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The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning....

In his first memoir, beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life - and the animals he's met along the way. Bill Bailey has always had dogs, including a Patterdale terrier called Rocky who would travel with him in the van to his first shows and occasionally join...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An imperative call to action” (Nick Offerman) to get children off their screens and into nature, with tips for bonding activities that teach the importance of outside time and build tough, curious, competent kids—from the host of the Netflix series and...

In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog’s behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion....

Bloomsbury presents No Reservations by Anthony Bourdain, read by Nathan Osgood. A behind-the-scenes travel journal of the beloved chef's global adventures. More than just a companion to the hugely popular Travel Channel show, No Reservations is Bourdain's journal of his far-flung travels. The...

You don't have to live overwhelmed by stuff—you can get rid of clutter for good! Decluttering expert Dana White identifies the emotional challenges that make it difficult to declutter and provides workable solutions to break through and make progress. While the world seems to be in love with...

***The sparkling new Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Heidi Swain!*** Wynter’s Trees is the home of Christmas. For the people of Wynmouth it’s where they get their family Christmas tree, and where Christmas truly comes to life. But for Liza Wynter, it’s a millstone...

The potato hack was modeled after an 1849 diet plan for people that were becoming fat and "dyspeptic" from living too luxuriously. This potato diet simply called for one to eat nothing but potatoes for a few days at a time, promising that fat men become as "lean as they ought to be." One hundred...

In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world....

Bloomsbury presents Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain, read by Nathan Osgood. From the host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential comes the true, thrilling story of Mary Mallon, otherwise known as the infamous Typhoid Mary. This is a tale of pursuit...

What is animal welfare? This concise and accessible guide is for anyone who is interested in animals and who has wondered how we can assess their welfare scientifically. It defines animal welfare as "health and animals having what they want", a definition that can be easily understood by...

This book is more than just a guide, it’s your companion on a journey to understanding how nature’s remedies can nurture your body, mind, and soul.

From the moment pets come into our lives, we know the day will arrive when we have to say farewell. Still, we are never emotionally prepared for the last adieu. In Goodbye, Friend, Gary Kowalski takes you on a journey of healing, offering warmth and sound advice on how to cope with the death of...

Is caring for your stressed-out dog making you feel like a prisoner in your own home? Does your dog freak-out when you leave? Globally respected, certified dog trainer Julie Naismith has helped thousands of stressed owners get their dogs past separation anxiety....

Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey. In Whiskey Master Class, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more (yes, there are tasty Canadian and Irish whiskeys!)...

The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary new perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior in comparison with that of dogs....

Celebrity dog trainer, YouTube sensation, and Animal Planet star Zak George presents a next-generation guide that uses his infectiously energetic style to teach dog-lovers everything they need to know about raising and training their unique pup. Zak George is a new type of dog trainer. His fresh...

A heartwarming, uplifting village romance for fans of Holly Martin, Tilly Tennant and Cathy Bramley. Buying a thatched cottage in the country may not be the usual cure for a broken heart. But after Clara Maxwell finds out her boyfriend and best friend have been sneaking around behind her back...

The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he...

NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! Dr. Mindy Pelz has helped millions of women worldwide embrace the health benefits of fasting. In Eat Like a Girl, she shows how to enhance your fasting lifestyle with over 100 delicious, nutrient-dense recipes designed specifically to support...

Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design....

Fly out of CHAOS (can't have anyone over syndrome) into order - one baby step at a time. With her special blend of housecleaning tips, humor, and musings about daily life, Marla Cilley, a.k.a. "The FlyLady", shows you how to manage clutter and chaos and get your home - and your life - in order...

Break the cycle of stuff and declutter for once and for all!

In This Golden Fleece, Esther’s unwavering fascination with this humble material takes her on an enchanting journey across the British landscape, as she unveils exactly how wool has shaped the island’s people, economy and imagination.

From everyone's favourite online cleaning expert and 'TikTok Auntie', this is the only cleaning book that you will ever need. How to Clean Everything is full of genuinely useful tips and tricks, and advice about not just what but also what not to do. Covering everything from laundry to accidents...

From the creator of Organize 365®, Escaping Quicksand is a definitive, psychology-driven roadmap for women ready to rise above the mental load and run their households with confidence and clarity. If you feel like you’re doing everything for everyone and still sinking a little deeper every day, you’re not alone. In Escaping Quicksand, Lisa Woodruff reveals why so many women feel buried by the mental load of modern home life and how to finally rise above it.

In the spirit of An Immense World and Soul of an Octopus, an award-winning neuroscientist and veteran horse trainer illuminates the mysteries of equine cognition and behavior, told through the moving story of her own extraordinary bond with a horsenamed True North. The bond between horses and...

A straightforward, easy-to-understand book that teaches you how to directly communicate with animals. Animal Talk teaches you how to open the door to your animal friends’ hearts and minds without resorting to magic tricks or wishful thinking. Every creature can be reached through telepathic...

The ultimate collection of the most historic trees on the planet. Uncover remarkable trees from around the world, many of which have borne witness to key moments in history or reached a scale and age that have allowed them to become a part of history themselves. “[A] rich history … it...

You're about to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a building project — and someone just handed you a set of drawings you can't read. Most homeowners, land buyers, and self-builders find themselves in exactly this position. Architectural drawings are the single most important document in any construction project, and yet nobody teaches you how to read them. You nod. You trust. And you hope the people across the table are getting it right. Bluprints Made Simple changes that.

Stop reading about decluttering. Start actually doing it. This is the workbook for women ready to clear their homes with intention — and finally finish what they started.

Our dogs are no longer just pets—they’re family. This means, according to celebrity dog trainer Jaime Goodrich, that the way we train them needs to change. The role dogs have played in our lives has changed. No longer are they solely workers, bred to herd for or hunt with us. So it’s time...

Learn how to talk like a pro when tasting wine with this fun, and funny, illustrated guide by James Beard Award–winning writer and wine professional Maryse Chevriere. Have you ever been stumped in a restaurant, when the sommelier asks if you like a super lean Chablis or a grippy Nebbiolo? Or...

Some of the simplest, yet most powerful lessons we learn are often taught by the least likely of our family members—our dogs! We can learn something from them every day if we just open our minds and our hearts to the valuable lessons they are trying to teach. What do we learn from our dogs?...

21 writers and organizers on chosen family, hacking adulthood, and other lessons communal living can teach us about the future of housing in America Featuring Kristen Arnett, Rhaina Cohen, Kim Stanley Robinson, and more At age 29, when Samantha Paige Rosen made an unexpected move back home, she...

This isn’t the time to slow down —it’s the time to live louder. Whether you dream of adventure, creativity, connection, or calm, this guide helps you design a retirement that’s all about you. Fun Things To Do in Retirement breaks the mold. With our signature Workshopping Equation —Who Am I + What Do I Really Want + How Can I Make It Mine = An Extraordinary Retirement —you’ll uncover what truly lights you up and learn how to turn every day into something meaningful.

Sea, Salt and Spice is a definitive culinary biography of Mumbai - a city shaped as much appetite as by tides and trade. Long before it became shorthand for ambition, excess and overcrowded trains, Bombay was a porous island city, its kitchens stocked by fishermen, merchants, settlers and empire...

Mark Twain for Dog Lovers combines one of America's most beloved authors and dogs. Twain specialist R. Kent Rasmussen traces the history of dogs in Twain's life—from the ones he knew personally, like his daughter's dog which he took in after she died, to the foreign dogs he saw on his travels...

From the time he was four, Aaron Wilson had begged his parents for a dog. Finally, on his sixth birthday, they agreed to visit their local shelter. They had their minds set on a cute pup. Then, just as they reached the end of a long row of cages, they came upon the only calm dog in the building...

America is cat crazy, and Mark Twain may have been the American writer most crazy about cats. From his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his last years in Connecticut, Mark Twain spent much of his life surrounded by cats, and they stalk through many of his best-known books, including The...

Bringing a bird into your home is more than choosing a beautiful pet. It’s the beginning of a unique relationship built on trust, understanding, and daily care. Pet Bird Mastery is your complete step-by-step guide to raising a healthy, happy, and emotionally balanced bird, whether you’re a first-time owner or looking to improve your current care routine.

Children ages 3 to 5 and their parents will fall in love as they listen to this charming audiobook about a uniquely adorable puppy! Experience the joy of her big adventure told with delightful music and animated sounds. Follow our plucky little puppy as she goes from feeling lost to finding her...

What are the benefits of owning a dog on health and well-being? Why does a problem dog behave as it does and how can owners deal with unwanted behaviour? How do dogs communicate with humans and each other? The Psychology of Dog Ownership explores the nature of our unique relationship with dogs...

30 Day Bed Bug Eradication Blueprint is a step-by-step, safe, and affordable guide to eliminate bed bugs in small apartments, homes, or shared buildings—fast. Using heat, steam, laundering, containment, encasements, interceptors, and minimal chemicals, this 30-day system stops bites, prevents spread, and restores peace of mind.

When a beloved dog dies, the silence left behind feels impossibly loud. The empty bed. The missing paw-steps. The ache that others may not understand. After losing her beautiful boy Herbie, author Jeannie Wycherley found herself devastated by grief, struggling to navigate a world that expected her to simply “move on.” Instead, she discovered that countless dog lovers carry the same hidden heartbreak—guilt, sadness, confusion, and the painful feeling that their loss isn’t recognized.

Why do we collect? Is it to rescue objects from oblivion? Is it a kind of desire—or even a kind of madness? In this mosaic of fiction, philosophy, sociology, biography and autobiography, virtuoso thinker Robert Irwin takes us on a wayward journey through the art of collecting, and his own intellectual passions.

In the final book of The Breath Trilogy, Todd Michael returns to the moments that taught him how to breathe again, not through people, but through the quiet, unwavering presence of dogs. The Dogs Who Taught Me to Breathe is a memoir about healing, companionship, and the unexpected ways love...

Learn how to create and maintain your own stunning underwater landscape from scratch. Aquascaping is the art of designing beautiful aquariums using natural materials, live plants, rocks, and driftwood. What began as a niche hobby has grown into a worldwide passion and with the right guidance, anyone can do it. In Step-by-Step Aquascaping for Beginners: A Practical Guide to Aquarium Layout Design, Aquatic Plants, Hardscape Techniques, and Creating Natural Planted Aquariums, you will find everything you need to build your first aquascape with confidence.

You thought you were adopting a rabbit. What you actually did was invite a tiny, opinionated interior designer to take over your home… quietly… and with full authority. In Welcome to the Warren, author Sarah Smith delivers a funny, strangely relatable survival guide for living with rabbits—written for humans who believed they were in charge until a rabbit moved in and immediately rewrote the rules.

Recorded in the stable with the author, how much more real can you get? Horses are a part of the human soul. Every time humans took a step in evolution a horse was right there beside us. Now it is time for humans to evolve in our relationship and understanding of our equine friends. They have carried all our burdens since the beginning of our history. Now it is time to unburden them and to listen. It is not enough to whisper, no we must learn to hear and to heal.