Heroes, Legends . . . Dads

Eight Inspiring Stories of Superstar Athletes and Their Dads

Behind many of today’s top athletes are exemplary parents who inspired and motivated them to succeed. This DVD and book collection captures behind-the-scenes stories, moments, and memories about remarkable male and female sports stars of today-and their equally remarkable dads. With the help of their fathers, the athletes featured in Heroes, Legends . . ….

Family Building

The Five Fundamentals of Effective Parenting

The truth is, child rearing is not complicated. Therefore, it is not hard. There will be difficult moments, of course, . . . but if a parent is experiencing the rearing of a child or children as generally difficult–as emotionally, intellectually, and even physically exhausting, then the parent is doing something wrong. –John Rosemond, Family…

Collage: Vintage Notecard Kit

Acclaimed artist Maryjo Koch combines her love of nature and collage to inspire this namesake, one-of-a-kind Collage: Vintage Notecard Kit. The kit comes complete with specialty papers featuring Maryjo’s trademark watercolor images of birds, flowers, and other natural elements, along with a pack of 12 blank notecards and envelopes, as well as a 32-page collage…

The Pot and How to Use It

The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker

In The Pot and How to Use It, Roger Ebert—Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic, admitted “competent cook,” and long-time electric rice cooker enthusiast—gives readers a charming, practical guide to this handy and often-overlooked kitchen appliance.While The Pot and How to Use It contains numerous and surprisingly varied recipes for electric rice cookers, it is much more…

You’re the Butter on My Biscuit!

And Other Country Sayin's 'bout Love, Marriage, and Heartache

From the authors of the popular Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit calendar series and book, here’s a fun, warm-hearted collection of about love and marriage, romance and heartbreakcountrified sayings, so-sos, hoots and hollers about love and marriage, romance and heartbreak. More fun than a lost dog in a meat market and livelier…

How to Mix Drinks

Or, The Bon Vivant's Companion

 Published in New York in 1862, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection was the first cocktail book published in the United States, and it was written by a “celebrity bartender” famous throughout the country.  This seminal work is probably the most famous bartender’s guide and cocktail book of all time—nostalgic and delicious homage…

On the Wing

Lyrical Moments

This book can be anything you want it to be—a place to record a special moment in your own words, a journal of memories, a perpetual record of birthdays, anniversaries, and other milestones of family and friends, or even simply a book of poetry and inspiration.  This is a book you will keep forever because…

Say This, Not That To Your Teenage Daughter

The Pocket Guide to Everyday Conversations

If you’re the parent of a teenage girl, then it’s likely you never say the right thing. Ever. Say This, Not That (To Your Teenage Daughter) is your convenient, pocket-sized guide to asking and answering questions, starting conversations, and filling in the silence with your teen. Say This, Not That (To Your Teenage Daughter) is…

The Pasta Friday Cookbook

Let's Eat Together

Community. Connections. Comfort.52 pasta recipes. 16 seasonal salads. A year of gathering around the table to share a meal, strengthen bonds, and make memories. Pasta Friday is a weekly pasta tradition that turns neighbors into friends, and friends into family. Restaurateur and food writer Allison Arevalo shows you how to start your own tradition by…

#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE

The Fat Girl’s Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini

The actress, comedian, and podcaster extraordinaire's guide to being a #brave, bikini-wearing badass. If you’ve ever seen a fat person post a bikini shot on social media, you already know that they are #verybrave, because apparently existing in a fat body in public is #brave. I, Nicole Byer, wrote this book to 1. share my…

Joe DiMaggio Moves Like Liquid Light

poems

What better view is there of daily struggle, of America’s complex legacies, of true love than from the bleachers of a baseball stadium? In the same way that NPR’s Car Talk was not really all about cars, these poems are not really all about baseball. A collection of poetry and quotes about baseball—and about so…

Pillow Thoughts IV

Stitching the Soul

The final installment in this bestselling series completes the journey that Courtney Peppernell began with Pillow Thoughts. With 600,000 copies sold across the series, Pillow Thoughts continues to inspire all who dip into Courtney's encouraging words. Self-healing is the theme of the entire Pillow Thoughts series. While books II and III focus on healing the heart and mind, respectively, Pillow Thoughts…