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Knock Knock's Personal Library Kit brings back to bibliophiles a glorious old library circulation technique: cards secured in sleeves inside books' front covers with date stamps indicating when borrowers will start ignoring...

101 Things to Do with a Huge Willy knows you've seen - maybe even taken - dick pics. But have you seen - or taken - the kind of dick pics illustrated in its collection of "101 inspiring ideas for more useful things you...

Available starting August 2019, The Adidas Archive: The Footwear Collection is coffee table book giant* Taschen's tribute to the history of an iconic shoe. Authors Christian Habermeier and Sebastian Jager cover 357 pairs...

If you've already used Knock Knock's flowcharts to answer life's Inconsequential Dilemmas, perhaps it's time to move on to Consequential Dilemmas: 45 Flowcharts for Life's Bigger Questions. Think less "Should I eat food...

The Big Activity Book for Anxious People is a combination of the self-help and adult coloring book genres. (No, I can't believe I just called adult coloring books a genre either.) Jordan Reid and Erin Williams fill their...

Who'd The Andy $hop pick for X? This rock & roll-themed ABC book, AB/CD: The Rock Alphabet turns over the teaching of its 26 letters to rock legends, so there's a little something for Mom and Dad tucked into the tedious...

Most of us are well versed in the obvious ways to become a federal criminal, but for the more creatively minded out there, How to Become a Federal Criminal will give you some tips on earning the status through some more...

Do we really need a whole book about Why My Cat Is More Impressive Than Your Baby? Does anyone really dispute this fact in the first place? Cats: furry; funny; fearless; independent. Babies: diapers full of poo...

Looks like Denmark's Hygge concept has set off a trend. Now the Danes' methods aren't enough - we need a whole Atlas of Happiness to figure out The Global Secrets of How to Be Happy. Author Helen Russell delves into other...

Grads, you got into college, so Prep is assuming you can read. Or at least have really rich parents who can afford to bribe your way in. So in her new book Katie Sullivan Morford endeavors to teach you one of life's other...

John Weiler wrote a book about me and my happy place. A Dude's Guide to the Couch: 70 amazing things you can do on your couch (aka dude's best friend), unlike my boss and wife, is all about encouraging me to stay in my...

Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen is culture writer Brian Raftery's tribute to and analysis of what he considers a year of the most visionary films in the history of American cinema. In terms fitting...

The Movie Kama Sutra proffers a collection of creative (i.e., mostly impossible) sex positions "inspired by the most erotic moments in cinema history." Just when you thought they were running out of ideas for books, weird...

How to Stop Feeling So Damn Depressed is for all the dudes out there looking to feel a little less Eeyore, a little more Tigger. In fact, psychologist Jonas Horwitz has written his No BS Guide specifically for men, and...

I mean, unless it's a bad day, Loo-niversity, I always leave the can feeling lighter and brighter, albeit not from having taken in one or more 50 easily digestible lessons about world history, literature, politics, and...

Making minor decisions is one of my least favorite activities in life*, so Inconsequential Dilemmas: 45 Flowcharts For Life's Peskier Questions is like a gift from the Baby Jesus - or Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny...

Add The Aviary Cocktail Book to the list of the best coffee table books for men. The Aviary is a critically acclaimed Chicago cocktail bar owned by Grant Achatz, also the man behind Chicago's critically acclaimed restaurant...

Are feeling zen and achieving self-actualization on your bucket list? The Bucket List: Places to Find Peace and Quiet is a book filled with ideas for those who take a slightly different approach to the trendy method of...

Find out if you're dying, and have a laugh about it, with Am I Dying?!: A Complete Guide to Your Symptoms--and What to Do Next, a new "comprehensive, light-hearted resource for the hypochondriac in all of us." Written...

Living Off the Grid: What to Expect While Living the Life of Ultimate Freedom and Tranquility is author, speaker, and off-gridder Gary Collins' latest effort to teach others how to "unplug without sacrificing the joys...

With his Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America author Matt Kracht, well, takes a solid Kracht at convincing me to buy a book about a topic I'm otherwise uninterested in. Birds, bird watching, bird feeding, knowing...

I guess if I had to cook myself a meal, and I ran out of frozen meals, and Ramen meals, and cereal meals, I'd be interested in knowing how to make a meal in a mug. Bonus points to this cookbook for incorporating a microwave...

Add Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy to my list of Valentine's Day gifts for her. Author Amy Ratcliffe explores sides Dark and Light, and all the female-driven galactic stories, in between in this collection of insights...