Running Press Adult imprint: 452 books
Retail Anarchy
A Radical Shopper's Adventures in Consumption
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Why does no one blink when they are charged three dollars for a cup of coffee?
Why do grown men sleep on the street overnight to buy video game systems?
How do Dollar Stores cheerfully charge a dollar for a 25 cent pack of gum?
What are the pitfalls of Brand Name Loyalty?
And...
Sea and Smoke
Flavors from the Untamed Pacific Northwest
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
**2015 GOURMAND AWARDS NATIONAL WINNER: FISH
2015 JAMES BEARD WINNER BEST CHEF: NORTHWEST
Part culinary adventure, part serious cookbook, Sea and Smoke chronicles the plucky ambition of a young chef to establish a world-class dining destination in an unlikely place.**
A native of the...
The Art of Living Other People's Lives
Stories, Confessions, and Memorable Mistakes
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
"Greg Dybec is the quirky, neurotic, funny little brother I never had. The Art of Living Other People's Lives is a terrific collection of relatable, hilarious stories."
-- Jen Mann, New York Times bestselling author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat
When he isn't responsible...
The Hustle Economy
Transforming Your Creativity Into a Career
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
To survive in today's gig economy, you must be a mover, a shaker, a doer, and a maker. In The Hustle Economy, we give you 25 essays from founders, writers, producers, game makers, artists, and creative types from every path who share one common trait-they are all self-made hustlers who have managed...
Dumbemployed
Hilariously Dumb and Sadly True Stories about Jobs Like Yours
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
If you've ever wanted to crawl under your desk at work and hide, or tell that pesky coworker what you really think of them, you are probably dumbemployed! Dumbemployed includes approximately 800 of the best, funniest, and dumbest stories contributed by readers from dumbemployed.com, with ninety percent...
Funny (but true) Golf Anecdotes
about Tiger, Phil, Bubba, Rory, Rickie, Jack, Arnie, and all the rest.
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
An Entertaining Gift of Golf Humor
In this collection of over 175 golf anecdotes, you’ll find entertaining stories about Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, David Feherty, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Bobby Jones, and...
Golf List Mania!
The Most Authoritative and Opinionated Rankings of the Best and Worst of the Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
From Best Courses to Biggest Chokes, Most Underrated to Worst-Dressed Golfers, Golf List Mania! includes 120 lists that will inform and entertain. Includes contributions by personalities including Jack Nicklaus, David Feherty, and more, plus a Foreword by Jim Nantz.
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What You Don't Know about Retirement
A Funny Retirement Quiz
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
What You Don't Know about Retirement... will have any retiree celebrating this milestone with lots of laughs. This entertaining quiz pokes fun at growing older while celebrating the joy of retirement. What You Don't Know about Retirement... will provide endless entertainment for any retirement party...
Being Boss
Take Control of Your Work and Live Life on Your Own Terms
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
From the creators of the hit podcast comes an interactive self-help guide for creative entrepreneurs, where they share their best tools and tactics on "being boss" in both business and life.
Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson are self-proclaimed "business besties" and hosts...
Feminist Ryan Gosling
Feminist Theory (as Imagined) from Your Favorite Sensitive Movie Dude
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Based on the popular blog of the same name, Feminist Ryan Gosling pairs swoon-worthy photos of the sensitive, steamy actor with feminist theories to the delight of women (and more than a few of their mothers) everywhere.
What started as a silly way for blogger Danielle Henderson and her classmates...
Scoop
125 Specialty Ice Creams from the Nation's Best Creameries
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Home-made ice cream recipes that capture the flavors you remember and the artisanal flair of today's boutique creators? Scoop is a photo-packed guide to making and enjoying ice cream right at home.
Scoop reinterprets more than 150 classic recipes for home-made treats, carefully constructed...
by Steve Hall
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008
Building on the enormously successful World's Shortest Stories, here's an all-new collection of super-short fiction-each story a mere 55 words long! With nearly 150 contributors, including Charles Schulz and Fannie Flagg, these stories offer love, betrayal, passion, and death-in less time than it takes to count the words in this blurb!
by Pascal Merigeau
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Originally published in France in 2012, Pascal Mérigeau's definitive biography of legendary film director Jean Renoir is a landmark work-the winner of a Prix Goncourt, France's top literary achievement. Now available in the English language for the first time, Jean Renoir: A Biography, is the definitive...
The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies
Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
The gangster movie is one of the most popular genres in film. From the Italian, Irish, and Russian families” in America to similarly sinister groups in Europe, Japan, and beyond, the cinema has never shied away from portraying the evil exploits of these brutal outfits. In this highly entertaining...