The series follows the exploits of 'the gang, ' a group of self-centered friends who run Paddy's Pub, a relatively unsuccessful Irish bar in South Philadelphia.

"Sinfully attractive playboy Nolan Zimmerman was born into a wealthy family, but maintains grueling hours to keep the reputation of his grandmother's beloved bar as one of the hottest spots in New York. Sexy and independent Sofia Kendall has made her way to the top as a high powered attorney, and she doesn't have time for men in general. When Sofia is offered a transfer to Manhattan, she's eager to reconnect with her family but unprepared for a scandalous...

"Beau Boone, starving, half a left leg, at the end of his rope, falls off the train in the hell on wheels town of Nemesis. But Mr. Pettigrew intervenes. Beau owes him, but does he owe him his very life? Can a one-legged man sit shotgun in one of the toughest saloons on the Transcontinental. He can, if he does not have anything to lose. "-- "Nearly starved, missing half a leg, Beau Boone stumbles out of a cattle car into the hell on wheels Transcontinental...

Adventure awaits you in Chicago, the City of the Big Shoulders. This bustling metropolis has a colorful past that remains hidden in the nooks and crannies of this wonderful windy city. Whether you want to sip dirty martinis underground in an elegant 1920's bank vault or while away an afternoon in a salt cave, Bizzarri help you explore hidden places in the farthest corners of Chicago.

Few places on Earth are as identified with beer as Wisconsin, with good reason. Since its first commercial brewery was established in 1835, the state has seen more than 800 open and more than 650 closesometimes after mere months, sometimes after thriving for as long as a century and a half. The Drink That Made Wisconsin Famous explores this rich history, from the first territorial pioneers to the most recent craft brewers, and from barley to barstool....

"In the shadow of the Civil War, a circle of radicals in a rowdy saloon changed American society and helped set Walt Whitman on the path to poetic immortality. Rebel Souls is the first book ever written about the colorful group of artists-- regulars at Pfaff's Saloon in Manhattan--rightly considered America's original Bohemians. Besides a young Whitman, the circle included actor Edwin Booth; trailblazing stand-up comic Artemus Ward; psychedelic drug...

Sister Mary Helen is in luck, depending on how you look at it. She and Sister Eileen are in Ireland to attend the weeklong Oyster Festival in the little village of Ballyclarin. They make their first stop at a central oasis of food and drink called the Monks' Table. Mary Helen overhears a woman saying to the man with her, "I am surprised someone hasn't killed you already." But Eileen assures her that it's only a way of speaking, and Mary Helen is relieved,...

"This story is the result of news media observations of the Gem Theatre in Deadwood and the people who worked there, those who played there, and, more importantly, the people who did not feel comfortable or accepted anywhere else. While considering these observations, the underlying control and presence of Al Swearingen is pervading and inescapable. The Gem was the self-conceived stage of his entertainment, his natural habitat. Wading through the...

A missing girl, a sleuth in training, and family secrets with deadly consequences. Janet Black, the feisty bar owner and apprentice PI in Knoxville, Tennessee, is back, and she's taken a job her mentor told her to run from: finding a missing teenage girl. But with her computer-expert boyfriend, and an ear fine-tuned for gossip from her years as a bartender, she figures she's just the right person to make a difference. As she dives into the case, though,...