Books

Mother Goose meets Mother of all programming languages in A Day in Code: An illustrated story written in the C programming language. Author Shari Eskenas' tale takes readers through an "epic day" of fun traveling from...

2020 might be the first year of my life that I actually wonder, OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? The first year that I hear the kids, and the adults, on the Twitters and the TikToks asking, OMG WTF Does the...

It's another outdoor, off-grid survival how-to, this time from Netflix's MeatEater host, Steven Rinella. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival calls itself "the perfect antidote to the sensationalism of...

My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg brings the late, great Supreme Court Justice RBG into homes as both an educational bedtime bonding tool for parents and children, and the best piece of collector's merch...

Can't sex me, I'm the Gingerbread Man! Oh yeah, Gingie? The Gingerbread Kama Sutra disagrees. Equal parts tasty and sexually adventurous, Patti Paige's cookbook combines her signature recipes for gingerbread and icing...

It didn't take nearly as long for this prequel to come out. The Star Wars Archives. 1977 - 1983 debuted in December 2018, and just 2, not 20, years later we have its follow-up - er, precedent? - The Star Wars Archives...

Do the DEW-BQ. Do the DEW-infusion. Do the FruDEWtcake. MTN DEW CODE RED Brisket, MTN DEW LIVEWIRE Brined Turkey, and MTN DEW Cherry and Cranberry Pomegranate Fruitcake are just some of the dozens of odd, though not altogether...

Tiny Nightmares is a collection of quick little stories written to scare the shit out of us. Huh. Now why does that sound familiar?...

How to drink like a writer? Uh...a lot? Do we really need a whole book? I guess if you want the specific Recipes for the Cocktails and Libations That Inspired 100 Literary Greats, then How to Drink Like a Writer will...

A deep dive into the science and styles of craft beer, BrewDog: Craft Beer for the Geeks is the Scottish brewery's second book seeking to educate, enrich, and enlighten. And get us drunk in the most precise and pleasurable...

Little Penis! You and your finger puppet are so dirty. No, Dirty. With a great big "D". It's cool, though. Dirty Santa approves. He gives you 2 thumbs and 1 eyed willy up. And those who want to wrap up this finger puppet...

When I first saw Heroes' Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook, I kind of laughed and muttered to myself, Here's your gift for the geeks this year, dudes. But then I remembered I just saw Ronda Rousey on Hot Ones, and Sean...

Oh boy, Golden Girls Cookbook, I can't wait for my wife to make me some treats from St. Olaf! "Oooh, what's this delectable baked goodness, my darling She-Ra: Princess of Power?"...

Did you know peeing on a jellyfish sting will ease the pain? I didn't learn that from The Book of Unusual Knowledge. Because it's not a piece of unusual knowledge. It's a lie. Tested and proven several years ago by yours...

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the...F*ck That's Hot! cookbook. Author Billy Law's 60 Recipes to Up the Heat in the Kitchen are all about bringing the fire of chili peppers to your food, and to your mouth. In...

"Every time an angry baby boomer misspells millennial, an angel gets its student loans forgiven." That dig, from the internet's @jaboukie, is the book OK Boomer: OK Boomer: "What Time is That on Netflix?" and Other Daily...

What would Skeletor do? He'd call Diabolical Ways to Master the Universe a fluff piece for flea-bitten fur brains, and tell author Robb Pearlman, "I could write a book about what you don't know!"...

Who doesn't like a good epic? The Odyssey. The Lord of the Rings. The Alpine Pass Route in Switzerland. Better grab your snowshoes for that last one. And your physical prowess, since there won't be any cozying up on the...

Not that it's easy for middle-aged people, or even newly minted 40-year-olds like myself to keep up with the changes in pop culture trends, tech, and lingo these days, but The Older Person's Guide to New Stuff is predominantly...

Not only should "Old's cool!" be the official slogan of dad-joking dads across the nation, but The Official Old's Cool book series might should also be their official Father's Day gift this year...

If you have anxiety, before purchasing this Cards Against Anxiety guidebook and card set to help you stress less, try looking at their author's name. Yeah, look at it, and then say it over and over to yourself like a...