Whether you’re off to college, returning after a long hiatus, or even matriculating into a new school regardless of age, here are some must-haves to make your academic year even easier.
Have a good semester!
Aquasonic Black Series Ultra Whitening Toothbrush
Packed with the most up to date technology, the Black Series features an ultra-powerful and industry leading motor producing 40,000 vibrations per minute, a lithium-ion battery, ultra-fast wireless charging, 4 mode operation, smart vibration timers, 8 DuPont engineered brush heads, and a custom travel case; all with a sleek ultra-slim, lightweight and IPX7 rated waterproof design. Perfect for starting your day with a smile.
GuruNanda Concentrated Mouthwash
Developed by a team of Western and Ayurvedic dental experts, this mouthwash is formulated with a proprietary blend of seven 100% pure and natural essential oils for whole mouth health and fresher breath. It’s all of nature’s best, with nothing extra. Just add 4 drops of our concentrated mouthwash to water and swish for 1 minute.
Each bottle lasts about 300 uses. That means fewer packaging materials, less shipping, and a smaller carbon footprint. The product contains no alcohol, fluoride, preservatives, gluten, or toxic chemicals and it is not tested on animals.
Crystal Magnesium Enriched Deodorant Sticks
Featuring Magnesium (a naturally occurring element used in their deodorants to create an easy transition from conventional anti-perspirants), this aluminum-free deodorant for women and men dries quickly and allows the body to function naturally without blocking pores. It’s non-irritating, dermatologist-tested to be hypoallergenic, and perfect for all skin types. Available in 7 different scents: Lavender + Rosemary, Coconut + Vanilla, Cucumber + Mint, Sea Salt + Sage, Charcoal + Tea Tree, Clean + Fresh, and Pure + Gentle.
Crystal magnesium deodorant provides 24-hour odor control without the mess, greasy residue, or white stains on skin and clothes! Crystal aluminum-free deodorant is vegan, cruelty-free, safe, and effective. Their products use the cleanest, safest ingredients available.
RDCL Superfood Hydration Blends
A new plant-based healthy, vitamin-packed line of beverages giving ordinary drinks new “superpowers” with all plant-based ingredients and zero added sugar, all while making them healthier, tastier, more ethical and sustainable!
Super Cocoa is a powder that can be mixed into hot or cold water (think hot cocoa and chocolate milk) or thrown in the blender with your favorite milk option to make a delicious smoothie. Its rich chocolate-y taste (courtesy of two kinds of premium cacao) is front and center, but it also contains “stealth” ingredients like pea protein, ancient grains and seeds, and greens to make it healthy. Whether you are an adult who wants a healthier version of a classic chocolate treat or a parent trying to get your kids to eat their daily quota of fruits and veggies, Super Cocoa does it all.
Other flavors available include Passion Fruit (Immunity + Focused Energy) and Dragon Fruit Superberry (Immunity Boost + Stress Support). Each of them features a different combination of superfruits and flavors, but they’re both delicious hydration drinks that are formulated with coconut water, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and our Immunity Boost (zinc, vitamin C, vitamin D3, and other antioxidants). The Passion Fruit formulation also includes our Immunity Boost (zinc, vitamin C from acerola berry, vitamin D3, and other antioxidants) and our Focused Energy Boost (L-theanine from green tea, rhodiola, and caffeine from guarana). The Immunity Booster formula contains RDCL’s calming Stress Support Boost, which contains L-theanine from green tea and bioavailable magnesium from seawater.
Bonus — kids will have no clue they are getting the goodness of so many greens and grains. For a refreshing beverage, just add water or non-sweet almond milk and shake with ice in a shaker (or even in a sports bottle) for about 30 seconds – VOILA!
Blendjet 2 – The Next-Gen Portable Blender
Shouldn’t everyone start their day with a healthy shake?
Big blender performance, compact size. BlendJet 2 was created to make blending simple and delicious at home or on the go. This amazing portable blender is lightweight, high-powered and handheld, perfect for the gym, your daily commute, office or kitchen.
Traditional blenders only use their blades to blend, but BlendJet 2’s stainless steel blades are offset from the center of the base, which creates a tornado effect that blasts ingredients into the back of the jar 275 times per second, resulting in dramatically better blending. This technology — combined with a more powerful motor and doubled battery capacity — makes BlendJet 2 five times more powerful than BlendJet One.
In addition, Blendjet 2 is 33% larger than before – generous 475ml capacity with a super long battery life – over 15 blends per 1 hour of charge. The powerful, yet quiet motor makes quick work of ice, fruit, and more
If that wasn’t enough,the BlendJet 2 portable blender transforms into a powerful food processor that pulverizes veggies, fruits, nuts and more. You can pulse your way to tasty guacamole, pesto, salsa and hummus in mere seconds. Self-cleaning, the Blendjet 2 is a must give and manufacturer’s 30-day limited warranty.
Also available from Blendjet are their own brand of smoothies and protein shake powders, meal replacements, frozen fruits, and accessories.
A new line of veggie chips that ditch the deep fryer but deliver nutrients, crunch, color and flavor galore by up cycling “ugly vegetables.” These chips are minimally processed and never deep-fried, like other veggie chips and extruded “puff” style snacks. Because they are baked using a low heat method, the nutrients – and the beautiful colors of the carrots, radishes, purple sweet potatoes and mushrooms in the mix – remain vibrant. But it’s not just about delivering health dividends and looking good. Confetti Snacks are infused with authentic spices and flavors. Veggie chip flavors include Green Curry, Tandoori Curry, Teriyaki BBQ and Summer Truffle. Mushroom chip flavors include Green Curry, Tandoori Curry and Black Truffle.
I found the Teriyaki BBQ Veggie Chips and the Black Truffle Mushroom Chips to be particularly delicious. Also amazing is the first selection of fruit chips, half-moon shaped crunchsters are made with one ingredient, mandarin oranges, yet they’re bursting with juicy flavor and vitamin C. Perfect for healthy snacking.
Yamazaki Home Small Desk Organizer
Let your imagination run free, not your desk items.This chic, clean caddy will lend a little organization to any room in the home. Pop one of these in your home workspace to immediately declutter your tabletop. Gather remote controls, electronics, cleaners, pens, computer accessories, and anything else that’s junking up your surfaces. Measuring L 2.75″ x W 9.75″ x H 4″, this organizer is made from steel and Walnut veneer with clear varnish. Silicone mats rest at the bottom to keep items from sliding around.
Sleek and stylish, this highly versatile organizer is a must have for anyone who needs that extra-boost to keep their work area clear.
Rite in the Rain Stationary Essentials
Consider this, you’re out and about all day, every day. You need accessories to not only be well made, but also durable in all conditions. Rite in the Rain products withstand brutal conditions and preserve your notes for a lifetime. Through rain, sweat, mud, and the passage of time your notes will endure. These are some of the many items that they carry that are recommended:
- Pocket Organizer Pouch: This compact organizer holds a lot more than just your notes. Translucent storage pockets make it easy to organize your small field essentials: flash drive, small tool, flashlight, and more. Includes short-tabbed YKK Zippers are quiet and reliable, and the two-way pulls make access easy and feature multi-directional belt loops can be worn horizontally, vertically, or clipped onto mount straps.
- Top Spiral Notebook: A notebook that survives rain, sweat, grease or anything else that you might encounter. Featuring Impact-resistant Wire-O doesn’t get bent out of shape when tossed around in packs or your pocket. The Polydura cover creates a tough, but flexible outer shell defending your notes from scratches and stains and printed on the cover are rulers, conversion charts, and map scales
- Bolt-ActionPen: This All-Weather Pen’s bolt-action mechanism provides a satisfying writing experience. Features a proprietary ink and delivery system used exclusively in Rite in the Rain pens will write without skipping in extremely wet conditions. Pressurized ink cartridge performs in temperatures from -30F to 250F, under water (up to 35 ft), and at any angle.
- Monsoon Wallet: Designed to keep you equipped with your daily essentials: pen, credit cards, cash, and On-the-Go notebook. The exterior elastic closure not only secures your wallet’s contents, it keeps your notebook closed. Slip your Mini Notebook into the wallet’s front exterior sleeve so you’ll have it close at hand.
- Soft Cover Book: This 4.25″ x 7.25″ heavy-duty “perfect binding” notebook holds strong through bad weather and years of abuse. The Field-Flex covers easily conform to pockets or packs, yet spring back into shape – no worse for the wear. The notebook also features rulers, conversion charts, and map scales printed on the cover for quick reference.
- Side Spiral Standard Notebook: This standard size 8.5″ x 11″ notebook features a Polydura cover material which creates a tough but flexible outer shell defending your notes from scratches and stains. In addition, the impact-resistant Wire-O doesn’t get bent out of shape when tossed around in packs or your pocket. The notebook also features rulers, conversion charts, and map scales printed on the cover for quick reference.
- 2024 Pocket Calendar: The all-weather pocket calendar features a one-week planner page and a corresponding notes page, allow for plenty of room to keep track of your appointments and to-do’s. In addition, the heavy-duty “perfect binding” holds strong through bad weather and years of abuse and the field-flex covers easily conform to pockets or packs, yet spring back into shape – no worse for the wear.
- On-The-Go Notebooks: Measuring 3.1875″ x 2″ these tiny notebooks are just smaller than a standard business card, making them handy just about anywhere. The interior blank perforated sheets leave their use entirely up to your imagination.
- All-Weather Pocket Pen: Stash anywhere. Write everywhere. This miniature pen features a convertible cap which Cap snaps securely onto end of pen creating a comfortable standard-size barrel. Proprietary ink and delivery system used exclusively in Rite in the Rain pens will write without skipping in extremely wet conditions. Pressurized ink cartridge performs in temperatures from -30F to 250F, under water (up to 35 ft), and at any angle.
Clever Fox Weekly Desk Calendar
Clever Fox Weekly Desk Planner is a premium weekly planning pad that will assist you in successfully planning your weekly tasks, creating a weekly to do list and staying on top of your plans. Set your weekly goal to make sure you are focused on the right thing and start working on it! This pad will boost your performance and productivity. Plan your week, list your to-dos and write out all daily tasks. Micromanaging your week will reduce stress and help you feel accomplished, relaxed, and ready to take on the world.
This desk notepad is made of high-quality 120gsm pearl white paper that will withstand heavy use and even fountain pens. This weekly notepad & week planner to do pad comes with a total of 53 tear-off weekly sheets, meaning that this smaller than A4 planner, that measures 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Habit tracker journaling is a proven way for adopting good habits and getting rid of the unwanted ones. Each weekly to do list notepad and habit tracker planner’s sheet allows you to keep an eye on 6 habits, mark the days you’ve completed them, set your habit goals and see whether they were met. A must have for every home office allowing you to keep track of the week ahead of you.
Clever Fox Pocket Weekly Planner
Clever Fox Weekly Pocket Planner is the perfect motivational planner for staying on track with your goals on the go. Measuring just 3.7 inches by 6.7 inches, it can easily fit into any purse or pocket. This pocket-sized organizer with a vegan leather is created to last the whole year, and comes with calendar spreads, weekly views, habit tracker and even dot-grid pages at the back for note taking.
If you are looking for a tool to help you boost productivity, and reach goals while increasing your happiness, this planner is perfect for you. Write down yearly goals, plan for the year, and incorporate it into the weekly agenda using this life organizer. Set priorities and use habit trackers to progress weekly. This planner is made to motivate. The Clever Fox Pocket Weekly is an undated planner organizer. Unlike most dated mini planners, you can start using this goal-setting planner any time or take a break when needed without wasting a page. It’s totally up to you to fill in the months and dates. That is why all 12 months come right up front and are followed by the separated 52 weeks. This life planner and organizer for women and men is accompanied by 120+ colorful planner stickers, a bookmark for easy navigation, an elastic pen loop, and an accordion pocket at the back.
There is no reason to look for any other compact goal planner journal.
In manufacturing, it is not often that a design becomes instantly classic or iconic. It takes a lot of time, appreciation by its peers, and a track record of proven success to show a design’s true place historically within its respective category. The Bullet Pen has become not only an iconic design for Fisher Space Pen Co., but an example of industrial art itself, which is why this pen design is still held in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art.
Conceived in 1948 by Paul C. Fisher, the Bullet has been a part of pop culture over the past half-century. Seen on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and being the focus of the Seinfeld episode entitled ‘The Pen’, this highly sought-after space pen keeps customers coming back, from generation to generation.
When closed, the Bullet is the perfect size to carry in your wallet, pocket, purse, car glove box, organizer, or toolbox. When open, it’s a full sized, evenly balanced writing instrument that performs in the most unique environments. Like all Fisher Space Pens, this pen will write in zero-gravity, upside down, underwater, over oil and grease, in -30 to +250 degrees Fahrenheit, and three times longer than the average ballpoint pen. Whether you’re a trade professional, writer, teacher, artist, executive, or just someone who appreciates a premium writing experience at an affordable price, this space pen is for you!
The Bullet design is timeless and elegant, yet it is also extremely durable, something that most ballpoint pens are not known for. When someone says “I’ve got a Space Pen!”, most of the time they are referring to the Bullet. Again, further evidence of its popularity and solidifying its place in history as a “classic” in the ballpoint pen industry.
Fisher Original Astronaut Space Pen
In 1967, after over two years of rigorous testing by NASA, the Space Pen was selected for use by the astronauts of Apollo 7 and has been used on all manned space flights since. The overall design of the Original Astronaut Pen has not changed in over 50 years, and the pen that you buy today, except for several minor aesthetic changes, is nearly identical to the one taken to the moon in 1969.
All Astronaut Pens are proudly produced in the USA! Each is made of solid brass with hard chrome plating, giving it a solid feel in your hand as you write. They also feature a unique clicking mechanism that extends the point via the button on the top, with a release button on the side to retract it. This side button has a substantial sound and feel to it, ensuring that you will always remember to retract the point before sliding the pen back into your pocket.
Astronaut Pens have been used on all NASA Apollo and Space Shuttle missions, the International Space Station, Russian Soyuz and MIR space flights, the French ARIANE Space Program, and the Everest North Face Ski Expedition. They are packaged in our heavy-duty gift box with flock lining, and each comes with a guarantee and a pamphlet describing the history of Fisher Space Pen Co.
Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century
By Saul Austerlitz
It’s been nearly twenty years since Ron Burgundy burst into movie fans’ lives, reminding San Diego to “stay classy” while lampooning a time gone by—although maybe not as far gone as we might think? In Kind of a Big Deal, comedy historian Saul Austerlitz tells the history of how Anchorman was developed, written, and cast, and how it launched the careers of future superstars like Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd, also setting the stage for a whole decade of comedy to come and influencing films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Talladega Nights, Knocked Up, Superbad, and so many more.
But Kind of a Big Deal isn’t only a celebration of Anchorman—it’s also a cultural analysis of the film’s significance as a sly commentary on feminism, the media, fragile masculinity, 1970s nostalgia, and more. Featuring brand-new interviews with stars such as Will Ferrell, director Adam McKay, and other key players, the book includes insider commentary alongside updated pop-culture analysis. And it also shares surprising stories and facts: from the film’s original conception as a plane crash/cannibal comedy mashup to the surprising, real-life newscaster who inspired the character of Veronica.
Overall, this is a celebration of a movie that millions love—but it’s also an unsparing look back at what has and hasn’t changed, since the 1970s and since 2004. Perfect for fans of the film and anyone who cares about comedy today, Kind of a Big Deal proves that the movie was, and is, exactly that.
Crime Novels of the 1960s: Nine Classic Thrillers
Edited by Geoffrey O’Brien
Library of America presents a deluxe edition of unforgettable crime thrillers of the 1960s.
Here in two volumes are 9 timeless novels, including 4 lost classics now restored to print. In the 1960s a number of gifted writers—some at the peak of their careers, others newcomers—reimagined American crime fiction. Here are nine novels of astonishing variety and inventiveness that pulse with the energies of that turbulent, transformative decade:
- Fredric Brown’s The Murderers (1961), a darkly comic look at a murderous plot hatched on the hip fringes of Hollywood.
- Dan J. Marlowe’s terrifying The Name of the Game Is Death (1962), about a nihilistic career criminal on the run
- Charles Williams’s Dead Calm (1963), a masterful novel of natural peril and human evil on the high seas.
- Dorothy B. Hughes’s The Expendable Man (1963), an unsettling tale of racism and wrongful accusation in the American Southwest.
- Richard Stark’s taut The Score (1964), in which the master thief Parker plots the looting of an entire city with the cool precision of an expert mechanic.
- The Fiend (1964), in which Margaret Millar maps the interlocking anxieties of a seemingly tranquil California suburb through the rippling effects of a child’s disappearance.
- Ed McBain’s classic police procedural Doll (1965), a breakneck story that mixes murder, drugs, fashion models, and psychotherapy with the everyday professionalism of the 87th Precinct.
- Run Man Run (1966), Chester Himes’s nightmarish tale of racism and police violence that follows a desperate young man seeking safe haven in New York City while being hunted by the law.
- Patricia Highsmith’s ultimate meta-thriller, The Tremor of Forgery (1969), a novel in which a displaced traveler finds his own personality collapsing as he attempts to write a novel about a man coming undone.
Each volume features an introduction by editor Geoffrey O’Brien (Hardboiled America), newly researched biographies of the writers and helpful notes, and an essay on textual selection.
American Noir: Eleven Classic Crime Novels of the 1930s, 40s, & 50s (boxed set)
Edited by Robert Polito
The eleven novels in The Library of America’s adventurous two-volume collection represent a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, they explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche.
- James M. Cain’s pioneering novel of murder and adultery along the California highway, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), which shocked contemporaries with its laconic toughness and fierce sexuality.
- Horace McCoy’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) uses truncated rhythms and a unique narrative structure to turn its account of a Hollywood dance marathon into an unforgettable evocation of social chaos and personal desperation.
- In Thieves Like Us (1937), Edward Anderson vividly brings to life the dusty roads and back-country hideouts where a fugitive band of Oklahoma outlaws plays out its destiny.
- The Big Clock (1946), an ingenious novel of pursuit and evasion by the poet Kenneth Fearing, is set by contrast in the dense and neurotic inner world of a giant publishing corporation under the thumb of a warped and murderous chief executive.
- William Lindsay Gresham’s controversial Nightmare Alley (1946), a ferocious psychological portrait of a charismatic carnival hustler, creates an unforgettable atmosphere of duplicity, corruption, and self-destruction.
- I Married a Dead Man (1948), a tale of switched identity set in the anxious suburbs, is perhaps the most striking novel of Cornell Woolrich, who found in the techniques of the gothic thriller the means to express an overpowering sense of personal doom.
- Published as a paperback original in 1952, Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me, is one of the most blistering and uncompromising crime novels ever written. Written from the point of view of an outwardly genial, privately murderous Texas sheriff, it explores the inner hell of a psychotic in daring and experimental style.
- Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) likewise adopts a killer’s perspective as she traces the European journey of an American con man with a taste for fine living and no conscience about how to attain it. Highsmith’s gift for diabolical plotting is matched only by the cool irony of her characterizations.
- In his nihilistic early novel Pick-Up (1955), Charles Willeford follows the pilgrimage of two lost and self-destructive lovers through the depths of San Francisco, from cheap bars and rooming houses to psychiatric clinics and police stations.
- David Goodis’s Down There (1956) is a moody, intensely lyrical novel of a musician fallen on hard times and caught up in his family’s criminal activities; it was adapted by François Truffaut into the film Shoot the Piano Player.
- With its gritty realism, unrestrained violence and frequently outrageous humor, The Real Cool Killers (1959) is among the most powerful of Chester Himes’s series of novels about the Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
Robert Polito, editor, is a poet and the author of Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award and an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He directs the writing program at The New School for Social Research in New York City.
Oblivion Song Compendium
By Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, and Annalisa Leoni
From Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead comes the Oblivion Song Compendium, collected in a single volume for the first time!
A decade ago, 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. The government made every attempt to recover them, but after many years, they gave up. Nathan Cole…won’t. He makes daily trips, risking his life to try and rescue those still living in the apocalyptic hellscape of Oblivion.
But maybe…Nathan is looking for something else? Why can’t he resist the siren call of the Oblivion Song?
Invincible Universe Compendium Volume 1
By Robert Kirkman, Phil Hester, Benito Cereno, Nate Bellegarde, Todd Nauck
Do you watch Invincible? The amazing Robert Kirkman comic that was adapted to animation on Amazon Prime featuring the best superhero universe in the universe!? If you haven’t yet, watch the first season and then jump into the three Invincible Compendiums and when you’re finished with that, then add this book to your reading queue.
By now everyone in the world knows Invincible. But what about the rest of the Invincible Universe’s heroes and villains?
Atom Eve! Rex Splode! Brit! Best Tiger!
This collection reveals the secret history of Invincible’s closest allies as well as the formation of a brand-new Guardians of the Globe team to fight the largest gathering of supervillains ever: The Order.
Collects Invincible Presents: Atom Eve #1-2, Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode #1-3, Guarding The Globe V.1 #1-6, Guarding The Globe V. 2 #1-6 and Invincible Universe #1-12.
DIE!DIE!DIE! Volume 1 & Volume 2
By Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, Chris Burnham, Nathan Fairbairn
The reign of Robert Kirkman continues in this entertaining, ultra-violent romp!
We don’t like to admit it, but this is an evil world where evil people do evil stuff all the time. Thankfully, there is a secret cabal with the United States government that works outside our normal system to influence world matters through targeted assassination.
Senator Connie Lipshitz has taken over the cabal, using her vast resources to finally make the world a better place… no matter how many people have to die! Meanwhile, Barnaby is on the run and his journey takes him to some very dark places.
Thankfully… you can only get your nose cut off once!
So if you’re hurting people, somehow making the world worse than it already is, or even just standing in the way of something good happening, then someone could right now be giving the order for you to… DIE!DIE!DIE!
Large Laundry Hamper with Cotton Liner (Black)
There’s one thing that we all have in common and that’s laundry.
Like an albatross hanging around your neck, there’s always another load to wash. To dry. To fold.
And thanks to the folks at Yamakazi Home, there’s a proper place to put those dirty clothes while they wait for their turn in the a sweet detergent bath.
Foldable, durable, comfortable – this laundry hamper has it all.
You can choose to pick up this hamper by the strong fabric handles or the smooth, metal ones to cart your clothes from laundry room to bedroom. After emptying out the hamper, you can fold up the frame and tuck it away.
Weighing just over 7 lbs, this hamper has a capacity of over twenty gallons and holds a removable handled laundry bag made from machine washable cotton.
Keep your laundry off the floor for good with this fantastic hamper!
There’s nothing better than a good night’s sleep and thanks to the Honeydew Sleep Company, you can have one.
The Scrumptious Side Pillow features a unique curve that cradles your neck and shoulders for ultimate comfort, and perfect alignment. The proprietary fill delivers a luxurious feel and superior support, while alleviating neck and shoulder pain.
Honeydew Sleep Company’s pillows are handcrafted with utmost quality, purpose, and passion. Taking advantage of a superior pillow will improve your health and can lead to monumental changes in your happiness, energy levels, and overall quality of life.
Available in both Queen and King sizes, the company acknowledges that not every person has the same needs, resulting in a service that provides additional fill to make the pillow the perfect height for the user.
Sleep well!
