With the sun finally setting on that wondrous earthy paradise that is Blandings, Vicky Underwood finds herself forcibly parted from her beloved, Jeff Bennison. Her Uncle Galahad turns his not inconsiderable talents to reuniting the lo...

Losing her job at the same time her divorce goes through, Park Avenue resident Ivy Ames starts up a new business helping upscale New Yorkers earn entry for their kindergarteners into the city's most exclusive schools, a career that la...

Tired of dealing with their obese husbands, exasperated wives Brin, Cheryl, and Dierdre offer their spouses an unusual incentive to lose weight--permission to sleep with a beautiful hooker--but when the men begin to lose weight at a r...

Wigfield is in peril. The Bulkwaller Dam, which towers over the tiny town, is scheduled to be destroyed which would in turn wipe out Wigfield. Journalist Russell Hokes travels there to profile the brave and honest citizens who are str...

This gritty coming-of-age novel by cartoonist Lynda Barry is about Roberta Rohbeson, age 16, daughter of a white mother and a black father, who is trying to get through eighth grade without going crazy. Roberta recalls a trip she took...

Still recovering from a lack of self-esteem thanks to her unfaithful ex-husband, recent divorcTe Josie Flynn reluctantly heads for New York to take part in the wedding of her American cousin, Martha, certain that Martha is making the ...

Three Denver roommates--Ana, Marin, and Chelsey--try to make it in the competitive world of improvisational comedy while dealing with temp jobs from hell, bad dates, crazy bosses, and the hilarity of daily life, learning that anything...

Small town Norton, North Carolina is the setting of this quirky legal thriller that features a deeply flawed judge, his immature, middle-aged brother, his estranged wife, and a used car saleswoman/bank robber bent on locating a hidden...

A head chef at a top NYC restaurant and engaged, Georgia's life seems perfect. When suddenly dumped and fired, she goes to Italy to reassess her life.

It's the most annoying question and they just can't help asking you. You'll be asked it at family gatherings, weddings, and on first dates. And you'll ask yourself far too often. It's the question that has no good answer. It's the que...

Monty Bodkin's wooing of Gertrude Butterwick on the R.M.S. Atlantic is not progressing as it should. And the cause of all the trouble is Miss Lotus Blossum, the brightest star in Hollywood's firmament. The easy camaraderie of Miss Blo...

Six award winning authors have created a poignant, humorous collection of nostalgic tales. Here life's lessons are handed down--liberally sprinkled with hilarity--from eccentric relatives, outrageous pets and unrepentant neighbors, a...

Follows Sister Betty, a member of Ain't Nobody Right But Us--All Others Goin' to Hell Church, whose life was forever changed when God called her on the phone in 1984, as she makes it her mission to save her fellow congregants from the...

When a female loan shark is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save her. But LuckyÂ's flamboyant behavior is not only drawing every vampire hunter within miles—its bringing her...

Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and a companion take to the road in this rollicking, madcap adventure, extending good cheer to a cast of memorable characters. A hilarious...

When her good friend Mother Eternal Ann Everlastin’ dies, Sister Betty, along with her half-blind cohort, must see to Eternal’s last wishes, which involves dispensing large sums of money to three church pastors and keeping...

T. Paterson Frisby possessed twenty million dollars and loved every cent of them. His secretary, Berry Conway, possessed only a dud copper mine; and the Biscuit (Berry's schoolfriend) nothing but a title. The latter pair needed money,...

The national bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author-one of the warmest and most delightful Christmas stories ever. With fond nostalgia, Dave Barry takes readers back to a simpler time: The year is 1960, and young Doug Ba...

divChildren and adults alike adore the dark humor that pervades such Roald Dahl classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Yet the celebrated author sometimes followed his imagination down a much more risque...

Serge A. Storms is back with a bullet, torn between homicide and souvenirs, cranking up the fevered action as the pot boils over on a street called Lobster Lane. IIt's reunion time in the Sunshine State, and we're not just talking th...

Move over, Bridget Jones's diary:  She's back, and this time she's texting and tweeting. . .   Fourteen years after landing Mark Darcy, Bridget's life has taken her places she never expected. But despite the new challenges of single...

A licensed psychologist who stars on the cable breakout show I Need a Push, Reagan Bishop helps participants become their best selves by urging them to overcome obstacles and change behaviors. An overachiever, Reagan is used to delive...

For two thousand years, the brief ministry of a young Nazarene preacher has remained the largest single determinant of Western civilization's triumphs and disasters. Now, Norman Mailer has written a novel about Jesus's life. Is God sp...

In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, an eminent art historian is framed and the ace investigators of the department of sensitive crimes are on the case.   Detective Ulf Varg is a man of refine...

bA delightfully funny novel packing a clever punch, from the author of the iNew York Times/i bestselling iJulie and Romeo/i/bbr br   A mom in her early fifties, Clover knows she no longer turns heads the way she used to, and she's...

Lovably troublesome Gladie Burger runs into sizzling danger and a fiery love triangle in the second installment of Elise Sax's hilarious and sexy Matchmaker romance series. "Elise Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life ch...

Now a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns -- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school ...

In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult, in Malmö, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Divisi...

[Thorne Smith] created the modern American ghost.   A ghost with style and wit. A ghost that haunts us still.' --The New York TimesThorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is th...

Amy Gallup is an aging novelist and writing instructor living in Escondido, California, with her dog, Alphonse. Since recent unsettling events, she has made some progress. While she still has writer's block, she doesn't suffer from it...