Every afternoon it feels like the year Rob Whaley's marriage ended, his dogs died, and his life fell apart in slow motion, one long baseball season, hunting trip, and hard laugh at a time.The Macho Man Chronicles: Volume 3 is a midlife memoir that refuses to feel sorry for itself. Across ten stories, Whaley, a former Navy submariner turned storyteller, moves between a small-town Michigan baseball dynasty and its unwritten rules, the quiet grief of losing two dogs who never left his...

At sea, the truth doesn't sink. It waits.When a troubling pattern of deaths begins to shadow a commercial shipping route, officials move quickly to close the files. Equipment failure. Human error. The ordinary risks of life on open water.But the numbers don't settle.What begins as quiet unease soon hardens into a chilling mystery behind ship records that refuse to align. Witnesses grow careful. Reports grow thinner. And somewhere within the machiner...

THE MOMENT A MAN GETS ON A REAL-LIFE ADVENTURE, EVERYTHING CHANGES.In The Macho Man Chronicles, the journey to self-reinvention and personal growth begins with laughter, camaraderie, and a series of humorous true stories. Explore the collection of men's adventure stories that transport you to the heart of midwestern humor book, where every challenge faced by these men becomes a lesson and can be written in modern masculinity storiesand the art of male frie...

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 ...

An angel spreads his wings. . . .Sonny Barger is the number-one spokesman for the motorcycle experience. His New York Times bestseller, Hell's Angel, was an exhilarating history of his adventures with the world's most notorious motorcycle club. Now he brings us rousing, moving, and wildly entertaining true stories of his renegade brothers and sisters in the relentless pursuit of liberty, individuality, and the "ultimate ride."And what stories he has to tell -- freewheeling,...

**A New York Times Bestseller"Funny, subversive, and able to excavate such brutally honest sentences that you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition."—Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and lyricist of In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical**Are you a sensible, universally competent individual? Are you tired of the crushing monotony of leaping gracefully from one lily pad of success to the next? Are you sick of doing ...

In this no-holds-barred memoir, a legendary biker recounts his life of sex, drugs, rock & roll and lots of broken laws.Here is the true-life story of Richard “Deadeye” Hayes in all its bad-ass, balls-to-the-wall glory. This is a man who stole a machine gun before he was seven and lost his left eye when a good friend shot him in the face. As a member—and then president—of the infamous Los Valientes Motorcycle Club, he broke more laws and had more fun than any six of...

From the NBA superstar: "A series of chapter books that celebrate sports, smarts and friendship . . . Amar'e is a likable protagonist." — Kirkus ReviewsEleven-year-old Amar'e Stoudemire has been playing so much basketball lately it feels like he doesn't have time to do all the things he used to love. His team needs him because he is one of the best players on the court despite also being one of the youngest. When some of the older kids get on Amar'e for not...

Have you ever delivered meals to shut-in trolls or warlocks? Solved a shaman's murder with clues you noticed at the lizard orgy? Ever made one of those wagers with a deity where you just know a dozen mortals will end up insane or beheaded, daughters marrying fathers, & almost always, somebody loses an eye? Escape from your dayjob into this collection of 2d6 short stories, 5 recipes and a novella.

A young Native American struggling with the two constants in his life—alcohol and art—in this prize-winning short story collection.Eddie Chuculate's collection of linked short stories follows Jordan Coolwater from bored child to thoughtful teenager, struggling artist, escaped convict, and finally, father. Gritty, funny, and deeply perceptive, Cheyenne Madonna offers an unsentimental portrait of America, of its dispossessed, its outlaws, and its visionaries....

In his Shamus Award-winning first novel, The Innocents, Richard Barre introduced audiences to Wil Hardesty, "a person trying hard to survive a few of life's dirtier tricks" (Cleveland Plain Dealer). He's a private eye with a deep, dark past — and an uncertain future. In The Ghosts of Morning, Barre plunges even further into Wil's history, to a far-off place where murder and friendship collide.Denny Van Zant was Wil Hardesty's best friend. Together they surfed, drank and brawled the...

It was the Friday night before the opener of the Gun Deer Season.Expectations were high, everyone was putting their last-minute gear together. Gabby asked, Did anyone see my 1998 Back Tag? Did I leave it at home again? Gabby had forgotten and left his back tag at home last year!There was an incredible snowfall; by 7:00 pm the snow had been falling for several hours and we had 2 inches of tracking snow on the ground.We were all sitting around enjoying a beverage when...