Collection: Adult

Celebrate the hot flashes of wisdom and the power that comes with getting older in this hilarious collection of vintage-with-a-twist art and wit--from the bestselling queen of women's humor, Anne Taintor.

Are you forever young . . . ish? Are you ready for someone to invent cool yoga? Do you see no good reason to act your age? Sure, midlife and menopause can come with moments of wondering if it's you or the thermostat running warm, but they also bring well-earned realizations and rewards:

• You've awakened from the nightmare of youth.
• You're old enough to know better, but too young to give a rat's ass.
• Wrinkles reveal character, and you've come far enough to realize, honey, you couldn't pay me to be twenty.

Funny, sarcastic, and sympathetic, with just the right dose of bad behavior, Anne Taintor's new collection is proof that getting older is an upgrade.MENOPAUSE: IT'S SO HOT RIGHT NOW: New York Times bestsellers like The New Menopause and The Menopause Manifesto have ushered in a new era of conversation and knowledge about perimenopause and menopause, tearing down the topic's longstanding taboo.

TALK ABOUT IT, LAUGH ABOUT IT: Half the population goes through menopause, yet few giftable items address this life transition. Here is a just-right, art-filled humor book to share with moms, sisters, partners, best friends, grandmoms, cousins, or anyone you love who may need a bit of laugh-therapy self-care between hot flashes and mood swings.

GREAT GIFT BETWEEN FRIENDS: The ultimate "iykyk" topic for women makes this a fun and thoughtful gift to share with friends and loved ones navigating this phase. Pair with an Anne Taintor calendar to keep track of each day of fresh hell survived to create a hilarious bundle.

ANNE TAINTOR'S BESTSELLING HUMOR: With over two million books, postcard boxes, and calendars sold, Anne Taintor has been making people laugh since 1985.Perfect for:

• Women ages 35 - 65
• Anyone going through perimenopause or menopause in need of a laugh
• Gift-giving for birthday, Mother's Day, and Galentine's Day
• Readers of The New Menopause, The Menopause Manifesto, and The Menopause Reset
• Fans of humorous takes on the subject, such as Menopause The Musical and Samantha Bee's How to Survive Menopause
• Fans of popular perimenopause and menopause novels, including Miranda July's All Fours and Catherine Newman's Sandwich

A six-figure executive trades his briefcase for barn boots in this hilarious and heartwarming memoir of starting a Vermont farm from scratch and discovering a whole new definition of success.

What happens when a burned-out executive with zero farming experience trades the city life for ducks, cows, and chaos on a forgotten farm in Vermont?

Morgan Gold thought the plan was simple: buy land, get animals, live happily ever after. What he didn't expect was a world where ducks escape at midnight, cows ignore fences, winter freezes your soul, and mistakes cost real money--or worse, real animals.

Dirt Rich Living: From Corporate Cubicles to Udder Chaos is the brutally honest, often hilarious story of starting over the hard way. With no manual, no backup plan, and no clue what he's doing, Morgan shares the flubs, the breakthroughs, and the grace that comes from betting big on yourself.

If you've ever dreamed of walking away from your old life--or if you just love a good story about falling flat and getting up again--this book will make you laugh, cringe, and maybe rethink your romantic notions of "the simple life."

Told with sharp humor, hard-won wisdom, and unexpected heart, Dirt Rich Living isn't about perfection in the countryside. It's about finding meaning in the mess.

From the award-winning author of Hula, a dazzling saga about the generations of women tasked with protecting the history and place that made them.

A young woman lies comatose in a hospital, watched by her estranged grandmother. Mystery surrounds the woman's fall--did she jump off the cliff, or was she swept away by a wave? Her grandmother suspects it is linked to the pōhaku, an ancient stone that their family was tasked with protecting.

In this novel spanning generations across Hawai`i and California, it soon becomes clear that the pōhaku's story must sur­vive if there is to be any hope of the fam­ily's reconciliation with their home, with nature, and with each other.

Reminiscent of Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing, Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, and Tommy Orange's There, There, The Pōhaku is an immersive and bold novel about the his­tory, perseverance, and resilience of the Hawaiian people.

"An incredible debut thriller where the past can be changed to save the future." --Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author

A riveting speculative historical suspense debut told in alternating timelines that asks: Will the most powerful invention in history save the world--or destroy it?

In the midst of World War Two, Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing finds himself on the brink of a discovery that will change the world: a way to send a message back into the recent past. But when his invention successfully averts disaster on D-Day, the danger it poses in the wrong hands becomes terrifyingly clear. As Turing's enemies close in, only one decision is possible: Nautilus must be kept hidden from the world, safe in the care of the only person he can trust.

Seventy-five years later, Annabelle McIntosh's life is upended when she learns she will become the latest custodian of the greatest secret of the modern age--Turing's Nautilus machine. Following in her family's footsteps, and bound by Turing's strict principles governing the use of his creation, Annabelle is soon faced with the same impossible choices.

Weaving together past and present, The Turing Protocol honors Alan Turing--a genius who was misunderstood and persecuted by his own time--and takes the reader through pivotal moments in history, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and 9/11. All of this leads us to the present day, where Annabelle must prevent major catastrophe--but when the stakes are at their highest, is using Nautilus the perfect solution? Or a risk too dangerous to take?

A top Democratic Party strategist and media contributor offers a bold and urgent reminder that young Black women hold the key to saving our democracy and building a truly multi-racial future that benefits all Americans.

Agitator. Troublemaker. Motivator. Initiator. Instigator.

"How can we build a truly inclusive multi-racial democracy?" For Atima Omara, the answer is The Instigators--a name she has given to a demographic of Black women between the ages of 18 and 45. These women are uniquely equipped to save American democracy. They didn't ask for this ability, she argues. It was forced on them because racism and sexism have made them the most marginalized group in American politics. We can all benefit from their strategic know-how as we rebuild our society.

Black women have always been the most relentless instigators for change--building a democracy for all. Omara draws on her political knowledge and expertise, as well as history, to examine how they have responded to failed strategic decisions by movement leaders and the modern Democratic Party in previous elections as a context for the present. She also provides actionable recommendations to organizers, donors, candidates, strategists, political party leaders, that everyday people can use in their communities to build an inclusive democracy that endures beyond one election cycle.

The Instigators is at once an urgent political guide, historical exploration, and a poignant memoir that pulls from Omara's two decades of work in Democratic politics and the progressive movement as an elected Democratic Party leader, movement organizer, former candidate, gubernatorial aide, campaign staff to candidates at the national, state, and local level; and now political strategist. Powerful, insightful, and practical, it is imperative reading for everyone eager to protect and rebuild our democracy and create a better tomorrow for all.

"Nancy has dedicated her life to finding and revealing the local flavors and ingredients that have been cornerstones of Japanese cooking for centuries." --Alice Waters

In this striking, highly personal volume, acclaimed cookbook author Nancy Singleton Hachisu introduces readers to the regional chefs and artisans at the heart of Japan's unique food culture. Bringing to bear more than three decades of life in the Japanese countryside and over a decade as a food writer and champion of artisanal Japanese food traditions, she offers unique recipes, spectacular photographs and insightful essays about chefs and producers across Japan.

The 140 recipes--created by seven remarkable Japanese chefs--use local, seasonal ingredients to deliver intense, sophisticated flavors in an approachable way. Each of these Franco-Japanese, Italianate-Japanese and classic, yet modern Japanese dishes have been meticulously tested in the author's home kitchen. Readers will find here:

• Essays on regional producers of artisanal food items ranging from sea greens and umeboshi to potato flour, air-dried fish, miso, soy sauce and Japanese malt whisky
• Refreshing starters such as Squid and Yugao Gourd Salad with Shiso Vinaigrette, and Smoked Pacific Saury with Pickled Myoga and Chrysanthemum
• Savory mains such as Salt-Grilled Butterfish with Smashed Tofu, and Grilled Pigeon, Clam, Taro, Leeks & Dried Treviso
• Japanese influenced Franco and Italianate dishes such as Snapper with Yuzu Beurre Blanc and Abalone with Sweet Potato and Abalone Liver Risotto
• And many more plant- and seafood-focused dishes

Hachisu's passion for food traditions is shared by the chefs and artisans--making this book an inspiration for anyone who appreciates food on a deeply personal level. Yet it is also a cookbook to be splashed on, marked up, and used to reproduce the very best that Japanese cuisine has to offer in their own kitchens.

"Meet Japan's original decluttering guru (no, not that one)! Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces." --The New York Times

Japan's original decluttering guru, Hideko Yamashita, first developed her decluttering method known as Danshari over two decades ago. Danshari is much more than just "a way to tidy up." Yes, you'll feel refreshed once your surroundings are in order--but that's just the beginning!

At its heart, Danshari is about release. It's about removing what no longer serves you emotionally as well as physically. Discarding clutter frees you from outdated beliefs and emotional burdens that are holding you back. The word Danshari literally means "reduce, release and relieve"--or, in other words, lightness, clarity and freedom.

This isn't just about throwing out old stuff. It's about creating space in your life for clarity, peace and joy with other people. Whether it's stressing about money, difficult relationships, family expectations or the fear of aging--Danshari offers you a way forward!

Ms. Yamashita's real-life stories illustrate the life-changing power of Danshari, for example:

• Kaede went through a traumatic divorce, but was only able to tell her family about it after she had thrown away the old furniture left behind by her ex.
• Yoko spent three months getting rid of accumulated junk, literally creating a space in her home for a future husband--whom she met soon after her house was ready!
• Sachi spent 20 years accepting gifts of dinnerware from her mother-in-law until her cupboardswere overflowing. When she finally managed to throw these items away, her resentful feelings toward her mother-in-law also vanished.
• And many more true stories of Danshari's power to transform!

In a recent New York Times interview, Ms. Yamashita explains how her philosophy differs from that of other decluttering experts, such as Marie Kondo. She says the Danshari method encourages people to think about why they are attached to certain items and to examine the impact old belongings and obsessions can have on their emotional state. "For me, Danshari is not about tidying up, organizing or tossing away things that don't spark joy [...] It is about returning to a state in which parting with things feels natural."

This is far more than a guide to cleaning up your house. It's a roadmap to a whole new life!

In the heart-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling dystopian romance Silver Elite, lines will be crossed, loyalties will be tested, and the fight for the Continent is only just beginning as Wren Darlington finds herself caught in the middle of two wars: one for the fate of her home and another for the fate of her heart.

The stunning first edition hardcover will feature gold foil edges, a foil case stamp, a premium dust jacket with foil, red endpapers, and an interior map illustration--while supplies last!

LINES WILL BE CROSSED.

After blowing her cover as a double agent within Silver Elite and fleeing the Prime-controlled capital, Wren Darlington is finally safe behind allied lines. As her lover and former commander Cross Redden works to disrupt the Primes from inside their ranks, Wren turns her focus toward assisting the Uprising in overthrowing their rule once and for all.

LOYALTIES WILL BE TESTED.

Though she's back among her own people, trust is hard-won and hidden agendas abound on the Mod base. And beyond those walls, Wren can't help but worry that Cross is keeping secrets of his own . . . secrets that could jeopardize everything. Complicating matters even further is her shocking reunion with hotshot fighter pilot and undercover operative Grayson Blake. Once her closest friend in Silver Elite, Gray seems to understand Wren on a level she never thought possible.

AND THE FIGHT FOR THE CONTINENT IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING.

With the war between Mods and Primes growing more brutal by the day, and with her own role in the conflict becoming more essential than ever, Wren must confront some gut-wrenching questions. Who is she fighting for . . . and who is she willing to lose?

98 simple recipes with big personality that save time and money without sacrificing flavour or style.

In her third cookbook, Christine Flynn takes decades of restaurant experience and distills it into simple strategies that anyone can use to enhance their culinary repertoire and confidence. Easy Does It is about doing more with less. Less effort, less time, less fuss, and less waste. It's about knowing which corners are worth cutting in the pursuit of mouthwatering food--without sacrificing the joy that comes from eating visually stunning and delectable dishes.

Christine's cooking puts practicality first. She encourages us to start with a sauce when dreaming up our next meal because not only is a great sauce a springboard to creativity, it can make even the simplest of dishes stand out. Other strategies for streamlining everyday meals include pulling from the pantry when running to the store is beyond you, or celebrating the season's freshest produce by jazzing it up to create beautifully plattered dishes like Green Beans with Fried Lemon, Hot Honey, and Almonds. She brings a "breakfast for dinner" mindset to dishes like Skillet Eggs with Red Pepper Butter or Baked Eggs with Ham and Gruyère to keep weeknight dinners feeling achievable, invigorates leftovers by transforming dishes like Braised Beef with Vinegar and Peppers into a crowd-pleasing pan of crunchy, cheesy, and slightly spicy Braised Beef Nachos.

If you feel like you're in a bit of a rut, Christine's knack for turning minimalist ingredients into maximalist results will bring creativity back to your cooking and transform your kitchen without adding a lot of effort. In Easy Does It, we see that mouthwatering deliciousness and efficiency really can coexist in the kitchen.

"A generous, heartfelt gift." -- Kirkus (STARRED review)

The legendary Academy Award-winning actress reflects on her love affair with poetry and makes us all believers.

We all want inspiration. We want to feel connected to something universal. And we want to be able to share that wonder with friends and loved ones.

In this beautiful volume, Ellen Burstyn celebrates poetic magic and shares her favorite works. Now into her nineties, Ellen reveals she had an evangelical response to learning poetry even as a child and would memorize and recite the works of Edna St Vincent Millay to envelope herself in the poet's deeper emotional landscape.

As Burstyn continued her epic rise through film and theater--eventually winning an Oscar, a Tony, a BAFTA, and an Emmy--poetry gave voice to her experience as no other literary art form could. She never went anywhere without her curated "poetry pack." While waiting on set, in rehearsal, on a train, or just relaxing, she found comfort in verse.

For nearly nine decades, poetry has led Ellen on a life of adventure, from a pilgrimage to Rumi's birthplace to a friendship with Maya Angelou, during which the poet read her work in Ellen's movie trailer, to selecting the poems to join her in love, in motherhood and in grief.

Featuring work by W.B. Yeats, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rainer Maria Rilke, Mary Oliver, William Wordsworth, Edgar Allan Poe, Rumi, William Ernest Henley, and others, Poetry Says It Better is a perfect daily companion for everyone looking to deepen and add meaning to their life experience. Throughout, Burstyn's charming voice and luminous insights help readers meet her in this poetic celebration--soul to soul.

A celebration of international book-loving cats.

Bookshop Cats is a beautiful photographic collection of cats who have made the wise decision to live in bookshops across the world.

In these pages you will find moggies curled up amongst the memoirs, tabbies atop the shelves of the travel section, and kittens who can sniff out the next international bestsellers.

Head to Blue Cypress Books in New Orleans, Louisiana, where you'll find Kitty Meow, who starts her day by basking in a sunbeam in the romance section. Meet Bea, the stray Moggy who now calls Shrew Books in Cornwall home, and Hugo, the most photographed cat in Southern Alberta, Canada.

This charming collection is a celebration of literature-loving cats, their doting colleagues and the havens they create together.

Knives Out meets Downton Abbey! Secrets, murder, and mayhem collide as this unlikely sleuthing duo--an under-butler and a foul-mouthed octogenarian--hunt a killer in a manor sealed against the end of the world, in this locked-room mystery by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ross Montgomery.

Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley's Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom--every window, chimney, and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the pompous, dishonest Viscount has failed to take into account is the danger that lies within... By morning, he will be dead in his sealed study, murdered by his own ancestral crossbow.

All eyes turn to Stephen Pike, Tithe Hall's newest under-butler. Fresh out of Borstal for a crime he didn't commit, he is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. His unlikely ally? Miss Decima Stockingham, the foul-mouthed, sharp as a tack, eighty-year-old family matriarch. Fearless and unconventional, she relishes chaos and puzzles alike, and a murder is just the thrill she's been waiting for.

Together, this mismatched duo must navigate secret passages, buried grudges, and rising terror to unmask the killer before it's too late...

In and through his experience of nature, Henry David Thoreau imagined and developed a distinctly American theology of the wild.

In Wildness: Henry David Thoreau and the Making of an American Theology, Lydia Willsky-Ciollo articulates how Thoreau was enmeshed in a decades-spanning project of crafting a theology of wildness. During Thoreau's post-college years and his time at Walden Pond, he evolved from hopeful writer to observant theologian, whose primary work as a surveyor enabled his theological vocation.

Willsky-Ciollo skillfully guides readers through Thoreau's writings and life as his theology emerges and evolves. The focus of Thoreau's theology--wildness itself--centers on the divinity extant in every person and in every molecule of creation. Definitively American in its ethos, Thoreau's theology reflects a distinctly American set of tensions: progress and tradition, wilderness and civilization, the destructive and the generative nature of work, the individual and the society, the local and the universal, and the Christian and the pluralist. While remaining critical of dogmatism and institutional rigidity, he formed his theological vision in conversation with the Christianity of his own time and place.

Ultimately, theology is an active process, and interpreting the wild experience of divine revelation is the purview of all. Thoreau left the door open to his readers, who he hoped would pick up the pen where he left off and write their own theologies of wildness.

One of the X-Men's - and the entire Marvel Universe's - greatest threats begins to emerge and rear its head, in this prelude to the monumental and iconic Onslaught Saga!

Onslaught is coming! But first the X-Men must survive his herald: the punishing and powerful Post! Archangel and Wolverine join Doctor Strange on a quest for a mystical cure to Psylocke's grievous, Sabretooth-inflicted injuries -- but Warren too has wounds, both physical and psychological. Meanwhile, the Brood return, the Age of Apocalypse's Dark Beast targets his Marvel Universe doppelganger, Wolverine succumbs to his animal side -- literally -- and the X-Men race to save a train full of commuters from Mister Sinister's explosive experiments! Plus: Stories set in the past reveal the origins of Sinister and Apocalypse! The X-Men have reached the end of the road to Onslaught, but have all their trials been enough to prepare them for the mysterious villain's imminent assault?

COLLECTING: X-Men (1991) #48-52, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #329-332, Archangel (1996) #1, X-Men/Brood (1996) #1-2, X-Men & ClanDestine (1996) #1-2, X-Men Unlimited (1993) #10, Wolverine (1988) #101, Storm (1996) #1-4, Further Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (1996) #1-4, Rise of Apocalypse (1996) #1-4, Black Knight: Exodus (1996) #1, Fantastic Four (1961) #19, Xavier Institute Alumni Yearbook (1996) #1

Written by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Jeph Loeb, John Ostrander, Peter Milligan, Alan Davis, Larry Hama, Warren Ellis, Terry Kavanagh, James Felder, Stan Lee & More
Penciled by Luke Ross, Jeff Matsuda, Andy Kubert, Pasqual Ferry, Joe Madureira, Bryan Hitch, Leonardo Manco, Alan Davis, Val Semeiks, Terry Dodson, John Paul Leon, Adam Pollina, Jack Kirby & More

A magnificent collection of photos representing fifty years of De Roy's best work in the islands she calls home

Tui De Roy was a year old in 1955 when her family left Europe, boarding a banana boat bound for the Pacific to lead a different sort of life in Galápagos, one of self-sufficiency and living close to nature. She grew up on the islands and returned to them often over the next five decades. Discovering photography at a young age, she has dedicated her life to recording the islands' natural history in infinite detail. A Lifetime in Galápagos is De Roy's intimate portrait of one of the most spectacular places on Earth, presenting the wildlife and natural wonders of Galápagos as you have never seen them before.

Featuring hundreds of breathtaking color photos, this stunning book guides you into labyrinthine mangroves to observe nesting herons, to misty cloud forests to glimpse flycatchers and orchids, high onto erupting volcanoes, and into the ocean to swim with hammerhead sharks. De Roy's lens provides up-close encounters with orca and sperm whales, colonies of iguanas, and the giant tortoises of Alcedo Volcano. She paints unforgettable portraits of her childhood in Galápagos--the islands at night under the stars of the Milky Way, sea lions at play and on the hunt, the diverse birdlife of Galápagos, and much more.

Blending striking images with vivid prose, A Lifetime in Galápagos also discusses the threats that global warming and other environmental challenges pose to the archipelago's unique wildlife and fragile habitats.