A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Nonfiction**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel*.***Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic lan...

MacArthur "genius" and Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of DecemberThe “best short story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in co...

‘One of the best making-of books to hit the shelves’ BooklistFor the first time, the director and co-creators of This is Spinal Tap provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary.Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into an all-time comedy classic. It pioneered the mockumentary genre and is one of the most quoted movies. Now, Reiner, ...

Bloomsbury presents Liberation Day by George Saunders, read by George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, Edi Patterson, Jenny Slate, Jack McBrayer, Melora Hardin and Stephen Root.Named a book of the year 2022 by the Sunday Times, The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, New Statesman, BBC and Waterstones'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review‘Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts ...

**Tongue twisters abound in this classic Dr. Seuss Beginner Book!A Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year**"Bed Spreaders spread spreads on beds.Bread Spreaders spread butter on breads.And that Bed Spreader better watch out how he's spreading . . .or that Bread Spreader's sure going to butter his bedding."This riotous collection weaves together a wonderment of words designed to twist the lips. Wordsmiths and beginning readers will lo...

A deliciously imaginative story about friendship—from the author / illustrator of The Scrambled States of America.Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the dozen in giant boxes."Good-bye!" Arnie yelled to each doughnut. "Have a good trip!""This is so exciting!" Arnie beamed. "I wonder who will choose ME?"Arnie Looks like an average doughnu...

The Cat in the Hat shows Young Cat the fun he can get out of reading.

"There's important information here, but it is so cleverly disguised that students will be surprised at just how much they have learned about their teeth and good dental hygiene." - School Library JournalIt's time for Tooth School, and Dr. Flossman is excited to meet the incoming class of thirty-two permanent teeth. There's just so much to learn, from brushing and flossing to dentin and pulp to every student's nightmare -- tooth decay! Spend a day in school with this goofy mouthful...

Master of horror R.L. Stine returns to his comedy roots in this laugh-out-loud, rotten-to-the-core, wildly popular chapter book series about the crazy antics at Rotten School!Bernie Bridges, the most popular fourth grader at Rotten School, has got it made with loyal friends, a girlfriend (even if she pretends she’s not), and even a heated waterbed! But what Bernie doesn’t have is a solid-gold digital watch with forty-two functions like his archriv...

A mad outpouring of made-up words and intriguing ideas.

Where the Truth Lies is a tour de force of sinister mystery, sly comedy, grand cuisine, and incredible sex—a sensual, sardonic, neo-Dickensian thriller in which a latter-day Alice careens through the seductive Wonderland of New York and Los Angeles in the dark heart of the 1970s.This novel of intrigue speeds from one vivid setting to another, all of them factually real even as they are fantastically surreal: a clandestine club in Disneyland with a dazzlingly well s...