Collection: Adult

Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the 1970s--a medium in which he established the style that would bring him international acclaim--are brought together in this new paperback edition. Critically praised for his finely modeled and classically composed photographs, Robert Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously popular. This book brings together almost 300 images from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation's archive and private collections to provide a critical view of Mapplethorpe's formative years as an artist, revealing the themes that would inspire Mapplethorpe throughout his career. Included is a selection of color Polaroids and objects incorporating his early "instant" photography. Some images convey a disarming tenderness and vulnerability, others a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. The author traces the development of Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography over a period of five years, from 1970 to 1975, when the artist worked mainly in this medium. The images include self-portraits; figure studies; still lifes; portraits of lovers and friends such as Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff, and Marianne Faithful; and observations of everyday objects. Marked by a spontaneity and creative curiosity, these fragile images offer an illuminating contrast to the glossy perfection of the work for which Mapplethorpe is best known, allowing us a more personal glimpse of his artistry.

Botany in bricks! Take a closer look: This intricately illustrated compendium of flowers and plants has a LEGO(R) twist--the blooms are built of bricks! Inspired by the bestselling LEGO Botanical sets, this almanac combines floral facts, hand-drawn botanical illustrations, and exclusive stories from the LEGO set designers themselves, plus a bonus collectible flower print to display.

Inspired by scientific drawings of flora, the beauty is in the details of the singular LEGO(R) Botanical Almanac. Each page presents a deeper look into a stunning LEGO bloom, succulent, or plant--from garden varietals to the exquisitely exotic. Like traditional botany illustrations, these LEGO flowers are presented as stunning works of art and detailed dissections of real species. Dip in and out to learn about each plant and discover behind-the-scenes details of how LEGO set designers turned iconic bricks into captivating natural forms. A perfect gift for LEGO fans and unlike any other book before it, the LEGO(R) Botanical Almanac highlights where art meets science and building meets play--a true celebration of the boundless creativity of the LEGO brand.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, and the Brick and Knob configurations are trademarks of the LEGO Group. (c)2024 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.

EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIBLE PRINT INCLUDED: Tucked in the back of the book is a removable print featuring a hand-drawn illustration from the book. A must-have for LEGO collectors, this print is exclusive to the book. Frame and hang it on your wall to admire--and spark your creative thinking--every day.

UNIQUE FAN ARTIFACT: With beautifully rendered art and a sophisticated package that mimics a true scientific work, this almanac is an unexpected gift for the LEGO fan that has everything. Share the LEGO fandom with this surprisingly beautiful keepsake.

A BRAND YOU LOVE AND TRUST: For decades, the LEGO brand has inspired billions of people to stretch the limits of their imaginations and explore the power of play. Discover a new side of the LEGO universe with this beautiful LEGO book.

EXCLUSIVES FROM THE LEGO DESIGNERS: The book features behind-the-scenes interviews, stories, and fun facts, offering a unique window into the creative process of developing a LEGO set.

Perfect for:

• LEGO fans
• LEGO builders who purchased the LEGO Botanical sets
• Gardeners and fresh-cut flower lovers
• People interested in home décor and looking for a beautiful flower book to display
• People fascinated by scientific botanical drawings
• Mother's Day, housewarming, anniversary, birthday, Valentine's Day, or Galentine's Day gifting

A grief journal that tells you it's ok to not be ok and will never say "it all happens for a reason"

While everyone else is telling you it all "happens for a reason," the Hardcore Grief Recovery: F**k Death Workbook will give you the truth: this is going to feel like sh*t. Grief is a long, and difficult journey, but it doesn't have to last forever. This journal is the friend you need to heal through your grief--the kind of friend who stops the pitying hugs and screams "f*ck this" right by your side.

With honest-as-hell challenges for each of the five stages of grief, you'll learn to heal through your pain, even when that means tearing out pages and making a mess along the way. A grief book that tackles things head-on with prompts that ask you to:

• THINK: True or False, Would You Rather, and ranking questions are easy ways to examine your emotions, even if you're not the touchy-feely type
• DO: the stages of grief may not be a to-do list, but you can still check off some tasks and activities and fight off feelings of powerlessness
• JOURNAL: reflect on the life of the person you loved and the experiences you've been having throughout your grief journey

Hardcore Grief Recovery: F**k Death Workbook is here to help you give grief the middle finger. With a little guidance, you can pick yourself up, dust off, and heal without the bullsh*t.

This collectible box set combines the second book in Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom series, The Illustrated Bestiary, with a freestanding deck of 36 large, gilt-edged oracle cards and a cloth carrying bag for keeping animal wisdom close at hand. Together, the book and the cards explore the ancient, mystical connection between humans and other members of the animal kingdom, and guide readers in channeling animal energy through ritual and meditation. For fans of Maia Toll's insightful writing and Kate O'Hara's beautiful art, as well as animal lovers and devotees of tarot, witchcraft, and mysticism, this special edition makes a truly distinctive gift.

Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.

Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, capturing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated in the ruthless discipline of ornithology, Beth knows trouble when she sees it, and she is determined to keep her distance from Devon.

For his part, Devon has never been more smitten than when he first set eyes on Professor Beth Pickering. She's so pretty, so polite, so capable of bringing down a fiery, deadly bird using only her wits. In other words, an angel. Devon understands he must not get close to her, however, since they're professional rivals.

When a competition to become Birder of the Year by capturing an endangered caladrius bird is announced, Beth and Devon are forced to team up to have any chance of winning. Now keeping their distance becomes a question of one bed or two. But they must take the risk, because fowl play is afoot, and they can't trust anyone else--for all may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology.

"A new star is rising in the fantasy firmament...teems with magic and spine-chilling amounts of skullduggery."-Dave Duncan, author of The Great Game

When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn't commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things-none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine, and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec's new mentor, and this time there just might be...Luck in the Shadows.

Grab an apron, and let's make some pasta!

For most Italians, cooking is a way of life, and that is certainly the case for Gianluca Conte, better known as QCP. But what makes a dish authentically Italian versus Italian-American? Is it the ingredients? Is it the way the dish is prepared? The answer is layered (like a lasagna), and Gianluca is here to set this straight, one shot of olive oil at a time.

You can't spend too much time on TikTok without coming across QCP. He's wild. He's vivacious. And he knows what he's talking about when it comes to Italian food. In his debut cookbook, Italian/American, join Gianluca for a culinary journey that explores the two sides of his heritage, including recipes from his native Ischia (off the coast of Naples) as well as other regions of Italy and his American roots.

From making fresh pasta from scratch to preparing the ultimate Chicken Parmesan, Italian/American will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about Italian cooking, and keep you entertained along the way.

Where will you go? After more than 20 years of devotion to the Mormon church, Alyssa Grenfell decided it was time to find out. Join her in a journey of faith deconstruction with this definitive manual to rebuilding after Mormonism.
Consider this the last church handbook you'll ever need!

How to Leave the Mormon Church is the indispensable guide for navigating your way out of the Mormon church. After losing your faith, your first thought was likely, "Now what?" Read this book for advice on:

1. Deciding whether or not to leave the church
2. Sharing your news with family and friends
3. Investigating new beliefs and frameworks
4. Protecting your mental health during the transition
5. Moving forward with purpose and intention
6. Ordering coffee and cocktails for the first time
7. Overcoming shame surrounding sex and sexuality
8. Dating outside the church
9. Examining and renegotiating political opinions
10. Leaving Mormonism AND Exmormonism behind

...and so much more! Leaving the church is more than throwing out your garments or taking your name off the church roster. Mormonism is an all-encompassing, high demand religion that seeps into every aspect of your life. This is the comprehensive manual for completely-mentally, emotionally and physically-leaving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Advance praise for How to Leave the Mormon Church:

"I was struck by how thoroughly Alyssa addresses the hurdles faced by those who leave the church. Her encouraging voice will support you with each step along this unknown path. Her compassionate and informed writing approaches the sensitive subject of faith deconstruction with a style that is personal, thoughtful, direct, and fearless. This book is an essential companion for those who feel lost, alone, and confused once their Mormon shelf breaks. Frankly, it is the resource I so desperately needed in the days, months, and years after my own loss of faith."
-John Dehlin, Ph.D., Founder of and Host of Mormon Stories

"What many of us leaving the LDS Church are looking for is a friend. In her vulnerable storytelling and resource sharing, Alyssa brings that friendship to life. This book is a great sounding board to ask questions, access support and get curious about new and old beliefs. It's a great reminder that in what many consider to be one of the loneliest and disorienting chapters of their lives, you don't have to do it alone."
-Chelsea Homer, Founder of Faith Journey Meetups and Lost & Found Club

TREACHERY ON THE HIGH SEAS!

Rae is delighted when Claire decides to spend summer vacation in Rae's hometown of Euclid. She's extra delighted when she gets to see Claire in a swimsuit! But their fun is cut short when a ghost ship drifts into the harbor crewed by the undead! The girls will need to use their magical abilities to protect the city, but they soon realize that there is a traitor close to them! Can Rae figure out who it is in time?!

In this skillfully curated collection, author and clinical editor Jenna Riemersma invites 30 leading IFS experts to discuss how to apply the transformative insights of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model with a wide range of clients, communities and modalities.

Altogether Us opens with IFS founder Richard Schwartz sharing the origin story of the model and describing its remarkable growth. Jenna then presents a never-before published IFS shorthand tool.

Each of the following chapters explore the integration of the IFS model with a remarkably comprehensive array of topics including: EMDR, Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, Somatic Practices, Groups, Polyvagal Theory, Play Therapy, Sandtray, Psychodrama, Addictive Processes, Disordered Eating, Sexuality, Couples, Parents, Adoption, Ancestral Lineage Healing, and the Enneagram. Intersectionality chapters speak to the use of IFS in providing culturally-affirming care to clients with traditionally marginalized identities, including Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, LatinX, Native American, and Neurodivergent clients, as well as clients navigating sexual orientation and gender identity.

A powerhouse group of contributing authors, led by Dr. Richard Schwartz, include: Dr. Frank Anderson, Dr. Mona Barbera, Chris Burris, Dr. Sand Chang, Candice Christiansen, Marcella Cox, Dr. Daphne Fatter, Fatimah Finney, Carmen Jiminez-Pride, Mary Kruger, Kathy Mackechney, Meg Martinez-Dettamanti, Susan McConnell, Dr. Suzan McVicker, Dr. Nancy Morgan, Gregg Paisley, Halie Parmalee, Pete Patton LCSW, Leslie Petruk, Patricia Rich, Dr. Alexia Rothman, Joan Ryan, Gaby Satarino, Valerie Simon, Tammy Sollenberger, Julia Sullivan, Cece Sykes, and Regina Wei.

Intended for both helping professionals and students of IFS, Altogether Us expands access to this exciting new paradigm in psychotherapy while affirming the vision of Dr. Schwartz to welcome all parts and celebrate diverse and inclusive expressions of Self-leadership in the world.

Designed to be used with any deck, Red Tarot is a radical praxis and decolonized oracle that moves beyond self-help and divination to reclaim tarot for liberation, self-determination, and collective healing.

For readers of Postcolonial Astrology and Tarot for Change

Red Tarot speaks to anyone othered for their identity or ways of being or thinking--LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC folks in particular--presenting the tarot as a radical epistemology that shifts the authority of knowing into the hands of the people themselves.

Author Christopher Marmolejo frames literacy as key to liberation, and explores an understanding of tarot as critical literacy. They show how the cards can be read to subvert the dynamics of white supremacist-capitalist-imperialist-patriarchy, weaving historical context and spiritual practice into a comprehensive overview of tarot.

Situating tarot imagery within cosmologies outside the Hellenistic frame--Death as interpreted through the lens of Hindu goddess Chhinnamasta, the High Priestess through Aztec goddess Coyolxauhqui--Marmolejo's Red Tarot is a profound act of native reclamation and liberation. Each card's interpretation is further bolstered by the teachings of Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Paulo Freire, José Esteban Muñoz, and others, in an offering that integrates intersectional wisdom with the author's divination practice--and reveals tarot as an essential language for liberation.

It's closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe--but it's definitely not the last dance

In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife.

Far from the gay bar with its largely white, gay male clientele, here is a dazzling scene of secret parties--club nights--wherein culture creatives, many of whom are queer, trans, and racial minorities, reclaim the night in the name of those too long left out. Episodic, nomadic, and radically inclusive, club nights are refashioning queer nightlife in boundlessly imaginative and powerfully defiant ways.

Drawing on Ghaziani's immersive encounters at underground parties in London and more than one hundred riveting interviews with everyone from bar owners to party producers, revelers to rabble-rousers, Long Live Queer Nightlife showcases a spectacular, if seldom-seen, vision of a queer world shimmering with self-empowerment, inventiveness, and joy.

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dissonance of finding oneself by exploring life outside one's community

In 1938, a dead whale washes up on the shores of remote Welsh island. For Manod, who has spent her whole life on the island, it feels like both a portent of doom and a symbol of what may lie beyond the island's shores. A young woman living with her father and her sister (to whom she has reluctantly but devotedly become a mother following the death of their own mother years prior), Manod can't shake her welling desire to explore life beyond the beautiful yet blisteringly harsh islands that her hardscrabble family has called home for generations.

The arrival of two English ethnographers who hope to study the island culture, then, feels like a boon to her--both a glimpse of life outside her community and a means of escape. The longer the ethnographers stay, the more she feels herself pulled towards them, reckoning with a sensual awakening inside herself, despite her misgivings that her community is being misconstrued and exoticized.

With shimmering prose tempered by sharp wit, Whale Fall tells the story of what happens when one person's ambitions threaten the fabric of a community, and what can happen when they are realized. O'Connor paints a portrait of a community and a woman on the precipice, forced to confront an outside world that seems to be closing in on them.

Bold Mediterranean flavors and vegetable-centric California cuisine unite in 100+ bright, fresh recipes for everyday meals, from the women chef-owners behind Kismet and Kismet Rotisserie in Los Angeles.

Starring more than 100 recipes, Kismet captures the casual, superfresh, vegetable-forward cooking the award-winning Los Angeles restaurants are known for. Thoughtfully adapted for home cooks, recipes like Salty-Sweet Persimmon Salad and Harissa Party Wings are a tantalizing blend of casual California cool and vibrant Mediterranean-inspired flavors.

Host the perfect cocktail hour with the chapter devoted to dips and schmears with variations of labneh, tahini, and zhoug that pair beautifully with Flaky Bread (Malawach), plus recipes for Peanut Muhammara and Garlicky Bean Dip. In the Salady chapter, there's a modern Wedge Salad with Miso-Poppy Dressing, along with an inspired Marinated Feta topped with Dates and Rose Water Onions or with Spice-Roasted Tomatoes and Grapefruit, perfect for a summer picnic. And while vegetables may be the stars of Kismet, recipes such as Blistered Shishitos and Shrimp, Freekeh "Polenta" with Poached Eggs, Weeknight Steak with Grapes and Grilled Peppers, or Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Potatoes will stun any dinner spread.

Kismet has a delicious vibe that folds assertive, bright flavors into dishes that can be served any night of the week or made to celebrate special occasions.

The honest, relatable, actionable roadmap to the practicalities of parenting a disabled child, featuring personal stories, expert interviews, and the foundational information parents need to know about topics including diagnosis, school, doctors, insurance, financial planning, disability rights, and what life looks like as a parent caregiver.

For parents of disabled children, navigating the systems, services, and supports is a daunting, and often overwhelming, task. No one explains to parents how to figure out the complex medical, educational, and social service systems essential to their child's success. Over and over, parents are being asked to reinvent the exact same wheels.

According to the CDC, "Every 4 1/2 minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States." That's 1 in 33. There's no handbook for how to do this. Until now.

Presented with empathy and humor, Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Supports gives parents the tools to conquer the stuff, so that they can spend less time filling out forms, and more time loving their children exactly as they are. With over a decade of experience navigating these systems for her own child, author Kelley Coleman presents key information, templates, and wisdom alongside practical advice from over 40 experts, covering topics such as diagnosis, working with your medical team, insurance, financial planning, disability rights and advocacy, and individualized education plans. Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child gives parents the tools they need to stop wasting unnecessary time, money, and stress. If you need to know how to actually do the things, this book is for you.

Susan and Jacob Browder wrote their book, "The Bull Didn'tWin," from their perspectives. You will get to know the mom, Susan, as she lets you see her son's injury and recovery through her eyes. You will learn so much about Jacob, the young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury at a bull riding school, as he takes you on the toughest ride of his life. This mom and son will leave you with an inspiring story that will motivate you to get through the hardest times. Susan only tells Parts of the book as Jacob is in a coma fighting for his life.