In Embracing the Local: Extension Cords and All, when Glen Cantrell leaves the Bay Area for Twain Harte, California, he expects mountain life, not responsibility for keeping a business community afloat. Then he becomes president of the volunteer Twain Harte Area Chamber of Commerce as...

David Haldane’s A Tooth in My Popsicle is a fascinating look at what happens when an American expat packs up and moves to the Philippines. The book begins with a major financial crisis that costs Haldane his job at the Los Angeles Times, leading to...

Peter Hobbes' Get the Fck Over…IT is a satirical self-help book built around a surprisingly simple premise: the author's inability, or rather his refusal, to make peace with drivers who occupy the passing lane without actually passing anyone. What begins as a familiar irritation quickly...

Parenthood is a unique experience. You have someone to share both the good and bad times with, and you have the privilege of watching your children grow and teaching them life lessons, such as how to have confidence in themselves. However, every family is different,...

Only So Many Shopping Days Till Christmas by Jane and Haley Grecsek is a profanity-laced, hugely humorous self-help book that reimagines aging as a countdown to celebration rather than what many consider to be a somber walk toward oblivion. The book is inspired by a...

How Shakespeare Can Save the World by Ion Parreah offers an imaginative exploration of modern society through Shakespeare’s enduring insights, using the Fool’s voice as a guide through contemporary chaos. Parreah introduces the fictional town of Cold Cape, a community undone not by natural disaster...

The Jezebel Tracks by Gardner Landry is a tale of dysfunction, narcissism, addiction, and psychopaths. This may seem to be an unlikely vehicle for humor, but Gardner Landry carries it off with precision and style, while painting a bleak picture of his dysfunctional family. The...

Ksenia Ivanova’s Pink Slippers and Other Bad Decisions drops you into Kaya’s rollercoaster of life as an immigrant in Israel. From settling in a small town to navigating low-paying cleaning jobs, disorderly clients, and impossible bosses, Kaya's days are a non-stop mix of survival. On...

In the hilarious and high-energy pages of The Dad Jokes Haggadah by Martin Bodek, the Passover Seder gets a much-needed injection of humor. This isn’t just your standard religious text; it’s a full-on celebration of the classic, pun-heavy "dad joke" style applied to the entire...

Wrong Bird by Matthew West-James is a memoir built around moments when his confidence and his reality collided. The book begins with his teenage decision to mark a turning point in life with a phoenix tattoo that later proves to be nearly identical to the...