Julie PowellNearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell resolved to reclaim her life by cooking, in the span of a single year, every one of the...

Dan Gordon When Nora Wolfe tires of her millionaire husband Jack, she orders her stoned surfer boy-toy to handle his elimination, but when Jack approaches Chad with his own murderous...

Richmal Crompton   There's only one William Brown - better known as Just William. And, whether he's running wild with his band of outlaws or working on his grand plan...

Nathan Englander When his father dies, it falls to Larry--the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews--to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day...

Brett ButlerA best-selling autobiography by the stand-up comedienne and star of the sitcom Grace Under Fire recounts her coming-of-age in the South, her abusive first marriage, and her rise to...

Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Both a celebration of the craft and a sourcebook...

Garrison Keillor This book is a humorous account of life in fictitious Lake Wobegon, in Minnesota - a heartland small town. Its early chapters are written in the form and...

Marian KeyesEver since legwarmers were cool, best friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan have survived small-town ennui, big-city heartbreak, and endless giddy nights out on the town. But now that they've...

Malcolm PryceTo the girls who came to make it big in the town's 'What the Butler Saw' movie industry, Aberystwyth was the town of broken dreams. To Dean Morgan who...

Eric Lane and Nina Shengold, Editors This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into...

Garrison Keillor In this collection of stories about small-town life, Dale takes a step toward manhood and Darlene sets off for Minneapolis to begin a new life October 5, 1987...

David Sedaris A guy walks into a bar...From here the story could take many turns. A guy walks into a bar and meets the love of his life. A guy...