Great Reads – Books for All
“Read a great book just the other day — “The History of Glue” ——– I couldn’t put it down! ”
― Unknown
To pull together this book list, we scoured a year’s worth of reviews and best-of lists, polled our staff, and reached out to voracious readers and writers for their top picks. Spanning a variety of genres, from fiction to nonfiction to short stories and essays, these books look at life through a kaleidoscope of experience.
'My Dad Is Amazing' 👨 Illustrated Book
My Dad Is Amazing!, featuring a mythical yeti - a joyful tribute to just how amazing parents (and their kids!) are.
Blank Comic Book 💥 Draw your own Comics!
This Blank Comic book has 120 pages of seven panel action layout templates. Good Quality white paper. Size 8.5 x11 (large). High quality Matte cover. Perfect for sketching and drawing Comic strips. Suitable for students, artists, teens, kids and adults.
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
More than 50,000 exact quotations. Each is precisely located, so that you can easily refer back to the plays or poems themselves, if you wish context.
The Machinima Reader 🎦
A must-read for any theorist of machinima. Brilliant essays by leading scholars in this brand new field.
The Manga Cookbook 👩🍳 Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More!
From the kitchens of the Manga University Culinary Institute comes the critically acclaimed "The Manga Cookbook," a fully illustrated step-by-step guide to making the same sorts of foods you see in your favorite manga and anime series — including popular bento (boxed lunch) recipes!
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book 🌐 The Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Television Classic Paperback
Drawing on extensive interviews with the cast and crew of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Jon Heitland has assembled an incredibly comprehensive, fully illustrated account of the show's history.
Words to Live By
An inspiring collection of quotes that offer wisdom, courage, and hope. Written with wit and warmth, this book is the ideal companion to tuck beside your bed.
Yoga Dogs 🐶 Hardcover 📚
Relax, breathe in and hold it, stretch and stop that tail from wagging.
The hilarious collection of photographs captures a broad cross-section of loveable canines doing yoga.
Illustrated Guide to AI Prompts 💬
A valuable reference to this fascinating new field that is emerging. For MidJourney, DALL-E, NightCafe, Deep Dream Generator, and more
Goodnight, Sleepy Joe 📚 Paperback
Goodnight, Sleepy Joe is a satirical story about Joe Biden and his plethora of gaffes during his run for the Presidency. Another of our Presidential gifts.
Collecting Vintage Video Games
This guide will give you helpful tips on buying some of those "old" video games like we used to play on the Atari, among others.
Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know 📚
WORK HAPPY shares what Jill Geisler has learned over the years, specifically, what makes good bosses great.
Transient Desires 📚
In the landmark thirtieth installment of the bestselling series the New Yorker has called “an unusually potent cocktail of atmosphere and event,”
The Story of Little Black Sambo 👦🏾 Kindle
This story has been a kid's favorite for over a century. First written in 1899, it has become an early life classic. An authorized American edition with unique drawings.
Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, & the Dark Hollywood Dream
Sam Staggs's Close-Up On Sunset Boulevard tells the story of this extravagant work, from the writing, casting and filming to the disastrous previews that made Paramount consider shelving it.
Everybody Knows: Crooked Hillary Clinton 🗳️
This book will help make sense of the 2016 election and the factors that contributed to Crooked Hillary Clinton’s loss.
Fill in the Love Gift Journal ❤️❤️
Simple prompts make it easy to express yourself. Just complete each line and you have a uniquely personal gift your loved one will read again and again.
Quotes from Ruth Bader Ginsburg
An inspired collection of some of the most empowering and impactful quotes from the powerhouse associate justice of the US Supreme Court.
Cooking with Xi Jinping
With a tongue-in-cheek title that'll make you chuckle, 25 delectable Chinese dishes are presented by a surprising cast of 25 famous individuals from China. These personalities range from A-list celebrities to high-ranking government officials
Managing Sex in the U.S. Military 🌈
Managing Sex in the U.S. Military is essential for those who would learn about war, gender, and sexuality in America's transgender army.
Essentials of Landscape Composition 📚 🎨
Invaluable for students and teachers, this guide will help artists at every level bring landscapes to life.
Scottish Witchcraft 🧙 A Complete Guide
Discover the secrets to divination, scrying, faerie magic, and communicating with ancestors. Explore Scottish Witchcraft & magic rituals.
Picture Book of 1960s Television 👴
Picture Book of 1960s Television 👴 A Gift for Alzheimer's Patients & Seniors with Dementia or have difficulty with short-term memory.
Memory Craft 🧠 Improve Your Memory
Memory Craft introduces the best memory techniques humans have ever devised, from ancient times and the Middle Ages, to methods used by today's memory athletes.
Beginner's Guide to the Stock Market 📈
Learn to make money in the stock market, even if you've never traded before. Are you ready to get your piece of it?
The stock market is the greatest opportunity machine ever created. Are you ready to get your piece of it?
The First Beverly Hillbilly 👨🏻🌾 The Untold Story of the Creator of Rural TV Comedy
A talented country boy, Paul Henning created one of the highest rated TV series of all time – “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
Saint George and the Dragon - Hardcover
True stories become streamlined into legends and legends become compressed via symbols into myths. The St. George of myth was a knight in armor who fought a dragon to save a princess, but the real George never saw a dragon nor did he rescue a princess in distress.
Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Biden nearly imploded before his run for the presidency after a relentless string of misfires left him freefalling in polls and nearly broke.
🇱🇷 USA History Gift Notebook/To Do List
Funny Thomas Jefferson Task Journal For Independence Day Procrastinators - Simple 100 Page Task Planner Gift for July 4th (Founding Father Jokes)
The ChatGPT Millionaire 🤖
This is the simplest guide on how to make money quickly and easily with ChatGPT (Updated for GPT-4)
The Greatest Stories Never Told 📜
History isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy.
Yo, Blair!: Tony Blair's Disastrous Premiership
This book address one simple question: "Why did Blair end up being such an obsequious servant to US policy on Iraq?"
📚 My Life In Comedy by Phyllis Diller
Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse is Phyllis Diller's own story about the struggle and the pain behind the comedy and the success.
Persona 4 Volume 1 👧🏻 Illustrated Paperback
Great read for new persona fans or diehard old ones. Has a lot of scenes that were not in the game or anime. Highly recommended!
📚 The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
A fascinating glimpse of Saddam Hussein & his views on the U.S. invasion, Iraqi history, & his own role in the Middle East...
Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History is all you need for the truth about America—objective and unvarnished.
Great Quotes From Great Women 📅
Begin each day with timeless insights and inspiration from the world's greatest heroes, leaders, artists, scientists, and history-makers!
The Complete Wedding Planner & Organizer 🔔
If you are getting married or know someone that is, this Wedding Planner is the 'must have' bridal gift this wedding season.
🧘 Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
In 1994, no one predicted that Mindfulness Meditation would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide selling 750,000 copies to date.
Nuclear War Survival Skills 💥
New edition regarding Ukraine, Russia and the world. The book explains "Expedient Civil Defense" using stuff easily available in your home.
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