Touchstone: 629 books
Fool in Love
One Man's Search for Romance . . . or Something Like It
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The delirious pursuit of love is a search that inevitably takes us all both down the well-beaten path and into new, uncharted territory. In this collection of thirty-three heart-tugging and hilarious essays, celebrated Electronic Urban Report columnist Steven Ivory chronicles his lifelong quest for...
Dear Hubby, About Your Retirement
A Guide for Staying at Home
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Advice Only a Loving Wife Can Give
Destined to become the perfect retirement gift, Dear Hubby, About Your Retirement is filled with wisdom, warmth, and gentle advice from a wife to her husband.
This unique book covers all the details concerning retirement, offering tongue-in-cheek admonitions...
by Melinda Corey, Diane Corey, George Ochoa
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1992
If you're a movie or television fan - how many of these questions can you answer?
What was the last picture show in The Last Picture Show?
Where was the stagecoach headed in Stagecoach?
What was the name of the dinosaur bone in Bringing Up Baby?
What did Gomer Pyle do before...
by Bertrand Russell
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.
Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique...
Barenaked Ladies
Public Stunts, Private Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
From geeks in short pants to multiplatinum artists, Barenaked Ladies are nothing less than a phenomenon. Now, for the first time in the United States, we can read their astonishing story.
Steven, Ed, Jim, Tyler, and Kevin have two Grammy nominations under their belts, they've appeared on The Tonight...
by Robert Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2004
Drawing from diverse personages from Goethe to Churchill to Woody Allen, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said is a witty wise quotation collection that deserves a special place on every humor lover's bookshelf.
These unique, funny, and outrageous quotations, previously published in four...
Baseball's Even Greater Insults:
More Game's Most Outrageous & Irreverent Remarks
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
A grand slam of a book. The sequel to the bestselling Baseball’s Greatest Insults, with hilarious put-downs and outrageous wisecracks about America’s national pastime.
There are no lyrical passages here, no fond reminiscences about childhood games, no tributes to "inspiring" players. Too...
by Robert Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
A fresh selection of sharp, witty zingers gathered from both famous and utterly unknown (but very quotable) sources, by the editor of the popular quote collection The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said.
Robert Byrne’s quote books are widely praised as authoritative and accessible sources...
Chocolate for a Woman's Spirit
77 Stories of Inspiration to Life Your Heart and Sooth Your Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 1999
Take A Chocolate Break!
Chocolate -- sweet, delectable, and rich -- is a feast for our senses and a treat for our souls. Now, indulge yourself in 77 brand-new "chocolate stories," from the creator of the national bestsellers Chocolate for a Woman's Soul and Chocolate for a Woman's Heart. Kay Allenbaugh...
How to Duck a Suckah
A Guide to Living a Drama-Free Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008
The Bodyguard for Women's Hearts returns with brand-new tough-love advice for satisfying relationships and spiritual fulfillment.
Some women have become so accustomed to the games and manipulations of men that they are virtually sitting ducks for all the suckahs out there. Every woman has to...
The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue
A Child of the Fifties Looks Back
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Dear Reader,
When we asked the beloved award-winning comedian and actor Robert Klein to write a book, you can imagine our utter surprise when he told us that he wanted to write about sixth-century Chinese pottery. Thankfully, he hit a creative brick wall (since he doesn't really know anything...
Beyond Belief
The American Press And The Coming Of The Holocaust, 1933- 1945
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 1993
This most complete study to date of American press reactions to the Holocaust sets forth in abundant detail how the press nationwide played down or even ignored reports of Jewish persecutions over a twelve-year period.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
A gripping tale of personal revolution by a man who went from Crips co-founder to Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author, and antigang activist
When his L.A. neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips, but what began as protection became worse...
Savage Grace
The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A spellbinding tale of money and madness, incest and matricide, Savage Grace is the saga of Brooks and Barbara Baekeland -- beautiful, rich, worldly -- and their handsome, gentle son, Tony. Alternately neglected and smothered by his parents, he was finally driven to destroy the whole family in a violent...