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Essentially English
Dan Green

Dan Green
ISBN 978-0-9790475-4-1
Jacketed hardcover
7” x 7”, 96 pages
Color illustrations and photos
$14.95 AUGUST

England is a country of piers, pubs, pies, rain-lashed beaches, long summer evenings and garden gnomes. More...


Cats and Dogs/Dogs and Cats
P. S. Mueller

It's cats and dogs coming and going. More...

ISBN 0-9763539-7-0
9 x 7.5, 100 pages
$9.95 Paperback—Humor
(Can. $12.95, UK £4.95)
September 2006


Surrounded by Reality: The Best of Doug Moe on Madison
Doug Moe

“The inimitable chronicler of Madison.” —David Maraniss

In this book you’ll find stories about the man who got rich writing the Oscar Mayer wiener jingle, as well as one about a young hitchhiker who had decided to try to start her life over in Madison, but never made it to the city. More...

Surrounded by Reality: The Best of Doug Moe on Madison
Doug Moe
ISBN 0-9763539-3-8
5.5 x 8.5, 250 pages
$16.95 Paperback—Essays
(Can. $20.95, UK £9.95) October 2005


Your Belief System Is Shot: Cartoons and Stuff
P.S. Mueller

Cartoonist P. S. Mueller once again proves he is a premier chronicler of our strange times. His new collection of cartoons and four short stories zeroes in on American life with laugh-out-loud whimsy and sharpness. More...

Your Belief System Is Shot: Cartoons and Stuff
P. S. Mueller
ISBN 0-9721217-7-3
8.5 x 8.5, 144 pages
$12.95 Paperback—Humor
October 2004


Way Out Here in the Middle
John Roach

A ten-year slice of a Boomer's life. Award-winning screenwriter and columnist John Roach turns his keen eye to the soul of the Midwest in his first book of essays, Way Out Here in the Middle. Soccer dad, poker player, romantic—Roach delivers poignant and hilarious observations about life in the slow lane. He begins by extolling the virtues of turning the big 4-0: "I'm not afraid of sex. I don't have to live with nine other guys. My car starts." And is even more grateful to reach 50:,"Hell, the only reason I'm living is because of penicillin." John Roach is a Madison native and television producer. He co-wrote the screenplay for the movie, The Straight Story. The 50 columns in this book originally appeared in Madison Magazine. More...

Way Out Here in the Middle
John Roach
ISBN 0-9721217-5-7
5.5 x 8.5, 176 pages
$16.95 Paperback—Memoir
Foreword by Jacquelyn Mitchard
November 2003



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