Joel McHale Recommended Books

"Unique among survival books…stunning…enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading." ― Denver Post Laurence Gonzales’s bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers’ everyday lives. Its mix of adventure narrative, survival science, and practical advice has inspired everyone from business leaders to military officers, educators, and psychiatric professionals on how to take control of stress, learn to assess risk, and make better decisions under pressure.

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian -- leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it. Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult. Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. Unpredictable, compelling, wickedly funny, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Blade Itself is noir fantasy with a real cutting edge.

The searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son’s fight to survive.A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.

Peter Leigh, pastor crestin, este trimis intr-o calatorie extraordinara, o misiune umanitara neobisnuita in spatiul extraterestru, care il va purta la ani-lumina de sotia sa, Beatrice. Pe masura ce Peter se implica tot mai mult in propovaduirea invataturilor Bibliei, pe care noii sai enoriasi o numesc Cartea Lucrurilor Noi si Ciudate, de acasa vin vesti taifunuri si cutremure devasteaza tari intregi, guvernele se destrama unul dupa altul, iar credinta lui Beatrice incepe sa se clatine. Romanul lui Michel Faber este o meditatie profunda asupra credintei, a iubirii incercate dincolo de limite si a responsabilitatii noastre fata de cei apropiati. „Portretul unor personaje care traiesc si vibreaza sub ochii nostri si a caror relatie se erodeaza la distanta. Absolut fascinanta.“ - David Mitchell „De mult n-am mai fost atat de constant si de autentic surprins de vreo carte. Mi se pare profund verosimila si convingatoare si o admir enorm.“ - Philip Pullman „Cartea Lucrurilor Noi si Ciudate pune, in esenta, o singura pe cine – sau ce – iubesti si ce esti sau nu esti dispus sa faci pentru iubire. Rezultatul e un roman minunat si uluitor.“ - Yann Martel

Essential reading for would-be creators and “If you want to tap your creative potential, buy this book. It’s the last one you’ll ever need to read” ( Toronto Star ).To create is human. Technology pioneer Kevin Ashton has experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton demystifies the sacred act, leading us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. From the crystallographer’s laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed by a long forgotten woman, to the Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers set out to “fly a horse,” Ashton showcases the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures, and countless ordinary and usually uncredited acts that lead to our most astounding breakthroughs. Drawing on examples from Mozart to the Muppets, Archimedes to Apple, Kandinsky to a can of Coke, How to Fly a Horse is essential reading for would-be creators and innovators, and also a passionate and immensely rewarding exploration of how “new” comes to be.

Layer it on. Layer it in. Level it up!In her newest book, beloved celebrity cake master Yolanda Gampp teaches you how to level UP your cakes by layering IN explosive flavors and delicious desserts.In this ultimate glow-up guide for cakes, How to Cake It and Crime Scene Kitchen star Yolanda Gampp plays with flavor profiles and shares twenty-one “stuffed-cake” recipes (plus seventy-two delicious stand-alone desserts, toppings, and buttercreams) to help you level up your cake game and prove that it really is what’s inside that counts.Talk About a Surprise Inside. Sprinkles spilling out of cakes? That’s great but your fave ooey gooey desserts, bursting out of cakes? YES!! You can expect an explosion of flavor (and actual desserts!) in every stuffed-cake recipe thoughtfully developed and rigorously tested by Yo herself.Layers on Layers of Flavor. Modern caking is all about layering! Each stuffed, “dessert-inside” cake recipe will also include recipes for other stand-alone desserts, such as key lime pie or cheesecake, that get sandwiched between or placed on top of delicious classic cake layers.Stylish Cakes, Flavor First. The outside of these mouth-watering, fondant-free layered cakes are aesthetically aspirational and insta-worthy; however, the primary focus of these recipes is indulgent flavor profiles.Big on Baking, Short on Time? Don’t have time to make a layered cake? No problem! The stand-alone dessert and cake recipes included in each stuffed cake recipe can be used on their own.