Henry Carter Hull

The author of the bestselling Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon takes aim at the boomer generation in a hilarious work of social commentary. It's become fashionable to vilify baby boomers. Professional iconoclast and baby boomer Joe Queenan, however, takes a somewhat more benign position: Yes, the baby boomers are venal, self-obsessed egomaniacs blighted by an insalubrious interest in things like the provenance of their neighbors' balsamic...

A collection of humorous essays by comedian Steve Martin.

Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.

A collection of the best columns written by Mike Royko during the thirty-five years he spent writing for Chicago newspapers.

A social history of the U.S., examining four periods, from 1960 to 1966, 1967 to 1974, 1975 to 1980, and the decade of the 1980s, discussing how the details of everyday living were affected by issues such as the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and popular culture.

"On January 1, 2008, a 35-year-old average woman embarked on a year-long journey with Oprah as her guide. Robyn Okrant decided to follow every piece of advice offered in Oprah's show, magazine, and website. Living Oprah is the account of what it's like to 'live Oprah'"--Provided by the publisher.

"New Yorker writer Dana Goodyear combines the style of Mary Roach with the on-the-ground food savvy of Anthony Bourdain in a rollicking narrative look at the shocking extremes of the contemporary American food world. A new American cuisine is forming. Animals never before considered or long since forgotten are emerging as delicacies. Parts that used to be for scrap are centerpieces. Ash and hay are fashionable ingredients, and you pay handsomely...