Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

Victor Mancini has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mother's hospital care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who 'saves you' will feel responsible for you for the rest of their lives. Multiply that a couple of hundred times and you generate a healthy flow ...

Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight

Peter Walsh

A houseful of clutter may not be the only reason pack on the extra pounds, but research proves that it plays a big role. A recent study showed that people with superclutted homes were 77 percent more likely to be overweight or obese! Why? Author Peter Walsh thinks it's because people can't make their be...