Books + Zines

From the author of the bestselling Audible Originals Self Care by the Signs and Self Care by the Moon, Valerie Tejeda's Cosmic Care is a guide to living well by harmonizing your self-care practice with the movement of the seasons, the stars, and the lunar cycle.

 Each of the 12 chapters on the zodiac signs includes to following to support your well-being: a description of that season's energy a ritual a meditation affirmations journal prompts tarot and oracle card spreads a list of correspondences crystals and herbs that support that sign's energy By using the cosmos to guide our practice, we channel the unique energies in the sky to renew ourselves in harmony with the universe. Regardless of your sign or your knowledge of astrology, you can craft your own holistic routine for every season of the year.

This tidy volume is filled with simple, impactful ways to practice self-care and mindfulness, arranged into three chapters: Nurture, Release, and Expand. In Nurture, author Leslie Koren teaches readers to make a simple moisturizing face mask and do a loving-kindness meditation.

In Release, she encourages readers to let go of what is weighing on them by having a solo dance party or tending to an altar. And in Expand, she invites readers to stargaze, perform a body appreciation ritual, chant a mantra, and learn the art of sound bathing. Each prompt includes straightforward instructions as well as ways to personalize and improvise the idea. Each chapter also includes its own series of yoga poses, and a “self-care kit” with recommendations for essential oils, crystals, incense, tea blends, and more.

A beautiful catalogue of 80 plants, revered by indigenous people for their nourishing, healing, and symbolic properties." —Gardens Illustrated The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures.

Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón teaches us the ways plants are used as food and medicine, the details of their identification and harvest, their important health benefits, plus their role in traditional stories and myths.

a book of unique moon-based spiritual self-care, beauty, and wellness recipes to invite both spiritual and physical nourishment into your life. The recipes take your personal energy, goals and needs into consideration. Use the intelligence of the moon phases to discover your deepest desires and learn how you can channel your intentions into everyday self-care such as lotions and creams, oils and sprays, comforting teas, cleansing soaps, ritual baths, and more.

You can even learn how to create a new beauty potion for every moon phase or transit through a new sign. You will also find knowledge and inspiration for creating potions based on the zodiac signs as they apply to the moon, as well as special moon events such as blue moons and eclipses.

Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more. 

 Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers. 

The Grief Companion is a beautifully illustrated and heartfelt resource designed to gently guide and support you through the complexities of loss and grief. This thoughtful collection features prompts, actions and insights that will support you through your ever evolving grieving journey. It offers grounding thoughts, meaningful ideas for honoring your loved ones, and reliable resources to help you navigate the shifting landscape of your emotions.

The book can be used in a number of different ways. Simply read an Insight, Action, or Prompt every day or week as part of a mindful intention, or during a difficult moment to be comforted. With The Grief Companion, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the grieving process, learn valuable coping mechanisms, and ultimately feel supported in your journey.

Sex Talk shows how opening up discussions on bodies, sexuality and pleasure can lead to much, much better sex and self-esteem, by the eminent French feminist pornographer Olympe de Ge and feminist writer Stephanie Estournet.

Sex Talk has a clear mission – breaking the taboo of taboos – by opening up the discussion of sex and desire in a clear, engaging and motivational way. The book takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery through nine chapters, discussing everything from self-stimulation, exploring sexual orientation, communicating wants and desires with a partner, staying safe online when sexting, exploring erotica and porn and creating private content – but at the core is the pervading importance of owning your sexual self.

Big Pussy Energy is a deck of cards providing daily rituals to help you fire up your fierce femme pussy power and make you feel empowered as hell. Forget about big dick energy – it's all about big pussy energy! In Big Pussy Energy, yoga teacher and sexologist Vanessa Muradian helps you to unleash the wild womxn within.

These rituals will allow you tune into your body, connect with your desires, liberate yourself from fear and teach you how to be the loudest, proudest most confident womxn you can be.

Including mantras, inspiring quotes and prompts, Big Pussy Energy is a must have deck of cards for womxn who are seeking empowerment and want to have a bit of fun along the way. Just pull a card a day, follow the prompts and then ... BOOM ... Big Pussy Energy will pulse through your body. No matter your gender identity, Big Pussy Energy is a loving embrace for all humans and will connect you more deeply to a loving relationship with your body, yourself and the world around you.

Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA TODAY bestselling author amanda lovelace presents the women are some kind of magic boxed set — a beautiful and empowering trilogy guaranteed to awaken your inner goddess. 

All three volumes of the women are some kind of magic series in a sleek slipcase. 

Contains:

• the princess saves herself in this one
• the witch doesn't burn in this one
• the mermaid's voice returns in this one

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rupi Kaur presents guided poetry writing exercises of her own design to help you explore themes of trauma, loss, heartache, love, family, healing, and celebration of the self.

Healing Through Words is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing.
 
This carefully curated collection of exercises asks only that you be vulnerable and honest, both with yourself and the page.
 

Join Bee Sampson for this look at the hidden history of queer flower magic!

Through a dynamic mix of history, mystery and magic, this zine examines 12 essential flowers which have long been known to be allies to LGBTQIA+ folks. From Violets and Hyacinths to Anise and Lavender, learn about these botanical powerhouses in both theory and practice as Bee offers six helpful spells utilizing the flowers found within. 

If you're looking for a resource that addresses plant magic in a beginner friendly manner while maintaining a focus on LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences, then look no further - Queer Flower Magic is here to help!

Black Hand Press zines are printed on biodegradable newsprint for sustainable learning.

Packed with spells, correspondences, ingredients and more, this zine tackles the theory and practice of spellcraft concerned with love and sex.

Black Hand Press zines are printed on biodegradable newsprint for sustainable learning.

• Explores beliefs and myths from Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, and around the Mediterranean, revealing how ancient goddesses were powerful queens of the heavens and Guardians of the Underworld, not passive fertility symbols

• Looks at creator goddesses, sun goddesses, lunar goddesses, warrior maiden goddesses, and night goddesses, including Hathor, Asherah, Inanna, Hekate, Athena, Astarte, and Gula-Bau

• Includes modern adaptations of ancient goddess magic rituals and instructions for creating divine amulets, figurines, and stones blessed with the goddesses’ powers

In the most ancient cultures of our world, goddesses were seen not as passive fertility symbols but as powerful, active queens of the heavens who protected cities, guided the dead and dying, and oversaw all forms of rebirth and transformation. Sharing her years of research and personal exploration, Vanessa Lavallée presents the animistic beliefs of our long-forgotten ancestors and shows how the queens of the heavens still have a vital role to play in modern spirituality.

Lavallée looks at sun goddesses who were often viewed as the mothers of the gods and reveals how to spiritually and magically work with creatrix energies. Examining how to work with the warrior goddess archetype found in goddesses such as Athena, Circe the sorceress, and Aphaia from the island of Aegina, the author explains their important connections to the Eagle constellation and eagle lore. Looking at night goddesses, including Gula-Bau, Ataegina, and Hecate, Lavallée explores their star magic and healing powers and describes their connection to death and the underworld as well as to Sirius, the Milky Way, and Vega, the goat star. Exploring lunar goddesses and their role as protectors and their connections to the swan and the Cygnus constellation, she looks at how to work with ladies of the sea such as Astarte, Aphrodite, and Tanit.

Offering modern adaptations of ancient goddess magic rituals, Lavallée explains how to perform rituals for healing, protection, and purification and how to create divine amulets and figurines blessed with the goddesses’ powers. She also reveals how to practice astral bathing for spiritual guidance and presents initiation practices throughout to help you connect with each queen of the heavens.

How do you like to be tied up? Silk scarves and designer stockings . . . nipple clamps, collars, and riding crops? Or are you the one with the key to the cuffs?

Best Bondage Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 brings you nineteen delectable adult stories of teasing, tantalizing, and begging for more. Award-winning editor Rachel Kramer Bussel allows you to shamelessly delve into your forbidden desires—from the most innocent to the truly deviant. These sexy tales include a double-dom three-way in a locked escape room, an outrageous kitchen tryst, a couple discovering their penchant for the perverse, kinky commands in space, and a range of role-play scenarios, each wilder than the last.

Succumb to the thrill of surrender with this exquisite anthology from a collection of writers who have truly mastered the not-so-gentle art of sexual power and erotic restraint

A quick, easy, and educational comic book guide that will help change the way we talk about sex and sexuality for all bodies.

"This guide can help disabled people (and their partners) on their journey toward self-love, better communication, and confidence." –– Alice Wong, Founder and Director, Disability Visibility Project

All different kinds of bods want to connect with other bods, but lots of them get left out of the conversation when it comes to S-E-X. As explained by disabled cartoonist A. Andrews, this easy-to-read guide covers the basics of disability sexuality, common myths about disabled bodies, communication tips, and practical suggestions for having the best sexual experience possible. Whether you yourself are disabled, you love someone who is, or you just want to know more, consider this your handy starter kit to understanding disability sexuality, and your path to achieving accessible (and fulfilling) sex.

As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”

As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is “a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that “hoarding won’t save us, all flourishing is mutual.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer is donating her advance payments from this book as a reciprocal gift, back to the land, for land protection, restoration, and justice.

"She Comes First is quite simply the best guide to oral sex out there." —AskMen.com

The essential guidebook to oral sex, She Comes First offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring women

As women everywhere will attest, men are "ill-cliterate." But in the pages of She Comes First, the mystery of female satisfaction is solved, and the tongue is proven mightier than the sword. According to Ian Kerner—sex therapist and evangelist of the female orgasm—oral sex isn't just foreplay, it's coreplay, and is simply the best way to lead a woman through the entire process of arousal time and time again.

Fun and informative, She Comes First is an encyclopedia of female pleasure, detailing dozens of tried-and-true techniques for consistently satisfying a woman and ensuring mutual sexual fulfillment.

An essential guide for any kid who wants to connect with natural magic, learn more about herbalism, and become more confident as they embrace their power with activities that support mindfulness and self-love. Green witches often start their journey by deciding to become best friends with one plant at a time. That plant becomes your ally. You come to know them, and in doing so, to know more about yourself. The plant will offer you teachings of physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional healing on the deepest levels to help you to grow, to feel safe in your body, and to become ever more joyful.

In this book, readers will learn about nine plants that inspire wellness and self-care, as well as follow herbal recipes, start a green witch journal, practice magical rituals, and more.

To be a successful gardener, you need to know two things: how to do something and when to do it. Both concepts are thoroughly tackled in The Month-By-Month Gardening Guide. This comprehensive approach to gardening guides home gardeners—whether you are growing vegetables, flowers, or houseplants—through a year of growing. Throughout, the emphasis is on organic, wildlife-friendly techniques. By following the guidance detailed in this hardworking primer, you’ll be well on your way to a beautiful and bountiful garden that will provide pleasure throughout the year.

In this beautiful book, master repairer, Molly Martin, champions the value of slow and sustainable fashion and the psychological benefits that go with itFor Molly Martin, it all started with a pair of socks. Her favorite pair. When the heels became threadbare, her mother got out her darning mushroom and showed her how to reinforce the thinning stitches and bring them back to life. She has been stitching and darning ever since.In The Art of Repair, Molly explores the humble origins of repair and how the act of mending a cherished item carefully by hand offers not just a practical solution but nourishment for the soul. Using her own beautiful illustrations, she guides us through the basics of the craft - from piecing and patching to the ancient Japanese art of Sashiko.