From the author of the bestselling Platters & Boards comes a beautifully photographed recipe collection and styling guide that shows you how to easily create lovely, abundant spreads for every occasion. Tables & Spreads is a must-have cookbook and resourceful styling guide from bestselling author Shelly Westerhausen. Here are more than 60 easy-to-prepare recipes plus behind-the-scenes insight into creating a beautiful, inviting table for every occasion, including tips on choosing a theme, styling your food in creative ways, and achieving that "wow factor" with linens, flowers, music, and more. There are 20 visually striking spreads that range from Ladies Night Lettuce Wraps to a Christmas Morning Dutch Baby Party, Dips for Dinner, and a Boozy Bloody Mary Bar. Rich with gorgeous and instructive photography, Tables & Spreads is inspiring yet totally accessible, perfect for home cooks who like to host gatherings of all sizes, and those who loved Shelly's first book, Platters & Boards. Complete with timelines, shopping lists, diagrams, and more, this book includes all the tools you need to make every meal delicious and unforgettable.

NEXT LEVEL ENTERTAINING: Tables & Spreads takes easy entertaining to the next level with additional recipes and robust guidance on casual styling of beautiful platters and tables for any number of guests.
ON TREND: The simple but impactful guidelines in this book speak to the way people are eating and entertaining today—often casually, with beautiful presentation, and a "help yourself" mentality. This book teaches us how to do that elegantly and create gorgeous grazing tables whether you're preparing a "snack dinner" for one, a family brunch, or a large-scale wedding or holiday table.
FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: Anyone can make successful, beautiful spreads with these easy-to-follow guidelines and visual inspiration. These grazing spreads offer low-effort, high-impact results with easily sourced ingredients to feed a crowd—perfect for anyone that loves to eat and entertain.

Perfect for:

Fans of Shelly Westerhausen and of Platters & Boards

Ina Garten and Martha Stewart fans who are always looking for creative & tasty ideas
People who seek inspiration in tablescaping, arranging, menus, and party inspirations

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City Walks Deck: London

This chic clutch-size planner features proportional figures so fashion lovers can draw new outfit ideas, record go-to favorites, and plan ahead. With tips on classic outfit combos and space for a running wish list (because what girl doesn't covet a few new things?), Outfit a Day is a practical tool for the style-savvy.

Outfit A Day

Discover the power of color. This unique Prism Oracle deck uses the language of color to tap into your intuition. This vibrant deck explores the links between color and emotion with 45 cards, each of a different hue. Each card features a unique energetic state—like Creativity, Frustration, or Reflection—mapped to a color associated with that energy. The guidebook offers direction on how to interpret the cards as a message from your higher self, as well as how to infuse your surroundings with a card's energy through meditation and altar building. This beautiful and insightful deck features modern minimal illustrations on every card and shining metallic edges, and comes enclosed in a rainbow-colored, foil-stamped keepsake box.

UNIQUE ORACLE: Drawing from color theory, psychology, and magic, this deck reveals how our deep connection to color is a powerful tool for interpreting energy and accessing the answers within.
GREAT TOOL FOR SELF-REFLECTION: Use these cards for gaining insight into a specific question, contemplating a decision, setting an intention, or for just checking in with yourself. The guidebook includes seven spreads for readings tailored to each of those inquiries.
DISPLAY-WORTHY OBJECT: With eye-catching foil stamping on the box and card edges plus a prismatic design, this deck is as beautiful to display as it is enlightening to use.
GREAT GIFT FOR COLOR LOVERS AND MODERN SEEKERS: This oracle deck is a must-have for fans of the Mystic Mondays Tarot or The Secret Lives of Color.

Perfect for:

Modern mystics and those who love them
People looking for a new tarot or oracle deck
Color lovers, artists, and designers with a mystic mindset
Gift givers looking for something both inspirational and stylish

Prism Oracle


- CELEBRATE TRINA TURK: This is a colorful notecard set celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Trina Turk brand. 
- FEATURES 25 ICONIC PATTERNS: This gorgeous collection features 25 of Trina Turk’s favorite mid-century-inspired textile designs. 
- RANGE OF COLORFUL DESIGNS: Each card features its own bold, graphic pattern. 
- BLANK INTERIORS: With blank interiors, these cards are perfect for any occasion or sentiment. 
- THE JOY OF SNAIL MAIL: Your friends and loved ones will appreciate the gesture of a handwritten note. 
- DOUBLES AS DECOR: These notecards work wonderfully as miniature art pieces to display on the desk or bulletin board. 
- GREAT GIFT FOR CREATIVES: These stunning cards make a great gift for fans of mid-century architecture and design, as well as those who love Palm Springs design, vintage clothing, interior design, and more.

Trina Turk Notecards

From King Athelstan to Queen Elizabeth II, this deck of all 59 English monarchs effortlessly tells a story that spans more than 1,000 years. Featuring portraits from prestigious galleries like the National Portrait Gallery in London, each card showcases a beautiful, miniature work of art set in an elegant gilt frame, paired with fascinating details of the monarch's reign on the back. Perfect for display or for study, Monarchs of England makes learning about the English monarchy a visual treat.

Monarchs Of England

This vibrant workbook helps journalers discover their inner truths, unlock potential, and achieve success. Thought-provoking writing prompts, questions, and interactive practices for creativity, self-care, and mindfulness encourage fulfillment in all aspects of life. Packaged in an eye-catching flexi case and brimming with beautiful artwork and handlettered messages of encouragement, Your Brightest Life is a cheerful companion on the path to a joy-filled life.

Your Brightest Life Journal

Where does Baby Chipmunk curl up to take a nap? Follow along with this cute baby animal as it experiences its world, from playtime to bedtime. The simple, comforting stories in this go-to baby gift series have made it a multi-million seller. Featuring a permanently attached plush finger puppet, each volume offers parents and children a fun, interactive way to play and read as they build a lifelong love of books together.

Baby Chipmunk: Finger Puppet Book

Baby & Kids

So long, dude food. Most men who love food have a roasting pan and a decent spice rack, but they're still looking for that one book that has all the real food they love to eat and wish they could cook. Esquire food editor Ryan D'Agostino is here to change that with his unapologetically male-centric Eat Like a Man a choice collection of 75 recipes and food writing for men who like to eat, cook, and read about great food. It's the Esquire man's repertoire of perfect recipes, essays on how food figures into the moments that define a man's life, and all the useful kitchen points every man needs to know. Satisfying, sexy, definitive, and doable, these are recipes for slow Sunday mornings with family, end-of-the-week wind-down dinners with a lady, Saturday night show-off entertaining, poker night feeds, and game-day couch camping. Or, for when a man is just hungry.

Eat Like A Man

The secrets of the Star Wars galaxy have been recorded in a series of handbooks and guides created and kept hidden by the Jedi Order, the Sith, the Bounty Hunters Guild, and the Empire itself.
Set in-world, richly illustrated, and annotated by characters such as Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Boba Fett, Yoda, and Darth Vader, each volume expands Star Wars mythology with details from the inside and deepens readers' experience of the saga.
This deluxe edition boxed set collects The Jedi Path, Book of Sith, The Bounty Hunter Code, and Imperial Handbook in a handsome and accessible custom slipcase, creating a handy and invaluable library for exploring a galaxy far, far away.

© and TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Used Under Authorization

Star Wars: Secrets Of The Galaxy Deluxe Box Set

Before Jacques Cousteau became an internationally known oceanographer and champion of the seas, he was a curious little boy. In this lovely biography, poetic text and gorgeous paintings combine to create a portrait of Jacques Cousteau that is as magical as it is inspiring.

Manfish

Rainbow Revolution is a collection of vibrant portraits that celebrate the expanding spectrum of queer identity and visibility. Starting with an empty white box, renowned photographer Magnus Hastings invites members of the LGBTQIA+ community to creatively envision the space. Funny, political, personal, racy, magical, and matter-of-fact—each individual presents themselves as they would like to be seen.

Features more than 300 photographs
Includes a number of moving essays shining the light on gender and sexual identity by some of the subjects about who they are, and what that means
A beautifully diverse celebration of queer identity and community

Proud, playful, defiant, and diverse, the empowering images and individuals in this beautiful volume represent the strength of knowing and expressing who we are. Rainbow Revolution includes Kathy Griffin, Jade Thirlwall, Luke Evans, Boy George, Peppermint, Adore Delano, Eureka O'Hara, Alaska Thunderf*ck, Gigi Gorgeous, Nico Tortorella, and many more.

A gorgeous book for the LGBTQIA+ audience and their friends, loved ones, and community around them
Ideal for display on the coffee table
Great for fans of Magnus Hastings' photography, Rupaul's Drag Race, and more
Add it to the shelf with books like Queer: A Graphic History by Dr. Meg-John Barker, A Quick Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni, and We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown

Rainbow Revolution

Bring the farmers' market into the nursery, classroom, or kitchen with this sturdy and easy-to-assemble mobile, featuring Stefan Page's bright and graphic designs.

Farmers' Market Mobile

Face it: You were awesome when you were a kid. You feared nothing. You spoke your mind. You tried new things. You had imagination. Now you play by the rules, dress appropriately, and choose politeness over self-expression. Well, life's too short for that and this book proves it. Vintage photographs of real kids doing awesome stuff—wearing footie pj's, eating sugar cereal, napping, and showing off—accompany witty captions that poke fun at the doldrums of adult life and remind us to unleash our inner kid. With a hilarious dose of 80s and 90s nostalgia, just enough snark, and an ultimately uplifting message, I Was an Awesomer Kid is a great gift for all who are young at heart . . . or wish they still were!

I Was An Awesomer Kid

This welcome follow-up to Esquire 's wildly popular Eat Like a Man cookbook is the ultimate resource for guys who want to host big crowds and need the scaled-up recipes, logistical advice, and mojo to pull it off whether they're cooking breakfast for a houseful of weekend guests, producing an epic spread for the playoffs, or planning the backyard BBQ that trumps all. With tantalizing photos and about 100 recipes for lazy breakfasts, afternoon noshing, dinner spreads, and late-night binges—including loads of favorites from chefs who know how to satisfy a crowd, such as Linton Hopkins, Edward Lee, and Michael Symon—this is the only cookbook a man will ever need when the party is at his place.

The Eat Like A Man Guide To Feeding A Crowd

Perfect for sharpening concentration and reasoning skills, here are 200 all-new Sudoku puzzles that build in difficulty level from hard to very challenging. A musthave for every on-the-go Sudoku sleuth!

Sudoku 3: Hard To Extreme

Here’s a delightful treat for nature-lovers of all ages: a puzzle based on the artwork of bestselling Caldecott Honor Award winner Brendan Wenzel. From the blue whale to the lionfish, the pangolin to the panda, over 300 animals, many of them endangered, are depicted in joyous, exuberant detail. With images drawn from the critically acclaimed picture book Hello Hello, this 500-piece puzzle is a dazzling feast for the eyes that encourages everyone to delight in nature’s amazing diversity.

Hello Animals Of The World 500-piece Family Puzzle

Let's face it—all birds are fascinating, wonderful, idiotic jerks—no matter where in the world they reside. Following in the footsteps of the bestselling book The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, this hilarious sequel ventures beyond to identify the stupidest birds around the world. Featuring birds from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, author Matt Kracht identifies the dumb birds that manage to live all over the freaking place with snarky, yet accurate, names and humorous, anger-filled drawings. This guide book details exactly how much these morons suck with facts about each bird's (annoying) call, its (stupid) migratory pattern, and its (downright tacky) markings. Complete with a matching game, bird descriptor checklist, tips on how to identify a bird (you can tell a lot by looking into a bird's eyes, for example), this profanity-laden book offers a balance of fact and wit that will appeal to hardcore birders and casual bird lovers (and haters) alike.

A MUST-HAVE: A must-have sequel to the bestselling parody book The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America.

UNIQUE & LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY: This is a great coffee table or bar top conversation-starting book. And a bonus, while the content is humorous, it is practical and useful!
A GREAT PRESENT: This is the perfect gift for the bird lovers and haters in your life. It also makes a great Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthday, retirement, or gag gift.

Perfect for:

Birdwatching and nature enthusiasts
Armchair birders (or nonbirders)
Someone who needs a quirky gift for an animal lover friend
People with serious birders in their lives who want something lighthearted

The Field Guide To Dumb Birds Of The Whole Stupid World

The rules of this hilarious party game are simple: using a shared piece of paper, write a word, draw a shape around it, and then manipulate the paper (through folding, unfolding, flipping, and tearing) to ensure that only your words are visible during scoring. Easy, right? Now try it blindfolded! This hilarious game for 2-6 players will challenge memory, spatial reasoning, and your friends’ trustworthiness as an easy-to-learn premise becomes a complex game of strategy and surprise, as well as a chance to giggle at your friends’ and family’s mistakes—until it’s your turn to put the blindfold on! Perfect for fans of Telestrations, Pictionary and Pictomania, and party gamers, casual gamers, families, or anyone looking for a simple party game with lots of opportunities to laugh.

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: This highly addictive party game may seem easy—until the blindfold goes down and the competition ramps up!

SHARPEN STRATEGY, MEMORY, AND REASONING: Can you remember which of your words are under which folds, or how another players’ can be torn off without touching your own?

EASY TO LEARN, ALWAYS FUN: The rules take 5 minutes to learn, but no two games ever play the same twice. You’ll want to play this game again and again.

PLAY ANYWHERE: Includes 6 blindfolds, 6 colored pencils, 30 cards, and 50 sheets of paper

2-6 PLAYERS: Ages 8 and up, playtime approximately 30 minutes

Blindfold

Today's busy bakers want to make a gorgeous variety of delicious Christmas cookies without spending days upon flour-smudged days mixing, rolling, and baking. This is your guide to the Christmas cookie exchange, where everyone shows up with a few batches of homemade cookies to swap. It's all the variety without the fuss! Red-and-white striped edges make this adorable book look like a Christmas present, with 120 recipes to choose from, plus tips for decorating, planning, and throwing the party.

Very Merry Cookie Party

Mr. Bear is having a birthday party, and everyone is welcome! It doesn’t matter if you’re big, small, don’t have teeth, or are afraid of the dark . . . you’re invited! In this wonderfully illustrated oversize book that celebrates inclusion as well as a special day, Mr. Bear’s Birthday also includes lots of gifts—with flaps! Young readers will enjoy opening each present and finding out what everybody brings for their bear friend. The eclectic assortment of characters and objects drawn in the illustrator’s retro-chic style is sure to engage and entertain.

Mr. Bear's Birthday

Quilting gets a rustic modern treatment in this 20-project sewing book that celebrates American trade quilts, with touches of Native and early American influences. The timeless style of these DIY designs will inspire quilters of every skill level to make cozy style statements for their home or office. Clear, step-by-step instructions detail how to use inventive techniques such as coffee staining and bleaching to achieve a perfectly distressed vintage feel, while dozens of helpful diagrams and photographs make these projects even more accessible. From a stunning Navajo blanket to a World's Fair design comprising international antique flags, this compilation is ideal for anyone looking to create gorgeous quilts and blankets in the spirit of a bygone era.

Parson Gray Trade Quilts

Just when it seemed pets couldn't get any more adorable, we discovered Tiny Dog. Direct from Japan, these are the sweetest—and smallest—pets around. Both are the size of a macaron, and their mischievous adventures in a full-size world are chronicled in the pages of these pint-size volumes. Animal lovers of any size will enjoy following along as Tiny Dog encounters everyday objects like a strawberry, a ball of yarn, a rubber ducky, and more. The resulting cuteness knows no limits, especially since the book includes a tear-out postcard to send to a friend!

Tiny Dog

The perfect gift for baby showers and celebrating the little one! This sweet, one-of-a-kind story collection features seven classic bedtime rhymes, each displayed on a folded card embellished with a charming felt appliqu and adorable illustrations. The cards are housed in a super-soft felt pocket decorated with a little lamb ready for bed.

Stories For Bedtime

Curious about constructions? Inside this book, you'll come face-to-face with 50 incredible structures, including: a fire-breathing octopus sculpture; the skateboard ramp you'd need to jump the Great Wall of China; a whole community of tree houses in Costa Rica; and a lifesize X-Wing Starfighter built of Legos. These and many more fascinating accounts of constructions both fantastically useful and gloriously unnecessary await inquisitive readers, aspiring engineers, and anyone who ever looked at a skyscraper and thought, "Yeah, but what if it had a roller coaster on top?"

Curious Constructions

Anyone who has ever set foot in Tokyo or dreamed of seeing its kaleidoscopic wonders will fall in love with this totally unique tour of the beautiful megalopolis. Here are all the spectacular sights of the great big Japanese capital, made tiny enough to fit in a pocket! This teeny tome collects incredible bird’s-eye views of the bustling cityscape, all shot using a distinctive photographic technique known as “tilt-shift” that has the effect of seeming to shrink its subjects— making one of the vastest cities in the world look like a miniature model. Epic skyscrapers, crowded city streets, and even sumo wrestling matches resemble tiny plastic toys in this one-of-a-kind little book.

Tiny Tokyo

Finally, an empowering dating guide for every woman who wants to have fun, express her opinions, and keep it real. No cheap tricks, no behavior changes, no-nonsense. In Smitten , Ariel Kiley and Simone Kornfeld show women how to let their unique selves shine so they can become blissfully enlightened man-magnets. With tips on how to perfect the look of a flirt, build confidence, and let your true self emerge, Smitten teaches that being exactly who you are will get you what you want—whether it’s a smile across the room, a first date, or long-term love. Soon enough, women everywhere will be turning heads and causing men to become completely, absolutely, entirely, downright smitten.

Smitten

Kindle the holiday spirit! This new addition to the bestselling Spark series is a sweet way to spark seasonal joy for loved ones or yourself. This is a gift that will make spirits bright. Inside the gilded matchbox are 50 faux matchsticks featuring prompts to light up your days with joy, love, and peace. A FUN, UNIQUE WAY TO LIGHT A SPARK: Slide open this shimmering box to reveal 50 decorative matchsticks, then pick one and follow the prompt for wintertime merry-making! A PERFECT IMPULSE GIFT FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Full of heartwarming ways to celebrate the end of the year, cherish loved ones, and engage in traditions (or make up new ones), this is the gift of good cheer in a box. It's an excellent stocking stuffer or add-on gift for friends, family, party hosts, and coworkers. BEAUTIFUL BOX: With gold and shining metallic accents, this box looks like a wrapped present and sits perfectly alongside candles and cozy holiday décor. SAMPLE PROMPTS: 
- Undertake an all-day baking project. 
- Buy a gift for a child in need. 
- Turn off all the lights and have a meal by candlelight. 
- Reflect on what you're grateful for this year. 
- Host a holiday-themed scavenger hunt. Perfect for: Holiday gift shoppers

Spark Good Cheer

Nurture your mind, body, and spirit with this unique twist on Truth or Dare! Be inspired to create a more joyful, thoughtful lifestyle with this fun, interactive tool offering 100 ways to practice self-care on a daily and weekly basis. Featuring 50 sticks, each with a thought-provoking question on one side and a challenging but achievable dare on the other, Self-Care Truth or Dare invites you to reflect, recharge, and connect with yourself. In a compact, foil-stamped cylinder that can be used at home or on the go, these prompts will inspire anyone seeking ways to nourish their health and everyday well-being. Players: 1+ SAMPLE PROMPTS TRUTH: Who or what are you grateful for today? TRUTH: What are your core values? Do you feel aligned with them? TRUTH: How do you connect with your body? Do you have an exercise routine? Are you getting enough movement in your life? DARE: This week, keep a daily food diary. Pay attention to how what you eat makes you feel. DARE: Give yourself 3 compliments or encouraging affirmations. Repeat them to yourself every day for the next week. DARE: Take a meditative walk in nature. Pay attention to your surroundings, and engage your senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Focus on being present. SELF-CARE MADE EASY, FUN, AND ACCESSIBLE: The simple-to-use sticks are a great tool for individuals looking for ways to start, cultivate, and enhance their self-care practice and build healthy habits. Just pull a stick and choose truth or dare. You can do this on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. And if a prompt doesn't resonate with you at that moment, just pick another! SELF-CARE IS IMPORTANT: Making time to take care of yourself is essential for living a happy, healthy, and balanced life. These sticks offer a range of insightful questions and achievable practices, encouraging you to nurture what is most important—you! To take care of others, start taking care of yourself. GREAT GIFT AND STOCKING STUFFER: Delivered in an eye-catching, portable package, this set of engaging prompts is a great gift or stocking stuffer for wellness enthusiasts and anyone interested in self-care, personal growth, and mindful living. Perfect for: 
- Self-care enthusiasts 
- People interested in physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health 
- People interested in mindful living and healthy habits 
- Anyone seeking ways to reflect, recharge, and grow

Self-care Truth Or Dare

Brand-new cat owners or those who have lived with a feline companion or two for years need only look to the stars to demystify cat behaviors. This zodiac collection delves into the inner lives of cats, exploring each sun sign and offering character traits, lifestyle insights, and relationship inclinations to help cat owners learn to live in harmony with their unique pets. Filled with whimsical illustrations, this book unlocks the secrets of the feline mystique.