Collection: Self-Development

Joyful Sock Designs to Wear and Share

Get ready to cast on the colorwork socks of your dreams! Prolific knitwear designer and colorwork aficionado Charlotte Stone has created a sensational variety of patterns in her signature colorful style, so you can flaunt your personality and keep your feet cozy at the same time. Whether or not you're experienced in knitting socks or stranded colorwork, you're in good hands with Charlotte's best tips, tricks and techniques at the ready. Easy enough to whip up in a day or two, these socks are perfect to make for yourself or gift to your loved ones--if you can bear to part with them!

Discover the fun of stitching adorable animals as you knit patterns like the Autumn Mice, Counting Sheep or Dog Walk socks (featuring a particularly sassy Shiba Inu!). Celebrate good times while casting on projects like I'm Batty for Halloween, The Holly and the Ivy or a pair of heartwarming I Heart Socks for your valentine. Whip up footwear inspired by the great outdoors, like Summer Meadows, Midnight in Zermatt or Starry Night socks, so your feet can look as adventurous as you feel! No matter what, with a treasure trove of 25 whimsical patterns to choose from, you'll never settle for boring socks again.

In Remember It!, four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis teaches us how to make the most of our memory, using his competition-winning techniques, featuring illustrations by Adam Hayes.

Foreword by Sanjay Gupta

Throughout his research into memory theory, Nelson Dellis found existing memory improvement guides to be wanting--overcomplicated, dry, and stodgy. So he decided to write a book that is approachable and fun, centered on what people actually need to remember.

Presenting the information in a user-friendly way, Dellis offers bite-size chapters, addressing things we wish we could remember but often forget: names, grocery lists, phone numbers, where you left your keys--you name it! This fast-paced, highly illustrated tour of the inner workings of the brain makes improving your memory simple and fun.

"An amazingly practical book to help you keep your mind in shape! I've had the opportunity to see Nelson explain his techniques, and this book really showcases not only his knowledge about memory but his ability to make memory techniques easy to learn and relatable to everyday situations." --Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Maria Shriver

Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and a great gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny sleepaway camp letters!

Send letters to people from COUNTRY or PLACE with Letters from Camp Mad Libs! With 21 "fill-in-the-blank" mailing letters for your best friends, family, or pen pal, there's plenty of fun to send around. Play alone, in a group, or with your friends from camp! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.

Dear Valentine Letters Mad Libs includes:

- Silly stories 21 "fill-in-the-blank" original letters--illustrated with fullcolor spot art--that children can fill in with their friends and then mail off to their parents! Letters perf-out and can be sealed with the special stickers.
- Language arts practice Mad Libs are a great way to build reading comprehension and grammar skills.
- Fun With Friends each story is a chance for friends to work together to create unique stories!

Kids will love adorning themselves with the stunning specimens in Fluttery, Friendly Tattoo Butterflies and Other Insects. Eighty-one illustrated temporary tattoos introduce creatures with amazing colors and realistic features, from the brilliant blue Cypris Morpho Butterfly to the Garden Tiger Moth, the Jewel Beetle, and the Peacock Pansy Butterfly. Accompanied by fascinating facts about each insect, the tattoos come in sheets and are ready to be applied with a damp cloth, offering bright, bold body art.

Also available in the Tattoos That Teach series: Creepy, Crawly Tattoo Bugs; Super, Strong Tattoo Sharks; and Roaring, Rumbling Tattoo Dinosaurs.

From the world's most beloved tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, comes an interactive workbook for imagining, creating, and capturing on paper your own epic characters and adventurers.

For young players just discovering the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons, designing their own characters can be exciting yet intimidating. Characters & Quests is a space for capturing thoughts, brainstorms, and sketches all in one place! Inside you'll find:

- Easy-to-choose character-building guides with characteristics to check off, such as race, class, background, and personality
- Space to describe your adventuring party's characters and how they interact with others
- Guided pages for sketching characters and maps
- Questions and tips on how to prepare for different adventures and battles
- Prompts for writing about epic D&D sessions with friends

From developing a character's attributes to strategizing battle tactics with your party to keeping notes from your campaign interactions, this is the ultimate workbook for budding worldbuilders.

Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny stories in this deluxe, oversize edition of Mad Libs!

I had no idea a shark could VERB! With over 125 "fill-in-the-blank" stories about rap feuds, bizarre beauty products, and flying trycicles, More Best of Mad Libs has a story for everyone! Play alone, in a group, or on the moon! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.

More Best of Mad Libs includes:

- Silly stories: Over 125 "fill-in-the-blank" stories of some of the greatest Mad Libs ever!
- Language arts practice: Mad Libs are a great way to build reading comprehension and grammar skills.
- Fun With Friends: each story is a chance for friends to work together to create unique stories!

A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential.

Almost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether you're muddling through a midlife crisis, wrestling writer's block, trapped in a thankless job, or trying to remedy a fraying friendship, the resulting emotion is usually a mix of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, anger, and numbness. But it doesn't have to be this way. Anatomy of a Breakthrough is the roadmap we all need to escape our inertia and flourish in the face of friction.

Adam Alter has spent the past two decades studying how people become stuck and how they free themselves to thrive. Here he reveals the formula he and other researchers have uncovered. The solution rests on a process that he calls a friction audit--a systematic procedure that uncovers why a person or organization is stuck, and then suggests a path to progress. The friction audit states that people and organizations get unstuck when they overcome three sources of friction: HEART (unhelpful emotions); HEAD (unhelpful patterns of thought); and HABIT (unhelpful behaviors).

Despite the ubiquity of friction, there are many great "unstickers" hidden in plain sight among us and Alter shines a light on some exceptional stories to share their valuable lessons with us. He tells us about the sub-elite swimmer who unstuck himself twice to win two Olympic gold medals, the actor who faced countless rejections before gaining worldwide fame, the renowned painter who became paralyzed and had to relearn to paint with a brush strapped to his wrist, and Alter's own story of getting unstuck from a college degree that made him deeply unhappy.

Artfully weaving together scientific studies, anecdotes, and interviews, Alter teaches us that getting stuck is a feature rather than a glitch on the road to thriving, but with the right tweaks and corrections we can reach even our loftiest targets.

Convierte tu dolor y tus fracasos en combustible para el éxito.

Rompe ahora mismo con esos conceptos que te tienen atado. Levántate! Redefine el concepto de fracaso y conviértelo en el trampolín que te permitirá dar un salto de victoria.

Por qué estás donde estás? explora cuatro grandes áreas para convertir el fracaso en tu aliado:

• Tu pasado no define tu futuro en lo más mínimo.

• Desde ahora mira hacia adelante.

• Reinterpreta tus errores.

• Entra en acción para tener una mejor vida.

"Derriba hoy tu antigua versión, destruye lo que no te funciona y construye un campeón invencible".

Whether you are near the top of the ladder or still have a ways to climb, this book serves as an essential guide to help you eliminate your dysfunctions and move to where you want to go.

Marshall Goldsmith is an expert at helping global leaders overcome their sometimes unconscious annoying habits and attain a higher level of success. His one-on-one coaching comes with a six-figure price tag. But, in this book, you get Marshall's great advice without the hefty fee!

"Marshall Goldsmith is one of the most credible thought leaders in the new era of business." -- The Economist

"For over a decade I have worked with Marshall in corporations and seen him teach. In my opinion, he is the best at what he does, bar none. He has that rare combination that makes a great teacher-thought leadership, classroom management, and presence." -- Vijay Govindarajan, professor and director, Center for Global Leadership, Tuck School, Dartmouth University

"America's preeminent executive coach." -- Fast Company

A detailed and comprehensive guide for growing and using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms commercially or at home.

"Absolutely the best book in the world on how to grow diverse and delicious mushrooms."--David Arora, author of Mushrooms Demystified

With precise growth parameters for thirty-one mushroom species, this bible of mushroom cultivation includes gardening tips, state-of-the-art production techniques, realistic advice for laboratory and growing room construction, tasty mushroom recipes, and an invaluable troubleshooting guide.

More than 500 photographs, illustrations, and charts clearly identify each stage of cultivation, and a twenty-four-page color insert spotlights the intense beauty of various mushroom species. Whether you're an ecologist, a chef, a forager, a pharmacologist, a commercial grower, or a home gardener--this indispensable handbook will get you started, help your garden succeed, and make your mycological landscapes the envy of the neighborhood.

Keep your mind engaged while you create silly art with Sticker by Letter: Silly Snacks.

• Includes 10 cute snack images to sticker by letter.
• ​Images range in difficulty.
• Spiral binding and perforated pages make the book easy to use!
• 8 x 10 inch pages.
• Made for adults but kids can enjoy as well!

Similar to color or paint by number, this sticker activity book features designs that are divided into spaces, each with a letter, that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.

Just add water and it's like magic! A fun (and mess-free!) painting activity book for kids ages 4-6, Easy and Fun Paint Magic with Water: Animals features 12 simple and whimsical line art designs of awesome animals, from giraffes and kangaroos to iguanas, monkeys, camels, and more. Using the provided paintbrush, simply wet with water and watch the colors magically appear on each black-and-white illustration as it comes to life! With a stiff cardboard backing to prevent unwanted leaks, parents can rest assured while their children paint and have a blast using water to create stunning works of animal art! Each page within this kid's painting book comes with perforated edges so finished artwork can be easily removed and put on display.

This unique search-and-find adventure lets kids explore and learn about the objects and creatures they find and their habitats with fun facts and awesome photographs.

This fact-filled, search-and-find adventure activity book takes kids under the sea in search of more than 250 hidden pictures of narwhals, sharks, sea turtles, sunken treasures, and more.

Kids will dive into incredible ocean scenes, from tropical coral reefs to Antarctic penguin colonies to the deep, dark bottom of the sea. Each location is illustrated with lush, jam-packed art, with plenty of marine animals and fascinating objects to spot.

But that's not all: Turn the page, and find stunning, full-color photographs of the creatures and habitats just spotted, as well as awesome information and fun facts about them.

The perfect boredom-buster for curious kids and animal lovers, this interactive book will keep young readers entertained as they learn!

Want more ocean fun and learning? Dive into these other ocean books from National Geographic Kids: National Geographic Kids Ocean Animals Sticker Activity Book, National Geographic Kids Puzzle Book of the Ocean, National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean, Beneath the Waves, Ultimate Oceanpedia, Weird But True! Ocean, and more!

Meet unicorns as they explore a magical kingdom in this enchanting pop-up book. There are lots of adorable unicorns waiting for you to find!

Join Daydream, Moonbeam, Sunshine and Cupcake on their adventure to find their friends hiding under the flaps. Some are behind a pink cloud, and others are behind a colorful rainbow!

Add a little sparkle to story time with this exciting lift-the-flap book that encourages early learning by introducing preschoolers to a magical kingdom filled with unicorns. Children will love turning the pages and lifting the flaps to discover their favorite unicorn popping out!

This peekaboo picture books will have your child's imagination soaring. It is designed to enhance your child's reading experience and build an early learning foundation. Your toddler will begin to recognize the names and describe all the colorful unicorns they see! Turning the sturdy, board book pages and moving the pop-ups help toddlers develop motor control for improved dexterity.

The simple text will boost your little one's imagination as they guess which unicorn is hiding under the flaps. The lively, read-aloud rhymes encourage literacy and early learning. It also creates an amusing story for your kids to follow, while the fun pop-ups hold the attention of curious preschoolers.

Explore the Magical Kingdom

Whether you're looking for a magical tale to read to your toddler or something to feed your little one's imagination, Pop-Up Peekaboo! Unicorn is a magical children's gift. Full of bright colorful pictures, exciting pop-ups, hide-and-seek surprises, and lively rhymes. This educational book shows that learning is enjoyable. There are lots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of glittery, sparkly fun!

Inside the sturdy pages of this pop-up adventure book, you'll find:
- Hands-on play that builds confident book skills
- Look-and-find peekaboo games that reward curiosity
- Rhythmic, read-aloud text that aids language development

Surprise! The peekaboo fun doesn't stop here! Your little one will enjoy hoursof hide-and-seek surprises with the My Pop-Up Peekaboo! Series. Find yourfarmyard friends with Pop-Up Peekaboo! Farm, travel into the rainforest tofind sloths and elephants in Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Animals, and more!

DK Book's Pop-up Peekaboo! series has been shortlisted for the Best Preschool Reading Range in The Progressive Preschool Awards 2018.

The official Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival will teach you how to breathe underwater, find valuable sunken loot and fight off guardians and other menacing mobs of the deep.

Minecraft's oceans are teeming with colorful life and rare treasures, but new dangers lurk beneath the water and survival can prove difficult.

With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to underwater survival.

Collect all of the official Minecraft books:
Minecraft: The Island
Minecraft: The Crash
Minecraft: The Lost Journals
Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets
Minecraft: Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress
Minecraft: Guide to Exploration
Minecraft: Guide to Creative
Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End
Minecraft: Guide to Redstone
Minecraft: Mobestiary
Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments & Potions
Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames
Minecraft: Guide to Farming
Minecraft: Let's Build! Theme Park Adventure
Minecraft for Beginners
Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival

Keep your brain engaged while creating beautiful, kaleidoscopic art with Sticker by Number Mosaic!

• Includes 20 complex and colorful mosaic images to sticker.
• Each design is a unique pattern of shapes and colors.
• Spiral binding and perforated pages make the book easy to use.
• Made for adults but kids can enjoy as well!

As in color or paint-by-number, each design is divided into dozens of spaces. Each space has a number that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full-colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.