Lethal Vintage

By Nadia Gordon

A decadent day of poolside sunbathing turns into a scandalous night—culminating in murder. By morning, the police are pounding on Sunny McCloskey's door, and she is once again thrust into the center of a tense investigation involving a ...    more >>

City Walks with Kids: Washington, D.C.

By Ingrid Roper Catron
Maps by Jessica Hische

Walks include:
• The White House
• Georgetown
• National Aquarium
• International Spy Museum
• Logan Circle ...    more >>

Lobel's Meat Bible

By Stanley, Evan, Mark,
and David Lobel
with Mary Goodbody
and David Whiteman
Photographs by Lucy Schaeffer

For anyone who ever wanted to know the difference between Porterhouse and Chateaubriand, the Lobel family of master butchers has all the answers in the Meat Bible. Covering every imaginable meat—beef, veal, pork, lamb, poultry, rabbit, ...    more >>

Fuck the World

By Bodhi Oser

Juvenile, profane, and timeless, Bodhi Oser's first collection of photographs, Fuck this Book (more than 60,000 copies sold), featured images of real public signs that had been mischievously altered by stickers bearing the most ...    more >>

Plants and Their Application to Ornament

By Eugène Grasset
Introduction by David P. Becker

Elegant botanical illustrations from the classic 1897 design book Plants and Their Application to Ornament are reproduced in this lavish collection. Sure to delight artists, designers, and fans of the Arts and Crafts and Art ...    more >>

Young Guns 6 and The Undiscovered Letter

By The Art Directors Club
with lettera27

This two-volume set explodes with creative inspiration. The first volume, Young Guns 6, is a compilation of the groundbreaking visual media and design chosen by ADC through their annual design challenge to benefit lettera27. ...    more >>

Kittens of Boxville

By Ryosuke Handa
and Yoneo Morita

Adorable kittens traipse around a fantastical city constructed entirely out of colorful hand-painted cardboard in this quirky collection of 30 color photographs from Japan. ...    more >>

Lotta Prints

By Lotta Jansdotter
Photographs by Jenny Hallengren

Beloved Scandinavian designer Lotta Jansdotter shows how easy it is to print patterns on all sorts of surfaces. Using stencils, rubber stamps, homemade screens, and other easy techniques, the projects and processes range from simple prints ...    more >>

Sprout Your Own Leafy Wonders

This easy-to-use kit introduces young gardeners to three types of unique foliage. One plant has leaves that "cringe" when you touch them, another has leaves as soft as lambs' ears, and the third has leaves that look like they're splattered ...    more >>

The Prenatal Yoga Deck

Text by Olivia H. Miller
with Diane Philos Jensen
Illustrations by Nicole Kaufman

Yoga is an ideal way for expectant mothers to enhance overall health, cope with the physical demands of pregnancy, and prepare for labor and birth. The physician-approved Prenatal Yoga Deck makes exercise easy with 50 beautifully and ...    more >>

City Walks with Dogs: San Francisco

By Ben Brashares

Whether vacationing with a canine companion or simply straying from the neighborhood walking routine, dog owners will love to discover so many pet-friendly attractions and routes they never knew existed. Pick a card, grab the leash, and tell ...    more >>

The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Dogs

By David Borgenicht

Your "best friend" shouldn't poop on the rug. Puppy-proof your home; remove skunk odors; give your dog the Heimlich maneuver. ...    more >>

Sublime Stitching Craft Pad

By Jenny Hart

A brand-new must-have for the crafter, this handy pad contains 30 pages filled with iron-on embroidery patterns by stitch maven Jenny Hart, author of Sublime Stitching and the Stitch-it Kit. Jenny Hart is an artist, ...    more >>

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One-Off

By Clare Dowdy

The urge to create an individualized shopping experience is a major trend around the world, such that a new generation of independent shops has grown up. These are mostly small, and are setting up against the odds, so that they have to make a ...    more >>

Stencil 101

By Ed Roth

Customization is king. With this awesome, entirely original stencil collection anyone can learn to make their mark. Our handy portfolio format includes 25 reusable stencils along with tips and tricks for stenciling on all sorts of surfaces—from ...    more >>

Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts! Amigurumi!

Kyuuto! = Cute!

Savvy crafters know that today's hippest designs hail from Japan. But it's near to impossible to find translated patterns. Or at least it used to be. With Amigurumi, we're proud to present the one of the first two ...    more >>

Village Walks: Ireland

By Etain O'Carroll
Maps by Lohnes + Wright

Take a trip off the beaten path and stroll through the hidden wonders of the Emerald Isle, from larger cities to out-of-the-way towns.

Walks include:
• Dublin
• Galway City
• Aran Islands
• Cork City
• ...    more >>

1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment

By Barbara Kipfer

The newest title in Chronicle's best-selling 1,001 series offers readers a rare gift: the chance to stop—right here, right now—and truly celebrate the present moment. Packaged in our signature chunky format, this uplifting volume is ...    more >>

The Louisville Guide

By Gregory Luhan
and Dennis Domer
and David Mohney

Louisville is one of the overlooked gems of American architecture, a city of Southern charm and grace with a catalog of buildings by such masters as K.H. Burnham, Bruce Goff, and Herb Greene. An important destination for people interested in ...    more >>

The Transformer

By Marie Neurath
and Robin Kinross

Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) is a system of pictograms designed to communicate complex information in a nonverbal way. Developed in 1936 by a team of sociologists lead by Otto and Marie Neurath, this process ...    more >>

Dorm Decor

By Theresa Gonzalez
and Nicole Smith

Gone are the days of packing a single duffel for fall. Now college students and their families spend thousands on decorations and furniture to deck out their living space. Dorm Decor shows these budding designers how customizing ...    more >>

Art of Modern Rock Mini #2: Poster Girls

By Dennis King

Girls, girls, girls! There's no more popular subject for the modern rock poster than the ubiquitous poster girl. In this second pint-sized spin-off of the mammoth Art of Modern Rock, poster expert Dennis King rounds up the hottest ...    more >>

Still

By Debra Bloomfield
Essay by Terry Tempest Williams

Debra Bloomfield's hypnotic photographs provide a visual map of the powerful interplay between sea and sky. Over the years, on a single lonesome stretch of beach, Bloomfield has captured an undeniably intimate portrait of the ocean at ...    more >>

Sex Scratchers

By Lynne Stanton

Get your game on with Baby's Got Blackjack! Dig for bedroom gold with Pirate's Booty! Get down with Dirty Dice! With 100 chances to win, these sexy scratch tickets give a whole new meaning to lotto fever! ...    more >>

Bath Time Gift Set

By Simms Taback

This gift set brings Simms Taback's distinctive, joyful animal illustrations to the bath! Kids are invited to swish like a fish, bark like a seal, smile like a porpoise, and wriggle like an eel. The book comes packaged with a soft terrycloth ...    more >>

City Walks with Kids: Paris

By Natasha Edwards
Maps by Roman Klonek

Walks include:
• Notre Dame
• The Eiffel Tower
• Grands Boulevards
• Centre Pompidou
• Le Marais ...    more >>

The World Almanac for Kids Puzzler Deck: Kindergarten Skills, Ages 3-5

By Molly Smith

The No. 1–selling kids' almanac, with over one million copies sold annually, becomes a fun educational tool in this trivia deck series for kids. Coded by age range and subject, each deck includes 75 fun and educational brainteasers that ...    more >>

Golden Gate Bridge

By Donald MacDonald
and Ira Nadel

Nine million people visit the Golden Gate Bridge each year, yet how many know why it's painted that stunning shade of "international orange"? Or that ancient Mayan and Art Deco buildings influenced the design? Current bridge ...    more >>

Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls

By The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls

Girls, get ready to rock! Since 2001, the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls has taught legions of girls, ages 8 to 18, how to let loose and rock out. This book brings the camp's inspiring, hands-on approach and advice from its all-star crew of female ...    more >>

Poppy's Pants

By Melissa Conroy

Penelope's poppy always wears khaki pants. When he finds a hole in one pair, he asks Penelope to patch it up. Penelope likes to sew . . . but this is a big job. Penelope struggles, but with a little help from her mama, she gets the job ...    more >>

Lost and Found

By Jim LaMarche

Anna looked all around her. The sky was getting dark. "I think we should go home now, Molly." But which way was home?

In three heartwarming stories, celebrated illustrator Jim LaMarche lovingly depicts tales of being lost, ...    more >>

Baking for All Occasions

By Flo Braker
Photographs by Scott Peterson
Foreword by Chuck Williams

Baking expert Flo Braker rises to the occasion with more than 200 celebration-worthy recipes for baked goods. Whether it's an impressive Dark Chocolate Custard Tart to wish someone a happy birthday, a blue ribbon-worthy batch of Fresh Mint ...    more >>

The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Breakups

By David Borgenicht

Get over it! What to do if you're left at the altar; tell-tale signs your relationship is over; treating red, puffy eyes; and how to make your bed feel less empty. ...    more >>

Change the World for Ten Bucks

By We Are What We Do

In 2004, a London-based community organization called We Are What We Do launched with the publication of a little book with a big idea: 50 simple actions to make the world a better place. Since then, Change the World for Ten Bucks has ...    more >>

Mama's Little Book of Tricks

By Lynn Brunelle
Illustrations by Jessie Eckel

When the kids are having a meltdown, savvy parents will keep their cool with this fun compendium of silly games, unexpected stunts, and wow-inducing facts designed to entertain little ones aged 2–7. This book features more than 100 clever ...    more >>