At a wedding rehearsal dinner, best man Mark charms the bridesmaids with animated tales of past food service jobs, though he's now a video editor. Mark seems to be a hot property with every available female until his "oldest friend" Karl shows up, casually mentioning his stratospheric rise in the entertainment industry. Karl proceeds to seduce everyone in sight, driving Mark to drink alone in the kitchen and leave the party unaccompanied. Some time later, Karl and Mark meet at a coffee house where Mark learns that Karl's willy-nilly conquests sometimes result in unforeseen consequences.

Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents nor his older memoir-writing sister, he decides to reject the beliefs adults try to push on him, starting with the college career that is looming over his last summer in New York, and embarks instead on a search for wisdom through nontraditional means...

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can experience the joys of parenthood without significantly curbing their personal freedom. However, when Julie and Jason both become involved with others, they discover that they secretly harbor romantic feelings for each other.

A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max Barry's novel.