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Like every good office, the Quirk Books HQ is full of random kitsch. Weird stuffed animals, plastic figurines, and plenty of odd things that make no sense to anyone else but us. And with St. Patrick's Day approaching, I thought it would be fun to run around the office, and get Quirk staff on camera, talking about their lucky charms.

Enjoy! And if you've got a fun lucky charm at your office, tell us about it in the replies! 

In addition to our fun little video that spotlighted good luck charms around the Quirk HQ, we thought it would be fun to giveaway a little something to help you find your own bit of luck. So with St. Patrick's Day approaching this Monday, here's your chance to win a copy of Quirk's Field Guide to Luck. 

There a number of books in our Field Guide series. Some are made for fussing around the house (Tools, Stains), while others are great for in the kitchen (Candy, Cookies). The Field Guide to Luck is all about the talismans, charms, and symbols scattered throughout the world. And hopefully, using a copy, you'll be able to find yours. 

We're giving away TEN copies, and you can enter using the Rafflecopter below. Good luck! 

This month, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies turns five. A landmark book for Quirk, it was an enormous bestseller that took the literary world by storm and invented a new genre. The mashup! 

To celebrate, we had Thom Dunn, a frequent Quirk contributor and blogger for places like Tor.com, write up a three part editorial about the history of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. In his piece, he talks about the origins of the book, Quirk's venture into the mashup genre, and our jump into fiction. 

You can check out all three parts below.

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Part 1 of 3

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Part 2 of 3

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Part 3 of 3

We're planning a lot more content over the course of the month, from guest blog posts to epic giveaways, so stay tuned! And speaking of those giveaways… we've got one right here! You can enter to win a copy of the Deluxe Heirloom Edition of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. 

Today, we're thrilled to be publishing Find Momo, the debut book by photographer Andrew Knapp. The adventures of Andrew and his adorable border collie Momo delight over 130,000 Instagram followers every single day, and we can't wait to introduce this lovable duo to even more people. 

As a special way to celebrate the release of the book, we've teamed up with Social Print Studio, who a lot of you might know from their amazing print programs. They let users print beautiful photos from Facebook with GetBlue and Instagram with Printstagram, and you can order from their print studio site and app, printstud.io. You can follow them on Twitter, Instagram, and like them over on Facebook.

We're running a truly awesome giveaway with them, offering you a chance to get some beautiful prints of Momo and gift cards to Printstagram. 

What are those sweet, sweet prizes? Check it out. 

Grand Prize: A framed Momo print, a paw printed book, and a Find Momo poster! 
Three Runners Up: A set of Prinstagram images (of Momo or from your own feed / Facebook), a paw printed book, a Find Momo poster. Your choice of a $19 gift code or 24 squares from Andrew's Instagram feed.
First 20 Rafflecopter Entrants: Will recieve $5 Prinstagram codes and a Find Momo poster. 

That's right. The grand prize is a framed Momo print. The first person selected by the Rafflecopter will win a beautiful 11×11 framed Momo photo (in a square, black, 12×12 frame) selected by the author. 

Note, that photo above is just a mockup. Andrew will pick a gorgeous photo when the contest is over. He's on a book tour across the country right now, so who knows what kind of gorgeous pictures he's going to take? 

How can you enter? We've made it incredibly easy with a Rafflecopter below. You can follow @quirkbooks, @andrewknapp, or @socialps on Twitter, like us on Facebook, tweet about the giveaway, all that good stuff! So go ahead, enter, and join us in playing #FindMomo. 

And a huge thank you to Social Print Studio for teaming up with us on this. You guys are the greatest. 

Today, World Book Night is highlighting Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs over on their Twitter and Facebook. It was a real honor to see Miss Peregrine selected for this awesome program, and I figured we'd run a fun giveaway to celebrate today's social media spotlight. 

Back in 2012, Ransom sent me a small box full of strange black and white photos from his personal vintage photography collection. I've used them now and again for promotions, and now, dear World Book Night people, we're offering a few up to you.

Enter our little Rafflecopter below for a chance to win a hardcover copy of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and one of three photos from Ransom's personal collection. We've also dug deep into the Quirk archives and wrangled up a bunch of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children posters, which we'll also giveaway to random entries after the first three winners are picked. How's… 20 of those posters sound? Good? Good.

You can enter by following Quirk, Ransom, World Book Night, etc. on Twitter and Facebook. Good luck, and thanks again, World Book Night! 

THE SHERLOCK HOLMES HANDBOOK by Ransom Riggs ($3.99)

AMAZON / BARNES & NOBLE / IBOOKSTORE / KOBO

The first Sherlock Holmes adventure appeared in 1887, but today the detective is more popular than ever-witness the upcoming release date of Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. For every reader who dreams of solving crimes in turn-of-the-century London, The Sherlock Holmes Handbook features skills that all would-be sleuths should know: