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Wicca: A Modern Practitioner's Guide: Your Guide to Mastering the Craft

Arin Murphy-Hiscock · Adams Media
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Go beyond the basics of witchcraft and take your study of wicca to the next level: everything you need to know to have a deeper understanding of wicca, its teachings, and the meaning behind its rituals and practices.You've bought your crystals and cast your basic spells, planted your...
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Everything Is Figureoutable

Marie Forleo · Portfolio
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Millions of young women look to Marie Forleo as their inspiration for empowerment and achievement." --Oprah Winfrey"This book delivers a knock-out punch to whatever is holding you back." --Cheryl Strayed, author of WildLet's be honest--none of us were given an owner's...
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The Little Book of Misquotations: The Fakest of Fake Quotes, False Attributions, and Flat-Out Lies

Lou Harry
Format: Hardcover

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Real Life Love: Saying Goodbye to the Fairytale and Hello to True Relationships

Michael Gibson · FaithWords
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

From the grandson of world-famous marriage expert Gary Smalley comes a practical and hope-filled guide to building great relationships.No one in history has seen a world like this. Never before has information been so accessible. Never before have people lived as long, enjoyed fuller bank...
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Pride: The LGBTQ+ Rights Movement: A Photographic Journey

Christopher Measom · Sterling
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

This lavishly illustrated book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and is an inspiring photographic journey through the LGBTQ+ Pride movement over the last century. This celebratory book is the most in-depth visual tribute to the LGBTQ+ pride movement ever created....
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

Caitlin Doughty · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition.Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut's body...
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Maoism: A Global History

Julia Lovell · Knopf
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

'Revelatory and instructive ... [a] beautifully written and accessible book' --The Times (London) For decades, the West has dismissed Maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao's revolution...
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Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic

Ben Westhoff · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover

A remarkable four-year investigation into the dangerous world of synthetic drugs -- from black market drug factories in China to users and dealers on the streets of the U.S. to harm reduction activists in Europe -- which reveals for the first time the next wave of the opioid epidemicA deeply...
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Echo of Distant Water: The 1958 Disappearance of Portland's Martin Family

J B Fisher · Trine Day
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

In December 1958, Ken Martin, his wife Barbara, and their three young daughters left their home in Northeast Portland to search for Christmas greens in the Columbia River Gorge - and never returned. The Martins' disappearance spurned the largest missing persons search in Oregon history...
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Disgraceland: Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly

Jake Brennan · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know...
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Project Apollo: The Moon Odyssey Explained

Norman Ferguson · The History Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The Apollo missions to the Moon are some of the most successful and well-remembered manned spaceflights that NASA has ever accomplished, taking place in the heyday of space travel. Indeed, the program was the only one to achieve the ultimate goal of placing humankind on the Moon, which...
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Container Succulents: Creative Ideas for Beginners

Kuroda, Kentaro · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Container Succulents is the perfect book for container gardening beginners who don't have a lot of space to work with. The beautiful photographs of succulent decor are sure to inspire your inner gardener, interior designer and all-around house plant lover.Learn how to care for and display...
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Antoni in the Kitchen

Antoni Porowski · Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Antoni Porowski, the food and wine guru on Netflix's sensation Queer Eye, meets people where they live - literally. With appealing vulnerability, he shows cooks of all levels how to become more confident and casual in the kitchen. The verve and naturalness of his approach earned raves...
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Umami Bomb: 75 Vegetarian Recipes That Explode with Flavor

Raquel Pelzel · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Pure vegetable magic!" - CARA MANGINI, chef and author of The Vegetable Butcher Ingeniously built around the use of eight umami-rich ingredients - aged cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, soy sauce, miso, caramelized onions, smoke, and nutritional yeast - these 75 recipes are bursting...
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10-Minute Declutter: Hundreds of Tips to Organize Every Room of Your House

Skye Alexander · Fair Winds Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Is clutter controlling you? You need this feng shui cure to declutter your space and transform your life! If you think clutter is a fact of life, think again. Feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of placement, can help you organize every aspect of your life, both at home and in the office....
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The Positive Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Feed Your Baby with Confidence

Amy Brown · Pinter & Martin Ltd
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

'With its combination of straight talking, science-based information and reassuring advice from fellow mums and experts, the invaluable Positive Breastfeeding Book empowers new mums.' Mother & Baby 'I wish I'd had this splendid book a few months ago: warm, funny &...
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Knit Blankets: 25 Colorful & Cozy Throws

Sixth&Spring Books · Sixth&Spring Books
Pages: 96
Format: Flexibound

The many dedicated fans of Noro's unique self-striping yarns will welcome these stunning full-size projects! Nothing beats a large project for showing off the beauty of Noro's trademark color-changing yarns, and Knit Blankets helps aficionados go big with this magnificent collection...
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Rumi: Unseen Poems

Rumi · Everyman's Library
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A collection of never-before-translated poems by the widely beloved medieval Persian poet Rumi.Rumi (1207-1273) was trained in Sufism--a mystic tradition within Islam--and founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual...
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Fodor's Essential Ireland 2020

Fodor's Travel Publications · Fodor's Travel
Pages: 656
Format: Paperback

Ready to experience Ireland? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. Fodor's Ireland 2020 travel guide is packed with customizable itineraries with top recommendations, detailed maps of Ireland, and exclusive tips from locals. Whether you want to explore Ireland's iconic coastal...
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Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Anthony Bourdain · Melville House
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full display in this collection of interviews from throughout his remarkable career, including interviews with Neil Degrasse Tyson and Trevor Noah.Anthony Bourdain traveled an extraordinary road, evolving from celebrity chef to intrepid...
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River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey

Helen Prejean · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In this revelatory, intimate memoir from the author of Dead Man Walking, the nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion are not mutually...
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