James Grace Books

The Book Your Children Don’t Want You to Read How to Con Your Kid is the most useful (and sneakiest) parenting manual you’ll ever purchase. Within are hundreds of tips, techniques, and simple scams for getting your child to do exactly what you want—with your child none the wiser. For mealtime, bedtime, bathtime, and any other time of the day (or night), you’ll learn       •  Get your kid to eat by playing on his possessiveness.     •  Get your kid to bathe by “swimming” in the tub.     •  Get your kid to talk quietly by whispering back.     •  Get your kid to take medicine by pretending it’s superhero juice.     •  Get your kid to sit still by playing “I Spy.” And dozens more tricks of the parenting trade!

Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know FAST-from defusing a bomb to delivering a baby in the back of a cab. Providing frightening and funny real information in the best-selling tradition of the Paranoid's Pocket Guide and Hypochondriac's Handbook, this indispensable, indestructible pocket-sized guide is the definitive handbook for those times when life takes a sudden turn for the worse. The essential companion for a perilous age. Because you never know...

The authors of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook take to the links! Dave and Josh join golf fanatic James Grace, drawing on their own tragic exploits and the experience of experts to help golfers survive dozens of dire situations. Learn how to finish a round with a broken arm, deal with a cigar brush fire, cure golf addiction, or remove a tick. Discover the best way to play out of a water hazard, make it through a lightning storm, or survive being hit in the privates. Hands-on, illustrated, step-by-step instructions guide you through these and other perils lurking on the fairway. With an appendix of rules for bizarre mis-haps, strategies for surmounting dress-code and equipment crises, and other essential survival tips, this handy guide won't help you save par-but it could save your bacon! Don't tee off without it.

The story follows baysprites, tiny magical beings resembling elves, who escape Ireland during the Great Hunger in 1846. A clan of about one hundred embarks on a journey across the Atlantic, stowing away on a ship to Baltimore. Upon arrival, they create new colonies along the northern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, blending their rich cultural heritage with the challenges of a new world. The narrative explores themes of survival, adaptation, and the enduring spirit of these enchanting creatures.

More than 200 clever tricks to help stubborn kids go to bed, clean their room, take a bath, and more without tears or fights.