Robert Crumb - My Troubles With Women

Kristin Hannah - Summer Island

Years after now-famous radio talk-show host Nora Bridge abandoned her marriage and children, her bitter and estranged daughter, struggling comedienne Ruby Bridge, is offered a fortune to write a ...

Hamlet

When the ghost of his father appears to Prince Hamlet of Denmark, urging him to avenge his murder upon his uncle, the tragic flaw of indecision leads Hamlet to ruin.

Danny Fingeroth - Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society

Dave Barry - Dave Barry Turns 40

One of the more traumatic aspects of reaching age 40 is the realization that you no longer have the same body you had when you were 21. I know I don't. Sometimes when I take a shower I look down at my ...

Patrick F. McManus - Real Ponies Don't Go Oink

The New York Times Book Review applauds McManus's " sure comic hand " ; their favorite pieces are those in which " Mr. McManus's sweet-spirited intelligence competes with the antic yarn " ; and they ...

Steven Kroll - Pigs in the House

Keiko Tobe - With the Light... 1: Raising an Autistic Child

In an alternately heartwarming and bittersweet tale, a mother notices that her son is slightly different from the other children, and must learn to cope with both the overwhelming discovery of her ...

Bill Watterson - Weirdos from Another Planet: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Calvin and his constant companion Hobbes romp their way through another series of adventures spawned largely in the boy's never-flagging imagination.

Tom Lichtenheld - What Are You So Grumpy About?

Provides readers of all ages with a colorfully illustrated tale about the different kind of things that can make a person grumpy, such as waking up on the wrong side of the bed or finding out that you ...