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Series: General Military Samurai Armour Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass Hardcover Trevor Absolon 9781472807960 $79.00 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Nov 21, 2017

For beauty, precision and strength, nothing has ever matched the combination of form and function found in the armour of the samurai. For a samurai, the consummate warrior, his suit of armour was so much more than 'just' protective equipment that could save his life in the heat of battle--it was the embodiment of his personality, social status and very soul.This volume, the first in a two-part series on the armour of the samurai, traces first the history of the samurai themselves and then examines the history and evolution of the cuirass ordou,... + Read More
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Series: In the Darkroom Hardcover Susan Faludi 9780805089080 $45.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 14, 2016

PULITZER PRIZE FINALISTONE OF THENEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZEFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author ofBacklash, comesIn the Darkroom, an astonishing confrontation with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle of identity consuming our age.“In the summer of 2004 I set out to investigate someone I scarcely knew, my father. The project began with a grievance, the grievance of a daughter whose parent had absconded from her life. I was in pursuit of a scofflaw, an a... + Read More
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Series: The Speed of Sound Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir Hardcover Thomas Dolby 9781250071842 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2016

The remarkable story of rising to the top of the music charts, a second act as a tech pioneer, and the sustaining power of creativity and art.Thomas Dolby’s hit songs “She Blinded Me with Science” and “Hyperactive!” catapulted him to international fame in the early 80’s. A pioneer of New Wave and Electronica, Thomas combined a love for invention with a passion for music, and the result was a new sound that defined an era of revolutionary music. But as record company politics overshadow the joy of performing, Thomas finds a surprising second act... + Read More
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Series: Spider from Mars My Life with Bowie Hardcover Woody Woodmansey 9781250117618 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 03, 2017

In January 2016, the unexpected death of David Bowie rocked the globe. For millions of people, he was an icon celebrated for his music, his film and theatrical roles, and his trendsetting influence on fashion and gender norms. But no one from her inner circle has told the story of how David Jones—a young folksinger, dancer, and aspiring mime—became one of the most influential artists of our time.Drummer Woody Woodmansey is the last surviving member of Bowie’s band The Spiders from Mars which helped launch his Ziggy Stardust persona and made Dav... + Read More
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Series: Bear The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III Hardcover Robert Greenfield 9781250081216 $36.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 15, 2016

The creator of the dancing bear logo and designer of the Wall of Sound for the Grateful Dead, Augustus Owsley Stanley III, better known by his nickname, Bear, was one of the most iconic figures in the cultural revolution that changed both America and the world during the 1960s.Owsley's high octane rocket fuel enabled Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters to put on the Acid Tests. It also powered much of what happened on stage at Monterey Pop. Owsley turned on Pete Townshend of The Who and Jimi Hendrix. The shipment of LSD that Owsley sent John Len... + Read More
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Series: Peter O'Toole: The Definitive Biography The Definitive Biography Hardcover Robert Sellers 9781250095947 $39.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 01, 2016

Peter O’Toole was supremely talented, a unique leading man and one of the most charismatic actors of his generation. Described by his friend Richard Burton as “the most original actor to come out of Britain since the war,” O’Toole was also unpredictable, with a dangerous edge he brought to his roles and to his real life.With the help of exclusive interviews with colleagues and close friends, Robert Sellers'Peter O’Toole: The Definitive Biographypaints the first complete picture of this complex and much-loved man. The book reveals what drove him... + Read More
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Series: Homeward Bound The Life of Paul Simon Hardcover Peter Ames Carlin 9781627790345 $39.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2016

A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames CarlinTo have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to per... + Read More
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Series: Superficial More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries Hardcover Andy Cohen 9781250116482 $38.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 15, 2016

The star-studded and sidesplitting follow up toThe Andy Cohen DiariesThe megapopular host ofWatch What Happens: Liveand executive producer ofThe Real Housewivesfranchise is back, better than ever, and telling stories that will keep his publicist up at night. Since the publication of his last book, Andy has toured the country with his sidekick Anderson Cooper, hit the radio waves with his own Sirius station,Radio Andy, appeared onReal Time with Bill Maher despite his mother’s conviction he was not intellectually prepared, hosted NBC’s Primetime ... + Read More
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Series: Stalin's Englishman Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring Hardcover Andrew Lownie 9781250100993 $41.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 04, 2016

Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of "The Cambridge Spies"—Maclean, Philby, Blunt—brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers.In this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess's cha... + 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: Evelyn Waugh A Life Revisited Hardcover Philip Eade 9780805097603 $45.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2016

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THEGUARDIAN,SUNDAY TIMESANDFINANCIAL TIMESFifty years after Evelyn Waugh’s death, here is a completely fresh view of one of the most gifted -- and fascinating -- writers of our time, the enigmatic author of Brideshead Revisited.Graham Greene hailed Waugh as ‘the greatest novelist of my generation’, and in recent years his reputation has only grown. Now Philip Eade has delivered an authoritative and hugely entertaining biography that is full of new material, much of it sensational.Eade builds upon the existing W... + Read More
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Series: The Fall of the House of Wilde Oscar Wilde and His Family Hardcover Emer O'Sullivan 9781608199877 $47.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 04, 2016

The first biography of Oscar Wilde that places him within the context of his family and social and historical milieu--a compelling volume that finally tells the whole story.It’s widely known that Oscar Wilde was precociously intellectual, flamboyant, and hedonistic--but lesser so that he owed these characteristics to his parents.Oscar’s mother, Lady Jane Wilde, rose to prominence as a political journalist, advocating a rebellion against colonialism in 1848. Proud, involved, and challenging, she opened a salon and was known as the most scintilla... + Read More
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Series: The Lost Detective Becoming Dashiell Hammett Paperback Nathan Ward 9781632866387 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2020

Before he made his name as perhaps the greatest American hard-boiled crime writer, before his attachment to writer and activist Lillian Hellman, his blacklisting during the McCarthy era and subsequent downward spiral, Dashiell Hammett led a life fit for one of his stories. Born in 1894 into a poor Maryland family, Hammett left school at fourteen and held several jobs before joining the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as an operative from 1915 through 1922, witnessing both the drama and banality of life as a detective. The tuberculosis he co... + Read More
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Series: JFK and the Masculine Mystique Sex and Power on the New Frontier Hardcover Steven Watts 9781250049988 $41.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 08, 2016

From very early on in his career, John F. Kennedy’s allure was more akin to a movie star than a presidential candidate. Why were Americans so attracted to Kennedy in the late 1950s and early 1960s—his glamorous image, good looks, cool style, tough-minded rhetoric, and sex appeal?As Steve Watts argues, JFK was tailor made for the cultural atmosphere of his time. He benefited from a crisis of manhood that had welled up in postwar America when men had become ensnared by bureaucracy, softened by suburban comfort, and emasculated by a generation of ... + Read More
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Series: Faustian Bargains Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace in the Robber Baron Culture of Texas Hardcover Joan Mellen 9781620408063 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 13, 2016

Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace crossed paths only briefly; but Wallace’s life, especially one violent episode and its intricate aftermath, illuminates the dark side of our 36th president.Perhaps no president has a more ambiguous reputation than LBJ. A brilliant tactician, he maneuvered colleagues and turned bills into law better than anyone. But he was trailed by a legacy of underhanded dealings, from his “stolen” Senate election in 1948 to kickbacks he artfully concealed from deals engineered with Texas wheeler-dealer Billie Sol Estes and defe... + Read More
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Series: The Resistible Rise of Benjamin Netanyahu Hardcover Neill Lochery 9781632864710 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 15, 2016

The first major English-language profile of Benjamin Netanyahu, the divisive and controversial Prime Minister of Israel.Benjamin Netanyahu is one of the longest-serving Prime Ministers of Israel. For much of the world, Netanyahu is a right-wing nationalist zealot; for many Israelis he is a centrist who is too soft on Arabs and backs down too easily in a fight. Love him or loathe him, Netanyahu has been at the very centre of Arab-Israeli politics since 1990, when he became the telegenic Israeli spokesman for CNN's coverage of the Persian Gulf Wa... + Read More
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Series: The Pope of Physics Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age Hardcover Gino Segre 9781627790055 $42.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 18, 2016

Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions.This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today, such as the threat of nuclear annihilation and the relationship of science to politics. Fleeing Fascism and anti-Semitism, Fermi became a leading figu... + Read More
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Series: A Life Well Played My Stories Hardcover Arnold Palmer 9781250085948 $29.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2016

The instantNew York TimesbestsellerThis book is Palmer’s parting gift to the world -- a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers, golfers and non-golfers alike, will celebrate and cherish. No one has won more fans around the world and no player has had a bigger impact on the sport of golf than Arnold Palmer. In fact, Palmer is considered by many to be the most important professional golfer in history, an American icon.InA Life Well Played, Palmer takes stock of the many experiences of his life, bringing new deta... + Read More
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Series: Dreams of a Refugee From the Middle East to Mount Everest Hardcover Mostafa Salameh 9781472927514 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 27, 2016

Mostafa Salameh's extraordinary journey began with his birth to Palestinian refugee parents in Kuwait in 1970. Through a chance meeting he came to Edinburgh where he studied hospitality and read widely in Sufi religious philosophy and world belief systems. Here he had a profoundly religious experience which was to change the direction of his entire life.One night Mostafa dreamt that he was standing atop Mount Everest reciting the call to prayer. With no prior experience or training, he decided he would follow his vision and climb. He failed to ... + Read More
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Series: A Warrior of the People How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor Hardcover Joe Starita 9781250085344 $36.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 01, 2016

"An important and riveting story of a 19th-century feminist and change agent. Starita successfully balances the many facts with vivid narrative passages that put the reader inside the very thoughts and emotions of La Flesche." —Chicago TribuneOn March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree—becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history. She earned her degree thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country.By age twenty-six, this fragile b... + Read More
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Series: The Six The Lives of the Mitford Sisters Hardcover Laura Thompson 9781250099532 $41.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 06, 2016

AN INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER“Riveting.The Six captures all the wayward magnetism and levity that have enchanted countless writers without neglecting the tragic darkness of many of the sisters’ life choices and the savage sociopolitical currents that fueled them.”– Tina Brown,The New York Times Book ReviewThe eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a fascist who married Oswald Mosley; the fourth idolized Hitler and shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on G... + Read More
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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: My (Part-Time) Paris Life How Running Away Brought Me Home Hardcover Lisa Anselmo 9781250067470 $36.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2016

Lisa Anselmo wrapped her entire life around her mother, a strong woman who was a defining force in Lisa’s life—maybe too defining. When her mother dies from breast cancer, Lisa realizes she hadn’t built a life of her own and struggles to find her purpose. Who is she without her mother—and her mother’s expectations?Desperate for answers, she turns to her favorite city—Paris—and impulsively buys a small apartment, refusing to play it safe for the first time. What starts out as an act of survival sets Lisa on a course that reshapes her life in way... + Read More
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Series: Love Warrior A Memoir Hardcover Glennon Doyle 9781250075727 $34.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 06, 2016

#1New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Bookclub 2016 Selection"Riveting…a worthy investment…this book has real wisdom."—New York Times Book Review"A book with so much painful truth packed into its pages that every person who’s ever married or plansto marry should really give it a read." —Chicago Tribune"Provocative….I adore her honesty, her vulnerability, and her no-nonsense wisdom, and I know you will, too."—Oprah Winfrey"This memoir isn’t really about Glennon rebuilding her relationship with her husband; it is about Glennon rebuilding her relati... + Read More
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Series: North of Crazy A Memoir Hardcover Neltje 9781250088147 $36.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 04, 2016

Imagine a world of Gatsby-esque glamor, opulence, and cultural prestige, of exclusive parties and elegant dinners, of literary luminaries including Somerset Maugham, Daphne du Maurier, Irving Stone, and Theodore Roethke, of Manhattan townhouses and country estates. This is a world where children are raised by nannies, tutors, chauffeurs, gardeners, butlers, maids, and assorted staff, sent off to private schools—and largely ignored by their parents. Publishing magnate Nelson Doubleday’s daughter, Neltje, was raised to assume her place as a socie... + Read More
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Series: The Names of the Stars A Life in the Wilds Hardcover Pete Fromm 9781250101686 $36.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 27, 2016

Winner of Honor Book for the 2016 Montana Book AwardAt twenty years old, Pete Fromm heard of a job babysitting salmon eggs, seven winter months alone in a tent in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Leaping at this chance to be a mountain man, with no experience in the wilds, he left the world. Thirteen years later, he published his beloved memoir of that winter,Indian Creek Chronicles —Into the Wild with a twist.Twenty five years later, he was asked to return to the wilderness to babysit more fish eggs. But no longer a footloose twenty year ... + Read More
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Series: The Art of Waiting On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood Paperback Belle Boggs 9781555977498 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 06, 2016

A brilliant exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertilityWhen Belle Boggs's "The Art of Waiting" was published inOrion in 2012, it went viral, leading to republication inHarper's Magazine, an interview on NPR'sThe Diane Rehm Show, and a spot at the intersection of "highbrow" and "brilliant" inNew York magazine's "Approval Matrix."In that heartbreaking essay, Boggs eloquently recounts her realization that she might never be able to conceive. She searches the apparently fertile world around her--the emer... + Read More
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Series: The Wealth of Humans Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century Hardcover Ryan Avent 9781250075802 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 20, 2016

None of us has ever lived through a genuine industrial revolution. Until now.Digital technology is transforming every corner of the economy, fundamentally altering the way things are done, who does them, and what they earn for their efforts. InThe Wealth of Humans,Economisteditor Ryan Avent brings up-to-the-minute research and reporting to bear on the major economic question of our time: can the modern world manage technological changes every bit as disruptive as those that shook the socioeconomic landscape of the 19th century?Traveling ... + Read More
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Series: Pogue's Basics Pogue's Basics: Money Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) About Beating the System Paperback David Pogue 9781250081414 $27.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 22, 2016

Want to know where you can buy $100 iTunes gift cards for $85?Did you know you can pay your taxes by using a cash-back credit card?Why are you still paying $235 a year to rent your cable box?You're leaving money on the table every day, with every transaction you make: changing your oil, withdrawing ATM cash, booking flights, buying insurance, shopping for clothes, squirting toothpaste. But inPogue's Basics: Money,the third book of thisNew York Times bestselling series, David Pogue proves that information is money. Each of his 150 simple tips an... + Read More
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Series: The Great Disruption Competing and Surviving in the Second Wave of the Industrial Revolution Hardcover Rick Smith 9781250091420 $36.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 11, 2016

The Great Disruptionreveals how 3D printing manufacturing will transform the world in the same way that Henry Ford’s Model T upended transportation or Gutenberg’s printing press started an information revolution. It traces both the impact of this disruption as it rapidly spreads around the world and affects every kind of industry imaginable, while detailing specific steps that can and should be taken right now to prepare.The 3D manufacturing revolution is pervasive and growing rapidly, and includes such major breakthroughs as:- A machine in Ams... + Read More
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Series: The Fish Market Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate Hardcover Lee van der Voo 9781250079107 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 15, 2016

**Winner of the Oregon Book Award**Gulf Wild — the first seafood brand in America to trace each fish from the sea to the table — emerged after grouper, the star of fried fish sandwiches, fell off menus due to overfishing. The brand was born when the government privatized the rights to fish to fix the problem. Through traceability, Gulf Wild has met burgeoning consumer demand for domestic, sustainable seafood, selling in boutique grocers and catapulting grouper from the hamburger bun to the white tablecloth.But the property rights that saved gro... + Read More
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Series: Hustle The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning, and Momentum Hardcover Neil Patel 9781623367169 $31.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 13, 2016

A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller that Fortune says is a must-read for any entrepreneur!The dynamic, game-changing guide to finding success and fearlessly outsmarting the system.Too often we feel like underdogs fighting a system that stacks the odds against us. We work hard, follow the rules, and dream of a better life. But these days, working harder doesn’t always lead to fulfillment. In fact, according to Gallup research, nearly 90 percent of people feel disconnected from their jobs. So how do you break... + Read More
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Series: Last Man Last Man: The Rescue The Last Man Paperback Bastien Vives 9781626720510 $16.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Nov 01, 2016

A villain that had lurked in the shadows comes to the light. A fallen friend resurrected as a monstrous new enemy. An old flame in danger of suffering a fate worse than death. Richard Aldana has faced many challenges inside and outside the boxing ring, but when Marianne and Adrian are captured by an ambitious drug lord bent on dominating entire worlds, Richard may be biting off more than he can chew.With its intricate fantasy setting and heart-pounding action sequences, Last Man has become the smash hit comics series in France. Combining compel... + Read More
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Series: Neil Gaiman's Teknophage #2 Hardcover Neil Gaiman 9781629915746 $34.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 04, 2016

The 65 million year-old intelligent dinosaur known as Teknophage has begun to lose his grip on his awesome power over untold universes and possibly what passes for his sanity. Has his insatiable lust for power lead to his ultimate downfall? Complicating matters, and perhaps sensing his weakness, assassination plots are-once considered unthinkable- happening more frequently. What are the plans of the mysterious Messalina, and the man known as the Freedom Fighter? And what happens when, finally, Teknophage is assassinated? Is that really even pos... + Read More
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Series: Trish Trash graphic novels Trish Trash #1: Rollergirl of Mars Hardcover Jessica Abel 9781629916149 $20.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Nov 15, 2016

Fifteen-(Earth)-year-old Trish "Trash" Nupindju dreams of derby stardom. When you come from a multiracial family of poor moisture farmers on Mars, making the local hover derby team seems like the only way out. But when Trish finally gets (AKA sneaks into) a tryout, will this "fresh meat" have what it takes to make the cut? And then when a half-dead Martian shows up on her doorstep, how will that change what Trish had planned for her future? Find out in the first volume of this new science fiction trilogy from award-winning graphic novelist Jess... + Read More
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Series: Brief Histories of Everyday Objects Hardcover Andy Warner 9781250078650 $28.00 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 04, 2016

NOW ANEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHilarious, entertaining, and illustrated histories behind some of life's most common and underappreciated objects - from the paperclip and the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skatesBrief Histories of Everyday Objectsis a graphic tour through the unusual creation of some of the mundane items that surround us in our daily lives. Chapters are peppered with ballpoint pen riots, cowboy wars, and really bad Victorian practical jokes. Structured around the different locations in our home and daily life—the kitchen... + Read More
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Series: Arab of the Future The Arab of the Future 2 A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985: A Graphic Memoir Paperback Riad Sattouf 9781627793513 $37.00 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Sep 20, 2016

The highly anticipated continuation of Riad Sattouf’s internationally acclaimed, #1 French bestseller, which was hailed byThe New York Times as “a disquieting yet essential read”InThe Arab of the Future: Volume 1, cartoonist Riad Sattouf tells of the first years of his childhood as his family shuttles back and forth between France and the Middle East. In Libya and Syria, young Riad is exposed to the dismal reality of a life where food is scarce, children kill dogs for sport, and his cousins, virulently anti-Semitic and convinced he is Jewish be... + Read More
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Series: Tetris The Games People Play Paperback Box Brown 9781626723153 $27.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 11, 2016

It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams.Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega—game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding w... + 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: River Cottage A to Z Our Favourite Ingredients, & How to Cook Them Hardcover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 9781408828601 $86.00 COOKING May 02, 2017

An authoritative and glorious A to Z of more than three hundred ingredients and three hundred recipes, set to become an essential tome in the River Cottage library.This huge and beautiful book is a River Cottage encyclopedia of ingredients. With entries on vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, meat, fish, foraged foods, dairy, oils, vinegar, and much more, it celebrates more than three hundred ingredients that the modern cook might come across.Each ingredient is described by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall or an expert contributor from his River Cotta... + Read More
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Series: Molly on the Range Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm Hardcover Molly Yeh 9781623366957 $37.50 COOKING Oct 04, 2016

Star of Food Network's Girl Meets Farm, and winner of the Judges' Choice IACP Cookbook Award, Molly Yeh explores home and family and celebrates her Jewish and Chinese heritage and her current Midwestern farm life in this cookbook featuring more than 120 recipes.In 2013, food blogger and classical musician Molly Yeh left Brooklyn to live on a farm on the North Dakota-Minnesota border, where her fiancé was a fifth-generation Norwegian-American sugar beet farmer. Like her award-winning blog My Name is Yeh, Molly on the Range chronicles her life th... + Read More
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Series: The Enchilada Queen Cookbook Enchiladas, Fajitas, Tamales, and More Classic Recipes from Texas-Mexico Border Kitchens Hardcover Sylvia Casares 9781250082916 $38.99 COOKING Nov 01, 2016

Better than going out for Mexican food!Mexican food—by which most of us mean Tex-Mex—is a favorite from Los Angeles to New York and everywhere in between. And the heart of great Tex-Mex cooking comes from home kitchens along the Rio Grande. In THE ENCHILADA QUEEN COOKBOOK, Sylvia Casares gives you the best of the best, including tricks and simple techniques to turn any dish from appetizing to amazing. You’ll learn how to make her Holy Trinity spice paste; why you should use certain key shortcuts, such as chicken bouillon, in some dishes; an... + Read More
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Series: The New Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day Revised and Updated with New Recipes Hardcover Jeff Hertzberg M.D. 9781250077554 $46.50 COOKING Nov 01, 2016

A fully revised and updated edition of the best-sellingHealthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day—the quick and easy way to make nutritious whole grain artisan bread.Jeff Hertzberg and ZoÃ« FranÃ§ois shocked the baking world when they proved that homemade yeast dough could be stored in the refrigerator to use whenever you need it, and they adapted the method for whole grains inHealthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day(2009). Now, in an updated second edition, they’ve done it again, showcasing whole grains and heirloom flours like spelt, sprouted wheat, and ... + Read More
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Series: Delicious Gifts Hardcover Rob Kirby 9781472930088 $40.00 COOKING May 09, 2017

Delicious treats to make at home as perfect handcrafted gifts.80 delicious, beautifully styled homemade food gifts, each accompanied with a stunning color photo by Lara Holmes.With chapters including "Cookie Love," "At the Deli," "Al Fresco," and "Heavenly Hampers," gifts include personalized cookies, pickles and chutneys, savory and sweet pies, chocolate dipped honeycomb, marshmallows, barbecue kits, festival hampers, and champagne jellies.
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Series: The Book of Dangerous Cocktails Adventurous Recipes for Serious Drinkers Hardcover Dylan March 9781250108845 $20.99 COOKING Oct 11, 2016

From the outrageously potent to the ganja-infused, the recipes in this book are an adventure in of themselves. Leave your go-to gin and tonic behind and shake up your next gathering with cocktails that pack an extra punch. Craft an elegant and powerful drink using high-proof liquors, and explore the intoxicating flavor of absinthe. Whip up one of our delicious marijuana-infused concoctions for the perfect cross-fade, or pick up the drama with some flaming shots or vaporized liquor. Regardless of your tastes,The Book of Dangerous Cocktails will ... + Read More
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Series: Turbo Blender Dessert Revolution More Than 140 Recipes for Pies, Ice Creams, Cakes, Brownies, Gluten-Free Treats, and More from High-Horsepower, High-RPM Blenders Paperback Mark Scarbrough 9781250080707 $30.99 COOKING Nov 01, 2016

Imagine rich, velvety chocolate pudding in less than ten minutes—without turning on the stove or dirtying a single bowl or saucepan, other than the canister of a high-horsepower blender. Imagine a chocolate sheet cake with a creamy icing, made in minutes (and from scratch!) without much more work than flipping a switch. Imagine ice cream. Imagine gingerbread. Imagine the best buttermilk waffles ever. Now imagine one more thing: all of the baked treats are (shh—don’t tell your family) whole-grain desserts because you grind your own flour right i... + Read More
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Series: The All-Day Fat-Burning Cookbook Turbocharge Your Metabolism with More Than 125 Fast and Delicious Fat-Burning Meals Hardcover Yuri Elkaim 9781623366070 $32.50 COOKING Dec 20, 2016

Lose that stubborn weight while enjoying delicious food with this perfect companion to The All-Day Fat-Burning Diet. In The All-Day Fat-Burning Diet, renowned fitness expert and New York Times bestselling author Yuri Elkaim revealed the innovative way to reset and accelerate metabolism to burn fat 24/7. His 5-day food-cycling method helps supercharge metabolic rate while significantly improving health. Now, The All-Day Fat-Burning Cookbook makes following the plan a breeze, with quick-and-easy recipes that are presented according to the 5-day f... + Read More
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Series: The Official John Wayne Family Cookbook Recipes and Recollections from Duke's Kitchen to Yours Paperback Editors of the Official John Wayne Magazine 9781942556305 $32.99 COOKING Oct 18, 2016

The Official John Wayne Family Cookbook features more than 200 recipes that are sure to appeal to any John Wayne fan or lover of good food. Each recipe pairs hearty down-home recipes with sidebars, facts and stunning photos from Duke's amazing film career and joyous family life.Duke knew that life's most cherished memories are often made around the table and over plates of home-cooked food. With this book, you'll learn how to create meals that will bring the entire family together, including recipes like Pilar's SoufflÃ©, which Duke's wife ofte... + Read More
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Series: Knives & Ink Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) Hardcover Isaac Fitzgerald 9781632861214 $32.00 COOKING Oct 18, 2016

From the authors ofPen & Ink--New York Times bestselling illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and BuzzFeed books editor Isaac Fitzgerald--the stories behind the tattoos that chefs proudly wear, with their signature recipes.Winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals [IACP] Cookbook Design Award.Chefs take their tattoos almost as seriously as their knives. From gritty grill cooks in backwoods diners to the executive chefs at the world’s most popular restaurants, it’s hard to find a cook who doesn’t sport some ink.Knives & Ink feat... + Read More
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Series: Scratch Home Cooking for Everyone Made Simple, Fun, and Totally Delicious Hardcover Maria Rodale 9781623366438 $39.99 COOKING Oct 11, 2016

IACP COOKBOOK AWARD NOMINEEMaria Rodale was raised on real food. She doesn’t think of eating homemade, from scratch meals as part of a trend or movement; it has always been her life. Raised in a family of farmers, bakers, chefs, gardeners, and publishers, Maria is used to growing, cooking, reading and writing about, and eating organic, delicious food. And now, for the first time ever, she’s sharing her tried-and-true family recipes.Scratch is full of comfort food recipes that aren’t focused on any one healthy trend, but are instead innately hea... + Read More
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Series: Salt The Essential Guide to Cooking with the Most Important Ingredient in Your Kitchen Hardcover Leslie Bilderback 9781250088710 $34.99 COOKING Sep 06, 2016

Salt has been an essential dining element since the invention of the kitchen table. But today, specialty salts come in a vast variety of forms and flavors. Smokey salts, salts infused with clay or charcoal, herby and spicy salts, salt with extra umami or a hint of sugar are being added to many recipes, to layer more flavor, and not simply to enhance the flavors already there. It’s a feast for the tongue, and colorful salts also add visual interest to dishes, and the varying textures add crunch.But how do you decide which to buy—and how do you g... + Read More
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Series: Rao's Classics More Than 140 Italian Favorites from the Legendary New York Restaurant Hardcover Frank Pellegrino Jr. 9781250006288 $49.00 COOKING Nov 01, 2016

Rao’s is the legendary, tiny corner restaurant in East Harlem where it’s impossible to book a table: each of the red-checked, cloth-covered four-, six-, and two-tops is reserved for a titan of New York industry, a celebrity, or a major politician. Permanently. Now Frank Pellegrino, the third generation of his family to operate the impossible-to-get-into Rao’s restaurant in East Harlem and founder of Rao’s food products line, goes deep into the history of his family, the restaurant, and America’s love affair with Southern Italian cooking to crea... + Read More
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Series: The Gefilte Manifesto New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods Hardcover Jeffrey Yoskowitz 9781250071385 $49.00 COOKING Sep 13, 2016

The founders of the world-famous Gefilteria revitalize beloved old-world foods with ingenious new approaches in their debut cookbook.Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz are on a mission to reclaim and revolutionize Ashkenazi cuisine. Combining the inventive spirit of a new generation and respect for their culinary tradition, they present more than a hundred recipes pulled deep from the kitchens of Eastern Europe and the diaspora community of North America. Their recipes highlight the best of Ashkenazi home and storefront cuisine, tapping into the ... + Read More
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Series: Squirrel Pie (and other stories) Adventures in Food Across the Globe Hardcover Elisabeth Luard 9781408846100 $37.00 COOKING Nov 15, 2016

The ultimate locavore guide--an engaging food memoir of foraging from forest, field, and stream, from the Andes to the Arctic--with recipes and illustrations.Award-winning writer and journalist Elisabeth Luard is one of the most knowledgeable foragers on the planet, as well as one of the foodie sphere’s most entertaining voices. Her worldwide travels--from the Andes to the Outer Hebrides, from the deserts of India to the Arctic tundra--have meant she has tasted some of the most extraordinary ingredients the natural world has to offer. In this e... + Read More
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Series: Upscale Downhome Family Recipes, All Gussied Up Paperback Rachel Hollis 9781250078841 $27.99 COOKING Oct 18, 2016

Recipes for affordable meals presented so polished you'd never know their "lowbrow" origins, complete with tips and tricks that prove fabulous hosting doesn't have to break the bank.Rachel Hollis, blogger and founder of "The Chic Site," which reaches over 600,000 users a month, delivers this swoon-worthy cookbook packed with delicious and easy comfort food that's sure to wow at both family suppers and the fanciest dinner parties.Rachel puts a finger-licking gourmet twist on classic American favorites in sections that include recipes for:*Casser... + Read More
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Series: The Essential Oyster A Salty Appreciation of Taste and Temptation Hardcover Rowan Jacobsen 9781632862563 $47.00 COOKING Oct 04, 2016

From Rowan Jacobsen, America's go-to expert, the author of the trailblazingA Geography of Oysters, comes the ultimate oyster guide--a gorgeous, full-color, must-have book.A decade ago, Rowan Jacobsen wrote a book calledA Geography of Oysters that celebrated the romance of oysters, the primal rush of slurping a raw denizen of the sea, and the mysteries of molluscan terroir. The book struck a chord, and American oyster culture has been on a gravity-defying trajectory ever since.With lavish four-color photos throughout by renowned photographer Dav... + Read More
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Series: Curate Authentic Spanish Food from an American Kitchen Hardcover Katie Button 9781250059444 $49.00 COOKING Oct 11, 2016

The vibrant flavors of Spain brought into the American home kitchen by a young lauded chef and founder of one of America's most acclaimed new restaurantsKatie Button debuts her first cookbook ever as a peek inside the kitchen of her award-winning restaurant, CÃºrate. This cookbook features 125 recipes celebrating the vibrant flavors and broad appeal of Spanish food. Button brings the cuisine at CÃºrate into the kitchen of every home cook, showing readers how to re-create classic Spanish dishes and adapt them using American seasonal ingredients.... + Read More
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Series: The Best Pressure Cooker Recipes on the Planet 200 Triple-Tested, Family-Approved, Fast & Easy Recipes Paperback Debra Murray 9781250096135 $32.99 COOKING Oct 18, 2016

The "Prophet of Pressure Cooking" Debra Murray brings you 200 incredible pressure cooking recipes for your family table. Preparing delicious suppers and magnificent desserts doesn't have to be work - with the magic of a pressure cooker and this book of easy-to-follow recipes, you can have soon-to-be family favorites ready in a fraction of the time!*Perfect to use with the Instant Pot or any other pressure cooker brand!*Make mealtime easy with 200 incredible recipes!*Includes 75 full-color photos throughout*Wow your family and guests with hearty... + Read More
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Series: The Saffron Tales Recipes from the Persian Kitchen Hardcover Yasmin Khan 9781632867100 $50.00 COOKING Sep 27, 2016

Winner of the M.F.K Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing from Les Dames d'EscoffierNew York Times Best Cookbooks of the YearWall Street JournalBest Cookbooks of the YearBBC Food ProgrammeBest Cookbooks of the YearA glorious celebration of the food and people of Iran, featuring stories from home kitchens and more than 80 delicious, modern recipes."This is so much more than a compilation of recipes, gorgeous though they themselves are. This is a book that tells a story, both cultural and personal, and her voice is as engaging as her fo... + Read More
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Series: Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons Special Edition Hardcover Raymond Blanc 9781408816905 $99.00 COOKING Nov 29, 2016

Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, located in Great Milton, Oxford, is one of the finest hotel-restaurants in the world. This is a chance to step within the walls for legendary chef Raymond Blanc's personal tour, season by season. He reveals how every element of the place--from the Japanese garden to the Citronelle bedroom--was brought to life, and leads you into the kitchen to show you the culinary secrets of this double Michelin-starred restaurant.The book features 120 of Le Manoir's most celebrated dishes, including ricotta agnolotti, venison grand... + Read More