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The Titanic Awards
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 13.95Read Doug Lansky's posts on the Penguin Blog. "In a nutshell, the Titanic Awards are the Darwin Awards for travel- only nobody dies." - Los Angeles Times Everyone who's ever checked (and lost) their luggage or discovered that their hotel misplaced their reservation knows there are few perfect vacations. The Titanic Awards... more...
How to Booze
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 12.99Offering exquisite cocktails and unsound advice, How to Booze by Jordan Kaye and Marshall Altier pairs the perfect cocktail with unfailingly entertaining advice for all of life?s most alcohol-inducing moments. Much more than just a guide to mixology, How to Booze is a hilarious and remarkably prescient, if somewhat degenerate, guide to life?or... more...
Overrated
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 13.95A cantankerous collection of the 50 most overhyped people, places and things in the world What do horoscopes, hemlock, Star Trek , the Oscars, and sliced bread have in common? They're all overrated-and systematically skewered in this hilariously opinionated takedown of all things overhyped. Discover the most overrated... Animal Movie... more...
The Book of Gentle Wisdom
ReadHowYouWant 2008; US$ 9.99This is a book to read on the train, bus or plane. Maybe you will read a page or two before bed at night or over coffee in the morning. This book contains important passages of hope that are truly wonderful. One or several of them will definitely brighten your day, maybe even your life at the moment. more...
What I Learned When I Almost Died
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 23.00What do you learn when your brain goes pop? Chris Licht had always been ambitious. When he was only nine years old, he tracked down an NBC correspondent while on vacation to solicit advice for a career in television. At eleven, he began filming himself as he delivered the news. And by the time he was thirty-five, he landed his dream job: a fast-paced,... more...
Beautiful & Pointless
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 12.99"David Orr is no starry-eyed cheerleader for contemporary poetry; Orr?s a critic, and a good one. . . . Beautiful & Pointless is a clear-eyed, opinionated, and idiosyncratic guide to a vibrant but endangered art form, essential reading for anyone who loves poetry, and also for those of us who mostly just admire it from afar." ?Tom Perrotta Award-winning... more...
1001 More Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking
Zondervan 2010; US$ 15.991001 More Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking, much like its rib-tickling predecessor, is a gold mine of one-liners, jokes, and humorous anecdotes for almost any topic. more...
Humphrey Bogart
Faber & Faber 2010; US$ 13.99?Look, I?m hardly pretty, he seems to say. I sound like gravel; I look rough and tough; and, honest, I don?t give you the soft, foolish answers the pretty boys will give you. You may not like what I say, but you better believe it.? He became a legend as ?Bogie,? the world-weary, wisecracking outsider, but in reality Humphrey Bogart was plagued... more...
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 25.99A quick look at any fiction bestseller list reveals that thrillers make up most of the titles at the top. HOW TO WRITE A DAMN GOOD THRILLER will help the aspiring novelist or screenwriter to design, draft, write, and polish a thriller that is sure to grab readers. Frey uses examples from both books and movies and addresses the following hot topics:... more...
The Myth of Theory
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 30.00What is critical theory, and to what extent can it claim to exist as a free-standing entity independent of the object of enquiry? more...









