How Aging Affects Belt Height

A Reynolds Unwrapped Cartoon Collection

Dan: What’s your secret to a long life, Fred?Fred: No secret. Haven’t any…maybe bee pollen and honey.Dan: When you get to heaven, what do you think God will say to you? Fred: What took you so long? –From the foreward. Reynolds Unwrapped has earned its reputation as one of the craziest panel cartoons around. In…

Ghosts Among Us

True Stories of Spirit Encounters

Do you believe in ghosts? Whether you are a believer or a skeptic, the stories of the supernatural in Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters will keep you riveted. Macabre and fascinating, Ghosts Among Us offers true-life, haunting accounts of eerie visitations and paranormal experiences along with artistically shot black-and-white photographs of haunted…

The Odd Body

Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Bodies Explained

If you’ve ever had a question about your body (maybe one you’re afraid to ask?), this book is for you. Things like why we yawn, why skin wrinkles after a bath, or even whether it’s possible to keep a severed head alive: The Odd Body explains these and many other silly, weird, bizarre, and fascinating…

The Light of Christmas

"Christmas! ‘Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart."No holiday has the power to captivate our senses or dominate our memories quite like Christmas. And perhaps no contemporary artist has the power to captivate our imaginations quite like Thomas Kinkade. His tranquil, light-infused…

Coast to Coast Ghosts

True Stories of Hauntings Across America

Ghosts have been the entertaining subject of many works of fiction, but they’re even more intriguing (and perhaps even scarier) when they are the focus of real-life hauntings in our own backyard. An employee of the St. James Hotel in New Mexico watches in shock as a fair-haired toddler with a terribly disfigured face disappears…

Love

A Celebration of One of the Four Basic Guilt Groups

“I guess if anything I’ve ever written could cause them to one day remove the fluorescent lights from the swimwear department, then I’ve lived a full life.” –Cathy Guisewite in Biography magazine Cathy is like a longtime friend who shares the same fears and frustrations as most women: the frightening sight of too-tight swimsuits in…

Work

A Celebration of One of the Four Basic Guilt Groups

Cathy like a longtime friend who shares the same fears and frustrations as most women: the frightening sight of too-tight swimsuits in a dressing room mirror, the relentless call of the refrigerator, and men who are never quite right. This gift book features one of Cathy’s most popular subjects: Work. This is a cartoon soul…

There’s Treasure Everywhere

A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Whether Calvin and Hobbes are blasting off on another interplanetary adventure or approaching warp speed on a downhill wagon ride, their capers consistently charm and refresh their readers' days. In the world that Calvin and his tiger Hobbes share, treasures can be found in the most unlikely places, from the outer regions where Spaceman Spiff travels to…

It’s a Magical World

A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

When cartoonist Bill Watterson announced that his phenomenally popular cartoon strip would be discontinued, Calvin and Hobbes fans throughout the world went into mourning. Fans have learned to survive — despite the absence of the boy and his tiger in the daily newspaper. It’s a Magical World delivers all the satisfaction of visiting its characters…

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Written and illustrated by famous comic strip artist Cathy Guisewite, this book is a funny, touching little tribute to the unswerving influence of that tough taskmaster and best friend, of that woman who can turn pearls of wisdom into a choker — Mom.

The Fun Book for Couples

102 Ways to Celebrate Love

The Fun Book for Couples: 102 Ways to Celebrate Love is filled with interesting, unique, quirky, and downright devilish ways for couples to have fun. Be the first on your block to try all 102. For example: * Buy him a pair of tickets to his favorite sporting event. * Pack a picnic and don’t…

When God Created Mothers

Erma Bombeck remains one of America’s favorite humorists. When God Created Mothers republishes one of her most popular Mother’s Day columns as an illustrated keepsake book that offers a touching description of all the characteristics a mother must possess. When it first appeared in Erma Bombeck’s Mother’s Day column in 1974, When God Created Mothers…