Avery imprint: 686 books
You Are Now Less Dumb
How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The author of the bestselling You Are Not So Smart shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, and gives readers a fighting chance at outsmarting their not-so-smart brains
David McRaney’s first book, You Are Not So Smart, evolved from his wildly popular blog of the...
Tough Sh*t
Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
That Kevin Smith? The guy who did “Clerks” a million years ago? Didn’t they bounce his fat ass off a plane once? What could you possibly learn from the director of “Cop Out”? How about this: he changed filmmaking forever when he was twenty-three, and since then, he’s done whatever the...
I Don't Care About Your Band
What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Se nsitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
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In the tradition of Cynthia Heimel and Chelsea Handler, and with the boisterous iconoclasm of Amy Sedaris, Julie Klausner's candid and funny debut I Don't Care About Your Band sheds light on the humiliations we endure to find love--and the lessons...
Someone Could Get Hurt
A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America
No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary. The GQ correspondent and Deadspin columnist’s stories about trying to raise a family have attracted millions of readers online....
by James Kakalios
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science
Since 2001, James Kakalios has taught "Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books," a hugely popular university course...
Pitch Perfect (movie tie-in)
The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
A musical tale of collegiate a cappella filled of high notes, high drama, and high jinks that inspired the hit films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2.
Get ready to be pitch slapped.
The roots of unaccompanied vocal music stretch all the way back to Gregorian chants of the Middle Ages,...
The Squared Circle
Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Grantland and Deadspin correspondent presents a breakthrough examination of the professional wrestling, its history, its fans, and its wider cultural impact that does for the sport what Chuck Klosterman did for heavy metal.
The Squared Circle grows out of David Shoemaker’s writing for Deadspin,...
The Pun Also Rises
How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay M ore Than Some Antics
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
A former word pun champion's funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history.
The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such...
Three Times the Love
Finding Answers and Hope for Our Triplets with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
The powerfully moving story of one family's journey toward healing their triplet sons with autism
Lynn and Randy Gaston were overjoyed to discover they were having triplets after many arduous years of trying to conceive. But at eighteen months, the boys began exhibiting odd new behaviors-among...
A Thousand Days of Wonder
A Scientist's Chronicle of His Daughter's Developing Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
A father's intimate look at his daughter's developing mind from birth to age three
Unlike any other time in our lives, we remember almost nothing from our first three years. As infants, not only are we like the proverbial blank slate but our memories are like teflon: nothing sticks. In this...
The Secret Lives of Wives
Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
A bestselling, groundbreaking author investigates successful long term marriages, interviewing wives and their uncensored strategies for staying married.
America's high divorce rate is well known. But little attention has been paid to the flip side: couples who creatively (sometimes clandestinely)...
NeuroTribes
The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
**A New York Times bestseller
Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction
A groundbreaking book that upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently.**
What...
The Magic Room
A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
The New York Times bestselling journalist and author of The Girls from Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow, takes us to a multi- generational family owned small-town bridal shop to explore the emotional lives of women in the 21st century.
You may not have heard of Fowler, Michigan, much less Becker's Bridal....
Putting Children First
Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
An internationally renowned authority on children and divorce reveals the latest research-based strategies for helping children survive and thrive before, during, and long after their parents divorce.
The breakup of a family can have an enduring impact on children. But as Dr. JoAnne Pedro-Carroll...