Jennifer McCartney – författare

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.

Otters are some of the most delightful animals on the planet. These long, lean, furry creatures embody pure joy in so many ways – they live for napping, playing, making friends and eating, and forget about the rest. Pretty inspiring, right?In a world that can often seem divided, lonely, and just plain cruel, the otter reminds us of what’s important in life.What other animal:• Holds hands with their friends whilst napping so they don’t float away?• Communicates in a flurry of whistles, chirps, chuckles, clicks and coos?• Builds a waterslide on a daily basis?• Befriends other species, just because?• Eats food off their tummy while floating peacefully with their pals?These intelligent, adorable, water-dwelling mammals have a lot to teach us about the way we live. So, kick back, grab a pal, dive in and reconnect with your playful side, just like you otter!

The secret to living a better, deeper, more fulfilling life. Or at least, the secret to chilling out just a tiny bit. Wise, kind, observant and gentle, alpacas are the Dali Llamas of the animal kingdom. Their days consist of quiet contemplation, empathy and sweet-natured interactions with their herd – we have much to learn from them.So take a deep breath, still your mind and rise above the fray, to learn to live life the alpaca way.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place, this is a hilarious and delightfully packaged celebration of womanhood and one-of-a-kind historical record of boobs-for women, and the people who love them.Welcome to the wonderful world of boobs! Whether you're here for a good time, an education, or a bit of both (the best things come in twos, after all), get ready for some fun. Boobs is a witty guide for the big-boobed, the boobless, and everyone in between. Think you know everything there is to know about breasts and the miraculous powers they possess? Think again. Historically, they are perhaps women's most admired asset, but from the advent of the bra to today's free-the-nipple movement, it's a complicated history to unpack. So why not have some fun while we explore the subject?There's so much to know and love about our pert (or pendulous, or silicon-based) parts-no judgment here. Pick up Boobs for an entertaining historical overview and look at the influence of boobs in pop culture, plus fun facts, (G-rated) illustrations, and more celebrating the beauty, strength, and magic of womanhood.

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.

The must-buy humorous gift for the marathon runners in your life!DO YOU FIND YOURSELF STUCK IN A CYCLE OF TRAINING BLOCKS, ENERGY GELS, BLISTER PLASTERS AND RACE DAY ANXIETY - I MEAN, ANTICIPATION?Fear not! This book will get you back on track. Packed to the brim with fun alternatives to running a marathon, like painting a watercolour masterpiece and baking the perfect cookie, this is a must-have guide for runners looking for hobbies that are kinder to their knees, calendars and bank accounts.**Guaranteed cheaper than a Theragun. And more fun than a knee replacement.

The artisanal cocktail movement is, let’s face it, not for everyone. What about drinks for the rest of us? The boozers who just want a good, stiff cocktail we can make at home after a day at work? What if you don’t own an ice-shaving kit or grow organic rosemary in your back garden? What if you are using recycled jam jars to mix your Vodka Tonic instead of the “mason jar shaker” you can purchase at every hipster joint in Hoxton? Rejoice, this book is for you.

Science shows that messy people are more creative (as well as cleverer and more attractive). With this book, learn how to clutter mindfully with checklists, quizzes, guidelines, flow-charts (really?) and inspirational stories. Your plants will stop dying. Your whiskey bottle will never run dry. Your clubcard points will finally add up to a free jar of salsa and some nice shampoo. Go on—leave your pants on the floor tonight.

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 MenThere once was a cat who loved booksHe liked bookshelves that had lots of nooksHe thought especially niceThe tomes about miceOne 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.

A beautiful, fully illustrated journal to chart your journey through the landscape of the world’s best wines. If you’ve ever wanted to remember the wine that paired so well with a recent dish, the vintage of a particular wine, or the details of an indulgence from a special occasion, The Wine Journal is for you. Keep track of your visits to restaurants, dinner parties, and vineyard and winery tours. Filled with notes, quotes, tasteful tips, and wine information for every class of imbiber, this handy journal will teach you how to create your own wine cellar and develop and track your own wine pairings.

Being lazy is easy. The real art is being chilled; living unscathed by the never-ending reams of self-help and inspiration. Rather than doing less, do just enough. Screw TED Talks, marathon training, tips for keeping plants alive, Instagram and all self-aggrandising social media. Ninety-nine percent of us are just doing our thing. Being a person is hard enough without all the pressure to be good at it.

Make your own Insta-face mask, whether or not you post a pic of yourself wearing one. Masks— especially one- use sheet masks— are the latest craze to sweep the beauty industry and a fun addition to any skin- care routine. But the costs add up and the ingredient lists are often riddled with parabens and preservatives. (Think of the environment, too, with all that packaging!) Here are 101 recipes that are easy to make and often use only a few ingredients. There’s a remedy for any skin woe— from dull, dry skin to large pores. Recipes include:Egg White Tight and Bright Sheet MaskCoconut Glam Glow Sheet MaskClarifying Matcha Sheet MaskActivated Charcoal Deep Cleansing Sheet MaskWith instructions for re-usable, green-friendly, DIY cloth face sheets.

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.”

Curated by The New York Times best-selling author Jennifer McCartney, this collection of poems—discovered at a cat café 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 enamoured of poesy and the fine arts—particularly cat lovers.

The oceans are burning. The deserts are flooding. UFOs are real. There’s also the threat of nuclear war, regular war and we’re in the midst of the sixth mass extinction. What better moment than now to take a big, long celebratory drink? We did it! We ruined everything! Don’t stress—Cocktails for the Apocalypse contains the secrets to survival in unprecedented times.These new and classic cocktails from Jennifer McCartney will help readers remember to enjoy what we’ve got and laugh when we need to. Recipes include the Martian Martini, to welcome our new overlords; the Virtual Cosmo, since remote work is the new hell reality; and the Nuclear Sunrise, so you enjoy plenty of tequila while soaking up the radiation poisoning. No matter the occasion, there’s an easy-to-make cocktail here for you.