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In “The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases” (William Morrow, $25.99), Dr. Gary Small and his wife, Gigi Vorgan, detail therapeutic challenges Small has encountered throughout his career as well as incidents from his personal life. In the final chapter, “Sigmund Fraud,” the book touches on aging by recounting what happened when Small’s friend, also a psychiatrist, started developing Alzheimer’s.

Kathy Kohner Zuckerman was 16 years old when her father, Frederick Kohner, published a novel based on her adventures on the beaches of Malibu. The book spawned movies and television shows, and Gidget — the fictional character inspired by Zuckerman — became an international surfing icon.

When Mike Diamond immigrated to Israel from South Africa a year and a half ago, he didn’t expect a job to fall in his lap. Though prepared for some rejection, Diamond was still shocked by the reception he received from recruiters and potential employers.

Politicians may well envy Sherman Grancell, who is regularly re-elected without any campaigning or attack television commercials.

When Sam Hoffman was organizing material for his book “Old Jews Telling Jokes: 5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher Laughs” (Villard Books) into chapters, he ran into a problem.