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Series: The Beauty of Dirty Skin The Surprising Science of Looking and Feeling Radiant from the Inside Out Hardcover Whitney Bowe MD 9780316509824 $36.50 HEALTH & FITNESS Apr 17, 2018

Internationally renowned dermatologist and research scientist Dr. Whitney Bowe presents, for the first time, the connection between a healthy gut and radiant, clear skin, with a 21-day program to maximize skin health and beauty. Every year, nearly 80 million Americans will consult their doctors about their skin. In fact, skin disorders beat out anxiety, depression, back pain, and diabetes as the number one reason Americans see their doctors. Unfortunately, however, the vast majority will receive only a surface-level treatment, leaving the under... + Read More
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Series: Acts of Vanishing A Novel Hardcover Fredrik T. Olsson 9780316335027 $35.00 FICTION Apr 24, 2018

A city in darkness. A hero in disgrace. His daughter in the gravest danger. With its heart-pounding action and breakneck pace, Acts of Vanishing is the perfect blockbuster thriller. One winter evening just before Christmas, Stockholm is plunged into a sudden, citywide blackout. Radio, internet, phone service -- all cut out simultaneously, cloaking the city in darkness and silence. On the pitch-black streets, a young woman carries a message for her estranged father. It may be the key to reversing the blackout and preventing further attacks. Bu... + Read More
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Series: Terminal Lance Ultimate Omnibus Hardcover Maximilian Uriarte 9780316412247 $39.00 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Apr 24, 2018

The ultimate collection from Maximilian Uriarte, author of The New York Times bestselling The White Donkey and creator of the world's most popular military comic strip. The eagerly awaited Terminal Lance Ultimate Omnibus will finally deliver the complete collection that fans of the military's most popular comic strip have been clamoring for. With over 500 strips, the collection will feature hundreds of the serialized comics published on terminallance.com, with additional comics previously published only on Marine Corps Times newspaper, and new... + Read More
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Series: The Husband Hour Paperback Jamie Brenner 9780316449397 $22.99 FICTION Apr 24, 2018

When a young widow's reclusive life in a charming beach town is interrupted by a surprise visitor, she is forced to reckon with dark secrets about her family, her late husband, and the past she tried to leave behind. Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone-Lauren most of all-by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated... + Read More
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Series: The Hellfire Club Hardcover Jake Tapper 9780316472319 $35.00 FICTION May 01, 2018

The debut political thriller from Jake Tapper, CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the New York Times bestselling author of The Outpost.Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor died mysteriously, Charlie is struggling to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, DC, alongside his young wife Margaret, a zoologist with ambitions of her own. Amid the swirl of glamorous and powerful political leaders and deal makers, a mysterious fatal car accident thrusts Cha... + Read More
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Series: A Shout in the Ruins Hardcover Kevin Powers 9780316556477 $34.00 FICTION May 15, 2018

By the author of bestselling, National Book Award nominee THE YELLOW BIRDS comes a novel set in Virginia both during the Civil War and ninety years later that explores, with piercing emotional depth, the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of life. Spanning more than one hundred years, from the antebellum era to the early 1980's, A Shout in the Ruins examines the fates of a diverse cast of characters connected to Beauvais Plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia. When the vi... + Read More
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Series: A Shout in the Ruins Large type / large print edition Hardcover Kevin Powers 9780316523141 $36.50 FICTION May 15, 2018

Set in Virginia during the Civil War and a century beyond, this novel by the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds explores the brutal legacy of violence and exploitation in American society. Spanning over one hundred years, from the antebellum era to the 1980's, A Shout in the Ruins examines the fates of the inhabitants of Beauvais Plantation outside of Richmond, Virginia. When war arrives, the master of Beauvais, Anthony Levallios, foresees that dominion in a new America will be measured not in acres of tobacco under cultivation by his sla... + Read More
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Series: How It Happened Hardcover Michael Koryta 9780316293938 $35.00 FICTION May 15, 2018

"And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?"Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well-known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have little reason to believe her story. Not Rob Barrett, the FBI investigator and interrogator specializing in telling a true confession from a falsehood. He's bee... + Read More
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Series: How It Happened Large type / large print edition Hardcover Michael Koryta 9780316552509 $38.00 FICTION May 15, 2018

An FBI investigator must uncover the secrets of his hometown to solve a double murder in this twisty "page turner" that's "perfect summer reading" (Stephen King)."And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?" Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well-known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have ... + Read More
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Series: I'm Keith Hernandez Hardcover Keith Hernandez 9780316395731 $36.50 SPORTS & RECREATION May 15, 2018

A no-holds-barred memoir from beloved first baseman, broadcaster, and Seinfeld icon Keith Hernandez, telling all about the wild years in the 1980s and sharing his insights about players today. Keith Hernandez revolutionized how first base was played, partied hard, and played harder than anyone as a champion New York Met in the '80s, and even had a star turn appearing as himself on an episode of Seinfeld. Now Hernandez is ready to tell the full story of his career, the majority of which he spent with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. H... + Read More
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Series: I'm Keith Hernandez A Memoir Large type / large print edition Hardcover Keith Hernandez 9780316552431 $39.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 15, 2018

Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping literary memoir and New York Times bestseller. Keith Hernandez revolutionized the role of first baseman. During his illustrious career with the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, he was a perennial fan favorite, earning eleven consecutive Gold Gloves, a National League co-MVP Award, and a batting title. But it was his unique blend of intelligence, humor, and talent -- not to mention his unflappable leadership, playful antics, and competitive temperament ... + Read More
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Series: Superminds The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together Hardcover Thomas W. Malone 9780316349130 $36.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 15, 2018

From the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence comes a fascinating look at the remarkable capacity for intelligence exhibited by groups of people and computers working together. If you're like most people, you probably believe that humans are the most intelligent animals on our planet. But there's another kind of entity that can be far smarter: groups of people. In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Malone, the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, shows how groups of people working together i... + Read More
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Series: Barrel Fever Stories and Essays Paperback David Sedaris 9780316779425 $20.99 HUMOR Jun 01, 1995

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. Sedaris's collection of essays and stories is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; a bitter Santa abuses the elves. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our beha... + Read More
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Series: Origin Story A Big History of Everything Hardcover David Christian 9780316392006 $39.00 HISTORY May 22, 2018

This New York Times bestseller "elegantly weaves evidence and insights . . . into a single, accessible historical narrative" (Bill Gates) and presents a captivating history of the universe -- from the Big Bang to dinosaurs to mass globalization and beyond. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time chang... + Read More
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Series: A Thomas Crocker Thriller SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Viper Hardcover Ralph Pezzullo 9780316556408 $34.00 FICTION May 22, 2018

Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo's shockingly authentic military thriller sends Thomas Crocker and his SEAL Team Six brothers to confront a notorious ISIS general, The Viper, during the occupation of Aleppo, Syria. Despite the efforts of the Assad government and its Russian and Turkish allies, Syria is succumbing to the Islamic State. While Crocker and his SEAL Team Six comrades try to help a small Kurdish border town organize a resistance army, he finds an unexpected connection with Severine, a French epidemiologist working for Doctors Without Bord... + Read More
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Series: The Wind in My Hair My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran Hardcover Masih Alinejad 9780316548915 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 29, 2018

An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab. A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran. This is the self-portrait that sparked 'My Stealthy Freedom,' a social media campaign that went viral. But Masih is so much more than the arresting face that sparked a campaign inspiring women to find their... + Read More
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Series: Naked Paperback David Sedaris 9780316777735 $22.49 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 01, 1998

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview-a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son's nervous tics, to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course!) with a quadriplegic companion; a family gathers for a wedding in the face of imm... + Read More
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Series: Me Talk Pretty One Day Paperback David Sedaris 9780316776967 $22.49 HUMOR Jun 05, 2001

A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of "Naked", presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. A number one national bestseller now in paperback.
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Series: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Paperback David Sedaris 9780316010795 $22.49 HUMOR May 31, 2005

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives -- a world where forgiveness is automatic and a... + Read More
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Series: When You Are Engulfed in Flames Paperback David Sedaris 9780316154680 $22.99 HUMOR Apr 04, 2017

"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conu... + Read More
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Series: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Paperback David Sedaris 9780316154703 $22.49 HUMOR Jun 03, 2014

"Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist....And based, on this latest collection, he's getting only better." ---Los Angeles Times A guy walks into a bar car and...From here the story could take many turns. When the guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved.Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the t... + Read More
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Series: The People's History of the Vampire Uprising Hardcover Raymond Villareal 9780316561686 $35.00 FICTION Jun 05, 2018

This panoramic thriller begins with one small mystery. The body of a young woman found in an Arizona border town, presumed to be an illegal immigrant, walks out of the town morgue. To the young CDC investigator called in to consult the local police, it's a bizarre medical mystery.More bodies, dead of a mysterious disease that solidifies their blood, are brought to the morgue, and dissappear. In a futile game of catch-up, the CDC, the FBI, and the US government must come to terms with what they're too late to stop: an epidemic of vampirism that ... + Read More
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Series: The Traveling Feast On the Road and at the Table with My Heroes Hardcover Rick Bass 9780316381239 $36.50 LITERARY CRITICISM Jun 05, 2018

Acclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soul-nourishing, road-burning act of tribute" (New York Times Book Review). From his bid to become Eudora Welty's lawn boy to the time George Plimpton offered to punch him in the nose, lineage has always been important to Rick Bass. Now at a turning point -- in his midfifties, with his long marriage dissolved and his grown daughters out of the house -- Bass strikes out on a journey of thanksgiving. H... + Read More
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Series: Assad or We Burn the Country How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria Hardcover Sam Dagher 9780316556729 $38.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 28, 2019

From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster. In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising -- an act which would catapult the country into an eight-year long war, killing almost half a mi... + Read More
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Series: Young Mandela The Revolutionary Years Paperback David James Smith 9780316035491 $24.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 12, 2018

Nelson Mandela is well-known throughout the world as a heroic leader who symbolizes freedom and moral authority. He is fixed in the public mind as the world's elder statesman -- the gray-haired man with a kindly smile who spent 27 years in prison before becoming the first black president in South Africa. But Nelson Mandela was not always elderly or benign. And, in Young Mandela, award-winning journalist and author David James Smith takes us deep into the heart of racist South Africa to paint a portrait of the Mandela that many have forgotten:... + Read More
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Series: The Dependents Hardcover Katharine Dion 9780316473873 $34.00 FICTION Jun 19, 2018

For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Kent Haruf, the family story of a new widower, his fractured relationship with his daughter in the wake of his wife's death, and the decades-long friendship he and his late spouse enjoyed with another couple whose companionship keeps him afloat after her death When Eugene Ashe and his wife Maida pass a free medical screening tent one day, Gene refuses at the same time Maida agrees. "Not knowing won't save you," she tells her husband. She dies before the next summer.THE DEPENDENTS is the story... + Read More
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Series: The Kitchen Shortcut Bible More than 200 Recipes to Make Real Food Real Fast Hardcover Bruce Weinstein 9780316509718 $39.00 COOKING Jun 19, 2018

The ultimate collection of recipes to make real food, real fast -- with hundreds of ways to cook smarter, not harder.The Kitchen Shortcut Bible is for all of us who love to cook, but never seem to have enough time. Rather than a book of way-too-clever hacks, this is a collection of more than 200 ingenious recipes that supercharge your time in the kitchen without sacrificing high quality or fresh flavor. Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough come to this, their definitive guide to shortcut cooking, after twenty-nine cookbooks and decades of exper... + Read More
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Series: You Were Made for This Paperback Michelle Sacks 9780316449410 $22.99 FICTION Jun 19, 2018

Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family in the perfect place. Merry adores the domestic life: baking, gardening, caring for her infant son. Sam, formerly an academic, is pursuing a new career as a filmmaker. Sometimes they can hardly believe how lucky they are. What perfect new lives they've built.When Merry's childhood friend Frank visits their Swedish paradise, she immediately becomes part of the family. She bonds with Conor. And with Sam. She befriends the neighbors, and even finds herself ... + Read More
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Series: Salt Lane Hardcover William Shaw 9780316563505 $35.00 FICTION Jun 26, 2018

An "excellent," darkly-told crime novel in the tradition of Tana French and Ian Rankin (Wall Street Journal). Sergeant Alexandra Cupidi is a recent transfer from the London metro police to the rugged Kentish countryside. She's done little to ingratiate herself with her new colleagues, who find her too brash, urban, and -- to make matters worse -- she investigated her first partner, a veteran detective, and had him arrested on murder charges. Now assigned the brash young Constable Jill Ferriter to look after, she's facing another bizarre case: ... + Read More
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Series: Some Die Nameless Hardcover Wallace Stroby 9780316440202 $34.00 FICTION Jul 10, 2018

An ex-mercenary and an embattled journalist find themselves unlikely allies against a corrupt defense contractor in this "noir beach read" (New York). Ray Devlin is retired, living a simple life off the grid in Florida, when a visit from an old colleague stirs some bad memories -- and ends with a gunshot. Soon Devlin is forced to again face a past he'd hoped to leave behind, as a member of a mercenary force that helped put a brutal South American dictator into power. Tracy Quinn is an investigative reporter at a struggling Philadelphia newspap... + Read More
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Series: What We Were Promised Hardcover Lucy Tan 9780316437189 $34.00 FICTION Jul 10, 2018

Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises. After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lin... + Read More
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Series: Bad Call A Summer Job on a New York Ambulance Hardcover Mike Scardino 9780316469616 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 17, 2018

An adrenaline-fueled read that will stay with you long after you turn the final page, Bad Call is a "compulsively readable, totally unforgettable" memoir about working on a New York City ambulance in the 1960s (James Patterson).Bad Call is Mike Scardino's visceral, fast-moving, and mordantly funny account of the summers he spent working as an "ambulance attendant" on the mean streets of late-1960s New York. Fueled by adrenaline and Sabrett's hot dogs, young Mike spends his days speeding from one chaotic emergency to another. His adventures tak... + Read More
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Series: Give Me Your Hand Paperback Megan Abbott 9780316449403 $22.99 FICTION Jul 17, 2018

A life-changing secret destroys an unlikely friendship in this "magnetic" psychological thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me (Meg Wolitzer).You told each other everything. Then she told you too much. Kit has risen to the top of her profession and is on the brink of achieving everything she wanted. She hasn't let anything stop her. But now someone else is standing in her way: Diane. Best friends at seventeen, their shared ambition made them inseparable. Until the day Diane told Kit her secret -- the worst thing she'd eve... + Read More
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Series: Soul Full of Coal Dust A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia Hardcover Chris Hamby 9780316299473 $38.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 18, 2020

In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down. Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair compensation to coal miners stricken with the illness. Today, however, both promises remain unfulfilled. Levels of disease have surged, the old scou... + Read More
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Series: The Wrong Heaven Hardcover Amy Bonnaffons 9780316516211 $34.00 FICTION Jul 17, 2018

For fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell, an "amazing, wildly inventive" collection of stories that straddles the line between the real and the fantastical (Kevin Wilson). In The Wrong Heaven, anything is possible: bodies can transform, inanimate objects come to life, angels appear and disappear. Bonnaffons draws us into a delightfully strange universe, in which her conflicted characters seek to solve their sexual and spiritual dilemmas in all the wrong places. The title story's heroine reckons with grief while arguing with loquacious Jes... + Read More
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Series: Ansel Adams 2019 Engagement Calendar Calendar Ansel Adams 9780316411073 $25.99 PHOTOGRAPHY Jul 24, 2018

With superb reproductions of breathtaking Ansel Adams photographs, the Ansel Adams Engagement Calendar remains a beloved annual bestseller -- now featuring images that have never before been published. Ansel Adams was the most honored American photographer of the 20th century. Through his photography and leadership in the Sierra Club, he remains a leading voice in the fight to conserve America's wilderness. The 2019 Ansel Adams Engagement Calendar features 52 exquisite, high-quality reproductions of Adams' photographs, carefully selected and or... + Read More
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Series: Ansel Adams 2019 Wall Calendar Calendar Ansel Adams 9780316445054 $25.99 PHOTOGRAPHY Jul 24, 2018

With superb reproductions of breathtaking Ansel Adams photographs, the Ansel Adams Wall Calendar remains a beloved annual bestseller--now featuring images that have never before been published.Ansel Adams was the most honored American photographer of the 20th century. Through his photography and leadership in the Sierra Club, he remains a leading voice in the fight to conserve America's wilderness.The 2019 Ansel Adams Wall Calendar features thirteen exquisite, high-quality reproductions of Adams' photographs, carefully selected and ordered to r... + Read More
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Series: Hits and Misses Stories Hardcover Simon Rich 9780316468893 $32.50 FICTION Jul 24, 2018

A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars. Simon Rich is "one of the funniest writers in America" (Daily Beast) -- a humorist who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams (New York Times Book Review), James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse (The Guardian). With Hits and Misses, he's back with a hilarious new collection of stories about dreaming big and falling flat,... + Read More
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Series: JELL-O Girls A Family History Hardcover Allie Rowbottom 9780316510615 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 24, 2018

A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its façade - told by the inheritor of their stories.In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history, and the generations that followed enjoyed immense privilege - but they were also haunted by suicides, cancer, alcoholism, and mysterious ailments. More than 1... + Read More
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Series: The Last Whalers Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life Hardcover Doug Bock Clark 9780316390620 $39.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jan 08, 2019

In this "immersive, densely reported, and altogether remarkable first book [with] the texture and color of a first-rate novel" (New York Times), journalist Doug Bock Clark tells the epic story of the world's last subsistence whalers and the threats posed to a tribe on the brink. On a volcanic island in the Savu Sea so remote that other Indonesians call it "The Land Left Behind" live the Lamalerans: a tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who are the world's last subsistence whalers. They have survived for half a millennium by hunting whales with bamb... + Read More
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Series: Killing Eve Codename Villanelle The Basis of KILLING EVE, the Hit BBC America TV Series Hardcover Luke Jennings 9780316512527 $32.50 FICTION Apr 03, 2018

The breakneck thriller that inspired TV sensation Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh, "unlike any other spy drama you've seen" (Daily Beast). Villanelle (a codename, of course) is one of the world's most skilled assassins. A catlike psychopath whose love for the creature comforts of her luxurious lifestyle is second only to her love of the game, she specializes in murdering the world's richest and most powerful. But when she murders an influential Russian politician, she draws a relentless foe to her tail. Eve Polastri (not a codename) is a forme... + Read More
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Series: Okay Fine Whatever The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things Hardcover Courtenay Hameister 9780316395700 $34.00 HUMOR Jul 31, 2018

The "hilarious and poignant" story of one chronically anxious woman's quest to become braver by seeking out the kinds of experiences she's spent her life avoiding (Cheryl Strayed). For most of her life (and even during her years as the host of a popular radio show), Courtenay Hameister lived in a state of near-constant dread and anxiety. She fretted about everything. Her age. Her size. Her romantic prospects. How likely it was that she would get hit by a bus on the way home. Until a couple years ago, when, in her mid-forties, she decided to fi... + Read More
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Series: 12 The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption Hardcover Casey Sherman 9780316416382 $35.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Jul 31, 2018

The thrilling behind-the-scenes account of how the NFL's most sensational scandal culminated in sports history's greatest comeback, featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with Patriots players -- including Tom Brady himself. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots -- a team long suspected of abiding by the "if you ain't cheating you ain't trying" philosophy -- had used under-inflated footballs in their playoff victory against the Indianapolis Colts. As evidence began to build, however, a full on NFL investigation was ... + Read More
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Series: Dopesick Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America Hardcover Beth Macy 9780316551243 $36.50 PSYCHOLOGY Aug 07, 2018

Soon to be a Hulu Original Series Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" (New York Times) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans. In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over two decades. From the labs and marketing departments of big pharma to local doctor's offices; wealthy suburbs to ... + Read More
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Series: Dopesick Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America Large type / large print edition Hardcover Beth Macy 9780316523172 $46.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Aug 07, 2018

Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" (New York Times) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans.In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over two decades. From the labs and marketing departments of big pharma to local doctor's offices; wealthy suburbs to distressed small communities in Cent... + Read More
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Series: Kismet A Novel Hardcover Luke Tredget 9780316418294 $34.00 FICTION Aug 07, 2018

Black Mirror meets Bridget Jones in this whip-smart debut set in a world where the ultimate matchmaking app has redefined romance. Twenty-nine-year-old Anna is smart, vivacious, and in the midst of a complete existential meltdown. Sure, from the outside everything in her life seems to be going just fine: She has a decent job, a devoted BFF, and a lovely boyfriend named Pete with whom she is exactly 70% compatible, according to Kismet, the matchmaking app that everyone in Anna's world uses to find love. Still . . . isn't there supposed to be m... + Read More
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Series: Camaro Espinoza Make Them Sorry Hardcover Sam Hawken 9780316559386 $34.00 FICTION Aug 07, 2018

A violent stalker has a terrified woman in his sights. Camaro Espinoza will make him sorry. Life in Miami isn't complicated for ex-army medic Camaro Espinoza: Piloting charter fishing trips, fighting at the gym, drinking at the bar. Simple doesn't mean stable, though, and two complicating factors -- okay, people -- are about to disrupt Camaro's relative peace. Faith Glazer, an accountant with no way to defend herself, begs Camaro's help to stop a stalker who follows her every move. While Ignacio Montellano, a detective on the homicide beat, w... + Read More
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Series: Judas How a Sister?s Testimony Brought Down a Criminal Mastermind Hardcover Astrid Holleeder 9780316475303 $36.50 TRUE CRIME Aug 14, 2018

The inside account of the life and trial of one of the world's most infamous criminals, by his closest confidante and biggest traitor - his sister.Best known for his involvement in the 1983 kidnapping of the CEO and Chairman of Heineken brewing company, Willem Holleeder is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history. But his latest conviction is quickly becoming the trial of the century. Charged for his involvement in multiple assassinations, including that of his former partner and brother-in-law, Holleeder is finally being put... + Read More
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Series: How Are You Going to Save Yourself Hardcover JM Holmes 9780316514880 $34.00 FICTION Aug 21, 2018

An interconnected story collection about four young men struggling to liberate themselves from the burden of being black and male in America-- the arrival of an explosive new voice. Dub, Rolls, Rye, and Gio, who narrates most of these nine stories, have been friends since childhood, growing up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE YOURSELF covers roughly a decade of these inseparable friends weaving in and out of one another's lives as their futures diverge. Among their differences, Gio's mixed-race identity--with a black father... + Read More
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Series: Mind Over Meds Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better-and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own Paperback Andrew Weil MD 9780316352963 $22.49 HEALTH & FITNESS Mar 13, 2018

Too many Americans are taking too many drugs -- and it's costing us our health, happiness, and lives. Prescription drug use in America has increased tenfold in the past 50 years, and over-the-counter drug use has risen just as dramatically. In addition to the dozens of medications we take to treat serious illnesses, we take drugs to help us sleep, to keep us awake, to keep our noses from running, our backs from aching, and our minds from racing. Name a symptom, there's a pill to suppress it. Modern drugs can be miraculously life-saving, and m... + Read More
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Series: Utopia for Realists How We Can Build the Ideal World Paperback Rutger Bregman 9780316471916 $22.49 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 27, 2018

Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. "A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." -- New York Times After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way -- and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a mil... + Read More
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Series: How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids Paperback Jancee Dunn 9780316267090 $22.49 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Mar 27, 2018

"Get this for your pregnant friends, or yourself" (People): a hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice.Recommended by Nicole Cliffe in SlateFeatured in People PicksA Red Tricycle Best Baby and Toddler Parenting Book of the YearOne of Mother magazine's favorite parenting books of the YearHow Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers often have for... + Read More
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Series: The Seventh Sense Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks Paperback Joshua Cooper Ramo 9780316285070 $23.49 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Apr 03, 2018

Endless terror. Refugee waves. An unfixable global economy. Surprising election results. New billion-dollar fortunes. Miracle medical advances. What if they were all connected? What if you could understand why? The Seventh Sense is the story of what all of today's successful figures see and feel: the forces that are invisible to most of us but explain everything from explosive technological change to uneasy political ripples. The secret to power now is understanding our new age of networks. Not merely the Internet, but also webs of trade, fi... + Read More
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Series: Startup A Novel Paperback Doree Shafrir 9780316360364 $20.99 FICTION Apr 03, 2018

From veteran online journalist and BuzzFeed writer Doree Shafrir comes a hilarious debut novel that proves there are some dilemmas that no app can solve. Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business -- in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn. Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious you... + Read More
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Series: Spoils Paperback Brian Van Reet 9780316316170 $20.99 FICTION Apr 24, 2018

It is April 2003. American forces have taken Baghdad and are now charged with winning hearts and minds. But this vital tipping point is barely recognized for what it is, as a series of miscalculations and blunders fuels an already-simmering insurgency intent on making Iraq the next graveyard of empires. In dazzling and propulsive prose, Brian Van Reet explores the lives on both sides of the battle lines: Cassandra, a nineteen-year-old gunner on an American Humvee who is captured during a deadly firefight and awakens in a prison cell; Abu Al-Ho... + Read More
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Series: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me A Memoir Paperback Sherman Alexie 9780316270748 $22.49 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 12, 2019

A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Family relationships are never simple. But Sherman Alexie's bond with his mother Lillian was more complex than most. She plunged her family into chaos with a drinking habit, but shed her addiction when it was on the brink of costing her everything. She survived a violent past, but created an elaborate facade to hide the truth. She selflessly ca... + Read More
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Series: Rise the Dark Paperback Michael Koryta 9780316293860 $20.99 FICTION May 01, 2018

Rise the dark. These were the last words written in Lauren Novak's notebook before she was murdered in a strange Florida village. They've never meant anything to the police or to her husband, investigator Markus Novak. Now the man he believes killed her is out of prison, and draws Markus to the place he's avoided for so long: the lonely road where his wife was shot to death beneath the cypress trees and Spanish moss in a town called Cassadaga. In Red Lodge, Montana, a senseless act of vandalism shuts the lights off in the town where Sabrina Ba... + Read More
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Series: Unmentionable The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners Paperback Therese Oneill 9780316357906 $22.49 HISTORY May 08, 2018

Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't question.) Unmentionable is your hilarious, illustrated, scandalously honest (yet never crass) guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood, giving you detailed advice on: What to wear Where to relieve yourself How to conceal your loathsome addiction to menstruating What to expect on yo... + Read More
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Series: The Power Paperback Naomi Alderman 9780316547604 $22.49 FICTION Jan 08, 2019

In The Power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power: they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets. From award-winning author... + Read More
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Series: The Upstarts Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley Paperback Brad Stone 9780316388412 $23.49 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 15, 2018

A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store. Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or a walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb have ushered in a new era: redefining neighborhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business, and changing the way we travel. In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, another generatio... + Read More