Some people are born to midlife crises, others have them thrust upon them. Regardless of what brings them to roost, the important thing is how they're dealt with.For the author, it came down to checking out or checking in. Since the first would preclude the second but not the other way around, he set off for Maui with a co-worker similarly familiar with angst to set up shop on Ka'anapali Beach.On paper, it shaped up as a fine trip. There was only one question: Could a West Po...

* Have you ever walked into a room and couldn't remember what you went there for?* Have you ever grasped the hand of a potential client and then when the handshake broke, the name seemed to disappear from your memory?* Or have you ever left a prospect or an important meeting and as you drove away remembered a key point that you should have shared with them?The problem is NOT with your memory. The problem is with the "Filing System" your brain currently uses to store...

This uproarious collection pokes fun at the unfairer sex with 300 hilarious jokes and put-downs. Volume I of Jim Mullen's hilarious series.

It began with a weekend house; then weekend trips. Then the occasional meeting rearranged in favor of a morning in Central Park, just while the spring migration was on. Before Luke Dempsey knew it, he had spiraled down into full-on birding mania - finding himself riding along with two like-minded maniacs in a series of disreputable rental cars and even nastier motel rooms, charging madly around the country in search of its rarest and most beautiful birds.A Supremely Bad Idea

Do you really believe that it's best to let bygones be bygones? What happens when your bygones come back to bite you on the ass?Casey Rider was only looking to ride a good wave, to stand up as a goofy footer and become his own man. But then he was wiped out, gone.Some people figured they could get away with it just like they got away with it so many times before. It made sense to them. No big deal.But, maybe this time they fucked with the wrong guys.Whoever ...

Once again there's good news for those of us who rage at the evening news, shake our heads at Washington's business-as-usual, or watch as politicians carom helplessly between political crises and sex scandals: Dennis Miller is back with his third installment of hilarious observations, I Rant, Therefore I Am.Dennis Miller first gained national acclaim as the wise-guy anchor of "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live." When HBO premiered his weekly...

Simons Everson Manigault ('You say it "Simmons". I'm a rare one-m Simons') lives with his mother, an eccentric professor known as the Duchess, on an isolated strip of South Carolina coast. Convinced that her son can be a writer of genius, the Duchess has immersed Simons in the literary classics since birth and has given him free rein to gather materials in such spots as the Baby Grand, a local black nightclub.Although possessed of a vocabulary and sophistication beyond his years, S...

Ben is determined to learn to surf.In the rough North Atlantic waters near his home, only the tough can make it on the water. His first attempt is a disaster. Then he meets Ray, a surfing veteran from California. Ray promises to teach him to surf—and to face his inner demons. As Ben becomes more comfortable on his board he learns to face his fears and prove that he has what it takes to become a Wave Warrior.This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading l...

The country might be going to hell in a hand-basket but dont close the garage doors and sit there with the engine running until you read this collection of sardonic off-the-wall pieces on modern life by one of Americas best humorists. Described as another Dave Barry only with a lot less going for him Baltimore Sun columnist Kevin Cowherd sizzles as he tackles the travails of everyday life.

Utilizing the art of storytelling, Brain Food reconditions your thought patterns to function more positively. Pack full of inspirational stories, Brain Food has helped cancer patients, aspiring professionals and people down on their luck. For ages 12-99

“Why am I a punk? Because I wasn’t anything before, except different. And now it’s like I’m different, but with a vengeance.”It’s been months since the suicide of Darby Crash, L.A. punk rock icon and lead singer of the Germs. He checked out on the same day John Lennon was shot: December 8, 1980. But for Rockets Redglare, it feels like yesterday. Darby was the hot-as-sun center of Rockets’s world. Part ringleader, part god, and all charismatic manipulator, Darby was as close to fami...

She was a interstellar star--a heroine--living a virtual life in a theme park in another solar system, just like you. Then, at a sidewalk café, Balboa asks her to dance.