{"id":6158,"date":"2025-04-02T14:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:10:08","slug":"spring-warehouse-sale-ellys-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/spring-warehouse-sale-ellys-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Warehouse Sale: Elly&#8217;s Picks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In case you missed it, the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/spectacular-spring-warehouse-sale-50-off-over-800-titles\/\">Spectacular Spring Warehouse Sale<\/a> is going on until April 6th! Elly has a few favorites included in the sale that she wanted to make sure you knew about, Check &#8217;em out below, and if you decide to snag one, just use code SPRING2025 at checkout to get 50% off.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/16171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/incredible-doom_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6160\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/incredible-doom_lg.jpg 430w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/incredible-doom_lg-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/spectacular-spring-warehouse-sale-50-off-over-800-titles\/\"><strong>Getting Things Done\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; When I first started at Microcosm ten years ago and could no longer manage my work in an extremely ad hoc and disorganized manner, this book saved my bacon. It&#8217;s a classic for a reason. Great for figuring out how to get the shit done you need to in way less time with way fewer tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/9474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Silence of Our Friends<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; A timely and bestselling graphic novel about the Civil Rights Movement, and a playbook for the advocacy skills and alliances we need to rebuild now. Illustrated by the incredible Nate Powell (of\u00a0<em>March<\/em>\u00a0fame, but, fun fact, Microcosm published his first book!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/11481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Get Rid of a President<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; This is exactly what books are for, folks, to learn the skills you need to succeed in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/10323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Paine and the Dangerous World<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; A children&#8217;s picture book about the guy who wrote maybe the most famous zine in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/33248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Head Case<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a memoir by Microcosm&#8217;s editorial manager Lex Orgera about how she coped with her father&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s. Lex is a poet and all-around brililant and empathetic writer and this book has resonated so hard with other readers who&#8217;ve been there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/16171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Incredible Doom<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; this comic by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden brings you RIGHT back to the online 90s, when you&#8217;d bike to your friend&#8217;s house to log into a BBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/44945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Will It Waffle<\/strong><\/a>? &#8211; I got a $2 waffle maker at yard sale last year and messing around with weird stuff to waffle-ize has seriously been a highlight of the last year. A very low price for joy. And seriously, there are no limits to what will waffle!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/44945\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/will_blowup-962x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6159\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/will_blowup-962x1024.jpg 962w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/will_blowup-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/will_blowup-768x817.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/will_blowup.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, the Spectacular Spring Warehouse Sale is going on until April 6th! Elly has a few favorites included in the sale that she wanted to make sure you knew about, Check &#8217;em out below, and if you decide to snag one, just use code SPRING2025 at checkout to get 50% off&#8230;.  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/spring-warehouse-sale-ellys-picks\/\" title=\"Read Spring Warehouse Sale: Elly&#8217;s Picks!\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,322],"class_list":["post-6158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-staff-picks"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In case you missed it, the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/spectacular-spring-warehouse-sale-50-off-over-800-titles\/\">Spectacular Spring Warehouse Sale<\/a> is going on until April 6th! Elly has a few favorites included in the sale that she wanted to make sure you knew about, Check 'em out below, and if you decide to snag one, just use code SPRING2025 at checkout to get 50% off.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"lightbox\":{\"enabled\":false},\"id\":6160,\"width\":\"310px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/16171\"><img src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/incredible-doom_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6160\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/spectacular-spring-warehouse-sale-50-off-over-800-titles\/\"><strong>Getting Things Done\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>- When I first started at Microcosm ten years ago and could no longer manage my work in an extremely ad hoc and disorganized manner, this book saved my bacon. It's a classic for a reason. Great for figuring out how to get the shit done you need to in way less time with way fewer tears.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/9474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Silence of Our Friends<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>- A timely and bestselling graphic novel about the Civil Rights Movement, and a playbook for the advocacy skills and alliances we need to rebuild now. Illustrated by the incredible Nate Powell (of\u00a0<em>March<\/em>\u00a0fame, but, fun fact, Microcosm published his first book!)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/11481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Get Rid of a President<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>- This is exactly what books are for, folks, to learn the skills you need to succeed in life.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/10323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Paine and the Dangerous World<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>- A children's picture book about the guy who wrote maybe the most famous zine in history.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/33248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Head Case<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a memoir by Microcosm's editorial manager Lex Orgera about how she coped with her father's Alzheimer's. Lex is a poet and all-around brililant and empathetic writer and this book has resonated so hard with other readers who've been there.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/16171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Incredible Doom<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0- this comic by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden brings you RIGHT back to the online 90s, when you'd bike to your friend's house to log into a BBS.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/44945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Will It Waffle<\/strong><\/a>? - I got a $2 waffle maker at yard sale last year and messing around with weird stuff to waffle-ize has seriously been a highlight of the last year. A very low price for joy. And seriously, there are no limits to what will waffle!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"lightbox\":{\"enabled\":false},\"id\":6159,\"width\":\"466px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/44945\"><img src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/will_blowup-962x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6159\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<p>In case you missed it, the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/spectacular-spring-warehouse-sale-50-off-over-800-titles\/\">Spectacular Spring Warehouse Sale<\/a> is going on until April 6th! Elly has a few favorites included in the sale that she wanted to make sure you knew about, Check &#8217;em out below, and if you decide to snag one, just use code SPRING2025 at checkout to get 50% off.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/16171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/incredible-doom_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6160\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/incredible-doom_lg.jpg 430w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/incredible-doom_lg-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/spectacular-spring-warehouse-sale-50-off-over-800-titles\/\"><strong>Getting Things Done\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; When I first started at Microcosm ten years ago and could no longer manage my work in an extremely ad hoc and disorganized manner, this book saved my bacon. It&#8217;s a classic for a reason. Great for figuring out how to get the shit done you need to in way less time with way fewer tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/9474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Silence of Our Friends<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; A timely and bestselling graphic novel about the Civil Rights Movement, and a playbook for the advocacy skills and alliances we need to rebuild now. Illustrated by the incredible Nate Powell (of\u00a0<em>March<\/em>\u00a0fame, but, fun fact, Microcosm published his first book!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/11481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Get Rid of a President<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; This is exactly what books are for, folks, to learn the skills you need to succeed in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/10323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Paine and the Dangerous World<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; A children&#8217;s picture book about the guy who wrote maybe the most famous zine in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/33248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Head Case<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a memoir by Microcosm&#8217;s editorial manager Lex Orgera about how she coped with her father&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s. 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