If you're like most people, you've probably had to deal with the fact that, at some point in your life, you've found yourself dancing in front of thousands of screaming/puking/urinating children wearing nothing but a pair of gym shorts, an undershirt, and twenty pounds of bear costume.If you're still struggling to come to terms with your years spent working in children's entertainment, then this is the book for you. If your spouse still wakes up screaming from nightmares where he f...

Master reliable analytics pipelines and scalable system architecture to future-proof your data engineering career. Perfect for your morning commute or focused upskilling sessions, this analytical deep dive transforms how you build and maintain tech platforms. Stop chasing temporary tool fads and start designing robust, cloud-native solutions that thrive under pressure.Escape the endless cycle of fragile code and expensive operational bottlenecks. By adopting proven mental models fo...

Master reliable analytics pipelines and scalable system architecture to future-proof your data engineering career. Perfect for your morning commute or focused upskilling sessions, this analytical deep dive transforms how you build and maintain tech platforms. Stop chasing temporary tool fads and start designing robust, cloud-native solutions that thrive under pressure.Escape the endless cycle of fragile code and expensive operational bottlenecks. By adopting proven mental models fo...

Master reliable analytics pipelines and scalable system architecture to future-proof your data engineering career. Perfect for your morning commute or focused upskilling sessions, this analytical deep dive transforms how you build and maintain tech platforms. Stop chasing temporary tool fads and start designing robust, cloud-native solutions that thrive under pressure.Escape the endless cycle of fragile code and expensive operational bottlenecks. By adopting proven mental models fo...

This vibrant collection of expat essays from legendary humorist David Sedaris is a cause for jubiliation.Sedaris's move to Paris in the early aughts inspired hilarious pieces, such as "Me Talk Pretty One Day", about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration—"You Cant Kill the Rooster" is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as r...

Carrying baggage you don't need?When I was in college, I figured my life would come together around graduation. I’d meet a guy, have a beautiful wedding, and we'd buy a nice little house—not necessarily with a picket fence, but with whatever kind of fence we wanted. Whatever we decided, I would be happy.When I got out of college and my life didn’t look like that, I floundered, trying to get the life I had always dreamed of through career, travel, and relati...

“Annabelle Gurwitch is the child prodigy of the literature on aging. The only downside of this book is that it is bound to deepen your laugh lines.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and DimedActor and humorist Annabelle Gurwitch returns with a wickedly funny book of essays about the indignities faced by femmes d’un certain âge. Whether she is falling in lust at the Genius Bar, coping with her best friend’s assisted suicide, or navigating the extensive—and treacherously...

New York Times bestselling leadsinger of Slipknot and Stone Sour's hilarious trawl through the endless backwaters of human stupidityCorey Taylor has had it. Had it with the vagaries of human behavior and life in this postmodern digital blanked-out waiting room that passes for a world. Reality TV, awful music, terrible drivers, megamalls, airports, family reunions, bad fashion choices, other people's monstrous children, and badly-behaved "adult" human being...

Finalist, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes)Finalist, City of Vancouver Book PrizeLong listed for CBC Canada Reads 2015The Door Is Open is a compassionate, reflective, and informative memoir about three-and-a-half years spent volunteering at a skid row drop-in centre in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. In an area most renowned for its shocking social ills, and the notorious distinction of holding the country‘s “very poorest forward sortation area...

"Nearly every page has some crack piece of travel wisdom ... an accessible, inspiring journey." —KirkusThe Sell-Your-House, See-the-World Life!Reunited after thirty-five years and wrestling a serious case of wanderlust, Lynne and Tim Martin decided to sell their house and possessions and live abroad full-time. They've never looked back. With just two suitcases, two computers, and each other, the Martins embark on a global adventure, taking...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The guardian of all style” (The New York Times Magazine) shares stories on life, love, style, and career, from Paris to New York, and inspires readers to cultivate an effortless chic that is all their own.Garance Doré, the voice and vision behind her eponymous blog, has captivated millions of readers worldwide with her fresh and appealing approach to style through storytelling. This gorgeously illustrated book takes re...

"Equal parts critical manifesto and tender mini-memoir about a boy and his bikes" from Eben Weiss, blogger and author of The Enlightened Cyclist ( GQ).Cycling is exploding in a good way. Urbanites everywhere, from ironic hipsters to earth-conscious commuters, are taking to the bike like aquatic mammals to water. BikeSnobNYC—cycling's most prolific, well-known, hilarious, and anonymous blogger—brings a fresh and humorous perspective to the most imp...