A revolutionary guide to navigating the financial aspects of real relationshipsHave you ever asked yourself “What if I’m a tightwad and my significant other is a spendthrift?” or vice versa? Scott Rick, a behavioral scientist at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, knows that many people do. He also knows that the financial aspects of an intimate relationship can become a money minefield if couples try to navigate it without first discussing all of...

Parenting is never picture-perfect—but with Baby Blues**, it's always funny. Join Darryl, Wanda, and their three kids in the beloved comic strip that finds the humor in glorious family chaos.**Baby Blues is a laugh-out-loud snapshot of parenting in the trenches! Created by award-winning cartoonists Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, it follows the daily chaos of Darryl and Wanda MacPherson as they juggle diapers, tantrums, and the unpr...

Featuring all the Baby Blues comics from 2023, Everything Everywhere… sums up the realities of the parenting experience in relatable and hilarious full-color strips.One of the most beloved family comic strips, Baby Blues chronicles the adventures of the McPherson parents, Darryl and Wanda, and their three children, Zoe, Hammie, and Wren. Written by Jerry Scott and illustr...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWas one of the most unheralded captains of the Toronto Maple Leafs also one of the greatest players in the history of hockey's most popular team? In telling his story of turmoil in Toronto's Ballard years (and with Don Cherry's Mississauga Ice Dogs), growing up in an environment filled with alcohol and alcoholism, and his own struggles and battles, Rick Vaive finally sets the record straight.In the storied history of the ...

In this book, I explore the origins of colorism and share with you my personal journey navigating through skin tone bias. Some of the information in this book will surprise you and I believe the history of skin tone bias is fascinating. This issue is not just in the black community. It can be found in almost every culture that has different skin tones. Understanding what colorism is can be helpful no matter what end of the color spectrum you are on. I am hoping this book can aid you in thi...

"There's only one rule … don't get hit."Ryan's life sucks.His brother is a jerk, his mom is sick, and his legs are next to useless thanks to a neurological disorder. Plus the world ended two centuries ago from nuclear war. Now, what's left of humanity live below ground, with the only escape from reality being the massive VR world of Crystal Shards Online.But even in the game, Ryan's life sucks. Unable to play a combat class due to his condition, he ...

The war is over and Andy Clanton is ready to live happily ever after. Space Force has other ideas.Recruited to follow the last signal of the mysterious Elders to a system halfway across the galaxy, Andy joins the crew of the James Bowie for another adventure into the unknown.The journey will be filled with mystery and wonder, with strange life seeded on far-flung worlds by the godlike Elders…and with danger. For the Elders didn't leave our galaxy o...

The Bugs are coming...They destroyed the civilization of the ancient alien Elders thousands of years ago, and now they're following Andy Clanton and the crew of the James Bowie back from the edge of the galaxy and into Alliance space, bent on wiping out all intelligent life in the galaxy.The Bugs probe for weakness, attacking new friends and old enemies, and forcing Andy and the others into union with forces that had tried to destroy them only mont...

Buckle up for another hilarious year with the MacPherson family! This Baby Blues collection includes all of the 2024 daily and Sunday comic strips by award-winning duo Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.The family that vacations together stays together—assuming everyone survives the drive. In Road Trip, the 42nd Baby Blues collection, Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott return to the MacPherson household for another r...

Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography is an intimate look at the day-to-day dealings of a drug kingpin in the heart of the ghetto. It's also the story of a boy born in poverty Texas who grew up in a single-parent household in the heart of South Central, who was pushed through the school system each year and came out illiterate. His options were few, and he turned to drug dealing.This Untold Autobiography is not only personal, but also historical in its impli...

Andy Clanton and the crew of the Jambo return to Earth for the final battle with the Bugs…but the real threat is back home.Incited by foreign enemies, stoked by mindless fear, the American public is wrapped in panic, and the country's enemies use the opportunity to attempt a coup to seize control of America's space assets.Andy and the others are forced to go on the run, while Pops stays on Earth to organize a resistance. Andy and Julie steal the Bellerophon...

Warning: Massive spoilers ahead unless you've listened up to this point! You know the deal: Go listen to the rest of the series first and come back for more!In the future...only the strong survive....New London - a city of wondrous technology, where cyborgs and androids reign, and the fate of many is decided by bloody PvP. But this violent metropolis may also hold the secret to the true location of Citadel, and Reece and his friends are running out...