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Series: The End of October A novel Hardcover Lawrence Wright 9780525658658 $36.95 FICTION Apr 28, 2020

“An eerily prescient novel about a devastating virus that begins in Asia before going global…A page-turner that has the earmarks of an instant bestseller.” —New York Post “Featuring accounts of past plagues and pandemics, descriptions of pathogens and how they work, and dark notes about global warming, the book produces deep shudders…A disturbing, eerily timed novel.” —Kirkus Reviews“A compelling read up to the last sentence. Wright has come up with a story worthy of Michael Crichton. In an eerily calm, matter-of-fact way, and backed by metic... + Read More
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Series: Quichotte A Novel Paperback Salman Rushdie 9780735279339 $23.00 FICTION May 26, 2020

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEQuichotte is a love story of profound tenderness and humanity from a great storyteller at his brilliant best. Wise, beautifully written, as heartbreaking as it is wildly comic, its characters unforgettable, its plot dazzlingly suspenseful, it illuminates our corrupt times where fact is so often indiscernible from fiction.Quichotte, an aging travelling salesman obsessed with TV, is on a quest for love. Unfortunately, his daily diet of reality TV, sitcoms, films and soaps has distorted his ability to separate fanta... + Read More
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Series: The Porpoise Paperback Mark Haddon 9780385692663 $21.00 FICTION May 12, 2020

A fantastical new novel—a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare’s Pericles—from the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeWhen his pregnant wife is killed in a plane crash, the unimaginably wealthy Philippe becomes obsessed with the safety of his surviving daughter, Angelica. Over time, his concern morphs into something more sinister and grotesque, until a young man named Darius, visiting Philippe with a business proposition, encounters Angelica and intuits their secret. As Angelica comes to terms with ... + Read More
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Series: Save Me the Plums My Gourmet Memoir Paperback Ruth Reichl 9780525610625 $22.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 05, 2020

Ruth Reichl spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food. Here, for the first time, she chronicles the personal and professional risks she took during her tenure as the editor in chief of Gourmet magazine in this insightful, inspiring and very readable new memoir.Ruth Reichl built her career on celebrating the simple joy of sharing food with friends and family. When Condé Nast offered her the top position at Gourmet she initially declined. She was a writer, not a manager, a former Berkeley hippie with no inclination to be anybody’s b... + Read More
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Series: Dirt Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French cooking Hardcover Bill Buford 9780147530707 $36.00 COOKING May 05, 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe hugely anticipated follow up to Heat—Bill Buford’s hilariously self-deprecating, highly obsessive adventures in the world of French haute cuisine.In Dirt, Bill Buford—author of the best-selling, now-classic, Heat—moves his attention from Italian cuisine to the food of France. Baffled by the language, determined that he can master the art of French cooking—or at least get to the bottom of why it is so revered—Buford begins what will become a five-year odyssey by shadowing the revered French chef Michel Richard in Washingto... + Read More
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Series: Bruno, Chief of Police Series The Shooting at Chateau Rock A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel Hardcover Martin Walker 9780525656654 $34.95 FICTION May 26, 2020

It’s summer in the Dordogne and the heirs of a modest sheep farmer learn that they have been disinherited. Their father’s estate has been sold to an insurance company in return for a policy that will place him in a five-star retirement home for the rest of his life. But the farmer dies before he can move in. Was it a natural death? Or was there foul play? Chief of Police Bruno Courrèges is soon on the case, embarking on an investigation that will lead him to several shadowy insurance companies owned by a Russian oligarch with a Cypriot passport... + Read More
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Series: A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings A Year of Keeping Bees Hardcover Helen Jukes 9781524747862 $35.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 05, 2020

An inspiring, up-close portrait of tending to a honeybee hive—a year of living dangerously—watching and capturing the wondrous, complex universe of honeybees and learning an altogether different way of being in the world.“As strange, beautiful, and unexpected, as precise and exquisite in its movings as bees in a hive. I loved it.”—Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings begins as the author is entering her thirties and feeling disconnected in her life. Uneasy about her future and struggling to settle into h... + Read More
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Series: Walking One Step At a Time Paperback Erling Kagge 9780525564492 $21.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Apr 17, 2020

A lyrical account of an activity that is essential for our sanity, equilibrium, and well-being, from the author of Silence.Placing one foot in front of the other, embarking on the journey of discovery, and experiencing the joy of exploration—these activities are intrinsic to our nature. Our ancestors travelled long distances on foot, gaining new experiences and learning from them. But as universal as walking is, each of us will experience it differently. For Erling Kagge, walking is the gateway to the questions that fascinate him—Why do we walk... + Read More
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Series: Bruno, Chief of Police Series The Body in the Castle Well A Mystery of the French Countryside Paperback Martin Walker 9780525435723 $22.00 FICTION Apr 16, 2020

Bruno, Chief of Police is back with a new mystery: a corpse at the bottom of a well that will lead him from the Renaissance to the French Resistance—and beyond.When a young American turns up dead in the courtyard of an ancient castle in Bruno’s jurisdiction, her death is assumed to be an accident. But her doctor persuades the Chief of Police that things may not be so simple. So begins an investigation that leads Bruno to Monsieur de Bourdeille, the scholar with whom the girl had been studying—and a renowned art historian who became extraordinar... + Read More
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Series: Vintage Contemporaries The Body in Question A Novel Paperback Jill Ciment 9780525565376 $21.00 FICTION May 19, 2020

From the author of Heroic Measures, Act of God, and (with Amy Hempel), The Hand That Feeds You—a spare, masterful novel.In the course of a sensational murder trial in which a rich, white teenage girl—a twin—is accused of murdering her toddler brother, two jurors begin an affair. Juror C-2, a married fifty-two-year-old photographer, and Juror F-17, a forty-one-year-old anatomy professor, are sequestered along with the rest of the jury at the Econo Lodge. As the shocking and numbing details of the crime are revealed during a string of days and co... + Read More
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Series: Strange Hotel Paperback Eimear McBride 9780771062148 $23.00 FICTION May 26, 2020

From the multi-award-winning author of the literary phenomenon A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, an exquisitely rendered and emotionally devastating meditation on love, loneliness, grief, and the possibilities for renewal.A nameless woman enters a non-descript hotel room she’s been in once before, many years ago. Though the room hasn’t changed, she has, as have the dimensions of her life. As she goes on to occupy a series of hotel rooms around the world—each of which reflects back some aspect of herself—we begin to piece together the details of wh... + Read More
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Series: Wanderers A Novel Paperback Chuck Wendig 9780399182129 $24.00 FICTION May 19, 2020

A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes “a magnum opus…a story about survival that’s not just about you and me, but all of us, together” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Sh... + Read More
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Series: Inland A Novel Paperback Téa Obreht 9780812982756 $24.00 FICTION May 26, 2020

The New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife returns with a stunning tale of perseverance that follows an epic journey across an unforgettable landscape of magic and myth.In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life—her husband, a newspaperman, who has gone in search of water for the parched household, and her elder sons who have vanished after an explosive argument. Nora is biding her time wit... + Read More
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Series: The Second Mountain The Quest for a Moral Life Paperback David Brooks 9780812983425 $24.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 26, 2020

A #1 New York Times bestseller, The Second Mountain is a “deeply moving, frequently eloquent, and extraordinarily incisive” (The Washington Post) exploration on what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, and glow with a kind of inner light. This inner peace, David Brooks argues, comes not from a life of self-centered achievement, but a life of interdependence and commitment to others. In The Second Mountain, Brooks explores th... + Read More
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Series: Rodham A Novel Hardcover Curtis Sittenfeld 9780399590917 $37.00 FICTION May 19, 2020

From the New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and Eligible, a novel that imagines a deeply compelling what-might-have-been: What if Hillary Rodham hadn’t married Bill Clinton?In 1971, Hillary Rodham is a young woman full of promise. Life magazine covered her Wellesley commencement speech, she’s attending Yale Law School, and she’s on the forefront of student activism and the women’s rights movement. Then she meets a fellow law student named Bill Clinton. A charismatic Southerner, Bill is already laying the groundwork for his polit... + Read More
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Series: Entangled Life How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Hardcover Merlin Sheldrake 9780525510314 $37.00 SCIENCE May 12, 2020

A mind-bending journey into the hidden world of fungi that will change your understanding of life on earth“One of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you, Entangled Life is a mercurial, revelatory, impassioned, urgent, astounding, and necessary read. It’s fearless in scope, analytically astute, and brimming with infectious joy.”—HELEN MACDONALD, AUTHOR OF H IS FOR HAWKWhen we think of fungi, most of us think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live o... + Read More
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Series: Latitudes of Longing A Novel Hardcover Shubhangi Swarup 9780593132555 $36.00 FICTION May 19, 2020

A sweeping, lyrical debut about the love and longing between humanity and the earth itself, by a major new literary talent from IndiaA spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a m... + Read More
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Series: Mistress of the Ritz A Novel Paperback Melanie Benjamin 9780399182266 $23.00 FICTION May 26, 2020

A captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II—while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic Hotel Ritz in Paris—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue.“A compelling portrait of a marriage and a nation at war from within.”—Kate Quinn, author of The Alice NetworkNothing bad can happen at the Ritz; inside its gilded walls every woman looks beautiful, every man appears witty. ... + Read More
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Series: The Price of Peace Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes Hardcover Zachary D. Carter 9780525509035 $47.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 19, 2020

A page-turning biography of world-changing economist John Maynard Keynes and the big ideas that outlived him.In the spring of 1934, Virginia Woolf sketched an affectionate biographical portrait of her great friend John Maynard Keynes. Writing a full two years before Keynes would revolutionize the economics world with the publication of The General Theory, Woolf nevertheless found herself unable to condense her friend’s already-extraordinary life into anything less than twenty-five themes, which she jotted down at the opening of her homage: “Pol... + Read More
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Series: Deer Lake Guilty as Sin A Novel Paperback Tami Hoag 9780593159019 $12.99 FICTION May 26, 2020

Now a newly premium Pure Gold selection, the sensational and gripping Guilty as Sin is #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag at her very best.A cold-blooded kidnapper has been playing a twisted game with a terrified Minnesota town. Now a respected member of the community stands accused of a horrific act of evil. But when a second boy disappears, a frightened public demands to know: Have the police caught the wrong man? Is the nightmare continuing—or just beginning?Prosecutor Ellen North believes she’s building a case against a guilty m... + Read More
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Series: Breath The New Science of a Lost Art Hardcover James Nestor 9780735213616 $37.00 SCIENCE May 26, 2020

No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly.There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient b... + Read More
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Series: The Prisoner's Wife Paperback Maggie Brookes 9780593197752 $23.00 FICTION May 26, 2020

Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi PoW camp to be with the man she loves.In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countryside. Izabela and prisoner-of-war Bill have secretly married, and are on the run, with Izzy dressed as a man. The young husband and wife evade capture for as long as possible, until they are cornered by Nazi soldiers with tracker dogs.Izzy’s disguise works. The couple are assumed to be two escaped Britis... + Read More
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Series: Son of a Critch A Childish Newfoundland Memoir Paperback Mark Critch 9780735235083 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 26, 2020

From This Hour Has 22 Minutes anchor and “roving reporter” Mark Critch, a hilarious story of family, getting into trouble, and finding one’s place in the world.What could be better than growing up in the 1980s? How about growing up in 1980s Newfoundland, which—as Mark Critch will tell you—was more like the 1960s. Take a trip to where it all began in this funny and warm look back on his formative years.Here we find a young Mark trick-or-treating at a used car lot, getting locked out of school on a fourth-floor window ledge, faking an asthma atta... + Read More
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Series: Millennium Series The Girl Who Lived Twice A Lisbeth Salander novel, continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series Paperback David Lagercrantz 9780735233034 $22.00 FICTION May 05, 2020

New York Times BestsellerNational BestsellerThe sixth Lisbeth Salander story—the crime-fiction phenomenon that has sold more than 90 million copies worldwide.Lisbeth Salander—the fierce, unstoppable girl with the dragon tattoo—has disappeared. She’s sold her apartment in Stockholm, gone silent electronically, and told no one where she is. And no one is aware that at long last she’s got her primal enemy, her twin sister, Camilla, squarely in her sights.Mikael Blomkvist needs Salander’s help unraveling the identity of a man who lived and died on ... + Read More
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Series: Beyond the Trees A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic Paperback Adam Shoalts 9780735236851 $22.00 HISTORY May 05, 2020

National bestsellerA thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from “Canada’s greatest living explorer.”In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America’s greatest wilderness. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected, digital world, it’s still possible to wander for months without crossing a single road, or even see another human being.Between his starting point in Eagle Plains, Yukon Territory, to his destination in Baker Lake, Nunavut, lies... + Read More
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Series: Lock Every Door A Novel Paperback Riley Sager 9781524745165 $23.00 FICTION May 05, 2020

Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller follows a young woman whose new job apartment-sitting in one of New York’s oldest and most glamorous buildings may cost more than it pays.No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor ... + Read More
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Series: Dark Mirror Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State Hardcover Barton Gellman 9781594206016 $40.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 19, 2020

From the three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the New York Times bestseller Angler, the definitive master narrative of Edward Snowden and the modern surveillance state, based on unique access to Snowden and groundbreaking reportage around the world.Edward Snowden touched off a global debate in 2013 when he gave Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald each a vast and explosive archive of highly classified files revealing the extent of the American government’s access to our every communication. They shared the Pulitzer Prize ... + Read More
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Series: In Praise of Walking A New Scientific Exploration Hardcover Shane O'Mara 9780393652086 $34.95 SCIENCE May 12, 2020

A hymn to walking, the mechanical magic at the core of our humanity.In this captivating book, neuroscientist Shane O’Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers on our bodies and brains, and to appreciate the advantages of this uniquely human skill. From walking’s evolutionary origins, traced back millions of years to life forms on the ocean floor, to new findings from cutting-edge research, he reveals how the brain and nervous system give us the ability to balance, weave through a crowded city, and run our “inner GPS” system. Wal... + Read More
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Series: All Adults Here A Novel Hardcover Emma Straub 9781594634697 $36.00 FICTION May 04, 2020

“Brimming with kindness, forgiveness, humor and love and yet (magically) also a page turner that held me captive until it was finished. This is Emma Straub’s absolute best and the world will love it. I love it.” -New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett“A totally engaging and smart book about the absolutely marvelous messiness of what makes up family; a wonderful book.” - New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth StroutNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Today Show, Good Morning America, Vogue,Real Simple, Marie Claire, Good Ho... + Read More
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Series: Those People Paperback Louise Candlish 9780451489166 $23.00 FICTION May 12, 2020

From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a twisty domestic suspense novel that asks, “Could you hate your neighbor enough to kill him?”—now in paperback.Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful, the neighbors get along, and the kids play in the street together on weekends.But when Darren and Jodie move into the house on the corner, they don’t follow the rules. They blast music at all hours, begin an unsightly renovation, and run a used-car business from their yard. It doesn’t take long for an all-out war to ... + Read More