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Rory continues his mission to free the spirits of the Munsee Indians from their Central Park prison without starting a war among the residents of Mannahatta, a spirit realm that co-exists alongside modern-day New York City.

A month has passed since Mannahatta - the spirit city that coexists alongside Manhattan - was revealed to Rory, when an earthquake rocks New York. The island itself is attempting to shake off the Trap around Central Park, and only Rory has the power to open it before even greater catastrophe strikes. But centuries-old wounds must be healed before Rory turns the key. With New York''s most notorious figures - including Captain Kidd and Bill the Butcher - at his side and on his trail, Rory discovers that the answer to peace lies with the one man he never wants to see again: his father.

Thirteen-year-old New Yorker Rory Hennessy can see things no one else can. When a magician''s trick opens his eyes to Mannahatta, Rory finds an amazing spirit city coexisting alongside modern-day Manhattan. A place where Indian sachems, warrior cockroaches, and papier-mƒch‚ children live, ruled by the immortal Gods of Manhattan - including Babe Ruth, Alexander Hamilton, and Peter Stuyvesant. But Rory''s power to see Mannahatta brings danger, and he is pursued by enemies, chasing history and trying to free those who have been enslaved. And when he is given the chance to right Mannahatta''s greatest wrong, seeing Mannahatta may not be a gift after all. . . .

Is a moment of pure happiness worth all the pain along the way David certainly thinks so; he has left behind his comfortable career as a TV producer for a shot at the big happy. But while he waits for his novel to sell, his life is falling down around him. He''s almost thirty, he''s single, and his apartment is the size of a Tic Tac. To pay the bills, he takes on work as a downmarket DJ, doing weddings and bar mitzvahs for chump change. At least he has his friends, or does he His best friend Annie is about to marry a man David dubs "Rat Boy" and disappear forever. David''s trusty bachelor buds Dustin and Cameron are doing the unthinkable and settling down, while Zach, the model of cool, as aloof and evasive as a wisp of smoke, is harboring a secret that could capsize the whole crew. On top of everything, David finds himself falling in love with Janey, an alluring younger woman whose knack for witty repartee is matched only by her instability. The Big Happy asks the big questions: Can love and happiness coexist? Do friendships ripen, or rot, as we age? And do we ever know what makes us happy?

David has just dumped the girl he loved. But it wasnt his fault. Not really. She made him do it. After all, she was The Eater of Souls. And now she''s buried in the relationship graveyard that is David''s cell phone directoryalongside Opera Girl, Bendy Girl, and Totem Pole. The only problem is, The Eater of Souls is still eating him up. He misses everything about her. Even her stubborn refusal to have sex with him because she felt like her dog was watching. Then along comes The Goddess. She''s perfect: funny, attractive and, most importantly, single. In short, she''s every booty nomad''s fantasy: she might just be The One. But the Goddess is, um, a Goddessnot so easy to catch and even harder to keep. And nobody is capable of messing up the really important things in life quite like our romantically inspired hero. From the pathetic paranoias of the lovelorn to the cringe-worthy screwups of the love- struck, Booty Nomad is a wickedly funny and unexpectedly touching novel. Shot through with smart dialogue and lovably mixed-up characters, it presents a view of modern life that will seem painfully familiar to all booty nomads out there....