Collection: Adult

A lyrical celebration of cats through the timeless beauty of Japanese haiku and brush art.

This beautifully illustrated volume presents 82 cat-themed haiku by Japan's most celebrated poets--including Basho, Issa, Shiki, Buson, Soseki and many others.

Beautifully compiled and illustrated by award-winning artst Manda, and translated by bestselling author William Scott Wilson, this collection pairs classic verse with evocative artwork.

Free audio recordings of each haiku in both English and Japanese are available online.

The passing year!
The cat hunches down
on my lap.
--NATSUME SOSEKI

A night of frost;
opening the window to the cries
of an abandoned cat.
--ISSA

This charming edition makes a perfect gift for poetry lovers, cat enthusiasts and anyone captivated by the austere beauty of haiku.

Leadership isn't found in titles. It's built in moments - hard decisions, honest conversations, and the quiet work of showing up well for others.

In Leadership Impact, Aaron Patience shares concise, real-life stories shaped by decades of leadership - wins and failures, hallway conversations, team meetings, and unexpected turning points. These reflections speak to leaders who want to make a difference without pretending to have all the answers.

Each short chapter explores the daily decisions and quiet challenges that shape the leader within. Whether guiding a team or leading yourself, the book offers grounded insights without overcomplicating the work of leadership.

Leadership Impact is designed for busy professionals. Chapters stand alone, making it easy to read front to back, one story at a time, or return to when a leadership reset is needed.

Written, published, and produced in the United States, this book reflects the author's belief that leadership is built person by person. That same commitment extends beyond the pages through the Patience Foundation, personally funded by the author to support local nonprofits and community organizations.

To learn more, visit aaronpatience.com

Two comedians offer hilarious encouragement for all the tiny heroic acts that teachers perform every day.

Teachers are constantly handing out reassurance, support, and inspiration. But who's boosting them through their everyday challenges--like waking a sleeping student, paying for supplies out of pocket, or fighting with the copy machine again? Frankly, sometimes an apple isn't enough!

Comedians Paula Skaggs and Josh Linden are here to give teachers their due, with a hilarious compendium of over 75 pep talks for all the mundane struggles of the classroom. Let them cheerlead the beloved teachers in your life through those tough times at work:

• You don't get the students' references and now you feel old!
• Someone microwaved something gross in the teacher's lounge!
• A parent has strong opinions about their kid's grade!
• It's 9 p.m. and you still haven't planned tomorrow's lesson!
• Oops! You looked at your paycheck!
• And more low-stakes but all-consuming situations inside and outside of school!

A teacher's support lasts for a lifetime. Let them know someone's rooting for them, too--and give them the belly laugh they probably need.

The Gourmand's Mushroom. A Collection of Stories & Recipes is a feast of content on the most mysterious, influential, and quietly radical ingredients on Earth. Revered as food, medicine, sacrament, and symbol, mushrooms appear suddenly and vanish just as fast, leaving an unmistakable cultural and culinary aftertaste.

This richly layered collection brings together The Gourmand's signature blend of culinary craft and cultural inquiry. Paired with photography that celebrates mycological marvels as sculpture, pattern, and form, readers will enjoy essays ranging from ancient folklore and toxicology to avant-garde art, architecture, fashion, film, and space travel. Encounter Bosch and Beatrix Potter, María Sabina and the CIA, Yayoi Kusama, and Takashi Murakami. Savor cartoon mushrooms, fairy rings, death caps, fly agaric, and the enduring allure of the enchanted lingzhi. Trace fungi's strange power to inspire devotion, fear, obsession, and delight.

Alongside the texts is an expansive collection or original recipes, celebrating mushrooms all their earthy, umami-rich glory. From delicate Cantonese stuffed mushrooms and crisp tempura to pierogi, risotto, ramen-adjacent relishes, wild mushroom ravioli, classic duxelles, and good old-fashioned mushroom ketchup.

The volume is introduced with a lyrical reflection on impermanence, foraging, and culinary memory by acclaimed chef and food writer Jeremy Lee. All at once a visual feast, a fanzine and a field guide, it's an homage to fungi as fleeting marvels, cultural icons, and endlessly inventive ingredients.

In Slaying Snakes in the Cockpit, Susan Kilrain takes readers on a gripping and inspiring journey through the trials that shaped her extraordinary career. From the relentless demands of aerospace engineering and elite flight training to her service as a US Navy test pilot, earning a place among the first women to fly the F-14 Tomcat, she charts a path marked with grit, courage, and unshakable resolve, ultimately leading to the greatest challenge of her life--becoming the youngest person to pilot a space shuttle.

Alongside her story of professional milestones, Kilrain writes candidly about the personal victories and setbacks that unfolded behind the scenes, including navigating the delicate balance between family life and one of the world's most demanding careers. Through honest reflection, she explores her confrontation with obstacles such as gender bias and institutional resistance as well as her inner battles with doubt and fear.

Slaying Snakes in the Cockpit delivers a powerful reminder that with vision, determination, and the courage to keep going, the sky is no limit--it's an invitation.

Marking the 10th anniversary of Prince's death, Prince by Steve Parke reveals a stunning collection of exclusive photographs by the singer's own award-winning photographer and art director, Steve Parke.

Prince. Visionary, multi-instrumentalist and extraordinary showman. One of the most influential and inspiring pop superstars of the 20th century.

Now, Prince: Black, White, Color reveals the artist as he's never been seen before thanks to a unique and exclusive set of photographs, many published here for the first time, all captured by Prince's own trusted art director - award-winning photographer Steve Parke.

These intimate photos allow readers an extremely rare glimpse of Prince at Paisley Park, at his sun-drenched house in Marbella, and at work in the studio, posing for portraits as well as moments of quiet tenderness with his first wife Mayte Garcia and their beloved dog Mia.

With over 250 images, this stunning volume marks the 10th anniversary of Prince's passing by showing a side of him that was seldom if ever publicised during his lifetime.

A must-have for Prince fans.

The commemorative edition of the instant New York Times bestseller--now with a foreword by Jack Nicklaus!

"A wonderful compilation that reflects who he was as a person, as a golfer, and as someone who believed in giving back. He was a champion at each turn, and it was an honor not just knowing him and competing against him for nearly 60 years, but also being his friend." --Jack Nicklaus, from the foreword

This book is Palmer's parting gift to the world -- a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers, golfers and non-golfers alike, will celebrate and cherish. No one has won more fans around the world and no player has had a bigger impact on the sport of golf than Arnold Palmer. In fact, Palmer is considered by many to be the most important professional golfer in history, an American icon.

In A Life Well Played, Palmer takes stock of the many experiences of his life, bringing new details and insights to some familiar stories and sharing new ones. This book is for Arnie's Army and all golf fans but it is more than just a golf book; Palmer had tremendous success off the course as well and is most notable for his exemplary sportsmanship and business success, while always giving back to the fans who made it all possible. Gracious, fair, and a true gentleman, "Arnie" was the gold standard of how to conduct yourself in your career, life, and relationships. Perfect for men and women of all ages, his final book offers advice and guidance, sharing personal stories of his career on the course, success in business, and the great relationships that gave meaning to his life.

Small Luxuries: Watches is the perfect guide and gift book for the aspiring or veteran horologist.

Alongside original photography of some of the world's finest watches, veteran watch writer and collector David Von Bader walks you through the history of keeping time as well as how watches work, notable watches throughout history, how to collect watches at any price point, and much more.

The book includes fresh insight into many features of affordable and aspirational watch collecting, including:

• Top Watch Brands & Models - From Rolex to Omega, classic and contemporary, collection starters to the most expensive and valued watches ever built, the book features a diverse array of storied and new-school manufacturers, models, and more, explaining their origins, stories, values, and more.
• A Watch for Every Occasion - From timeless dress watches to hardworking field, military, and aviator watches, learn about the wide application of watches and timekeeping technology on land, sea, and air.
• Resources for Aspiring Horologists - The watch world is wide and growing in value, and this book explains the hows and whys for those just beginning their watch-collecting journeys.

Author David Von Bader is a trusted and reliable watch collector and seasoned watch journalist. His expertise serves as a reliable stepping stone for those just beginning their collections or for seasoned enthusiasts who wish to rediscover the world of watch collecting.

Small Luxuries celebrates the artistry of the everyday objects that shape our style and stories. Each volume explores the craft, culture, and character behind these beloved obsessions, revealing how they evolve into lifelong passions. Richly illustrated and insightfully written, the series is a tribute to the makers, materials, and memories that turn familiar belongings into extraordinary icons of personal expression and style.

Also available from the series:

• Small Luxuries: Vinyl
• Small Luxuries: Film Cameras
• Small Luxuries: Sneakers

New edition of the highly successful Dough from expert-baker Richard Bertinet on how to make the perfect dough.

"Richard is a master of his craft - ultra user-friendly, it might even change the way you look at bread forever."
- Sunday Telegraph

Breadmaking has never been more simple and do-able. Though the doughs themselves vary, the technique for making each one is identical. The beauty of it is that it takes little to no time at all to fill a bread board with Fougasses, Breadsticks, Moroccan rolls or Poppy Seed Stars, Sesame plaits or Cardamom and Prune bread, and no one will guess that they are all part of the same 'family'.

Richard Bertinet has been teaching bread making for several years and with his refreshing and easy approach you will discover how to 'work' the dough, get a feel for essential techniques, and have the confidence to experiment with your own ideas. Most of the breads in Dough take less than 1 hour to bake and there are suggestions on how to make the dough in advance ready for a wide range of sweet and savory bakes - all in the knowledge that you're being guided by a master of the craft.

This new edition with redesigned cover and interiors features a handful of new recipes.

Butterflies come in every color of the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, and white. But their vibrant wings aren't just beautiful, they give each butterfly a special power too.

Over the years, butterflies' wings have brightened, dulled and transformed as they adapt to their ever-changing environments, helping them survive and thrive through everything from the industrial revolution to the climate crisis.
Colors help butterflies camouflage and stay safe in their surroundings, making them disappear among vibrant flower petals and invisible against bronze tree trunks. Intricate patterns on their wings confuse and scare away predators, but they can attract the perfect mate too. And then there are some butterflies who are not in fact the color the appear to be at all--instead they are iridescent and simply reflecting the light.

In this beautifully illustrated book, you'll discover hundreds of different colored and patterned butterflies from around the world and find out what makes them so special. You'll also learn about the butterfly life cycle, their sense of smell, taste and sight, flight and migration, as well as what butterflies have mean to us and why they're important players in our ecosystem.

CONTENTS INCLUDE
- Stunning gallery-style spreads grouping butterflies together by color
- Detailed examination of the four stages of the butterfly life cycle: Egg-larva-chrysalis-butterfly
- The amazing Monarch migration from North America to Mexico
- How color works in butterfly wings, and how butterflies use color to their advantage
- The threats to butterfly populations and things we can do to help
- The survival techniques of caterpillars

Author Jon Dunn is a natural history writer, photographer, and wildlife tour guide based in the Shetland Isles, Scotland, but with strong links in mainland Europe and North America that see him traveling widely in search of memorable wildlife encounters. Jon's words are accompanied by stunningly detailed watercolor illustrations by South African artist Georgina Taylor.