“Miss Manners with Fangs.” ―LA Weekly We live in a world that’s very different from the one in which Emily Post came of age. Many of us who are nice (but who also sometimes say “f*ck”) are frequently at a loss for guidelines about how to be a good person who deals effectively with the increasing onslaught of …
“By the time I’d gotten to Al-Anon… people responded with ‘Thank God,’ or ‘It’s about time.’ I wasn’t a horrible person. It’s not like I had buried bodies under my floorboards. I was just a little dramatic and a tiny bit controlling.” –Misti B.Most people in the throes of codependency’s problematic behaviors typically don’t see their plight as …
Happiness is Classic Peanuts! These collector’s editions perfectly recreate the original look and feel of the best-loved Peanuts books—their paper, their ink, even their lamination. And of course, the heartwarming content that charmed the world, sold millions, and launched the career of Charles M. Schulz remains untouched. On every spread there’s a tiny tidbit of wisdom from one …
Have you ever really looked at a book? The state of being high rewards deep attention, and lots of things can seem really, really interesting. It might be a spot on the ceiling, or an oddly-shaped tortilla chip, or a bit of wood grain. But why settle for staring at the coffee table? What if there was a …
Pocket Dolly Wisdom: Witty Quotes and Wise Words from Dolly Parton
“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb—and I’m not blonde either.” “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” “People are always asking me in interviews, ‘What do you think of foreign affairs?’ I just say, ‘I’ve had a few.’”Dolly Parton—or the Dolly Lama, as …
How to Back Up a Trailer: …and 101 Other Things Every Real Guy Should Know
The Manual No Real Guy Should Be WithoutMotor oil, beer, and charcoal–that’s what real men are made of. A real man should be able to swap out the car’s spark plugs and change its oil as his freshly caught fish smokes on open flame–all while shotgunning a beer. For how-to instructions on these and other equally manly activities, …
Praise for Lincoln Michel:”Lincoln Michel is one of contemporary literary culture’s greatest natural resources.”—Justin Taylor, Vice Time passes unexpectedly or, perhaps, inexactly at the school. It’s hard to remember what semester we are supposed to be in. Several of the clocks still operate, but they don’t show the same time. The red bells, affixed in every room, erupt …
Comedian Miranda Hart laments on the horrors of growing up and offers her younger self some essential advice on grappling with life’s unexpected perils and blundersWell hello to you dear browser. Now I have your attention it would be rude if I didn’t tell you a little about my literary feast. So, here is the thing: is it …
WELCOME YOUR NEW NERD OVERLORD Attention, Nerds: You don’t have to be a stereotypical geekwad to appreciate the tenets of Nerdism and to make your innate talents for over-analysis and hyper-self-awareness work for you instead of agin you. Join Nerd superstar Chris Hardwick as he offers his fellow “creative-obsessives” the crucial information needed to come out on top …
The author of the bestselling You Are Not So Smart gives readers a fighting chance at outsmarting their not-so-smart brains. A mix of popular psychology and trivia, You Are Now Less Dumb is grounded in the idea that we all believe ourselves to be objective observers of reality–except we’re not. But that’s okay, because our delusions keep us …