Anita Serwacki

Chris Pauls

Joe Garden

Scott Sherman

Janet Ginsburg

Explains how to reclaim one's devious feline nature, in a parody that covers everything from how to lay claim to a cardboard box, to how to exacerbate allergy sufferers, and why all new furniture must be destroyed.

A Parody

The Devious Book for Cats

A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the people’s interests—by the reporter who broke the story In a series of cover stories for The Nation magazine, journalist Scott Sherman uncovered the ways in which Wall Street logic almost took down one of New York City’s most beloved and iconic institutions: the New York Public Library. In the years preceding the 2008 financial crisis, the library’s leaders forged an audacious plan to sell off multiple branch libraries, mutilate a historic building, and send millions of books to a storage facility in New Jersey. Scholars, researchers, and readers would be out of luck, but real estate developers and New York’s Mayor Bloomberg would get what they wanted. But when the story broke, the people fought back, as famous writers, professors, and citizens’ groups came together to defend a national treasure. Rich with revealing interviews with key figures, Patience and Fortitude is at once a hugely readable history of the library’s secret plans, and a stirring account of a rare triumph against the forces of money and power.

Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library

Patience and Fortitude

Presents a humorous look at notable Jewish people in all walks of life, including Barbra Streisand, Judge Judy, Leonard Nimoy, Bernie Madoff, and Joe Lieberman.

Bad for the Jews

A Kevin Connor Mystery

First You Fall

Being turned into a vampire is the easy part. Actually becoming a vampire is far more difficult. In today’s world of vampire-obsessed pop culture, misinformation abounds. A newly turned vampire who looks to movies and novels for answers to everlasting life’s questions will inevitably be reduced to a smoldering pile of dust. So whom can you, a neophyte immortal, trust to provide reliable information and proven strategies for leading your best and bloodiest existence? The Vampire Miles Proctor, editor of The New Vampire’s Handbook. In this definitive guide, the newly turned will find • a head-to-toe look at your vampiric body: how to harness your new powers to dispatch mortal enemies, maintain your fangs, and embrace your vampirosexuality • methods for luring prey, faking your way through meals, approaching other vampires, and creating a four-hundred-year financial plan • tips on acting your “age,” behaving appropriately if you see a human you knew decades ago, and dealing with epic vampire feuds • essential advice for blending in with the masses, from finding a coven to avoiding the media (and mirrors) to staying on top of the latest fashion trends • the joy of scrapbooking Plus helpful online resources, a glyph guide, renovation instructions for emergency lairs, a Ruling Families directory, nightly mantras, and personal anecdotes from The Vampire Miles Proctor’s nearly five hundred years of experience. Welcome to the night.

A Guide for the Recently Turned Creature of the Night

The New Vampire's Handbook

When his friend Allen Harrington's death is ruled a suicide, boy-next-door-cute Kevin Connor - a hustler by trade, sleuth by default - sets out to prove a case of murder. It doesn't help that the victim's grown children, who disapproved of their father's gay lifestyle, are only concerned about their inheritance. But they are not Kevin's only problem. Despite the lack of anything even resembling an invitation, his mother has moved in with him, and Tony Rinaldi, the ex-lover who broke his heart back in high school, has reappeared years later as the lead investigator in Allen's death. Luckily, Kevin has his handsome best friend, Freddy, on hand to help him try to uncover what really happened to Allen. But Kevin's on his own in figuring out how to get his mother out of his hair and the now-married Tony back into his bed. There's also a small chance that Kevin just might actually be in love with Freddy. Not to mention the demands of his clients, like the stirrups-wielding gynecologist and The World's Nicest Sadist. And, did Kevin remember to take his attention deficit medication today?

When a serial killer targets New York City's hottest male prostitutes, full-time call boy, part-time sleuth Kevin Connor launches his own investigation and is plunged into a deadly world of secrets and lies where the line between predator and prey is dangerously blurred. Original.

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