Jennifer McCartney

Relax, unwind and soak up the wisdom of the sloth with the slowest page turner you’ll ever read.

The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy

The Little Book of Alpaca Philosophy: A Calmer, Wiser, Fuzzier Way of Life (the Little Animal Philosophy Books)

A humorous look at why we shouldn't be throwing away all our posessions.

The Art of Being Messy

The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place

Relax, unwind and soak up the wisdom of the sloth with the slowest page turner you'll ever read.From tidying and Hygge, to living Lagom, the endless pressure to be happier, live better, sleep soundly, and eat mindfully can be exhausting. But this year's lifestyle trend finally delivers the perfect antidote - welcome to the year of the sloth.Sloths are mindfulness in action. Contemplative, deliberate, relaxed, and focused. They resist the rat race, the incessant pressures from society to be more productive, and they don't care how many steps they've logged on their fitness tracker. Long-limbed, a little bit shaggy, and a lot wide-eyed, they're wonderful creatures, not to mention completely adorable.Here you can enjoy take-it-slow wisdom inspired by sloths; including advice on sleep (more restorative than a 6am run), eating and 'exercise' (sloths are the original pioneers of slow food and yoga after all), work (did you know that lazy people have higher IQs?), family life, and love.Dispelling over-complicated myths about productivity, this brilliant book confirms that it really is OK to be a sloth.

Sit around, leave sh*t all over the place, drink, forget about deadlines . . . being lazy is pretty easy. The real art in being chill is when someone without any real ambition can fly under the radar, and live unscathed by the never-ending reams of self-help and inspiration rained upon anyone who just wants to watch Netflix. The magical place where doing what comes naturally keeps the do-ers at arm's length. Rather than doing less, do just enough. So screw TED Talks, Instagram images of a beach that say "Fail Better" in gold cursive, marathon training, tips for keeping plants alive, and all self-aggrandizing social media. Ninety-nine percent of people on this planet are just pretty average. We're doing our thing. Trying to get out of bed in the morning. Hey, are you awake right now? Reading a sentence? You know what? That's success in my book. Being a person is hard enough without all the pressure to be good at it.

The Secret Art of Being Lazy and Getting Away with It

The Joy of Doing Just Enough

We're inundated with advice on how to cut back on our screen time, and urged instead to embrace nature, human relationships, and being present in the moment. But has anyone actually considered those realities? They sound like a lot of work. In her new book, Jennifer McCartney gives thanks for phones, iPads, laptops, the menu tablets at Chili's, and all screens everywhere. We can now follow a baby alpaca on a webcam, watch a viral video on TikTok, find an ex on Facebook, measure our pupillary distances, answer any question without engaging our brains--there's so much to learn, with little to no effort. The Internet practically runs itself! We use it for work, for family, for research. We're really, really good at being online! And that's something to celebrate. With her usual balance of pithy wisdom, aptitude tests, and hilarious commentary, McCartney embraces our new reality. After all, as Descartes might have said, "I scroll, therefore I am."

The Art of Losing Your Mind (Literally)

The Joy of Being Online All the F*cking Time

For anyone who's longing for a break from the US of A, So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh? is a step-by-step guide on how to move to the best country in the world -- and how to fit in once you're there. Written by New York Times bestselling author (and born-and-bred Canuck) Jenn McCartney, this comprehensive guide offers everything you need to know about America's northern neighbor. Inside, McCartney overviews Canada's history; demystifies its bewildering residency rules; introduces its unique laws and customs; spotlights its many contributions to the arts and pop culture (Celine Dion, Margaret Atwood, Justins Trudeau and Bieber); explains its colorful slang; and so much more. Featuring creative doodles, helpful charts, and fun graphs, So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh? is the perfect gift for your politically disgruntled father, nudge for your bleeding-heart neighbor to hit the road, and inspiration for planning (or daydreaming about) your own Canadian getaway.

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So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?

Rodent Not Taken

A Kitten's Book of Verse

Poetry from Scratch

La magie du rangement a fait son temps. Faisons la peau à cette absurdité, et commençons à acheter plein de trucs, pour les semer partout où nous en avons envie ! Savez-vous que la science a prouvé que les personnes désordonnées sont plus créatives (et aussi plus intelligentes et plus séduisantes) ? Mais être un vrai bordélique et se laisser aller est un art ! Ce livre va vous apprendre comment vivre dans le bazar (en toute chose et de la cave au plafond), en pleine conscience et dans la joie. Et le résultat est époustouflant : vos plantes vont cesser de mourir, votre bouteille de whisky ne s'asséchera plus jamais, vous allez pouvoir vous lâcher, et vous découvrirez que vous avez perdu du poids. Il est temps de reprendre votre vie en main et de la débarrasser de la manie du rangement.

De la joie d'être bordélique

El arte de ser un desastre

The newest entry in the feline literary canon is here… so pee on this, cat poet wannabes Hipster cats, stay-at-home-mom cats, windowsill cats, and outdoor cats—you’ll find them all here, immortalized in prose about, for, and sometimes by, cats. With a Brooklyn edge, author Jennifer McCartney ups the cool quotient on this burgeoning genre. Of Mice and Men There once was a cat who loved books He liked bookshelves that had lots of nooks He thought especially nice The tomes about mice One page and the kitty was hooked From limericks to beat poems, haikus to sonnets, riffs on famous verse to original blank verse, there is something here for every cat lover to enjoy.

Poetry from Scratch: A Kitten's Book of Verse

A treasure trove of cat poetry, hidden from human eyes until now, reveals the humor and pathos of feline life. Curated by New York Times best-selling author Jennifer McCartney, this collection of poems—discovered at a cat cafe´ in Milan, Italy—showcases the breathtaking skill, witty intelligence, and breadth of knowledge possessed by the cat mind. McCartney knew she’d found something special as she translated the feline riffs on famous poems, beat poetry, rhyming verse, haikus, and limericks. From musings on a tardy dinner (“Feed Me”) to a trip to the vet (“A Cat’s Revenge”), the “clueless yammering” of sparrows in a birdbath to the pleasures of an empty box, these are special additions to the genre. Soon, in fact, the scribe was inspired to add some work of her own, as well as charming line drawings and photographs. This slim volume will entice anyone enamored of poesy and the fine arts—particularly cats, or people who like cats.

The Rodent Not Taken

It's time to shun our perfectionist society and discover the beauty in everything! Ugly-Cute is an adorkable compilation of misunderstood, underappreciated species including well-known lovable uggos, like sun bears and pugs, as well as obscure weirdos, like the star-nosed mole and the aye-aye. Each chapter is dedicated to a different ugly-cute animal and the ways in which we can learn from them. Featuring: 1. Pink Fairy Armadillo 2. Aye Aye 3. Star-nosed Mole 4. Wombat 5. Sucker-footed Bat 6. Sun Bear 7. Tapir 8. Anteater 9. White-faced Saki Monkey 10. Yeti Crab 11. Pug 12. Axolotl Salamander 13. Proboscis Monkey 14. Aquatic Scrotum Frog 15. Emu 16. Blobfish 17. Hairless Cat and more!

Ugly-Cute: What Misunderstood Animals Can Teach Us about Life

The anti-hipster drink book, perfect for hipsters and their haters "McCartney sends up the craft cocktail movement with a healthy dose of sarcasm and a lot of booze" (Lifehacker) "Shake up your workweek with this perfect resource." (InStyle)

Cocktails for Drinkers: Not-Even-Remotely-Artisanal, Three-Ingredient-or-Less Cocktails that Get to the Point

La magie du rangement a fait son temps. Faisons la peau à cette absurdité, et commençons à acheter plein de trucs, pour les semer partout où nous en avons envie ! Savez-vous que la science a prouvé que les personnes désordonnées sont plus créatives (et aussi plus intelligentes et plus séduisantes) ? Mais être un vrai bordélique et se laisser aller est un art ! Ce livre va vous apprendre comment vivre dans le bazar (en toute chose et de la cave au plafond), en pleine conscience et dans la joie. Et le résultat est époustoufl ant : vos plantes vont cesser de mourir, votre bouteille de whisky ne s’asséchera plus jamais, vous allez pouvoir vous lâcher, et vous découvrirez que vous avez perdu du poids... Il est temps de reprendre votre vie en main et de la débarrasser de la manie du rangement. Jennifer McCartney est canadienne et vit à Brooklyn. Elle est l’auteur de best-sellers salués par le New York Times et écrit pour la presse écrite et la BBC. Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Alexandra Maillard.

"Aufräumen" erlebt derzeit einen regelrechten Hype: Sogenannte Aufräum-Coaches bieten zuhauf ihre Dienste an und von Marie Kondos Ordnungsratgeber Magic Cleaning – einem Buch, das die lebensverändernde Kraft des Aufräumen anpreist – wurden allein in Deutschland fast 100.000 Exemplare verkauft. In dieser unglaublich amüsanten und cleveren Satire fragt Jennifer McCartney: Wer bitteschön glaubt denn tatsächlich daran, dass man eine Beziehung retten kann, indem man die Sockenschublade aufräumt? Oder dass man seinen Traumjob findet, wenn man das Bücherregal ausmistet? Dieses Buch zeigt daher dem Aufräumhype die kalte Schulter – denn Unordnung gehört nun einmal zum Leben dazu. Ganz nach dem Motto "Ich bleib' so scheiße wie ich bin" ruft die Autorin dazu auf, der ständigen Selbstoptimierung ein Ende zu bereiten und stattdessen so zu bleiben, wie wir sind: wild, frei, wunderbar – und chaotisch. Endlich ein Buch, das allen Menschen aus der Seele spricht, die in ihrem Leben Besseres zu tun haben, als Ordnung zu halten.

Weil Aufräumen dein Leben sicher nicht verändern wird

Lass den Scheiß doch einfach liegen

The secret to living a better, deeper, more fulfilling life. Or at least, the secret to chilling out just a tiny bit.

The Little Book of Alpaca Philosophy: A calmer, wiser, fuzzier way of life (The Little Animal Philosophy Books)

The New York Times bestseller that’s “LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY” (Elle Décor) and “SPOT-ON…with a healthy amount of cursing" (POPSUGAR) The anti-clutter movement is having a moment. You may have heard about a book—an entire book—written on the topic of tidiness and how “magical” and “life-changing” it is to neaten up and THROW AWAY YOUR BELONGINGS. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s time to fight that ridiculousness and start buying even more stuff and leaving it any place you want. Guess what, neatniks? Science shows that messy people are more creative.* Being a slob is an art, and there’s a fine line between being a consumer and being a hoarder. Don’t cross that line. This book shows you how to clutter mindfully and with great joy. The results are mind-blowing. Your plants will stop dying. Your whiskey bottle will never run dry. Your drugstore points will finally add up to a free jar of salsa and some nice shampoo. You’ll go shopping and discover you’ve lost weight... It's time to take back your life from the anti-clutter movement. *As well as smarter and more attractive.

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