Politics of Experience

In ‘The Politics of Experience’ and the visionary ‘Bird of Paradise’, R.D. Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste of human potential. He throws into question the notion of normality, examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and ‘us and them’ thinking, and illustrates his ideas with a remarkable case history of a ten-day psychosis. ‘We are bemused and crazed creatures,’ Laing suggests. This outline of ‘a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man’ represents a major attempt to understand our deepest dilemmas and sketch in solutions. ‘Everyone in contemporary psychiatry owes something to R.D. Laing’ Anthony Clare, the Guardian.

All My Friends Are Dead

Comics & Graphic Novels

John, Jory

Monsen, Avery

Comic Strips

Chronicle Books+

From the coauthor of the smash hit All My Friends Are Dead and the creator of the beloved Dory Fantasmagory chapter book series comes a hilarious read aloud about a boy who loses his gift for rhyme.\nThere once was a youngster named Chester van Chime\nWho woke up one day and forgot how to rhyme.\nChester loved rhyming, in poem or song.\nIt always felt right, but today it felt...not right. VERY not right.\nChester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats wearing hats and snails delivering mail, but today, something has changed. Today there's no dog on a log. No duck in a truck. Just a Pomeranian on a sideways tree and a waterfowl in a full-size pickup. What's a kid to do?!\nFilled with irresistible wordplay and whimsically silly illustrations, bestselling creators Avery Monsen and Abby Hanlon's read aloud tells the story of a boy who learns not to be stressed if he's not at his...tippy-top peak performance.\nPraise for Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme:\n*"Your next Best Storytime Book…It’s a must-read, a hit, a guaranteed good time…Poor Chester van Chime may have lost the ability to rhyme, but young readers will lose themselves to giggles…”―Bookpage, starred review\n*"His rhyming groove returns as aural fits and starts turn to fluid, welcome rhyme, and the whole town celebrates. What starts out as a book about wordplay turns into an inventive and giggly antidote for the bad-day blues."―Publisher's Weekly, starred review\n"Monsen’s clever text offers both lexical fun and an important lesson: “This too shall pass.”…Hanlon’s busy gouache and colored pencil illustrations are full of attention-grabbing slapstick humor…Well-timed page turns will have kids shouting out the missing, but easily guessable, end rhymes…Get ready for wordplay that’s giggly and fun and lasts long after the story is [over]."―Kirkus\n“Hilarity crescendos as wordplay plummets, until Chester realizes we all have bad days.”―The New York Times\nAn Amazon Best Books of the Month for March 2022\nA Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Recipient 2022-2023\nAn Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far for Ages 3-5 for 2022\nFrom School Library Journal\nK-Gr 3—Chester van Chime has always been an expert rhymer and lover of words. One day, though, he wakes up and forgets how to rhyme! Chester has trouble getting himself ready for the day but becomes even more distressed at school. When he arrives, his classmates all try to help remedy his rhyming woes, but to no avail. During his walk back home, Chester learns to see the people and world around him in a new way. While doing so, will he remember how to rhyme? This colorful picture book has many elements that primary school children will enjoy. The watercolor pictures depict Chester in all of his disoriented glory throughout the day, e.g., he can barely get himself dressed! This is an ideal interactive read-aloud in an elementary setting as students will want to help complete the sentence with the correct rhyming word. VERDICT With a positive message at the end—"We all have bad days"—the story of Chester is one readers will appreciate; he's a relatable, funny character they will want to see again.—Kerra Mazzariello

Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

"Laugh out loud funny, and a tiny bit disturbing. In other words, perfect." The Huffington Post An amusing and captivating tale that’s a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable: If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh out loud, illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. Cute and dark all at once, this hilarious children's book for adults teaches valuable lessons about life. From the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you), All My Friends Are Dead presents hilariously entertaining stories about life and existential predicaments. The simple yet effective imagery, the personification of inanimate objects, and short, hilarious quips come together to create an amusing adventure through each character’s unique grievance and wide eyed dilemmas. Written by Avery Monsen, an actor, artist, and writer and Jory John, a writer, editor, and journalist. They are friends, and neither is dead. Yet. All My Friends Are Dead is both the saddest funny book and the funniest sad book you’ll ever read. Children’s book written for adults Displayed in an accessible cartoon form

Have you ever loved something, but also totally not loved it at the same time? Would you like to "heart" New York, but you're not quite ready for that kind of commitment? Have you ever had the feeling that other cities probably have pretty good pizza, too? This light-hearted skewering of the Big Apple sets the record straight with semi-informed opinions, questionable charts, and some slapdash Photoshop work. On a scale from one to spectacular, we give New York a five. And after reading this book, we think you ll agree! Or whatever.

I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Chronicle Books LLC.

From the authors of the breakout bestseller All my friends are dead. (more than 175,000 copies sold) and in the humorous vein of Go the F**k to Sleep comes a laugh out loud collection of bad advice that turns the children's alphabet book on its head. Adorable illustrated characters lead readers down a path of poor decision making, and alphabetical, rhyming couplets offer terrible life lessons in which O is for opening things with your teeth, F is for setting Daddy's wallet on fire, and R is for Raccoon (but definitely not for rabies). With plenty of playfully disastrous choices lurking around every corner, this compendium of black humor may be terrible for actual children, but it's perfect for the common senseless child in all adults.

K is for Knifeball: An Alphabet of Terrible Advice

From the authors of the breakout best seller All my friends are dead (more than 100,000 copies sold) comes a brand-new illustrated compendium of the humorous existential ruminations of people, animals, legendary monsters, and inanimate objects.

All My Friends are Still Dead: (Funny Books, Children's Book for Adults, Interesting Finds)

The perfect place for recording notes and doodles, or just pondering the inevitable, this irresistibly tactile, felt-covered and stitched journal features the dinosaur star of the breakout best seller All My Friends Are Dead.

All My Friends Are Dead Felt Journal

Keep track of important dates and appointments before it's too late with this amusingly existential wall calendar by the authors of the national bestseller All my friends are dead. and All my friends are still dead.

All My Friends are Dead 2014 Wall Calendar

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NORMA EDITORIAL, S.A.

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All My Friends Are Dead

Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme

All My Friends Are Dead

I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York

K is for Knifeball: An Alphabet of Terrible Advice

All My Friends are Still Dead: (Funny Books, Children's Book for Adults, Interesting Finds)

All My Friends Are Dead Felt Journal

All My Friends are Dead 2014 Wall Calendar

TODOS MIS AMIGOS ESTÁN MUERTOS (Spanish Edition)