{"title":"Books \u0026 Magazines","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"omoi-recommended-short-trips-guide","title":"OMOI's Recommended Short Trips Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eUpdated for Spring 2025. Made with travelers new to Philadelphia and seasoned visitors in mind, our Recommended Short Trips guide outlines a few of our favorite neighborhoods that are within walking distance from our shop, with places to eat, people watch, and shop. We include transit routes as well as places to explore further afield. ⁠The guide also includes our popular Chinatown Supplement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe designed it to fit in—what else—a TRAVELER'S notebook—and included a handy map along with a space for note taking or collecting our store stamps. ⁠\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e⁠Free with online purchase. We reserve the right to limit 1 per customer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisitors to our shop will find it near our TRAVELER'S COMPANY corner in the store. Goes great with the rest of our OMOI ephemera and a fresh press of our TRAVELER’S COMPANY shop stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Chinatown Supplement\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChinatown is a bustling downtown neighborhood that we love to visit, and the Supplement features our favorites of Chinatown in all its vibrant, delicious, and lively splendor. Inside this supplement you'll find our top picks in the area for: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBakeries \/ Desserts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall Eats \/ Street Food\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestaurants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaces to Shop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e...and much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBe advised that this list, sourced from our staff, originally had dozens of picks that we had to significantly cull through for space. Chinatown is a place with something for everyone's tastes and interests—we suggest using this guide as a starting point and wandering around the area, exploring the places that call out to you. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis guide was first compiled by staff Norna to boost awareness for the No Arena in Chinatown coalition. Thanks to the coalition's many efforts, a billionaire development scheme was halted and we can continue to enjoy this bustling downtown neighborhood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OMOI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49284954652976,"sku":"13281","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/OMOI_sRecommendedShortTripsGuideSpring2025-1.jpg?v=1751039001"},{"product_id":"auspicious-animals-the-art-of-good-omens","title":"Auspicious Animals: The Art of Good Omens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world of mythical creatures born from human imagination is presented in this beautiful collection of artworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany imaginary animals believed to be auspicious symbols of good fortune originated in ancient China. The most famous examples are the \"Big Four\" the Winged Dragon, the Chinese Phoenix, Qilin (a hooved chimeric creature) and the Spirit Turtle. These and many creatures from the rest of the world are featured in this beautiful book. \u003cem\u003eAuspicious Animals\u003c\/em\u003e showcases illustrated artworks, along with sculptures and applied arts, of animals that represent good omens. The collection, totaling around 240 pieces, is accompanied by rich, enjoyable and approachable text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeous edition features metallic gold lamination on the cover and makes a great gift or reference for any art lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e352 pages. Hardcover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJun'ichi Uchiyama is a professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50006951559472,"sku":"9359","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Auspicious-Animals-The-Art-of-Good-Omens-1.jpg?v=1753729282"},{"product_id":"rice-table","title":"Rice Table","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Korean living in the UK, Su Scott was thrown into a crisis of identity when motherhood dawned, one which she only found her way out of by cooking the dishes of her Korean childhood, seeking out the flavors and textures of memories that she hopes to pass on to her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this intimate cookbook, Su guides you through her modern Korean pantry, explores the ferments, pickles, and sauces that lift Korean dishes to delicious heights, and shares a comforting array of recipes, from Korean Fried Chicken and Kimchi Fried Rice, to Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup. Littered between enticing plates are tender stories of what it means to be a woman, mother, and immigrant all at once and how food connects all the pieces of our lives to make us whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a love letter from mother to daughter woven together by food. It's a book about identity and immigration. It's about how the food you feed your children builds a story about their heritage. But it's mainly a book about wonderful food--the kind of food we all want to eat right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e256 pages. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSu Scott is a Korean-born food writer living in London. In October 2019 she won the Best Reader's Recipe category at the prestigious Observer Food Monthly Awards with her recipe for kimchi jjigae. Since winning the award, she's pursued a freelance career as a food writer and recipe developer, in between being a mother. Her domestic kitchen-friendly recipes based on food from her childhood have become solid favorites amongst editors, food teams and readers for their purposefully simple approach and impactful flavor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50151666549040,"sku":"13925","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/books-Rice-Table-1.jpg?v=1758143246"},{"product_id":"i-am-a-wolf-after-all","title":"I Am a Wolf, After All","description":"\u003cp\u003eI Am a Wolf tells the story of a lone wolf cub prowling the streets in search of friends. Feeling like a misfit in a city of rabbits, deer and goats, the young wolf ultimately finds happiness in accepting himself. In print for over 40 years in Japan and published now for the first time in English, readers are sure to delight in the book's bold imagery and self-affirming message. Read with ages three and up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e32 pages. Hardcover. 7.5\" x 10.25\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Kobe, Japan, in 1946, manga artist, author and illustrator Maki Sasaki came from humble beginnings. After dropping out of art school due to the high cost of materials, Sasaki debuted as a mangaka in 1966, drawing experimental comics for the avant-garde manga magazine Garo. It was here that the character of the black wolf and his sardonic “humph” first appeared. Sasaki’s experimental comics caught the eye of the young Haruki Murakami, who requested that Sasaki illustrate the cover for his first published novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile working as an illustrator, Sasaki expanded into children’s books in 1973 with the publication of I Am a Wolf, After All. Drawing inspiration from Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen, this a-typical picture book has proved a hit with children, while its blend of adorable yet dark characterizations recall Sasaki Maki’s mangaka experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOttilia Tanaka is a British illustrator, writer, and Japanese language specialist. She previously co-translated, with Yosuke Kitazawa, The King of Circles by Shuntaro Tanikawa and Kiyoshi Awazu. A fascination with woodblock prints led her to study BA Japanese at Leeds University. A year spent studying abroad in Kyoto on a JASSO Scholarship at Doshisha University (2011–12) allowed Ottilia to immerse herself in Japanese art and visual culture. Following an internship at the East Asian Art Museum in Bath (2014–15), she gained a place on the JET Programme working as Coordinator for International Relations in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Tokyo (2015–20). During this time, Ottilia translated her first published book, The Hagi World Heritage Sites and undertook an MA in Illustration with Falmouth University, focusing on children’s books. Today, she seeks to occupy the intersection of art and language by exploring communication, both visual and linguistic, from her home in Machida, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50 Watts is a bookstore with a focus on visually-striking and unusual books from around the world -- incredible art books and artists’ books, surreal picture books, graphic design icons, underground comics, risograph zines, Writers No One Reads, deep backlist finds, odd vintage arcana, and funky gift books, prints, and ephemera. Expect to find lots of publications from Japan and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"50 Watts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50156829835568,"sku":"18263","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/I-Am-a-Wolf--After-All-1.jpg?v=1758302510"},{"product_id":"panga-rehe-stories","title":"Panga-Rehe Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Panga-Rehe Farmstead\" is an old house where the artist and his family spent the summer. \"The days passed as wonderful summer days always do: we sunbathed, swam in the sea, hiked in the forest, and all helped to cook in the big kitchen. But every night, I had strange dreams. I believe you probably haven't had some of them yet, and that's why I wrote this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first English-language edition of a surreal 1975 book by the Estonian artist Jüri Arrak (perhaps best known in the US for his work on the legendary animation \u003cem\u003eSuur Tõll\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Shutter-Closer had a strange appearance, somewhat human-like, somewhat animal-like, but neither when put together. She was yellow and tall, her head almost brushing the eaves. And what a strange wavy shape her body made! I wasn’t afraid at all, but sputtered in laughter. The Shutter-Closer stopped, turned her head to look at me, and stared for a very, very long time with bright red eyes.”--from Panga-Rehe Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 20 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJüri Arrak (1936-2022) was an Estonian painter and graphic artist. His works are displayed in the Estonian Museum of Art, the New York Museum of Modern Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Ludwig Art Museum in Cologne, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdam Cullen is a professional translator of Estonian prose, poetry, drama, and children’s literature into English. His translation of Martin Algus’s The Lion won the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards and a Prix Europa Special Commendation. In 2020, his translation of Kai Aareleid’s Burning Cities (Peter Owen Publishers) was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. Originally from Minnesota, Cullen has lived in Estonia for 15 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"50 Watts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50156852674864,"sku":"21826","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Panga-Rehe-Stories-1.jpg?v=1758303163"},{"product_id":"a-tiger-in-the-land-of-dreams","title":"A Tiger In The Land of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tiger in the Land of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is the first English-language edition of the legendary 1984 picture book. Tiger Tateishi, well-known in the worlds of art and comics, takes us on a journey through a surreal land with Torakichi, a constantly-morphing green tiger. The artist saw this strange tiger as a combination of an animal and a plant. Suitable for all ages, but this is the type of book you buy for the dreamy artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Yosuke Kitazawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e34 pages. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasures 7.5\" x 10.25\"  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKōichi “Tiger” Tateishi worked in a variety of media including comic books, illustrated books, painting, sculpture and ceramics during his prolific career. Inspired by science fiction, including Robert Sheckley’s early stories, his enigmatic works explored reality and its limitations. In 1966, his work was featured in the acclaimed 15th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition. In 1969, Tateishi relocated to the city of Futurism, Milan in Italy, and began working in the studio of Ettore Sottsass, bringing the ideas of the architect and designer to life. During this time, Tateishi’s personal artwork moved closer to visual narratives as he made several oil tableaux infused with science-fiction themes. Upon his return to Japan in 1982, he produced daily comics embracing the nonsense genre. Tiger Tateishi passed away at only 56 years of age, but is fondly remembered for the zest and energy of his mind-bending works, which invigorated the Japanese pop-art scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"50 Watts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50156857557296,"sku":"12129","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/books-a-tiger-in-the-land-of-dreams-1.jpg?v=1758303633"},{"product_id":"heart-lamp","title":"Heart Lamp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2025 International Booker Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of a PEN Translates Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA monumental first collection in English from Banu Mushtaq: lawyer, activist, champion of Muslim women, and winner of India’s highest literary honors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humor, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq’s years as a journalist and lawyer, in which she tirelessly championed women’s rights and protested all forms of caste and religious oppression. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in a style at once witty, vivid, colloquial, moving and excoriating, it’s in her characters—the sparky children, the audacious grandmothers, the buffoonish maulvis and thug brothers, the oft-hapless husbands, and the mothers above all, surviving their feelings at great cost—that Mushtaq emerges as an astonishing writer and observer of human nature, building disconcerting emotional heights out of a rich spoken style. Her opus has garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India’s most prestigious literary awards; this is a collection sure to be read for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 192 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBanu Mushtaq is a writer, activist and lawyer in the state of Karnataka, southern India. Mushtaq began writing within the progressive protest literary circles in southwestern India in the 1970s and 1980s: critical of the caste and class system, the Bandaya Sahitya movement gave rise to influential Dalit and Muslim writers, of whom Mushtaq was one of the fewwomen.  She is the author of six short story collections, a novel, an essay collection and a poetry collection. She writes in Kannada and has won major awards for her literary works, including the Karnataka Sahitya Academy and the Daana Chintamani Attimabbe awards. Previously translated into Urdu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam, the first book-length translation of her work into English is Heart Lamp: Selected Stories, which has been shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. ‘Red Lungi’, a story from Heart Lamp, has been published in the Paris Review. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeepa Bhasthi is a writer and literary translator based in Kodagu, southern India. She translates from Kannada and also publishes essays and cultural criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334081810736,"sku":"22431","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Heart-Lamp.jpg?v=1761926855"},{"product_id":"dismantling-the-masters-clock-on-race-space-and-time","title":"Dismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space, and Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eA radical new treatise on time, quantum physics, and racial justice from world-renowned artist and advocate Rasheedah Phillips of Black Quantum Futurism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do some processes—like aging, birth, and car crashes—occur in only one direction in time, when by the fundamental symmetry of the universe, we should experience time both forward and backward? Our dominant perception of time owes more to Western history and social order than to a fact of nature, argues writer Rasheedah Phillips, delving into Black and Afrodiasporic conceptions of time, where the past, present, and future interact in more numerous constellations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhillips unfolds the history of time and its legacy of racial oppression, from colonial exploration and the plantation system to the establishment of Daylight Savings. Yet Black communities have long subverted space-time through such tools of resistance as Juneteenth, tenant organizing, ritual, and time travel. What could Black liberation look like if the past were as changeable as the future?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on philosophy, archival research, quantum physics, and Phillips’s own art practice and work on housing policy, Dismantling the Master’s Clock expands the horizons of what can be imagined and, ultimately, achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 392 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRasheedah Phillips is a queer housing advocate, lawyer, parent, writer, and interdisciplinary artist working through a Black futurist lens. Phillips is the founder of the AfroFuturist Affair, founding member of the Metropolarity Queer Speculative Fiction Collective, and co-creator of the art duo Black Quantum Futurism. Phillips' work has been featured in the New York Times, The Wire, New York Magazine, Boston Review, Hyperallergic, and e-flux.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334097899824,"sku":"22430","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Dismantling-the-Master-s-Cloc-On-Race--Space--and-Time.jpg?v=1761927566"},{"product_id":"make-it-ours-crashing-the-gates-of-culture-with-virgil-abloh","title":"Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh","description":"\u003cp\u003eVirgil Abloh’s appointment as head of menswear for Louis Vuitton in 2018 shocked the fashion industry, as he became the first Black designer to serve as artistic director in the brand’s 164-year history. But as Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic Robin Givhan reveals, Abloh’s story encompasses so much more than his own journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing Abloh’s surprising path to the top of the luxury establishment, Givhan unfolds the larger story of how the cloistered, exclusive fashion world faced a revolution from below in the form of streetwear and designers unafraid to storm the gates—how their notions of what was luxury simultaneously anticipated and upended consumer preferences, and how a simple T-shirt held as much cultural power as a haute couture gown. As Givhan relays, Abloh rose during a time of existential angst for a fashion industry trying to make sense of its responsibilities to a diverse audience and the challenges of selling status to a generation of consumers who fetishized sneakers and prioritized comfort. The story of how that moment came to be, and how someone like Abloh—who had no formal training in pattern-making or tailoring—could come to symbolize and embody the industry’s way forward, is the story at the heart of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake It Ours is at once a remarkable biography of a singular creative force and a powerful meditation on fashion and race, taste and exclusivity, genius and luxury. With access to Abloh’s family, friends, collaborators, and contemporaries, and featuring a cast of fascinating characters ranging from visionary Black designers like Ozwald Boateng to Abloh’s mercurial but critical employer and mentor Kanye West, Givhan weaves a spellbinding tale of a young man’s rise amid a cultural moment that would upend a century’s worth of ideas about luxury and taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 336 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Givhan is The Washington Post's senior critic-at-large, writing about politics, race, and the arts. Previously, she covered the fashion industry as a business, as a cultural institution, and as pure pleasure. She is a Pulitzer Prize winner for criticism and author of The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History. In addition to the Post, where she has also covered Michelle Obama, Givhan has worked at Newsweek, Daily Beast, Vogue, and the Detroit Free Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334098391344,"sku":"22436","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Make-It-Ours-Crashing-the-Gates-of-Culture-with-Virgil-Abloh.jpg?v=1761927652"},{"product_id":"symes-letter-writer","title":"Syme's Letter Writer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence—from journalist and cultural critic Rachel Syme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by a famed correspondence handbook penned by a persnickety Victorian who had strong opinions on how to lick a stamp, cultural critic Rachel Syme has rewritten the staid letter-writing rules of yore for the letter writers of today. Syme insists you must stuff your envelopes with flat frivolities (and includes guides for how to press flowers and make a matchbook-mark), teaches you how to perfume a parcel, and encourages you to cultivate your own ritual around keeping up with your correspondence. Even if you have never sent a hand-written letter before, this book will make you want to begin – and will show you just how to get started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmerse yourself in this epistolary bric-a-brac celebrating the intimate (whimsical! expressive!) art of written correspondence, covering every part of the process from courting and keeping a pen pal, down to buying the best nibs for your refurbished vintage fountain pen. As you read fragments of letters and journals from storied literary figures—Zelda Fitzgerald, Willa Cather, Pat Parker, Vita Sackville-West, Djuna Barnes, Octavia Butler, to name a few—you can take note of how to write about the weather without being a total snooze, how to write a letter like a poet, and how to infuse your correspondence with gossip and glamorous mystique. You’ll learn about the magic of hotel stationery, the thrill of sending postcards, and the importance of choosing a signature paper that captures your essence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter all, the words you write on paper and send to another person, are precious, offering comfort, shared sorrow, cathartic rage, hard-earned insight, refreshing strangeness, absurd silliness, understanding, delight, commiseration, and beauty—and often all of those things all mixed up at the same time. Letter-writing is meant to be enjoyed—so pick up a fountain pen and get writing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 224 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Syme is a writer, reporter, and cultural critic. As a New Yorker staff writer, she covers style, Hollywood, and the arts. Her past work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, GQ, Esquire, Elle, Vogue, and on NPR. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she writes her letters on a big walnut desk that looks out over a garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334105764144,"sku":"22443","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Syme-s-Letter-Writer-1.jpg?v=1761927999"},{"product_id":"malai-frozen-desserts-inspired-by-south-asian-flavors","title":"Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors","description":"\u003cp\u003eA celebration of South Asian flavors by Pooja Bavishi, the founder of acclaimed Malai ice cream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearn to create frozen desserts at home with this first-of-its-kind South Asian-inspired ice cream cookbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBavishi shares the secrets behind Malai’s beloved flavors, including Rose with Cinnamon Roasted Almonds, Mango \u0026amp; Cream, and Coffee Cardamom. Discover how to make their famous Orange Fennel French Toast and Parle-G Masala Chai Ice Cream Sandwiches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom ice cream bars and cones to pies, cakes, and cookies, this storied collection of 100 recipes will transform your at-home desserts with sweet, spiced, and flavorful frozen treats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINSPIRED STORY: A delicious exploration where personal stories and cherished flavor memories are woven into every recipe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eACCESSIBLE RECIPES \u0026amp; EXPERTISE: The recipes are simple to follow, making it easy to create high-quality ice creams and frozen desserts at home, with tips on essential tools and ingredients for consistently delicious results.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUNIQUE FLAVOR COMBOS: Each recipe features the vibrant flavors and ingredients of South Asian cuisine, showcasing Malai’s signature repertoire—cardamom, rose, almond, pepper, mango, chai, orange, lychee, fennel, and saffron.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSWEETS FOR ANY OCCASION: From dairy and dairy-free ice creams to frozen treats, cakes, baked goods, toppings, and sauces, this robust collection of 100 recipes has something for every craving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 224 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePooja Bavishi is the founder and CEO of Malai, an acclaimed New York-based ice cream company and scoop shop specializing in innovative flavors infused with traditional South Asian ingredients. Inspired by the spices of her childhood—ginger, rose petals, fennel, saffron, and cardamom—Pooja opened Malai in 2015 to offer a unique ice cream experience that blends her rich culinary heritage with everyone’s favorite frozen dessert. The success of Malai soon led to other accomplishments. She won the Food Network’s Chopped Sweets competition in March 2020, was recognized as one of Inc. magazine’s Female Founders 100 in October 2020, and was named a Tory Burch Foundation Fellow in 2018. Pooja holds a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MS from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in 2015 by Pooja Bavishi, Malai is a Brooklyn-based company revolutionizing the ice cream experience by using vibrant South Asian spices and ingredients as a nod to Pooja’s first generation Indian-American upbringing. Malai’s ice creams are innovative and celebrated for their robust flavors and creamy textures, offering an indulgence that is both nostalgic and unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalai’s treats are always eggless, sometimes vegan, and come in a variety of delightful forms: ice cream, kulfi pops, ice cream cakes, and ice cream sandos. From scoop shops in NYC and DC to nationwide shipping and select grocery store availability across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, Malai is making its mark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334107173168,"sku":"22437","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Malai-Frozen-Desserts-Inspired-by-South-Asian-Flavors-1.jpg?v=1761928224"},{"product_id":"kenya-hara-designing-japan","title":"Kenya Hara: Designing Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Art Director for Muji since 2002, Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara (born 1958) and his aesthetic of pared-back, beautifully functional objects has taken the world by (quiet) storm. With \u003cem\u003eKenya Hara: Designing Japan\u003c\/em\u003e, the designer presents his vision of how his industry can contribute to the future of his country: a future founded on Hara's unique philosophy of beauty as well as crowd-sourced wisdom from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book spans history, from the beginnings of professional Japanese design in the 16th century to the impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. But Hara's real focus is on the future. A master collaborator, meticulous organizer and globally conscious innovator, Hara draws on more than three decades of work in design and exhibition curating, as well his professional interactions with creators from many fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesigning Japan\u003c\/em\u003e offers a foundation course on the essence of Japanese aesthetics, while maintaining a practical approach to Japan's circumstances and future possibilities. Hara reveals the methods by which designers in Japan work alongside government and industry, and considers how design can propose solutions for this island nation as its population ages, other nations take over manufacturing and technology develops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrations and examples recognize successful problem-solving through design, proving that design is a living, changing industry that remains relevant not in spite of, but as a partner to, advancing technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 208 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenya Hara (born 1958) is a Japanese graphic designer, a professor at the Musashino Art University and, since 2002, the art director for Muji. Hara has been awarded many prizes, such as the Japanese Cultural Design Award. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334157242672,"sku":"16538","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Kenya-Hara-Designing-Japan-1.jpg?v=1761930346"},{"product_id":"candy-apple-comics-social-smoker-mini-zine","title":"Candy Apple Comics Social Smoker Mini Zine","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA cute, classic one-page zine! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 2.5\" x 3.5\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted, cut, and folded on Candy Apple Comics' home printer in the spirit of the punk, DIY zine scene~\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCandy Apple Comics is a Korean-American, primarily self-taught cartoonist, writer, and artist based in Philadelphia! Their art leans towards autobiographical, but they also love adaptation and re-contextualization of classical source materials. They draw a lot of artistic inspiration from cartoonists like Andrew MacLean and Caroline Cash along with Japanese anime. Greek and Roman mythology, poetry, and literature also feature in some of their work due to their undergraduate background in English Literature, Latin, and Ancient Greek!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurious? Read our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/omoionline.mom\/blogs\/news\/10-questions-with-candy-apple-comics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e10 Questions with Candy Apple Comics\u003c\/a\u003e for more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candy Apple Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50367192170800,"sku":"22518","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Candy-Apple-Comics-Social-Smoker-Mini-Zine-1.jpg?v=1763048937"},{"product_id":"candy-apple-comics-cool-cats-zine","title":"Candy Apple Comics Cool Cats Zine","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comic Candy Apple Comics wrote and drew during my miserable experience quitting nicotine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Yikes, that sh*t sucked!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 4.5\" x 6.5\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCandy Apple Comics is a Korean-American, primarily self-taught cartoonist, writer, and artist based in Philadelphia! Their art leans towards autobiographical, but they also love adaptation and re-contextualization of classical source materials. They draw a lot of artistic inspiration from cartoonists like Andrew MacLean and Caroline Cash along with Japanese anime. Greek and Roman mythology, poetry, and literature also feature in some of their work due to my undergraduate background in English Literature, Latin, and Ancient Greek!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurious? Read our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/omoionline.mom\/blogs\/news\/10-questions-with-candy-apple-comics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e10 Questions with Candy Apple Comics\u003c\/a\u003e for more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candy Apple Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50367194366256,"sku":"22517","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Candy-Apple-Comics-Cool-Cats-Zine-1.jpg?v=1763049342"},{"product_id":"woo-woo","title":"Woo Woo","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thrilling and eccentric novel about what it means to make art as a woman, and about the powerful forces of voyeurism, power, obsession, and online performance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoo Woo\u003c\/em\u003e follows Sabine, a conceptual artist on the verge of a photo exhibition she hopes will be pivotal, as she plunges deeper into her neuroses and seeks validation in relationships—with her frustratingly rational chef husband, her horde of devoted Gen Z TikTok followers, and even a mysterious, potentially violent stalker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanying her throughout are Sabine’s strange alter egos, from hyperrealistic puppets of her as a baby to the ghost of conceptual artist Carolee Schneemann, who shows up with inscrutable yet sage life advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElla Baxter approaches the desire to see and be seen that defines both the creative and romantic act with humor, empathy, and a good dose of wildness, driving Sabine to an surreal and compelling climax that forces her—and us—to reconsider what it means to be an artist and a partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 272 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElla Baxter is a writer and artist living on unceded land of the Wurundjeri people. She is the author of New Animal, which was shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, and was longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and the Matt Richell Award for New Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553420513584,"sku":"22900","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Woo-Woo.jpg?v=1769029408"},{"product_id":"monkey-new-writing-from-japan-vol-6","title":"MONKEY New Writing from Japan Vol. 6","description":"\u003cp\u003eMONKEY New Writing from Japan publishes the best in contemporary Japanese fiction in English translation, as well as other works both old and new by writers, artists, and translators from Japan, England, Canada, and the U.S. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMONKEY is the English-language offspring of the Tokyo-based Japanese literary journal MONKEY, founded by Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most acclaimed translators of American fiction. Selections are made by Shibata in consultation with Ted Goossen, one of the leading translators of Japanese fiction, and Meg Taylor, the managing editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVol. 6 of MONKEY is 176 pages of full color, featuring the best of contemporary Japanese literature and new translations of modern classics. The pieces in this volume introduce contemporary Japanese Horror, from murder in a cat café to a ghoulish deal with evil spirits, and from uncanny traces of a corporate ghost to eerie transformations, unsettling encounters, and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 184 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTed Gooseen is a literary translator, professor emeritus at York University in Toronto, and one of the founding editors of Monkey Business and MONKEY New Writing from Japan. He is the editor of The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories. He translated Haruki Murakami’s Wind\/Pinball and The Strange Library, and co-translated (with Philip Gabriel) Men Without Women and Killing Commendatore. He translated Hiromi Kawakami’s novel The Third Love (2024) and her story collection Dragon Palace, published under the Monkey imprint with Stone Bridge Press in 2023. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMotoyuki Shibata translates American literature and runs the Japanese literary journal MONKEY. He has translated Paul Auster, Rebecca Brown, Stuart Dybek, Steve Erickson, Brian Evenson, Laird Hunt, Kelly Link, Steven Millhauser, and Richard Powers, among others. His translation of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a bestseller in Japan in 2018. His recent translations include Eric McCormack’s Cloud and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. He is professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553421201712,"sku":"22907","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/MONKEY-New-Writing-from-Japan-Vol-6.jpg?v=1769029548"},{"product_id":"epicly-laterd","title":"Epicly Later'd","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe best of the celebrated blog Epicly Later’d, Patrick O’Dell’s intimate photo-diary dedicated to documenting the adventure and mayhem of the 2000s NYC skate\/music\/downtown scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, well before the advent of social media as a global phenomenon, photographer Patrick O’Dell launched the celebrated blog Epicly Later’d. Dedicated to documenting the adventure and mayhem of the NYC skate\/music\/downtown scene, the site distinguished itself with its offhand wit, its irreverent cast of characters, and an intimate photo-diary format years ahead of its time. Nearly two decades later, the impact of O’Dell’s work can be appreciated in full: its influence is now apparent across photo, art, and skate culture, and the original photographs still astonish. Compiled by O’Dell and editor Jesse Pearson, Epicly Later’d collects the best of the blog into a body of work that’s evocative, funny, and wildly compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 288 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePatrick O’Dell is a photographer, photo editor, filmmaker, and skateboarder from Columbus, Ohio. In addition to the creation of the seminal photoblog Epicly Later’d, his work includes serving as a photographer for Thrasher magazine and photo editor for Vice. He also created and produced the webshow and television adaptations of Epicly Later’d, and is an acclaimed director of music videos and the film Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine. He lives in Oakland, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJesse Pearson is a writer and editor based in Los Angeles. From 2002 to 2010, he was editor-in-chief of Vice magazine, and in 2013 he launched the magazine Apology. He has contributed writing and interviews to numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times and Departures magazine, and is the host of the Apology podcast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553439453488,"sku":"22906","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Epicly-Later-d-1.jpg?v=1769030898"},{"product_id":"coreen-simpson-a-monograph","title":"Coreen Simpson: A Monograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second title in Aperture’s Vision \u0026amp; Justice Book Series, created and coedited by Drs. Sarah Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis, showcases the luminous, wide-ranging contributions of an essential artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoreen Simpson—photographer, writer, jeweler—has done it all. Working for publications such as Essence, Unique New York, and The Village Voice, from the late 1970s onward, Simpson covered New York’s art and fashion scenes, producing portraits of a wide range of Black artists, literary figures, and celebrities. Her iconic jewelry, the Black Cameo, has been worn by everyone from the model Iman to civil-rights leader Rosa Parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long-awaited volume, Simpson’s first, features her celebrated B-Boys series—portraits of young people coming of age during the early years of hip-hop—as well as her experiments with collage and other formal interventions. An assortment of essays and an extended interview offer powerful reflections on Simpson’s unique blend of portraiture, sartorial politics, and her riveting story of an intrepid life in journalism, art, and fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 236 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCoreen Simpson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (born in New York, 1942) is a celebrated photographer and jewelry designer from Brooklyn, whose career has spanned more than five decades. Her work has been featured in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEssence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among other publications. Her photographs are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Bronx Museum; Le Musée de la Photographie, Belgium; and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSarah Lewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and associate professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University and the founder of Vision \u0026amp; Justice. She is an award-winning art and cultural historian whose books and edited volumes include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2014), the “Vision \u0026amp; Justice” issue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAperture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine (2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie Mae Weems\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2021), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unseen Truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2024), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVision \u0026amp; Justice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2025).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDeborah Willis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an author and curator whose pioneering research focuses on cultural histories, the Black body, women, and gender. She is a celebrated photographer, acclaimed historian of photography, MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, and university professor and chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Willis is also a coeditor of the Vision \u0026amp; Justice Book Series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBridget R. Cooks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is professor of art history and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on African American artists, Black visual culture, and museum criticism. She is author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2011) and her writing can be found in dozens of art exhibition catalogs and academic publications such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfterall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfterimage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAperture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAwol Erizku\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s multimedia work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gagosian, New York; Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas; Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto; Ben Brown Gallery, Hong Kong; Sean Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles; and FLAG Art Foundation, New York. Aperture published his first major monograph, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMystic Parallax\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in 2023. He lives and works in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553445515568,"sku":"22894","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Coreen-Simpson-A-Monograph-0.jpg?v=1769031304"},{"product_id":"the-abc-of-sunae","title":"Naoshi The Abc of SUNAE Art Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eSunae, the Japanese art of colored sand, transforms thousands of tiny grains into images filled with delicacy, calm, and wonder. This book invites you to explore the history and evolution of this technique around the world, while also offering a step-by-step method to create your own pieces. Blending nostalgia and magic, each page opens the door to a universe of patience, play, and creativity—where sand comes to life in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 112 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naoshi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50764389679408,"sku":"22962","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Naoshi-The-Abc-of-SUNAE-Art-Book.gif?v=1771276349"},{"product_id":"premium-magazine-february-2026","title":"\u0026 Premium Magazine February 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eFebruary 2026 issue: Trip to Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSold individually.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased monthly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Guide to a Better Life\". \u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp;Premium (\"and premium\") is a monthly Japanese-language magazine that focuses on the betterment of everyday life. Featuring lifestyle and interiors, products, interviews, and essays, with a different monthly focus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"\u0026Premium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66541499154736,"sku":"23616","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Premium-Magazine-February-2026-1.jpg?v=1776276707"},{"product_id":"creature-corners","title":"Creature Corners","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unique addition to the adult coloring book space is a true 2-in-1 book. Budding creatives and those seeking a serene, meditative escape will find joy in tracing the detailed linework of different creature-run shops, like the goat postal service, cat cafe, or polar bear sushi stand. Practice with different pen types, line weights, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter you're done, you'll have a whole book to color in. A true artistic escape, \u003cem\u003eCreature Corners \u003c\/em\u003ewill both quiet your mind and spark your creativity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e96 pages. Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrittany Meredith is a creator and storyteller from Atlanta, Georgia with a M.F.A. in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728754872624,"sku":"16443","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Creature-Corners.jpg?v=1778078881"},{"product_id":"autumnalwood-enchanted-creatures","title":"Autumnalwood: Enchanted Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeloved by her more than 850K fans young and old worldwide, Autumnalwood is an illustrator whose doodles are inspired by nature and vintage storybooks. From the wildly popular artist comes this delightful coloring book that creates a comforting sense of nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover cozy cottages and enchanting forests in these beautifully detailed black-and-white illustrations. With high quality uncoated paper suitable for all types of pencils and inks, fans of all ages can color their favorite whimsical tableaus. Part storybook cottagecore coziness, part psychedelic fairycore, transport into these sunshine-y scenes filled with wizard frogs, cloud pals, mushroom friends, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 96 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAub of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAutumnalwood\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a digital illustrator who doodles all things sweet, sunshine-y, and storybook-inspired. She strives to create works that bring each viewer a comforting sense of nostalgia through the use of intricate linework and cozy color palettes. With more than 850K social media followers, multiple sold-out crowd-funded merchandise campaigns and print runs, a licensed soft product collaboration sold at Urban Outfitters, and a collaboration with Google Pixel, the artist’s work is beloved by fans worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728755921200,"sku":"20244","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Autumnalwood--Enchanted-Creatures-1.jpg?v=1778079013"},{"product_id":"midnight-timetable","title":"Midnight Timetable","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research center that houses cursed objects, where those who open the wrong door might find it’s disappeared behind them, or that the echoing footsteps they’re running from are their own…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed Korean horror and sci-fi writer’s goosebump-inducing new book follows an employee on the night shift at the Institute. They soon learn why some employees don't last long at the center. The handkerchief in Room 302 once belonged to the late mother of two sons, whose rivalry imbues the handkerchief with undue power and unravels the lives of those who seek to possess it. Meanwhile a live-streaming, ghost-chasing employee steals a cursed sneaker down the hall, but later finds he can’t escape its tread. The cat in Room 206 begins to reveal the crimes of its former family, wanting to understand its own path to the Institute’s dimly lit halls. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Chung's haunted institute isn't just a chilling place to play. As in her astounding collections Cursed Bunny and Your Utopia, these violent allegories subtly excavate the horrors of animal cosmetic testing, “conversion therapy,” domestic abuse, and late-stage capitalism. Equal parts bone-chilling, wryly funny, and deeply political, Midnight Timetable is a masterful work of literary horror from one of our time's greatest imaginations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 208 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBora Chung is a writer and translator whose works include the National Book Award finalist and International Booker Prize-shortlisted Cursed Bunny and Your Utopia. She has an MA in Russian Studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. She has taught Russian language and literature and science fiction at Yonsei University and translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnton Hur is the author of Toward Eternity and the translator of many iconic Korean SFF works including Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny, Kim Choyeop’s If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light, Lee Young-do’s The Bird That Drinks Tears, Kim Sung-il’s Blood of the Old Kings, and Park Seolyeon’s A Magical Girl Retires. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728758444336,"sku":"23544","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Midnight-Timetable-1.jpg?v=1778079298"},{"product_id":"best-wishes-from-the-full-moon-coffee-shop","title":"Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of the Japanese sensation The Full Moon Coffee Shop, this charming and heartfelt novel showcases the magic of Christmas as lost souls find themselves—with a little help from an enchanted café run by cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome back to the Full Moon Coffee Shop, serving up star-spun treats and magical insights for the holidays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Japan, cats are a symbol of good luck. As the myth goes, if you are kind to them, they’ll one day return the favor. And if you are kind to the right cat, you might just find yourself invited to a mysterious coffee shop under a Christmastime Kyoto moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSatomi is devoted to her job in Tokyo, but when her long-distance boyfriend hints that he is going to propose to her on Christmas Day, she feels pulled between the career that she loves and a quieter life in the country. What will the magical cats see for her future?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSatomi’s colleague Koyuki has been playing the role of the good, cheerful daughter ever since her father passed away in an accident on Christmas Day. But now that her mother has remarried, it’s hard to pretend she feels part of her new happy family. What will our feline friends reveal as her true wish this Christmas?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJunko, Satomi’s sister-in-law, lives in a small town with her husband and their young daughter, Ayu. When Junko’s estranged father becomes ill, she returns home with Ayu in tow, where she’ll learn something surprising at the enchanted coffee shop that will change her life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis holiday season, each woman stands at a crossroad. With the help of some feline divinations, will they finally have the courage to seek what they most desperately wish for?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e224 pages. Hardcover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMai Mochizuki is the author of The Full Moon Coffee Shop and a member of Mystery Writers of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728773222704,"sku":"23587","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Best-Wishes-from-the-Full-Moon-Coffee-Shop-1.jpg?v=1778079794"},{"product_id":"martyr","title":"Martyr!","description":"\u003cp\u003eA newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” —Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of There There\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The best novel you'll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.” —Lauren Groff, best-selling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 354 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaveh Akbar's poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He is the author of two poetry collections: Pilgrim Bell and Calling a Wolf a Wolf, in addition to a chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic. He is also the editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine. He lives in Iowa City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728784232752,"sku":"23590","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Martyr-by-kaveh-akbar.jpg?v=1778080423"},{"product_id":"saving-time","title":"Saving Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from the “attention economy” to spend time in quiet contemplation. But how can we reclaim our time?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn order to answer this seemingly simple question, Odell took a deep dive into the fundamental structure of our society and found that the clock we live by was built for profit, not people. This is why our lives, even in leisure, have come to seem like a series of moments to be bought, sold, and processed ever more efficiently. Odell shows us how our painful relationship to time is inextricably connected not only to persisting social inequities but to the climate crisis, existential dread, and a lethal fatalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book offers us different ways to experience time—inspired by pre-industrial cultures, ecological cues, and geological timescales—that can bring within reach a more humane, responsive way of living. As planet-bound animals, we live inside shortening and lengthening days alongside gardens growing, birds migrating, and cliffs eroding; the stretchy quality of waiting and desire; the way the present may suddenly feel marbled with childhood memory; the slow but sure procession of a pregnancy; the time it takes to heal from injuries. Odell urges us to become stewards of these different rhythms of life in which time is not reducible to standardized units and instead forms the very medium of possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaving Time tugs at the seams of reality as we know it—the way we experience time itself—and rearranges it, imagining a world not centered on work, the office clock, or the profit motive. If we can “save” time by imagining a life, identity, and source of meaning outside these things, time might also save us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e416 pages. Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJenny Odell is a multidisciplinary artist and author. Her first book \u003ci\u003eHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy\u003c\/i\u003e was the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, The New York Times, Sierra\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and other publications. She lives in Oakland, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728792391984,"sku":"17384","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Saving-Time-book.jpg?v=1778080951"},{"product_id":"city-limits","title":"City Limits","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn eye-opening investigation into how our ever-expanding urban highways accelerated inequality and fractured communities—and a call for a more just, sustainable path forward\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery major American city has a highway tearing through its center. Seventy years ago, planners sold these highways as progress, essential to our future prosperity. The automobile promised freedom, and highways were going to take us there. Instead, they divided cities, displaced people from their homes, chained us to our cars, and locked us into a high-emissions future. And the more highways we built, the worse traffic got. Nowhere is this more visible than in Texas. In Houston, Dallas, and Austin, residents and activists are fighting against massive, multi-billion-dollar highway expansions that will claim thousands of homes and businesses, entrenching segregation and sprawl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn City Limits, journalist Megan Kimble weaves together the origins of urban highways with the stories of ordinary people impacted by our failed transportation system. In Austin, hundreds of families will lose child care if a preschool is demolished to expand Interstate 35. In Houston, a young Black woman will lose her brand-new home to a new lane on Interstate 10—just blocks away from where a seventy-four-year-old nurse lost her home in the 1960s when that same highway was built. And in Dallas, an urban planner has improbably found himself at the center of a national conversation about highway removal. What if, instead of building our aging roads wider and higher, we removed those highways altogether? It’s been done before, first in San Francisco and, more recently, in Rochester, where Kimble traces how highway removal has brought new life to a divided city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting, City Limits exposes the enormous social and environmental costs wrought by our allegiance to a life of increasing speed and dispersion, and brings to light the people who are fighting for a more sustainable, connected future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e368 pages. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMegan Kimble is an investigative journalist and the author of Unprocessed. A former executive editor at The Texas Observer, Kimble has written about housing, transportation, and urban development for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, The Guardian, and Bloomberg CityLab. She lives in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728804712752,"sku":"17370","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/City-Limits-BOOK.jpg?v=1778081045"},{"product_id":"for-the-love-of-kewpie","title":"For the Love of Kewpie","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE OFFICIAL KEWPIE COOKBOOK! Celebrate the cult-favorite mayonnaise with stories, history, and delicious recipes, all included in this perfect gift and cookbook. Named a Best New Cookbook of Fall 2025 by Bon Appetit \u0026amp; Epicurious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 100 years, Kewpie Mayonnaise has captured hearts and taste buds alike with its cherubic mascot and unparalleled flavor and texture. Now, in the first official cookbook, Kewpie teaches how mayonnaise can take your cooking to the next level and offers an inside look into all that makes Kewpie, well, Kewpie—from the secrets to the unique formula (it’s all about the eggs!) to the story behind the iconic bottle design and how Kewpie ended up with its own museum and holiday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKewpie is the ultimate secret ingredient in 55 inventive recipes, all improved by the addition of this Japanese mayonnaise. While no spicy salmon bowl is complete without a drizzle of Kewpie, this kitchen workhorse is an endlessly versatile ingredient that can bring depth of flavor to dishes like potato salad or carbonara pasta, bind and moisten meatballs, emulsify ranch and green goddess dressings, plus act as the nonstick coating for baby back ribs or miso-grilled fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith such versatility and impact, it’s no wonder Kewpie has been a kitchen must-have for a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKewpie Corporation was founded in 1919 by Toichiro Nakashima, whose aspiration was to “contribute to the health of the Japanese people.” In 1925, Nakashima created Kewpie Mayonnaise, which is one of the most popular condiments in Japan today. In addition to its beloved mayonnaise, Kewpie Corporation creates a variety of products including salad dressings, fruit jams, and pasta sauces that are sold across the world. Kewpie Corporation is based in Shibuya, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e176 pages. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElyse Inamine is a writer and editor based in New York City. Previously, she was the restaurant editor at Bon Appétit, where she created Heads of the Table, a food industry leadership awards platform. Now she writes about food culture, chefs, and restaurants for Bon Appétit, the New York Times, and Taste, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJessie YuChen is a food editor, chef, food stylist, and photographer based in New York City. With experience at Bon Appétit, Saveur, and The Kitchn, Jessie has written home cook-friendly recipes, styled and photographed mouthwatering food, and appeared in videos to share culinary stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728842395952,"sku":"22313","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/For-the-Love-of-Kewpie-1.jpg?v=1778082519"},{"product_id":"kalayas-southern-thai-kitchen-a-cookbook","title":"Kalaya's Southern Thai Kitchen: A Cookbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eBring the bold, spicy, beautiful world of Southern Thai cooking to your kitchen through recipes and stories from the James Beard Award–winning chef of Kalaya, in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the tropical region of Southern Thailand, Nok Suntaranon helped her mother pound the fresh curry pastes she would sell at their local market. But decades later, after making a life in the United States, she returned home and saw that the food had become watered-down—sweeter and more geared toward a tourist’s palate. Her life mission became clear: to preserve the flavors of Southern Thai food as she remembers them and to show American home cooks how delicious, intricately flavored, and doable Thai cooking is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the cuisine of her homeland, both balanced and fiery, rustic or refined. From peppery fish sauce-garlic Hat Yai fried chicken to an extra-fresh, extra-herbal green curry to a celebratory turmeric sticky rice with savory coconut shrimp topping, this is Thai food as you’ve probably never seen it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith easy-to-follow instructions, beginner-friendly tips, suggested recipe pairings, and stunning on-location photography, \u003cem\u003eKalaya’s Southern Thai Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e allows all cooks to bring a piece of Thailand into their kitchens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728852947248,"sku":"18685","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/book-kalayas-southern-thai-kitche.jpg?v=1778164469"},{"product_id":"junk-type","title":"Junk Type","description":"\u003cp\u003eJunk Type is a project driven by the passion of one man to document a disappearing aspect of American culture. Bill Rose—aka Recapturist—is a photographer and designer who has spent the last decade traveling across America looking for junkyards, yard sales, antique stores, and other unlikely sources of inspiration to capture examples of postwar American typography and design before they’re lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBringing together more than 400 images, this invaluable book is a visual history of postwar America, told through the distinct typography, icons, badges, and branding of the country’s industrial heritage. From Art Deco–inspired fonts and unique handmade cursive lettering to illustrated insignia and clean graphic logos bearing the influence of European design of the 1960s, these pictures together represent an encyclopedic reference of creative typefaces and graphics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith each photograph representing just a detail—an embossed logo, a specially created icon, or an advertising slogan—this book captures the optimism and pragmatism of a golden age of American industrial creativity and distills it into a charming resource for anyone with an eye (or nostalgia) for vintage design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 192 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBill Rose\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a photographer who documents vintage Americana through his successful website Recapturist. Based in Minneapolis, he travels the country and specializes in neon signs and the typography and logo design of vintage American industrial objects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728956756272,"sku":"23588","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Junk-Type-1.jpg?v=1778083520"},{"product_id":"i-know-nigo","title":"I Know Nigo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis volume documents the collaborations between famed fashion designer Nigo® and many recording artists (including Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, and Tyler, the Creator), presenting a trove of limited-edition apparel, sneakers, accessories, album covers, and collectibles and an archive of trademark graphics and patterns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStraddling the worlds of fashion and hip-hop, Nigo® is a giant of streetwear culture. One of the pioneers of the highly influential Harajuku style movement, Nigo® is the founder of *A Bathing Ape®. Currently the creative director of Kenzo and a partner with Pharrell in both Human Made and Billionaire Boys Club\/IceCream, he is one of the transformational figures in contemporary fashion, instrumental in translating streetwear trends into modern luxury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is also well known for being a music producer, and since the 1990s, has collaborated with hit-makers in hip-hop and contemporary music, having worked with Pharrell, Pusha T, Mos Def, M-Flo, the Teriyaki Boyz, and many others. The book is a visual record of the material culture generated by these partnerships. These collaborative goods—in limited quantities, emblazoned with logos and slogans—are a vital part of why Nigo®’s designs are so sought after. The same maximalist philosophy is employed in the design of the book, with original character art and all-over graphics integral to the visual narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNigo® is a fashion designer and musician, the founder of *A Bathing Ape and Human Made, and the current design director of Kenzo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePharrell is a multiplatinum recording artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteven Victor is the founder \u0026amp; CEO of Victor Victor Worldwide records and Senior VP of A\u0026amp;R at Universal Music Group.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728964587824,"sku":"17376","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/books-i-know-nigo-1.jpg?v=1778083562"},{"product_id":"louis-vuitton-and-japan-visionary-journeys","title":"Louis Vuitton and Japan: Visionary Journeys","description":"\u003cp\u003eGroundbreaking exploration of Louis Vuitton’s long-standing cultural exchange with Japan, tracing its profound impact on the evolution of the iconic luxury brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of a major exhibition at Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan, this volume explores the deep and transformative relationship between Louis Vuitton and Japan, which has produced myriad innovative collaborations that have defined the brand and revolutionized contemporary fashion. This fresh perspective on the global impact of the luxury powerhouse follows Louis Vuitton’s journey from pioneering trunk innovations to its outsize influence on global street style, especially in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the volume, the Maison’s history comes to life, from the evolution of its Monogram logo (which took inspiration, in part, from Japanese design) to the ingenious flat stackable trunk and patented lock innovations, alongside the brand’s bold expansion into Japan. The authors consider the house’s groundbreaking artistic collaborations most notably with artists Takashi Murakami (with his iconic “Monogramouflage”) and Yayoi Kusama (with her signature polka-dot motifs) which transformed Louis Vuitton’s visual identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond expertly tracing the Maison’s engagement with Japanese culture almost from the moment of its founding, the book explores Louis Vuitton’s broader impact on global fashion. It highlights landmark collections by artistic directors who have continually looked toward Japan for inspiration including Pharrell, Nicolas Ghesquière, Kim Jones, Virgil Abloh, and Marc Jacobs. With contributions from leading experts in fashion, and art and cultural history, this comprehensive volume—printed in five colors and bound in a three-piece cover with a printed cloth spine—illustrates how Louis Vuitton’s engagement with Japanese culture for more than a century has enriched its legacy and expanded the boundaries of luxury fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 288 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn internationally renowned art and fashion curator, professor, and author, Florence Müller has held the positions of director and curator at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and of curator of fashion at the Denver Art Museum. Aurélie Samuel is a cultural heritage curator and Director of Art, Culture, and Heritage at Louis Vuitton. Bleue-Marine Massard is a French art historian specializing in the history of jewelry and cultural heritage. Coline Manesse is an art historian specializing in the history of fashion. Ian Luna is based in New York, and is the author and coauthor of a number of books on Louis Vuitton, including Louis Vuitton City Bags: A Natural History with Florence Müller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66728994242864,"sku":"23589","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Louis-Vuitton-and-Japan-Visionary-Journeys-1.jpg?v=1778084175"},{"product_id":"love-is-a-dangerous-word-selected-poems-of-essex-hemphill","title":"Love is a Dangerous Word: Selected Poems of Essex Hemphill","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe incendiary, sensual poems of Essex Hemphill, now in a new landmark selection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor three decades, the legacy of writer, editor, performer, and activist Essex Hemphill has been lovingly sustained through xeroxed copies of his few published works. They are as potent now as they were in the 1980s. With tenderness and rage, Hemphill's poems unflinchingly explore the complex, overlapping identities of sexuality, gender, and race, the American political landscape, and his own experiences as a black gay man during the HIV\/AIDS crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by John Keene and Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Love is a Dangerous Word contains selections from Hemphill's only published full-length collection, Ceremonies―named one of the 25 most influential works of postwar queer literature by the New York Times―alongside rarely seen poems from magazines and chapbooks. It serves as both an introduction to Hemphill’s poetic prowess and a treasure trove for those who have long awaited his return to the literary spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 192 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssex Hemphill (1957–1995) was born in Chicago and raised in Washington, DC. He was a member of the poetry collective Cinque, a frequent collaborator with the Emmy award-winning filmmaker Marlon Riggs, and the editor of the Lambda Literary Award winning anthology Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men (1991). Hemphill received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trust, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. His collection Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry (1992) won the National Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual New Author Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Keene is the author of Annotations and Counternarratives, both published by New Directions. His most recent book, Punks: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems, received the National Book Award for Poetry, the Thom Gunn Award from the Publishing Triangle and a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. A 2018 MacArthur Fellow, he is the Distinguished Professor of English and African American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert F. Reid-Pharr is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and the author of Archives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique; Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual; Black Gay Man: Essays; and Conjugal Union: The Body, the House, and the Black American.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825375056176,"sku":"20449","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Love-is-a-Dangerous-Word-Selected-Poems-of-Essex-Hemphill.jpg?v=1779133720"},{"product_id":"the-setting-sun","title":"The Setting Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book has made \"people of the setting sun\" a permanent part of the Japanese language, and his heroine, Kazuko, a young aristocrat who deliberately abandons her class, a symbol of the anomie which pervades so much of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 175 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author of the global bestseller No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan. He committed suicide by drowning in Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825380135216,"sku":"23855","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/The-Setting-Sun.jpg?v=1779133906"},{"product_id":"no-one-knows","title":"No One Knows","description":"\u003cp\u003eFourteen tales selected from the breadth of Dazai’s fabled career, some never before seen in English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo one really understands how we suffer. One day, when we’re adults, we may come to recall this suffering, this misery, as silly and laughable, but how are we to get through the long, hateful period until then? No one bothers to teach us that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsamu Dazai was a master raconteur who plumbed―in an addictive, easy style―the absurd complexities of life in a society whose expectations cannot be met without sacrificing one's individual ideals on the altar of conformity. The gravitational pull of his prose is on full display in these stories. In “Lantern,” a young woman, in love with a well-born but impoverished student, shoplifts a bathing suit for him―and ends up in the local newspaper indicted as a crazed, degenerate communist. In “Chiyojo,” a high-school girl shows early promise as a writer, but as her uncle and mother relentlessly push her to pursue a literary career, she must ask herself: is this what I really want? Or am I supposed to fulfill  their own frustrated ambitions? In “Shame,” a young reader writes a fan letter to a writer she admires, only to find out, upon visiting him, that he’s a bourgeoise sophisticate nothing like the desperate rebels he portrays, and decides (in true Dazai style): “Novelists are human trash. No, they’re worse than that; they’re demons. . . They write nothing but lies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of 14 tales―a half-dozen of which have never before appeared in English―is based on a Japanese collection of, as Dazai described them, “soliloquies by female narrators.” No One Knows includes the quietly brilliant long story “Schoolgirl” and shows the fiction of this 20th-century genius in a fresh light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 256 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOsamu Dazai \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas born in 1909 into a powerful landowning family of northern Japan. A brilliant student, he entered the French department of Tokyo University in 1930, but later boasted that in the five years before he left without a degree, he had never attended a lecture. Dazai was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan before he committed suicide by throwing himself into Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct. His body was found on what would have been his 39th birthday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825380200752,"sku":"20450","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/books-no-one-knows.jpg?v=1779133911"},{"product_id":"agnes-auberts-mystical-cat-shelter","title":"Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life, and she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for stray cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow it’s the shelter that needs a new home. And the only landlord who will rent a space to a cat rescue is a mysterious man called Havelock—who also happens to be the world’s most infamous magician, running an illegal magic shop out of his basement. Havelock is cantankerous and eccentric, but not not handsome, and no, Agnes absolutely does not feel anything but disdain for him. After all, rumors swirl about his shadowy past—including whispers that his dark magic once almost brought about the apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen one day a glamorous magician comes looking for Havelock, putting the magic shop—and the cat shelter—in jeopardy. To save the shelter, Agnes will have to team up with the magician who nearly ended the world . . . and may now be trying to steal her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHavelock is everything Agnes thinks she doesn’t need in her life: chaos, mischief, and a little too much adventure. But as she gets to know him, she discovers that he’s more than the dark magician of legend, and that she may be ready for a little intrigue—and romance—in her life. After all, second chances aren’t just for rescue cats...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 368 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Fawcett is the New York Times bestselling author of Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter and the Hugo Award–nominated Emily Wilde series, as well as a number of books for children and young adults, including Ember and the Ice Dragons, The Grace of Wild Things, and A Galaxy of Whales. She has a master’s degree in English literature and a bachelor’s in archaeology. She lives on Vancouver Island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825381380400,"sku":"23853","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Agnes-Aubert-s-Mystical-Cat-Shelter.jpg?v=1779134011"},{"product_id":"microseasons","title":"Microseasons","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlow down, feel present and live in harmony with nature’s rhythms by discovering the 72 Japanese microseasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the traditional Japanese calendar, the 72 microseasons help redirect our attention to the natural world. Learn to observe when the white dew shimmers on the grass or the thunder rumbles far away, and to appreciate when springs once frozen flow once more or sparrows begin building their nests. Notice when plums ripen, turning yellow and use the opportunity to savor the sweetness of the season. Each lasting just five to six days, these microseasons are an opportunity to look outside of ourselves, focus on the here and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTiffany Francis-Baker introduces this beautiful and poetic ancient calendar explaining what each microseason represents through words, practical tips, and gorgeous illustrations by artist Tamae Mizukami. With simple ideas for how to embrace slow living and the Japanese philosophy that every day can be a chance to make positive, seasonally minded changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 160 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTiffany Francis-Baker is an award-winning writer and illustrator from Hampshire, UK. She has written and illustrated a number of books about the natural world, seasonal living, and rural heritage. Tiffany enjoys sharing her passion for slow living, nature, and the arts through her weekly Substack. Find out more at tiffanyfrancisbaker.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825386754352,"sku":"20236","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Microseasons-1.jpg?v=1779134235"},{"product_id":"pinelands-new-jerseys-suburban-wilderness","title":"Pinelands: New Jersey’s Suburban Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003eHome to many rare and endangered flora and fauna and a 17 trillion-gallon aquifer, the Pinelands National Reserve is New Jersey's largest natural resource and needs to be preserved for future generations. This monograph is the product of a nine-year journey though the Pinelands, a.k.a. the Pine Barrens, undertaken to visually record its beauty and uniqueness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese high-quality art photographs show the lowlands, cedar swamps, rivers, forest, and bogs, and expose the Pinelands' singular beauty. Most of the locations were scouted well in advance--sometimes years--to ensure the photographs would be taken under optimal conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 144 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbert D. Horner, a Medford Lakes, New Jersey, photographer, has been roaming the New Jersey Pine Barrens most of his life. The self-taught photographer started capturing the beauty of the Pinelands National Reserve in 2005.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schiffer Publishing Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825391145264,"sku":"10518","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Pinelands-New-Jersey-s-Suburban-Wilderness-1.jpg?v=1779134583"},{"product_id":"spring-summer-asteroid-bird-the-art-of-eastern-storytelling","title":"Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn introduction to Eastern storytelling that opens readers’ minds to radically different ways of telling a satisfying story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussions in the West around diversity in the arts often focus on the identities of characters and creators. Speculative fiction author and writing instructor Henry Lien makes the pathbreaking argument that diversity is about more than just plopping different faces into stories that are 100 percent Western in spirit; it can―and should―encompass diverse structures, themes, and values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing examples ranging from Parasite to The Thousand and One Nights to the Mario video game franchise, Lien shows how storytelling staples in the West, such as the three-act structure and themes of empowerment and change, are far from universal. He introduces the East Asian four-act structure (kishotenketsu), as well as circular and nested structures, and explains how Eastern value systems such as collectivism can dictate form. Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird is essential reading for any writer or reader who wants to broaden their understanding of how to tell a satisfying story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 192 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry Lien is a speculative fiction author and writing instructor who teaches classes on novel writing and Eastern storytelling. His writing has been nominated several times for a Nebula Award for speculative fiction. Born in Taiwan, he now lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825391997232,"sku":"20453","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Spring--Summer--Asteroid--Bird-The-Art-of-Eastern-Storytelling.jpg?v=1779134665"},{"product_id":"the-cat-year","title":"The Cat Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eCats and magic go hand-in-hand (or should that be paw-in-paw?). From witch’s familiars to good luck charms, to divine symbols and bringers of wealth and success, superstitions about the cat have followed our feline friends the world over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis charming compendium combines feline myths and superstitions with a new cat breed to learn about every month (because who actually knows what breed their cat is?). Plus, discover feline fun in the form of games, tips and tricks to strengthen your bond with your cat, a cat-inspired yoga pose, spells, facts and more. With everything from games to exercise your cat’s inner hunter, to tips to calm them before trips to the vet, The Cat Year is the perfect guide to help you embrace a year of kitty companionship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight-hearted and accessible, and in a gorgeous mystical package, this book will be the perfect gift for every cat owner who – like the ancient Egyptians – worships our feline friends!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 144 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlison Davies is an author, storyteller and freelance writer from Nottingham. She has penned over 50 books, including the popular ‘Be More…’ series for Quadrille, which started with Be More Cat, and includes to name a few, Be More Bee, Be More Sloth, and Be More Dog. More recently Alison has written a mix of fiction and folklore, with books like Tales Behind Tarot and The Goddess Stories. Alison is a professional storyteller and delivers sessions at universities on how stories can be used as tools for teaching and learning. Her most important and demanding role by far though, is being human of choice to her three furry felines, Ziggy, Diego and Honey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825392619824,"sku":"17357","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/The-Cat-Year-1.jpg?v=1779134709"},{"product_id":"mahjong","title":"Mahjong","description":"\u003cp\u003eA step-by-step guide to Mahjong for new and seasoned players alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many third-culture kids in the Asian diaspora, the sight and sound of clacking mahjong tiles conjures deep-seated memories. Some learned to play alongside elders, while others watched from afar. Maybe you only distantly know of the game through movies or articles about pop-up mahjong nights. Whether you are looking to reconnect with the game, pick up a new hobby, or introduce others to a favorite pastime, Mahjong is a step-by-step guide for new and seasoned players alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith vibrant photography and detailed instructional diagrams, author Nicole Wong walks you through gameplay, just how her grandfather would have. In addition, Mahjong delves into the strategy, history, and design of the game and discusses various popular styles of play (American mah-jongg, Japanese riichi mahjong, and more). A bonus essay also breaks down the mahjong hands in the pivotal scene from the 2018 hit film Crazy Rich Asians, and snippets of the author’s family history are sprinkled throughout, telling a story of diaspora through mahjong and showcasing mahjong culture, past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Mahjong as your guide, learn the history and evolution of this beautiful game while you connect with friends, family, and culture. You may even write your own house rules—just don’t forget the snacks!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 176 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicole Wong is a writer and producer based in Oakland, California. She has over a decade of experience working with companies and community organizations that tell stories about the Asian American experience. She is the creator and founder of The Mahjong Project, her effort to preserve a small piece of her family history and bring more people into the joy of playing the game, while also encouraging others to contemplate unique family traditions in their own lives. The Mahjong Project hosts pop-up mahjong nights around San Francisco and Oakland and collects stories and anecdotes about the game through oral history and multimedia storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825401106736,"sku":"20232","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/books-Mahjong-1.jpg?v=1779134833"},{"product_id":"forty-ways-to-know-a-star","title":"Forty Ways To Know A Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eStars, the building blocks of the universe, are simply luminous spheres of plasma held together by gravity, but there are many kinds and many remarkable examples. Astoundingly, there are at least 100 billion stars in our galaxy and an estimated two trillion galaxies in our visible universe. Understanding the birth, life, and death of stars is key to a knowledge of astronomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e40 Ways to Know a Star\u003c\/em\u003e offers forty short essays that explore everything from the Milky Way to planetary nebulae, from how a star is born to the colors of stars, each enhanced by a color illustration or graphic image. Dr. Scudder, whose popular Astroquizzical blog features an engaging \"ask an astronomer\" format, writes in a way that makes complex physics accessible. Magnificent imagery of the heavens, including ten color plates featuring NASA photographs, makes this space book as enticing as it is informative. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eASTROPHYSICS EXPERT: Dr. Jillian Scudder is an astrophysicist and Associate Professor of Physics at Oberlin College, Ohio. She hosts and writes Astroquizzical, a blog in which she tackles some of the mysteries of the universe by answering space-related questions from the public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eACCESSIBLE CONTENT: This unique science book helps any reader understand our universe; it is full of charts and distinctive color illustrations that give clear and accessible explanations of the content and a resource page for further exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eASTRONOMY GIFT: Beautifully designed inside and out, the book’s cover features gold foil to highlight the stellar content, making it an excellent coffee table book or gift for astronomy enthusiasts of all levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 192 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Jillian Scudder is an astrophysicist and Associate Professor of Physics at Oberlin College, Ohio. She has been writing about astronomy for a general audience since 2013, when she began the blog Astroquizzical, answering reader queries about the Universe. Her work has been published in Nautilus, Forbes, and The Conversation. Her published books include Astroquizzical (MIT Press, 2022) and The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries (Icon Books, 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825404285232,"sku":"20229","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Forty-Ways-To-Know-A-Star-1.jpg?v=1779134953"},{"product_id":"to-save-and-to-destroy","title":"To Save and To Destroy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in war-ravaged Vietnam, Viet Nguyen arrived in the United States as a child refugee in 1975. The Nguyen family would soon move to San Jose, California, where the author grew up, attending UC Berkeley in the aftermath of the shocking murder of Vincent Chin, which shaped the political sensibilities of a new generation of Asian Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays here, delivered originally as the prestigious Norton Lectures, proffer a new answer to a classic literary question: What does the outsider mean to literary writing? Over the course of six captivating and moving chapters, Nguyen explores the idea of being an outsider through lenses that are, by turns, literary, historical, political, and familial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece moves between writers who influenced Nguyen’s craft and weaves in the haunting story of his late mother’s mental illness. Nguyen unfolds the novels and nonfiction of Herman Melville, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph Ellison, William Carlos Williams, and Maxine Hong Kingston, until aesthetic theories give way to pressing concerns raised by war and politics. What is a writer’s responsibility in a time of violence? Should we celebrate fiction that gives voice to the voiceless―or do we confront the forces that render millions voiceless in the first place? What are the burdens and pleasures of the “minor” writer in any society? Unsatisfied with the modest inclusion accorded to “model minorities” such as Asian Americans, Nguyen sets the agenda for a more radical and disquieting solidarity with those whose lives have been devastated by imperialism and forever wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 144 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sympathizer, Nothing Ever Dies,\u003c\/em\u003e and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eTo Save and To Destroy.\u003c\/em\u003e A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim fellowships and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nguyen is Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825405235504,"sku":"20446","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/books-To-Save-and-To-Destroy-1.jpg?v=1779135032"},{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the best-selling author of Underland and \"the great nature writer…of this generation\" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers―and life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed in the New York Times as “a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,” Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada―imperiled respectively by mining, pollution, and dams. Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream a mile from Macfarlane’s house, a stream who flows through his own years and days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers―and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 384 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Macfarlane’s best-selling books include Underland, The Old Ways, and Mountains of the Mind. With the artist Jackie Morris he is the coauthor of The Lost Words, The Lost Spells, and The Book of Birds. He is the recipient of the E. M. Forster Prize for Literature and the Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence and is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825405858096,"sku":"23854","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Is-a-River-Alive.jpg?v=1779135079"},{"product_id":"saucy","title":"Saucy: 50 Recipes for Drizzly, Dunk-able, Go-To Sauces to Elevate Everyday Meals","description":"\u003cp\u003eElevate everyday cooking with 50 easy-peasy recipes for delicious, drizzly, dunk-able sauces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaucy is an accessible collection of 50 sauce recipes organized by flavor profile (herby, sweet, spicy, savory, and more). This go-to kitchen companion, irresistibly designed with bold graphics and full-color photography, includes simple, super-tasty sauces that transform basics from ordinary to sensational:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDress up a piece of grilled chicken with Orange Chimichurri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrizzle Thai Peanut Sauce over steamed veggies to up the flavor factor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd Coconut Chile Crisp to spice up morning eggs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFancify a bowl of ice cream with Blackberry Basil Coulis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow-to instructions for ten homemade dishes, like sautéed shrimp, juicy burgers, and fluffy pancakes, and a handy list of recommended sauce pairings for a range of proteins, vegetables, pasta, beans, grains, and greens, help you get your saucy party started.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmateur cooks, busy parents, and healthy eaters will appreciate these painless ways to upgrade everyday meals. Paired with kitchen basics, first-apartment supplies, or registry items, Saucy also makes a fun and practical graduation, housewarming, or newlywed gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHome cooks will appreciate this super-practical cookbook filled with recipes that provide a lot of flavor with minimal effort. Anyone who doesn't have a lot of time to cook but still wants to eat well, and those who want to eat healthily but don't want to sacrifice flavor, will love these easy-to-make sauces that help simple meals shine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're addicted to The Hot Ones on YouTube or have taken advantage of the explosion of specialty crafted hot sauces, bbq sauces, and dipping sauces hitting supermarket shelves these days, it's a tasty fact that sauces are forever! Saucy, with a playful design and close-up shots of drippy sauces, is a fun, fresh, and distinctive cookbook. Its trove of simple recipes will make meal prep and mealtimes tastier, easier, and more enjoyable for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBright, engaging, and easy-to-use, Saucy makes a fun and useful present for recent graduates, new homeowners, and newlyweds. Wrap it up with a serving spoon, a saucepan, dish towels, or a set of spices to help stock a first apartment kitchen or make a new house feel like home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 152 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAshley Boydis a cook and the creator of the blog Pink Owl Kitchen, where she shares delicious, approachable recipes influenced by her Southern heritage. If you ask her, sauce makes everything better—especially Comeback Sauce! She lives right outside of Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825406415152,"sku":"23786","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Saucy-50-Recipes-for-Drizzly-Dunk-able-Go-To-Sauces-to-Elevate-Everyday-Meals-1.jpg?v=1779135130"},{"product_id":"in-the-kusina","title":"In The Kusina: My Seasonal Filipino Cooking","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brightly flavorful, artfully presented celebration of chef and tastemaker Woldy Reyes’ heritage, featuring more than 100 recipes for classic Filipino dishes updated to be lighter, fresher, and vegetable-forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in Southern California as a first-generation Filipino American, Woldy Reyes felt like an outsider, always straddling two worlds. At home, his family ate adobo with rice, gathered in the kitchen to roll lumpia, and roasted a whole goat in the backyard to make kalderetang kambing (celebratory goat stew). At school, all he wanted was Lunchables and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. It wasn’t until he discovered the power of food as a means of connection—to strangers and friends, to his heritage, and even to himself—that he began cooking in earnest and sharing his story through the dishes he made. His signature style, now beloved by his catering clients in New York City and beyond, highlights classic Filipino food but with a focus on local, seasonal produce and artful presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Kusina is Woldy’s story told through a collection of vibrant, vegetable-forward recipes and his distinct lens as a queer Filipino American. These aren’t your lola’s traditional dishes; here, Filipino tastes and techniques are reimagined for a new generation of home cooks, resulting in a trove of elegant and boldly flavorful recipes organized by season, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarlic Furikake Rice with Fried Egg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePancit Salad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdobo Green Beans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKabocha Squash Lumpia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecadent hot and cold drinks, luscious desserts, and much more\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFeaturing inspired combinations of texture, technique, and flavor, these recipes are uncomplicated yet taste complex. A section covering foundational sauces and pantry items—such as Coconut Hot Sauce, Miso Mushroom Bagoong, and Sweet and Spicy Banana Ketchup—rounds out the offering and makes it easy to begin experimenting with Filipino flavors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrimming with gorgeously stylish photos of food that’s as lovely to look at as it is to eat, this is more than just a carefully curated selection of recipes. In the Kusina is a joyful story told in Woldy’s charming voice, a love letter to Filipino food, and, most of all, a cookbook filled with delicious recipes that you’ll turn to again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoldy's approach to Filipino food is light, fresh, and uniquely his own. His focus on in-season ingredients and beautiful presentation transforms classic Filipino dishes into contemporary renditions that will appeal to first-generation and modern home cooks looking for novel recipes with Asian influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Kusina highlights the benefits of eating with the seasons, shopping at your local farmers market, and enjoying produce in its prime, which is better for you as well as the planet. Organized by season, these colorful, healthy recipes show you how to make plant-based and vegetarian dishes that taste divine, sing with flavor, and leave you feeling nourished and energized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a distinctive exposed binding, gorgeous cover, and interiors brimming with artful images, this luxe book looks as beautiful as the recipes taste. Perfect for gift-giving or displaying on a cookbook shelf, kitchen island, or coffee table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 280 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoldy Reyes is a chef, tastemaker, and the founder of the boutique catering company Woldy Kusina, based in Brooklyn. Recognized as one of New York City’s top chefs, Woldy has been featured in Vogue, Bon Appétit, The New Yorker, goop, and Food \u0026amp; Wine, and has worked with brands including J.Crew, West Elm, Saie, and Well+Good. As a first-generation Filipino American, Woldy infuses contemporary dishes with vibrant flavors and colors inspired by his roots. He splits his time between Brooklyn and upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825410904368,"sku":"20225","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/In-The-Kusina-My-Seasonal-Filipino-Cooking-1.jpg?v=1779135235"},{"product_id":"cuisine-on-screen","title":"Cuisine on Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis elegant and mouthwatering journey through Japanese film offers a palate-pleasing array of recipes inspired by iconic movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTan-men soup from Midnight Diner; risotto from Princess Mononoké; ramen from Tampopo—these and other dishes are the stars of this unique cookbook that pairs the best of Japanese cinema with the cuisine featured in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganized by type of dish—dumplings; noodles, soups, and stews; seafood; eggs and meat; vegetables and rice; desserts and tea—it offers concise and beautifully illustrated recipes that will satisfy practiced and novice cooks alike. Scattered throughout are descriptions of the films that inspired each dish—a selection as varied as the recipes themselves that includes classics, cult, and anime: \u003cem\u003eMidnight Diner, Toilet, Spirited Away, Little Forest, Makanai, My Neighbor Totoro, What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Our Little Sister, Samurai Gourmet, Voyage to Tokyo, The Asadas, Kamome Diner, The Way of the Hot and Spicy, The Garden of Words, Every Day a Good Day, Sweet Bean, Kantaro.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough this flavorful blend of cinema and gastronomy, Japanese film buffs will find a new way of appreciating their favorite masterpieces, and Japanese foodies will discover movies that whet their appetites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 192 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSachiyo Harada was born in Hokkaido, Japan, and graduated from the Ferrandi school in Paris. She has worked as a cook in several top restaurants and as a food stylist and cookbook author. She currently runs culinary workshops and cooking classes in Paris and Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825412084016,"sku":"18331","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Cuisine-on-Screen-1.jpg?v=1779135345"},{"product_id":"rintaro","title":"Rintaro","description":"\u003cp\u003eRINTARO, the debut cookbook from one of San Francisco’s most acclaimed restaurants, translates the experience of a Tokyo izakaya to the home kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrowd-pleasing foods like curry rice, tonkatsu, and yakitori, eaten most often at lunch counters and in home kitchens, live alongside sashimi, fresh bamboo shoots, and other dishes that are usually considered part of a more elevated Japanese cooking tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough clear instruction, abundant photography, and utterly delicious recipes, RINTARO demystifies Japanese food for home cooks with over 70 recipes for rice, simmered dishes, homemade udon, and grilled foods. RINTARO shows a cross section of Japanese food that isn’t usually shown in American cookbooks. The book showcases exciting but simple food that tastes both like Japan and California—not fusion food—but the food that you’d expect if the Bay Area were a region of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith gorgeous photography and special design and production touches, this is a book that will live in the kitchen as well as on the coffee table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 304 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSylvan Mishima Brackett is the chef\/owner of Rintaro in San Francisco, which was named one of Bon Appétit’s Top 10 New Restaurants six months after opening in 2015. Sylvan was born in Kyoto and raised in Northern California. He is the former creative director at Chez Panisse, and trained at Soba Ro in Saitama, and at a Ryotei in Aoyama, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJessica Battilana is a food writer, recipe developer, and author of Repertoire: All the Recipes You Need (Little Brown, 2018) and the co-author of over 6 cookbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825412935984,"sku":"20230","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Rintaro-1.jpg?v=1779135425"},{"product_id":"simply-donabe","title":"Simply Donabe","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the heart of Japanese donabe cooking with simple yet delicious one-pot dishes from a renowned culinary expert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonabe are the Japanese earthenware pots that have been used in Japan for centuries, and continue to be loved for their efficiency and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Simply Donabe, Naoko Takei Moore showcases how you can create Japanese one-pot dishes at home and guide you towards incorporating donabe into your daily life―donabe is not just cookware, but it’s a way of life that brings joy and nourishment to everyday cooking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecipes range from Sea Bream Shabu Shabu and Sweet and Sour Minced Pork Hotpot, to Egg Porridge and Miso-Simmered Ramen, as well as sides like Green Beans in Walnut Miso Cream and Quick-Pickled Napa Cabbage and sweet treats such as Sake-Kasu Pound Cake and Matcha Ice Cream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of inspiration, Simply Donabe shows that donabe cooking is more than just recipes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 256 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaoko Takei Moore is an acclaimed expert in donabe (Japanese clay pot) and Japanese home cooking, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Originally from Tokyo, Japan, she is the author of the popular cookbook Donabe: Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking (Ten Speed Press, 2015) and the children’s book A Very Asian Guide to Japanese Food (Gloo Books, November 2024). Her work has been featured in major outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and many more. Naoko is the owner of TOIRO, an online and brick-and-mortar shop in West Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825417392432,"sku":"23788","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Simply-Donabe-1.jpg?v=1779135551"},{"product_id":"how-to-draw-and-write-in-fountain-pen","title":"How to Draw and Write in Fountain Pen","description":"\u003cp\u003eI love the way you ink!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor illustrator Ayano Usamura, her first time drawing in fountain pen was a revelation. The easy flow of ink spurred her creativity and gave character to every line. Even the simplest letters and doodles came to life! Now, with her trusty LAMY Safari in hand, Usamura shares the joy of fountain pens. You’ll learn to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003echoose the perfect pen (and take good care of it)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esimply sketch adorable foods, clothing, plants, and household objects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewrite stylishly in block and cursive letters―and create narrow, bold, 3-D, serif, and calligraphy effects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eembellish journals, labels, scrapbooks, and cards with decorative frames and borders\u003cbr\u003edesign layouts that bring all these elements together, and put your personal touch on seven easy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to Draw and Write in Fountain Pen includes everything you need to get started:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePull-out practice paper: The paper at the end of this book is just right for pen and ink!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMini tracing booklet: The booklet inside the front cover is filled with sample doodles and designs you can trace for worry-free practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandy built-in pocket: Store the booklet, your drawings, and anything you like inside the back-cover pocket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust add a fountain pen! Includes drawing paper and tracing booklet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback. 112 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAyano Usamura is a Japanese illustrator. She began her career as a freelance illustrator at age 17, specializing in simple freestyle drawing. Usamura's career took off when her illustrations using LAMY Safari pens were featured in the company's Japanese-langauge newsletter, LAMY Sketch. She runs a graphic design studio with her husband and works as an art director, advising clients on visuals for social media and promotional campaigns. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66825422307632,"sku":"20455","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/How-to-Draw-and-Write-in-Fountain-Pen-1.jpg?v=1779135652"}],"url":"https:\/\/omoionline.mom\/collections\/books-magazines.oembed?page=3","provider":"Omoi Life Goods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}