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Night Watch
by Jayne Anne Phillips
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION - From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War--and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds
"A... (read more)
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Botany In A Day 6th Edition
by Thomas Elpel
Looking for a faster, easier, and engaging way to identify plants? Related plants have similar characteristics, and they often have similar uses. Rather than learning new plants one-at-a-time, it is possible to learn them by the hundreds, based on plant family patterns. Each family of related plants... (read more)
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Stories Are Weapons - Signed Edition
by Annalee Newitz
In Stories Are Weapons, best-selling author Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats — the essential tool kit for psychological warfare — have evolved from military weapons deployed against foreign adversaries into tools in domestic culture... (read more)
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Lord Krishnas Cuisine The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking
by Yamuna Devi
Finally back in print--the definitive volume on Indian vegetarian cooking. Created by a noted author and lecturer, Lord Krishna's Cuisine features more than 500 recipes, filled with fresh produce and herbs, delicate spices, hot curries, and homemade dairy products. All recipes are based... (read more)
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New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy is the series that made New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster a renowned writer of metafiction and a special sort of genre-rebelling detective fiction which the New York Review of Books has called one of the most distinctive niches... (read more)
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Bunny
by Mona Awad
"A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times
"Every time I open it up, I stumble upon a crackling sentence." Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"Awad is a stone-cold genius." Ann Bauer, The... (read more)
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Personalism
by Emmanuel Mounier
Emmanuel Mounier and many other young Frenchmen in the early 1930's rejected the values, the ideas, and the structures of society. They recognized a crisis which endangered the future of Western life and which demanded the most revolutionary solutions. Mounier and his comrades established the... (read more)
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Dead Until Dark Southern Vampire 01
by Charlaine Harris
Visit our Sookie Stackhouse series feature page. Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out.... Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend... (read more)
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Separate Peace
by John Knowles
It would be inconceivable for an American author to write a coming-of-age novel in a comedic vein without reckoning with J.D. Salinger's A Catcher in the Rye; and it would be equally impossible to explore the genre in a tragic vein without taking account of John Knowles's A Separate... (read more)
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Jewish Jocks An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
by Franklin Foer, Marc Tracy
2012 National Jewish Book Award Winner JEWISH JOCKS: AN UNORTHODOX HALL OF FAME is a timeless collection of biographical musings, sociological riffs about assimilation, first-person reflections, and, above all, great writing on some of the most influential... (read more)
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Hold Nothing Back: Writings by Dorothy Day
by Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) was a well-known American journalist, activist, and Catholic convert whose cause for sainthood has been endorsed by the US bishops. She wrote numerous articles over a period of several decades for the prominent lay Catholic magazine Commonweal. Hold Nothing Back... (read more)
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Dorothy Day Love In Action
by Patrick Jordan
By any measure, Dorothy Day lived a fascinating life. She was a journalist, activist, single mother, convert, Catholic laywoman, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. A lifelong radical who took the gospels at their word, Dorothy Day lived among the poor as one of them, challenging... (read more)
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Godel, Escher, Bach
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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The Wild Robot (Wild Robot #1)
by Peter Brown
Wall-E meets Hatchet in this New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown
Can a robot survive in the wilderness?
When robot Roz opens her eyes... (read more)
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Delicious in Dungeon Volume 1
by Ryoko Kui
When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're... (read more)
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Turn This World Inside Out The Emergence of Nurturance Culture
by Nora Samaran
"Violence is nurturance turned backwards," writes Nora Samaran. In Turn This World Inside Out, she presents Nurturance Culture as the opposite of rape culture and suggests how alternative models of care and accountability--different from "call-outs," which are often rooted in the... (read more)
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Gabi a Girl in Pieces Spanish language Edition
by Isabel Quintero
Gabi a n no entiende qui n es. Escribir la ayudar a juntar sus pedazos.
Gabi Hern ndez est en su ltimo a o de la preparatoria. Para entretenerse, escribe todo lo que le pasa en su diario: las solicitudes a las universidades, el embarazo de Cindy, cuando Sebasti n sali del cl set,... (read more)
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JD & the Great Barber Battle
by J Dillard, Akeem S Roberts
Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series J.D. has a big problem--it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. When the steady... (read more)
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After the Fall Being American in the World Weve Made
by Ben Rhodes
Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? A former White House aide and close confidante to President Barack Obama -- and New York Times bestselling author of The World as It Is -- travels the globe in a deeply personal,... (read more)
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#28
Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson
WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed, and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.... (read more)
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The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope
by José Andrés and Sam Chapple-Sokol
A captivating collection of stories and recipes from renowned chefs, local cooks, and celebrity friends of Jos Andr s's beloved nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK), which feeds communities impacted by natural disasters and humanitarian crises; with a foreword from Stephen Colbert. In... (read more)
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My Fathers Brain
by Sandeep Jauhar
Named a best book of the year by The New Yorker A Smithsonian top ten science book of 2023
"Blending the humor, compassion, and absorbing family drama of first-rate memoir with expert science writing, Sandeep Jauhar] has composed a can't-miss introduction to what... (read more)
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Say More
by Jen Psaki
Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she's learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation. Not many White House Press Secretaries... (read more)
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Hood Feminism Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
by Mikki Kendall
A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminism My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist (as I do) will read... (read more)
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North Woods
by Daniel Mason
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries — "a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic" (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The... (read more)
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Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them
In... (read more)
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Women
by Kristin Hannah
A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times
From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women--at once an intimate portrait... (read more)
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#38
Martyr
by Kaveh Akbar
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original,... (read more)
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T-Shirt Swim Club - Signed Edition
by Ian Karmel and Alisa Karmel
Comedian Ian Karmel, with help from sister Dr. Alisa Karmel, opens up about the daily humiliations of being fat and why it's so hard to talk about something so visible.
Ian Karmel's weighed eight pounds and he's weighed 420 pounds and right now he's almost exactly in between the... (read more)
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The Dark Forest: Remembrance of Earth's Past 2
by Cixin Liu
This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four... (read more)
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Beezus and Ramona (Ramona #1)
by Beverly Cleary
Newbery Award-winner Beverly Cleary delivers a humorous portayal of the ups and downs of sisterhood. Both the younger and older siblings of the family will enjoy this book.
Having a little sister like four-year-old Ramona isn't always easy for Beezus Quimby. With a... (read more)
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The Three-Body Problem: Remembrance of Earth's Past 1
by Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends... (read more)
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Dune (Dune #1)
by Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece — a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time — nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis,... (read more)
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True Colors
by Kristin Hannah
Women across America laughed, cried, and reconnected with their friends after reading Kristin Hannahs smash hit, Firefly Lane. Now, in True Colors, she explores the poignant, powerful, complex world of sisters… The Grey sisters had only each other when their mother died years... (read more)
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Circus Mirandus
by Cassie Beasley
A New York Times bestseller "A beguiling first novel"--Gregory Maguire in the New York Times "Takes readers to a marvelous place." --The Wall Street Journal
Even though his awful Great-Aunt Gertrudis doesn't approve, Micah believes in... (read more)
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Death's End: Remembrance of Earth's Past 3
by Cixin Liu
The New York Times bestselling conclusion to a tour de force near-future adventure trilogy from China's bestselling and beloved science fiction writer. With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to read China's most... (read more)
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#47
Marshmallow & Jordan
by Alina Chau
Jordan's days as star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan... (read more)
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#48
Rick Steves Florence & Tuscany
by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw
Now more than ever, you can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Florence and Tuscany. Walk in the footsteps of the Medici, sip aperitivi, and discover the cultural heart of Italy: with Rick as your guide, Tuscany is yours to... (read more)
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#49
Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night... (read more)
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Frizzy
by Claribel A Ortega, Rose Bousamra
October 2022 Indie Bestseller New York Times-bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega and star debut artist Rose Bousamra's Frizzy is about Marlene, a young Dominican girl whose greatest enemy is the hair salon Through her struggles and triumphs, this heartwarming and... (read more)
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