Celebrate Earth Day 2022 with some great environmental literature! With books for parents, for kids—or for the whole family, we have books to read and relish.   Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv The book that launched a movement! Now time like the present to read this seminal work by Richard Louv, whoContinue reading

Celebrate Earth Day 2022 with these fabulous nonfiction reads. From animals to flowers to trees to seaweed, and even your favorite cocktails, you’ll find a book for every interest. Read more to learn about these terrific books, and pick up a few this Earth Day. The Nature Principle by Richard Louv For many of us, thinkingContinue reading

In honor of Earth Day on Sunday, learn a little bit about some of our creepy, crawling neighbors on Planet Earth with Amy Stewart‘s Wicked Bugs books. It’s fun for all ages — so we’re offering up one copy of Amy’s original, New York Times bestselling book, Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army &Continue reading

With spring flowers blooming, our thoughts turn to gardening. Unfortunately, for many of us, green thumbs don’t make that turn, too. But Amy Stewart has us covered, From the Ground Up, so to speak. We’re featuring three of her classic books — at just $1.99 for the e-books through April 18, 2016 — to help theContinue reading

If you’re enjoying a margarita today for National Margarita Day, you can thank John Wayne. Yes, the Duke. Mark Bailey’s Of All The Gin Joints features the perfect Margarita recipe along with the story of the Margarita’s not-so-humble beginnings: “[John] Wayne was, if you can believe it, one of the very first drinkers to try a margarita.Continue reading

Fill the holiday season with tales and toddies, conversation and cocktails. These two books toast you and yours with merry reading — and even merrier drinking. Of All the Gin Joints by Mark Bailey, illustrated by Edward Hemingway True tales of celebrity hijinks are served up with an equal measure of Hollywood history, movie-star mayhem,Continue reading