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Series: Incidental Inventions Hardcover Elena Ferrante 9781609455583 $29.95 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Nov 29, 2019

Elena Ferrante is the best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend, now an HBO original series. Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called “one of the great novelists of our time” (New York Times). “This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me . . . I have written as an author of novels, taking on matters that are important to me and that—if I have the will and the time—I’d ... + Read More
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Series: Finger Knitting for Kids Super Cute & Easy Things to Make Paperback Eriko Teranishi 9784805315330 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 12 Oct 01, 2019

Now kids can create their very own knitted accessories!Finger Knitting for Kids shows young crafters (and their parents) how to make cute and easy knitted pieces using only their fingers and a bit of yarn. Clear and simple step-by-step lessons walk them through a series of delightful projects--ranging from simple knitted hair ties and bags to braided scarves and pom pom hats.This book provides easy-to-follow instructions for 15 fun knitting projects for kids, including:A sweet fringed scarf with matching rectangle beanie A colorful hair tie bra... + Read More
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Series: Ninja Boy's Secret Hardcover Tina Schneider 9784805315262 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 8 Sep 17, 2019

**Winner of 2020 Northern Lights Book Awards Author/Illustrator Category**The sweet story of being invisible and becoming seen.Ninja Boy has a secret. It's not that he's flunking out of Ninja Academy--his dad knows that. It's that Ninja Boy doesn't like skulking about quietly in the night, clad in black like a thief, leaving no trace of his existence. He knows he'll never be half the Ninja his father is--silent as a ghost, ever ready to attack.No, this little Ninja has a different calling. He's a talented musician who expresses himself with a v... + Read More
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Series: Stories of the Chinese Zodiac Little Rat and the Golden Seed A Story Told in English and Chinese Hardcover Jian Li 9781602204591 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Sep 24, 2019

Learn how the clever Little Rat earned his place as one of the Chinese Zodiac Animals.This adorable Chinese-English bilingual children's book tells the story of the Little Rat and the Grandpa—unlikely allies who embark on an adventure to find a golden seed. They encounter rough seas, fierce guards and tall mountains, but—in the end—bring home a golden rice seed and save the village from going hungry.Illustrated with unique Chinese ink paintings, this book also includes a "cultural explanation" section. Readers can reference a chart to learn the... + Read More
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Series: My Lantern and the Fairy A Story of Light and Kindness Told in English and Chinese Hardcover Xin Lin 9781602204584 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Sep 24, 2019

A sweet story that shows how one small act of kindness can help those around you.Little Mo and her family always compete in their village's annual lantern competition, but this year she has no new ideas and doesn't know where to begin. Little Mo finds herself wishing for help in front of a lamp post, when a thunderstorm suddenly rolls in. Worried that the rain will put the lamp's flame out, Little Mo uses her own umbrella to cover the lamp. Little did she know, an unexpected recipient of her selfless act would guide Little Mo to victory in the ... + Read More
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Series: Three Korean Fairy Tales Beloved Stories and Legends Hardcover Kim So-Un 9780804852272 $21.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 12 Oct 01, 2019

This multicultural children's book presents a selection of traditional Korean folk tales that are instantly recognizable to Koreans of all ages. These treasured tales are retold by Kim So-un, an eminent storyteller who is a household name in Korea. The illustrations combine modern and traditional Korean art elements and techniques in telling these classic stories.In the Tuttle tradition of bringing beloved stories from other countries to new generations of readers, this book presents the following tales:"The Magic Gem" answers the question why ... + Read More
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Series: Art Puzzles for Kids: Chinese Ceramics Create Six Masterpieces and Learn Their Secrets Hardcover Hu Dong 9781602204607 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Sep 24, 2019

Open up this book and find a fun, interactive way for kids to learn more about Chinese art and symbolism!Each two-page spread highlights a Chinese ceramic artifact, pulled from a museum collection. On the left-hand side, a photo of the piece, its history and any hidden symbols that are important in Chinese culture. On the right-hand side, a pop-out puzzle with 25 pieces that—when put together—shows a close-up of the artwork featured on the adjacent ceramic artifact.The patterns include daring dragons, elegant cranes and beautiful roses, among m... + Read More
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Series: Legends of the Martial Arts Masters Tales of Bravery and Adventure Featuring Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Other Great Martial Artists Paperback Susan Lynn Peterson 9780804852050 $12.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 14 Oct 01, 2019

Throughout the ages, cunning and brave heroes have reached deep inside themselves to find the strength to triumph over long odds. Aspiring black belts will love this action-packed collection of twenty-six stories about the great heroes of the martial arts and their many paths to victory.The stories include the tales of:The legendary Bruce Lee--Kung Fu master and greatest martial artist of his timeMiyamoto Musashi--the "greatest swordsman in history" and the author of the Book of Five RingsJackie Chan--a dyslexic boy, abandoned at age seven who ... + Read More
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Series: You Don't Know Me The Incarcerated Women of York Prison Voice Their Truths Hardcover Wally Lamb 9781640092389 $38.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Apr 17, 2020

In a new collection of essays,New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb guides the writing of the inmates at York Correctional Institution into moments of honesty and revelation, presenting the truths discovered during incarceration An adopted woman searching for her origins discovers she was born in prison. A bank robber reminisces about her first theft in kindergarten. A prisoner serving a life sentence examines the nature of time. A young woman dreams of escape not from prison but from addiction and will sadly fail at both. These are jus... + Read More
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Series: The Revisioners A Novel Hardcover Margaret Wilkerson Sexton 9781640092587 $25.00 FICTION Nov 05, 2019

This New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year from the author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, On the Rooftop, is “a powerful tale of racial tensions across generations” (People) that explores the depths of women’s relationships—influential women and marginalized women, healers, and survivors.In 1924, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows b... + Read More
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Series: Three Flames A Novel Hardcover Alan Lightman 9781640092280 $25.00 FICTION Sep 03, 2019
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Series: The Transpacific Experiment How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future Hardcover Matt Sheehan 9781640092143 $27.00 USD HISTORY Aug 13, 2019

A timely, vital account of California’s unique relationship with China, told through the exploits of the entrepreneurs, activists, and politicians driving transformations with international implications.Tensions between the world’s superpowers are mounting in Washington, D.C., and Beijing. Yet, the People's Republic of China and the state of California have built deep and interdependent socioeconomic exchanges that reverberate across the globe, making California and China a microcosm of the most important international relationship of the tw... + Read More
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Series: Hard Mouth A Novel Paperback Amanda Goldblatt 9781640092426 $16.95 FICTION Aug 13, 2019
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Series: A Human Algorithm How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are Hardcover Flynn Coleman 9781640092365 $26.00 COMPUTERS Oct 01, 2019
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Series: Counterpoints Think Little Essays Paperback Wendell Berry 9781640091733 $13.00 NATURE Nov 05, 2019

First published in 1972, “Think Little” is cultural critic and agrarian Wendell Berry at his best: prescient about the dire environmental consequences of our mentality of greed and exploitation, yet hopeful that we will recognize war and oppression and pollution not as separate issues, but aspects of the same. “Think Little” is presented here alongside one of Berry’s most popular and personal essays, “A Native Hill.” This gentle essay of recollection is told alongside a poetic lesson in geography, as Berry explains at length and in detail, that... + Read More
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Series: Counterpoints Tawny Grammar Essays Paperback Gary Snyder 9781640091757 $10.00 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Nov 05, 2019
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Series: A Mistake A Novel Hardcover Carl Shuker 9781640092495 $25.00 FICTION Sep 17, 2019

In medicine, a single mistake in an otherwise spotless career can determine the rest of your life—even if the mistake was not your ownElizabeth Taylor is a gifted surgeon—the only female consultant at her hospital. But while operating on a young woman with life–threatening blood poisoning, something goes horribly wrong. In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, her colleagues begin to close ranks, and Elizabeth’s life is thrown into disarray. Tough and abrasive, Elizabeth has survived and succeeded in this most dema... + Read More
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Series: The Beadworkers Stories Hardcover Beth Piatote 9781640092686 $23.00 FICTION Oct 22, 2019

Beth Piatote’s luminous debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the inventive and unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary worldTold with humor, subtlety, and spareness, the mixed–genre works of Beth Piatote’s first collection find unifying themes in the strength of kinship, the pulse of longing, and the language of return.A woman teaches her niece to make a pair of beaded earrings while ruminating on a fractured relationship. An elev... + Read More
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Series: What It Means to Be Moral Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life Hardcover Phil Zuckerman 9781640092747 $28.00 USD PHILOSOPHY Sep 10, 2019

“A thoughtful perspective on humans' capacity for moral behavior.” —Kirkus Reviews“A comprehensive introduction to religious skepticism.” —Publishers WeeklyIn What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life, Phil Zuckerman argues that morality does not come from God. Rather, it comes from us: our brains, our evolutionary past, our ongoing cultural development, our social experiences, and our ability to reason, reflect, and be sensitive to the suffering of others.By deconstructing religious arguments for God–b... + Read More
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Series: Alta California From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State Hardcover Nick Neely 9781640091658 $26.00 HISTORY Nov 05, 2019
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Series: One Blade of Grass Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir Paperback Henry Shukman 9781640092624 $24.00 PHILOSOPHY Oct 15, 2019

"If you've ever wondered how a messed up kid like you or me might master the wisdom of Zen, One Blade of Grass is the adventure for you. It's great company—and after reading it, you might recognize that you're further along than you imagined." —David Hinton, editor and translator of The Four Chinese Classics and author of The Wilds of PoetryOne Blade of Grass tells the story of how meditation practice helped Henry Shukman to recover from the depression, anxiety, and chronic eczema he had had since childhood and to integrate a sudden spiritual a... + Read More
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Series: The Big Book of the Dead Paperback Marion Winik 9781640092532 $16.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 17, 2019
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Series: Ghost Dance A Novel Paperback Carole Maso 9781640092440 $16.95 FICTION Sep 17, 2019

“Although author Carole Maso follows the contours of fiction, style is everything in Ghost Dance, a strangely lovely and perplexing book…she has a fine ear and her literary gift is impressive.” —San Francisco ChronicleOriginally published in 1986, Ghost Dance is the first in a line of relentlessly experimental and highly esteemed works by Carole Maso.Vanessa Turin’s family has been broken up by an event so devastating she cannot bear to face it straight on. Her mother, the brilliant and beautiful poet Christine Wing, seems simply to have disapp... + Read More
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Series: The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys Four Stories Paperback Dao Strom 9781640092709 $16.95 FICTION Nov 12, 2019

“The book is informed by the Vietnamese immigrations of the nineteen–seventies but is filled with social observation of contemporary middle–class culture and indie sensibility…Quietly beautiful, Strom’s stories are hip without being ironic.” —The New YorkerWhen The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys was first published in 2006, it was groundbreaking in its depiction of contemporary young Vietnamese women living in the United States, centering their ordinary lives as mothers, lovers, friends, and daughters against the backdrop of immigration and ass... + Read More
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Series: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology A Memoir Paperback Sands Hall 9781640091931 $16.95 RELIGION Nov 19, 2019
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Series: The New Order Stories Paperback Karen E. Bender 9781640092723 $16.95 FICTION Nov 12, 2019
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Series: Silicon States The Power and Politics of Big Tech and What It Means for Our Future Paperback Lucie Greene 9781640092471 $16.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 10, 2019
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Series: Wasteland The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror Paperback W. Scott Poole 9781640092662 $23.00 LITERARY CRITICISM Oct 15, 2019

A historian and Bram Stoker Award nominee traces the birth of modern horror films and literature back to World War I, exploring how the conflict influenced H.P. Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, and other artists of the genre. From Nosferatu to Frankenstein’s monster, from Fritz Lang to James Whale, the touchstones of horror can all trace their roots to the bloodshed of the First World War. Bram Stoker Award nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of military history, technology, and art in the wake of World War I to show how overwhelming carnage ga... + Read More
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Series: Pay No Heed to the Rockets Life in Contemporary Palestine Paperback Marcello Di Cintio 9781640092556 $16.95 USD TRAVEL Sep 10, 2019

"With humility, respect, and great sensitivity, he seeks out writers, people skilled at telling stories, and asks them to narrate their own situations. The result is a document that captures not only the manifold sorrows and injustices of Palestinian life but something of its beauty, its joys, and its yearning." —Ben Ehrenreich, author of The Way to the Spring Taking the long route through the West Bank, into Jerusalem, across Israel, and finally into Gaza, Marcello Di Cintio meets with Palestinian poets, authors, librarians, and booksellers ... + Read More
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Series: Science and Spiritual Practices Transformative Experiences and Their Effects on Our Bodies, Brains, and Health Paperback Rupert Sheldrake 9781640092648 $16.95 USD RELIGION Oct 08, 2019

"I have personally adopted many of the practices Rupert describes in his book and experienced more love, joy, empathy, gratitude, and equanimity as a result. We are all indebted to Rupert, who has tirelessly brought us deep insights from both science and spirituality.” ?Deepak ChopraThe effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically as never before, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. In this pioneering book, Rupert Sheldrake shows how science ... + Read More
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Series: Evan and the Skygoats Hardcover Vanessa Vassar 9781945652042 $28.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 Oct 31, 2019

After his sister passes away, three-year-old Evan struggles to understand his own feelings and the sadness that envelops his family. Beautifully imagined and illustrated, Evan's journey to overcome his loneliness and uncertainty offers a compelling message about the power of the natural world to heal, to reassure, and to affirm our lasting connections to the ones we love. A wonderful, insightful and heart-warming story to comfort children of all ages.Based on her own personal experience healing from the loss of her daughter, the author also sh... + Read More
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Series: The Garlic Papers: A Small Garlic Farm in the Age of Global Vampires Paperback Stanley Crawford 9781945652059 $25.50 GARDENING Age (years) from 18 Oct 31, 2019

The compelling personal story at the heart of the Netflix documentary, "Garlic Breath."Readers who care about preserving local businesses will appreciate this new book by writer and garlic farm owner Stanley Crawford. In the fall of 2014, Crawford questioned US tariff exemptions for the country’s largest importer of Chinese garlic. This set off a massive legal battle, pitting his small New Mexico farm against the importer and its international law firms. In this compelling account of his David-and-Goliath battle, now in its fifth year, Crawford... + Read More
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Series: HULL Paperback Xan Phillips 9781643620084 $25.50 POETRY Oct 18, 2019

WINNER of the JUDITH A. MARKOWITZ AWARD 2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER LONGLISTED for the HEARTLAND BOOKSELLERS AWARD In this debut collection by African American poet Xandria Phillips, HULL explores emotional impacts of colonialism and racism on the Black queer body and the present-day emotional impacts of enslavement in urban, rural, and international settings. HULL is lyrical, layered, history-ridden, experimental, textured, adorned, ecstatic, and emotionally investigative.
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Series: Krei Krei and the Flower of Hearts A story about recognizing and working through sadness Paperback Thania Libri-Diaz 9780997290455 $26.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Nov 22, 2019

A beautiful story about missing a friend, Krei and the Flower of Hearts will help children learn to recognize and work through feelings of sadness. The tale of Krei the dragonfly and her friends, including one very special flower, will delight readers with its stunning illustrations and open dialogue about emotions.
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Series: Krei Krei y la flor de corazones Un cuento sobre reconocer y entender la tristeza Paperback Claudia Fossi-Diaz 9780997290462 $26.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Nov 22, 2019

Una hermosa historia sobre extraÃ±ar a un amigo, Krei y la flor de corazones ayudarÃ¡ a los niÃ±os a aprender a reconocer y entender los sentimientos de tristeza. La historia de Krei, la libÃ©lula y sus amigas, incluida una flor muy especial, harÃ¡ las delicias de los lectores con sus impresionantes ilustraciones y el diÃ¡logo abierto sobre las emociones.
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Series: The Next Loves Paperback Stephane Bouquet 9781643620053 $25.50 POETRY Oct 04, 2019

LONGLISTED for the 2020 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN POETRYFINALIST for the BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARDIn StÃ©phane Bouquet’sThe Next Loves, French poetic tradition meets the New York School poets in a unique take on homosexuality, desire, loneliness, and love in an era of global inequality and fundamental precarity. Bouquet’s work delicately carves out space for passages from I to you to the collective we.
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Series: The Scent of the Wind Paperback Triunfo Arciniegas 9780997290479 $26.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 May 14, 2021

Renowned writer Triunfo Arciniegas creates a poetic universe where the scent of the wind seems to erase generational barriers. The relationship that arises between a child and an old man in a nostalgic scenario awakens the awareness of the resounding passage of time.
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Series: We Both Laughed In Pleasure The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan Paperback Lou Sullivan 9781643620176 $37.50 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Oct 04, 2019

"Celebratory, even radical"—The New Yorker "Monumental"—Hyperallergic We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives. Entries from twenty-four diaries reveal Sullivan’s self-articu... + Read More
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Series: SLINGSHOT Paperback Cyree Jarelle Johnson 9781643620091 $25.50 POETRY Sep 27, 2019

2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER 2020 FINALIST for the FIRECRACKER AWARDS SLINGSHOT questions the value of manhood, the price of sex, and the possibility of liberation. SLINGSHOT begins with the author ensconced in the menacing isolation of the pastoral, but once the work migrates to the City, monstrum grows form and fangs. In these messy, horny, desperate poems spun from dream logic, CyrÃ©e Jarelle Johnson considers the consequences of black sexual and gender deviance, as well as the emotional burden of being forced to the rim of soc... + Read More
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Series: SPEECH Paperback Jill Magi 9781643620077 $26.95 POETRY Sep 13, 2019

Comfortable neither with the self who is made entirely through autonomy or genealogy, SPEECH tracks the western-world idea of freedom, asking whether the person who believes they can say and write whatever they want is more free or less aware of the nature of free speech as a right everywhere. Formally, SPEECH invokes the action of walking and weaving: enjambed lines that accrue, building pages vertically through repetition of sound, syntax, and metrical patterning. In the book, a woman walks, threading her way through a cityscape that overlays... + Read More
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Series: This Is My Body A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession Paperback Cameron Dezen Hammon 9781940596327 $26.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 01, 2019

Winner of the Nonfiction Discovery Prize from the Writers’ League of Texas, a bronze medalist for the Independent Publisher Book Award in Creative Nonfiction, and a finalist for the Foreword INDIE Book of the Year in Autobiography and MemoirIn this memoir of faith and faltering, musician Cameron Dezen Hammon, a Jew-ish New Yorker, finds herself searching for love, meaningâa sign. She’s led to Coney Island, where during a lightning storm, she is baptized in the murky waters of the Atlantic by a group of ragtag converts. After years of trying t... + Read More
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Series: Sketch Every Day 100+ simple drawing exercises from Simone Grunewald Paperback Simone Grunewald 9781909414907 $50.95 ART Nov 22, 2019

Learn about key elements of character art from traditional and digital illustrator, Simone GrÃ¼newald. Simone, also known as “Schmoe”, creates heart-felt and personal designs inspired by her everyday life experiences and passion for the arts. As a new mother, she also draws on her humorous experiences of bringing up a small child in the modern world. Discover in-depth visual breakdowns of Simone’s techniques as well as a varied and extensive collection of Simone’s stunning art.From linework advice to character design considerations, Simone gene... + Read More
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Series: Amazing Sports Biographies Adam Thielen From Small Town to Football Star Paperback Lindsay VonRuden 9781940647401 $22.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 20, 2019

The Inspiring Biography of a Minnesota Football Star! Adam Thielen grew up in rural Minnesota, cheering on the state’s beloved purple-and-gold football team. He dreamed of one day playing in the pros, but no one could imagine the path that awaited him. Adam experienced rejection and disappointment, but the young wide receiver never gave up. This is a story of determination and perseverance. It is proof that anything is possible with hard work and a winning attitude. Adam’s cousin Lindsay VonRuden and award-winning author Ryan Jacobson chronicl... + Read More
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Series: Adventure Quick Guides Agates and Other Collectibles of the Pacific Coast Your Way to Easily Identify Agates Spiral bound Dan R. Lynch 9781591939337 $14.95 TRAVEL Nov 22, 2019

Your beachcombing guide to California, Oregon, and Washington Keep this tabbed booklet close at hand on your next rock-hunting adventure. Based on Dan R. Lynch’s best-selling field guides and featuring the most common and desirable agates and other collectibles along the Pacific Coast, the booklet is organized by rocks/minerals and then by general appearance for quick and easy identification. With six varieties of agates, as well as popular finds like Jasper, Quartz, and even Jade, this handy guide has the information you want. Narrow your cho... + Read More
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Series: Nature's Favorite Foods Cookbooks Apples 50 Tried & True Recipes Paperback Julia Rutland 9781591939078 $25.50 COOKING Sep 18, 2020

The Cookbook That Celebrates the Crisp, Colorful, Healthy Fruit Easy to grow, abundant, and delicious, the apple is America’s favorite fruit. It has a slightly sour and bitter taste that’s overpowered by juicy sweetness—and it is enjoyed daily in homes across the country. Apples is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 great recipes. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, food stylist, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe will become an instant family favorite. The boo... + Read More
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Series: Bat Basics How to Understand and Help These Amazing Flying Mammals Paperback Karen Krebbs 9781591938439 $22.50 NATURE Oct 18, 2019

Separate Fact from Fiction with This Fun, Fascinating GuideWe need bats to eat mosquitoes, pollinate plants, and more. Karen Krebbs has been studying the world’s only flying mammals for more than 35 years—and she’s sharing her expertise with you. Learn the bat basics, such as how they use echolocation, why they hibernate, and what they eat. Then use the field guide section to identify common and important species to know.Inside You’ll FindBat myths debunked—they won’t really fly in your hair or try to biteIdentification guide to 32 North Americ... + Read More
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Series: Day Trip Series Florida Day Trips by Theme Paperback Mike Miller 9781591939139 $22.50 TRAVEL Dec 06, 2019

YOUR ALL-IN-ONE GUIDE TO FLORIDA’S BEST OUTINGS!Discover hundreds of unique attractions around the Sunshine State. This comprehensive guide is jam-packed with Florida’s top spots for fun and entertainment. Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that appeal to you. Useful for singles, couples, and families—visitors and residents alike—this guide encompasses a wide range of interests.Features You’ll AppreciateSections divided by theme for easy reference—decide what to do, then figure out where to do itDestinati... + Read More
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Series: Foraging Southern California 118 Nutritious, Tasty, and Abundant Foods Paperback Douglas Kent 9781591939153 $25.50 TRAVEL Nov 08, 2019

Your Award-Winning Field Guide to Foraging for Wild Edibles: What, Where, and When to Look Foraging for food is an engaging and beneficial pastime that anyone can enjoy. It inspires connections to the land and can help to improve your health. Plus, many target plants for foragers are non-native, so the activity can support—if not improve—biological diversity and ecological well-being. Winner of a National Outdoor Book Award for best nature guidebook, Foraging Southern California introduces you to plentiful and delicious foods, from berries and... + Read More
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Series: Tiny Towns Little Ohio A Nostalgic Look at the Buckeye State's Smallest Towns Paperback Kieran Robertson 9781591938491 $28.50 HISTORY Dec 06, 2019

Ohio’s small towns have great stories. Little Ohio presents 100 of the state’s tiniest towns and most miniature villages. With populations under 500, these charming and unique locations dot the entire state—from Lake Seneca in the Northwest corner to Neville, bordering the Ohio River and the state of Kentucky. Little Ohio even ventures into Lake Erie, telling the story of Put-in-Bay. The selected locations help readers to appreciate the broader history of small-town life in Ohio. Yet each featured town boasts a distinct narrative, as unique ... + Read More
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Series: Nature's Wild Cards Owls Playing Cards Cards Stan Tekiela 9781591939344 $8.95 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Oct 18, 2019

Play Cards and Learn to Identify 13 Species of North American Owls! Anyone who enjoys nature, wildlife, and the great outdoors will love these cards for playing your favorite games or to use as flash cards. Inspired by Stan Tekiela and his popular Birds of Prey field guides, this gorgeous deck of playing cards features professional photographs of 13 species of owls found in North America. Each card depicts a full-color photograph of one of the raptors, such as the Barn Owl, Elf Owl, Great Horned Owl, and Snowy Owl—so you can begin to learn what... + Read More
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Series: Amazing Sports Biographies Phillip Lindsay Rise of a Hometown Football Hero Paperback Ryan Jacobson 9781940647364 $19.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 20, 2019

The Inspiring Biography of a Denver, Colorado, Football Star! Phillip Lindsay grew up in the Denver area, cheering on the state’s beloved orange-and-blue football team. He dreamed of one day playing in the pros, but no one could imagine the path that awaited him. In high school, he became one of the best players in the state. Yet on the night he broke his father’s rushing record, Phillip experienced injury and disappointment. The young running back never gave up. This is a story of determination and perseverance. It is proof that anything is p... + Read More
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Series: Nature's Favorite Foods Cookbooks Squash 50 Tried and True Recipes Paperback Julia Rutland 9781591939092 $25.50 COOKING Oct 18, 2019

Keep That Fresh-from-the-Garden Flavor at Your Table Easy to grow and often abundant, squashes are a garden delight. Don’t just drop them off at your neighbor’s front door. Squash is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 easy recipes for busy cooks who enjoy great flavor. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe is a crowd-pleaser! And when your gardens are filled with more than you can eat, you’ll find simple and delicious ways to pr... + Read More
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Series: Amazing Sports Biographies Stefon Diggs The Maker of Football Miracles Paperback Doug Olson Jr. 9781940647388 $19.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 17, 2019

The Inspiring Biography of a Minnesota Football Star!From a young age, Stefon Diggs showed promise as a gifted athlete. He was fast enough to win medals as a track & field sprinter, and he was an elite high school football player. By the end of his high school career, his accolades included runner-up as Maryland’s Player of the Year and an invitation to participate in a nationally televised all-star game. He was considered one of the best wide receivers in the country, and he had his pick of college football teams. But his life was shaped bya t... + Read More
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Series: The Color of Love A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl Paperback Marra B. Gad 9781572842755 $25.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 22, 2019

Winner of the 2020 Midwest Book Award in Autobiography/Memoir, The Color of Love is an unforgettable memoir about a mixed-race Jewish woman who, after fifteen years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home when Alzheimer’s strikes. In 1970, three-day-old Marra B. Gad was adopted by a white Jewish family in Chicago. For her parents, it was love at first sight—but they quickly realized the world wasn’t ready for a family like theirs. Marra’s biological mother was unwed, white, and Jewish, and her biological father wa... + Read More
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Series: Even the Terrible Things Seem Beautiful to Me Now On Hope, Loss, and Wearing Sunscreen Hardcover Mary Schmich 9781572842809 $41.95 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Nov 15, 2019

What it means when your father dies. How it feels when summer comes. What it’s like to live in a great but troubled American city. The value of wearing sunscreen. These are just a few of the topics that Mary Schmich addresses in this second, expanded edition of Even the Terrible Things Seem Beautiful to Me Now, a collection of her columns from the Chicago Tribune, including the 10 that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Schmich is the rare newspaper columnist whose writing resonates long after it’s published and far beyond the pl... + Read More
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Series: Lush A Season-by-Season Celebration of Craft Beer and Produce Hardcover Jacquelyn Dodd 9781572842762 $44.95 COOKING Oct 25, 2019

Craft beer is the new seasonal ingredient. From Jacquelyn Dodd—the woman behind the award-winning website The Beeroness—comes Lush, a celebration of fruit, vegetables, and craft beer. After all, beer is as seasonal as produce; its ingredients come from the soil and are harvested at peak freshness, just like the offerings at your local farmers’ market. It’s no surprise that the flavors of seasonal craft beers pair perfectly with the food we’re eating at the moment. This cookbook features 80 creative, produce-forward recipes—all of which are ma... + Read More
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Series: He Had It Coming Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories Hardcover Kori Rumore 9781572842779 $52.50 TRUE CRIME Feb 21, 2020

Beulah Annan. Belva Gaertner. Kitty Malm. Sabella Nitti. These are the real women of Chicago. You probably know Roxie and Velma, the good-time gals of the 1926 satirical play Chicago and its wildly successful musical and movie adaptations. You might not know that Roxie, Velma, and the rest of the colorful characters of the play were inspired by real prisoners held in “Murderess Row” in 1920s Chicago—or that the reporter who covered their trials for the Chicago Tribune went on to write the play Chicago. Now, more than 90 years later, the Chicago... + Read More
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Series: In Their Own Words RuPaul: In His Own Words Paperback Rachel Hinton 9781572842793 $19.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 21, 2020

Get inside the head of RuPaul: award-winning TV personality, musician, actor, LGBTQ+ icon, business mogul, and the most influential drag queen in the world. This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from RuPaul’s numerous public statements—interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of his decades-long career, his transformative effect on pop culture, and his wise perspective on identity, love, and life. Now, for the first time, you can find his most inspirational, thou... + Read More
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Series: Fat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old A Makeover for Self and Society Paperback Kimberly Dark 9781849353670 $23.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 13, 2019

“Nothing is more brilliant and juicy to me than a woman stepping fully into her self—mind, body, and spirit, full throttle, without apology. Kimberly Dark has been illuminating the path for a long time. This book is a triumph. This book is a jailbreak from cultural inscriptions meant to keep us locked up, shut up, and conforming.” —Lidia Yuknavitch, author ofThe Chronology of WaterandThe Book of JoanFat, Pretty, and Soon to be Oldis a moving, funny, and startlingly frank collection of personal essays about what it means to look a certain way. O... + Read More
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Series: Our Death Paperback Sean Bonney 9781934639283 $26.95 POETRY Oct 25, 2019

Long recognized as a poet of radiant fury, of lament, and of refusal, Sean Bonney is a modern-day Blake whose poetry reminds us what matters.Our Death, his latest and long awaited first US collection, is full of poems of militant despair that refuse any capitulation to the worldview of the enemy. These poems wander the hinterlands of our absolutely endangered cities, chart the aftermath of the collapse of the social movements of the early part of the decade, and pay homage to the Greek anarchist poet Katerina Gogou.