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Series: Lost Connections Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope Hardcover Johann Hari 9781632868305 $35.00 SELF-HELP Jan 23, 2018

TheNew York Timesbestseller from the author ofChasing the Scream, offering a radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.There was a mystery haunting award-winning investigative journalist Johann Hari. He was thirty-nine years old, and almost every year he had been alive, depression and anxiety had increased in Britain and across the Western world. Why?He had a very personal reason to ask this question. When he was a teenager, he had gone to his doctor and explained that he felt like pain was leaking out of him, and he couldn’t con... + Read More
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Series: Videocracy How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes, and Other Trends We Can't Stop Watching Hardcover Kevin Allocca 9781632866745 $37.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jan 23, 2018

From YouTube's Head of Culture and Trends, a rousing and illuminating behind-the-scenes exploration of internet video's massive impact on our world.Whether your favorite YouTube video is a cat on a Roomba, “Gangnam Style,” the “Bed Intruder” song, an ASAPscience explainer, Rebecca Black's “Friday,” or the “Evolution of Dance,” Kevin Allocca'sVideocracyreveals how these beloved videos and famous trends--and many more--came to be and why they mean more than you might think.YouTube is the biggest pool of cultural data since the beginning of record... + Read More
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Series: Insomniac City New York, Oliver, and Me Paperback Bill Hayes 9781620404942 $22.00 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Jan 16, 2018

Amazon’s Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2017 List“This touching memoir of the late neurologist Oliver Sacks, by a photographer and writer with whom he fell in love near the end of his life, turns a story of death into a celebration.” —The New Yorker"A beautifully written once-in-a-lifetime book, about love, about life, soul, and the wonderful loving genius Oliver Sacks, and New York, and laughter and all of creation."—Anne LamottBill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But... + Read More
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Series: Here Is Real Magic A Magician's Search for Wonder in the Modern World Hardcover Nate Staniforth 9781632864246 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 16, 2018

An extraordinary memoir about finding wonder in everyday life, from magician Nate Staniforth.Nate Staniforth has spent most of his life and all of his professional career trying to understand wonder--what it is, where to find it, and how to share it with others. He became a magician because he learned at a young age that magic tricks don't have to be frivolous. Magic doesn't have to be about sequins and smoke machines--rather, it can create a moment of genuine astonishment.But after years on the road as a professional magician, crisscrossing th... + Read More
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Series: Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age Hardcover Miles Young 9781635571462 $40.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 09, 2018

From Miles Young, worldwide non-executive chairman of Ogilvy & Mather, comes a sequel to David Ogilvy's bestselling advertising handbook featuring essential strategies for the digital age.In this must-have sequel to the bestsellingOgilvy On Advertising, Ogilvy chairman Miles Young provides top insider secrets and strategies for successful advertising in the Digital Revolution. As comprehensive as its predecessor was for print and TV, this indispensable handbook dives deep into the digital ecosystem, discusses how to best collect and utilize dat... + Read More
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Series: Indelible Paperback Adelia Saunders 9781632863959 $23.00 FICTION Jan 16, 2018

A masterful, "seductive" debut novel about fate, family secrets, and the stories our bodies tell (NYTBR).Magdalena has an unsettling gift. She sees the truth about people written on their skin--names, dates, details both banal and profound--and her only relief from the onslaught of information is to take off her glasses and let the world recede. Mercifully, her own skin is blank.When she meets Neil, she is intrigued to see her name on his cheek, and she is drawn into a family drama that began more than half a century before, when Neil's father,... + Read More
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Series: I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski 20th Anniversary Paperback Ben Peskoe 9781635571257 $27.00 HUMOR Feb 06, 2018

On the twentieth anniversary of the Coen brothers' cult classic film, the ultimate fan's guide toThe Big Lebowski, with a foreword by the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges, and a new afterword by writer and film critic Daphne Merkin.When it was first released in 1998,The Big Lebowski flopped at the box office. Twenty years later, the movie has developed a massive, passionate, and cross-generational cult following of Lebowski fans (a.k.a. Achievers), who yearly coalesce around Lebowski Fest, the film-screening/party where bowling pins tumble, costumes ... + Read More
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Series: Wooden Books Ethics The Art of Character Hardcover Gregory Beabout 9781635570830 $19.00 PHILOSOPHY Jan 02, 2018

An engaging, thought-provoking, illustrated analysis of the classical principles of ethics applied to everyday dilemmas.Ethics: The Art of Character is the quintessential little book of big ideas. It draws on the work of Aristotle, Socrates, Plato--and on the words of Dante, Spinoza, Kant, Martin Seligman, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Chuang Tzu.Ethicist Gregory Beabout describes Aristotle's lectures as aimed, not at the young, but at listeners "experienced in life . . . with a desire to pursue the common good and in po... + Read More
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Series: Wooden Books Portals Gates, Stiles, Windows, Bridges & Other Crossings Hardcover Philippa Lewis 9781635570847 $19.00 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Jan 02, 2018

An illustrated exploration of our limitless fascination with doors, gates, and bridges.The word "portal" comes from the Latin for "gate," but it refers to any place of ingress and egress. According to architectural historian Philippa Lewis, a portal "is generally an optimistic thing, both literally and metaphorically . . . The word encapsulates the idea of passing through, to a new opportunity, to making progress or moving forward, to entering fresh new worlds."That may be the reason so many people are drawn to the idea of portals--from King Ne... + Read More
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Series: Peach Hardcover Emma Glass 9781635571301 $24.00 FICTION Jan 23, 2018

Introducing a dazzling new literary voice--a wholly original novel as groundbreaking as the works of Eimear McBride and Max Porter.Something has happened to Peach. Staggering around the town streets in the aftermath of an assault, Peach feels a trickle of blood down her legs, a lingering smell of her anonymous attacker on her skin. It hurts to walk, but she manages to make her way to her home, where she stumbles into another oddly nightmarish reality: Her parents can't seem to comprehend that anything has happened to their daughter.The next mor... + Read More
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Series: Floodpath The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th-Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles Paperback Jon Wilkman 9781620409176 $25.00 HISTORY Jan 16, 2018

"Floodpath attempts to rescue the disaster from obscurity . . . The author captures many heartbreaking stories of survivors . . . The effect is powerful." --The Wall Street JournalJust before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, a twenty-story-high concrete structure just fifty miles north of Los Angeles, suddenly collapsed, releasing a devastating flood that roared fifty-four miles to the Pacific Ocean, destroying everything in its path. It was a horrific catastrophe, yet one which today is virtually forgotten.With research gathere... + Read More
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Series: The Epic City The World on the Streets of Calcutta Hardcover Kushanava Choudhury 9781635571561 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 09, 2018

Shortlisted for the 2018 Ondaatje PrizeShortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the YearA masterful and entirely fresh portrait of great hopes and dashed dreams in a mythical city from a major new literary voice.Everything that could possibly be wrong with a city was wrong with Calcutta.When Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to the world which his immigrant parents had abandoned, to a city built bet... + Read More
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Series: The Stress Test How Pressure Can Make You Stronger and Sharper Paperback Ian Robertson 9781408860397 $23.00 PSYCHOLOGY Jan 09, 2018

From a world-respected neuroscientist, an eye-opening study of why we react to pressure in the way we do and how to be energized rather than defeated by stress.Why is it that some people shine brilliantly at public speaking while others stumble with their words and seem on the verge of an anxiety attack even speaking up in a department meeting? Why do some of us sink into all-consuming depression when life has dealt us a poor hand, while in others it increases their resilience?The difference between experiencing too much pressure and too little... + Read More
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Series: I, Mammal The Story of What Makes Us Mammals Hardcover Liam Drew 9781472922892 $36.00 SCIENCE Jan 16, 2018

Humans are mammals. Most of us appreciate that at some level. But what does it mean for us to have more in common with a horse and an elephant than we do with a parrot, snake or frog? After a misdirected football left new father Liam Drew clutching a uniquely mammalian part of his anatomy, he decided to find out more. Considering himself as a mammal first and a human second, Liam delves into ancient biological history to understand what it means to be mammalian. In his humorous and engaging style, Liam explores the different characteristics tha... + Read More
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Series: The 100-Year Life Living and Working in an Age of Longevity Paperback Lynda Gratton 9781472947321 $24.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 05, 2017

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award,The 100-Year Life explores how living to 100 will have a profound effect on society and the economy, and result in a complete restructuring of everyone's professional and personal lives.Drawing on the unique pairing of their experience in psychology and economics, Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott offer an analysis to help you rethink retirement, your finances, your education, your career, and your relationships to create a fulfilling 100-year life.Many of us have been raised on the t... + Read More
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Series: Share How Organizations Can Thrive in an Age of Networked Knowledge, Power and Relationships Hardcover Linda Jingfang Cai 9781472942678 $47.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 24, 2020

A guide to how organizations must change management practices to boost agility within new business models based around the idea of "sharing."Uber, Airbnb, Skype, Alibaba, Google, Netflix, and WeChat (China's answer to Whatsapp) are all based on the sharing of information, assets, and human capital, and a new and dynamic economy is already emerging.Share presents a new opportunity for corporations to reinvent management practices to boost agility in an environment of "sharing." This book will help companies to thrive through the reshaping of the... + Read More
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Series: Boards That Dare How to Future-proof Today's Corporate Boards Hardcover Marc Stigter 9781472938060 $47.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jun 19, 2018

Based on the authors' first-hand experiences, as well as interviews with board members and chairs of myriad international organizations, this highly practical and accessible book explores how boards can become more proactive and collaborative to thrive in modern business.THE CHALLENGE Corporate boards as fiduciaries are responsible for delivering maximum value and the highest standards of care. The persistent misconception that boards should be driven primarily by shareholder value will soon be an outdated one, and boards that continue to apply... + Read More
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Series: The Inspired Leader How leaders can discover, experience and maintain their inspiration Paperback Andy Bird 9781472947925 $29.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 02, 2018

Being inspired can be a magnificent, invigorating feeling. But it's also one that we know surprisingly little about. Does it happen by chance? Are all forms of inspiration the same? Can we influence how and when we feel inspired?These are searching questions, particularly for people who take on the responsibilities and challenges of leadership. Given the tumultuous state of the world today, effective leadership throughout our organizations and communities has never been more important. Equally though, there has also never been greater pressure ... + Read More
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Series: Where We Are The State of Britain Now Hardcover Roger Scruton 9781472947888 $32.00 PHILOSOPHY Jan 16, 2018

Addressing one of the most politically turbulent periods in modern British history, philosopher Roger Scruton asks how, in these circumstances, we can come to define our identity, and what in the coming years will hold us together. To what are our duties owed and why? How do we respond to the pull of globalization and mass migration, to the rise of Islam, and to the decline of Christian belief? Do we accept these as inevitable or do we resist them? If we resist them on what basis do we build?This book sets out to answer these questions, and to ... + Read More
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Series: A Ringside Affair Boxing's Last Golden Age Hardcover James Lawton 9781472945631 $37.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Dec 12, 2017

For nearly three decades--throughout boxing's most engrossing era from 1977 through 2002--James Lawton was ringside, covering every significant bout, spending time with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hitman Hearns, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, and many other great fighters.Lawton found himself captivated by the sport as he followed it around the world. From a big fight's initial announcement, through the fighters' punishing training regimes, the overblown press confere... + Read More
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Series: Running: Cheaper Than Therapy A Celebration of Running Hardcover Chas Newkey-Burden 9781472948830 $20.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Jan 16, 2018

From fantastic running quotes ("How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don't worry, they'll tell you." -Jimmy Fallon) and hilarious spectator signs ("Worst parade ever!") to witty profiles of different types of runners (street fundraisers, gadget gurus) and training tips,Running: Cheaper than Therapy is designed to be the perfect gift for the runner, jogger, or triathlete in your life.Written by aTelegraph journalist and self-confessed running nut, this smartly packaged and brilliantly knowing miscellany details entertaining, real-life runn... + Read More
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Series: Winter Birds Hardcover Lars Jonsson 9781472942814 $60.00 NATURE Jan 02, 2018

The winter months offer the perfect opportunity for us to become better acquainted with our favorite birds. As they forage in gardens for seeds and berries, we are gifted with the chance to watch from the comfort of our homes, and learn more about their behavior and special characteristics.In this stunning book, one of the world's finest bird artists, Lars Jonsson, explores 40 of Sweden's best-loved winter birds. Each bird is illustrated in classic Jonsson style, with text on its identification, cultural history, and the author's own personal o... + Read More
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Series: Steve Backshall's Venom Paperback Steve Backshall 9781472930262 $34.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Jan 02, 2018

Steve Backshall needs no introduction following his performances on TV series such asDeadly 60 and Lost Land of . . . Poison is an everyday part of the animal world, and an essential tool for hunting and defense. A wide variety of insects, reptiles, and amphibians use toxins to subdue their prey or to stop becoming prey to another predator. Even some mammals and birds resort to poison as a means of securing a meal or deterring attack! From species such as the King Cobra, Lionfish, Fat-tail Scorpion, and Poison Dart-frog to the diminutive but le... + Read More
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Series: The Ethical Carnivore My Year Killing to Eat Paperback Louise Gray 9781472933102 $24.00 COOKING Jan 02, 2018

If you had to kill it yourself, if you had to look it in the eye . . . would you eat it?Louise's first kill is a disaster. She injures a rabbit, and thinks it has died in agony. But the experience teaches her a lesson, and when she subsequently finds the rabbit, she vows to do its death justice by finding out what it really means to kill and eat animals.Many people claim to care about the meat that they eat, but do they really know how the animal died?The Ethical Carnivore addresses this universal question, through an emotional personal quest. ... + Read More
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Series: The World Without Us Paperback Mireille Juchau 9781408866528 $17.50 FICTION Jan 09, 2018

WINNER OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE VOSS LITERARY PRIZE 2016LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2016LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017It has been six months since Tess MÃ¼ller stopped speaking. Her silence is baffling to her parents, her teachers and her younger sister, Meg. But the more urgent mystery for both girls is where their mother, Evangeline, goes each day, pushing an ... + Read More
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Series: Mao's Great Famine The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 Paperback Frank Dikotter 9781408886366 $24.50 HISTORY Jan 09, 2018

An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the People's Republic of China."Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up to and overtake Britain in less than fifteen years. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives."So opens Frank DikÃ¶tter's riveting, magnificently detailed chronicle of an era in Chin... + Read More
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Series: The Tragedy of Liberation A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 Paperback Frank Dikotter 9781408886359 $20.00 HISTORY Jan 09, 2018

A groundbreaking chronicle of the violent early years of the People's Republic of China by the author of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize–winningMao's Great Famine."The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated terror and systematic violence." So begins Frank DikÃ¶tter's stunning and revelatory chronicle of Mao Zedong's ascension and campaign to transform the Chine... + Read More
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Series: The Crime At Black Dudley Paperback Margery Allingham 9781448216666 $22.00 FICTION Jan 02, 2018

George Abbershaw is set for a social weekend at Black Dudley manor, hosted by Wyatt Petrie and his elderly uncle Colonel Combe, who enjoys the company of Bright Young Things. With Meggie Oliphant in attendance, George looks forward to the chance of getting closer to the girl he's set his heart on. But when murder spoils the party, the group soon find out that not only is there a killer in their midst, but the house is also under the control of notorious criminals. Trapped and at their mercy, George must find a way to thwart their diabolical pla... + Read More
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Series: Mystery Mile Paperback Margery Allingham 9781448216659 $22.00 FICTION Jan 02, 2018

Albert Campion is sailing home when he saves the life of fellow passenger Judge Crowdy Lobbett. Hunted by the notoriously deadly Simister gang, it seems as though the judge's troubles have followed him from America. Determined to catch the infamous gang leader, Albert bundles the judge, along with his son Marlowe and beautiful daughter Isopel, to the manor at Mystery Mile, where he hopes to lure the villain out into the open. But the safe haven of Mystery Mile is soon invaded by danger, and when people start disappearing, the race to uncover... + Read More
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Series: Pocket Photo Guides Birds of the West Indies Paperback G. Michael Flieg 9781472938145 $22.00 SCIENCE Jan 30, 2018

This is a compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any birdwatcher visiting Jamaica and the islands of the West Indies. It provides comprehensive coverage of 252 species of birds that inhabit the islands of the West Indies, with detailed descriptions and a color photograph for each species.Includes thumbnail family silhouettes, a regional distribution map, up-to-date tips on the best birding localities, and an index of local bird names.
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Series: Pocket Photo Guides Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore Paperback G. W. H. Davison 9781472938237 $22.00 SCIENCE Jan 30, 2018

The forests and coastline of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore are home to a fantastic and vast array of birds, and offer many outstanding and easily accessible birdwatching locations, many of which are highlighted in the book's introduction.With easy-to-use thumbnail silhouettes, a regional map showing the best birding localities, up-to-date tips on birdwatching, and information on bird biology and behavior, this guide is invaluable for anyone birdwatching in the region. This compact and easy-to-use book covers more than 250 species, and each ... + Read More
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Series: Pocket Photo Guides Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali Paperback Tony Tilford 9781472938183 $22.00 SCIENCE Jan 30, 2018

This text is a compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide suitable for any birdwatcher visiting the Indonesian islands of Java, Sumatra, and Bali.The book features descriptions of 236 species, thumbnail silhouettes for ease of use, up-to-date tips and information on bird biology and behavior.
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Series: Waders of Europe Hardcover Lars Gejl 9781472947055 $66.00 NATURE Jan 30, 2018

Covering 44 species of nesting shorebirds and 38 other rare visitors from North America and Asia,Waders of Europe offers information on identification, ecology, and biology accompanied by a fantastic range of the authors own photography.With over 670 individual, flight, and group photographs and 189 illustrated silhouettes, this book is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in determining species in the field and learning more about these birds.
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Series: Furry Logic The Physics of Animal Life Paperback Matin Durrani 9781472914118 $23.00 SCIENCE Jan 30, 2018

A captivating introduction to the physics of animal behavior.The principles of physics lie behind many of the ways animals go about their daily lives. Scientists have discovered that the way cats and dogs lap up liquids can be explained by the laws of surface tension, how ants navigate is due to polarized light, and why pistol shrimps can generate enough force to destroy aquarium glass using their "elbows!"Each ofFurry Logic’s six chapters tackles a separate branch of physics and, through more than 30 animal case studies, examines each creature... + Read More
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Series: Breaking the Chains of Gravity The Story of Spaceflight before NASA Paperback Amy Shira Teitel 9781472911247 $23.00 SCIENCE Jan 30, 2018

The revealing backstory of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969, but itsprehistory is an important and rarely told tale.Breaking the Chains of Gravity looks at the evolving roots of America's space program--the scientific advances, the personalities, and the rivalries between the various arms of the United States military.America's space agency drew together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. The National A... + Read More
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Series: Reed's Almanac Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2018 Paperback Perrin Towler 9781472946492 $42.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Jan 16, 2018

In a practical, handy format,Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac contains many unique features for small-craft sailors: tide tables, tidal streams and tidal gates, secondary port differences, over 2,500 waypoints, radio data, light recognition, weather information, principal lights, IALA buoyage, international codes and flags, sun/moon rise and set, plus emergency information.Meticulously researched, this popular almanac contains information presented in an easy-to-find, quick-reference manner for practical on-board use.Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac ... + Read More
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Series: Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2018 Paperback Andy Du Port 9781472946584 $54.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Jan 09, 2018

Reeds Astro Navigation Tables is a compilation of annual astro-navigation tables containing all the information the ocean-going sailor needs (without the bulk) in order to navigate by the sun, moon, planets, and stars. This book, together with a sextant, will enable sailors to navigate confidently and safely when out of the sight of land--a critical skill if the boat electronics fail.Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2018continues to feature the well-received additions from previous editions, including forms to help determine True Altitude (for the... + Read More
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Series: The Doomsday Machine Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Hardcover Daniel Ellsberg 9781608196708 $40.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Dec 05, 2017

Shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist for The California Book Award in NonfictionThe San Francisco Chronicle’sBest of 2017 ListIn These Times “Best Books of 2017”Huffington Post’sTen Excellent December Books ListLitHub’s “Five Books Making News This Week”From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness exposÃ© of the dangers of America's Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that continues to this day.Here, for the first time, former high-level defense analyst... + Read More
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Series: The Rending and the Nest Hardcover Kaethe Schwehn 9781632869722 $35.00 FICTION Feb 20, 2018

A chilling yet redemptive post-apocalyptic debut that examines community, motherhood, faith, and the importance of telling one's own story.When 95 percent of the earth's population disappears for no apparent reason, Mira does what she can to create some semblance of a life: She cobbles together a haphazard community named Zion, scavenges the Piles for supplies they might need, and avoids loving anyone she can't afford to lose. She has everything under control. Almost.Four years after the Rending, Mira's best friend, Lana, announces her pregnanc... + Read More
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Series: Eat the Apple Hardcover Matt Young 9781632869500 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 27, 2018

"TheIliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner)--a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man.Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen after a drunken night culminating in wrapping his car around a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases charged with making him a Marine. Young survived the training and then not one, not two, but three d... + Read More
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Series: Built The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures Hardcover Roma Agrawal 9781635570229 $37.00 ARCHITECTURE Feb 13, 2018

Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science BooksThe wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind the Shard, Western Europe’s tallest building.While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of what goes into creating the built environment, let alone how a new building goes up, what it is constructed upon, or how it remains standing.InBuilt, star structural engineer Roma Agrawal explains how construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors ... + Read More
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Series: How New York Breaks Your Heart Hardcover Bill Hayes 9781635570854 $34.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 13, 2018

Bill Hayes's critically acclaimed memoirInsomniac City provided a first look at his unique street photography. Now he presents an exquisite collection that captures the full range of his work and the magic of chance encounters in New York City.Hayes's "frank, beautiful, bewitching" street photographs "unmask their subjects' best and truest selves" (Jennifer Senior,New York Times): A policeman pauses at the end of a day. Cooks sneak in cigarette breaks. A pair of movers plays cards on the back of a truck. Friends claim the sidewalk. Lovers embr... + Read More
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Series: Abandon Me Memoirs Paperback Melissa Febos 9781632866585 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 06, 2018

Named One of the Best Books of 2017 by:Esquire,Refinery29,LitHub,BookRiot,Medium, Electric Literature,The Brooklyn Rail, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Largehearted Boy, The Coil andThe Cut.Winner of the Lambda Literary Jeanne Cordova Prize for Lesbian/Queer NonfictionFinalist, Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/BiographyFinalist, Publishing Triangle’s Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian NonfictionAn Indie Next PickFor readers of Maggie Nelson and Leslie Jamison, a fierce and dazzling personal narrative that explores the many ways identity and art are shaped ... + Read More
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Series: High Noon The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic Paperback Glenn Frankel 9781620409497 $24.00 HISTORY Feb 06, 2018

From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Searchers, the revelatory story behind the classic movieHigh Noonand the toxic political climate in which it was created.It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. Starring screen legend Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in her first significant film role,High Noon was shot on a lean budget over just thirty-two days but achieved instant box-office and critical success. It won four Academy Awards in 1953, including a best actor win for Cooper. And it became a cultural touchstone, often... + Read More
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Series: The Heart of the Humanities Reading, Writing, Teaching Paperback Mark Edmundson 9781632863089 $27.00 EDUCATION Feb 06, 2018

From one of America's great professors, a collection of works exploring the importance of reading, writing, and teaching well, for anyone invested in the future of the humanities. A renowned professor of English at the University of Virginia, Mark Edmundson has devoted his career to tough-minded yet optimistic advocacy for the humanities. He argues for the importance of reading and writing to an examined and fruitful life and affirms the invaluable role of teachers in opening up fresh paths for their students.In his series of booksWhy Read?,Why... + Read More
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Series: Making the Monster The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Hardcover Kathryn Harkup 9781472933737 $36.00 SCIENCE Feb 06, 2018

The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time.Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a 19-year-old woman with no formal education come up with the idea for an extraordinary novel such asFrankenstein? The period of 1790–1820 saw huge advances in... + Read More
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Series: The Atlantic Crossing Guide 7th edition RCC Pilotage Foundation Hardcover Jane Russell 9781472947666 $99.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Feb 27, 2018

The Atlantic Crossing Guide, expanded and refreshed in its 7th edition for a new generation of Atlantic cruisers, is the well-established and definitive reference, relied upon by thousands of cruisers crossing the Atlantic in both directions.It is packed with information and collective wisdom of cruising sailors from over four decades, this edition includes updated advice on:PREPARATIONS:- Suitable boats, including considerations of hull integrity- Equipment and maintenance- Advances in navigation and communications systems- Access to weather a... + Read More
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Series: Superdocious! Racing Insights and Revelations from Legendary Olympic Sailor Rodney Pattisson Hardcover Rodney Pattisson 9781472935595 $47.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 07, 2019

The previously untold life story from world champion, Olympic medalist, and Britain's most successful Olympic sailor for three decades, Rodney Pattisson, with a foreword by Sir Ben Ainslie CBE.Rodney Pattisson MBE, the three-time Olympic medalist and multi-world champion, is an iconic figure within the sailing world. A winner in dinghies, multihulls, and offshore, he has set race and speed records, and with Lawrie Smith led Britain's challenge for the America's Cup in 1983. They were beaten in the finals by Alan Bond's eventual winner, Australi... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library Trams and Trolleybuses Paperback Oliver Green 9781784422486 $19.00 TRANSPORTATION Mar 27, 2018

From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionized town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram--but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encourag... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library Wartime Broadcasting Paperback Mike Brown 9781784422646 $19.00 HISTORY Feb 20, 2018

On 3 September 1939, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sat tensely at a microphone, using radio to declare that 'this country is at war with Germany'. During the ensuing wartime years, the BBC was the sole radio broadcaster in Britain, boosting morale through programes such as 'ITMA' and 'Worker's Playtime'; helping the Home Front with useful hints and advice; transmitting government messages; and providing news. Personalities and stars became household names--Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, Ethel and Doris Walters, Mr Middleton--and their catchp... + Read More
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Series: Helm Field Guides Birds of Oman Paperback Jens Eriksen 9781472937537 $60.00 SCIENCE Feb 20, 2018

Oman is a truly amazing place. In terms of avifauna it lies at the crossroads between Asian and African species--Arabian desert species to the north, and a host of Afrotropical species occurring in the monsoon-swept south that don't occur anywhere else in the Western Palaearctic.With much of the Middle East now effectively off-limits to birders, people are increasingly turning to Oman and its avian riches. And what riches they are--highlights include the incredible Omani Owl, discovered just a couple of years ago in the Al Hajar mountains, a su... + Read More
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Series: I Found My Tribe A Memoir Hardcover Ruth Fitzmaurice 9781635571585 $34.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 06, 2018

A transformative, euphoric memoir about finding solace in the unexpected for readers ofH is for Hawk, It’s Not Yet Dark,andWhen Breath Becomes Air.Ruth’s tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker and author husband Simon Fitzmaurice who has ALS and can only communicate with his eyes. Ruth’s other "tribe" are the friends who gather at the cove in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and regularly throw themselves into the freezing cold water, just for kicks.The Tragic Wives’ Swimming Club, as they jokingly call themselves, meet to cope with the extrem... + Read More
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Series: The Kevin Show An Olympic Athlete's Battle with Mental Illness Hardcover Mary Pilon 9781632866820 $37.00 PSYCHOLOGY Mar 06, 2018

From theNYTbestselling author ofThe Monopolists, the "fascinating" (People) story of Olympian Kevin Hall and the syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.Meet Kevin Hall: brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic sailor. Kevin has an Ivy League degree, a winning smile, and throughout his adult life, he has been engaged in an ongoing battle with a person that doesn't exist to anyone but him: the Director. In the tradition of Kay Redfield Jamison'sAn Unquiet Mind, journalist andNYTbestselling author Mary Pilon'sT... + Read More
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Series: Havana A Subtropical Delirium Paperback Mark Kurlansky 9781632863928 $22.00 TRAVEL Mar 06, 2018

A city of tropical heat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life byNew York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky.Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and Kurlansky's own pen-and-ink drawings throughout,Havana celebrates the city's singular music, literature, baseball, and food... + Read More
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Series: This is How it Ends Hardcover Eva Dolan 9781635570526 $36.00 FICTION Mar 13, 2018

Three hundred gone. Just six left.The building was once home to families, friends, children, couples, love, life. Now, almost every apartment is empty, the inhabitants forced out by the developers tearing down the old social housing to build luxury homes.Only a few of the inhabitants have fought back against the attempts to evict them from their homes and their histories. And they have been joined by passionate student protester and would-be journalist, Ella, who is leading a high-profile media campaign to protect those who refuse to leave.One ... + Read More
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Series: Bone Season The Song Rising Paperback Samantha Shannon 9781632866257 $24.50 FICTION Age (years) from 14 Mar 06, 2018

Now in paperback, the magnificent third book in theNew York Timesbestselling series: "A tantalizing, otherworldly adventure with imagination that burns like fire" (Kirkus Reviews).Following a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population.But, having turned her back on Jaxon Hall and with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilizing the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging.Little does Paige know that her reign may be ... + Read More
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Series: Memphis Rent Party The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown Hardcover Robert Gordon 9781632867735 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 06, 2018

"Blues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right." --Keith Richards"An emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don't know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you." --Elvis Costello"Robert Gordon's book is proof that Southern heritage is American heritage, and all sorts of people--black and white, familiar and strange, dead and alive--are what it is." --Greil MarcusProfiles and stories of Southern music from the acclaimed author ofRespect Yourself: Stax Records and t... + Read More
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Series: Medicus Memento Mori A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire Hardcover Ruth Downie 9781620409619 $37.00 FICTION Mar 06, 2018

The eighth gripping novel in the bestselling Medicus series, in which Ruso and Tilla investigate the death of the wife of Ruso's friend in the sacred hot spring of Aquae Sulis.A scandal is threatening to engulf the popular spa town of Aquae Sulis (modern-day Bath). The wife of Ruso's best friend, Valens, has been found dead in the sacred hot spring, stabbed through the heart. Fearing the wrath of the goddess and the ruin of the tourist trade, the temple officials are keen to cover up what's happened. But the dead woman's father is demanding jus... + Read More
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Series: The Business of Sleep How Sleeping Better Can Transform Your Career Hardcover Vicki Culpin 9781472936578 $29.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 08, 2018

Vicki Culpin explores the science of sleep and the impact that poor sleep can have on businesses and careers.The Business of Sleep provides practical ways of mitigating against or reducing the impact of compromised sleep in organizational environments. Margaret Thatcher may famously have been able to make do with five hours a night, but for many people that little amount of sleep can--even in the short term--have serious and damaging side-effects. Major disasters have occurred as a result of poor sleep (from the destruction of theChallengerspac... + Read More