Welcome to the mind--to the world--of Fake Steve Jobs. Fake Steve the counterintuitive management guru: "Obviously we can't literally put our employees' lives at risk. But we have to make them feel that way." Fake Steve the celebrity hobnobber: "I like Bono. He's the only person I know who's more self-absorbed than I am."

Options is the book that had the critics howling--with laughter:

"A voice for our own digital age....Mac-slappingly funny."--Newsweek.com
"Hilarious."--New York Times
"There's a laugh-out-loud moment on nearly each one of the book's...

Love, sex, death, money, and dogs -- they're all here in Dan Lyons's debut novel, Dog Days. Lyons gives us a hip and hilarious tale of love (both canine and carnal) and a story of revenge gone wrong. Packing the same contemporary verve as Douglas Coupland's Microserfs and the criminally black humor of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen, Dog Days is a coming-of-age story that deftly deals with the confusion, hopes, and fears that go hand-in-hand with being smart, ambitious, and twenty-four years old.

Reilly is a software developer living in Boston's North End. He's a...

The Ultimate Backpacker's or Survivalist's Guide
Many think of backpacking as something to do over the weekend at a nearby park.This book transforms that into an exciting adventure of inexpensive overseas travel and exploration.With proper planning, you will have more confidence that you know the precautions that have to be taken in order to have a hassle-free and smooth trip. This book features basics you have to follow when backpacking that every backpacker has to know, especially those who are doing it for the first time. Here you will learn the purpose of backpacking, the basic skills...