Mike Hepp is the tennis pro for the Pasadena Racketeers. When his ex-girlfriend Emily gets beat-up by her new beau Paullie—a cocaine dealer supplied by a Mexican cartel—Mike gets called in to save her. Paullie mistakes Mike for a cop. They fight. The Sheriffs arrive to break it up. Emily flees with Mike to his house, but she disappears unexpectedly the next day. Mike fears she has gone back to Paullie. But weeks later, when she is still missing, law enforcement suspects Mike of her kidnapp...

Hidden behind dark sunglasses, long hair and a beard, a mysterious young man in shorts and sleeveless T-shirt runs the streets of a small town in Middle America. Store fronts are closed. The unemployed, like Darwin Charles, sleep on bus benches no longer on bus routes. The factory around which the town has grown, now struggles to stay open. So why has the runner returned when so many others are escaping?At the park, he meets Willy Wood, a fatherless little leaguer who, like his tea...

In the gripping novel "Feeling Lucky" by M.S.M. Barkawitz, the line between reality and fiction is blurred as characters navigate through a world plagued by a global epidemic and a cultural revolution. Jackie, the protagonist, must grapple with her identity as she shifts between personas of an actress, con artist, avenging angel, and more. Is she a hero or a villain? A victim or a predator? The complexities of her character unfold against the backdrop of a society in turmoil, where the Bla...

Mike Hepp is an L.A. millennial post-grad, who dreams of making it big in the TV & film industry. He auditions by day and tends bar at night to satiate his massive student debt, credit card payments, and rent. Until one knuckle-busting, full moon Saturday night launches his life into complete upheaval, suddenly placing him in the middle of an international drug smuggling operation and undercover police sting, consequently ruining his reputation in Hollywood.Can Mike survive his uns...

he Dog with the Opposable Thumb is a humorous dog story that takes readers on a delightful journey into the world of Max, an extraordinary canine companion with an unusual trait—an opposable thumb. Max's unexpected ability sets the stage for a series of charming adventures that blur the lines between canine and human, creating a bond between him and his owners that goes beyond the ordinary.As Max navigates the challenges and joys of his newfound skill, Barkawitz weaves a n...

Hidden behind dark sunglasses, long hair and a beard, a mysterious young man in shorts and sleeveless T-shirt runs the streets of a small town in Middle America. Store fronts are closed. The unemployed, like Darwin Charles, sleep on bus benches no longer on bus routes. The factory around which the town has grown, now struggles to stay open. So why has the runner returned when so many others are escaping?At the park, he meets Willy Wood, a fatherless little leaguer who, like his tea...

In his second book, Adam Carolla—author of New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks and chart-topping podcaster—reveals all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today.Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabble childhood to his slacker friends to the hypocrisy of Hollywood. He tackled ...

A fiftieth-anniversary edition of the cult classic of gonzo journalism, hailed as “the best book on the dope decade” (The New York Times Book Review), featuring Ralph Steadman’s original drawings and an introduction by Caity WeaverThe inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro“A scorching epochal sensation!”—Tom WolfeFirst published in R...

‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive …”’Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions, the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators, police o...

A hilarious and “winning” (Entertainment Weekly) essay collection from the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay.Stefanie Wilder-Taylor has never been one to take the easy, conventional route. In It’s Not Me, It’s You, she unabashedly showcases a life well lived, ignoring all wisdom, but yet somehow, coming out on top. Combining her trademark biting wit and straightforward common sense, the witty memoir delivers outrageous tales fro...

On Halloween, TV news producer Robin Hudson takes a deadly stroll down memory lane in award-winning author Sparkle Hayter's profoundly funny mystery, which Janet Evanovich hailed as "sexy, irreverent, and wacky"Things are looking up for Robin Hudson. She's been promoted, her nonmonogamous love life is cruising along, and her cat is making decent money as an advertising spokesfeline. It's time for a girls' night out. And what better night than Halloween? Bad decision...

Im a firm believer that to write about the truth sometimes you have to write outside the box. When you follow all the rules in writing and do the same thing that everyone else does, sometimes the real truth takes a slight turn toward the not so realistic but more toward the right way to author a book. Since my book is about actual calls that I responded to as they occurred and so as to keep them as factual as possible, I do use some of the actual language, graphic and raw as it was, in try...