J.P. Romney's The Monster on the Road Is Me is a darkly comic debut novel about the unexpected strength we find when we are tested beyond our limits.It starts with the crows. When you see them, you know he's found you.Koda Okita is a high school student in modern-day Japan who isn't very popular. He suffers from narcolepsy and has to wear a watermelon-sized helmet to protect his head in case he falls. But Koda couldn't care less about his low social ...

Delve into the curious history of print and publishing—from the Gutenberg Bible and Shakespeare's folios to rare book forgers, literary scandals, and more.The printing press is one history's greatest achievements. It allowed us to record and spread some of humanity's most brilliant ideas. But let's not forget that humankind is also full of idiots. In Printer's Error, historian J.P. Romney and rare book specialist Rebecca Romney take readers on a rollicking ...

Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been viewed as one of the highest achievements of human innovation. But the march of progress hasn't been smooth; downright bizarre is more like it. Printer's Error chronicles some of the strangest and most humorous episodes in the history of Western printing.Take, for example, the Gutenberg Bible. While the book is regarded as the first printed work in the Western world, Gutenberg's name doesn't appear any...