A stirring portrait of the decade when the Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history, even as Pittsburgh was crumbling around them. In the 1970s, the city of Pittsburgh was in need of heroes
The hysterical story bestseller about one man's epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world's greatest round of golf By turns hilarious and poetic, A Course Called Ireland is
In his thirties, married, and staring down impending fatherhood, Tom Coyne was well familiar with the last refuge of the adult male: the golfing trip. Intent on designing a golf trip to end all other
The raucously funny story of one young AmericanA's quest to become the baddest dude on the planet (and possibly find inner peace along the way) Growing up a ninety-eight-pound weakling tormented by
Bill Bryson meets Bruce Lee in this raucously funny story of one scrawny AmericanA's quest to become a kung fu master at ChinaA's legendary Shaolin Temple. Growing up a ninety-pound weakling torment
From a noted pioneer in sports medicine comes a breakthrough regimen for stopping back pain once and for allA-without surgery. Eighty-percent of Americans suffer some form of low-back painA-usually
A former word pun champion's funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history. The pun is commonly dismissed
A year with the boy geniuses of the nationA's top high school chess team, now in paperback with a new afterword Edward R. Murrow High School has long been one of New YorkA's public-education success
Here's how to get your situation up to the level of the Situation Listen, dawg. You're probably hitting the gym, doing your tanning, and picking up fresh laundry every day. And maybe you've had some
A Psychological Guidebook for Women in the 21st Century Does life keep distracting you from acknowledging what you feel, what you need, and what you want? Are you too busy listening to what everyone
Whatever your handicap, you can improve your game by using drills to work on the weak spots on the range and the practice green. Jim McLean has coached the drives, chips, and putts of some of golf's
An accomplished LPGA player recalls her days as an unlikely student of a living legend, and the priceless lessons he taught her about winning the game and living life to the fullest. As a collegiat
A deeply personal, deeply hilarious memoir from one of America's most Beloved Saturday Night Live comedians. With his goofy smile, sleepy eyes, and stoner's laugh, Jim Breuer might not appear to be
In the tradition of The Official Preppy Handbook, The Uptight Seattleite is the Stephen Colbert of left-wing satire The author of the wildly popular Seattle Weekly advice column teaches Americans
In a recent U.S. survey, 79 percent of adults said that lack of courtesy was a serious problem. For all of those fed up with antisocial behavior and suffering in silence, realize that you are the maj
ThereA's a difference between a chocoholic and a chocophile, and Clay Gordon is decidedly in the latter category. ItA's not enough for him to simply love this rich indulgence; he is equally addicted t
Introducing a new comedy voice in the tradition of Amy Sedaris and Chelsea Handles in a hilarious memoir about the humiliations we endure to find love-and the lessons that can be culled from the wre
Cyberspace's answer to David Sedaris: raucous recollections from a man with a serious blabber-control problem Joe Peacock is one of those rare people to whom interesting things just sorta happen. Fo
In the tradition of The Gatekeepers, a veteran counselor provides the missing key to the college admissions door with insider wisdom about how admissions committees think, and the thirteen fatal mist
Comedian and actor Stephen Fry?s witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry. Stephen Fry believes that if o
