After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Rydell. But when the doctor steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.

"Men and women are not from separate planets. Making an original and significant argument, Gendering Talk puts gendered communication in perspective by showing that the problem with male/female communication is not how men and women talk to each other, but in how they listen. By closely examining the details of actual conversations between women and men--particularly the conversations of people "coupling"--Hopper draws on theories of arousal, relationship...

Amelia Bedelia finds a stray kitten and tries, in her literal-minded way, to take good care of it.

"To Come to a Better Understanding examines the intercultural (mis)understandings between medicine men and Jesuit priests during a five-year dialogue on the Rosebud Indian Reservation from 1973-1978"--Provided by publisher

A lonely porcupine is ecstatic to find another spiky specimen and best friend in a Cactus, but after a miscommunication, Porcupine decides Cactus is downright prickly, and the two must mend their friendship.

"This is the story of Benjamin Palermo, bookstore owner. He's ready to turn the page to the next chapter of his life, and every lady in town is eager to help by finding him a suitable wife. The subtle humor and gentle inspiration of this 352-page novel will encourage readers to savor life's little snippets of joy"-- When Ben Palermo inherited his uncle's bookstore in small-town New Holden, Indiana, it was like stepping back in time. The nostalgia,...

Jessica is a good student who hates school because she is bullied by the "cool" girls and she is startled and grateful when Annie, the new girl in her southern Ontario high school, seeks her out on the first day of tenth grade and defends her from the bullying--it is a friendship that both girls need, but one based on assumptions and misunderstandings that ultimately threaten to drive them apart.

"The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and...