Peter Hyman wants the model/Fulbright Scholar girlfriend, the job with generous stock options and the well-appointed 2BR w/vu. Instead he routinely finds himself single and underemployed in his closet-free walk-up. The last woman he liked got back together with her lesbian lover; the one before that ... more »

IS THERE LIFE AFTER COLLEGE? In this sidesplitting follow-up to his smash hit, Ruminations on College Life, Aaron Karo takes readers on another outrageous journey -- this time through his early twenties. With hilarious anecdotes and irreverent observations, Karo captures the twentysomething experience ... more »

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 »

In The Threatening Storm, Kenneth M. Pollack, one of the worlds leading experts on Iraq, provides a masterly insiders perspective on the crucial issues facing the United States as it moves toward a new confrontation with Saddam Hussein. For the past fifteen years, as an analyst on Iraq for the Central ... more »

Does the sensation of Tingrith (1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny (2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck (3) without causing a Toronto (4)? Will you suffer from Kettering (5) this summer? Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just ... 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 »

It all begins on Christmas morning, 1978. Dan Kennedy is ten years old and wants a black Gibson Les Paul guitar, the kind Peter Frampton plays. It will be his passport to the coolest (only) band in the neighborhood--Jokerz. He doesn't get it. Instead, his parents present him with what they think he wants ... more »

Famous for his delectably dry humor, Senator Bob Dole brings us the ultimate bipartisan book: some of his favorite witticisms, hilarious remarks, and wry observations of the great political figures of this century. Bob Dole's political career may not have taken him to the White House, but he did pick ... 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 »

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 »

Can we talk? Jest Between You and Me features four chapters that poke fun at life in general and my warped clan in particular. Each tale is short enough to read on the john. The General Observations section thumbs its nose at modern annoyances -- obscene phone calls, construction zones, etc. Is it Just ... more »