Why are tennis balls fuzzy? How come birds don't tip over when they sleep on telephone wires? What makes yawning contagious? Why, oh why, do roosters have to crow so early in the morning? Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in When Do Fish Sleep? - the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most baffling questions. Part of the Imponderables® series and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, When Do Fish Sleep? arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to get to the bottom of why Mickey Mouse has only four fingers?
S'Mother - The Story of a Man, His Mom, and the Thousands of Altogether Insane Letters She’s Mailed Him
Adam Chester is the son of a very loving, somewhat crazy Mom who for almost 30 years has peppered his life with unsolicited advice, news updates, opinions and the occasional Tarragon Chicken recipe. In truth, Adam has saved over 800 letters of the thousands of inappropriate, embarrassing and utterly mad directives she's sent - some of which, out of the sheer frustration of their regularity, he has yet to open. S'MOTHER is a memoir based on these letters and postcards and is about the relationship between an only son and his mother and the pathological extremes maternal instincts can take.
Being an entrepreneur is scary. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, more than 50 percent of small businesses fail in the first year and 95 percent fail within the first five years. And often, the future of the business can ride on one crucial decision. The Ugly Truth about Small Business is a collection of stories and lessons from 50 entrepreneurs who faced crises in their businesses.
Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God created billions of people over thousands of years only to select a few to go to heaven and everyone else to suffer forever in hell* Is this acceptable to God* How is this "good news"?Troubling questions, so troubling that many have lost their faith because of them. Others only whisper the questions to themselves, fearing or being taught that they might lose their faith and their church if they ask them out loud.
Scottish detective Hamish Macbeth investigates the slaying of a mystery writer who dares to complain about a television adaptation of her books that turns her aristocratic heroine into a marijuana-smoking hippie.
