Things are looking good for Lifeguard’s Ned Kelly, a former Bostonian who left chilly Massachusetts winters behind for the warm sun of Palm Beach, Florida. He’s met a beautiful woman, spends most of his time on the beach, and works part-time as a lifeguard, pool guy, and errand runner. But when his childhood friends enlist his help for a $60 million art heist, everything goes wrong. Soon enough, his friends are dead, and Ned is the number one suspect. But with the help of an FBI agent named Ellie Shurtleff, he might be able to find the killers and clear his name. Published by Little, Brown, & Company.
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For the answers to all the questions you were too afraid to ask, check out Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You’d Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini. Written by emergency medicine physician Billy Goldberg and best-selling satirist Mark Leyner, the book covers all the strange questions you’ve wondered about but can’t get answers for like “How do people in wheelchairs have sex?” and “Why does asparagus make my pee smell?” It’s an informative, factual, and funny collection of strange queries regarding our bodies, clearing up age-old questions like “Why do old people grow hair on their ears?” and “What causes a brain freeze?”

Here comes another book from the Swell collection of Cynthia Rowley and Ilene Rosenzweig. This time, readers find a guide to throwing the best parties of all varieties. From hangover parties stocked with gel-eye masks, to heavy duty grilling gatherings, to pish-posh cocktail parties, Cynthia and Ilene have a goal to help every woman (or man) out there become a memorable hostess/host by simply toning down effort and boosting up fun. Read The Swell Dressed Party for a fun-loving guide to throwing successful parties!

Cynthia Rowley is an internationally acclaimed fashion designer. Ilene Rosenzweig is the deputy style editor for the Sunday Style section of the New York Times. Atria of Warner Books is the publisher of this book.
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This is Michael Perry’s latest compilation of essays, collected from publications such as Men’s Health, Esquire and Newsweek. The topics of his essays revolve around small-towns and the people that inhabit them. Perry’s style is humorous, yet touching as he ventures deep into the unexplored territories of truckers, blues musicians and other rural dwellers.

Michael Perry is a freelance writer, humorist and speaker. The publisher of Off Main Street is Perennial of HarperCollins Publishers.
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If you spend any time at all the kitchen, you’ve probably heard of the Pampered Chef if you don’t have at least one of its products in your kitchen. Author Doris Christopher was a home economist and teacher when she turned a novel idea into a billion-dollar business. The Pampered Chef takes a look at the work and will that drove Christopher to success. Christopher also offers her advice and includes valuable information and strategies on how to start up a business. Christopher cooks up a recipe for success in this guide for the young, the old, men and women alike.

Doris Christopher founded The Pampered Chef, Ltd. and is the current CEO. She has been featured in such prestigious magazines as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Working Women.
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So fascinating is the lifestyle of the rich and the famous. In Oh the Glory of it All, Sean Wilsey journeys into the grandiose lifestyle of his family that is supremely wealthy, and equally strange. His sultry, blonde mother is known for her scandalous past among high-society, spent entertaining the likes of celebrities and even Black Panthers. The father is a dairy tycoon who carted Wilsey around town in his jet helicopter. And of course, there is the evil stepmother who committed countless foibles on Wilsey’s childhood. Wilsey’s memoir of money, greed, sex, and growth is sure to entertain and shock you.

Sean Wilsey’s works have appeared in The London Review of Books and The Los Angeles Times, among others. He is the editor at large of McSweeny’s Quarterly. This book is published by The Penguin Press.
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Despite what its title may suggest, this is not another book about a new fad diet. It is actually about a muti-eyed beast called a chagwa, the aforementioned carnivore, who inhabits the backyard of a defunct family. 14-year-old Dylan, a recently unemployed child actor, has an imprisoned former congressman for a father and a pill junkie for a mother. Author Julia Slavin’s ingenuity shines through this twisted plot full of tragedy, comedy, deceit, and disorder.

Julia Slavin is the author of the acclaimed collection, The Woman Who Cut Off Her Leg at the Maidstone Club. W. W. Norton & Company is the publisher of Carnivore Diet.
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Author Kim Addonizio captures the essence of the three very different females that take main stage in her novel, Little Beauties. Diana McBride, now in her mid-thirties, used to be a child pageant competitor. She owns a baby store in Long Beach, where she meets the teenage Jamie Ramirez who resents her pregnancy. The last leading lady is Jamie’s unborn daughter Stella, whom Jamie plans to give up for adoption. The lives of these three ladies conjoin from very different paths in this magical story of courage, life, and responsibility.

Kim Addonzio is a poet and a writer who resides in Oakland, CA. She was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award, and is the author of several popular poetry collections, including What Is This Thing Called Love.
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Money. It’s the basis of a love-hate relationship for every woman. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich, psychologist Lois P. Frankel offers advice that is practical and realistic. Frankel specifically focuses on 75 money mistakes of which females are often guilty. Women of every make can reap the benefits of this book. Frankel’s advice applies to women single or married, established or entry-level. If you’re looking for a way to send you to the top of your financial dreams or if you just want handle your money a little smarter, pick up Frankel’s book.

Lois P. Frankel has a Ph.D. and is the president of Corporate Coaching International. She is also the author of the bestsellers Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and Overcoming Your Strengths. Warner Business Books is the publisher of this book.
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The 17 stories compiled in The Paris Review Book of People with Problems were published in the Paris Review in the three decades between 1974 and 2004. All the main characters in these stories have a misfortune of some kind. From stories of junkie mothers to wandering therapists to vicious club owners, each one possesses its own attitude. Contributors include Denis Johnson, Mary Robison and Norman Rush.

Picador is the publisher of The Paris Review Book of People with Problems.