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Series: Yoga From the Ganges to Wall Street Paperback Radhika Khanna 9789385936975 $34.00 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 04, 2016

Yoga is the oldest, most complete system of personal development in the world. It encompasses body, mind, and spirit. Aimed at both the beginner and advanced student,Yogaexplores the benefits of this ancient art across many different contexts, from the banks of the Ganges to the New York City office cubicle. Khanna offers a comprehensive introduction to the history and philosophy of yoga, describing theasanas(postures) in conjunction withpranayama(controlled breathing techniques) and meditation.Demonstrating both basic and complex positions, th... + Read More
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Series: Cats and Curses Paperback Elen Caldecott 9781408876046 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11 Nov 01, 2016

The fourth title in the brilliant mystery adventure series by Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author, Elen Caldecott. For fans of theLaura Marlin Mysteries by Lauren St John.Meet Piotr, Minnie, Andrew, Flora and Sylvie – theMarsh Road Mystery solvers.It's a good day for Andrew. His mum is feeling better than she has done in ages and she's even going back to work at last. But things begin to go badly wrong when she signs for a mysterious package containing an ancient Egyptian mummified cat. Has the fated feline cursed the Marsh Road junk shop... + Read More
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Series: Harry Potter Illustrated Editions Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Deluxe Illustrated Slipcase Edition Hardcover J.K. Rowling 9781408876831 $300.00 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11 Oct 04, 2016

Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay's dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new collector's edition of J.K. Rowling'sHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. With paint, pencil and pixels, Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters – including Dobby and Gilderoy Lockhart – await inside as Harry and his friends, now in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, seek out a legendary chamber and the deadly secret that lies at it... + Read More
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Series: Harry Potter Illustrated Editions Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition Hardcover J.K. Rowling 9781408845653 $49.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11 Oct 04, 2016

Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay's dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new edition of J.K. Rowling'sHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters – including Dobby and Gilderoy Lockhart – await inside this fully illustrated edition. With paint, pencil and pixels, award-winning illustrator Jim Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this inspired reimagining will captivate fans and new readers alike, ... + Read More
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Series: The Travelling Hornplayer Paperback Barbara Trapido 9781620408735 $19.00 FICTION Aug 09, 2016

Stunning and difficult, Stella Goldman is programmed for maximum nuisance capacity, but when she discovers both her father's affair and her boyfriend's infidelity on the same day, she flees into the arms of kindly Pen, who speaks as though he's stepped out ofBrief Encounter. Meanwhile, her friend Ellen struggles to come to terms with the death of her sister, Lydia, whose ghost haunts not only her and her father Roland, but the beloved Goldmans (fromBrother of the More Famous Jack), too. Along with eccentric professors, wicked monks, and the tit... + Read More
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Series: A New History of Life The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth Paperback Peter Ward 9781608199105 $22.00 SCIENCE Aug 02, 2016

Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, still set the paradigm of how we understand the evolution of life--but scientific advances of recent decades have radically altered that. Now two pioneering scientists draw on their years of experience in paleontology, biology, chemistry, and astrobiology to deliver an eye-opening narrative using a generation's worth of insights culled from new research.Writing with zest, humor, and clarity, Ward and Kirschvink show that many of our long-held beliefs about the history of life a... + Read More
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Series: River Cottage Love Your Leftovers Recipes for the resourceful cook Hardcover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 9781408869253 $41.00 COOKING Oct 18, 2016

We all occasionally suffer a guilty conscience about those languishing ingredients that stay untouched in the fridge or cupboard for days: the bendy carrots, the wilting salad, the foil-wrapped roast chicken, the rock-like bread and that little nugget of Cheddar . . .In this new pocket bible, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall offers nifty and creative ideas to transform leftovers into irresistible meals. Hugh starts by giving practical advice for cooking on a weekly basis with leftovers in mind--helping to save money and avoid waste--and provides tip... + Read More
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Series: The Secrets of Wishtide Paperback Kate Saunders 9781632864512 $22.00 FICTION Sep 13, 2016

The first in a clever and charming new crime series that will immediately delight all fans of Agatha Christie and Alexander McCall Smith.Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, aged fifty-two, is the widow of an archdeacon. Living in Hampstead with her confidante and landlady, Mrs. Bentley, who once let rooms to John Keats, Laetitia makes her living as a highly discreet private investigator.Her brother, Frederick Tyson, is a criminal barrister living in the neighboring village of Highgate with his wife and ten children. Frederick finds the cases, and Laetitia solv... + Read More
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Series: Eleanor Ames Chasing Truth Paperback Julie Cross 9781633755093 $13.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 27, 2016

The bestselling author of Whatever Life Throws at You kicks off a brand-new series perfect for fans of Ally Carter or Robin Benway.Three months after the scandal that rocked the nation—the suicide of Simon, the teenage son of a California senator—seventeen-year-old Eleanor Ames is left wondering if abandoning her con-artist family for the private school life was worth it. Not only was Simon her date to homecoming, he was also one of the few people at school who didn’t seem like a phony. And she can spot a phony a mile away. Just when things are... + Read More
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Series: Olivia Twisted Olivia Decoded Paperback Vivi Barnes 9781633754904 $13.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 06, 2016

The long-anticipated follow-up to Olivia Twisted is an action-packed thriller full of romance, intrigue, and of course computer hacking.Eight months after Jack left her on her balcony, Liv is now happily settled into life with her grandfather and a senior at the uppity Dalton Academy. When she receives roses and an expensive bracelet on Valentine’s Day, she suspects Jack is behind it. But when the gifts begin getting creepy, she enlists his and Sam’s help to discover who the stalker is.Jack is busy helping Nancy run the Briarcreek home, which i... + Read More
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Series: Forget Tomorrow Forget Tomorrow Paperback Pintip Dunn 9781633755154 $11.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 06, 2016

Now a New York Times bestseller!Imagine a world where your destiny has already been decided...by your future self.It's Callie's seventeenth birthday and, like everyone else, she's eagerly awaiting her vision—a memory sent back in time to sculpt each citizen into the person they're meant to be. A world-class swimmer. A renowned scientist.Or in Callie's case, a criminal.In her vision, she sees herself murdering her gifted younger sister. Before she can process what it means, Callie is arrested and placed in prison. The only person who can help is... + Read More
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Series: The Replacement Crush Paperback Lisa Brown Roberts 9781633755048 $13.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 06, 2016

An accessible, heart-melting romance that also tackles serious issues for teen girls today, from the author of Playing the Player.Romance book blogger Vivian Galdi is a girl on a mission: the Replacement Crush Mission. After Jake the Snake pretends their secret summer kissing sessions never happened, Vivian creates a list of safe crush targets, determined to avoid anyone who pings her zing meter. But nerd-hot Dallas, the new guy in town, sends the mission and Vivian’s zing meter into chaos. While designing software for the bookstore where Vivia... + Read More
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Series: Spindle Paperback Shonna Slayton 9781633754935 $13.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 04, 2016

From the author of Cinderella’s Dress, a brand-new standalone novel that retells the story of Sleeping Beauty, this time set during the Industrial Revolution.Sleeping Beauty’s happily ever after isn’t the end of the story...The evil fairy’s magic is still trapped in her unfulfilled curse, and the only way to release it is to see a girl to the death. But the spindle has been hidden away for centuries, until a peddler offers it to an unsuspecting mill girl during the Industrial Revolution.Briar Jenny had planned to escape her life of poverty and ... + Read More
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Series: Forget Tomorrow Remember Yesterday Hardcover Pintip Dunn 9781633754959 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 04, 2016

Follow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel, Forget Tomorrow!Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone is the most valuable citizen in Eden City. Her psychic abilities could lead to significant scientific discoveries—if only she'd let TechRA study her. But after they kidnapped and experimented on her as a child, cooperating with the scientists is the last thing Jessa would do.But when she discovers the past isn't what she assumed, Jessa must join forces with budding scientist Tanner Callahan to rectify a fatal mistake made ten years ago. She'll do any... + Read More
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Series: Lovely Vicious Forget Me Always Paperback Sara Wolf 9781633753174 $13.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 12 Nov 01, 2016

Now a New York Timesbestseller!It’s been three years, twenty-five weeks, and five days since Isis Blake fell in love, and if she has it her way, it’ll stretch into infinity. Since then, she’s punched Jack Hunter—her nemesis-turned-maybe-something-more—in the face, survived a brutal attack by her mom’s abusive ex thanks to Jack’s heroics, and then promptly forgotten all about him.The one bright spot for Isis is Sophia, the ephemeral girl who shares Isis’s hospital stay as well as a murky past with Jack. But as Isis’s memories return, she finds i... + Read More
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Series: Infinity Division Novel Infinity Paperback Jus Accardo 9781633754973 $13.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Nov 01, 2016

There are three things Kori knows for sure about her life:One: Her army general dad isinsanely overprotective.Two: The guy he sent to watch her, Cade, iswaytoo good-looking.Three: Everything she knew was a lie.Now there are three things Kori never knew about her life:One: There’s a device that allows her to jump dimensions.Two: Cade’s got a lethal secret.Three: Someone wants her dead.The Infinity Division series is best enjoyed in order.Reading Order:Book #1 InfinityBook #2 OmegaBook #3 Alpha
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Series: Schrodinger's Consortium Enigma Paperback Tonya Kuper 9781633750050 $13.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Jul 03, 2017

Worst. Road Trip. Ever.Escaping with Reid Wentworth should have been fun, but how can I enjoy it when I just (accidentally) killed someone, my mom and brother are in danger, and the Consortium is trying to enslave humanity? (Yeah, they aren't fooling around.) So feeling something for Reid Wentworth was not part of the plan. Trying to help unite the Resistance against the Consortium means I can’t be distracted by hot boys.The Resistance secret hideout isn’t exactly Hoth's Echo Base. A traitor there wants me dead, but we have no idea who it is. A... + Read More
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Series: Tricksters Novel Redux Paperback A.L. Davroe 9781633755079 $13.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 12 Mar 21, 2017

The domed city of Evanescence is in ruins. With nowhere to go, prodigy hacker Ellani “Ella” Drexel and a small band of survivors flee to the Undertunnel below their city.To escape the wastelandshe unknowingly created.But sanctuary is hard to find. With malfunctioning androids and angry rebels at their backs, the group hopes to press on for the neighboring city of Cadence. But Ella’s chosen path is challenging…life-threatening, even. Worse, the boy she loves is acting distant, and not at all like the person she first met inNexis.But then Ella le... + Read More
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Series: The Road Home A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path Paperback Ethan Nichtern 9780374536718 $22.99 PHILOSOPHY Jul 12, 2016

In this wise and witty invitation to Buddhist meditation, Ethan Nichtern, a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition, investigates the journey each of us takes to find where we belong. Drawing from contemporary research on meditation and mindfulness and from his experience as a teacher and practitioner of Buddhism, Nichtern describes in fresh language the basic existential experience that gives rise to spiritual seeking—and its potentially dangerous counterpart, spiritual materialism. He explains exactly how, by turning our awareness ... + Read More
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Series: Nothing to Declare Poems Paperback Henri Cole 9780374536695 $19.50 POETRY Aug 02, 2016

A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerabilityHenri Cole's bold new collection,Nothing to Declare, contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. The result is a daring, delicate, unguarded, and tender collection. After his last three books--Touch, Blackbird and Wolf, andMiddle Earth--in which the sonnet was a thrown shape and not merely a template, Cole's buoyant new po... + Read More
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Series: Far-Fetched Poems Paperback Devin Johnston 9780374536701 $19.50 POETRY Aug 09, 2016

A collection from one of contemporary American poetry's finest craftsmenThrough birdcalls and ancient songs, rain patter and a child's scribble, the poems inFar-Fetched "sound the empty space / to test how long / how far." They follow the contours of Appalachian hillsides, Missouri river bends, and remote Australian coastlines, tuning language to landscape. They register emotional life with great care; this is a work of fierce and delicate attention to the world. It is also poetry meant to be heard, alert to the pleasures of sound. As August Kl... + Read More
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Series: Senior Moments Looking Back, Looking Ahead Hardcover Willard Spiegelman 9780374261221 $34.00 SELF-HELP Sep 13, 2016

A moving collection of essays on aging and happinessDrawing on more than six decades' worth of lessons from his storied career as a writer and professor, Willard Spiegelman reflects with candid humor and sophistication on growing old.Senior Moments is a series of discrete essays that, when taken together, constitute the life of a man who, despite Western cultural notions of aging as something to be denied, overcome, and resisted, has continued to relish the simplest of pleasures: reading, looking at art, talking, and indulging in occasional fit... + Read More
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Series: Shakespeare in Swahililand Hardcover Edward Wilson-Lee 9780374262075 $29.99 HISTORY Aug 24, 2016

Shakespeare in Swahililand tells the unexpected literary history of Shakespeare's influence in East Africa. Beginning with Victorian-era expeditions in which Shakespeare's works were the sole reading material carried into the interior, the Bard has been a vital touchstone throughout the region. His plays were printed by liberated slaves as one of the first texts in Swahili, performed by Indian laborers while they built the Uganda railroad, used to argue for native rights, and translated by intellectuals, revolutionaries, and independence leade... + Read More
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Series: Cannibals in Love A Novel Paperback Mike Roberts 9780374536633 $23.00 FICTION Sep 20, 2016

A post-9/11 novel about the love, self-destruction, absurdity, and ambition that define the millennialsSoulful, gritty, and hilarious,Cannibals in Loveis the debut novel from a bold new voice in fiction, and a manifesto for the generation that came of age at the dawn of the twenty-first century.Mike is about to graduate from college and inherit a world much different from the one he was promised. The World Trade Center towers have just fallen, the Beltway Sniper terrorizes the nation's capital, and a polarizing president pushes forward a dubiou... + Read More
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Series: Here I Am A Novel Hardcover Jonathan Safran Foer 9780374280024 $31.50 FICTION Sep 06, 2016

In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" before ordering him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" before asking him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in el... + Read More
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Series: Selected Later Poems Paperback C. K. Williams 9780374536565 $22.99 POETRY Sep 06, 2016

A selection from the last twenty years of C. K. Williams's career, plus new work--proof of his enduring powerC. K. Williams's long career has been a catalog of surprises, of inventions and reinventions, of honors. His one constant is a remarkable degree of flexibility, a thrilling ability to shape-shift that goes hand in hand with an essential, enduring honesty. This rare, heady mix has ensured that his verses have remained, from book to book, as fresh and vibrant as they were when he first burst onto the scene.Selected Later Poems--a generous ... + Read More
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Series: Reconnaissance Poems Paperback Carl Phillips 9780374536558 $17.00 POETRY Sep 06, 2016

A powerful, inventive collection from one of America's most respected poets . . .There’sa trembling inside the both of us, there’s a trembling, inside us bothThe territory ofReconnaissanceis one where morals threaten to become merely “what the light falls through,” “suffering [seems] in fact for nothing,” and maybe “all we do is all we can do.” In the face of this, Carl Phillips, reconsidering and unraveling what we think we know, maps out the contours of a world in revision, where truth lies captured at one moment and a... + Read More
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Series: Tractor Mac Tractor Mac You're a Winner Paperback Billy Steers 9780374305383 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 06, 2016

Tractor Mac is ready for the big tractor pull contest at the county fair, but when Big Deke, the reigning champion, shows up, Tractor Mac realizes just how tough the competition is going to be. Big Deke wins the tractor pull and Tractor Mac is disappointed. Then the carousel stops working, and Tractor Mac is just the right size to help get the ride going again. Tractor Mac may not have won the pull, but in the end, he saves the day at the fair.
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Series: Tractor Mac Tractor Mac Learns to Fly Paperback Billy Steers 9780374305376 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 06, 2016

Tractor Mac sees Plane Jane swooping across through the clouds, and he wonders what it would be like to be able to give hayrides in the sky. He even talks to birds to try to learn how they fly. Then one day Tractor Mac is driving downhill too fast, his wheels lift off the ground, and he can finally fly! But when Tractor Mac has a crash landing, he learns that he is better suited to life on the ground.
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Series: Tractor Mac Tractor Mac Builds a Barn Paperback Billy Steers 9780374305390 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 06, 2016

Tractor Mac is used to driving across the fields-after all, what good are wheels if you can't use them? So he's disappointed when Farmer Bill parks him to run a saw mill and he sees that all of the other animals and machines around him are very busy with their chores on the farm. But when Farmer Bill finally unhooks him from the sawmill, Tractor Mac turns to see what work he has done-and he finds out that he helped raise a whole barn!
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Series: Tractor Mac Tractor Mac Arrives at the Farm Paperback Billy Steers 9780374305369 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 06, 2016

Sibley the horse lives on Stony Meadow Farm and is a hard worker the whole year round. Then Tractor Mac arrives at the farm, and suddenly, everything that Sibley used to do, Tractor Mac does, too. Sibley wonders if there is any room left for him—but when Farmer Bill and Tractor Mac get stuck in a soggy field, Sibley is the one who comes to their rescue, and Sibley and Tractor Mac learn that there's plenty for both of them to do at the farm.
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Series: Everyone Loves Cupcake Hardcover Kelly DiPucchio 9780374302931 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Sep 06, 2016

Cupcake dresses to impress. Her smile is brilliant. Her wave is flawless. She even wears a tiara. Everyone loves a tiara. And Cupcake wants everyone to love her. But when she tries too hard to make everyone happy, she crumbles under the pressure and realizes that sometimes just being yourself is enough.
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Series: Pout-Pout Fish Adventure El Pez Pucheros Board book Deborah Diesen 9780374305055 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 4 Sep 20, 2016

Nada junto al Sr. Pez segÃºn el descubre que ser sombrÃo y triste realmente no es su destino. Un ocÃ©ano de colores brillantes y rima juguetona hacen pareja en este cuento marino divertido que garantiza convertir los pequeÃ±os pucheros en grandes sonrisas.Esta ediciÃ³n del libro mÃ¡s vendido en el New York TimesPout-Pout Fish en espaÃ±ol serÃ¡ encantador para todo lector bilingÃ¼e.
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Series: Pout-Pout Fish Adventure El Pez Pucheros Hardcover Deborah Diesen 9780374305048 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Sep 06, 2016

Nada junto al Sr. Pez segÃºn el descubre que ser sombrÃo y triste realmente no es su destino. Un ocÃ©ano de colores brillantes y rima juguetona hacen pareja en este cuento marino divertido que garantiza convertir los pequeÃ±os pucheros en grandes sonrisas.Esta ediciÃ³n del libro mÃ¡s vendido en el New York TimesPout-Pout Fish en espaÃ±ol serÃ¡ encantador para todo lector bilingÃ¼e.
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Series: DC Super Friends DC Super Friends: The Missing Batmobile A Lift-the-Flap Book Board book DC Comics 9780374303952 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 6 Sep 06, 2016

The Joker has stolen the Batmobile, and it's up to the Super Friends to try to find the evil villain and bring him to justice! Come along with Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the rest of the Super Friends as they search all the nooks and crannies in the city for the stolen Batmobile. With flaps to lift in every scene and easy-to-turn tabbed pages, this book is perfect for the tiniest of superhero fans.
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Series: DC Super Friends DC Super Friends Workbook ABC 123 Over 50 pages of wipe-clean letters and numbers to practice Spiral bound DC Comics 9780374303990 $14.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Sep 06, 2016

Help your children join forces with Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the rest of the DC Super Friends to learn essential reading, writing, and mathematical skills inDC Super Friends Workbook ABC 123.This spiral-bound wipe-clean workbook features more than 50 pages of simple exercises and activities that can be practiced again and again with the included wipe-clean pen to develop your child’s key ABC and 123 skills.The youngest of superhero fans will love learning their letters and numbers all while fighting supervillains like the Joker, Lex ... + Read More
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Series: Mysteries of the Mall And Other Essays Paperback Witold Rybczynski 9780374536404 $22.99 ARCHITECTURE Sep 13, 2016

A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homesInMysteries of the Mall, Witold Rybczynski, the author ofHow Architecture Works, casts a seasoned critical eye on the modern scene. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan world.In thirty-four discerning essays, Rybczynski ranges over topics as varied as shopping malls, Central Park, the OpÃ©ra Bastille, and Americaâ??s shrinking cities. Along the way, he examines our post-9/11 obsession with security, the revival of the big-city l... + Read More
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Series: Gamelife A Memoir Paperback Michael W. Clune 9780374536381 $19.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 13, 2016

You have been awakened.Floppy disk inserted, computer turned on, a whirring, and then this sentence, followed by a blinking cursor. So beginsSuspended, the first computer game to obsess seven-year-old Michael, to worm into his head and change his sense of reality. Thirty years later he will write: "Computer games have taught me the things you can't learn from people."Gamelifeis the memoir of a childhood transformed by technology. Afternoons spent gazing at pixelated maps and mazes train Michael's eyes for the uncanny side of 1980s suburban Illi... + Read More
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Series: Tractor Mac Tractor Mac Countdown to Christmas Board book Billy Steers 9780374301200 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 13, 2016

Preparing for Christmas is lots of fun, and no place is cozier in the wintertime than Stony Meadow Farm. Join Tractor Mac and his animal and vehicle friends as they wrap gifts, bake holiday treats, decorate a tree, and get ready for the big day.
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Series: Avid Reader A Life Hardcover Robert Gottlieb 9780374279929 $39.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 13, 2016

A spirited and revealing memoir by the most celebrated editor of his timeAfter editingThe Columbia Review, staging plays at Cambridge, and a stint in the greeting-card department of Macy's, Robert Gottlieb stumbled into a job at Simon and Schuster. By the time he left to run Alfred A. Knopf a dozen years later, he was the editor in chief, having discovered and editedCatch-22andThe American Way of Death, among other bestsellers. At Knopf, Gottlieb edited an astonishing list of authors, including Toni Morrison, John Cheever, Doris Lessing, John l... + Read More
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Series: How to Build a Snow Bear A Picture Book Hardcover Eric Pinder 9780374300203 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 6 Sep 13, 2016

Thomas wants to build the biggest and best snowman ever. Since he can't do it alone, he'll need a helping hand--or a paw. But little bears love to hibernate. How do you wake up a snoozing bear? By tickling it? Singing to it? Maybe making its favorite snack?How to Build a Snow Bearis a story about two siblings sharing a wondrous wintry day.
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Series: House of Lords and Commons Poems Hardcover Ishion Hutchinson 9780374173029 $32.99 POETRY Sep 20, 2016

A stunning collection that traverses the borders of culture and time, from the 2011 winner of the PEN/Joyce Osterweil AwardInHouse of Lords and Commons, the revelatory and vital new collection of poems from the winner of the 2013 Whiting Writers’ Award in poetry, Ishion Hutchinson returns to the difficult beauty of the Jamaican landscape with remarkable lyric precision. Here, the poet holds his world in full focus but at an astonishing angle: from the violence of the seventeenth-century English Civil War as refracted through a mythic sea wander... + Read More
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Series: American Apostles When Evangelicals Entered the World of Islam Paperback Christine Leigh Heyrman 9780809016525 $32.50 HISTORY Sep 20, 2016

The surprising tale of the first American Protestant missionaries to proselytize in the Muslim worldInAmerican Apostles, the Bancroft Prize–winning historian Christine Leigh Heyrman chronicles the first fateful collision between American missionaries and the diverse religious cultures of the Levant. Pliny Fisk, Levi Parsons, Jonas King: though virtually unknown today, these three young New Englanders commanded attention across the United States two hundred years ago. Steeped in the biblical prophecies of evangelical Protestantism, these boys be... + Read More
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Series: The Crime and the Silence Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne Paperback Anna Bikont 9780374536374 $24.00 HISTORY Sep 20, 2016

Winnerof theNational Jewish Book Award in the HolocaustcategoryA monumental work of nonfiction on a wartime atrocity, its sixty-year denial, and the impact of its truthJan Gross's hugely controversialNeighborswas a historian's disclosure of the events in the small Polish town of Jedwabne on July 10, 1941, when the citizens rounded up the Jewish population and burned them alive in a barn. The massacre was a shocking secret that had been suppressed for more than sixty years, and it provoked the most important public debate in Poland since 1989. F... + Read More
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Series: Tale of Shikanoko The Tengu's Game of Go Book 4 in the Tale of Shikanoko Paperback Lian Hearn 9780374536343 $18.00 FICTION Sep 27, 2016

An epic four-volume adventure in mythical medieval Japan: a world of warriors and assassins, demons and spiritsInThe Tengu’s Game of Go, the final book of Lian Hearn's epic Tale of Shikanoko--all of which will be published in 2016--the rightful emperor is lost; illness and murder give rise to suspicions and make enemies of allies. Unrest rules the country. Only Shika can end the madness by returning the Lotus Throne to its rightful ruler.As destiny weaves its rich tapestry, a compelling drama plays out against a background of wild forests, eleg... + Read More
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Series: Write This Down Hardcover Claudia Mills 9780374301644 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 12 Sep 27, 2016

Twelve-year-old Autumn loves to write, and she can't wait to grow up and be a published author. She finds inspiration all around her, but especially in Cameron, the dreamy boy in her journalism class who she has a major crush on. When her older brother Hunter makes fun of one of her most personal poems—about Cameron—Autumn decides to prove that she is talented enough to become a published author. But when her essay about Hunter wins a contest, and her dream of being published is finally within reach, Autumn has to decide whether being a real wr... + Read More
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Series: Strange Tools Art and Human Nature Paperback Alva Noe 9780809089161 $28.50 PHILOSOPHY Sep 27, 2016

A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselvesInStrange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva NoÃ« argues that our obsession with works of art has gotten in the way of understanding how art worksonus. For NoÃ«, art isn't a phenomenon in need of an explanation but a mode of research, a method of investigating what makes us human--a strange tool. Art isn't just something to look at or listen to--it is a challenge, a dare to try to make sense of what it is all abou... + Read More
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Series: Not Pretty Enough The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown Hardcover Gerri Hirshey 9780374169176 $38.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 12, 2016

When Helen Gurley Brown’sSex and the Single Girlfirst appeared in 1962, it whistled into buttoned-down America like a bombshell: Brown declared that it was okay— even imperative—for unmarried women to have and enjoy a sex life, and that equal rights for women should extend to the bedroom and the workplace. “How dare you?” thundered newspapers, radio hosts, and (mostly male) citizens. But more than two million women bought the book and hailed her as a heroine. Brown was also pilloried as a scarlet woman and a traitor to the women’s movement when... + Read More
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Series: Future Sex A New Kind of Free Love Hardcover Emily Witt 9780865478794 $35.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Oct 11, 2016

A funny, fresh, and moving antidote to conventional attitudes about sex and the single womanEmily Witt is single and in her thirties. Up until a few years ago, she still envisioned her sexual experience “eventually reaching a terminus, like a monorail gliding to a stop at Epcot Center.” Like many people, she imagined herself disembarking, finding herself face-to-face with another human being, “and there we would remain in our permanent station in life: the future.”But, as many of us have found, things are more complicated than that. Love is rar... + Read More
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Series: The Emperor of Water Clocks Poems Paperback Yusef Komunyakaa 9780374536572 $21.00 POETRY Oct 04, 2016

The wildly enchanting new collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa"If I am not Ulysses, I am / his dear, ruthless half brother." So announces Yusef Komunyakaa early in his lush new collection,The Emperor of Water Clocks. And Ulysses (or his half brother) is but one of the characters Komunyakaa conjures over the course of this densely lyrical book. Here his speaker observes a doomed court jester; here another recalls Napoleon as the emperor "tells the doctor to cut out his heart / & send it to the empress, Marie-Louise"; ... + Read More
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Series: Doomed to Succeed The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Paperback Dennis Ross 9780374536442 $24.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 04, 2016

Winnerof theNational Jewish Book Award'sGerrard and Ella Berman Memorial AwardinHistory.A necessary and unprecedented account of America's changing relationship with IsraelWhen it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has, for some time, emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close--so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the ... + Read More
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Series: Gertie's Leap to Greatness Hardcover Kate Beasley 9780374302610 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Oct 04, 2016

"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" --Entertainment WeeklyGertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides to move away from their small town, Gertie sets out on her greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth grader in the universe to show her mother exactly what she'll be leaving behind. There's just one problem: Seat-stealing new girl Mary Sue Spivey wants to be the bes... + Read More
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Series: Witches of America Paperback Alex Mar 9780374536435 $23.00 RELIGION Oct 11, 2016

Witches of America is a memoir of Alex Mar’s immersive five-year trip into the occult, as both a journalist and someone searching for her own faith. She explores modern Paganism—from its roots in 1950s England to its present-day American mecca in the San Francisco Bay Area; from a gathering of more than a thousand witches in the Illinois woods to the New Orleans branch of one of the world’s most influential magical societies—and decides to train in a coven herself. With keen intelligence and wit, Marilluminates the world of witchcraft while gra... + Read More
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Series: Guilty Thing A Life of Thomas De Quincey Hardcover Frances Wilson 9780374167301 $42.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 04, 2016

National Book Critics Circle Award,Biographers International Organization Plutarch Award andLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistNew York Times Book Review,Times Literary SupplementandThe Guardian Best Books of 2016Thomas De Quincey was an obsessive. He was obsessed with Wordsworth and Coleridge, whoseLyrical Balladsprovided the script to his life, and by the idea of sudden death. Running away from school to pursue the two poets, De Quincey insinuated himself into their world. Basing his sensibility on Wordsworth’s and his character on Coleridg... + Read More
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Series: The Row Hardcover J. R. Johansson 9780374300258 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 18 Oct 11, 2016

Seventeen-year-old Riley Beckett is no stranger to prison. Her father is a convicted serial killer on death row who has always maintained that he was falsely accused. Riley has never missed a single visit with her father. She wholeheartedly believes that he is innocent.Then, a month before the execution date, Riley’s world is rocked when, in an attempt to help her move on, her father secretly confesses to her that he actually did carry out the murders. He takes it back almost immediately, but she can’t forget what he’s told her. Determined to u... + Read More
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Series: A Voyage in the Clouds The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785 Hardcover Matthew Olshan 9780374329549 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 11, 2016

In the year and a half since the flight of the first manned balloon in 1783, an Italian has flown, a Scot has flown, a woman has flown, even a sheep has flown. But no one has flown from one country to another. John Jeffries, an Englishman, and his pilot, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a Frenchman, want to be the first. On January 7, 1785, they set out to cross the English Channel to France in a balloon. All seemed to be going fine, until Jeffries decides the balloon looks too fat and adjusts the airvalve—how hard could it be? Too bad he drops the wrenc... + Read More
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Series: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" The Authorized Graphic Adaptation Hardcover Miles Hyman 9780809066490 $42.00 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 25, 2016

Winner of the 2017 SolliÃ¨s Comics Festival's Best Adult Graphic NovelThe classic short story--now in full colorShirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” continues to thrill and unsettle readers nearly seven decades after it was first published. By turns puzzling and harrowing, “The Lottery” raises troubling questions about conformity, tradition, and the ritualized violence that may haunt even the most bucolic, peaceful village.This graphic adaptation by Jackson’s grandson Miles Hyman allows readers to experience “The Lottery” as never before... + Read More
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Series: The Brain Electric The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines Paperback Malcolm Gay 9780374536411 $26.99 MEDICAL Oct 11, 2016

The gripping and revelatory story of the dramatic race to merge the human brain with machinesLeading neuroscience researchers are racing to unlock the secrets of the mind. On the cusp of decoding brain signals that govern motor skills, they are developing miraculous technologies that will enable paraplegics and wounded soldiers to move prosthetic limbs and will give all of us the power to manipulate computers and other objects through thought alone. These fiercely competitive scientists are vying for government and venture capital funding, pres... + Read More
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Series: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" The Authorized Graphic Adaptation Paperback Miles Hyman 9780809066506 $22.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 25, 2016

Winner of the 2017 SolliÃ¨s Comics Festival's Best Adult Graphic NovelThe classic short story--now in full colorShirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” continues to thrill and unsettle readers nearly seven decades after it was first published. By turns puzzling and harrowing, “The Lottery” raises troubling questions about conformity, tradition, and the ritualized violence that may haunt even the most bucolic, peaceful village.This graphic adaptation by Jackson’s grandson Miles Hyman allows readers to experience “The Lottery” as never before... + Read More
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Series: Table Manners How to Behave in the Modern World and Why Bother Hardcover Jeremiah Tower 9780374272340 $28.00 REFERENCE Oct 25, 2016

An authoritative and witty guide to modern table manners for all occasions by one of the world’s most acclaimed chefs and restaurateursWhen can you photograph your food?What do you do when you’re running late?What can you eat with your hands?Are you the guest who runs late and texts real-time updates? The diner with allergies or the host trying to accommodate them? The social media addict who can’t put your phone down at the restaurant? Whether your manners are a disaster or you simply need some fine-tuning, here is an authoritative and witty g... + Read More