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There are books that politely sit on shelves, and then there are books that detonate in a room simply by existing. Natural Harvest belongs firmly in the latter category. It is the rare paperback capable of silencing a dinner party, …
If you’ve ever locked eyes with a taxidermied animal and felt personally judged, Crap Taxidermy is here to validate that experience. This is the book for anyone who has stood in a museum or roadside curiosity shop thinking, That fox …
If you have ever woken up unable to breathe because a warm, judgmental animal has decided your neck is a throne—or watched a creature stare at an empty wall like it’s receiving messages from a higher dimension—then you already understand …
Picture this: you oversleep, drop your phone in the toilet, spill coffee on your only clean shirt, and—naturally—assume the universe is debuting a new personal vendetta. Before you can scream into a pillow, Sarah Knight swings in like a profane …
Every few years a humor book arrives that is so brazen, so unflinchingly earnest about its patently ridiculous premise, that it becomes more than a gag: it becomes a cultural artifact. How to Live with a Huge Penis is that …
Imagine strolling through a peaceful suburban street, admiring the azaleas, when you suddenly realize the porcelain fellow in your neighbor’s mulch bed is giving you side-eye. Not decorative side-eye—premeditated side-eye. That’s the paranoid, delightful premise Chuck Sambuchino runs with in …
Every year people unwrap mugs, calendars, scented candles, and fluffy slippers. But only one gift dares to help you have “the talk” with your wide-eyed, dangerously naive housecat. Zachary Auburn’s How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety sits …
There are many reasons to pick up a field guide: to learn, to observe, to commune with nature.And then there’s the real reason — to finally see a book describe a golden-crowned kinglet the way you’ve always wanted to: as …