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Dec

30

2024

A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler, illustrated by Manzel Bowman

This book is a short essay that gives us both hope and insight into our current time (she was a visionary, after all). It also showcases how she used the past to foresee the future. This is a beautiful gift for anyone struggling with present circumstances and needing a future guide from the past. –sweet …

Nov

25

2021

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide by Cicely Wong and Dylan Thuras

From the Atlas Obscura team, this beautiful book is variously a travel guide, an overview of what the world eats, and a history lesson. You can find something intriguing on every page. It doubles as food & travel porn and is the perfect gift for the hard-to-shop-for person on your list. –sweet pea, King’s Books, …

Dec

13

2018

Girl Squads

Girl Squads by Sam Maggs

This remarkable book shows us female friendships that changed history, from the Trưng sisters defending first century Vietnam, to pirates Anne Bonny & Mary Read, to the Zohra Orchestra of Afghan girls. Find yourself some new historical heroes! — sweet pea, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA  Find perfect gifts and inspiration for yourself at King’s Books …

Dec

26

2013

Fancy Cycling by Isabel Marks

If you shake your head at what kids are up to nowadays, you should see what your (great) great grandmother was up to! Namely, Unicorn Driving and the Butterfly Dance. There’s a whole chapter on Coasting techniques and one with women in full dresses wielding swords. A must have! —sweet pea, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA. …

Dec

31

2010

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

“Hilarious and touching, Yu’s debut novel follows a time-traveling son yearning to reconnect with his father.”—sweet pea, King’s Books, Tacoma

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