A taxonomy we didn’t know we needed for identifying and cataloging stray shopping carts by artist and photographer Julian Montague. Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Where do they come from? Why are they there? Their complexity and history baffle even the most careful urban explorer. Thankfully, artist Julian Montague has created a comprehensive and well-documented taxonomy with The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America. Spanning thirty-three categories from damaged, fragment, and plow crush to plaza drift and bus stop discard, it is a tonic for times defined increasingly by rhetoric and media and less by the plain objects and facts of the real world. Montague’s incomparable documentation of this common feature of the urban landscape helps us see the natural and man-made worlds—and perhaps even ourselves—anew. First published in 2006 to great perplexity and acclaim alike, Montague’s book now appears in refreshed and expanded form. Told in an exceedingly dry voice, with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, it is both rigorous and absurd, offering a strangely compelling vision of how we approach, classify, and understand the environments around us. A new afterword sheds light on the origins of the project.

Transform Your Local Supermarket into a Magical Place You Never Knew Existed Improve your emotional well-being, finances, love, and spiritual health by imbuing your weekly grocery expedition with a magical perspective. Ileana Abrev takes you down every aisle—inner and outer—of a typical supermarket, providing detailed lists and explanations of how to use common items to add a spark of magic to your life. You'll find effective spells and charms that only need simple and easy-to-find ingredients. Discover how to use a tomato for prosperity, a safety pin for protection, a carnation for healing, and much more. You'll even explore outside influences and techniques, such as spiritually cleansing your home, color magic, moon phases, and zodiac signs. A Cart Full of Magic shows you how to make your supply list come alive with magic. Praise: "The simple guidelines given for magical work are clear, focused, and you'll be looking at everything in the home in a different way after reading A Cart Full of Magic."—New Spirit Journal