Maurynne Maxwell (Miss M)

Watch Anthony Bourdain drink a Titantini in the Southwest Road Trip episode of No Reservations, on the Travel Channel. 

Here's a link to the first review of the book, in the Tucson Citizen Calendar section, captures the "beyond irony" tone of the book perfectly, Thank you, anonymous reviewer! 

MYTI Press is proud to announce the publication of The Atomic Cocktail Party and Trivia Book, by Green Valley author M. R. “Max” Maxwell.

Offering original and classic cocktail and party food recipes, the book is also a darkly humorous look at the Baby-Boomers’ Cold War. A Tucson native, Max’s childhood weekends were punctuated by air-raid sirens that screamed through Tucson each Saturday at 1 p. m., heralding potential apocalypse. The author’s move to Sahuarita, Arizona, home of the Titan Missile Museum, renewed this atomic angst.  Inspired to confront nuclear doomsday, Max turned to humor and the power of positive drinking.

The Atomic Cocktail Party and Trivia Book fits perfectly into the weird ephemera of atomic popular culture—atomic kitsch, or atomic chic? The reader must decide, preferably while munching Dr. Strangelove’s Breakfast Panini, and sipping an invigorating Day After cocktail.

The Atomic Cocktail Party and Trivia Book retails for $12.95 and is available at Borders on Broadway, Barnes & Noble.com, The National Museum of Atomic Science and History in New Mexico, directly from the publisher—and of course, from the Titan Missile Museum store, where you can also purchase Max's T-shirt (for around $20 + shipping),  pictured under the book.

You can also purchase this T-shirt at the Pima Air & Space Museum, in Tucson, Arizona. 

New Books:

Fall 2009: The Believer's Secret 

Winter 2010: The Adventures of Mac Titan 

May 2008: The Titan Missile Museum Coloring Book (Titan Missile Museum)

February 2008: The Atomic Cocktail Party & Trivia Book (MYTI Press)