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Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know
This pocket-sized guide is the perfect gift for birdwatchers, bird owners, and anyone fascinated by our feathered friends
Bird-brained: it’s not just an insult anymore. These tiny dinosaurs have captured the human imagination since the dawn of time, and this illustrated, accessible guide covers it all—from bird anatomy and behavior to migration patterns and bird-watching tips. Experts and bird beginners alike will learn about:
- How dinosaurs became birds
- Bird behavior: migration, murmuration, and mobbing
- Birder lingo 101
- How to identify backyard birds
- Decoding birdsong & “talking” birds
- How we domesticated birds
With handy diagrams, helpful tips, and fun trivia, this handy compendium is the perfect companion for anyone looking to get a bird’s-eye view on our avian allies, whether in the great outdoors or at their window birdfeeder.
Posted by Kim Ismael
The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Driving
From the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series, a hilarious and highly portable manual for surviving any car disaster, from hurricane weather to high-speed pursuits.
Getting into a car is the most dangerous thing most of us do every day. And it’s not just the risk of an accident. What if there’s a blizzard? What if your brakes malfunction? What if you’re stuck in traffic and you need to pee?
Good news: The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Driving is here to help. Learn how to:
- Evade a pursuer on the highway
- Escape from a trunk
- Drive down a flight of stairs
- Bail out at high speeds
- And more!
Keep one in your glove compartment at all times!
Posted by Kim Ismael
Undead and Unwed
Bridget Jones’s Diary meets What We Do in the Shadows in this darkly funny and cozy romantic comedy about a vampire finding herself and falling in love during the Christmas season.
Tiffenie may be three hundred years old, but she’s still a hot mess. The vampire is tragically single, works a dead-end job at a blood bank, and spends her nights marathoning Hallmark Channel movies with her cat.
When Tiffenie inherits a fixer-upper home in Valentine, Vermont, thanks to a case of mistaken (okay, stolen) identity, she seizes the chance to get her life back on track. With her newly undead neighbor (it was an accident!) in tow, Tiffenie is determined to live out her holiday rom-com dreams in this picture-perfect town.
But between the mystery of her stolen identity, small-town drama, and the arrival of her insufferable vampire ex-boyfriend Vlad, getting her happily ever after with a smoking-hot Christmas tree farmer won’t be easy. Tiffenie must embark on a journey of self-acceptance—with the help of a few therapy sessions—for the first time in her immortal life.
With biting wit and plenty of spice, Undead and Unwed will make you laugh until you cry as Tiffenie bungles her way toward self-improvement and true love.
Posted by Christina Schillaci
The Great Work
An alchemist and his young nephew hunt down a legend in this profound and unsettling speculative Western, for fans of Karen Russell and Victor LaValle.
Alone in a frontier town in the brand-new state of Washington, Gentle Montgomery is grieving his best friend. Liam, a self-taught alchemist, was killed when he tried to capture a creature that shouldn’t exist: a giant salamander that drives men mad. When Gentle’s nephew, Kitt, arrives at his doorstep, the two set out together to track the monster down so they can use its blood in an alchemical formula that will bring Liam back to life.
It’s a hard and haunted journey through the Northwestern frontier. The salamander produces surreal nightmares and waking dreams of a blighted, burning future. And Gentle and Kitt soon find themselves pursued by a bloodthirsty hunter, a sadistic judge, and a doomsday cult, all of whom have their own plans for the river monster. Armed with nothing but Liam’s alchemical notebooks, they must not only find the salamander but learn to understand it—and the terrifying visions it causes—before it’s too late.
Dark and compelling, The Great Work is an arcane adventure through the wilderness of friendship and the rotten heart of the early American empire.
Posted by Gaby Iori
Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake
Sixty bizarre and beautiful marine creatures offer their best tips for self-confidence, serenity, and fulfillment—drawn from real-life facts about our fascinating natural world.
If you sometimes wish to simply sink back into the depths of the ocean, great news—the strange little guys who still live down there will receive you with open arms (and fins, claws, and tentacles). But if you’re not quite ready to take to the sea, they’ve also got some solid advice for those cursed to live on solid ground.
In Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake, Earth’s weirdest sea creatures offer their favorite tips for improving your life on land. Get to know these friendly denizens of the deep:
- The star tunicate, who avoids anxiety—by digesting its own brain
- The gloomy octopus, who asserts its boundaries—by throwing dirt at anyone who bothers it
- The fire-breathing shrimp, who gets its feelings out—by vomiting bioluminescent goo
- The deep-sea anglerfish, who expresses love—by fusing with its mate
- And more wonderfully wacky undersea weirdos who really know how to live!
Beautifully illustrated with charming watercolor portraits of the ocean’s most eccentric creatures, Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake may make you long to return to the sea—but it will also help you bring a freewheeling, relaxed, self-actualized ocean spirit to even the driest life.
Posted by Kim Ismael
The Crone Zone
It’s time to embrace your inner crone! Tap into the wisdom of age and let this beautiful, giftable book teach you how to take up space, shake off expectations, and live life on your own terms.
Once you hit a certain age, it kind of feels like society expects you to move to a spooky cottage in the woods, grow warts, and intimidate children. But you know what? That sounds great! If you’ve been looking for permission and encouragement to stop clinging to youth and propriety, The Crone Zone is here to help you step into your full bog witch power.
Following in the footsteps of role models from Strega Nona to Baba Yaga, you’ll learn to access your innate crone energy through rituals, meditations, inspiration, and relatable advice from your crone guide. You’ll find tips for:
- Crone fashion, like picking the perfect caftan for every occasion
- Crone beauty, like embracing your gray hair—or dying it blue
- Crone home decor, like cultivating all-black houseplants
- Crone lifestyle, like making friends with a murder of crows
- And more!
So put on your best black cloak, prepare a cauldron of your favorite beverage, and indulge in a good hearty cackle, because life in the Crone Zone is good—and about to get better.
Posted by Kim Ismael
