How many times have you heard someone utter the phrase “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better”? Well, not anymore! You’re getting older . . . and here’s the book to illustrate just how old you are. Maybe there is some small measure of truth in that phrase, but only if you can ignore worn-out…
Professional hockey is the perfect melding of team effort and individual performance, in a sport that fascinates first-time viewers and engenders rabid devotion in those who’ve long followed the game. Now hocky fans everywhere will thrill to the game’s intimate details in Hockey Stories On And Off The Ice. This book delivers the fun, funny,…
Those of all religious persuasions and of none can appreciate the issues of human meaning and identity the book raises. Highly recommended." –Library Journal * This is not just another cancer journal or first-person survivor account. At equal turns poetic and profound, John McFarland offers hope and honesty, practicality and spirituality, calm and understanding, along…
Poet, anthologist, and book artist Ingrid Goff-Maidoff made this keepsake tome on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Now it is available nationwide with the same attention to detail, complete with eloquently themed verses on the topic of love.
Male friendships are special bonds, but no guy wants to admit that. I Love You Man . . . but Not Like That is a hilarious way to say, I love you maaaan, without sacrificing any testosterone. Two rules of guydom: Don’t share feelings with your buddies, and never compliment a pal without insulting him…
"Chris Rush promised that if I gave him a favorable blurb, he would agree to be placed in a secure, isolated neuropsychiatric facility, away from the rest of us. Here goes: ‘Chris’s book is crammed with good, big, sick belly laughs.’ Your turn, Chris." –George Carlin "I first saw Chris Rush thirty years ago, and…
The Journal of Irreproducible Results is the funniest thing to happen to science since Archimedes ran naked through the streets of Syracuse." —Discover Science humor magazine The Journal of Irreproducible Results has targeted "hypocrisy, arrogance, and ostentatious sesquipedalian circumlocution" since 1955. JIR editor Norman Sperling presents humorous and quirky tidbits relating to science, math, academia,…
(Hint: It’s the perfect gift for puzzlesmiths and comic lovers alike.) Answer: Sudoku Comic Digests from America’s favorite cartoonists and The Puzzle Society. This cranium-stretching compendium combines the nation’s most popular puzzling pastime, Sudoku, with John McPherson’s beloved funny page creation, Close to Home. Two hundred Sudoku puzzles are divided into five difficulty levels and…
In No Dribbling the Squid, armchair athletes–and anyone who enjoys tales of the strange and unusual–get a front-row seat at some of the world’s most mind-blowing feats of strength, endurance, and eccentricity. Here are profiles of more than 70 fringe, far-fetched, and frightening sports, all featured in up-close-and-personal photos. With everything from wayward warfare (Japanese…
This book offers tangible proof that the couple that plays together stays together." The perfect Valentine’s Day charmer, this clever book includes 10 games to inspire your inner-Cupid. With its 10 hilariously sexy games, this book is the perfect gift for your lover (or the bride- or groom-to-be) for Valentine’s Day, an anniversary, or any…
Nobody has been more important in telling Americans why we should love film than Roger Ebert. –Michael Shamberg, Editor and Publisher Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 650 full-length critical movie reviews, along with interviews, essays, tributes, film festival reports, and Q and As from Questions for the Movie Answer Man. Roger…
The relationship between mother and child begins the moment a woman learns she is pregnant. Meditations for Pregnancy is a beautiful tool for mothers-to-be to enhance that relationship, nurture their bodies through a healthy pregnancy, and focus their thoughts on a joyful birth experience. Pregnancy can inspire an overwhelming host of emotions. A woman may…