A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this gripping political memoir, former Republican political operative Tim Miller answers the question no one else has fully grappled with: Why did normal people go along with the worst of Trumpism?As one of the strategists behind the famous 2012 RNC “autopsy,” Miller conducts his own forensic study on the pungent carcass of the party he used to love, cutting into all the hubris, ambition, idiocy, desperation, and self-deception for everyone to ...

What lasts, and what endures? Through more than fifty poems, the first volume of Time and the River takes in war from ancient Nubia to the atomic bomb and Cold War spies, creativity from prehistoric Europe to Emily Dickinson and Albert Einstein, and the sacred from Israelite prophets, the gods and goddesses of old Europe, and Viking-age seers. Painters and writers, ancient Rome and Iron Age burials, Egyptian tombs and high school in America circa 1999 - all find a voice here.

It's been almost a decade since the Fart Monster first entered the world, now he's back in this hilarious new book from bestselling creators Tim Miller and Matt StantonWhen you've got a problem, who do you call?The fart monster has spent years releasing a barrage of bottom bazookas onto the world. Now, in a surprising twist, he's here to help put an end to those roars from the rear!Follow along at home as the fart monster leads us through hi...

The Lonely Young and the Lonely Old is a collection of quiet and brutal jewels. Told in the words of an unnamed narrator, each story gives voice to the easily dismissed: the lonely high school student, the elderly widower, the pining woman in her twenties, and the worn-down mother in her mid-thirties. Each speaks from the center of an almost paralyzed intensity, desperately searching for articulation and belonging.And there are others: neglected children who escape into th...

Duckie, our feisty yellow duckling, and Snaps, our cautious green crocodile, hear a very scary sound in the jungle. Can they be BRAVE, even when they aren't feeling brave?Join our somewhat courageous hatchlings, Duckie and Snaps, on their hilarious and spooky adventure as they romp through the jungle in search of the "big yellow thing!" Adventure calls if they can just pluck up the courage to start...Duckie & Snaps: We Cannot Be Brave is chock-full...

From the best-selling author of A Monster Calls, this funny, wise middle-grade series explodes every stereotype—including what it means to be a hero—in a brilliant reptilian take on surviving school.When Principal Wombat makes monitor lizards Zeke, Daniel, and Alicia hall monitors, Zeke gives up on popularity at his new school. Brought in as part of a district blending program, the monitor lizards were mostly ignored before. Reptiles aren’t bullied any mor...

'THESE BOOKS REALLY GO OFF!'-- Mac Park, Boy Vs BeastThe chapter books your reluctant reader will actually want to read!FART MONSTER AND ME is the hilarious series from bestselling duo Tim Miller and Matt Stanton -- sure to get kids laughing ... and reading!A bindup of the four books in the series: The Crash Landing, The New School, The Birthday Party, The Class Excursion....

"Given that the author explores such serious themes, it’s remarkable how many laugh-out-loud moments there are." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Book three in the hilarious series from the award-winning and best-selling author Patrick Ness and illustrator Tim Miller.Our trio of hall monitor lizards, along with their hawk pal, Miel, are dealing with some unexpected arrivals in town. Alicia’s estranged dad suddenly wants to be in her...

The antics will have you cracking up as the newly hatched Duckie, an enthusiastic yellow duckling, and Snaps, a rather reserved green crocodile, wonder if they can be friends.After Duckie's egg rolls into Snaps' nest, they hatch, meet, and their friendship is off to a good start -- until they are told they CANNOT be friends because crocodiles EAT tasty duckies... and Duckie is a duckie! (Nobody ever told her!) Will Snaps defend his new friend... even when HE gets h...

The Fart Monster goes global! Get your passports ready; we're about to go around the world in 80 farts ...Fart, fart and away!Most families go on holiday to get away from it all. But what if a lingering smell followed you from one country to the next?Ever wondered what could remove that smile from the Mona Lisa's face? What could force the Buckingham Palace guards to run for their lives? What mighty gust of wind could finally make t...

The sequel to the hilarious THERE IS A MONSTER UNDER MY BED WHO FARTS. How much trouble can one little monster cause at Christmas time?From the cheeky duo who brought you THERE IS A MONSTER UNDER MY BED WHO FARTS and THE PIRATE WHO HAD TO PEE comes a book that is perfect for naughty boys this Christmas.The Fart Monster is back and he's tootier than ever! It's Christmas, and Fart Monster is up to his old stinky tricks ... Will the boy get the blame this time? Or will he be a...

A collection of essays on pop culture topics ranging from literary criticism to Pearl Jam to fantasy football. There is also narrative nonfiction and travel writing that straddles the journalistic line between investigative and literary, with the common ingredient of humor.