Red Lipstick, No Drama is a humorous look into the world of flight attendants—the role, responsibilities, lifestyle, and challenges. Based on anecdotes from a real-life flight attendant, these stories reveal the unpredictability of flying, from celebrity sightings to unruly customers, all in a day’s work. For those who have flight attendant experience, have worked in a customer-oriented industry or even those who think the job is merely a “waitress in the sky”, Red Lipstick, No Drama will ...

From “weird, scary, ingenious” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and “laugh-out-loud funny” (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs.Maria Bamford is a come...

"A veteran flight attendant's hilarious take on what really happens behind the scenes at 35,000 feet." —PeopleIn her more than fifteen years as an airline flight attendant, Heather Poole has seen it all. She's witnessed all manner of bad behavior at 35,000 feet and knows what it takes for a traveler to become the most hated passenger onboard. She's slept in flight attendant crashpads in "Crew Gardens," Queens—sharing small bedrooms crammed with bunk beds with a para...

Ever wonder what Isabel thinks about such topics as: eating, email, dating, weddings, driving, umbrellas (and more)?Her behavioral manifesto: Isabel Spellman's Guide to Etiquette: What Is Wrong with You People will answer these and other common etiquette questions.

In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love.Starting in 1975, Vietnam’s “boat people”—desperate families seeking freedom—fled the Communist government and violence in their country any way they could, usually by boat across the South China Sea. Vicky Nguyen and her family were ...

The popular humorist discusses the intricacies of being a man, from beauty routines and DIY projects to Star Wars and the Superbowl.Everyone loves Dave Barry. His irreverent bestselling books incite universal laughter. In "The Greatest Invention in the History of Mankind is Beer" and Other Manly Insights from Dave Barry, Dave goes on a testosterone riff, enlightening all about the intricacies of being male. Men everywhere can relate to this book's ...

The series of Twenty Funny Stories are made up of twenty short, humorous stories per book  in the similar vein of flash fiction only these are flash funny. From a simple smile to hysterical laughter, that is what this book sets out to give you. The author draws on various family, friends (or no longer friends), and situations to tickle your funny bone. These stories are guaranteed to brighten your day with laughter. With all the sad things going on ...

Motherhood -- it's not for wimps.Once the zigzagging hormones and endless, bleary-eyed exhaustion of the first year have worn off, you're left with the startling realization that your tiny, immobile bundle has become a rampaging toddler, complete with his or her very own, very forceful personality.Just as Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay helped debunk decades of parenting myths to offer honest advice for the first year, Naptime Is the New Happy Hour

ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee pulls back the curtain on her life in Natural Disaster. Ginger grew up in small-town Michigan where she developed an obsession with weather as a young girl. Ginger opens up about her lifelong battle with crippling depression, her romances that range from misguided to dangerous, and her tumultuous professional path. This cyclone of stories may sound familiar to some—it's just that Ginger's personal tempests happened while she was covering some of the ...

Joe Gumm knows how to please his wife—but that's only because he learned the hard way, by doing lots of stupid things first. Now he's giving men funny and poignant ideas to keep them out of the doghouse for good and remind women every day why they love their guys so much.Written in a comedic tone, guaranteed to have wives and husbands laughing together and nodding in recognition, Romancing Mommy conquers the topic of how couples disconnect, especially after the kids are bo...

The Wall Street Journal's popular columnist Jason Gay delivers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to modern living.**“**The book you hold in your hand is a rule book. There have been rule books before—stacks upon stacks of them—but this book is unlike any other rule book you have ever read. It will not make you rich in twenty-four hours, or even seventy-two hours. It will not cause you to lose eighty pounds in a week. This book has no abdominal exercises. I h...

This hilarious book confronts every aspect of a flight attendant's absurd world—from an author who has flown the not-so-friendly skies.A flight attendant often has a healthy sense of humor about their job—they have to. And one of the funniest people to have performed that job is Rene Foss. Set against the fictional airline WAFTI ("We Apologize for This Inconvenience Airlines"), Around the World in a Bad Mood! confronts every aspect of a flight attendant's existence...