From Jackie Collins to People magazine, authors and press alike have lauded Whacked as a dark and sexy guilty pleasure. Parade, Real Simple magazine, the New York Post, and the Houston Chronicle all selected Whacked as a summer reading pick, and author Jules Asner was featured everywhere from Good Morning America to the Los Angeles Times. Life promises to be perfect for Dani Hale. She has an almost-perfect boyfriend named Dave and a dream job writing for the TV crime series Flesh and Bone that allows her to indulge her macabre forensic passions. But something isn't quite right with her relationship, and Dani-a wily and inventive snoop-learns that Dave's real creative talents are (1) lying and (2) cheating on her. Soon she is plunged into the world of Los Angeles singledom, enduring a battalion of bad dates with men whose peccadilloes would drive a lesser woman to kill. At her wit's end, Dani is driven to a dramatic extreme that is as shocking as it is sensible in the girl-eat-girl world of Hollywood. Praised by critics as the perfect beach read, Jules Asner's Whacked is a wicked tale of relationships, betrayal, and very modern revenge.

Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader; and James "Whitey" Bulger, the ruthless and untouchable Southie legend. Stretching from the earliest New York and New Orleans street wars through decades of bootlegging scams, union strikes, gang wars, and FBI investigations, Paddy Whacked is a riveting tour de force that restores the Irish American gangster to his rightful preeminent place in our criminal history -- and penetrates to the heart of the American experience.

If someone called you a 'googlewhack' what would you do? Would you end up playing table tennis with a nine year-old boy in Boston? Would you find yourself in Los Angeles wrangling snakes, or would you go to China to be licked by a performance artist? If your name is Dave Gorman, then all of these things could be true. Fuelled by a lust for life and a desperate desire to do anything except what he's supposed to be doing (writing that novel and growing up), Dave falls under the spell of an obscure internet word game - Googlewhacking. Addicted to the game, and gripped by obsession, Dave travels three times round the world, visiting four continents and the unlikeliest cast of real life eccentrics you'll ever meet in what becomes an epic challenge, a life-changing, globe-trotting Googlewhack adventure.

Hack and Whack - two angelic looking Viking toddler twins - are on the attack! As they go marauding around their village, upsetting the apple carts, little do they know there is a force far more powerful than they: their mum! The story ends on the terrible two being plunged into a cold bath! Gloriously funny, slapstick, fast paced action from the queen of funny.

With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

“THE THIRD ONE IS ALWAYS THE CHARM” G3NIU$ Welcome to the final act! Gene Geter delivers the third installment in the greatest trilogy of poetic history. As all true trilogies are, this book ties all the loose ends Genius and Genius 2 first introduced. He used the following rules to create the trilogy: (1) no rules of diction, (2) no rules of grammar and (3) no rules of fact. But it wasn’t easy completing the set; Gene endured an extensive amount of stress and tormented restless nights. Since the beginning, major duplicity was created and printed to make the talented artist, a nefarious one, such as his misleading and nonsensical connection with Chicago Tribune Broadcasting instead of Tribune Interactive. Or his made-up friendship with singer Erykah Badu. As well as the rumors that he has racy photos of actress Neve Campbell. The rumors that he's the brother of New York Yankees player Derek Jeter and dating supermodel Tyra Banks in addition to dating actress Mena Suvari. The rumored lawsuit reported on “The Doug Banks Show.” The rumors he attended this year’s Academy Awards with former pornstar Heather Hunter. The rumors that Gene is working on an upcoming erotic novel and photography books. Why he unknowingly dedicated his first two poetry books to different women born on the same day. And let’s not forget the untrue ignominy of satanic orgy parties, flesh peddling demimondaines and manufacturing drugs. Some of these preposterous publicity stunts were created by only two individuals...independent publicists Vidal Rodriquez and Tinnycua Williams. These people did everything in their power to sell Genius and Genius 2 to the masses, resulting in violent feuds over the gossip in bookstores across America. It’s too early to tell what Rodriquez and Williams will do to sell Genius 3. But time will tell all!

INSTEAD OF SOLITAIRE is the end result of a life spent exhausting the possibilities of being big, male, smart and beautiful. Following is a Q&A with DENNIS DOPH the poet who made it happen. What is the reason for "Instead of Solitaire"? TO MAKE YOU OLD POETRY DOGS SIT UP ON YOUR HAUNCHES AND BARK. Why are Americans expected to mellow out when they past fifty? BECAUSE IT IS TRADITION. BUT THEN WE ARE NOT ALL MARRIED TO LAURA BUSH. Why are you determined to rattle everybodys cage? WHY ARE YOU DETERMINED TO LIVE IN ONE? What should the casual reader expect from "Instead of Solitaire?" THE CASUAL READER SHOULD JUST WHEEL HIS LAME BUTT DOWN THE ROAD AND NEVER CRACK IT. INSTEAD OF SOLITAIRE IS NOT ABOUT CASUAL. You have been called a Professional Gay Man. Is that true? PROFESSIONAL TOP. NEXT QUESTION. Is there a reason for "Instead of Solitaire"? IS THERE A REASON FOR VIAGRA? Come fly DENNIS DOPH if you want a long,wild, frequently rough ride.