Her first Foreign Service assignment - on a mission so secret her entire staff consisted of one Air Force missile expert - and it had to be Litania, a backwater Mediterranean island-nation that has been isolated for so long the people have not even heard of the USA. But with grim determination, knowing ... more »

From the author of How to Rescue a Dead Princess comes Out of Whack, an outrageous comedy about friendship, love, following your dreams, and other really scary stuff. Seth Trexler has two goals in life: to find success with his off-the-wall sketch comedy troupe, and to win the girl of his dreams. But ... more »

Announcing a major new comic talent -- from dancing in S+M clubs to snorting Viagra, a brilliant, unflinching, and uproaurious set of stories from the edge of sex. It all starts when Lolita, Jayson Gallaway's nineteen-year-old girlfriend, delays their connubial bliss by deciding to alphabetize their ... more »

Product Info Une vingtaine d'histoires, anecdotes et autres curiosités de l'imparable Alphonse Allais, père de la pataphysique et pharmacien déjanté. more »

Product Info 25 nouvelles histoires délicatement concoctées par Alphonse Allais, avec un goût prononcé pour l'humour et la caricature sociale. more »

The Bush era has been a special time -- for the deficit (back, and larger than ever), for the countries formerly known as our allies, and for the English language. Here it all is, straight from the horse's, er, mouth. With new Bushisms coming fast and furious in this election season, ace Bushism editor ... more »

The Right Man is the first inside account of a historic year in the Bush White House, by the presidential speechwriter credited with the phrase Axis of Evil. David Frum helped make international headlines when President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address linked international terrorists ... more »

In twentieth-century African American fiction, music has been elevated to the level of religion primarily because of its Orphic, magical power to unsettle oppressive realities, to liberate the soul and to create, at least temporarily, a medium of freedom. This collection explores literary invocations ... more »

Product Info Mary is a very fastidious cleaning lady. She loves her job. Perhaps a little too much. more »

From the bestselling author of Generation X and Microserfs , comes the absurd and tender story of a hard-living movie producer and a former child beauty pageant contender who only find each other by losing themselves. Waking up in an L.A. hospital, John Johnson is amazed that it was the flu and not an ... more »

February 1964: The Beatles step onto the tarmac at JFK International Airport and turn the country on its head. It's the advent of rock and roll's uninterrupted reign, youthful rebellion, and overt teenage sex. It's also the deathblow for the pop music of another generation -- the songs of Pat Boone and ... more »

Wer kennt sie nicht, die Speerspitzen mütterlicher Erziehung? "Iss manierlich, schmatz nicht, sitz gerade!". Hier ist das ultimative Archiv für alle Sprüche, die wir uns von Kindesbeinen an von Muttern gefallen lassen müssen. Diese Enzyklopädie der mütterlichen Sprüche ist die ideale Zeitmaschine ... more »