On My Radar:

Delusions of Grammar: The Worst of the Worst
by Sharon Eliza Nichols
St. Martins Griffin
Trade Paperback

From the publisher's website:

MORE missspellings! MORE badder grammar! MORE than 350 photos of laugh-out-loud funny signs from the creator of the smash-hit books (and Facebook groups) I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar and More Badder Grammar here together for the first time in one awesome bind-up.

Sharon Eliza Nichols pleases, thrills, horrifies, and amuses her audience with an all-new assortment of the most ungrammatical, outrageous, and ridiculous mistakes ever put into print. Featuring actual photos of actual signs in actual locations, these billboard blunders are sure to delight grammar groupies, punctuation sticklers, and pretty much anyone who can read.

On My Radar:

Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
by Bill Nye
Edited by Corey S. Powell
St. Martin's Griffin
Trade Paperback

From the publisher's website:

"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found."-Bill Nye

Sparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has set off on an energetic campaign to spread awareness of evolution and the powerful way it shapes our lives. In Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, he explains why race does not really exist; evaluates the true promise and peril of genetically modified food; reveals how new species are born, in a dog kennel and in a London subway; takes a stroll through 4.5 billion years of time; and explores the new search for alien life, including aliens right here on Earth.

With infectious enthusiasm, Bill Nye shows that evolution is much more than a rebuttal to creationism; it is an essential way to understand how nature works-and to change the world. It might also help you get a date on a Saturday night.

BookSpin Giveaway!

Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck
Amy Alkon
St. Martins Griffin
Trade Paperback

I have one copy of GOOD MANNERS to give away on BookSpin.  To enter to win, tweet me the one rude thing other people do that drive you nuts.  My twitter name is @Book_Dude.  US entries only.

From the publisher's website:

We live in a world that’s very different from the one in which Emily Post came of age. Many of us who are nice (but who also sometimes say "f*ck") are frequently at a loss for guidelines about how to be a good person who deals effectively with the increasing onslaught of rudeness we all encounter. 

To lead us out of the miasma of modern mannerlessness, science-based and bitingly funny syndicated advice columnist Amy Alkon rips the doily off the manners genre and gives us a new set of rules for our twenty-first century lives. 

With wit, style, and a dash of snark, Alkon explains that we

now live in societies too big for our brains, lacking the constraints on bad behavior that we had in the small bands we evolved in. Alkon shows us how we can reimpose those constraints, how we can avoid being one of the rude, and how to stand up to those who are. 

Foregoing prissy advice on which utensil to use, Alkon answers the twenty-first century’s most burning questions about manners, including:

* Why do many people, especially those under forty, now find spontaneous phone calls rude?

* What can you tape to your mailbox to stop dog walkers from letting their pooch violate your lawn?

* How do you shut up the guy in the pharmacy line with his cellphone on speaker?

* What small gift to your new neighbors might make them think twice about playing Metallica at 3 a.m.?

Combining science with more than a touch of humor, Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck is destined to give good old Emily a shove off the etiquette shelf (if that’s not too rude to say).