Mad as Hell

As the candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have proven, Americans are mad as hell about the problems facing our country. George Noory hears these problems every night, all night, and this is how he would deal with them. This is Mad as Hell.

2019 will mark the tenth season of Mad as Hell, and Shaun Micallef's twenty-first year in comedy – what better way to celebrate it than with a comprehensive collection of the funniest scripts and scenes from his long TV career. This book not only features the highlights of Mad as Hell – dubbed 'the best 30 minutes on Australian TV' by the Sydney Morning Herald – but also favourites from The Micallef P(r)ogram(me), Micallef Tonight, Full Frontal and Newstopiä. With trademark wicked wit, Micallef and his co-writer, Gary McCaffrie, usher us behind the scenes with hilarious footnotes to many of their most-loved sketches.

The sixth full-length release for Meg Remy as U.S. Girls was recorded with a live band and was co-produced with Steve Chahley. The album features dark meditations reflecting charged atmospheres that directly precede and follow acts of violence. Many of the songs are character studies of women grappling with power; how to gain and exert it spiritually, as well as desperate strategies to mitigate its infliction. Remy also rallies against the public lies told by political and religious leaders, and more crucially, questions the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive. While U.S. Girls, denoting the plural, is no longer a misnomer, "In A Poem Unlimited" may be Remy’s most individually distilled protest to date.

If you've ever been so pissed off that you did things that you regretted, or ruined your own day and some other people's too, this book is for you. Or if you feel angry every single day and it's affecting your health and sleep and love of life. Or if you've got very good reasons to be mad as hell, and you aren't going to take it anymore. Or if you've repressed your anger all your life and now it's all coming out at once. Microcosm Publishing bestseller Dr Faith explains here what the hell is going on in your brain and how to retrain yourself to deal with enraging situations more productively and without torpedoing your relationships.