Chris McNamara

FIRE+ICE Warm your hands by a blazing hearth on a cold winter's night; brave the elements with a bracing skate outing; share a steaming irish whiskey or ice-cold beer with...

How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk by John van Epp, PhD (McGraw Hill, $22.95) Nobody willfully marries a jerk. But, inevitably, people end up hitched to husbands or wives who...

In Mexican villages, residents shop the open-air mercado, or market, for holiday gifts. In Chicago, where winters are a bit harsher, the mercado moves indoors. Friday through Nov. 26, the...

It's still jewelry, after all, but the accessories being produced for men by New York design company Bing Bang include skull-and-crossbone cuff links and pocketknife necklaces, so buddies will think...

Raising Drug-Free Kids 100 Tips for Parents by Aletha Solter, PhD (DeCapo Lifelong, $13.95 paper) Although it might be alarming to some parents, there are probably 100 illegal drugs out...

Crispin Hellion Glover is known as much for the quirky film characters he plays ("Back to the Future," "Charlie's Angels") as he is for his quirky behavior off-screen. He's the...

The only thing more embarrassing than the depths to which a man will sink to impress a potential mate is the positive reaction he'll sometimes receive. We'll call this the...

The nearly 14 million Maxim readers may think the editor-in-chief, who oversees female layouts, humorous how-to guides and celebrity interviews, has the best job in the world. "They're absolutely, 100...

Men, Love & Sex The Complete User's Guide for Women By David Zinczenko with Ted Spiker (Rodale, $22.95) The subhead of this title, penned by the editor-in-chief of Men's Health...

Despite manipulating a bustline that fluctuates from uncommonly large to ridiculously oversize, Pamela Anderson has always struck us at the Guy Page as a regular gal. And despite some decisions...