Goldmine Record Album Price Guide

With over 110,000 albums listed, the Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is the most comprehensive listing on the market. This guide lists all albums that are worth at least $15 in near mint condition. In addition, it lists promo and dj copies when available. There is a section describing howContinue Reading

Kawaii Origami

Kawaii Origami combines the cute Japanese pop art with more traditional paper folding to create original art using only colored paper and a few simple tools. If you or your crafty child love Japanese culture, this is a perfect choice for some fun-filled hours. The set includes fifty sheets ofContinue Reading

How to Write a Page-Turner

If you want your readers to lose sleep because they can’t stop reading your book, How to Write a Page-turner will explain step-by-step how to it. Beginning with the four types of tension (danger, conflict, uncertainty, and withholding), the book explains exactly how to add each one to the characters,Continue Reading

Family Tree Problem Solver

Family Tree Problem Solver is exactly that. If you registered on any of the genealogy sites, this book can help you make better use of their tools and perhaps save you some frustration. Beginning with five steps to solving genealogical problems, the book takes the amateur genealogist through the entireContinue Reading

Wild LA

Who knew there is so much nature around urban Los Angeles? It really is Wild LA. This guidebook contains something for every Los Angeleno (or visitor). There is a page of pictures, descriptions, and interesting facts for 101 species including birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, snails, mold, and plants. All areContinue Reading

Someday is Not a Day in the Week

It is important to remember that promising to follow a dream “someday” never works because Someday is Not a Day in the Week. This book gives ten life hacks that can help you align your ultimate goals with your current reality. Are the life hacks new ideas that you haveContinue Reading

A Short History of Europe

A Short History of Europe begins with Neanderthals and concludes with the 2016 vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. In between are births, deaths, court intrigue and full-blown battles. Whether you are planning to go on Jeopardy or just want to impress academics with your cocktailContinue Reading

Mastermind. Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.

Mastermind. Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. The title really tells the entire story in a nutshell. Paul Le Roux started out small with online prescription drug sales in the United States. Marijuana dispensaries still use his “doctors prescribe without seeing the patient” methods. Like most legitimate CEOs, Paul expanded his productContinue Reading

Chasing American Monsters

Organized by state, Chasing American Monsters is a fine introduction to monsters found next door and across the United States. With more than 250 monsters listed, this book is sure to have something to interest every monster fan. I didn’t know that the state I live in, California, has bothContinue Reading

A Fire Story

Heartfelt memoir about losing your home in the worst wildfire in decades. A Fire Story is sad but ultimately uplifting. Multiple fires merged into a Northern California firestorm of epic proportions. The resulting burn area was the size of 15 Manhattans. Entire neighborhoods burned to the ground overnight. Warnings wereContinue Reading

Walmart: Diary of an Associate

The author, an immersive journalist, describes his experience working in a Canadian Walmart in Walmart: Diary of an Associate. It is amazing how Walmart treats its associates like slow children. Rules are drummed into their heads, daily exercises and pep talks are given, and they are monitored extensively. If indoctrinationContinue Reading

Psychology of Zelda

Who doesn’t love the ongoing story of Link and Zelda told over thirty years of gaming? The Psychology of Zelda explains in college-level psychological terms the reasons why we are all enamored of Link’s story. I’ve taken and enjoyed a couple of college psychology courses. I love and have playedContinue Reading

Blue Muse

Blue Muse contains fifty photographs of blues, jazz, folk, and gospel musicians. It also includes ten more landscapes and close-ups of musical instruments. All use a tintype process that was popular during the Civil War. The long exposures and judicious use of light and shadow make statements about the life ofContinue Reading

Work Optional

Almost everyone would like to be able to retire early and make Work Optional. But few can do it. This book provides a step-by-step plan to move from a stultifying 9 to 5 job to a more fulfilling life. Work Optional begins with a refreshing approach. Rather than determining howContinue Reading