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A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR • Beleaguered Professor Jason Fitger chaperones Payne University’s annual “Experience: Abroad” to London and beyond, with eleven undergrads in tow • The bestselling author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement completes her hilarious trilogy of academic mishap“Wise and hilarious and heartbreaking.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire FallsJason Fitger may be the last fa...

The bestselling, Thurber Prize—winning author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement completes her hilarious trilogy of academic mishap by chronicling the beleaguered Professor Fitger as he leads the annual “Experience Abroad” to London and beyond with eleven clueless undergrads in tow.Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor available to chaperone Payne University’s...

Fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing provides a straightforward, common-language, and user-friendly guide to key concepts in MI.

Clinical health psychologists often encounter patients needing interventions for substance use, yet rarely do practitioners receive specialized training in this area. This book is designed for mental health providers in medical settings who need the knowledge and skills to assess and treat conditions relevant to substance use.

One of The Washington Post's 50 Most Notable Works of Fiction in 2018The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious and eagerly awaited sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, the Thurber Prize-winning Dear Committee Members. Once more into the breach...Now is the fall of his discontent, as Jason Fitger, newly appointed chair of the English D...

One of The Washington Post's 50 Most Notable Works of Fiction in 2018The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious and eagerly awaited sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, the Thurber Prize-winning Dear Committee Members. Once more into the breach...Now is the fall of his discontent, as Jason Fitger, newly appointed chair of the English D...

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I'm Adrienne Haus, survivor of a mother-daughter book club. Most of us didn't want to join. My mother signed me up because I was stuck at home all summer, with my knee in a brace. CeeCee's parents forced her to join after cancelling her Paris trip because she bashed up their car. The members of "The Unbearable Book Club, " CeeCee, Jill, Wallis, and I, were all going into eleventh grade A.P. English. But we weren't friends. We were literary pri...

After four very different small-town Delaware high-school girls are forced to join a mother-daughter book club over summer vacation, they end up learning about more than just the books they read.

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Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary.

A Best Book of the Year: NPR and Boston Globe Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary." Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishly remodeled offices. His once-promisin...

Coloring books have come to the aid of stressed out people the world over, and academic life is one full of stresses. This activity book invites us into a day in the life of an academic, and with authorial wit and clever original illustrations immerses its users, through coloring and other activities, to the unique experiences and challenges of academic life. Intended as an interactive satire, the combination of humor and activities can settle...

I should probably mention something right now before this story goes any further: my name is Theodora Grumman, and I am a liar." It's hard for Thea to write four truths a day in the notebook her mother gave her for the summer. Especially when her grandparents' house on the Jersey Shore is even more packed with family than usual, and her cousin Jocelyn wont leave her alone. Jocelyn just might be the world's neatest and nosiest seven-year-old, a...

WHEN DORA, ELENA'S older sister, is diagnosed with depression and has to be admitted to the hospital, Elena can't seem to make sense of their lives anymore. At school, the only people who acknowledge Elena are Dora's friends and Jimmy Zenk—who failed at least one grade and wears blackevery day of the week. And at home, Elena's parents keep arguing with each other. Elena will do anything to help her sister get better and get their lives back to...