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Rolled and Told Vol. 2 (2) (Rolled & Told)

by | Nov 5, 2020 | 2020 Gift Guide, For the Gamer

Rolled and Told Vol. 2 (2) (Rolled & Told)
MK Reed
$49.99

Each adventure is 5E compatible and ready-to-play. Rolled and Told Vol. 2 provides hours of pick-up-and-play campaigns designed both for players new to tabletop role playing and for those who have played for years. Every page is filled with beautiful illustrations, comics coinciding with adventures, and splash art from your favorite comic artists to inspire your players! Stop dueling gnomes in of “A Tale of Two Gnomes,” go on a solo adventure with Vesska in “Forest of Delusion,” and play the adventures “Ship of The Dead,” “Reginald’s Closet,” and many more!

Rolled and Told is an all-inclusive collection of ready-made one-shot adventures for new Dungeon/Game Masters!

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The Party

by | Nov 5, 2020 | 2020 Gift Guide, For the Art Lover

The Party
Tomi Ungerer
$19.99

Created in the 1960s, The Party takes place in the Hamptons. It’s attended by captains of industry, tycoons, magnates, moguls, and various undistinguishable fat cats, luxuriating in their tuxedos, evening gowns, and prattling small talk. The depiction of one grotesquerie after another ― often couples ― cavorting through the haze of booze and caviar, with the occasional wanton display of sybaritically libidinal impulse. Ungerer accompanies each full-page image with a hilarious, hand-lettered caption, which provides the characters’ names and a brief deadpan description of their social standings, creating a dissonance between image and text. Two-color illustrations.

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Incredible Animals

by | Nov 5, 2020 | 2020 Gift Guide, For the Animal Lover

Incredible Animals
Dunia Rahwan, Illustrated by Paola Formica
$19.99

“In this … illustrated guide, discover fascinating and unusual information about animals from all around the world. A delightfully quirky system of organization introduces the reader to the superlatives of the animal kingdom, from ‘super predators’ to ‘expert architects”–Provided by publisher.

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Pages & Co.: The Map of Stories

by | Nov 5, 2020 | 2020 Gift Guide, For Children

Pages & Co.: The Map of Stories
Anna James
$16.99

Tilly and Oskar embark on an impromptu trip to the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, in search of an elusive group of bookwanderers called the Archivists, who they believe are the key to restoring the balance and saving the British Underlibrary.

Along the way, the friends realize that something strange is happening in the world of bookwandering: books are disappearing, people are forgetting their favorite stories, and stories are trying to drag Tilly into them.

With a mysterious set of clues and some surprising new faces, Tilly and Oskar will need the help of some of their dearest fictional friends to be able to solve the mystery . . . and save bookwandering forever.

Praise for Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers:

A USA Today Bestseller!
A Barnes & Noble Book of the Month!
A Fall 2019 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick!

“Mr. Lemoncello would love to go bookwandering at Pages and Co. If you love books, you’re going to LOVE this book!”–Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Mr. Lemoncello series

*”Highly recommended for readers young and old. An important reminder of the centrality of stories in shaping our lives.” —School Library Journal, starred review

“A loving testament to the powerful magic of books and imagination.” —Kirkus Reviews

“An affectionate ode to books and book lovers.” —Publishers Weekly

“Delightful! A Joy of a book.”–Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars

“A thrilling, inventive, book-lover’s delight.”–Matt Haig, author of A Boy Called Christmas

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William Eggleston: Election Eve

by | Nov 5, 2020 | 2020 Gift Guide, For the Political Junkie, For the Shutterbug

William Eggleston: Election Eve
William Eggleston
$80

In 1977 William Eggleston released Election Eve, his first and most elaborate artist’s book, containing 100 original prints in two leatherbound volumes, housed in a linen box. It was published by Caldecot Chubb in New York in an edition of only five, and has since become Eggleston’s rarest collectible book. This new Steidl edition recreates the full original sequence of photos in a single volume, making it available to the wider public for the first time.

Election Eve contains images made in October 1976 during Eggleston’s pilgrimage from Memphis to the small town of Plains, Georgia, the home of Jimmy Carter who in November 1976 was elected 39th President of the United States. Eggleston began photographing even before he left Memphis and depicted the surrounding countryside and villages of Sumter Country, before he reached Plains. His photos of lonesome roads, train tracks, cars, gas stations and houses are mostly empty of people and form an intuitive, unsettling portrait of Plains, starkly different from the idealized image of it subsequently promoted by the media. The book includes a preface by Hollywood screenwriter (The Mummy, 1999), director (Gotham, 1988) and author Lloyd Fonvielle.

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From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars) (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)

by | Nov 5, 2020 | 2020 Gift Guide, For the Fanboy/Fangirl, For the Movie/TV Buff

From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars) (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
Seth Dickinson, Hank Green, R. F. Kuang, Martha Wells, Kiersten White
$35.00

On May 21, 1980, Star Wars became a true saga with the release of The Empire Strikes Back. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from The Empire Strikes Back through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains, to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists:

• Austin Walker explores the unlikely partnership of bounty hunters Dengar and IG-88 as they pursue Han Solo.
• Hank Green chronicles the life of a naturalist caring for tauntauns on the frozen world of Hoth.
• Tracy Deonn delves into the dark heart of the Dagobah cave where Luke confronts a terrifying vision.
• Martha Wells reveals the world of the Ugnaught clans who dwell in the depths of Cloud City.
• Mark Oshiro recounts the wampa’s tragic tale of loss and survival.
• Seth Dickinson interrogates the cost of serving a ruthless empire aboard the bridge of a doomed Imperial starship.

Plus more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from:
Tom Angleberger, Sarwat Chadda, S.A. Chakraborty, Mike Chen, Adam Christopher, Katie Cook, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Alexander Freed, Jason Fry, Christie Golden, Rob Hart, Lydia Kang, Michael Kogge, R. F. Kuang, C. B. Lee, Mackenzi Lee, John Jackson Miller, Michael Moreci, Daniel José Older, Amy Ratcliffe, Beth Revis, Lilliam Rivera, Cavan Scott, Emily Skrutskie, Karen Strong, Anne Toole, Catherynne M. Valente, Django Wexler, Kiersten White, Gary Whitta, Brittany N. Williams, Charles Yu, Jim Zub

All participating authors have generously forgone any compensation for their stories. Instead, their proceeds will be donated to First Book—a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need. To further celebrate the launch of this book and both companies’ longstanding relationships with First Book, Penguin Random House will donate $100,000 to First Book and Disney/Lucasfilm will donate 100,000 children’s books—valued at $1,000,000—to support First Book and their mission of providing equal access to quality education.

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