Surfing with Sartre
An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning
Written by Aaron James
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $15.95
Jean-Paul Sartre once declared waterskiing to be “the ideal limit of aquatic sports.” Aaron James, who is both an avid surfer and a professor of philosophy, vigorously disagrees. In these pages, he presents his surfer’s worldview as a foil to Sartre’s, along the way elucidating such philosophical categories as freedom, being...
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Backcountry Log
Written by Kathryn Hunter
Format: Non-traditional book, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $12.99
A notebook that combines an appreciation for nature with the handcrafted feel of letterpress printing, Back Country Log is the perfect gift for a camper or outdoorsman.Small and gifty,
Back Country Log is part of a suite of products created by Blackbird Letterpress geared toward lovers of handcrafted paper products and...
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A World to Win
The Life and Works of Karl Marx
Written by Sven-Eric Liedman
Translated by Jeffrey N. Skinner
Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $50.00
Epic new biography of Karl Marx for the 200th anniversary of his birthIn this essential new biography—the first to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx—Sven-Eric Liedman expertly navigates the imposing, complex personality of his subject through the turbulent passages of global history. A World to...
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Meal Prep Your Way to Weight Loss
28 Days to a Fitter, Healthier You
Written by Nikki Sharp
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $24.00
A 28-day program for eating clean, featuring more than 100 healthy recipes with time-saving advance-prep methods, from the author of The 5-Day Real Food Detox “An effective guide to help you achieve a healthier life and stop dieting once and for all.”—Mark Hyman, M.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Food: What the...
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The New World
Comics from Mauretania
Written by Chris Reynolds
Edited by Seth
Designed by Seth
Foreword by Ed Park
Format: Hardcover, 276 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $34.95
A surreal vision of a post-alien-invasion Earth where human beings still have to deal with quotidien frustrations, ennui, and understanding their place in the world.Since the mid-1980s, the British cartoonist Chris Reynolds has been assembling a world all his own. On the surface, it seems much like ours: a place of...
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The Prophet of Dry Hill
Lessons from a Life in Nature
Written by David Gessner
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $20.00
David Gessner had always known of John Hay. A nature-writing legend, author of fifteen books, Hay was something of a hero to the younger Gessner. But it wasn’t until he returned to his childhood home on Cape Cod that Gessner befriended the older man. At first, Gessner thought he might write...
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Road Trips
A Guide to Travel, Adventure, and Choosing Your Own Path
Written by Jen CK Jacobs
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $18.95
Be inspired to take your next adventure—practical tips, fresh ideas, and stories to spark wanderlust. There is no one way to road trip.
From introspective solo journeys to romantic weekend getaways, friend-filled excursions, and more,
Road Trips presents eight stories that highlight different ways to explore the world. Packed with...
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Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Trees & Woodlands in Watercolour
Written by Geoff Kersey
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $19.95
Learn to paint trees and woodlands in thirty half-hour lessons with master artist Geoff Kersey. Tracings are provided to transfer to the paper or canvass. No drawing necessary!This complete beginner's guide to painting trees and woodlands scenes is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time...
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Woodland Creatures
A 10 Notebook Set
Written by Kathryn Hunter
Format: Non-traditional book, 480 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $20.00
The perfect gift for animal lovers and nature lovers alike, this 10-notebook set from Blackbird Letterpress is stylish, yet evocative of the natural world.This colorful and cool set of 10 pocket-size notebooks features Blackbird's signature illustration style with drawings of forest animals. Each notebook has the image of a different animal...
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B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Volume 2
Written by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Scott Allie
Illustrated by Tyler Crook and Various
Format: Hardcover, 408 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $34.99
This deluxe hardcover edition collects B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth volumes 4-6 plus an expanded sketchbook section.America's monster problem explodes, society crumbles, and Liz Sherman rejoins the fight, as Nazis seek to bring Rasputin back to finish what he started when he first conjured Hellboy!
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The Reprieve
Written by Jean-Pierre Gibrat
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $29.99
Meet Cécile as she tries to help escaped prisoner-of-war Julien Sarlat avoid capture during the Occupation of France in 1943 in this prequel to the award-winning graphic novel Flight of the Raven.Julien has escaped from a prisoner-of-war train headed for Germany, but fate intervenes when the train is bombed and among...
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Ma Speaks Up
And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back
Written by Marianne Leone
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $16.00
The acclaimed actress and author of Jesse: A Mother’s Story tells the story of her outspoken, frequently outrageous Italian immigrant mother.Marianne Leone’s Ma is in many senses a larger-than-life character, one who might be capable, even from the afterlife, of shattering expectations. Born on a farm in Italy, Linda finds her...
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Cat'N'Bat
Written by Sashko Danylenko
Format: Trade Paperback, 88 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $9.99
There's no friendship quite like the friendship between two idiots. Celebrate that special bond with these delightfully creative comics -- packed with mischief and mayhem in the tradition of Beavis & Butt-Head, Ren & Stimpy, and Broad City."Cat and Bat are full of bad ideas, but buying this book is a...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics, Vol. 1
Written by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $29.99
It's good to be green! The original TMNT series from Mirage Studios, collected in order and in color for the first time!The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a mainstay of pop culture, and it all began with these comics by co-creators
Peter Laird and
Kevin Eastman. Go back to the very...
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Paper Sweets
Written by PaperMade
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $14.95
Paper Sweets: Punch out, Fold up and Yum!
Paper Sweets--the 12th in the PaperMade series--will be an instant social media sensation. All 20 pages have unique designs that are pre-cut, scored and deliciously illustrated with yummy sweets. Each delicacy punches out and folds up into a 3D shape with easy-to-follow instructions right...
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R.F.K.
A Photographer's Journal
Written by Harry Benson
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $35.00
As a friend, advisor, and attorney general to his brother, John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy stood at the heart of Washington politics. He is remembered today as a compassionate, articulate, and optimistic man—a friend to the poor, an avid civil rights advocate, a champion for peace. World-renowned photojournalist Harry Benson’s images...
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Greece and the Reinvention of Politics
Written by Alain Badiou
Translated by David Broder
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $80.00
One of the world’s leading radical philosophers analyses the failure of the Syriza experience in GreeceOver the last six years, Greece has provided the world with “an open-air political lesson.” The country’s deep economic and social crisis has exposed the fundamental contradictions of the European Union, and indeed the capitalist world...
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Atlas of a Lost World
Travels in Ice Age America
Written by Craig Childs
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $14.99
From the author of
Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, that traces the arrival of the first people in North America at least twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates.
In
Atlas of a Lost World, Craig Childs upends our notions of where...
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B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Volume 2
Written by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Scott Allie
Illustrated by Tyler Crook
Format: eBook0
On Sale: May 1, 2018
Price: $20.99
This deluxe hardcover edition collects B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth volumes 4-6 plus an expanded sketchbook section.America's monster problem explodes, society crumbles, and Liz Sherman rejoins the fight, as Nazis seek to bring Rasputin back to finish what he started when he first conjured Hellboy!
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