Books with author Workman Calendars

Don’t hurry, be happy!Sloths are America’s New "It" Creature. —Wall Street Journal A year of sweet, sleepy, absolutely adorable sloths! These always chilled-out creatures are wise to the joys of slowing down, getting snuggly, and stopping to smell the hibiscus flowers (their #1 favorite snack). Pairing irresistible, brightly colored photographs with charming captions and fascinating sloth facts (did you know it can take a sloth 30 days to digest a single leaf?), every month is a tribute to the mindful, mellow joys of living sloth-fully.

A museum for your desktop. A year of hundreds of masterpieces, mesmerizingly reproduced in glossy, full-color photographs. Featuring a diverse and international selection, dating from prehistoric to contemporary art, this calendar is a veritable world history of art in day after day of richly detailed sculpture, painting, photography, woodblock prints, and crafts. Beauford Delaney’s modern and reverent oil painting of James Baldwin. Su Hanchen’s finely detailed silk scrolls. A ’60s Campbell’s Soup–patterned pop art dress. A glowing gold and turquoise Aztec shield—and more captivating treasures. Page-a-Day® Gallery Calendars include 160 sheets of glossy, high quality paper printed with gorgeous full-color photographs. Each calendar is packaged in a clear plastic box that opens into a desktop easel for elegant, inspiring display.

A year of feeding the brain for trivia hounds, pub quiz devotees, and anyone who delights in knowing it all. A full year of tricky, entertaining questions and unexpected answers, with hundreds of surprising factoids and fascinating tidbits throughout, from history, pop culture, science, literature, geography, and sports. Intriguing inventions:Who invented the swivel chair? (Thomas Jefferson). Political history:Who was the first woman to run for president? (Victoria Woodhull, with Frederick Douglass as her running mate). Pop culture surprises:Who wrote Johnny Cash’s song “A Boy Named Sue”? (Children’s book author Shel Silverstein). Want to see if you’re right? The answer is found on the back of each page.

A campy calendar for those with an insatiable thirst for thrills. It’ll reel you in, one juicy, twisted story after the next. Featuring the news headlines that catch your eye, and then keep you up at night, A Year of True Crime offers day after day of gruesome intrigue to pique your morbid curiosities. There are gritty tales about the 1990’s Clown Killer (on the loose until 2017), and the Rotenburg Cannibal, who lured victims online in the early aughts. Plus, trivia, like the inspiration behind the Silence of the Lambs’ Buffalo Bill (he was a fictional amalgam of numerous serial killers) and games: Match the criminals to the film inspired by their crimes. Here are all the gory details—serial killers, cannibal fetishists, occult followers, and innocent hitchhikers who didn’t stand a chance—with a tabloid-style page design, and photographs throughout. For fans of Law & Order: SVU, Serial, and pulpy tabloids, this gift will hit all the right spine-chilling notes.

Visit Europe every day of the year with Rick Steves as your guide. Rick Steves—host of public television's most popular travel series, a national public radio show, and a travel program for thousands of tourists each year—is your personal guide to Europe every day of the year in this full-color boxed calendar. Experience hundreds of captivating, diverse attractions across the entire continent, from Slovenia to Greece, from Portugal to Norway, in full-color photographs. There are suggestions on what to eat in each individual country—try Cold Cucumber Soup in Bulgaria, and Apfelstrudel in Germany—and where to enjoy the best cultural experiences, like Spain’s Park Güell for Gaudí fans, or Wales’ centuries-old castles for history buffs. Plus, you'll get Rick's tips on getting around, sightseeing, and saving money wherever you go. It’s a perfect deskside getaway for Rick Steves’ fans and enthusiastic travelers, armchair and otherwise.

The beauty of Ireland, 365 days a year. Castle ruins. Majestic mountains dotted with fleecy sheep. The merry din of live fiddle playing and spirited conversation in pubs. Regions that sound as rhythmic as poetry: Kilkenny, Tipperary, Sligo. Capturing the verdant beauty and sense of enchantment that set the Emerald Isle apart, 365 Days in Ireland features hundreds of full-color photographs and insightful, informative text about its finest landmarks. Humorous Guinness signs and a perfectly poured creamy pint, a kiss for the Blarney Stone, a perch for reflection by the sea—and everywhere you look, miles upon miles of green. For travelers—and anyone with Irish ancestry. Picture-a-Day® Wall Calendars include hundreds of gorgeous full-color and black-and-white photographs that indulge our hobbies, curiosities, and obsessions. Each month’s grid includes a large image with informative text, plus additional images for nearly every day of the year.

A year of page-turning pleasure for browsers and book lovers. Celebrate the joy of books and the delights of browsing in this entertaining calendar inspired by James Mustich’s 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die. With the insight of a bookseller and the enthusiasm of a devoted reader, Mustich shares hundreds of titles that range from the obscure to the immortal, the ancient to the contemporary. From Books for Every Mood and Literary Quizzes to Unforgettable First Lines, Intriguing Quotations, and Book Club Recommendations, the calendar’s compelling features cover books for every age and of every subject, style, and genre. It makes addictive reading in itself, and will be sure to add dozens of new titles to any reader's bucket list. So many books in just 366 days!

Buckle up for a surprising new adventure, every day of the year. Capturing the awe-inspiring spirit of the #1 bestselling book and viral website, the Atlas Obscura Page-A-Day Calendar features hundreds of unexpected discoveries: natural wonders, like New Zealand’s Slope Point, where Antarctic wind swirls trees into a mass of tightly tangled branches. Legendary sites, like Germany’s Unicorn Cave, containing prehistoric skeletons thought to be unicorns from the 16th century. Eccentric events, like Michigan’s Humongous Fungus Fest, featuring a 37-acre colony of mushrooms—one of the largest and oldest organisms in the world. Packed with full-color photographs and memorable facts, it’s a year of curiosity, intrigue, and wanderlust.

The world’s most weird-but-true locations, captured in twelve brilliant travel posters. Experience a year of wonder in twelve travel posters featuring bizarre-but-real locations and surprising natural phenomena from around the globe, from Atlas Obscura, the brand synonymous with adventure. One month you’re in Tashirojima, the Japanese island where cats outnumber people, another you’re in Brazil’s Amazon basin—in the world’s longest river—where surfers face 12-foot walls of turbulent waves. Bursting with surprising facts and discoveries, and brought to life through luminous illustrations from Sam Chivers, it’s a year of enchantment to feed the insatiable curiosity of any global citizen. A great gift for the curious explorer and armchair traveler.

Boredom-busting fun for the whole family! The family favorite that inspired an equally awesome book, The Kid’s Awesome Activity Calendar sparks creativity and keeps kids’ minds engaged, all year long. Each seasonal, colorfully illustrated spread is jam-packed with interactive entertainment, including offbeat prompts to get the mental wheels turning, lively games, and cool crafts. Plant a verdant garden in May. In October, join a monster party. Help build the ultimate gingerbread house for December. It’s a wild ride for kids’ imaginations—and the sort of wholesome, unplugged fun that parents love. Includes over 300 stickers for decorating pages and marking events, plus a drop-down storage pocketPrinted on uncoated FSC-certified paper

Creativity-boosting joy to keep boys and girls entertained (and organized!) all year long. Every month of The Kid's Awesome Activity Calendar is packed with quirky prompts, games, crafts, and adorable creatures (including chatty crocodiles and peekaboo-playing gnomes). Kids can draw and sticker on twelve seasonally themed scenes: Design a personalized time travel machine. Discover the pirate treasure at the end of a twisty maze. Decorate the ice cream cone of your dreams. Plus, mark events with stickers (road trip! dentist appointment!), keep track of rewards points on the magnetic chart, and hold supplies in the handy drop-down storage pocket. It’s the perfect back-to-school calendar—get the whole family in on the fun! Fun and useful for the family room, kitchen bulletin board, or a child's bedroom wall. Includes 300 specially designed stickers, magnetic rewards chart, and drop-down pocket.

Celebrate the season with an innovative Advent calendar, story book set, and tree-trimming keepsake. Wonderfully illustrated and brimming with holiday spirit, this unique advent calendar features 24 jewel-like miniature board books to help children count down to Christmas. Each day from December 1st through Christmas Eve, open a book, just like the peek-a-boo window on an Advent calendar, and then hang it on the Christmas tree by its gold thread loop. Read in sequence, the books tell the magical story of the first Christmas, from Gabriel’s visit to Mary to the Three Wise Men gazing at the star to Jesus' birth. A treasured keepsake to reuse year after year.