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Idaho Winter

by Tony Burgess

Idaho Winter is a boy who, through no fault of his own, is loathed by everyone in the town where he lives—his father feeds him roadkill for breakfast, the crossing guard steers cars toward him as he crosses...

When Tish Happens: The Unlikely Story of Canada's "Most Influential Literary Magazine"

by Frank Davey

Chronicling the birth of Tish, the University of British Columbia’s poetry newsletter, this history describes the ideologies and devotion of its contributing poets and editors and the publication that followed....

Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped

by Dean Budnick & Josh Baron

In the spring of 1975 a trio of neophyte businessmen backed an old Chrysler onto a sun-baked Arizona driveway and convened in their new office. The garage start-up, dubbed Ticketmaster, would come to achieve...

Don't Stop Believin': The Unofficial Guide to Glee

by Erin Balser & Suzanne Gardner

The fictional high-school milieu of Glee—the wildly popular Fox television series that debuted in 2009—is celebrated and dissected in this detailed companion to the series. The songs, the students, and the...

Swap: A Mystery

by John McFetridge

When Toronto’s shadow city sprawls outwards with its vicious and encompassing criminal economy, all the local detectives can do is watch, grimace, and drink, sweeping up detritus left in the wake—dead hookers,...

Truly, Madly, Deadly: The Unofficial True Blood Companion

by Becca Wilcott

This companion to the wildly popular HBO series True Blood is at once an introductory guide to the first two seasons of the vampire saga and a treasure trove for the legions of true believers who follow the...

The MMA Encyclopedia

by Jonathan Snowden & Kendall Shields

Whether a casual fan or a longtime mixed martial arts (MMA) enthusiast, all MMA spectators will benefit from the information in this detailed reference. The complicated nature of MMA can create a barrier for...

Finding Lost - Season Six: The Unoffical Guide

by Nikki Stafford

In this comprehensive handbook,the sixth and final season of the wildly popular television series Lost is discussed. Background information on the historical, philosophical, religious, and literary references...

Hope Burned: A Novel

by Brent LaPorte

A father sits down to write a letter to his son explaining why his hands are covered in blood. He journeys back through his childhood on the farm, through the captivity, torture, and brutality that he suffered...

Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D.

by Barbara Barnett

The richly layered depths of House, M.D. are plumbed in this comprehensive companion to the critically acclaimed Fox television series that has proven to be a study in contradictions as both a straightforward...

Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times

by Neil Peart

The music of Frank Sinatra, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and many other artists provides the score to the reflections of a musician on the road in this memoir of Neil Peart's travels from Los Angeles to Big Bend...

The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa

by Neil Peart

Dysentery, drunken soldiers, and corrupt officials provide the background for Neil Peart's physical and spiritual cycling journey through West Africa. The prolific drummer for the rock band Rush travels through...

The Bourgeois Empire: A Novel

by Evie Christie

The bleak landscape of midlife disillusionment and excess permeate this brooding novel about a husband and wife, a teenage girl, and the erotic and mundane details of daily existence. His masculinity charged...

Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good: Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm

by Josh Levine

Larry David, the man behind two of the most successful and critically acclaimed sitcoms in television history, is the focus of this biography. This unofficial guide follows the career that has accorded him status...

You Can't Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates

by Sam Cutler

An exhilarating, all-access rock memoir from someone who has seen and done it all, this telling recounts the many experiences of Sam Cutler, the former tour manager of the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead....

Therafields: The Rise and Fall of Lea Hindley-Smith's Psychoanalytic Commune

by Grant Goodbrand

A behind-the-scenes look at a 1970s phenomenon, this study—written by someone who was involved in and a key member of the movement—discusses Therafields and how 900 people came to live in a therapeutic community...

Upsetting the Balance (Worldwar, Book Three)

Worldwar Tetralogy #3

by Harry Turtledove

Russia, Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival--never mind victory--was to unite to stop a mighty foe--one...

Dead Politician Society: A Clare Vengel Undercover Novel

by Robin Spano

When the mayor keels over dead in the middle of a speech, a clandestine student society immediately takes credit for his demise. Their mission is to create a perfect political system by any means at their disposal....

The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark: A Novel

by Christopher Meades

Longing to break out of his dreary existence, Henrik Nordmark—a bald, middle-aged security guard with few friends and no romantic possibilities—is determined to experience one moment of inimitable distinction,...

Lethal Rage: A Mystery

by Brent Pilkey

Filled with drugs, prostitution, and crime, this mystery explores the unglamorous life of a street cop in the rough-and-tumble 51 Division. Jack Warren, a young officer who enters the dangerous downtown streets...