Sasha Schwartz is a hip twenty-nine-year-old advertising copywriter who became the company golden girl after creating the Bully Toilet Bowl cleaner slogan: "Had a dirty toilet, Used to scrub and brush, But now with Bully, All you do is flush." She thought she had it all until her fiance Bryce dumped her. "Bryce did love me. He told me he loved me. Maybe I heard wrong. Maybe all along he was saying 'I leave you, Sasha, I leave you so much.'" Without a man, Sasha is left to apply her marketing skills to self-promotion in order to find the ever elusive SWM (heterosexual and available). Can a charming, attractive, intelligent, and successful young woman - who creates romance by linking love with toothpaste, who fosters rejection by seeing a psychic, and plots revenge by buying a book on elementary witchcraft - find real love in the marketplace of computer bulletin boards and video dating? Love, death, shopping, health clubs, phone sex, safe sex, extramarital affairs, bisexuality. New Age thinking, and old-fashioned values abound in this fresh nineties narrative of urban love. First-time novelist Karen Salmansohn takes the reader careening through the halls of the hilarious New York advertising world. 50% Off humorously reveals the psyche of a new non-generation: the fallout baby boomers who graduated the eighties with a degree from MTV as image-conscious, media-saturated, work-obsessed overachievers only to wake up single in the post-postmodern nineties still finding it hard to separate what they do from who they are. More important, how they can repackage themselves for each of life's events?

Fifty Percent Off: A Novel of Love in the Age of Packaging

Literature & Fiction

Salmansohn, Karen

United States

St Martins Pr

50 % Off

Want to live a little closer to forever? This easy to understand book will give you the cutting edge knowledge you need to help protect you against age-related diseases and dementia. Best-selling author and wellness expert Karen Salmansohn presents a fascinating, inspiring collection of the top 50+ nutritional and psychological tools for a long and healthy life, backed by a wide range of longevity research from our world's best aging experts. You'll discover insights from the world's Blue Zones (where people live extra long) and takeaways from fascinating studies on everything from the most healthful coffee to drink to the benefits of intermittent fasting to the dangers of hidden toxins. Distilling the latest science into longevity practices that are quick to read and jam-packed with playful humor, Life Is Long sheds light on intriguing questions like * what spice improves cardiovascular health as much as aerobic exercise? * how often should I stand up from my desk? * how can brushing my teeth improve my heart health? * how do I keep my chromosomes in good shape? * and more!

Life Is Long!: 50+ Ways to Help You Live a Little Bit Closer to Forever

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

Ten Speed Press+

Happiness expert Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book that celebrates the very best things about friendship--from the silly to the supportive--all with her patented brand of humor and wit. There are millions of reasons to appreciate your friends, and this adorable gift book covers the top 50 of them! Inspired by self-help guru Karen Salmansohn's popular illustrated witty sayings, this humorous and stylishly designed book illustrates the sweetest, craziest, truest, and most memorable things about friendship. It's the perfect way to let favorite friends know how much they are loved and to inspire them with words of encouragement--while making them laugh so hard they snort their Caramel Macchiato out their nose. It's a fun and loving gift to give besties for birthdays, holidays, or when you feel they need some cheering on or cheering up! Friends Forever Wherever Whenever lets your friends know they're priceless, whether you've known each other for years or just recently met.

Friends Forever Wherever Whenever: A Little Book of Big Appreciation

Parenting & Relationships

Lifestyle guru Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book of two-minute meditations and mindfulness tips that help reduce stress and improve focus, clarity, productivity, and sleep. You're just a few minutes away from a more Zen mindset! Almost 40 percent of Americans admit they worry every day, and the media has pegged today's millennials as "The Anxious Generation." Although interest in meditation and mindfulness is ever growing, many of us don't have the time or patience to develop a serious practice. Health and happiness guru Karen Salmansohn's unique brand of fun mini-meditations use the power of focus and the five senses to achieve the same results as more standard meditation techniques in far less time. Packed with full-page illustrations, fascinating scientific studies, and Salmansohn's patented wit, Instant Calm helps you tap into stress-releasing topics like forest bathing (sound), essential oils (smell), earthing (touch), dot meditations (sight), and more—in just two minutes. Soon you’ll be swapping your aarghs for ahhhs! Advance praise for Instant Calm “Instant Calm can help anyone redefine and expand their meditation practice. She shares a range of unique sensory meditations—which tap into all five senses—and offer a quick, fun approach to reset your mind and refocus your energy. I personally have begun to use these mini meditations whenever I just want to feel a mental boost throughout my day. I love the illustrations and Karen’s fun and lighthearted voice! I highly recommend this book as a helpful guide to decompress from life’s challenges.”—Kristine Carlson, New York Times bestselling author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff For Women “If you’re feeling stressed and looking for ways to relax and feel focused (and pretty much everybody in today’s world is!) well . . . then . . . this book is a game-changer for you. It makes doing meditation feel so easy and fun. It’s great for beginners to meditation—and also helpful for advanced meditators—because there’s something for everyone. What I especially love about this book is the wide range of sensory meditations Karen offers. Open up the book anywhere—and you will find a useful fun two-minute tool you can use to relax and feel grounded again. Plus the illustrations are gorgeous.”—Christina Rasmussen, bestselling author of Second Firsts: Live, Laugh and Love Again

Instant Calm: 2-Minute Meditations to Create a Lifetime of Happy

Religion & Spirituality

The Art of War for the '90s working woman, How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis offers advice from real, successful women, a "Chick List" of clever and aggressive career suggestions, and pithy affirmations from "Women Who Like It on Top." A must-have power tool for every working woman, this hilarious book by the author of How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less (Using the Secrets of Professional Dog Trainers) provides plenty of ideas to give the business boys a little healthy competition.

How to Succeed in Business Without A Penis

Business & Money

Business Culture

Harmony

How to Succeed in Business without a Penis: Secrets and Strategies for the Working Woman

Three Rivers Press

Nike is wrong. Just do nothing. 
 Yes, often the key to changing your life isn't in doing more, more, more...but doing absolutely nothing. 
 How to Change Your Entire Life by Doing Absolutely Nothing clearly, concisely (and even humorously) explains the principle of doing nothing in a mindful way. This is a unique self-help book for lazy-busy people who want to change their lives fast but don't have time to devote to reading long, complicated books. 
 Salmansohn quickly gets to the point, explaining the principle and power of doing nothing and offering 10 easy exercises that, when practiced sincerely, will allow you to experience a surge of energy, clarity, and speed. 
 So don't just stand there doing nothing. Read this book...and start really doing nothing!

How to Change Your Entire Life By Doing Absolutely Nothing: 10 Do-Nothing Relaxation Exercises to Calm You Down Quickly So You Can Speed Forward Faster

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Simon&Schuster

A whimsical self-help handbook by the author of How to Change Your Entire Life by Doing Absolutely Nothing introduces a series of fourteen exercises designed to help lazy readers build inner strength, enhance their perfomance at work, and improve their lives--fast. 40,000 first printing.

The 8 Minute Guts Builder: A Portable Coach to Pump Up Your Courage

It's the edgy gift book for every unmarried woman who's fending off her nudgy mother and overly concerned (over-bearing?) friend, who can't go to a holiday dinner, class reunion, shower or wedding without hearing the usual round of questions. Something like So, why aren't you married yet? Or sometimes, Still not found that special someone? Or any variation thereof. Delightful, irreverent, and witty, Even God is Single, So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time is an affirmation for every girl who's single and loving it. Even God is Single is strong, sexy, smart, and edgy. And joyous-it celebrates singlehood, just as it pays homage to the self-assured and savvy woman who knows that you're not half a person just because you're not half a couple. Even God is Single asks is it "monogamy" or "monotony?" Shows that given the 50% divorce rate, you haven't missed out on marriage, you just skipped a few divorces. And fearlessly examines the role models. Married? Frankenstein, Linda Tripp, and 20,000 Moonies. Single? Catwoman, Superwoman--and, of course, God.

Even God is Single: (So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time)

Workman Publishing Company

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