Quirk Books: 283 books
Secret Lives of Great Composers
What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World's Musical Masters
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
True tales of murder, riots, heartbreak, and great music.
With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and...
The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray
A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The New York Times Best Seller.
Part biography, part critical appreciation, part love letter, and all fun, this enormous full-color volume, packed with color film stills and behind-the-scenes photography, chronicles every Murray performance in loving detail, recounting all the milestones, legendary...
Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee
How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
This culinary biography recounts the 1784 deal that Thomas Jefferson struck with his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along “for a particular purpose”— to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James’s cooperation, Jefferson...
Signing Their Lives Away
The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels...
Princesses Behaving Badly
Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This edition offers true tales of these take-charge princesses plus dozens more in a fascinating read that’s perfect for history buffs, feminists, and anyone seeking a different kind of bedtime story.
You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney...
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying
Lessons From a Life in Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
For many years, television comedy was an exclusive all boys’ club—until a brilliant comedian named Carol Leifer came along, blazing a trail for funny women everywhere. From Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live to Seinfeld, The Ellen Show, and Modern Family, Carol has written...
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen
Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Meet more than one hundred of the most heroic female characters in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary.
This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and...
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Upon completing “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” in 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald declared it “the funniest story ever written” and “one of my two favorite stories.” It’s the strange tale of a man who is “born” 70 years old and mysteriously ages in reverse. This stunning graphic...
by Michelle Gish
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Based on the popular webcomic, this all-new stand-alone comics collection artfully blends post-apocalyptic sci fi, dry humor, and utter adorability.
It’s the most adorable apocalypse ever! The human race has vanished replaced by innocent, playful, creatures called the Puramus. In this hilarious...
The League of Regrettable Superheroes
Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Meet one hundred of the strangest superheroes ever to see print, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary.
You know about Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, but have you heard of Doll Man, Doctor Hormone, or Spider Queen? So prepare yourself for such not-ready-for-prime-time...
Manhattan Mayhem
New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
From Wall Street to Harlem, the borough of Manhattan is the setting for all-new stories of mystery, murder, and suspense, presented by best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark and featuring an exclusive Jack Reacher story by Lee Child, as well as other takes from top Mystery Writers of America authors.
In...
My Best Friend's Exorcism
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
This ENHANCED DIGITAL EDITION features TONS of TOTALLY AWESOME ’80s bonus materials—including Satanic Panic educational pamphlets, a do-it-yourself exorcism cheat sheet, a Spotify playlist of awesome ’80s tunes, animated cover artwork, and much more!
An unholy hybrid of Beaches and The...
by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”
So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a...
by Steve Hockensmith
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and its prequel, Dawn of the Dreadfuls, were both New York Times best sellers, with a combined 1.3 million copies in print. Now the PPZ trilogy comes to a thrilling conclusion with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After.
The story opens with our...