"Jessi Klein is a brilliant comedic mind."-Amy Schumer The eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling debut You'll Grow Out of It. "Sometimes I think about how much bad news there is to tell my kid, the endlessly long, looping CVS receipt scroll of truly terrible things that have happened, and I want to get under the bed and never come out. How do we tell them about all this?...

"Faced with the challenges of life after middle age, Dave Barry turns to his best dog, Lucy, to learn how to live his best life. From 'Make New Friends' (an unfortunate fail when he can't overcome his dislike for mankind) to 'Don't Stop Having Fun' (validating his membership in a marching unit that performs in parades), Dave navigates his later years with good humor and grace. Lucy teaches Dave how to live in the present, how to let go of daily...

Have you found yourself wilting in midlife, and wondering what you might do to flourish in your remaining years? Have you lost your way in the midlife maze due to a significant loss? Did you lose your job or desired career advancement? Did you separate or divorce? Did your last child leave home? Did your family experience a virtual storm of bankruptcy or lose your life savings in a financial meltdown? Did you or someone in your family experience the...

This book is about using Poker as a metaphor for dating and how any single or divorced person can make smarter choices in dating. In relationships, everyone has to know when to hold them and when to fold them and this book teaches single people how to date smarter using poker as a tool to measure the progress of the relationship.

Complacent, self-made millionaire Scott Northwood wakes up one morning to discover he's been given the ability to extend the lives of people who are about to die just when they are on the verge of achieving something important. But there's a catch-he must shorten his own lifespan by an equivalent amount of time. Scott plunges into a moral and emotional maelstrom as his desire to live out his own comfortable life collides with a growing sense...

In 'A House, a Dog, and an Old Truck' the reader will get acquainted with Jeffrey, a mature art expert longing for a new creative start in his life after decades battling with painful memories. Jeffrey meets Stephen, an officer in the local police force, twenty years his junior. As their relationship progresses, Stephen helps Jeffrey emerge from his self-imposed isolation. In return, Jeffrey provides Stephen with safety, and helps him grow more self-confident....

Several residents of City Kalam work in a nursery named Muddle-Pea, owned by the couple Muddela and Ampea. The employees, Mawz, Tigra, Telem, Puro, Bow, Jol, Lo, Zono, Date Si, Stub bee along with the neighbour Pluto and the celebrity singer Trudo, walk and fall into seemingly hysterical situations, preceded and succeeded by misunderstandings and confusion. This is a short play.

In her most important book yet, Dr. Laura Schlessinger shows men and women that they can have a Good Life no matter how bad their Childhood was. For each of us, there is a connection between our early family dynamics and experiences and our current attitudes and decisions. Many of the people Dr. Laura has helped did not realize how their histories impacted their adult lives, or how their choices in people, repetitive situations, and decisions even...

Did you ever ponder the deep questions? Ever wonder at the universe, the stars, the Milky Way? Ever try to understand life and why it is the way, it is? If so, this book is not for you. This book poses practical questions we can ask ourselves, our friends, our significant others about life and what we want out of it. Some are simple, some complex. Some require thought; some require little. Some require introspection, some just openness. Some may spark...

Motherhood is not what it used to be, as more moms than ever before are having children later on in life. This is the must-have book for all moms who had a child after the age of 35-a group the medical profession not-so-kindly calls-'advanced maternal age.' Sharon O'Donnell writes about the humorous and poignant stories of having a child at 38 and how she discovered that breastfeeding and AARP membership aren't really all that far apart. Sharon...