National Bestseller The story of an obsessive love affair between a woman and an apartment. The publication of her sexy, offbeat, riotous first novel, Going Down, won Jennifer Belle comparisons from everyone from Dorothy Parker and Lorrie Moore to J. D. Salinger and Liz Phair. In High Maintenance, Belle is back with another brilliantly twisted New York story that is as funny, sad, painful, ridiculous, wild, daring, and lovable as its predecessor. Set in the manic world of New York real estate, High Maintenance is the story of Liv Kellerman, a young woman who's just left her husband and, more important, their fabulous penthouse apartment with its Empire State Building view. On her own for the first time in her life, she relocates to a crumbling Greenwich Village hovel and contemplates her next move. Before long she finds her true calling: selling real estate. With her native eye for prime properties and an ability to lie with a straight face, Liv finds success and soon is swimming with the sharks-the hardcore, cutthroat brokers who'll do anything to close a deal. Along the way she picks up a maniacally ardent architect who likes to bite her, a few hilarious bosses, strange and exasperating clients, and a gun, and brings them with her on her search for the one thing she's really after: a home. Belle's gift for creating strange and winning characters and her acute observations of both the absurd and the poignant in everyday life are the hallmarks of her fiction. High Maintenance is generous and unsparing, tough and exciting and terrifically smart—a hot new property on the market.

Every day, managers find themselves wondering what to do about Joe. That is, "Joe is a brilliant employee, a visionary. But no one can work with him because he's so unapproachable." What do they do? High-Maintenance Employees is the first book to give managers detailed guidance on how to get the best out of high-maintenance high-performers--visionary employees who are difficult to keep on track. Kathi Graham-Leviss has spent the last 20 years coaching companies on how to improve their results, and realized that the No. 1 problem facing companies was how to manage these essential employees. High-Maintenance Employees takes the reader on a step-by-step process that includes: --Identifying and appreciating high-maintenance high-performers --Understanding their behavior --Creating the best work environment --Rewarding and leading high-maintenance high-performers --Integrating them into teams By following these steps, managers will learn how to maximize their employees' performance, and thereby maximize their business.

How do you cope with impossible people? The author offers clear and direct answers for dealing with relationships that give so little but demand so much.

A blue collar worker who lives on Europa, Jupiter’s ice moon, gets set up on a blind date with a gorgeous woman.

Meet Jerome, Lamant, and Marcus, three single men who share one thing in common: their high maintenance needs drive women away. Jerome Hart's ideal relationship is not to be in one. He enjoys his single life, and has no intention of slowing down his bed-hopping, fast-lane ways. Twenty-eight-year-old Lamant James is busy as usual, figuring out how to balance his sixty-hour work week with his search for the ideal mate. His rigid dating rules have women running for their lives. Recently divorced forty-year-old Marcus Hill would prefer a not-so-desperate housewife mail-ordered and shipped from the 1950s. He never saw his divorce coming, due to his belief that he was a super duper husband. Why their ideal women are so hard to find is beyond any of them. The possibility of changing themselves is unthinkable. Can they evolve, or face ending up alone?

Are you tired of dating high maintenance women? Are you curious about why women behave this way? Do you want to understand the evolutionary and psychological reasons behind their high maintenance behaviors? "Survival of the High Maintenance: Evolution's Secret Weapon" dives into the world of high maintenance women, exploring their evolutionary advantages and psychological reasons behind their behaviors. This book is your guide to understanding the complexities of high maintenance women and how they impact society, relationships, and even the workplace. In this book, you will: - Discover the evolutionary advantages of high maintenance women - Explore the psychological factors that contribute to high maintenance behaviors - Compare high and low maintenance women and their differences in behavior - Analyze societal pressures that shape women to be high maintenance - Weigh the benefits and costs of dating high maintenance women - Understand the attraction of high maintenance women from biological and cultural perspectives - Examine portrayals of high maintenance women in popular culture - Investigate the impact of feminism on high maintenance women - Study the functioning of high maintenance women in the workplace - Discuss the parenting approach of high maintenance women and its potential effects on children - Assess the relationship satisfaction of being in a relationship with a high maintenance woman If you want to understand high maintenance women and navigate your relationships, this book is your ultimate resource. Buy "Survival of the High Maintenance: Evolution's Secret Weapon" today and discover the hidden world of high maintenance women.

In High Maintenance an ironic wit colours poems about everything in contemporary Canadian life from literature and hockey to Y2K and snowboarding. Stephen Bett's poetry is a self-referential funhouse that reflects the modern tension between a commitment to ideas and life in a pop-culture world.

A modern-day women’s manifesto: a look at how love, romance, and the digital domain police women's behaviours. Be the cool girl and get the guy. Otherwise you're ... Too fat or too thin; too clever or too stupid; too free or too restricted. You need to be .... Pretty but relatable, not difficult, not demanding - yes, virtually invisible. Play down your attributes, your wants, your needs and most definitely, don't be high maintenance! The term “high-maintenance” is part of everyday speech, and usually refers to a woman who places a high value on her personal image, wants or needs. Often uttered within the context of dating, the implication is the woman in question is too much hard work. Rarely, if ever, do we come across the term “high-maintenance man”. On a daily basis women are deliberately portraying themselves as “low-maintenance”, “chill” and “cool”. Hidden behind these seemingly insignificant, even innocuous words, is something far more sinister. They tend to describe the multitude of ways women reign themselves in to appease men. The “high-maintenance” woman is too much to handle – confirming known stereotypes that women are expected to be quiet, subservient, opinion-less, and always amenable. That they shouldn’t be difficult. This rhetoric is dangerous. It teaches women around the world, and distressingly, the next generation that they need to play into a male stereotype of what a woman should be – and that’s smaller, and less than. This is a call to arms to women. To take up as much space as you like. To be as clever, as madeup, as dull, as vibrant, as curious, or as difficult as you choose.To live wildly. To occupy and embrace different spaces. This is your moment to be, yes, high maintenance. Embrace it

Who says minimalism has to be boring? She quit her 200k job and sold it all to travel the world. Kashlee Kucheran had a glamorous life. The house, dream job, the fantastic wardrobe. Discover the soul-crushing moments that lead to Kashlee letting go of everything she knew for a life of experience rather than materialism. Her inspiring ‘how-to’ guide delivers real-world advice on how to clear out all the clutter, and live a freedom based life. Through hilarious stories and insightful guidance, this book will teach you step by step how to: Declutter, downsize and erase debt • Finally get your finances in check • Favor experiences instead of ‘stuff’ • Create an awe-inspiring bucket list • Earn an income while exploring the globe • Learn your true passion and calling in life "This book is a must-read for anyone looking to have more freedom in all aspects of their lives. It's packed with tools that you can start using from day one, it's hilarious and it's real. The book is hands-down the best and most practical guide to having more control over your mindset and finances that I've ever read." - Natalie Ellis, Serial Entrepreneur + CEO of Boss Babe Inc. With Kashlee’s in-depth workbooks and no BS attitude, you’ll learn everything there is to know about embracing modern minimalism and the power that comes with it. The joy, the freedom, and the happiness. The energy to embrace your inner wanderlust and make life a journey, not a credit card driven prison sentence. Wake up and realize how capable you are without the all the crap.

The big picture : how Buffy the vampire slayer turned me into a TV critic -- The long con ("The Sopranos") -- The great divide : Norman Lear, Archie Bunker, and the rise of the bad fan -- Difficult women ("Sex and the city") -- Cool story, bro ("True detective," "Top of the lake" and "The fall") -- Last girl in Larchmont : the legacy of Joan Rivers -- Girls girls girls : "Girls," "Vanderpump rules," "House of cards and Scandal," "The Amy Schumer show," "Transparent" -- Confessions of the human shield -- How jokes won the election -- In praise of sex and violence : "Hannibal," "Law et order : SVU," "Jessica Jones," -- "The jinx," "The Americans" -- The price is right : what advertising does to TV -- In living color : Kenya Barris' -- Breaking the box : "Jane the virgin," "The comeback," "The good wife," "The newsroom," "Adventure time," "The leftovers," "High maintenance." -- Riot girl : Jenji Kohan's hot provocations -- A disappointed fan is still a fan ("Lost") -- Mr. big : how Ryan Murphy became the most powerful man in television.