Humor Management

Welcome to Space Station Halcyon! (Management is not responsible for anything that happens to you) Joey Mumbai's down on his luck and over his head. To pay off his gambling debts, he's forced to run an old space station at the end of the galaxy as a "legitimate business" for the mob. All Joey has to do is make money—and not attract any attention. But Space Station Halcyon is like a floating death trap, with a rage-filled manatee, a psychotically cheerful computer, and a sports bar that may or may not be possessed.

He died a baker. He woke up a joke. Now, he's about to show a world of heroes the true power of good bread. Thirty-four-year-old Matthias Bauer lived for his Stuttgart bakery, right up until the moment a fatal heart attack dropped him on his own kitchen floor. When he wakes up in a fantasy realm governed by a magical System, surrounded by teenagers receiving legendary combat classes like Sword Saint and Flame Mage, Matthias is assigned the lowest tier possible: [Innkeeper]. His "reward" is a deed to a dilapidated, abandoned wayside inn on the edge of a monster-infested frontier. But ...

30 Days to Stop Overeating is a 30-day mindfulness program designed to help you examine your relationship with food, including eating habits, cravings, thoughts, emotions, impulses, and patterns that can influence eating behavior, while developing a more present and observant approach to your experience. Each day introduces a different mindfulness exercise or lesson, giving you a simple, structured practice to explore for approximately 15–30 minutes. Inside, you'll find: 30 days of mindfulness exercises and lessons exploring eating habits, cravings, impulses, emotional reactions, ...

Clint Emerson, retired Navy SEAL and bestselling author of 100 Deadly Skills, delivers a gripping Navy SEAL memoir packed with explosive, darkly funny, and real-life spy stories from elite special operations. Clint Emerson is the only SEAL ever inducted into the International Spy Museum...

Kenjiro Tanaka did not want to save the world; he just wanted to eradicate pink mold. After thirty-two years of managing his family's traditional Tokyo bathhouse, Kenjiro meets a tragic, undignified end by slipping on a rogue sliver of soap, only to be reincarnated by the Goddess Aqua-Vitae into the fantasy realm of Aethelgard. However, instead of a holy sword or world-shattering magic, Kenjiro is granted the unprecedented Bathhouse Manager class and a unique arsenal of physics-defying custodial skills. Stranded in the monster-infested Dread Thicket, he discovers an SSS-Rank Spirit Spring ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people...

He survived the goblin raid. Now he has to survive the health inspector. Matthias Bauer, former Stuttgart baker and current [Innkeeper], has successfully defended his establishment and completed his grand opening. But in the frontier town of Oakhaven, the real monsters wear velvet doublets and carry bureaucratic clipboards. Zum Goldenen Krug is booming. Thanks to Matthias’s uncompromising German efficiency and a domesticated Dungeon Heart functioning as a magical refrigeration system, he is turning lethal monster parts into highly sought-after buff food. From explosive Goblin Pepper Stew ...

First came the goblins. Then came the health inspector. Now, the basement is breathing. Matthias Bauer just wants to run his frontier inn efficiently. He has scrubbed the blood off the floorboards, established firm house rules, and turned deadly monster parts into a lucrative buff-food menu. But when a mysterious pulsing vibration begins to echo from the sealed catacombs beneath Zum Goldenen Krug, Matthias is forced to investigate. He doesn't find rats. He finds Corey. Corey is a cracked, starving, sentient Dungeon Heart that has spent centuries waiting in the dark to kill adventurers. ...

Nate Halloway died the way he lived: arguing about a security deposit. One minute he's re-caulking a bathroom in a building the city keeps threatening to condemn. The next, the afterlife boots up like 2008 property-management software and cheerfully informs him: Congratulations on your new property. He's a rock now. Specifically, he's a Dungeon Core, a fist-sized, faintly glowing stone wedged into the wall of the worst dungeon on the block. His staff is one sarcastic, unpaid goblin. His treasury is zero. His rating is zero. And the vast magical bureaucracy that runs this world treats his ...

First, they sent monsters. Now, they've sent the paperwork. Matthias Bauer has successfully defended Zum Goldenen Krug from goblins, health inspectors, and a feral dungeon breach. But in the frontier town of Oakhaven, the most dangerous predators don't have claws—they have ledgers. When Matthias installs a simple noticeboard to help adventurers find fair work, he accidentally sparks an economic revolution. The local Adventurer's Guild and Merchant Guild, furious at losing their monopoly on labor and supplies, declare war on the inn. They deploy their deadliest weapons: embargoes, forged ...

The Merchant Guild wants a monopoly. The Dungeon Regulatory Commission wants paperwork. The feral monsters just want to eat the guests. Matthias Bauer’s cozy frontier inn has a new attraction: a domesticated, non-lethal training dungeon operating right under the floorboards. By turning a starving Dungeon Heart into a profitable agility course, Matthias has revolutionized the local adventuring economy. But success on the frontier attracts the worst kind of pests: bureaucrats and saboteurs. When Inspector Vane of the Dungeon Regulatory Commission arrives to condemn the property, Matthias ...

Kenjiro Tanaka’s pristine SSS-Rank Spirit Spring has transformed the deadly Dread Thicket into a booming settlement, but rapid economic growth breeds an entirely new kind of filth. Enter Lady Isabella, the ruthless heir to the Imperial Trade Consortium, who arrives in Springwater with a singular mission: buy out the Plum Blossom Bathhouse or crush it completely. When Kenjiro stubbornly refuses to compromise his strict hygiene protocols or exploit his loyal customers with exorbitant prices, Isabella constructs the Golden Oasis—a garish, sprawling mega-resort designed to run him out of ...

From an award-winning diabetes care & education specialist, this all-in-one book is a comprehensive resource for the millions of people with diabetes who use insulin—now revised and updated. Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing people who use insulin. Gary...

Bureaucracy meets fantasy in the ultimate battle of logistics versus corruption. Matthias Bauer thought running a frontier inn was just about baking good bread and keeping the floors clean. But when he installs a magical [Noticeboard] offering fair contracts and escrow payments to local workers, he accidentally starts an economic revolution. The corrupt Adventurer's Guild and Merchant Guild are not happy about losing their monopoly. They deploy their deadliest weapons to crush his business: road embargoes, health inspectors, and forged, lethal quests designed to murder novice heroes. Armed ...

New York Times Bestseller and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer presents a new guide to getting what you want in life and business--to stop making excuses so you can get back to winning. During his many years as an entrepreneur, consultant, and star of the Paramount...

30 Days to Stop Being an Asshole is a 30-day mindfulness program designed to encourage honest self-examination of the attitudes, reactions, habits, and behaviors that can affect the way you treat other people—and yourself. Each day introduces a different mindfulness exercise or lesson, giving you a simple, structured practice to explore for approximately 15–30 minutes. Inside, you'll find: 30 days of mindfulness exercises and lessons exploring reactions, judgment, anger, ego, communication, empathy, responsibility, and interpersonal behavior Daily reflection and self-observation ...

She was a Fortune 500 CEO. Now she’s a 10-pound cat in a world that doesn’t even have a stock market. Fortunately, she knows how to build an empire from scratch. Ginger was at the top of the food chain. Literally. As the ruthless CEO of a global conglomerate, she demanded efficiency, synergy, and quarterly growth. But when a mysterious portal swallows her mid-meeting, she wakes up in a chaotic fantasy realm with a severe deficit of logic—and a surplus of things trying to eat her. Trapped in the body of a house cat, Ginger discovers that The Realm is a disorganised mess. The local ...

Winter has arrived, the refugees are freezing, and the bureaucracy is striking back. The early winter brings a desperate tide of freezing refugees, wounded soldiers, and displaced beastkin to the doors of Zum Goldenen Krug. Matthias Bauer, the frontier’s most meticulous [Innkeeper], must transform his thriving business into a highly regulated survival sanctuary to keep everyone alive. But managing limited rations and improvised bunk beds is only the beginning. Beneath the floorboards, Matthias has repurposed a starving Dungeon Heart named Corey into a non-lethal, profit-generating ...

When the end of the world is just another Tuesday... In the battle between destiny and disaster, sometimes all it takes is a reluctant hero with zero qualifications and even less enthusiasm. Meet Grongol, a goose with the extraordinary power to bring about Armageddon - if he ever lays that final, fateful egg. Follow his unwitting companion Pibblestone McTavish as he flees mayonnaise-obsessed villains and chicken cultists while accidentally preventing doomsday. Journey alongside Snarksteel the Insufferable, a sentient sword with three centuries of watching heroes die stupidly while ignoring ...

When the Supreme Being and his son decide that being supreme isn't for them any more, it's inevitable that things get a bit of a shake-up. It soon becomes apparent that our new owners, the Venturi brothers, have a very different perspective on all sorts of things. Take Good and Evil, for example...