When people open up the pages of a book, they are usually looking for something specific in its pages. People want to read about war, fantasy, romance, or magic. Reading is an escape to wherever you want to go. So why not go the Seven Satrapies?

If you're an avid late-night talk show watcher, you've probably heard of Chelsea Handler. She's the sharp-tongued host of the E! network's "Chelsea Lately," a late-night talk show featuring a roundtable of comedians and actors (along with Chelsea and her vertically challenged sidekick, Chuy) talking about the daily happenings in the world of pop culture.
Along with the wildly successful show, Chelsea is also a New York Times best-selling author. With three books under her belt, she has proven herself as a strong competitor in the literary world.

Tracing the roots of college's most popular sport, Chronicle Books' "The Book of Beer Pong: The Official Guide to The Sport of Champions" is one of the first organized attempts to legitimize Beer Pong as an actual sport. However, sparing readers the tedium of a mind-numbing sports rulebook, authors Ben Applebaum and Dan Disorbo are anything but dry in the presentation of their case. Instead, our guides couch the formalities of the "sport" with a consistently refreshing humor that skillfully conceals any hint of instruction or regulation.