Bøker utgitt av Quirk Books

From the team that brought young readers KID ATHLETES, KID PRESIDENTS, and KID ARTISTS comes KID AUTHORS, a lively look into the childhoods of the world s most beloved writers.

This handy little gift book is the perfect pocket guide to your garden!For the green thumb in your life, this delightful companion is blooming with fun facts and helpful ideas for everything from indoor seed-starting totips for hassle-free roses. What's the difference between heirlooms and hybrids? How can I stop weeds from invading myflowerbeds? And what's the best way to attract helpful, beneficial insects? All these questionsand more are answered for gardeners of all ages and experience.Topics include:*;Tips for Hassle-Free Roses *;How to Grow Perfect Tomatoes *;How to Start Seeds Indoors *;How to Extend the Growing Season And more!

A perfect gift for hungry dorm-dwellers, this must-have pocket guide will help students make and eat healthy snacks, meals, and other tasty bites. Discover quick breakfasts to help you makeit to class on time, backpack-friendly lunches, dormmate dinners for a crowd, study breaksnacks, and of course an infallible recipe for microwave mug cakeplus basic tools, terms, nutrition,budgeting guides, and safety tips for novice cooks. No matter if you've got a microwave and an electrickettle or a full-sized kitchen, this book will have you well-fed and back to studying (or videogames) in no time. Recipes include:*;Breakfast Burritos *;Hummus and Veggie Wraps *;Healthy Avocado and Sunflower Seed Sandwich *;Bacon: Microwaved or Panfried *;Chocolate-Covered Popcorn *;And more!

Cinderella meets cosplay in this geeky YA romance that takes place once upon a con

An easy, elegant, and pocket-sized gift book packed with everything a bride needs to plan her dream wedding. This petite handbook is a personal wedding planner you can carry in your pocket! The perfect engagement present or planning handbook for any soon-to-be bride, this manual is packed with tips to plan, execute, and enjoy the perfect engagement and wedding, including: *; How to Set a Budget *; How to Select Your Attendants *; How to Find the Dress *; How to Make Your Guests Comfortable *; How to Handle Showers and Parties

Introduce your baby to a world of flavors with easy-to-make recipes for homemade baby food, featuring healthy ingredients, baby-friendly spices, and cuisines from India, China, France, Mexico, Morocco, and the rest of the globe. Baby food is a terrific way to share the flavors you love, nurture development through wholesome ingredients, and encourage lifelong adventurous eating. So why limit your options to just bland mush? It's time to think outside the jar! With Around the World in 80 Purees, you can create baby food inspired by the cuisines of India, China, France, Mexico, Morocco, and the rest of the globe. The recipes are quick and easy, with imaginative variations featuring your favorite spices and flavors. Continue the culinary adventure as your little one becomes a toddler by offering a range of internationally inspired simple solids. Broaden your baby's palate by the spoonful! Selections from the Table of Contents: Baby-Friendly Spices First Foods around the World Equipment A Whole Wide World of Purees - For Babies 6 Months and Up: - Indian Saag Masala - Nigerian Isu - Moroccan Figs and Apricots with Aniseed - Chinese Congee - English Peas with a Hint of Mint A Spoonful of Flavor - For Babies 7-9 Months and Up - Iranian Rosewater Vanilla Smoothie - Ethiopian Niter Kibbeh - Egyptian Fava Beans - Japanese Carrot Soba - Turkish Seasoned Lamb Kebabs The Well-Seasoned High Chair - For Babies 10 Months and Up - Mexican Atole - Italian Pastina with Parmesan and Nutmeg - Spanish Pasta Romesco - Lebanese Muhallabia - Taiwanese Lou Rou Fan

Abeautifully illustrated, action-packed middle grade adventure in the spirit of Edward Gorey and Lemony Snicket.With fantastic Victorian-esque design, fast-paced action, and plenty of puzzles to solve, this middle grade mystery is a fun and engaging read for even the most reluctant readers.Warren the 13th is the lone bellhop, valet, groundskeeper, and errand boy of his family's ancient hotel. The strange, shadowy mansion is full of crooked corridors and mysterious riddlesand it just might be home to a magical treasure known as the All-Seeing Eye. But if Warren is going to find the hidden treasure, he'll need to solve several other mysteries first: What is the strange creature lurking in the hotel boiler room? Who is the ghostly girl creeping around the garden's hedge maze? And why is the hotel's only guest covered in bandages? Full of puzzles, secret codes, outrageous inventions, and hundreds of intricate illustrations,Warren the 13th and The All-Seeing Eyewill delight and confound readers of allages.

Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Billie Jean King, and other budding sports champions faced kid-sized challenges growing up. Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker, his family sent him to reform school. Race car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her ';girls can't drive.' And football superstar Peyton Manning was forced to dance the tango in his school play.Kid Athletestells all of their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on every page. Other subjects include Billie Jean King, Jackie Robinson, Yao Ming, Gabby Douglas, Tiger Woods, Julie Krone, Bruce Lee, Muhammad Ali, Bobby Orr, Lionel Messi, and more!

Celebrate man's other best friendthe catin this delightful gift book for pet lovers, feline fans, and anyone who appreciates cats and the dudes who love them.Countless books and blogs have extolled the virtues of the Cat Ladynow photographer David Williams celebrates cat-owning men and the precious kitties who have stolen their hearts. His subjects represent a cross-section of American societymusicians and artists, soldiers and CEOs, truck drivers and tattoo artistswith one very furry common denominator. These fun, fuzzy, and offbeat portraits are full of personality, and the accompanying stories share everything from ';how we met' to how the cats earned their names.

Yum-Yum Bento is back with 52 more easy seasonal-themed bento lunches. From the depths of winter to the height of summer, a beautiful lunch can brighten any day. Japanese bento boxes are portable and pretty meals packed with healthy portions and plenty of cheer. And they're outrageously cute! With Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round, you'll fall in love with 52 tasty, in-season lunches. Spring into make-ahead action with packing tips, tutorials, side dish recipes, and more. From summer Sunshine Smiles to Christmas Gingerbread Friends, there's a bento just perfect for your lunchbox today. Selections from the Table of Contents: Springtime Fun: Easter Chicks Dainty Daffodils Green Pea Brothers Summertime Splash: Rainbow Sushi Cheerful Crab Seashell Fun Fall Frenzy: A Pear Anywhere Fried Rice Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Twins Winter Wonderland: Tomato Santas Rudolph the Red-Nosed Bagel Penguin Elves

TheNew York Timesbest seller makes the perfect graduation gift for young adults in the real world! This ultimate pocket-sized guide for life after school is filled with information for every step of the road to adulthood. Just because you've got a diploma in hand doesn't mean you know everythingespecially if it's doing laundry, cleaning your house, or acing an interview. Topics include: How to Find Your First Apartment How to Write the Perfect Resume How to Survive Living with Your Parents How to Make (and Stick to!) a Budget How to Build A Professional Wardrobe

Grab a handful of glitter and get your girl power on with 25 subversive and easy-to-make projects. This is what a feminist crafter looks like! Crafting with Feminism features 25 irreverent and easy-to-make projects that celebrate everything that rocks about girls, gals, and badass women. Wear your ideology on your sleeve by creating fierce custom merit badges. Prove that the political is personal with DIY power panties. Get cozy with a handmade Huggable Uterus Body Pillow, or craft heroine finger puppets to honor great women like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frida Kahlo, and bell hooks. Featuring tips on everything from beginner sewing stitches to building a kickin' party playlist, and a totally empowering forward from ';Queen of Geeks' Felicia Day, this book has everything you need for an awesome crafternoon.

A fun and feminist look at forgotten women in science, technology, and beyond, from the bestselling author of THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY You may think you know women's history pretty well. But have you ever heard of. . . Alice Ball, the chemist who developed an effective treatment for leprosyonly to have the credit taken by a man? Mary Sherman Morgan, the rocket scientist whose liquid fuel compounds blasted the first U.S. satellite into orbit? Huang Daopo, the inventor whose weaving technology revolutionized textile production in Chinacenturies before the cotton gin? Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Plus, interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography,and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizationsall to show the many ways the geeky girls of today can help to build the future. Table of Contents: Women of Science Women of Medicine Women of Espionage Women of Innovation Women of Adventure

A darkly clever take on Agatha Christie s And Then There Were None and other classics of the genre, Ten Dead Comedians is a marvel of literary ventriloquism, with hilarious comic monologues in the voice of every suspect. It s also an ingeniously plotted puzzler with a twist you ll never see coming!

Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose, and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, it's up to Jacob Portman to channel his newfound abilities and defeat Caul before he loses his friends--and their world--forever. This action-packed adventure features all-new Peculiar photographs from times and places all over the world.

The perfect gift for the golf lover in your life, this handbook is a pocket-sized companion ready to go out on the green. Tips and tricks include: How to Calculate Your Handicap How to Play in the Rain How to Keep Fit for Golfing Games to Play within the Game The Best Golf Travel Destinations

Abby embarks on a quest to save her best friend Gretchen when she realises a demon has taken hold of her

In the twenty-first-century economy,there's only one way to guaranteeyour child a bright and happyfuture: make that baby an Internetcelebrity. But how? In How to MakeYour Baby an Internet Celebrity,you'll learn to assess your baby'sbest attributes (is she smarter thana chimp?), assign a compellingscreen persona (clumsiness =on-screen gold), and plan theultimate viral Internet video. Makeyour baby an Internet celebrity . . .because the world needs cutenessnow more than ever!

';A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.'Alexandra Alter, The New York TimesNominated for the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Paperback OriginalCritically acclaimed author Ben H. Winters delivers this explosive final installment in the Edgar Award winning Last Policeman series.With the doomsday asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe house with other onetime members of the Concord police force. But with time ticking away before the asteroid makes landfall, Hank's safety is only relative, and his only relativehis sister Nicoisn't safe. Soon, it's clear that there's more than one earth-shattering revelation on the horizon, and it's up to Hank to solve the puzzle before time runs out...for everyone.

The Internet offers an unprecedented opportunity for cats to become superstar ';personalities' with revenue-generating multimedia brandsbut only if you know how to cash in. WithHow to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity, readerscan unlock the secrets of grooming your kitty for success, creating a terrific viral video, managing your cat's burgeoning stardom, and much more. Packed with practical tips and helpful diagrams, this indispensable resource shows how ordinaryhousecats can follow in the venerable pawprints of the Internet's brightest stars.

For many years, television comedy was an exclusive all boys' clubuntil a brilliant comedian named Carol Leifer came along, blazing a trail for funny women everywhere. From Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live to Seinfeld, The Ellen Show, and Modern Family, Carol has written for and/or performed on some of the best TV comedies of all time. This hilarious collection of essays charts her extraordinary three-decade journey through show business, illuminating her many triumphs and some missteps along the wayand offering valuable lessons for women and men in any profession. Part memoir, part guide to life, and all incredibly funny, How to Succeed in Business without Really Crying offers tips and tricks for getting ahead, finding your way, and opening locked doorseven if you have to use a sledgehammer.

Nick and Tesla return in an all-new, robot-filled adventure! When a rash of robberies hits the town of Half Moon Bay, 11-year-old sleuths Nick and Tesla are determined to catch the criminalsbut to do so, they'll have to build a host of new gadgets and gizmos! In this robot-themed follow-up to Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab, the brother-and-sister duo build four different droids out of ordinary household objectsand illustrated instructions are included throughout the story, so you can build them, too! Make bristlebots that buzz, hoverbots that float above the ground, battlebots that duke it out, and more! Can Nick and Tesla catch the criminal mastermindand foil his army of rampaging robotsbefore it's too late?

Jane Austen never goes out of style. Since the first publication of her six novels in the 19thcentury, shehas delighted generations of fans with classic stories that have neverchangedand countless covers that have.Jane Austen Cover to Covercompiles two centuries of design showcasing one of the world's mostbeloved and celebrated novelists. With over 200 images, plus historicalcommentary, Austen trivia, and a little bit of wit, this fascinating andvisually intriguing look back is a must for Janeites, design enthusiasts,and book lovers of every age.

A pocket-sized gift book packed with patriotic facts for ordinary Americans and history buffs alike.This handbook is the perfect patriotic present for any engaged United Statescitizen. Who played the first game of baseball? What's a bicameral congress? Where did Mount Rushmore come from? Who is Geronimo andwhydo we yell his name when we jump? Plus:*; All about the Declaration of Independence*; Ten Books Every American Should Read*; Assassination Attempts on U.S.Presidents*; The History of the Statue of Liberty*; How toBake the Perfect Apple Pie

At last, a field guide to baking and identifying virtually every cookie imaginable, from Snickerdoodles to Pfeffernusse! Field Guide to Cookies is the definitive guide to cookies from around the world, with more than 100 recipes and variations on such tried-and-true classics as gingersnaps, whoopie pies, and pinwheels as well as traditional international favorites like pizzelles, baklava, and alfajores. This delectable guide introduces readers to the best techniques for creating drop, bar, molded, rolled, and sandwich variations. Every cookie is photographed in glorious full color, with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare, bake, and store your creations. Entries include fascinating historical background, helpful baking notes, and serving suggestions for each delicious variety. Whether you're a baking novice or veteran pastry chef, mouthwatering home-baked confections are just minutes away with Field Guide to Cookies!

Ready, set, sprinkles! Bake dozens of delicious desserts with a colorful twist.Sprinkles!features step-by-step recipes for making the world a sweeter andsparklier place, one pinch at a time! Inside you'll find:Breakfast Sweets:Colorful ways to start your day, including Belgian Pearl Sugar Waffles, Sprinkles-Stuffed French Toast, Fairy Bread Sandwiches, Homemade Pop Tarts, and addictive Gingersnap Cookie Butter.Cookies, Cakes, and Pies:Sprinkley recipes for everything from classic baked goods like Black and White Cookies and Rainbow Layer Caketo such modern favorites as Holiday Cake Pops and Orange Dreamsicle Cookies.Snacks and Party Fare:Share the sweetness with crowd-friendly fare, including Brazilian Chocolate Truffles, Meringue Kisses, Chocolate Bark, Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cones, and Birthday Cake Martinis.Plus a guide to identifying sprinkles (so you can tell your sequins from your nonpareils), recipes for homemade sprinkles (to customize to your heart's desire), and tips and techniques for sprinkling like a pro. Make everything magical withSprinkles!

"e;[The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series."e;John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper TownsWinner of the 2013 EdgarAward Winner for Best Paperback Original!What's the point in solving murders if we're all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There's no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the jobbut not Hank Palace. He's investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every weekexcept this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace's investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we're confronted by hard questions way beyond ';whodunit.' What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered?Ebook contains an excerpt from the anticipated second book in the trilogy, Countdown City.

Inside Breakfast for Dinner you'll find more than 100 classic breakfast recipes made with a twist. Enjoy hearty "e;brinner"e; dishes like Bacon Fried Rice, Breakfast Ravioli, Pizza over Easy, and Cornmeal Pancakes with Beer-Braised Short Ribs, plus such sweet treats as Sunrise Margaritas and Maple Bacon Cupcakesto name just a few. This cookbook is a breakfast lover's dream come true.