"A globe-trotting romp through the world of ultra-competitive chess, in which the author submits himself to humiliating defeats and the tutelage of ornery mentors in his search for glory--a celebration of the purity, violence, and beauty of the game"--

In his groundbreaking first series, Bourdain travels around the world indulging his taste for local cuisine and eccentric characters. Join Tony as he feasts on sushi in Tokyo, enjoys authentic Mexican cuisine, and traverses the Australian Outback on a memorable food journey. You never know what he'll say, who he'll meet, or what they'll have for dinner.

What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when this forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? This is a tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation.

"Cassie Bowden [is] a globe-trotting flight attendant with a devil-may-care attitude and a history of binge drinking, whose glamorous world is thrown into a tailspin when she wakes up next to a dead man with no idea what happened. Cassie scrambles to put together the pieces of a night in Bangkok gone terribly wrong, leading her to unsettling discoveries and more than a few illegal escapades. Season two finds Cassie living her best sober life in Los...