Jaya Saxena

Jess Zimmerman

Tap into your inner sorceress and channel the dark arts with this magical lifestyle guide for everything from powering up a stylish talisman to banishing terrible tinder dates.

How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven

Basic Witches

From amethyst to obsidian, Basic Witches author Jaya Saxena explores the multi-faceted meanings and history behind eleven popular crystals in this relatable personal essay collection. Highly prized for their beauty, crystals can take the shape of jewelry, household objects, and an array of self-care products. But it's the ideas they stand for that draw people to their raw forms. Like astrology, tarot, and modern witchcraft, crystals help practitioners understand themselves and the wider world around them. In this collection of sharply observed essays, Jaya Saxena reflects on--and challenges--the ideas associated with eleven popular stones, including unconditional love (rose quartz), happiness and success (citrine), balance (amethyst), self-care (black tourmaline), purity (pearl), imposter syndrome (pyrite), toxic positivity (carnelian), change (opals), traditional concepts of marriage (diamonds), presentation versus identity (obsidian), and death (amber). The result is a deeply personal book with universal appeal, exploring how we assign meaning and power to crystals in order to give meaning and power to our lives.

Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans for Everyday Life

Crystal Clear

Enjoy Celebrated Recipes from Top Hotels and Restaurants of Their Era Discover amazing signature recipes lost to time from the most fashionable hotels and restaurants of bygone times. Part vintage nostalgia, part history tour, but all great food, the recipes—often inseparable from their legendary haunts—were meticulously researched and reconstructed by author Jaya Saxena for this unique cookbook. Now you can experience the legendary institutions of the American restaurant landscape from coast to coast, including the M&L Chopped Liver at New York’s Moskowitz & Lupowitz and the Baked Cannelloni at Paoli’s in San Francisco. Find delight in the Blintzes from Ashkenaz’s Deli in Chicago or the Fried Fish Cakes and Famous Baked Beans at Horn & Hardart Automat in Philadelphia. Bring the glamour, elegance and taste home with this beautiful collection of historic recipes.

The Best Signature Dishes From Historic Restaurants Rediscovered

The Book of Lost Recipes

Este libro es una guía de magia y estilo para crear tu propia bola de cristal. ¿Quieres sentirte increíblemente guapa? Usa el color correcto de la sombra de ojos para rebosar glamour. ¿Necesitas exorcizar una amistad tóxica? Repite el conjuro adecuado y haz que desaparezca. ¿Quieres aumentar tu energía? Prepara una deliciosa poción basada en hierbas para incrementar tu resistencia física. Aprende de las expertas: el hechizo más potente de Hermione no es Wingardium Leviosa, es su afinada inteligencia; mientras que el superpoder para detener el tiempo de Sabrina, la bruja adolescente, le permite tomarse un momento para pensar mejor sus decisiones. Con rituales, mejunjes y divertidas descripciones: Jóvenes hechiceras reúne las artes oscuras más eficaces para desafiar las normas, vivir bajo tus propias reglas y nunca, jamás, dejarte dominar.

Invoca tus poderes y crea la pócima para una vida increíble

Jóvenes hechiceras (Edición española)

Esta es una guía de magia y estilo para activar tu propia bola de cristal y hasta alejar para siempre a las citas terribles de Tinder. ¿Quieres sentirte increíblemente bella? Usa el color correcto de la sombra de ojos para proyectar glamur fuera de este mundo. ¿Necesitas exorcizar una amistad tóxica? Repite el conjuro adecuado y haz que desaparezca. ¿Quieres aumentar tu energía? Prepara una deliciosa poción basada en hierbas para incrementar tu resistencia física. Aprende de las expertas: el hechizo más potente de Hermione no es Wingardium Leviosa, es su afinada inteligencia; mientras que el superpoder para detener el tiempo de Sabrina, la bruja adolescente, le permite tomarse un momento para pensar mejor sus decisiones. Con rituales y menjurjes, junto con divertidas descripciones de los demonios personales, Jóvenes hechiceras reúne las artes oscuras más eficaces para desafiar las normas, vivir bajo tus propias reglas y nunca, pero nunca, dejarse dominar. INCLUYE ESTILOS DE DECORACIÓN DE UÑAS PARA ATERRORIZAR A LOS HOMBRES. Sabiduría de bruja para curiosas, cínicas y cualquiera que quiera usar su impulso mágico.

Javenes Hechiceras

From amethyst to obsidian, Basic Witches author Jaya Saxena explores the multi-faceted meanings and history behind eleven popular crystals in this relatable personal essay collection. Highly prized for their beauty, crystals can take the shape of jewelry, household objects, and an array of self-care products. But it’s the ideas they stand for that draw people to their raw forms. Like astrology, tarot, and modern witchcraft, crystals help practitioners understand themselves and the wider world around them. In this collection of sharply observed essays, Jaya Saxena reflects on—and challenges—the ideas associated with eleven popular stones, including unconditional love (rose quartz), happiness and success (citrine), balance (amethyst), self-care (black tourmaline), purity (pearl), imposter syndrome (pyrite), toxic positivity (carnelian), change (opals), traditional concepts of marriage (diamonds), presentation versus identity (obsidian), and death (amber). The result is a deeply personal book with universal appeal, exploring how we assign meaning and power to crystals in order to give meaning and power to our lives.

A contributor to Serious Eats and Gothamist among others with an obsession for great food made it her mission to dig up the best and vintage recipes from glamorous and now defunct restaurants in this nostalgic celebration of great food.Jaya Saxena takes readers on a tour around the country, into some of the once most popular restaurants in America to discuss the history and how-to's of their most infamous dishes. It is sort of vintage meets foodie. In their heyday, the legendary restaurants profiled by The Book of Lost Recipes were frequented by celebrity clientele and served food that became institutions of the American restaurant landscape, many of which are still reminisced about by those who had the opportunity to experience their cuisines. Read the stories of some of the most legendary restaurants in America and follow the recipes to recreate their most celebrated dishes. Depart from New York's Moskowitz & Lupowitz after learning all about their M & L Chopped Liver, of course, to Horn & Hardart Automat in Philadelphia to find out the secrets behind their Fried Fish Cakes and Famous Baked Beans. Discover the story behind the Blintzes at Ashkenaz's Deli in Chicago to Paoli's Baked Canneloni in San Francisco. Take a step back in history to visit some of the most iconic restaurants in America and learn to make the dishes that helped re-shape the industry forever.

Matt Lubchansky

Packed with dad jokes and parenting humor, this parody "magazine" is the perfect gift for Fathers Day or cool dads anytime. This hilarious dad-centric satire is the first "magazine" written exclusively by dads, for dads! Complete with hard-hitting feature reporting (“What’s Going On with Your Neighbor's Lawn?”), in-depth lifestyle articles (“How to Talk to Your Son About Growing A Beard”), fashion tips (“Buying Shoes on eBay: A Guide”), and insightful opinion pieces (“These Smoke Detectors Are Too Damn Sensitive, If You Ask Me”), this is the perfect faux periodical for dads of every age, facial-hair style, and sandals/socks combo. Photos, illustrations, and humorous (fake) advertisements throughout showcase all the frustrations, failures, and funny moments that make up the face of modern fatherhood.

Jaya Saxena

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