Potter bitch-slaps Nancy Drew Britney’s To-Do list: pick okra, cover that thang up How rugby-playing lesbians torpedoed beach day Why French women suck at competitive eating The truth about nature deficit disorder The difference between c...
|  | How To Play the Harmonica: and Other Life Lessons
Publication Date: August 1, 2009Filled with ideas for how to liven up your life, How to Play the Harmonica is the perfect companion for keeping you happy. Lost your dog? Call him home with a shrill whistle on your harmonica. Bored at work? Impress your colleagues with your witty banter and new thoughts on life. Tired of cooking? Throw in the apron and head out for Chinese . . . in Beijing. With the harmonica as his guide, Sam Barry leads the way to higher sense of self and fun.As a former minister, reporter, activist, bohemian, writer and artist, Sam Barry knows a great many things about l...
|  | Notes from the Underwire: Adventures from My Awkward and Lovely Life
Release Date: July 7, 2009"Erma Bombeck with an edge." --U.S.A. Today "Quinn Cummings is a master story-teller and her book is nothing short of delightful.Her insights into topics like celebrity, parenting, and cats with a taste for homicide are pithy and uproarious and not to be missed.Notes from the Underwire is charming, hilarious, and just snarky enough to be ultimately satisfying." --Jen Lancaster, bestselling author of Bitter is the New Black and Such a Pretty Fat
"I hadn't laughed out loud while reading a book for years, but Quinn Cumming's struggles nearly did me in. Although ...
|  | Succubus Dreams (Georgina Kincaid, Book 3)
Release Date: October 1, 2008Some days, a girl just can't catch a break......especially when the girl in question is Georgina Kincaid, a shape-shifting succubus who gets her energy from seducing men. First there's her relationship with gorgeous bestselling writer Seth Mortensen, which is unsatisfying on a number of levels. It's not just that they can't have sex in case Georgina inadvertently kills him (generally a turn-off for most guys). Lately, even spending time together is a challenge. Seth's obsessed with finishing his latest novel, and Georgina's under demonic orders to mentor the new ...
|  | Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure: A Tara Holloway Novel
Release Date: November 1, 2011| Series: Tara Holloway Tara Holloway has got your number. A special agent on the IRS’s payroll, she’s dead-set on making sure that money crimes don’t pay…Tax cheats, beware: The Treasury Department’s Criminal Investigations Division has a new special agent on its payroll. A recovering tomboy with a head for numbers, Tara’s fast becoming the Annie Oakley of the IRS—kicking ass, taking social security numbers, and keeping the world safe for honest taxpayers. Or else.Tara’s latest mission finds her in hot pursuit of ...
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