As seen on Good Morning America A darkly humorous and inspiring first-person account of the larger-than-life exploits and ultimate redemption of an Irish gangster-turned-actor-turned-sober-storyteller—written in collaboration with the creators of Silicon Valley . Richie Stephens is an actor who often plays hardened gangsters and criminals. This is easy for him because he was a drug trafficker, kidnapper, drug addict, alcoholic, and all-around criminal himself. His life twisted and turned in harrowing self-destructive adventures that took him from his native Ireland to San Francisco, Australia, and finally, Los Angeles, coalescing into a classic tale of a man trying to run from his problems by moving to new and more exotic locations—a hard and painful realization that comes at a point in which he’s about to take his own life. The only reason there is a story to tell is because he did not. Instead, he found help, and in doing so, found himself. More than that, he found that help comes in different forms, and oftentimes it just takes the right thought to hit at the right time for it all to make sense. The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety chronicles Richie’s descent into the abyss of crime and dependency, and how his personal understanding of freedom allowed him to become the functioning positive force he is today. Richie’s story is sprawling and epic, but the key to the book is the same key to his recovery: the 12 Steps. With his own flair and original understanding of life and the world, he followed the 12 Steps to find the clarity he needed to save his own life and evolve into a positive force for others. As Richie says, “Hopefully if people see that someone as fucked up as me could change their life, then there is hope for anyone.” The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety is gripping in its honesty and openness. Even at its darkest moments, there is a keen understanding of the absurd nature of life as the author comes to grips with his failings and his faith, while also entering a place of self-acceptance. This is a story of redemption and the power of the human spirit, and how sometimes you have to turn to something greater than yourself.

Tired of being "bugged" by his father, a sixteen-year-old runs away from home. His adventures working and living alone and in a commune bring him to some unpleasant realizations about his own maturity.

"The adventures of a boy named Ira Stigman, and his extended Jewish immigrant family, from the outbreak of World War I through the beginning of the 1920s."--Jacket.

Count Hamnet Thyssen is a minor noble of the drowsy old Raumsdalian Empire. Its capital city, Nidaros, began as a mammoth hunters’ camp at the edge of the great Glacier. But that was centuries ago, and as everyone knows, it’s the nature of the great Glacier to withdraw a few feet every year. Now Nidaros is an old and many-spired city; and though they still feel the breath of the great Glacier in every winter’s winds, the ice cap itself has retreated beyond the horizon. Trasamund, a clan chief of the mammoth-herding Bizogots, the next tribe north, has come to town with strange news. A narrow gap has opened in what they'd always thought was an endless and impregnable wall of ice. The great Glacier does not go on forever--and on its other side are new lands, new animals, and possibly new people. Ancient legend says that on the other side is the Golden Shrine, put there by the gods to guard the people of their world. Now, perhaps, the road to the legendary Golden Shrine is open. Who could resist the urge to go see? For Count Hamnet and his several companions, the glacier has always been the boundary of the world. Now they'll be traveling beyond it into a world that's bigger than anyone knew. Adventures will surely be had...

Atlantis and Other Places includes twelve amazing stories of ancient eras, historical figures, mysterious events, and out-of-this- world adventures from the incomparable Harry Turtledove.

Leslie Gibson was a wealthy, beautiful, seventeen-year-old brat--out for kicks at any price. And Leslie had decided that Reid Rance, adventurer and travel guide extraordinaire, was just the man to show her the hot spots of Mexico. But touring led to trouble with a capital T, and Reid was soon minus one debutante, plus several unwanted corpses, and desperately wanted by Mexican and American police ... as well as the Mexican underground. Could Reid evade the cops and rescue Leslie from her underground abductors before time ran out for them both?

This is a re-publication of the famed artwork, 100 Boots , which consisted of postcards showing the adventures of the books as they traveled across the United States.

Eleanor of Aquitaine has every reason to be upset. For centuries she's been patiently waiting for her husband, King Henry II, to meet her in Heaven. Luckily, she's sharing a cloud with some old friends who knew her when she and Henry ruled supreme. As long as they're together, they might as well gossip about old times--and soon all of Eleanor's adventures in the Middle Ages spring to life again. Finally, just when they're about to give up on Henry, Eleanor spots three men floating toward them. After all this time, could one of them be Henry?

A chronicle, told in e-mail, of a year-long globe-spanning journey taken by the author, his wife, and their three young children offers stunning photographs of the journey and striking tales of adventures encountered along the way. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

Three highly illustrated, hilarious stories about a group of kids and their adventures during the fifteen minutes of Little Lunch. At Little Lunch Mrs Gonsha's bum got stuck in the slide, we found something GROSS in the sandpit and Rory got sent to the principal's office... again. What else can happen in fifteen minutes?

Three highly illustrated, hilarious stories about a group of kids and their adventures during the fifteen minutes of Little Lunch. At Little Lunch Manny's food fell outside the school gate, Debra-Jo Woo and Amba made TOILET-PAPER CROWNS and we invented a new ball game. What else can happen in fifteen minutes?

Three highly illustrated, hilarious stories about a group of kids and their adventures during the fifteen minutes of Little Lunch. At Little Lunch we squeezed between the portable classroom and the fence, Battie fell off the old climbing tree and Melanie counted EVERYTHING. What else can happen in fifteen minutes?

Three highly illustrated, hilarious stories about a group of kids and their adventures during the fifteen minutes of Little Lunch. At Little Lunch we played Chinese whispers, Melanie ran an INSECT HOSPITAL and Rory kicked his football over the off-limits fence. What else can happen in fifteen minutes?

Highly and hilariously illustrated, three stories of the antics and adventures that kids can get up to in the 15 minutes that is ''Little Lunch''! At Little Lunch Tamara Noodle hogged the monkey bars, we all fought over what kind of sandwich Manny was eating and Battie became SUPER BATMAN GUY. What else can happen in fifteen minutes?

Highly and hilariously illustrated, three stories of the antics and adventures that kids can get up to in the 15 minutes that is ''Little Lunch''! At Little Lunch we ate a BAD birthday pavlova, Atticus lost his glasses and we had a Disgusting Joke Competition by the bubblers. What else can happen in fifteen minutes?

The story of Dan Greenburg's coming-of-age is riotously funny, disarmingly candid, and finally touching, Men will read this book and smile nostalgically, recalling their own only-slightly-more-ept-than-Greenburg adventures in dating. Women will read it with fascination at what really went on in some sectors of the enemy camp, and with the realization that perhaps they were better off as females than they'd thought.

Ten-year-old Grimble has some unusual adventures trying to cope with his vague and forgetful parents.

Floridius the Soothsayer has been asked to read the omens for a wealthy man whose villa appears to be haunted. The pay is good but it means studying a sheep's liver and poor Floridius faints at the sight of blood! Can Threptus solve the mystery and save his friend from embarrassment? Join Threptus and Floridius on their hilarious and action-packed adventures among Rome's superstitious underclass, and don't miss this ruder, funnier and still historically accurate companion to The Roman Mysteries.

Silverberg, winner of four Hugos and five Nebulas, presents a riveting tale of an epic voyage of survival in a hostile environment. On the watery world of Hydros, humans live on artificial islands and keep an uneasy peace with the native race of amphibians. When a group of humans angers their alien hosts, they are exiled--set adrift on the planet's vast and violent sea.

It's a Man's World was first released in 2003 to critical acclaim and was featured on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Book Review and in the New York Times. This rich collection, filled with interviews, essays, and color reproductions of testosterone-heavy thirty-five-cent magazines with names like Man's Exploits, Rage, and Escape to Adventure (to name a few), illustrates the culture created to help veterans confront the confusion of jobs, girls, and the Cold War on their return from World War II and the Korean War. The expanded paperback edition includes wartime illustrations and advertisements from mass-produced magazines that preview the xenophobia and racist ideas later seen throughout men's adventure magazines of the '50s and '60s--