Leila & Nugget Mystery

Who Stole Mr. T?

Leila & Nugget Mysteries are cute, funny chapter books that get even reluctant readers to beg for one more chapter. In this outing, Leila Beal and her little dog, Nugget, must crack the case of the neighborhood turtlenapping. Leila and Nugget have big plans for their snow day—that is, until a neighborhood pet goes missing….

Pearls Takes a Wrong Turn

A Pearls Before Swine Treasury

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR! In true Pearls Before Swine tradition, this treasury is full of Stephan Pastis’s cynical humor, sharp wit, and clever commentary. Always together—and sometimes with their fellow funny-page characters—the regular Pearls clan weighs in on everything from modern technology to current events to human nature. All the members of the skewed…

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

The Oatmeal's most popular cat jokes, including “How to Pet a Kitty” and “The Bobcats,” plus 15 new and never-before-seen cat-themed comics, are presented in this hilarious #1 New York Times best seller from Matthew Inman, creator of the popular website The Oatmeal. Includes pull-out poster! If your cat is kneading you, that's not a sign of…

Dog-Eared

MUTTS 9

Patrick McDonnell possesses an elegance of line and narrative that both transcends and defines his medium. His artistry is in his Zen-like clarity, his simple direct address, and his unique understanding of the essential animal-human continuum. When one experiences MUTTS, one experiences genius.” -Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones “Dog-Eared”is exactly what this latest…

Never Flirt with Puppy Killers

And Other Better Book Titles

From his wildly popular Tumblr page, Dan Wilbur offers his delightfully cruel summary of the books you were forced to read in high school—with all that resentment and angst loaded into a punchy re-title. Incisive, vindictive, and brutally funny, each page features a recognizable cover with the title renamed: To Kill a Mockingbird becomes My…

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

How to Get By Without Even Trying

Funny because it's true. Comedian, star of the Netflix special Everything's Fine, and Trump lip-syncing sensation Sarah Cooper presents the must-have book you never knew you needed, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. In it, you will learn how to appear smart in less than half the time it takes to actually learn anything….

MUTTS Sunday Afternoons

A MUTTS Treasury

MUTTS is, to put it simply, the best comic strip produced in North America today.” –The Infodad Page’s five-star review Giant events, earth-shaking themes, complex issues…all of these can make for captivating cartoons. But it’s the artist who can take the simple, keep it simple, and still tell a story that really stands apart from…

MUTTS Sunday Evenings

A MUTTS Treasury

Patrick McDonnell’s MUTTS is up there with Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, and Calvin and Hobbes-cartoons that are smart and funny, brilliantly drawn and full of heart.” -Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons Readers of all ages have a variety of reasons why they love the daily comic strip MUTTS. But for some readers, Sunday is…

The Cook’s Oracle, and Housekeeper’s Manual

Containing Receipts for Cookery, and Directions for Carving

 This volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection, published in New York in 1830, is a new version of a famous recipe collection previously published in London by William Kitchiner, adapted specifically for use by the American public. This volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection, published in New York in 1830, is a new…

The Complete Cook

Plain and Practical Directions for Cooking and Housekeeping

Published in 1843 in Philadelphia, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is derived from an earlier English work that author J. M. Sanderson heavily adapted for American usage, creating a cookbook that combined the best of American and European cooking of the time. Perhaps one of the first “international” cookbooks. Published in 1843…

Escape from a Video Game

The Secret of Phantom Island

Young gamers control the action in this interactive series from the bestselling author of Trapped in a Video Game. With more than 30 endings and an unlockable bonus adventure, The Secret of Phantom Island promises hours of screen-free fun. Cooper Hawke and the Secret of Phantom Island is the greatest video game nobody has ever played. The treasure-hunting adventure…

A Small Fiction

For fans of the popular Twitter account @ASmallFiction comes a little book with a lot of big stories and images; some funny, some scary, but always thought-provoking! From the humorous to the bleak, the dystopian to the dog-filled, there’s a story for every occasion, and an occasion for every story. With stories told in 140 characters…