New Releases

The über-popular craft of knitting meets the typography trend for the first time! Knitted Letters presents intarsia charts for 10 key font families—including roman, sans serif, italic, and poster—and outlines how to incorporate the letters into 30 stylish, infinitely customizable projects.

This comprehensive compendium of baking (more than 280 recipes!) is from Dan Lepard, known for his much-loved food column in the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper. Featuring new techniques and traditions, Short & Sweet showcases Dan’s impressive culinary expertise with such delectable treats as Bourbon Pecan Brownies, Swedish Almond Cake, and Sugar-Crusted Pear Turnovers.

From the authors of The Book of Beer Pong and The Book of Beer Awesomeness, this illuminating and hilarious volume features everything a person could ever wish to know (and more!) about everyone’s favorite bodily function.

The beloved candy bars of childhood have grown up, but there is no need to go to the French Laundry to get your fix. Candy bar devotees Susie Norris and Susan Heeger show how to reinvent candy bars as they should be—thick and layered with nougat, crisp with toffee, and coated with fine chocolate. Familiar candy-store bars and other nostalgic favorites are re-created using the freshest ingredients, right down to the peanutladen caramel and chocolate-drenched cookie crunch.

A drawing journal for food lovers, this guided sketchbook invites users to draw—and thereby appreciate—delicious and wholesome food every season of the year. The first half of Drawing Food provides budding artists with accessible instruction in a wide range of drawing techniques and media, to be put to use for sketching anything and everything in the kitchen, from fruits and vegetables to meats, sweets, and utensils.

Dog lovers who haven’t raised puppies from birth have missed out on one of the most remarkable and adorable times in a dog’s life. From one to twenty-one days old, puppies undergo great changes, from needing their mothers’ complete care to opening their eyes and ears to the outside world, growing, stretching their legs, and learning to become the dogs that they are.

It’s an equal-pay world in the newest installment of the hot-selling Porn for Women series. Fresh flowers abound, the company masseuse is always on hand to rub those tired feet, and promotions happen with delightful frequency.

In this lively picture book, children discover a world of shapes all around them: rectangles are ice-cream carts and stone metates, triangles are slices of watermelon and quesadillas. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the shapes found in every child’s day!

This keepsake diary encourages kids to document life’s best moments—special events, dreams, quotes, and more—over the course of three years. When it’s all filled in, young journalers will discover happy coincidences and relive favorite memories as they compare one year to the next!

The full-color cover of this diary features a smattering of everyday wonders, from champagne to spectacles—all things worth commemorating over the course of five years. Brightly dyed edges, a padded cover, and a ribbon marker make this fiveyear memory book an heirloom to treasure for generations.

Bundled together with a bow of cotton baker's twine, this set of three coordinating notebooks is a paper lover’s dream. Each side-stitched notebook showcases a colorful handdrawn pattern on the cover and contains lined pages within.

Featuring photographs of the city’s charming everyday details—as seen in the popular book, Paris in Color—this notecard collection celebrates the vibrant colors of Paris. Ooh la la!

These pop-up notecards spread instant floral cheer! Featuring stunning artistry from the author of Paper Blossoms, this exquisite collection includes six beautiful flower notecards in different colors.

Perfect for jotting down the meatiest thoughts and lists, this die-cut noteblock looks like a juicy T-bone steak. Meat lovers and BBQers, take note!

This deluxe set of die-cut notecards printed on thick cardstock features hand-drawn exotic animals from John Robshaw’s textiles for elegant correspondence with a touch of whimsy.

This brightly colored eco-journal is printed with soy-based inks on 100% recycled paper and features textile designer John Robshaw’s coveted fabric print designs throughout its pages.

Keep notes on record! Featuring an illustration of a 12-inch LP on the cover, plus spot gloss and foil for maximum effect, this journal is a must-have for anyone who likes to groove old-school style.

Kids won’t believe their eyes as they assemble the colorful pieces of this one-of-a-kind train puzzle. Each car features a magical world of wonder and whimsy: woodland animals, aquarium animals, and a circus are along for the ride! Imaginative art and quirky creatures adorn both sides of the 12 puzzle pieces, allowing the train to be arranged in countless ways!

Too often, when struggling to find just the right turn of phrase, exclamation of joy, or witty barb, it’s easy to forget that history is positively brimming with rich words deserving of rejuvenation.

This encyclopedic guide to cooking the 50 most nutritious fruits and vegetables in the world comes from Melissa’s Produce, the largest supplier of specialty produce in the United States. Cooks of all skill levels will love these 150 recipes for simple sides, breakfasts, dinners, and healthful desserts that make the most of fresh, accessible produce, from memory-boosting blackberries to antimicrobial chili peppers to vitamin A–rich watermelon.

No one loves taking pictures more than parents. But the combination of complicated digital cameras with fast-moving kids means no one is more flummoxed by taking pictures, either. This easy-to-use manual offers parents the tools they need to make beautiful, lasting, and evocative memories.

What can you see when you go on an airplane journey? 1 airplane, 2 luggage carts, 3 check-in counters, and so much more! Using familiar airport signs, this striking book introduces little ones not only to numbers, but to the world around them.

This double-sided activity book is filled with clever prompts for drawing in one half of the book, and writing in the other. With 128 doodling, storytelling, and other imaginative instructions, this journal provides hours of fun for children, tweens, teens, and kids of all ages.

From James Beard Award-winning writer Elissa Altman comes a story that marries wit to warmth, and flavor to passion. Born and raised in New York to a food-phobic mother and food-fanatical father, Elissa was trained early on that fancy is always best. After a childhood spent dining everywhere from Le Pavillion to La Grenouille, she devoted her life to all things gastronomical, from the rare game birds she served at elaborate dinner parties in an apartment so tiny that guests couldn't turn around to the eight timbale molds she bought while working at Dean & DeLuca, just so she could make tall food.

Showcasing artist Junzo Terada’s imaginative animals, this set includes two different side-stitched paperback notebooks, plus a vinyl pencil pouch with zip-top closure alongside. Perfect for on-the-go creativity or as a desktop accessory!

Blind dates, bad kissers, breakup texts, nightmare hook ups—it’s a jungle out there! Luckily, the authors of the bestselling Worst-Case Scenario series have created the most comprehensive handbook for surviving the wilds d’amour through every phase of a relationship, from courting and getting hitched to breaking up and moving on.

One pan + fresh ingredients = dinner for two! With an emphasis on reducing prep time and the usual sinkful of dishes, cooking instructor Carla Snyder serves up the ideal couple’s guide to simple, complete, and truly delicious meals—imagine Balsamic Braised Chicken Thighs with Figs and Creamy Polenta or Thyme-Rubbed Salmon with Shallots and Caramelized Cauliflower “Risotto”—that can be made in one skillet, in less than 60 minutes.

Delighting in the look and feel of books, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian’s playful photographic series proves that books’ covers—or more specifically, their spines—can speak volumes.

The centuries-old art of calligraphy has rarely witnessed a more diverse and prolific explosion of new work than in today’s hand-lettering revival. Mastering the Art of Calligraphy is the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on this traditional craft and its contemporary practice.

Fans of Moomin will relish this whimsical trio of slender notebooks featuring stunning art from the Moomin picture books. Lush scenes grace each cover, transporting avid journalers and fans of Tove Jansson’s much-loved books into the imaginative world of Moomin.

All the benefits and beauty of live plants, minus the fuss. This trio of easy-to-assemble paper punch-out plants with trendy succulent leaves instantly decorates windowsills, kitchen tables, or cubicles. Best of all, these blooms stay fresh forever!