Books published by Quirk Books

A guide to simple fun handmade projects that offers daily inspiration, along with fun weekly themes to kick-start your imagination. It provides whimsical ideas for basic crafts that require no advanced skills or crazy crafting tools and these projects are as fun and easy to make as they are to admire.

Lets you to create everything from fresh products (cars, shoes, vegetables) to fresh works of architecture (houses, skyscrapers, and cityscapes), from fresh works of art (statues, masterpieces) to fresh graphics (posters, billboards, packaging), from fresh icons (flags, road signs) to fresh forms of entertainment (roller coasters), and more.

';A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.'Alexandra Alter,The New York TimesDetective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse and winner of the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award.There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband.Brett Cavatone disappeared without a tracean easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone's gone ';bucket list' or just gone. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off ';impact zone' refugees.Countdown City presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond "e;whodunit."e; What do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you?

Heaven Help Us!Your days of worry and frustration are over. Whoever you are, whatever you do, there's a patron saint who wants to help youspecifically youwith your troubles. This Saint Will Change Your Life features 300 patron saints for every person and situation imaginable. *; There are patron saints for travelers, vegetarians, and women in labor. *; For gamblers, lawyers, and parents with disappointing children. *; For families stressed by houseguests. *; For victims of toothaches, appendicitis, and sore throats. *; For beekeepers, booksellers, sailors, schoolgirls, and even (we kid you not) vampire hunters! This Saint Will Change Your Life! describes the real-life histories of an amazing variety of holy figures from the Christian faith and reveals how each became associated with particular beneficiaries. Also included are reproductions of 300 full-color holy cards depicting these heavenly helpers in all their glory.

A pocket-sized gift book guide to the best hard-hitting insults for every occasion. This handy little book is packed with insulting gestures, backhanded compliments, comebacks, all the things you should never say about someone's mama, and much more! Including: *; Insulting Someone's Intelligence *; Insulting Someone's Sexual Prowess *; Insults for the Office *; Insults on Game Day *; Insults throughout History *; Insults from around the World

A deadly delicious collection of recipes for appetizers, entrees, desserts, drinks, and more, all from the bestselling authors of Mystery Writers of America.

Newly married protagonists, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, defends their village from an army of flesh-eating unmentionables. But the honeymoon has barely begun when poor Mr Darcy is nipped by a raging dreadful. Elizabeth knows the only acceptable course of action is to promptly behead her husband (and then burn the corpse, just to be safe).