Prospect Park Books imprint: 63 books

Daditude

The Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood

by Chris Erskine
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017

Life is never peaceful in Chris Erskine's house, what with the four kids, 300-pound beagle, chronically leaky roof, and long-suffering wife, Posh. And that's exactly the way he likes it, except when he doesn't. Every week in the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune (and now and then in many other...

The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions

Strategies for Helicoptering, Hot-housing & Micromanaging

by J.D. Rothman
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012

Admissions rates of 6 percent? Kids applying to thirty-two colleges? Sixteen-year-olds with more impressive resumes than Fortune 500 CEOs? Has the nation lost its mind? Why yes, it has! J.D. Rothman, the Neurotic Parent of blog fame, takes readers on a hilarious satiric journey through today’s insane...

Drink: Los Angeles

The Drink Lover's Guide to L.A.

by Miles Clements, Patricia Saperstein, Garrett Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014

Created by the folks behind the very successful Eat: Los Angeles guidebook, Drink: Los Angeles is a nifty pocket guide to the best pubs, cocktail bars, coffeehouses, wine bars, dive bars, tea houses, juice cafes, boba spots, and neighborhood watering holes across Los Angeles. Smart, curated, honest, and reliable.

So Happiness to Meet You

Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam

by Karin Esterhammer
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017

“A lighthearted memoir of new friends, delicious food, and culture shock . . . A brisk chronicle of a family’s (mis)adventures in Vietnam” (Kirkus Reviews). During the 2008 recession, Karin Esterhammer was laid off from her job as a travel writer for the Los Angeles Times. No longer able...
by Quinton Skinner
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017

Written by a seasoned writer, Odd One Out will appeal to a broad audience An alternately funny and warm novel that plays out like a mystery A perfect fit for contemporary trade sales that will be look perfect next Tom Perotta or David Nichols on the fiction table

First We Surf, Then We Eat

Recipes From a Lifetime of Surf Travel

by Jim Kempton
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018

Jim Kempton has spent his life traveling and surfing the world, along the way learning to cook the world's best beach-loving dishes. Now he's sharing his vividly colorful, richly flavorful, and vibrantly healthful collection of more than 90 recipes, along with stories of the best waves, markets, restaurants,...

Famous Baby

A Novel

by Karen Rizzo
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014

The daughter of a mommy blogger escapes fame—and gets even—in this “satirical exploration of the modern American family” (Publisher’s Weekly).   Before there were Real Housewives and Tiger Moms, there was Ruth Sternberg, the hugely popular First Mother of Mommy Blogging—or as Ruth’s...

Das Cookbook

German Cooking . . . California Style

by Hans Röckenwagner, Jenn Garbee, Wolfgang Gussmack
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015

This cookbook is “filled with fantastic versions of the chef’s singular California-European cooking” that made his beloved restaurants and cafes so famous (LA Weekly). One of Eater National’s Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2014 One of Tasting Table’s Best Upcoming Cookbooks In...

Paperback L.A. Book 3

A Casual Anthology: Secrets, SigAlerts, Ravines, Records

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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019

The third in the Paperback L.A. series focusing on culture, people, humor, and zeitgeist of L.A. Editor is respected as a former magazine editor and communications chief for a prominent social-justice nonprofit Focus will be on smart, entertaining short pieces, not esoteric or archly...
by Lian Dolan
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013

The Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of Helen of Pasadena offers a “charmingly funny and effortless read” about new love, new life, and Shakespeare (Library Journal, starred review)****. English professor Elizabeth Lancaster is living her perfectly orchestrated, perfectly dull life...
by John Vorhaus
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013

When grifter Radar Hoverlander gets tangled in a dangerous con in Austin, “Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen fans should be pleased” (Publishers Weekly). After pulling world-class cons in California and New Mexico, Radar Hoverlander and his crew—including girlfriend and grift artist, Allie...
by Oscar Mandel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014

Otherwise Fables gives new wit and depth to the beloved mode of the fable Written by respected Belgian scholar and professor emeritus of literature at prestigious Caltech Author has published widely in the fields of poetry, drama, fiction, art history, literary theory, and translations from French and German Book will be supported by a generous marketing and advertising budget
by Michael Piafsky
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014

The path of an American life—told in Tarot cards: “A wonderful read . . . evocative of a John Irving novel . . . Beautifully written and deeply rewarding” (Booklist). This dazzling debut novel follows its midwestern narrator from childhood to old age as he examines the touchpoints and...
by Adam Walker Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018

An HR exec and part-time private eye searches for a deadly corporate consultant in a mystery with “a smooth noir vibe [and] a satisfying series of twists” (Kirkus Reviews). Chuck Restic’s life as a part-time private investigator is going just fine. As a corporate HR manager, he has a...
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