My First Book of Proverbs: Mi Primer libro de dichos (English and Spanish Edition)
n this playful collection of popular Mexican dichos, or proverbs, artists Ralfka Gonzalez and Ana Ruiz bring to life their most favorite sayings―recorded in their travels throughout Mexico and the United States. Filled with wisdom and optimism, these dichos are a joyous celebration of life and culture; reminding us to “pig out while you have the chance;” that …
Toilet Tales: Hilarious, Embarrassing, True Stories of Bathroom Humor
People poop in their pants. It happens. No biggie, right? Wrong! Some bathroom accidents occur at the worst possible moments – on a first date, at the start of a new job, while stuck in traffic – and their stories ascend to the level of Toilet Tales. If you enjoy a good bathroom book, this one collects 28 …
A gathering of quotations, poetry, and prose excerpts which capture the true feeling of being at one with nature”There is no season such delight can bring As summer, autumn, winter and the spring.” —William BrowneLovers of the great outdoors will be inspired by this miscellany of quotations, poems, and beautiful prose celebrating the natural world. From Elizabeth von Arnim …
EVERY SUPERHERO NEEDS TO START SOMEWHERE…Dale Sampson is used to being a nonperson at his small-town Midwestern high school, picking up the scraps of his charismatic lothario of a best friend, Mack. He comforts himself with the certainty that his stellar academic record and brains will bring him the adulation that has evaded him in high school. But …
In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Population: 485 gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.Living in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse—faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends …
Lucky Luke makes the acquaintance of Ma Dalton at Cactus Junction, and he quickly realizes that the saying, ‘like mother, like son’ has never been so true! Ma is regarded as an eccentric and amusing old lady; for example, she holds up the shopkeepers as she does her shopping. But everything changes when her sons escape from prison …
GOLD WINNER in Humor at National IPPY Book AwardsSILVER MEDALS in Memoir & Illustration at CIPA EVVY Book AwardsFinalist in Humor at USA Book AwardsFinalist in Humor at Indy Excellence Awards Goat Lips delivers a thought-provoking romp through a lapsed …
Living the dream of the endless vacation In self-deprecating and hilarious fashion, Mud Season chronicles Stimson’s transition from city living to rickety Vermont farmhouse. When she decides she wants to own and operate the old-fashioned village store in idyllic Dorset, pop. 2,036, one of the oldest continually operating country stores in the country, she learns the hard way …
Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry’s caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. Long before Whole Foods organic produce was available at your local supermarket, Berry was farming with the purity of food in mind. For the last five decades, Berry has embodied …
In the days of log drives on the rivers of New England, whenever a riverman was killed on the drive, his comrades hung his spiked boots on a tree to mark the spot. As a youth, Robert Pike spotted such a pair of boots, and from that moment was born his lifelong fascination with the colorful history of …