Review: Horizontal Parenting

Horizontal Parenting: How to Entertain Your Kid While Lying Down

There are many parenting philosophies in this world. Some involve structure. Some involve boundaries. Some involve color-coded charts, sensory bins, and the kind of energy usually associated with professional event planners. And then there is Horizontal Parenting: How to Entertain …

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Review: The Married Kama Sutra

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There are many books about passion. There are many books about marriage.Very few books have the courage to explain why passion eventually gets postponed because someone forgot to move the laundry to the dryer. The Married Kama Sutra is a …

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Review: The Pop-Up Book of Phobias

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Some books comfort you. Some educate you. A select few leap off the page and simulate psychological distress with the enthusiasm of a carnival haunted house. The Pop-Up Book of Phobias belongs firmly in the third category. First published in …

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Review: Microwave for One

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There are cookbooks that promise culinary adventure. There are cookbooks that promise healthy living. And then there is Microwave for One, a book whose title lands with the emotional weight of a rain-soaked Tuesday evening and a humming countertop appliance. …

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Review: Disappointing Affirmations

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There is a special category of gift book that does not arrive to inspire, soothe, or elevate. It arrives to sit on a coffee table like a beautifully designed threat. Disappointing Affirmations belongs proudly to that tradition. Small, stylish, and …

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Review: Crafting With Cat Hair

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Every cat owner knows the basic laws of physics: hair appears on every surface, multiplies mysteriously overnight, and cannot be permanently removed by any known human technology. Most people respond with lint rollers. This book proposes a bolder solution. Crafting …

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Review: Vladimir Putin: Life Coach

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There are self-help books that encourage mindfulness. There are self-help books that encourage hustle. And then there is Vladimir Putin: Life Coach, which gently suggests you annex the break room, neutralize your rivals, and project dominance at the PTA bake …

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Review: Go the F**k to Sleep

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There is a specific moment in modern parenting when the room is dark, the child is wide-eyed, the clock reads something morally offensive like 9:47 PM, and you realize bedtime is not a routine—it’s a hostage negotiation. Go the F*ck …

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Review: Images You Should Not Masturbate To

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There are books you proudly display. There are books you quietly tuck between respectable hardcovers. And then there is Images You Should Not Masturbate To — a title so aggressively specific it feels less like a suggestion and more like …

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