'Captivating, sharp and very funny' NEW YORK TIMES'A zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery' THE ATLANTIC'Emphatically audacious, hysterical and compelling. Read this memoir!' CAT MARNELL, author of How to Murder Your LifeAdopted from South Korea by a Mormon family in Utah, Kari struggled with questions of self-worth and identity as one of the few Asian Americans in her insulated comm...

'Captivating, sharp and very funny' NEW YORK TIMES'A zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery' THE ATLANTIC'Emphatically audacious, hysterical and compelling. Read this memoir!' CAT MARNELL, author of How to Murder Your LifeAdopted from South Korea by a Mormon family in Utah, Kari struggled with questions of self-worth and identity as one of the few Asian Americans in her insulated comm...

A chilling Valentine digital short story from the No.1 bestselling author of the Will Trent series.Pam is a fifty-two-year-old teacher who has let herself go for the first time in her life. It's two years since her husband - ex husband - John died and she's heading from Georgia to California for the third and - she hopes - final time. But just what lies in store for her there...?Previously in a collection edited by No. 1 bestseller Lee Child, First Thri...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe first new work of fiction since 2013 from one of Canada's most successful, idiosyncratic and world-defining writers, Douglas Coupland. He's called it Binge because it's impossible to read just one.Imagine feeling 100% alive every moment of every minute of the day! Maybe that's how animals live. Or trees, even. I sometimes stare at the plastic bag tree visible from my apartment window and marvel that both ...

She thought she’d have more time. Laurie Notaro figured she had at least a few good years left. But no–it’s happened. She has officially lost her marbles. From the kid at the pet-food store checkout line whose coif is so bizarre it makes her seethe “I’m going to kick his hair’s ass!” to the hapless Sears customer-service rep on the receiving end of her Campaign of Terror, no one is safe from Laurie’s wrath. Her cranky side seems to have eaten the rest of her–inner-thigh Chub Rub and all. A...

Nice Try is Emmy-Award winning writer and comedian Josh Gondelman's collection of personal stories of best intentions and mixed results."If you only read one book in your life, it probably shouldn't be this one. However, if you're not operating an inexplicable one-book policy, these stories are funny, touching, and more than worth your time." —John Oliver"Josh Gondelman is one of the most original hilarious voices out there t...

How would you like to be the person everyone is waiting for…to arrive at the party, the office, the restaurant, or wherever? What if, in a very short amount of time, you could develop a reputation for being a funny guy or gal? With BRILLIANT ANSWERS FOR EVERYDAY QUESTIONS, it will be quick, easy, and fun. How many times has someone asked you a simple question, and you automatically answered it seriously? Ten seconds later you thought to yourself, “Now I know what I should have said!” Never...

In life, there is always someone or something that pushes us to the brink where we have to deal with them violently, non-violently, verbally or physically. I wrote this book for all the people that are tired of people f**cking with them, and wish for days where they could f**ck them up.In addition, you can see the purpose of this book, not from the title but from the frustrations, you or your friends have had that limit your ability to tell the world about them, so this book will do...

In this new book of photographs - complete with sniping commentary - that document the dizzy heights and murky depths of street fashion, VICE magazine's staple humour series is collected in its entire, unabashed glory.The DOs are put on a pedestal that soars way past God and the DON'Ts are so cruel they sound litigiously close to death threats.DOs and DON'Ts will be the ultimate compendium of the hilarious fashion commentary that has helped forge VICE magazine's reputation;...

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** WINNER OF THE 2022 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION *'A heart on the sleeve, demons in check, eyes unblinking, unbearably sad, laugh-out-loud funny revelation' MARLON JAMESIsaac Fitzgerald has lived many lives. He's been an altar boy, a bartender, a fat kid, a smuggler, a biker, a prince of New England. But before all that, he was a bomb that ...

How far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?In a dog-eat-dog world, three friends find themselves getting nowhere in their careers despite their education and work skills. They decide to make their own rules to the game of life and play dirty to get ahead. Each of them concoct schemes to sabotage colleagues and clear the path for their swift advancement.Through a journey of deception and personal discovery, they find that life at the top isn't what t...

Private Investigator Jack Hannigan takes on the case of the man who lost his talent. Then a cheerleader hires him to kill a dead man. The Scotch-guzzling detective tries not to solve the cases so that he can keep collecting expenses, which include all the Johnny Walker Blue Label he can drink. A satiric detective novella filled with scenes of gut-splitting humor and borderline pornography.