It's a laugh-out-loud collection of wisecracks, automotive first aid, and roadside philosophy. Tom and Ray have gathered the most outrageous and humorous segments from their weekly call-in radio show, including "Eggs Prestone," "Bad Hair Days," "Clinton Sends Vowels to Bosnia," "Gail, the Tollgate Fugitive," and the Tappet Brothers personal favorite, the tale of Max and his little Schnauzer.

From Alisa Kwitney, the acclaimed author of Sex as a Second Language and The Dominant Blonde, comes a witty, romantic, and compassionate new novel about an urban working mom who leaves the city only to find her talents are no match for country life. An accomplished journalist, Zoë Goren can't drive and she doesn't cook. But that's never been a problem in Manhattan, where the streets are filled with taxis and takeout restaurants, and a busy single mother can find everything she needs right at her fingertips. In fact, Zoë can't imagine living or working anyplace else. But when Zoë's daughter is diagnosed with dyslexia, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice, moving two hours from Manhattan in order to enroll Maya in an excellent school for children with learning differences. Stranded in a rural paradise, Zoë must grapple with isolation, coyote howls, and the lack of good delivery services. But when she decides to overcome her fear of driving and take lessons, she meets Mack, an unnervingly attractive townie, back from the war in Iraq and trying to adjust to civilian life. With a budding new romance and a reporting gig for the local paper, Zoë just might survive in the wilderness of small-town America after all. One of today's best breakout authors, who has been called "witty, charming, funny, and real" by Carly Phillips, Alisa Kwitney creates authentic characters that women love to read about -- and talk about. Zoë Goren will have them rooting for her all the way.

Julius, Please Get Back In The Car!A month after Hitler invaded Poland in 1939 Benny checked in as the first of two sons born to Julius and Eleanor Wade. Eleanor was beautiful and bright while Julius was talented, handsome, and full of life. Their second son, Toodly, was born in 1943. A picture taken of Julius at age 21 showed a young man in control of his world who might have stepped from the pages of The Great Gatsby. While World War II was raging in Europe and the Pacific the Wade family experienced a serene existence on the family farm in rural South Georgia. The turmoil of war seemed far away except when word was received from family or friends in military service or when the family gathered with neighbors at Mr. Hollum Smith's house to search the azure skies for German planes. Fleeting fear surfaced on occasion at night while visiting his Grandmother in Cordele when Benny experienced all the lights in the city going dark ostensibly as a means to forestall a possible attack by German war planes.For his first six years Benny enjoyed an idyllic time of agrarian exploration and wonder as he roamed freely in the fields and woods of his Daddy's farm. His parents doted on their two sons and each day brought forth an exciting adventure for two preschoolers. Following the close of World War II and with the resumption of commercial automobile production Julius resumed his previous occupation of automobile salesman where bolstered by the post war prosperity of the economy he became super successful. In addition he was exceedingly kind to his wife and children and life was good.The years between 1946-51 are nostalgically recalled as the days of wine and roses but they were not to last. The rose petals faded seemingly overnight. The romance of moderate wine tasting was transformed into a nightly ritual of a steadily escalating consumption of any type alcoholic beverage available. Julius, the successful businessman and loving family provider descended abysmally into alcoholic addiction until by 1953 concern for the next drink took precedence over his regard for work, his family, or any other previously positive aspects of his life.For the 21 years of his life which followed Julius invariably put one step forward and took three steps backward. Alcohol controlled his life and ultimately cost him his life. He got out of "The Car of Life" and never got back in for good either literally or figuratively. But although Julius is a central character in the book the real story reveals the hopes, struggles, heartbreaks and successes of his wife, Eleanor and their two sons.The purpose of the book is to reveal and make public goods times brought about through Julius's influence as well as the telling of circumstances and events once too painful and shameful to share. It is hoped Julius, Please Get Back in The Car! will cause readers to think, wonder, remember, reflect, smile, laugh, shake your heads, and perhaps cry. Humor is at times employed as a palliative preference to the alternative of being engulfed by the results and reality of alcohol addiction. How much of the book came from the writer's memory and how much came from his imagination? I leave that to each reader to determine. When the final line is read it is hoped readers whose parents, children, spouses, and other relatives, have been diminished or destroyed by addiction will embrace this conclusion. Genetics need not be the determining factor in whether one becomes an addict. Toodly, Benny, and a half dozen of their cousins can testify to that reality.

Spike Gillespie tells it like it is. Whether she's writing about men, mothering or money, she cuts to the chase, unabashedly recounting the exhilaration and uncertainty she is forever encountering along the odd path that is her life. Gillespie approaches her subjects with a keen eye for curious details and a readiness to ask hard questions and give honest, even brutal, answers. Her willingness to "put it all down--the painful, the funny, the mundane, the embarrassing" has won legions of readers for her print and online columns.Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away) collects forty-six essays, which initially appeared in such publications as the Washington Post, Austin Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Bust, Gargoyle, and thecommonspace.org. As Gillespie describes them, "There are odes to my good days and bad, to trips I've taken--both real and metaphorical, to holiness found in unexpected places, to men I have not slept with, to learning to live sober. Too, there are miscellaneous ruminations on my alter-ego, my inner-teen, the floor mat in my car, a dead squirrel in the road." Binding these pieces is the thread of hope: there are moments the thread slips out of view only to resurface in some unexpected location. Sometimes it takes awhile, but Gillespie always relocates hope, discovering even in her darkest times that life is full of an embarrassment of riches.

Germans born in the second decade of the last century will have been a subject of no less than six political regimes, seven if they lived in the former German Democratic Republic. Today, Germany's democratic polity, pluralistic society, institutional structures, and market economy are growing increasingly strong. In clear and compelling prose, Hancock and Krisch argue that German politics today is the politics of a normal European democracy moving toward the EU. The authors discuss Germany's course of modernization, which involves rapid industrialization and social development following the nation s first unification in 1871 and its subsequent torturous course of political change embracing Imperial authoritarianism, the democratic experiment of the Weimar Republic, Nazi totalitarianism, and postwar variants of communism and Western-style democracy. Chapters detail the country s political history, as well as its culture, new constitutional debates, parties, and economic policy, and culminate in a look at Germany in global context.

Explore Southern Germany's rich automotive history and discover the culture and personalities that define it today. Coverage includes over 20 automobile museums, specialty car tuners, the legendary Nurburgring and Hockenheimring race tracks, and the car manufacturers that made Munich, Stuttgart, and Ingolstadt famous. This is the ultimate travel guide for anyone who loves the car.

Explore Southern Germany's rich automotive history and discover the culture and personalities that define it today. Exclusive interviews with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell, Susie Stoddart, Sabine Schmitz, and Wolfgang Kaufmann. Coverage includes over 2 dozen automobile museums, specialty car tuners, the legendary Nürburgring and Hockenheimring race tracks, and the car manufacturers that made Munich, Stuttgart, and Ingolstadt famous. This is the ultimate travel guide for anyone who loves the car.

Explore Southern Germany's rich automotive history and discover the culture and personalities that define it today. Exclusive interviews with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell, Susie Stoddart, Sabine Schmitz, and Wolfgang Kaufmann. Coverage includes over 2 dozen automobile museums, specialty car tuners, the legendary Nürburgring and Hockenheimring race tracks, and the car manufacturers that made Munich, Stuttgart, and Ingolstadt famous. This is the ultimate travel guide for anyone who loves the car.

In these chilling true stories, Gorman Woodfin celebrates God's powerful intervention in terrifying circumstances and the heroic reactions of those who suffered the traumas. Beth faced a parent's worst nightmare when her son was murdered; John and Glenys were caught in the crossfire when a neighbor's husband shot her; Reesee was a vibrant preacher's daughter until she was raped at gunpoint -- yet each of these individuals not only survived but moved into amazing ministry as a result of God's healing power. A dramatic and inspiring read for everyone who knows that truth is stranger -- and more exciting -- than fiction!

Hands-On Race Car Engineer looks at every part of the process required to make a car better than its competitors. Drivers will gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the vehicle. Race engineers will better understand the practical implications of set-up. Design engineers will gain insight into practical applications of their designs. Mechanics will better understand why engineers design things a certain way. In short, this book will help racing professionals and enthusiasts learn to recognize why they won, or lost a race - key information to continually improving and reaching the winner's circle.

Hands-On Race Car Engineer looks at every part of the process required to make a car better than its competitors. Drivers will gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the vehicle. Race engineers will better understand the practical implications of set-up. Design engineers will gain insight into practical applications of their designs. Mechanics will better understand why engineers design things a certain way. In short, this book will help racing professionals and enthusiasts learn to recognize why they won, or lost a race - key information to continually improving and reaching the winner's circle.

The Only Girl in the Car Bookworm and dreamer, Kathy was a young girl with a tender heart, an adventurer's spirit, and a child's terrible confusion about her proper place in the world. As the oldest daughter in a family of six children, she seemed trapped in her role as Big Sister and Mommy's Helper. Then, one day, teetering on the brink of adolescence, hormones surging, she heard someone call her "cheesecake," and suddenly saw her path. "Cheesecake, jailbait, sex kitten"--the very words seemed to be "doors opening" to a splendid new self. But from the moment she decides to lose her virginity and reels in her prey, a "full-grown man," fourteen-year-old Kathy is headed for trouble. One cold, raw March night some months later, parked in a car with four boys on the outskirts of her small suburban town, she finds it. Though she could never have foreseen the outcome of that night, the "boys in the car could just as well have been Gypsies foretelling my future," she writes. Girls who break the rules in small towns like the one she lived in are expected to pay a very high price for their transgressions--and she did. And yet...this young girl, as scrappy a protagonist as any in our literature, manages to transform her fate. The story of how she came to be in that car, and how she stepped out of it forever altered, to be sure, yet not forever damaged, is the theme of this extraordinary coming-of-age tale. "From the Hardcover edition.

Now in its sixth edition, Daytrips Germany has long been a favorite guidebook for adventurous travelers who prefer to make theor own tours. This latest revision covers the tremendous changes taking place, especially in Berlin and the East. Each of the 60 one-day adventures is complete with a do-it-yourself walking tour, a map, full travel directions, time and weather considerations, restaurant suggestions, background information, and concise descriptions of all worthwhile sights.

DISCOVER THESE 63 GREAT PLACES ON YOUR OWN: Ammersee, Aschaffenburg, Augsburg, Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg, Bad Reichenhall, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Berchtesgaden, Berlin — 6 Walking Tours, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Celle, Chiemsee, Cologne, Darmstadt, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Füssen & Neuschwanstein, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Goslar, Hamburg — 2 Walking Tours, Heidelburg, Koblenz, Leipzig, Limburg, Lindau, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Mainz, Marburg, Michelstadt, Miltenberg, Mittenwald, Munich, Nürnberg, Nymphenburg, Oberammergau & Linderhof, Potsdam, Regensburg, Rhine Valley, Rothenburg, Rüdesheim, Sans Souci, Schleswig, Starnberg, Triberg, Trier, Ulm, Wendelstein, Wiesbaden, Wittenberg, Worms, Würzburg and Zugspitze. Now in its seventh edition, each of the 63 one-day adventures is complete with: a do-it-yourself tour, a detailed map, full travel directions, time & weather considerations, restaurant suggestions, background material & websites and a concise description of the sights. Additionally, the book is thoroughly illustrated with 71 maps and many photos for easy use.

Now in its sixth edition, Daytrips Germany has long been a favorite guidebook for adventurous travelers who prefer to make theor own tours. This latest revision covers the tremendous changes taking place, especially in Berlin and the East. Each of the 60 one-day adventures is complete with a do-it-yourself walking tour, a map, full travel directions, time and weather considerations, restaurant suggestions, background information, and concise descriptions of all worthwhile sights.

Richard sees treasure everywhere. In that old eight-track quadraphonic stereo, that pink granite bowling ball, or a Niagara Falls napkin holder. While most people scramble for the newest and the best, Richard searches for the odd and obsolete -- and sells it at his second-hand shop on the edge of Detroit.Why does he do it? For Richard, junk is a way of life, a calling, and a passion. Until his comfortable second-hand life gets a first-hand jolt.Richard's mother has died, and left behind a valuable house full of packed-away junk -- including some old photos that will change everything Richard thought about his parents. And then there's the hip, thrift-attired woman who comes into his store with more than junk on her mind.... Suddenly some very unexpected things are entering Richard's life, including some surprising revelations about love and loss -- and what's really important in life.With an unerring blend of the comic and the poignant, Michael Zadoorian has written an unforgettable novel about knick-knacks, garage sales, romance, and the bonds we form with people and things -- the perfect story for anyone who has ever loved something second hand.

In the course of one nine-month period, filmmaker Mark Millhone’s youngest son nearly died from birth complications, his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his mother had a heart attack and passed away, a freak illness claimed the life of one of his friends, and his career imploded. As a result of his membership in what he calls the “tragedy-of-the-monthclub,” his marriage also began to fray. Millhone responded to the chaos as many men might: Late one night, he logged on to eBay and bid on a vintage BMW—his fantasy car, but not exactly what the doctor ordered when it came to his family’s finances. As if sharing the news that he'd won the auction with his already-peeved wife weren't bad enough, it turned out that he had to travel from New York to Texas to collect the car. His estranged dad joined him, and together they embarked upon a dysfunctional road trip—a comedy of errors that would lend Millhone the perspective he needed to save his marriage and to understand what was really important in his life: his family. Acerbic and hilarious but with heart, this memoir will appeal to readers of Chuck Klosterman, David Sedaris, and Nick Hornby, as well as readers of Millhone’s “Guy Wisdom” column in Men’s Health. His male perspective on a troubled marriage, raising children, coping with loss, and rejuvenating a relationship with a parent will appeal equally to both sexes.

Why Germany Nearly Won challenges today's conventional wisdom explaining Germany's Second World War defeat as inevitable primarily for brute force economic or military reasons created when Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Taking an entirely new perspective on explaining the Second World War in Europe, and its outcome, at its core Why Germany Nearly Won offers the reader three interrelated, unique, and potentially ground-breaking arguments. First, qualitative differences between the combatants proved more important in determining the War's outcome than have the quantitative brute force measures so commonly discussed in the past. Second, attacking the Soviet Union represented Germany's best opportunity to win a War which, by commonly cited measures of military potential, Germany never should have had even a remote chance of winning. Third, for reasons frequently overlooked and misunderstood Germany came far closer to winning the War than has previously been recognized.Features: Twenty-four detailed maps show the position and movement of opposing forces during the key campaigns and battles discussed in the book. Thirty-four charts and figures are provided, including detailed orders of battle, tables of organization and equipment, economic figures, and equipment comparisons. Highlights:Why Germany Nearly Won offers the reader a fresh perspective on World War II, including via: Creating a new framework for understanding the Second World War, one challenging today's conventional wisdom Advancing a new interpretation of Operation Barbarossa, usually seen as the great German blunder of the war by those subscribing to the brute force myth, as, in fact, Germany's last and best hope actually to win the war Demonstrating how closely fought the war actually was Explaining how the Mediterranean Theater of the War represented a crucial distraction and net drain on the primary German war effort in Eastern Europe Revealing why the combined arms panzer division proved key in bolstering the German army's renaissance; not the tank itself Profiling wartime changes to the German panzer arm as a metaphor for the larger story behind the Wehrmacht's rise and fall Exploring the Red Army's constantly evolving approach to war, including why the late war Red Army was so much more effective than its equally massive early war version And more....

The glistening silver centerpiece of this unique tribute to Germany's racing cars and drivers is the decade of the 1930s, when the Third Reich controversially backed motor sports to flaunt its skill and power. With its historic contests and sensational racing cars that decade is still classed as motor racing's Golden Age. This is one book that is certain to have motor racing experts and fans thoroughly exhilarated, enticed, and eager for the next installment.