Gift Ideas For Men Under $50

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Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of “the little band from Texas,” this new hardcover is a celebration of ZZ Top through the iconic guitars and legendary hot rods that defined the band’s global superstardom. Featuring more than sixty guitars and fifteen astounding vehicles—from the near-mythical ’59 Les Paul sunburst known as “Pearly Gates” to the supercharged Eliminator coupe, it mixes guitar heroics and horsepower with insightful tales from the Texas bluesman himself.

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May 18, 2020 / Comments Off

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Try Making Homemade Hot Sauce with the Chili Lab

With everything you need to create killer spicy sauces, the Chili Lab Homemade Hot Sauce Kit from Williams-Sonoma gives you the essential ingredients and tools needed to make two unique artisanal hot sauces, while urging you to experiment with your signature sauce. Initial prep takes just ten minutes, followed by a 3-day aging process. The kit includes: Forager’s & Grove Blend spice mixes, two 4-ounce reusable glass bottles, a fine mesh strainer, and a stainless steel funnel.

May 18, 2020 / Comments Off

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This Zippo Multi-Tool is a Functional Firestarter

Zippo’s SureFire Multi-Tool has everything you need to start your fire fast & easy, every time. Its got a reliable flint and wheel spark mechanism that shoots steady sparks onto the wax-coated fire paracord and its heavy duty tinder grater makes it easy to add shavings to get your blaze going. This compact, EDC tool also features a 420 carbon steel knife blade, a double cut saw blade, flathead screwdriver, bottle opener, & a bail for easy connection to a ’biner or EDC keyring.

May 11, 2020 / Comments Off

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Chefs’ Fridges: More Than 35 World-Renowned Cooks Reveal What They Eat at Home

It’s all in the title here. In Chefs’ Fridges: More Than 35 World-Renowned Cooks Reveal What They Eat at Home and it’s really revealing. With candid profiles of renowned chefs including José Andrés, Christine Tosi, Alice Waters, Daniel Boulud, Nancy Silverton, Wylie Dufresne, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Ludo Lefebvre, and Carla Hall—to name a few, we see what the world’s most esteemed chefs shop for and keep in their kitchen. Each profile includes exclusive photos, anecdotal essays, a Q&A, and insights from their Michelin-star tastes & processes.

May 11, 2020 / Comments Off

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Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir

Written in 1927 when the baseball icon was at the peak of his prowess and just 24 years-old, Lou Gehrig’s long forgotten memoir has now been printed for the first time in book form. First syndicated in newspapers in a serialized form as he and the 1927 Yankees team sealed the World Series, Gehrig’s tale finds new life today. It is a heartfelt rags-to-riches tale about a dirt poor kid from New York who became one of the most revered baseball players of all time. Fourteen years after his account, Lou would tragically die from ALS, a disorder now known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

May 8, 2020 / Comments Off

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Explore Human Anatomy with a Scientific Jigsaw Puzzle

Showcasing beautiful medical illustrations created by certified medical illustrator Mesa Schumaker of Johns Hopkins University, The Dr. Livingston’s Human Anatomy jigsaw puzzles showcase scientifically accurate cross-sections of the human body with unique puzzle piece configurations outlining each organ and major part of the anatomy. At twice the size of a real human they make for both an exciting challenge & a stunning display—the series of puzzles forms a 10 foot tall human when all put together.

May 7, 2020 / Comments Off

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Protect Your Pixel Buds with Nomad’s Horween Rugged Case

The charging case for your Pixel Buds does its job nicely but this luxe upgrade from Nomad Goods puts it over the top. Designed to tightly fit your Pixel Buds the Rugged Case adds additional drop and scratch protection with an exterior of genuine Horween leather and a microfiber interior, without adding any discernable bulk.

May 5, 2020 / Comments Off

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Good Art’s COVID Relief Mask

Normally, the craftspeople and artisans at L.A.-based jewelry and accessories studio Good Art are making things of beauty. But to keep the workshop wheels turning during the pandemic, they’ve shifted to making masks. Simple but high-quality fabric masks. They are cut & sewn by staff who are working from home & materials are ever-changing based on availability. Like you, Good Art looks forward to getting back to their normal programming soon.

April 29, 2020 / Comments Off

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The Resolute X-1 is an Ultralight EDC Knife

Designed by aerospace engineers obsessed with simplicity, efficiency and lightweight reliability, the Resolute X-1 Ultralight Titanium is a locking EDC box cutter style knife that features a featherweight skeletonized frame made of Grade 5 Titanium. Its friction-free slider mechanism is made of 954 Aluminum-Bronze. Closed, the X-1 measures 2.67” and fitted with a standard utility blade, it weighs less than half an ounce. An integrated sprung pocket clip keeps it right where you need it. A funded Kickstarter.

April 29, 2020 / Comments Off

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Escape Instantly with This EDC Window Breaker

The WYN Bullet is the world’s most powerful spring-loaded emergency window breaker. In the event of an auto accident, water submersion, saving a neglected pet on a hot summer day, or when the math on window replacement comes in under the cost of a new key fob, this tool rules. Developed for first responders, its patent pending direct-impact technology delivers a powerful strike directly to a tungsten carbide tip, allowing the vehicle occupant or rescuer to easily break car windows for emergency escape. A funded Kickstarter.

April 27, 2020 / Comments Off

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Cheat Sheets Make Oven Cooking & Clean-Up Easier

Cheat Sheets take the simplicity of sheet pan, oven-roasted cooking and make it not just easier but better. They’re oven-safe, non-stick silicone dividers that drop onto your sheet pans and divide your ingredients, to streamline your cooking & make one-pan meals and meal prep a breeze. You can fit up to 6 small portions or 3 large portions on a single sheet pan, allowing you to separate ingredients, flavors & cooking times. They’re also designed for effortless clean up. A funded Kickstarter.

April 24, 2020 / Comments Off

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MagEasy Holds & Organizes Your Work-Life Essentials

Only truly exceptional products win a Red Dot Design award, and for 2020, MagEasy made the cut. It’s a modular magnetic organizing kit that keeps work & life more orderly. In these challenging WFH days, it makes great sense: portable, customizable and super versatile, it keeps your stuff tidy & always within reach. It is comprised of a magnetic board or folio plus an assortment of handy magnetic modules to hold everything: cable organizers, card holders, paper clip-its, RFID blocking pocket, and more. A funded Kickstarter.

April 24, 2020 / Comments Off

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The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth

Due out this June, renowned Tolkien expert John Garth’s The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien features a trove of breathtaking illustrations, including Tolkien’s own drawings, contributions from other artists, rare archival images, and spectacular color photos of contemporary locations across Britain and beyond, taking readers to the places that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien to create his fictional locations in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and other classics.

April 24, 2020 / Comments Off

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We Found One Greeting Card for Every Occasion

The Every Occasion Card sends the perfect message every time. Not only does it eliminate the time-suck of the card aisle, it actually feels more personalized. Simply check off the boxes to customize your heartfelt message, sign your name, and keep it moving. The cards are 5.7” X 4” printed on sturdy card stock. Available in packs of 8 or 30, they come with recycled A6 envelopes. American made.

April 17, 2020 / Comments Off

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If It Bleeds: Stephen King’s New Novellas

Best-selling author of the odd and master of the macabre Stephen King is coming hot off the press with an unnerving collection of four new novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds—each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places. Classic films like Stand By Me & Shawshank Redemption both grew out of the author’s earlier novellas. In his return to the shorter, punchier form, King is sure to stir up the strange in ways no writer has before or since. Hardcover due out April 21.

April 15, 2020 / Comments Off

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Dango’s Latest Waterproof Capsule Holds All Your EDC

Machined from 6061 aerospace grade aluminum, Dango’s Capsule Wide is designed to organize & protect your small EDC. It is a food-safe, waterproof screw-top container perfect for carrying a variety of things: coins, cash, pills, a small first-aid kit, data cards, mints, cosmetics, fishing bait, and countless other small EDC. It features a stainless steel clip and 550 paracord tether that unravels to give you 10-feet of cordage.

April 15, 2020 / Comments Off

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Pico is the Home Garden for Us Cactus Killers

Pico is a palm-size home garden system that gets two green thumbs up, allowing you to grow thriving plants everywhere & anywhere. The growing pods mount to the wall or sit on your desk/shelf/WFH workspace, the lights telescope as the plants grow & the self-water system makes it foolproof. The lights are OSRAM LEDs—the kind real growers use & the pods are made of corrosion-resistant die-cast aluminum for long life. A funded Kickstarter.

April 9, 2020 / Comments Off

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VHS 1982 Playing Cards Take You Back In Time

Two or three generations ago, movies at home were watched on a format called VHS. It was a giant plastic box with magnetic tape inside that was placed into an even larger set-top box called a VCR. The picture quality was garbage but for a time, high tech. True story. Ask someone old. The Kings Wild Project has created the VHS 1982 collection: playing cards that pay homage to this beloved dead technology. The high-quality, limited edition cards feature 80s-era graphics inspired by period design. Choose from their 3 retro styles.

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April 8, 2020 / Comments Off

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This Weatherproof Smart Plug from D-link Brings Voice Control Outdoors

Equipped with two outlets and a USB charging port, plus support for Alexa & Google Assistant, the DSP-W320 Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart Plug from D-link makes it easier to control outdoor devices & appliances from your phone. And with IFTTT applets, it can control your other connected smart home devices. A 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio connects it to your home signal & a weatherproof rating of IP54 ensures all-weather function.

April 8, 2020 / Comments Off

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Take a Cold One To Go with Camelbak’s Horizon Collection

Camelbak knows all about hydration on-the-go and they put that know-how to work in their new line of insulated drinkware, the Horizon Collection. There’s a 25-ounce Wine bottle, a 12-ounce wine tumbler, and a 10-ounce rocks tumbler. All are BPA, BPS, and BPF free & made of 18/8 stainless steel, powder-coated in a range of cool colors.

April 6, 2020 / Comments Off

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