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Learn something new with 366 fascinating facts from NPR librarian Kee Malesky What was the greatest thing before sliced bread? What color did carro...

Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road TruckersThe highest-rated reality show e...

This book traces the extraordinary life and career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of h...

Here is New York City Ballet as it really is- the good, the not so good, and the majestically beautiful. It's a true story, and it's told by someon...

The dramatic personal story of Anthony Field, founder and costar of the world's most popular children's musical group, The Wiggles With their dis...

"Half of all marriages end in divorce--and then there are the really unhappy ones."--Joan RiversDo you suppose that the person who first said "Life...

Award-winning comedian Leigh Anne Jasheway has written 101 Comedy Games for Children and Grown-Ups specifically to make readers laugh. Laughter pro...

The old screenwriting motto is, “Work on your script, and the jobs will come.” This is false. A great script is only as good as the effort you put ...

Great Wines and Great Writers are a Wonderful Blend “Guides to the wide world of wine are many but this is the first book on the market to pair bo...

Revised and updated for our changing times, the second edition of Doctor Who Psychology: Times Change explores the alien in us all.  How does an...

The first look at the history behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series The characters of the Twilight Saga carry a rich history that sh...

“I can’t imagine a better guide to the Old West and the contemporary Wild West than Ian Neligh. This book is a hoot.” ―C.J. Box, #1 New York Times...

A Gossipy, Entertaining Look at Life with the Stars Backstage. It’s the place everyone wants to be, the place where the stars hang out. If only fan...

The largest city in the United States to be developed entirely within the twentieth century, Las Vegas has always been a unique place. From its beg...

Monsters of the Upside Down, beware! Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology) returns with a group of expert contributors t...

2007 Edgar® Nominee Take a wild ride by hansom cab along the road paved by Sherlock Holmes— a ride that leads you through medicine, law, pathology,...

A playful and entertaining look at science on The SimpsonsThis amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular a...

Savor the inside scoop on over-the-top superstars"I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. . . . I'm a billionaire!""Acting is an empty and usele...

From the introduction: I owe you for that night at that dive bar on our road trip. I should not line dance under the influence, and I think we bot...

"Anger is like an essential vitamin, and Jen has given me even more reasons to be angry. I couldn't be happier or healthier."—Lewis Black, stand-u...

Secrets. Sigalerts. Ravines. Records. In Paperback L.A., A Casual Anthology Book 3, our contributors deftly command fiction, nonfiction, playwritin...

Paperback L.A. Book 2 continues the engaging "Casual Anthology" series with genre-crossing writing gems, vibrant photo essays, and more. Memoirs, m...

Paperback LA is a surprising and witty collection of some of the best writing ever about Los Angeles. More than a dozen major selections include ne...

“Kent Woodyard’s mnemonics are the most essential non-essential mnemonics in the history of language.” ―Christopher Monks, McSweeney’s Interne...