The Forest Wants to Burn
Essays about life events we think we can’t endure, can’t change, and learn to admire. Insights from broken people with hopeful perspectives.
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When a Shadow Becomes Sharp
Survival guide for people looking to the past for answers to today’s stark realities. Grab a beer and a pillow, for this book will take you to the depths of despair and back – to do it all over again tomorrow.
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What Happened to Nirvana?
Not a book about the band, but how to band together in a world you never imagined. For those who’ve lost their children, their parents, their friends, their pets…and their friend’s children, parents, friends, and pets…and the ultimate loss of idealism.
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How to Get Old in Just Three Months!
Stop your kvetching! Embracing the idea (and the reality) of getting old is the best therapy for forgetting what it’s like to fight time. Fighting time is so exhausting, it will add years to your life. Stop the madness and enjoy your wrinkles, gray hair, bad knees, sagging eyelids, slow digestion, flabby thighs, and loss of sex drive!
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“Wili” Wonka and the Perfume Factory
Blow-by-blow instruction manual on how to survive a night at the ballet (Giselle (and the wilies, to be exact)), surrounded by rich, old-lady perfumes without an inhaler or a surgical mask. See special insert on what to do with the hairdo-bigger-than-your-head-sitting-in-front-of-you-so-you-can’t-see-the-stage.
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The Organ Grinder’s Monkey
It’s not what you think. A new musical…by Peter.
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When I Grow Up, I Want to be Tall
Growing up doesn’t always mean growing taller. The everyday exercise book designed to help you grow up, not taller.
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“I HEARD That!”
101 ways to politely respond to friends and coworkers who pass gas in your presence, AND how to stay married to that cute, but flatulent, former cheerleader.
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My Fat, Dirty, Loser Cat Costs More at the Vet
…than your pampered kitty with too many designer toys lost under the couch, the bed, and the rug – but he’s always there when I need a friend and my fat, dirty, loser friends are drinking Old Milwaukee and listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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It’s Lonely Being Smart
Self-help guide to staying “present” in a conversation with someone who dulls your mind, but may sign your paycheck.
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Books I Never Wrote 