There is a lot of discussion these days about whether or not the economy is improving. Here are two facts: The economy has been very, very bad and the only way it is going to improve for you is if you take control of your situation.Jt Sather, author of How To Survive When the Bottom Drops Out, has ridden the economic roller coaster for twenty years. He's experienced the highs of a multi-million dollar construction business and the lows of squatting in a friend's foreclosed mansion....

Jerry thought he had an easy score to make some cash. Too bad for him, he failed to factor in the resolve of the guys he burgled . They weren't the sort of fellas the average thief would ever think twice about stealing from, but that was about to change.After the LVPD produced zero results, these fellas took matters into their own hands. A private detective, road trip, and duct tape seemed like the best course of action, and boy howdy, the action ensued. Ol' Jerry never stood a cha...

How would you like to be the person everyone is waiting for…to arrive at the party, the office, the restaurant, or wherever? What if, in a very short amount of time, you could develop a reputation for being a funny guy or gal? With BRILLIANT ANSWERS FOR EVERYDAY QUESTIONS, it will be quick, easy, and fun. How many times has someone asked you a simple question, and you automatically answered it seriously? Ten seconds later you thought to yourself, “Now I know what I should have said!” Never...

You are now in possession of 50 of the worlds worst pickup lines that actually worked. What started out as being a normal night out with the guys quickly turned into a huge psychological experiment that had all the social networks on fire. The subject was in Twitters top 10 for a week straight, and was the leading topic on several Facebook groups for over a month. Both men and woman from around the world were weighing in on the topic and the result was this book.This is not just a ...

From the critically acclaimed short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, “The Extra” features a young, mentally disabled man and his best friend, Rick, who find work as extras on a film set. This story was nominated for a Journey Prize.The Beggar’s Garden follows a diverse group of characters, from a bank manager to a drug addict to a retired Samaritan, a web designer, and a car thief, as they drift through each other’s lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Mic...

From the beloved blog comes this hilarious vintage photo collection of the OG hipsters, real dads in their glory days looking cooler than you'll ever be.He listened to vinyl before you did. He drank whiskey before you did. He had a mustache before you did. Admit it: your dad was a hipster before you were! Based on the blog phenomenon of the same name, this book celebrates dads as the original hipsters. Vintage photos of real dads back in the day—in their short short...

In this busy world we live in today, all too often we seem to forget the little things that make other people feel great, and it makes their day. Simple things like holding a door open, asking how someone is doing and actually waiting to hear the answer, or helping someone out in an aisle of a grocery store. This book is about different ways we can do just that- make others feel good. And in return, the feeling we get is indescribable.

What do you do when you see yourself in a photo you can't possibly be in?

Incredulous bus driver Harold Stammer doesn't believe in a lot of things: life after death, safety warnings, and intelligent women, to name a few. People keep trying to tell him otherwise but he doesn't believe them. And when decides to go into a dangerous neighborhood to pick up a free kitten off of Craigslist against friends' advice, what could possibly go wrong?This hysterically funny work of dark humor/horror takes on the "Too Dumb To Live" horror trope from the first person pe...

The humorous New York Times Bestseller from the Tonight Show host and Saturday Night Live alumnus about his appreciation for the little things in life.Jimmy Fallon is very thankful. And in this first book to come from his TV show, he expresses his gratitude for everything from the light bulb he's too lazy to replace to the F12 butto...

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir—both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft—from Bryan Cranston, the Emmy Award–winning and beloved star of Malcolm in the Middle and one of history’s most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when his father cast him in a United Way commercial. Acting was clearly the boy’s destiny, until one day his father disappeared. Dest...

An 11-year-old boy finds his dad's gun and rushes to a deadly stand off at the mall. "Backup" by Rick Mofina is the 2,300-word, gut-wrenching short story that was nominated for Canada's top literary prize for crime fiction, the Arthur Ellis Award, in the category of Best Short Story, presented by the Crime Writers of Canada. "Backup" received further acclaim when it was named a finalist for a Best Short Story Award by The International Thriller Writers. It is one of three gripping tales in...