The Sex Life of Food is about the connections between our psyches and our food – the many ways what we eat is woven into our lives – from sex and food to politics and food, from comfort food to problem food, with the histories of table manners, cannibalism, and Adolph Hitler's vegetarianism included along with a range of other related topics.

"A delectable exploration of the sometimes surprising ways our two major appetites interact."
            — People Magazine

"A buffet of facts...served with saucy humor....Hilarious!"
            — The Wall Street Journal

Alexander's Pretending Day, a children’s picture book illustrated by Dan Andreasen, is a series of questions a young child asks his mother. If he were a lion – or a river – or a dinosaur, would she still love him? Will she always be there for him? Her answers are tender, comforting, and amusing.

"...bubbly, authentic dialog...just the right balance of playfulness and comforting steadiness."
            — Publishers Weekly

"...warm creativity"
            — The Baltimore Sun

The Old-Time Brand-Name Cookbook uses old recipe pamphlets (published from 1875 to 1950) to look at American cooking in those years. Lavishly illustrated with original art, the book includes quotes from the pamphlets, updated recipes, and introductory text.

Here, old recipe pamphlets tell the story of dessert in American kitchens from 1875 to 1950. With charming and beautiful original full-color art, the book includes quotes from old pamphlets, updated recipes, and introductory text.

Jazz Legends is a book of biographies of major figures in jazz and includes illustrations of album jacket covers as well as photographs. A CD is tucked into a pocket on the inside back cover.

Perfect Figures – The Lore of Numbers and How We Learned to Count presents the history of the inevitable progression of numbers, from one to infinity, and how we learned to count in different ways, at different times, and in different places. It’s about where numbers come from, and (aside from math) how we use them now. It's a way of making sense – and poetry – of the mystery and magic of numbers.

"...rhapsodic prose... perfectly browsable, richly poetic compendium of number facts."
            — The Washington Post