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  • The Onion Presents: Christmas Exposed

    Holiday Coverage from America's Finest News Source

    Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without impulse-priced holiday gift books—and now The Onion has unleashed its award-winning team of investigative journalists upon the genre. Christmas Exposed features more than one hundred shocking tales of Secret Santas, shopping mall mayhem,dysfunctional family dinners, and much, much more.From the Trade Paperback edition. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Not So Caring

    A Series of Rants About Birthdays

    by D. T. Adams ...
    Series series Rants About Special Days
    Sick and tired of birthdays? Me tooA series of brief but impassioned rants about birthdays. Each and every one of us has one - I have no desire to celebrate mine!I really couldn’t care less about them. In Not So Caring, you’ll see why. It’s not just my own I can’t stand; there are aspects of other people’s I find frustrating too.But it’s not all negative. After I’ve ranted and raved, I round ... Read more

    $2.14 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christmas Letters from Hell

    All the News We Hate from the People We Love

    by Michael Lent ...
    Who doesn't love to open the mailbox during the holidays and find a newsletter? Whether it's a juicy missive from a college roommate inadvertently revealing her husband's wandering eye, a self-congratulatory account of a cousin's rise to power at the local fast-food joint, or a mind-numbingly detailed account of a year's medical ailments (including photos) from a coworker, they're always ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas

    Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil

    The Krampus, a folkloric devil associated with St. Nicholas in Alpine Austria and Germany, has been embraced by the American counterculture and is lately skewing mainstream. The new Christmas he seems to embody is ironically closer to an ancient understanding of the holiday as a perilous, haunted season. In the Krampus' world, witches rule Christmas, and saints can sometimes kill. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • St. Patrick: The First Missionary

    by Thomas Cahill ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
    A selection from How The Irish Saved Civilization, everything you need to know about the historical St. Patrick, the extraordinary Iron Age man who became Ireland’s patron saint.The real St. Patrick neither dressed in green nor chased the snakes from Ireland; instead, he was a kind and courageous former slave who had been stolen from Britain during childhood and brought to Ireland. Though he ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Book of (Holiday) Awesome

    by Neil Pasricha ...
    Series series The Book of Awesome Series
    “Neil Pasricha is a gift. This book would make even the grinchiest Grinch love the holidays again.”—A. J. JacobsThere’s nothing like the holidays. They bring out the best, and sometimes the worst, in everyone. Luckily, Neil Pasricha is here to remind us that not only are the holidays great, but there’s actually even more to celebrate than we realize. From Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, to other ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • All About Christmas: History, Traditions, Carols, Stories, Recipies & More (Mobi Reference)

    The illustrated book gives historical and cultural background of Christmas. Navigate easily to any chapter from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases.FEATURES:- Who is Mrs. Claus? - How to make an apple pie - What are the lyrics of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - How to take care of Christmas Cactus - Read Charles Dickens's Christmas Stories - What is Advent and how it is celebrated? ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where Does Easter Come From? | Children's Holidays & Celebrations Books

    This book provides a quick but in-depth discussion of the beginnings of Easter. With such knowledge, your child should be able to better appreciate the celebration and really take to hear its meaning. After all, that’s the reason why religion created it in the first place, right? Secure a copy today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Celebrate!

    An Anti-Bias Guide to Including Holidays in Early Childhood Programs

    by Julie Bisson ...
    Updated information and unbiased, developmentally appropriate strategies and activities to celebrate, rather than exclude, diversity, traditions, and holidays. Many programs are establishing a "no holiday" policy, but this book shows you how to celebrate and adhere to school policy. Among other topics, it includes evaluating holiday activities for appropriateness, addressing commercialism and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The First Thanksgiving

    A Selection from Mayflower (Penguin Tracks)

    The real story of the First Thanksgiving from the New York Times bestselling author Nathaniel PhilbrickOne of America’s most acclaimed historians takes on the nation’s First Thanksgiving, telling us the true story behind the tale we think we know so well. In this selection from the New York Times bestseller Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick recounts in riveting detail the truth about relations between ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Not So Spooky

    A Series of Rants About Halloween

    by D. T. Adams ...
    Series series Rants About Special Days
    Sick and tired of Halloween? Me tooA brief series of rants about Halloween, the most frightening day of the year, or so they say. I don’t get too excited about it and am far from its biggest fan – in Not So Spooky, you’ll discover why.These days, Halloween is a celebration of all things chilling and macabre. It shines the spotlight on people, creatures and beings that instil terror and leave you ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Onion Presents: Love, Sex, and Other Natural Disasters

    Relationship Reporting from America's Finest News Source

    Here are more than one hundred news stories of high-school sweethearts, college hook-ups, dating disasters, weddings, divorces, and restraining orders. From “18-Year-Old Miraculously Finds Soulmate in Hometown” to “Couple Forgets 70th Wedding Anniversary,” these reports capture the heartbreak and hilarity of the human experience. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Letters to Santa Claus

    A “poignant” collection of real letters sent to Santa Claus—a town in Indiana—from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, from both children and adults (The New York Times).For countless Christmases, children—and sometimes adults—have stuffed their dreams, wishes, and promises into envelopes. Over many decades, millions of these letters have poured into Santa Claus, Indiana.Arriving from all ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Haunted Holidays

    Twelve Months of Kentucky Ghosts

    “From ghost dogs to phantom orbs, from dead spirits visiting and avenging wraiths, there is plenty . . . to keep skeptic and believer both enthralled.” —Thomas Freese, coauthor of Haunted Battlefields of the SouthWith its tales of benevolent and malicious specters, terrifying monsters, and unexplained phenomena, Halloween is the holiday most people associate with spooky stories. But do spirits ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Light Love Rituals: Bulgarian Myths, Legends, and Folklore

    by Ronesa Aveela ...
    • Discover Ancient Bulgarian Myths, Legends, Folklore, and Mythology• Meet Heroes from Greek Mythology with Thracian Origins• Enjoy Diverse, Delicious Modern and Traditional Bulgarian RecipesA book for children and adults from 8 to 108 who would like to take a journey and discover Bulgarian folk tales, legends, and mythology. Whether you want to learn a little about their ancient Thracian origins, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Not So Loving

    A Series of Rants About Valentine's Day

    by D. T. Adams ...
    Series series Rants About Special Days
    Sick and tired of Valentine’s Day? Me tooA collection of short but passionate rants about Valentine’s Day, the most blissful, love-filled day of the year. It’s a celebration of romance and relationships – or is it?In Not So Loving, you’ll discover my authentic opinions about this day of lust, desire and connections. Learn what I make of it and why I believe some aspects of it are revolting. Though ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Charles Dickens Christmas Stories

    13 Christmas stories by Charles Dickens:A Christmas CarolA Christmas TreeWhat Christmas is as we Grow OlderThe Poor Relation's StoryThe Child's StoryThe Schoolboy's StoryNobody's StoryThe ChimesMrs. Lirriper's LegacySomebody's LuggageGoing into SocietyMrs. Lirriper's LodgingsThe Christmas Goblins ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Not So Festive

    A Series of Rants About Christmas

    by D. T. Adams ...
    Series series Rants About Special Days
    Sick and tired of Christmas? Me tooA short and uncensored collection of rants about the excessively jubilant Christmas. I may be breaking a taboo when I admit that I don’t like the biggest day of the year that much, but so what.In Not So Festive, I hold nothing back and rant about Christmas, the annual frenzy of gifts and money so many of us love. I unleash my inner Scrooge and show why I am ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Divine Hag

    Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Halloween? Have you ever wondered what it is really about? For centuries, countries all over the world have celebrated this and I wanted to know why? Come with me, back to the 15th century, and see what I have found. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Day of the Dead A Passion for Life

    Michoacan

    by Mary Andrade ...
    Series series Day of the Dead in Mexico
    After years of research, interviews, on location photo shoots and travels to the remote P’urhepecha communities in Michoacan, Mexico, author Mary J. Andrade is releasing “Day of the Dead A Passion for Life” in an e-book format. Day of the Dead A Passion for Life is filled with never before seen images and text that illustrates their unique characteristics and interpretations of the Day of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Better Days Books Vintage Halloween Reader

    Rediscover Halloween – the way it was meant to be! This one of a kind anthology of vintage Halloween history, superstition, facts and fun brings together two complete classic volumes - The Book of Halloween (1919) and Games For Halloween (1912) – along with more than 40 articles, reminiscences, stories, poems, and even sheet music, all published between the 1840s and the early 1920s, and all ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plants, People, and Culture

    The Science of Ethnobotany

    Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world’s leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants, indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world’s oceans. Today, indigenous agricultural innovations ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Hygge

    Its Definition, Origin, and Applications

    How do you use the Hygge lifestyle during the holidays?What about Christmas? New Year’s Eve?And how do you practice Hygge in the living room or at work?These and other questions will be addressed in this quick, comprehensible guide. You will also learn about ideas for random acts of kindness, how to involve the children, and the background of Hygge.I invite you to act on your curiosity and begin ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chase's Calendar of Events 2023

    The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months

    Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe!The world’s date book since 1957, Chase's is the definitive, authoritative, day-by-day resource of what the world is celebrating.From national days to celebrity birthdays, from historical milestones to astronomical phenomena, from award ceremonies and sporting events to religious festivals and carnivals, Chase's is the must ... Read more

    $87.99 USD