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Series: The Pasta TarotA 78-Card Deck for Delicious Divination (Tarot Cards)Cards
Jeff Petriello9780593579381
$29.00BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
Dec 06, 2022
A playful, accessible, and delicious new interpretation of tarot that combines pasta, pop culture, and Italian American tradition in a 78-card deck.The Pasta Tarot is a deck for readers of all experience levels, and even for folks who simply love a steamy baked ziti. Rooted in the authors’ queer Italian American identities, this 78-card deck and accompanying pamphlet offer readers a contemporary, playful take on tarot.The Major Arcana is bursting with pasta-rific pop culture references, renderings of chosen family, drag queens, and iconic divas... + Read More
A special collection of manga stories from the critical and commercial hit, The Girl From the Other Side!It was inevitable that the road walked by Teacher and Shiva would be sorrowful, but not all of their times together were bleak. Many of their days held quiet, shimmering joy; comfortable days of sunlight and soft breezes where nothing of significance happened. Days that remained unseen…until now. These are the side stories of two people—one human, one inhuman—who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.FINAL VOLUMESeries Ov... + Read More
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Series: A Message from UkraineSpeeches, 2019-2022Hardcover
Volodymyr Zelensky9780593727171
$22.00POLITICAL SCIENCE
Nov 29, 2022
An urgent call to arms from the Ukrainian leader whose unwavering courage in the face of the Russian invasion has inspired the world and turned him overnight into a global beacon of democracyThe words of a man. The message of a people.Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine’s story through the words of its president.It is the story of a nation valiantly defending itself from Russian aggression. And it is the story of a people leading the world in the struggle for... + Read More
This official book reveals essential life lessons and candid wisdom from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for its 40th anniversary.This heartwarming little guide captures the joy and delight of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial through bite-sized wisdom, vital lessons, and iconic quotes from the beloved film. With charming illustrations throughout, this book encourages readers to embrace the power of friendship, love others for who they are, overcome their fears, be sure to “phone home,” and most important, to “be good.” Releasing for the film’s fortieth an... + Read More
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Series: How to Calm Your MindFinding Presence and Productivity in Anxious TimesHardcover
Chris Bailey9781039000070
$34.95SELF-HELP
Dec 27, 2022
A toolkit of accessible, science-backed strategies that reveal that the path to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, runs directly through calm.When Chris Bailey, productivity expert, discovered that he had become stressed and burnt out because he was pushing himself too hard, he realized that he had no right to be giving advice on productivity without learning when and how to rein things in and take a break. Productivity advice works—and we need it now more than ever—but it’s just as important that we also develop our capacity f... + Read More
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Series: Out ThereStoriesPaperback
Kate Folk9780593231487
$23.00FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
A thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of Black Mirror” (Chang-Rae Lee).With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk’s debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain of void obliterates the globe at a steady pace, ... + Read More
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Series: Feel the BernA Bernie Sanders MysteryPaperback
Andrew Shaffer9781984861146
$22.99FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
Who knew fighting for a living wage could be so deadly? Bernie Sanders and his Gen Z intern are drawn into a murder investigation in a small Vermont town in this hilarious spin on cozy mysteries from the New York Times bestselling author of Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden MysteryFall is bursting out all over Vermont, and while the rest of the Congress enjoys its recess, Senator Bernie Sanders has returned to his beloved home state for a weekend of events in Eagle Creek, “America’s #1 Leaf Peeping Destination.” It’s up to intern and Eagle Creek ... + Read More
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Series: My AnnihilationPaperback
Fuminori Nakamura9781641294072
$22.95FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
What transforms a person into a killer? Can it be something as small as a suggestion?Turn this page, and you may forfeit your entire life.With My Annihilation, Fuminori Nakamura, master of literary noir, has constructed a puzzle box of a narrative in the form of a confessional diary that implicates its reader in a heinous crime. Delving relentlessly into the darkest corners of human consciousness, My Annihilation interrogates the unspeakable thoughts all humans share that can be monstrous when brought to life, revealing with disturbing hone... + Read More
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Series: BewildermentA novelPaperback
Richard Powers9781039000728
$23.00FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES 2021 NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA 2021 GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICKAN INDIGO BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Overstory, an intimate and moving novel that asks an essential question: what are we doing to our children?Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who searches for life on other planets. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-ol... + Read More
THE LONG WAY HOMEHistory stands poised to repeat itself as Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are besieged by walking corpses atop the Burial Mounds. It is here fate offers them a second chance to protect their loved ones and unmask the true instigator of this grisly onslaught. As shocking revelations shake the cultivation world to its very core, the unlikely couple becomes preoccupied with other matters—like an evening of drunken impulse that may push their budding relationship into bold new territory.The novel series that inspired the live-action dram... + Read More
LAST GHOST STANDING, FIRST LOVE BLOSSOMSGhosts are converging on the cursed Mount Tonglu for a massive battle royale, the sole survivor of which may become a Ghost King, a being of unimaginable power. Xie Lian is sent to secretly infiltrate and try to prevent this—by destroying any ghosts strong enough to stand a chance.His heavenly powers are weakened near the cursed mountain, but he has one trump card on his side—Hua Cheng, who has survived Mount Tonglu before. As they struggle against murderous ghosts and the mountain’s strange defenses, Hua... + Read More
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Series: BibliolepsyPaperback
Gina Apostol9781641294119
$22.95FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
Moving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol’s Philippine National Book Award-winning Bibliolepsy is a love letter to the written word and a brilliantly unorthodox look at the rebellion that brought down a dictatorship Gina Apostol’s debut novel, available for the first time in the US, tells of a young woman caught between a lifelong desire to escape into books and a real-world revolution.  It is the mid-eighties, two decades into the kleptocratic, brutal rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine economy is in deep recession, and civil unrest is... + Read More
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Series: Stella MarisHardcover
Cormac McCarthy9780307269003
$36.00FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second volume of The Passenger series: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. “McCarthy’s art is transcendent even as it takes no prisoners, an achievement akin only to the oeuvres of his greatest peers, Toni Morrison and Philip Roth. He will endure.” —Oprah Daily "The richest and strongest work of McCarthy’s career…An achievement greater than Blood Meri... + Read More
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Series: The Passenger Box SetThe Passenger, Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy9780593536049
$77.00FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with a two-volume masterpiece in an artfully designed box set. The Passenger is a fast-paced and sprawling novel while Stella Maris is a tightly controlled coda, told entirely in dialogue. Together they relate the thrilling story of a brother and sister, haunted by loss, pursued by conspiracy, and longing for a death they cannot reconcile with God. The Passenger1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western, a salv... + Read More
Series: The Way of IntegrityFinding the Path to Your True SelfPaperback
Martha Beck9781984881502
$24.95SELF-HELP
Dec 27, 2022
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK | An instant New York Times bestseller!“A roadmap on the journey to truth and authenticity… [The Way of Integrity] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment.”—Oprah Winfrey“This radiant book will not only change your life, but perhaps even save it.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling authorBestselling author, life coach and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “integrity”—needed now more than ever in these tumultuous times—is the key to a meaningful and joy... + Read More
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Series: The Paris BooksellerPaperback
Kerri Maher9780593102190
$23.00FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
The dramatic story of a humble bookseller who fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the world in a novel from the author of The Girl in White Gloves.When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself.Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many prominent writers of the Lost Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consid... + Read More
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Series: UndersongPaperback
Kathleen Winter9780735278240
$22.00FICTION
Dec 27, 2022
A vibrant novel about misunderstood Romantic-Era genius Dorothy Wordsworth, from Giller-shortlisted author Kathleen Winter. “A stunning, spellbinding, poetic triumph.” —Toronto StarWhen young James Dixon, a local jack-of-all-trades recently returned from the Battle of Waterloo, meets Dorothy Wordsworth, he quickly realizes he’s never met another woman like her. In her early thirties, Dorothy has already lived a wildly unconventional life. And as her famous brother William Wordsworth’s confidante and creative collaborator—considered by some in t... + Read More
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Series: JACK RYAN NOVEL, ATom Clancy Red WinterHardcover
Marc Cameron9780593422755
$39.95FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the truth about a potential Soviet defector in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.1985A top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets.In East Berlin, a mysterious figure contacts the CIA with an incredible offer—invaluable details of his government’s espionage plans in ret... + Read More
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Series: An Embarrassment of Critch'sImmature Stories From My Grown-Up LifePaperback
Mark Critch9780735235113
$22.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Dec 27, 2022
From the author and creator of Son of a Critch, the heartfelt and hilarious story of beloved Canadian comedian Mark Critch’s journey from Newfoundland to the national stage—and back home again.One of Mark Critch’s earliest acting gigs was in a Newfoundland tourist production alongside a cast of displaced fishery workers. Since then, he’s found increasing opportunities to take his show on the road. In An Embarrassment of Critch’s, the star of CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes revisits some of his career’s—and the country’s—biggest moments, revealin... + Read More
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Series: A Dangerous BusinessA novelHardcover
Jane Smiley9780525520337
$37.99FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of A Thousand Acres: An amazing “mash-up of a Western, a serial-killer mystery and a feminist-inflected tale of life in a bordello” (The Washington Post). In 1850s Gold Rush California two young prostitutes, best friends Eliza and Jean, attempt to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West—a bewitching combination of beauty and danger—as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. “Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a... + Read More
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Series: High StakesA NovelPaperback
Danielle Steel9781984821737
$12.99FICTION
Dec 27, 2022
In this captivating novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, five successful women play for high stakes in their careers.Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department.Hailey is dedicated to the authors she represents, but her home life is... + Read More
Boston PI Spenser takes on a new case in this installment in Robert B. Parker’s iconic New York Times bestselling series.Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, healthcare, and the environment. Now facing her second campaign, she finds herself not only fighting a tight primary with an old-guard challenger, but also contending with numerous death threat... + Read More
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Series: RAVENSWOOD NOVEL, ARemember LoveDevlin's StoryPaperback
Mary Balogh9780593438145
$11.99FICTION
Dec 27, 2022
The beloved queen of Regency romance is back with a brand-new series perfect for fans of Bridgerton—discover New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh’s Ravenswood series.The handsome and charismatic Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, has been exposed to the ton for his clandestine affairs—by his own son.As a child, Devlin Ware thought his family stood for all that was right and good in the world. They were kind, gracious, and shared the beauty of Ravenswood, their grand estate, by hosting lavish parties for the entire countryside. But at twenty... + Read More
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Series: SEVEN DAYS SERIES, THEThe Stress PrescriptionSeven Days to More Joy and EasePaperback
Elissa Epel PhD9780143136644
$20.99SELF-HELP
Dec 27, 2022
“A preeminent expert sheds light on how to handle the daily hassles of life. It’s not just a manual for managing stress—it’s a toolkit for preventing it.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think AgainFrom world-renowned psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven daysWe can’t avoid stress. But we can embrace it and transform it.Whether we’re facing deadlines, difficulties with family or friends, personal crises, or just the... + Read More
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Series: Born to Run 2The Ultimate Training GuidePaperback
Christopher McDougall9781524712341
$41.00SPORTS & RECREATION
Dec 06, 2022
From the best-selling author and renowned coach duo from Born to Run, a fully illustrated, practical guide to running for everyone from amateurs to seasoned runners, about how to eat, race, and train like the world’s bestWhether you’re ramping up for a race or recuperating from an injury, Born to Run 2 is a holistic program for runners of every stripe that centers on seven key themes: food, fitness, form, footwear, focus, fun, and family.   The guide contains: On-the run recipes for race-ready nutrition Training regimen to help get you in ... + Read More
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Series: PANTHEON GRAPHIC LIBRARYBreakdownsPortrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!Paperback
Art Spiegelman9780375715389
$34.00COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Dec 13, 2022
This legendary 1978 collection of comics by Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the best-selling Maus, presents the seminal early works that changed how comics are made and appreciated today—now with a new Afterword by the author.“Some of the smartest criticism of the comics genre ever rendered.” —NPRInnovative, serious, funny, and many decades ahead of its time, Breakdowns is offered here in its entirety: the long-sought-after collection of the artist’s comics of the 1970s, along with an introduction almost as long as the book it ... + Read More
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Series: What Color Is Your Parachute?Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career SuccessRevised editionPaperback
Richard N. Bolles9781984861207
$25.99BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Dec 27, 2022
The groundbreaking, indispensable guide to rewarding work and a fulfilling life—more than ten million copies sold!For more than fifty years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has transformed the way people think about job hunting. Whether searching for that first position, recovering from a layoff, or dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? has shown millions of readers how to network effectively, compose impressive resumes and cover letters, interview with confidence, and negotiate the best possible salary—while discovering how ... + Read More
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Series: The Violin ConspiracyA NovelPaperback
Brendan Slocumb9780593315422
$23.00FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! • Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world.“I loved The Violin Conspiracy for exactly the same reasons I loved The Queen’s Gambit: a surprising, beautifully rendered underdog hero I cared about deeply and a fascinating, cutthroat world I knew nothing... + Read More
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Series: Tarot of the Divine HandbookA Guide to Understanding Tarot SymbolismDiary
Yoshi Yoshitani9780593236543
$22.99BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
Dec 06, 2022
A guided journey through the archetypes and symbolism of tarot, as interpreted by the artist behind Tarot of the Divine, the tarot deck rooted in multicultural deities, folklore, and fairytales.Reading tarot cards is both an art and a mindfulness practice. In this guided journal, artist Yoshi Yoshitani guides spiritually curious readers through the universal symbolism in each of the 78 cards in a tarot deck, offering space to reflect on your own understanding of the cards, as well as activities to strengthen your tarot-reading skills.Yoshitani ... + Read More
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Series: When Women Ruled the WorldMaking the Renaissance in EuropePaperback
Maureen Quilligan9781324092377
$24.95HISTORY
Dec 06, 2022
In this game-changing revisionist history, a leading scholar of the Renaissance shows how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious sixteenth century.The sixteenth century in Europe was a time of chronic destabilization in which institutions of traditional authority were challenged and religious wars seemed unending. Yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacifist culture, cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers—most notably, Mary Tudor; Elizabeth I; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Cather... + Read More
The Game of Thrones of adult fantasy/horror manga continues in deluxe oversized hardcover editions, collecting Berserk volumes 34–36 in the original oversized serialization format, including three fold-out posters.Griffith’s new Band of the Hawk assume their unholy forms to battle the monstrous Kushan emperor and his horde of demons, leaving the terrified Midland citizenry to wonder if their rescuers are another horrific curse. Meanwhile, Guts and his companions seek refuge to repair their ship on a small island that is not the safe haven they’... + Read More
The third series of the celebrated Vox Machina Origins comics, from Critical Role and Dark Horse!Vox Machina enjoy a week in Westruun’s lap of luxury leading up to the Winter’s Crest Festival. But that costs coin, which has a bad habit of running out, so they join an underground fighting ring and bash their way to cash. Unfortunately, their ring-fighting turns out to be just a warm-up for a cold reality when a mysterious attack on Winter’s Crest festivities leaves the whole town magically frozen—including one of their own. Vox Machina will have... + Read More
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Series: 1000 Hours OutsideActivities to Match Screen Time with Green TimePaperback
Ginny Yurich9780744063622
$28.99GAMES & ACTIVITIES
Dec 20, 2022
Join the global movement and challenge your family to match screen time with outdoor time—with hundreds of fun, fresh-air ideas.Did you know that the average American child spends 1,200 hours a year in front of a screen? And that outside play can boost children in every area of development? This book has everything you need to reset the balance and swap screen time for outdoor fun! Challenge your family to spend 1,000 hours outside this year with this collection of games, crafts, and activities, organized by season to help you find something yo... + Read More