All Books — page 2

by Cifaldi Brothers

A children's book about a boy and his balls. His bouncy balls. His collection of balls. His balls that he wants to share with friends. You see where this is going.

by Adam Mansbach

A bedtime story for parents, written in the style of a children's book, about the ancient parental ritual of politely asking a small person to please, for the love of everything, go to sleep.

by Bee Wilson

A serious, well-researched history of cooking technology — pots, knives, forks, ovens. The most thought you will ever put into a fork. More than seems strictly necessary.

by Kathleen Meyer

A serious wilderness survival guide addressing a subject that every hiking book ignores. Practical, unapologetic, and genuinely essential reading.

by Chuck Sambuchino

A survival guide for the threat your neighbor's garden décor poses. Laugh now. Cry later — when the gnomes have surrounded the house.

by Chad Orzel

A quantum physics textbook structured as a conversation with a dog. Somehow the most effective science communication in recent memory. Emmy the dog asks better questions than most undergraduates.

by Susie Federici & Craig Priebe

A cookbook built around the premise that the best cooking is done with a drink in hand. The recipes pair a cocktail with each dish. This is called 'mise en place' now.

by James Kakalios

A physics professor uses comic books to teach real science, and it works disturbingly well. Turns out Spider-Man's web tension is a legitimate mechanics problem.

by Peter Pindar

An 18th-century satirical work with a title so good it became a saying. Proof that the Georgians had the internet energy before the internet existed.

by Dale M. Courtney

A self-published novel about astronauts who discover aliens on the moon. Widely considered one of the greatest unintentionally funny books ever written.

by Taro Gomi

A Japanese children's book that confronts the great equalizer with the confidence of a philosophy dissertation. An elephant makes a big poop. A mouse makes a small poop. You will make a poop.

by Julian Montague

A rigorous field guide to abandoned shopping carts, with taxonomy, classification, and habitat notes. Treated with the seriousness of ornithology.