New Release Books by Jim Dale

The impact of the weather is often taken for granted and sometimes completely ignored. Weather in all forms is a maker and breaker of both business and personal fortunes, especially when it reaches extremes. The weather we experience crucially dictates almost every aspect of our lives. It directs what we do and when we do it, from what we eat and drink, to the clothes we wear, and it even governs our health and behaviour. In this entertaining and informative book, global expert meteorologist and weather authority, Jim N R Dale, shares his experiences and advises how you and your business could truly become weather savvy. Weather impact is an all-consuming phenomenon, and, with the rise of climate change, there is no better time to tune into one of the most important aspects of our lives. Certainly, a book for a rainy day!

Women often share a special bond that starts with secret giggles in childhood and lasts, well, forever. In The Two of Us, authors Ellen Small and Jim Dale pay tribute to those special relationships between girlfriends of every age. The Two of Us helps girlfriends tell each other just how they feel about their most special alliance. In this delightful gift book, they'll find touching words about the true meaning of friendship and photographs that evoke a spirit of warmth and camaraderie. The two of us . . . * cry at TV commercials about reunions . . . but would never admit it to anyone else. * can eat a party-size bag of M and M's in one sitting. * have a sense when things will go on sale. * love dancing and would dance with each other if it wasn't so queer.

Oy! So you've got a Jewish mother . . . and you're not even Jewish. Overbearing? Nagging? Shrugs her shoulders deeply and often? Turns all statements into questions? The master of the sigh? Read more about those characteristics we've come to know and love.

The complete Sid James is the indispensible guide to a career that began in South Africa and came to a premature end on the stage of the Sunderland Empire. This is a fitting tribute to a star whose legend lives on.

Any parent who has helped to raise stepchildren knows that it may very well be the single greatest challenge of getting remarried. It's hard to know exactly how to handle the uncomfortable, unpredictable, and sometimes seemingly unmanageable situations that accompany the inauspicious title of stepparent. Finally, an easygoing handbook for in-the-dark stepparents is here in StepWise�the no-nonsense, no-psychobabble, down-to-earth, practical, and funny guide to dealing with stepchildren in a friendly, sensible, sometimes funny way. Coauthors James Dale and his stepdaughter, Alex Schapiro, offer their insights in a unique, bite-sized format. One of the most important lessons of their experience is that you'll need your sense of humor, so they tackle this serious subject with levity. They realize raising stepchildren isn't world peace. It just sometimes seems as hard to achieve.----------------

Finally! A concise set of practical, ignore-at-your-own risk guidelines that married couples and about-to-be-marrieds can consult for the definitive word on matrimonial relations. Rules for Husbands and Rules for Wives lay down the law in a way that's both hilarious and so close to the truth it hurts. James Dale covers it all, from "an appliance is not a gift" to "let him hold the TV remote; it makes him feel like he's in control of something." A gift for all occasions, or just to say "I love you" with a laugh.

Nobody knew getting old could be this much fun! It's Great to be Old provides one-liners to help oldsters see the bright side of wrinkles, baldness, waning sex drives and more.

Tiger Woods's former high-school golf coach combines practical advice on golfing techniqes and instruction in five simple techniques for taking strokes off one's game with anecdotes and personal reminiscences about his prized athlete. Original.

Written "authoritatively on the ecology of the area and philosophically about winter's probing of the human spirit."--Cover.

The Too-Bad-It's-Your-Birthday Book is like the best outrageous birthday cards rolled into one. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the book's edgy humor needles everyone who's suffered the slings and arrows of one too many birthdays: o Your friends got together to light your birthday candles. Oops, not enough friends. o Who's older . . . you or the Earth? o Now that you're older, admit it. You watch the Weather Channel. o It's now estimated the universe is a trillion years old. That's two years older than you. Exaggerated sentiments in The Too-Bad-It's-Your-Birthday Book will make the birthday boy or girl roll with laughter-and start plotting his or her revenge!

Finally! A concise set of practical, ignore-at-your-own risk guidelines that married couples and about-to-be-marrieds can consult for the definitive word on matrimonial relations. Rules for Husbands and Rules for Wives lay down the law in a way that's both hilarious and so close to the truth it hurts. James Dale covers it all, from "an appliance is not a gift" to "let him hold the TV remote; it makes him feel like he's in control of something." A gift for all occasions, or just to say "I love you" with a laugh.

Barbara and Jim Dale unleash their keen sense of humor on the most noble profession of all--motherhood.

Demonstrates how Robert Shapiro, an agent and attorney for some of the most famous baseball figures of the present day, successfully makes a deal and skillfully bargains so that all involved walk away a winner. Reprint. 30,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

A hilarious collection of birthday humor from Barbara and Jim Dale.

Inspired by Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin.

When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

The cartoon humor in this collection centers around the absurdly hectic life of a permanently frazzled working woman who represents the antithesis of the too-together, dressed-for-success woman