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Series: Sophie's Planet A Search for Truth About Our Remarkable Home Planet and Its Future Hardcover James Hansen 9781632868947 $36.50 SCIENCE Sep 15, 2020

In a series of letters to his granddaughter, Sophie, the world's leading climatologist shows how it is still possible to ensure that young people inherit a clean world.Dr. James Hansen the single most credible scientific voice worldwide on the issue of global warming. In his celebrated first book,Storms of My Grandchildren, he presented the full truth about climate change, a truth born out in the years since as climate disasters continue to ravage our world. The urgency is apparent; the response so far, inadequate. But Hansen remains an optimis... + Read More
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Series: Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas Hardcover Mark Kurlansky 9781632863829 $39.00 HISTORY May 08, 2018

Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestsellingCod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic, and culinary story of milk and all things dairy--with recipes throughout.According to the Greek creation myth, we are so much spilt milk; a splatter of the goddess Hera's breast milk became our galaxy, the Milky Way. But while mother's milk may be the essence of nourishment, it is the milk of other mammals that humans have cultivated ever since the domestication of animals more than 10,000 years ago, originally as a source of cheese... + Read More
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Series: The Queen's Embroiderer A True Story of Paris, Lovers, Swindlers, and the First Stock Market Crisis Hardcover Joan DeJean 9781632864741 $40.00 HISTORY May 01, 2018

From the author ofHow Paris Became Paris, a sweeping history of high finance, the origins of high fashion, and a pair of star-crossed lovers in 18th-century France.Paris, 1719. The stock market is surging and the world's first millionaires are buying everything in sight. Against this backdrop, two families, the Magoulets and the Chevrots, rose to prominence only to plummet in the first stock market crash. One family built its name on the burgeoning financial industry, the other as master embroiderers for Queen Marie-ThÃ©rÃ¨se and her husband, K... + Read More
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Series: Alternative Remedies for Loss Hardcover Joanna Cantor 9781635571714 $35.00 FICTION May 08, 2018

An Amazon Best of the Month Selection for May 2018A slyly funny coming-of-age novel about a young woman fumbling her way into the mysteries of loss and the travails of adulthood as she tries to make sense of a vanished mother's legacy.When 22-year-old Olivia learned that her mother had only months to live, she pulled up roots, leaving Vassar and her career plans far behind to be with her mother for her last days. And yet, just four months after her mother's death, everyone in Olivia's family already seems ready to move on. Her brothers are sett... + Read More
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Series: Boqueria A Cookbook, from Barcelona to New York Hardcover Yann de Rochefort 9781632864949 $47.00 COOKING May 01, 2018

"A sublime collection of traditional Spanish and Tapas recipes.Boqueriacaptures the soul of Spanish cuisine." --James Beard Award-winning chef and cookbook author Alfred PortaleFor over a decade New York City's famed Boqueria restaurants have been distilling the energy, atmosphere, and flavors of Barcelona, becoming a place where patrons share excellent wine and exquisite dishes. From traditional tapas like crispy patatas bravas and bacon-wrapped dates to classic favorites like garlicky sautÃ©ed shrimp, pork meatballs, and saffron-spiced seafoo... + Read More
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Series: Apostles of Revolution Jefferson, Paine, Monroe, and the Struggle Against the Old Order in America and Europe Hardcover John Ferling 9781632862099 $47.00 HISTORY May 15, 2018

From acclaimed historian John Ferling, the story of how Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe championed the most radical ideas of the American and French Revolutions.Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe were in the vanguard of revolutionary ideas in the 18th century. As founding fathers, they risked their lives for American independence, but they also wanted more. Each wished for profound changes in the political and social fabric of pre-1776 America and hoped that the American Revolution would spark republican and egali... + Read More
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Series: West Country Trilogy The Wanderers The West Country Trilogy Hardcover Tim Pears 9781635572025 $37.00 FICTION May 01, 2018

The powerful second novel in Tim Pears's acclaimed West Country trilogy. Two teenagers, bound by love yet divided by fate, forge separate paths in England before World War I. 1912. Leo Sercombe is on a journey. Aged thirteen and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood, he travels through Devon, grazing on berries and sleeping in the woods. Behind him lies the past, and before him the West Country, spread out like a tapestry. But a wanderer is never alone for long, try as he might--and soon Leo is taken in by gypsies, with their wagons,... + Read More
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Series: Free Woman Life, Liberation, and Doris Lessing Hardcover Lara Feigel 9781635570953 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 08, 2018

An intense exploration of the life and works of Doris Lessing and how their themes are reflected in the writer's own life.Free Woman begins at a wedding and ends in the African bush. This is a memoir of Feigel's own journey as a writer, which becomes enmeshed with that of Doris Lessing. Co-opting a dead novelist into an obsessive, ambivalent relationship, Feigel sets about learning from her about how to live.RereadingThe Golden Notebookin her midthirties, shortly after Doris Lessing's death, Lara Feigel discovered that Lessing was a writer who ... + Read More
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Series: Arthur and Sherlock Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes Paperback Michael Sims 9781632860408 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 15, 2018

2018 Edgar Award NomineeShortlisted for the H. R. F. Keating Award from the International Crime Writers AssociationFrom Michael Sims, the acclaimed author ofThe Story of Charlotte’s Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story.As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Doyle often observed Bell identifying a patient’s occupation, hometown, and ailments from the smallest details of... + Read More
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Series: All the Dirty Parts Paperback Daniel Handler 9781632868053 $22.00 FICTION Aug 27, 2019

“Fascinating, profane . . . One of the most original and realistic depictions of the sex lives of young people to come around in a long time” (LA Times), from bestselling, award-winning Daniel Handler.Cole is a boy in high school. He runs cross country, he sketches, he jokes around with friends. But none of this quite matters next to the allure of sex. "Let me put it this way," he says. "Draw a number line, with zero is, you never think about sex and ten is, it's all you think about, and while you are drawing the line, I am thinking about sex."... + Read More
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Series: The Bedlam Stacks A Novel Paperback Natasha Pulley 9781620409695 $22.00 FICTION May 15, 2018

An Indie Next PickNow in paperback, Natasha Pulley's "witty, entrancing novel . . . burnishes her reputation as a gifted storyteller" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).In 1859, ex–East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall with an injury that almost cost him his leg. When the India Office recruits him for an expedition to fetch quinine--essential for the treatment of malaria--from deep within Peru, he knows it's a terrible idea; nearly every able-bodied expeditionary who's made the attempt has died, and he can... + Read More
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Series: Grief Cottage A Novel Paperback Gail Godwin 9781632867056 $22.00 FICTION May 08, 2018

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 (Top 10)Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2017Indie Next Summer 2018 Pick For Reading GroupsThe haunting tale of a desolate cottage, and the hair-thin junction between this life and the next, from bestselling National Book Award finalist Gail Godwin.After his mother's death, eleven-year-old Marcus is sent to live on a small South Carolina island with his great aunt, a reclusive painter with a haunted past. Aunt Charlotte, otherwise a woman of few words, points out a ruined cottage, telling Marcus... + Read More
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Series: A Line in the River Khartoum, City of Memory Hardcover Jamal Mahjoub 9781408885468 $40.00 HISTORY May 15, 2018

Part history, part memoir, a moving portrait of Sudan-once the largest, most diverse country in Africa-and its self-destruction."A most absorbing and rewarding book." -Michael Palin"An affecting and heartfelt reminder for those of us who have passed time in Khartoum . . . I have been waiting more than fifty years for this book." -Jim CraceIn 1956, Sudan gained independence from Britain and stood on the brink of a promising future. Instead, it descended into civil war and imploded. The continuing conflict in the western region of Darfur has driv... + Read More
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Series: Train to Nowhere One Woman's World War II, Ambulance Driver, Reporter, Liberator Paperback Anita Leslie 9781448216680 $22.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 15, 2018

A World War II memoir following the adventures of a female ambulance driver as she serves across four fronts witnesses the best and worst of humanity, and navigates the barriers imposed by sexism in the British Army.Train to Nowhere is a war memoir seen through the sardonic eyes of Anita Leslie, a funny and vivacious young woman who reports on her experiences with a dry humor, finding the absurd alongside the tragic.Daughter of a Baronet and first cousin once removed of Winston Churchill, Anita joined the Mechanized Transport Corps as a fully t... + Read More
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Series: Shakedown Cruise Lessons and Adventures from a Cruising Veteran as He Learns the Ropes Hardcover Nigel Calder 9781472946713 $34.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Apr 03, 2018

Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience, setting off for a round-world-voyage. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way--but they were determined to complete an adventurous voyage from New Orleans to see the world.It was the voyage that made Calder the marine guru he is today, a marvelous romp through uncharted family waters, while learning hard... + Read More
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Series: The Business of Excellence Building high-performance teams and organizations Paperback Justin Hughes 9781472953599 $20.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 01, 2018

The Business of Excellence uses first-hand experiences from high-performance operations to provide invaluable leadership lessons, as well as offering clear, accessible and practical insights on managing teams in any business environment.The Business of Excellence offers a unique and compelling perspective on the drivers of excellence in teams and organizations. The author, Justin Hughes, brings an unusual mix of experience and insight, having worked as a management consultant to some of the world’s most successful organizations, in addition to ... + Read More
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Series: The Wandering Vine Wine, the Romans and Me Hardcover Nina Caplan 9781472938442 $34.00 HISTORY May 08, 2018

WINNER OF THE LOUIS ROEDERER INTERNATIONAL WINE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE BIG BOOK PRIZE 2018An enchanting journey into European culture and civilization through our shared love of wine.Impelled by a dual thirst, for wine and for knowledge, Nina Caplan follows the vine into the past, wandering from Champagne’s ancient chalk to the mountains of Campania, via the crumbling Roman ruins that flank the river RhÃ´ne, and the remote slopes of Priorat in Catalonia. She meets people whose character, stubbornness, and sometimes, borde... + 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
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Series: Food You Can Forage Edible Plants to Harvest, Cook and Enjoy Paperback Tiffany Francis 9781472941206 $32.00 NATURE May 08, 2018

An accessible and engaging guide to foraging for families and amateur naturalists.Foraging has seen a surge in popularity over recent years, driven by the organic, natural, local and wholesome lifestyles many now prefer. This brand new guide to beginners is full of information about natural habitats and where to find food in the wild. It includes descriptions of each edible plant, with accompanying illustrations, photos, and recipes.The book is organized by habitats, such as woodland, grassland, farmland, or coast, to allow readers to engage wi... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library Broad Gauge Railways Paperback Tim Bryan 9781784422776 $19.00 TRANSPORTATION May 22, 2018

Isambard Kingdom Brunel considered the Great Western Railway the "finest work in England" and he contributed many groundbreaking features, none so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the "standard" track gauge of 4ft 8Â½in and instead introduce the new 'broad gauge' of 7ft Â¼in. Describing the rationale behind the choice of broad gauge, and also the unique track and locomotives used, this beautifully illustrated introduction to broad gauge railways chronicles the building of the original GWR between Bristol and London, and the expansion of ... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library LNER The London and North Eastern Railway Paperback Paul Atterbury 9781784422721 $19.00 TRANSPORTATION May 22, 2018

The London and North Eastern Railway, or LNER as it was familiarly known, was one of the Big Four companies that took control of Britain's railway network following the "Grouping" in 1923. This network represented a challenging mixture of mainline and rural passenger routes, suburban services, and freight and industrial lines across the east coast of England and Scotland. Despite this challenge, the LNER became famous for its style, speed, and efficiency, with record-breaking high-speed routes capturing the public's imagination, supported by ic... + Read More
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Series: Monsieur X The incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history Hardcover Jamie Reid 9781472942296 $37.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 08, 2018

*William Hill Sports Book of the Year award winning author*Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy.Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well-educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a warm welcome in the smartest Parisian salons. He was also a compulsive gambler and illegal bookie.Between the late 1950s and the early 1970s, Des Moutis made a daring attempt to beat the French state-run betting system. His success so alarmed the authorities that they... + Read More
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Series: Thrive Through Yoga A 21-Day Journey to Ease Anxiety, Love Your Body and Feel More Alive Paperback Nicola Jane Hobbs 9781472942999 $27.00 HEALTH & FITNESS May 08, 2018

A revolutionary 21-day yoga and mindfulness plan to help free you from the anxieties and worries of modern life.Thrive Through Yoga is a revolutionary step-by-step guide to freedom that can help you become a happy, confident, and resilient person and free you from anxiety and stress.With heart-warming honesty Nicola shares her own story of how she triumphed over a mental illness that almost destroyed her and learned to thrive physically, emotionally, professionally, and financially with the help of yoga.She takes you on a powerful 21-day journe... + Read More
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Series: Fear-Free Food How to ditch dieting and fall back in love with food Paperback Nicola Jane Hobbs 9781472950178 $27.00 COOKING May 08, 2018

Food doesn’t need to be fat-free, sugar-free or gluten-free. It needs to be fear-free and guilt-free.Fear Free Food is a revolutionary diet and recipe book that inspires people to eat for health and enjoyment without fear or guilt.InFear-Free Food,nutritionist and Intuitive Eating Counsellor Nicola Jane Hobbs shows you how to break free from the toxic messages of diet culture, make peace with food and discover how to truly nourish yourself. Imagine having a peaceful relationship with food. One which leaves you feeling healthy, happy, and full o... + 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: Flour From grains and pulses to nuts and seeds Hardcover Christine McFadden 9781472945976 $48.00 COOKING May 29, 2018

In this timely new book Christine McFadden explores the way in which flour has been a staple part of our diet, and provides a comprehensive look at the alternatives to traditional wheat flour.With an increasing and at times bewildering choice of flours available online and in shops, this book follows a usable A–Z format, providing a CV of sorts for each flour (including plant source, gluten/protein content, flavour profile and how best to use). Each of the flours featured is accompanied by suggested recipes from Christine's kitchen, and these r... + Read More
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Series: Do You Speak Football? A Glossary of Football Words and Phrases from Around the World Hardcover Tom Williams 9781472947215 $24.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 15, 2018

'At last, the definitive guide to football phraseology across the world... Sparky and very funny.'Paul Hayward,Daily Telegraph''Amusing and informative in equal measure.'Oliver Kay,The TimesAn expertly compiled and utterly fascinating compendium of the weird and wonderful words and phrases used to describe football around the world.To speak football is to speak a language of a thousand tongues…In this ground-breaking global glossary of football words and phrases, you'll discover the rich, quirky and joyously creative language used by fans, comm... + Read More
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Series: Adlard Coles Book of The Adlard Coles Book of Mediterranean Cruising 4th edition Paperback Rod Heikell 9781472951236 $37.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Apr 17, 2018

From the islands of the Aegean to the Straits of Gibraltar, the allure of the Med is unsurpased. No other cruising ground marries cast troves of shoreside history with unique and easily accessible cuisine, or islands. Although the Mediterranean provides wonderfully diverse cruising opportunities, it can also deliver surprises to the unwary. Rod Heikell, the acknowledged expert on Mediterranean sailing, provides sound advice in this fourth edition, with updates on: anchoring, berthing bow orstern-to, what weather to expect (and how to avoid the... + Read More
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Series: Over the Top The First Lone Yachtsman to Sail Vertically Around the World Paperback Adrian Flanagan 9781472944313 $24.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 08, 2018

Only one person has ever sailed vertically around the world--Adrian Flanagan. And he did it singlehanded.Sailing around the world horizontally is difficult enough, crossing thousands of miles of ocean only to get near land at the Capes battling treacherous currents. However, hundreds of sailors have nevertheless managed it. Flanagan became obsessed with the idea of sailing vertically around the world--over the poles--as a boy, before he even knew whether it was possible. Thirty years later he became the first sailor ever to do so. This is his ... + Read More
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Series: Yachtmaster Exercises for Sail and Power Questions and Answers for the RYA Yachtmaster(Reg TM) Certificates of Competence Paperback Alison Noice 9781472949400 $47.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 08, 2018

This exercise workbook forYachtmaster for Sail and Power provides further navigational practice for anyone studying for their RYA Yachtmaster certificate.This new edition has been revised throughout with new practice questions and examples as well as new photography and diagrams. This is a complete study guide with extracts from tide tables, almanacs, and pilotage notes, enabling students to work on real sailing scenarios and plot their own courses without the need for any other study material.This is the invaluable textbook and exam revision g... + Read More
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Series: Reimagining Britain Foundations for Hope Hardcover Justin Welby 9781472946072 $34.00 RELIGION May 08, 2018

In a time of political turbulence, and as the Welfare State totters under the strain in a country that has changed dramatically since 1945, Archbishop Justin Welby sets out to identify the values that will enable us to reimagine, and to enact, a more hopeful future.The thesis is that the work of reimagining is as great as it was in 1945, and will happen either by accident – and thus badly – or deliberately. The author draws on Britain's history and Christian tradition to identify this country's foundational values, and the building blocks neces... + Read More
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Series: The Making of India The Untold Story of British Enterprise Paperback Kartar Lalvani 9781472951205 $27.00 HISTORY Aug 23, 2022

The story ofThe Making of India begins in the seventeenth century, when a small seafaring island, one tenth the size of the Indian subcontinent, dispatched sailing ships over 11,000 miles on a five-month trading journey in search of new opportunities. In the end they helped build a new nation. The sheer audacity and scale of such an endeavor, the courage and enterprise, have no parallel in world history.This book is the first to assess in a single volume almost all aspects of Britain's remarkable contribution in providing India with its lasting... + Read More
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Series: Minibeasts with Jess French Masses of mindblowing minibeast facts! Paperback Jess French 9781472939555 $24.00 NATURE May 08, 2018

Join CBeebies' Jess French on an exciting tour of marvelous minibeasts.With her unparalleled zeal for insects, Jess French dives headfirst into the breathtaking world of invertebrates to explore their unbelievable adaptations and evolution and reveal incredible invertebrates from all over the world, from bird-eating tarantulas and glow-in-the-dark scorpions to meter-long stick insects and bat-eating centipedes.Fancy meeting a foot-long centipede or a spider the size of your dinner plate? WithMinibeasts with Jess French, you can do just that fro... + Read More
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Series: The Long Spring Tracking the Arrival of Spring Through Europe Hardcover Laurence Rose 9781472936677 $32.00 NATURE May 08, 2018

Exploring the wildlife, places, traditions, culture, and personalities associated with spring throughout Europe, and introducing readers to cultural, scientific, and historical research and his recollections of 30 years of continental travel, Laurence Rose paints a vivid picture of one of the world's most significant and beautiful natural phenomena: spring.Laurence begins his journey in the first week of February, arriving in southern Spain with the storks that herald the beginning of Europe's spring on San Blas Day. Swallows, cranes and, later... + Read More
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Series: How to Resist Turn Protest to Power Hardcover Matthew Bolton 9781408892725 $19.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 01, 2018

"This extraordinary book is the roadmap for a new kind of effective activism."' -- Brian Eno"This book is for people who are angry with the ways things are and want to do something about it; for people who are frustrated with the system, or worried about the direction the country is going. Maybe they've been on a march, posted their opinions on social media, or shouted angrily at something they've seen on the news but don't feel like it's making any difference. It is for people who want to make a change but they're not sure how." -- Matthew Bolton
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Series: MI5 and Me A Coronet Among the Spooks Hardcover Charlotte Bingham 9781408888148 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 15, 2018

From the bestselling author comes a beguiling comic memoir about a young woman who discovers her father is a spy (and was the model for John le CarrÃ©'s George Smiley) and goes to work as a secretary in 1950s MI5.It seems to me now that everyone who came to our house in those days was a spy. . .When Charlotte Bingham, daughter of an obscure aristocrat, was summoned to her father's office aged eighteen, she never expected to discover that this aloof, soberly-dressed parent was a spy. Even more ominous than The Facts was his suggestion that she s... + Read More
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Series: Built on Bones 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death Paperback Brenna Hassett 9781472922960 $23.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 08, 2018

Humans and their immediate ancestors were successful hunter-gatherers for hundreds of thousands of years, but in the last fifteen thousand years humans have gone from finding food to farming it, from seasonal camps to sprawling cities, from a few people to hordes. Drawing on her own fieldwork in the Mediterranean, Africa, Asia, and beyond, archeologist Brenna Hassett explores the long history of urbanization through revolutionary changes written into the bones of the people who lived it.For every major new lifestyle, another way of dying appear... + Read More
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Series: My European Family The First 54,000 Years Paperback Karin Bojs 9781472941459 $23.00 SCIENCE May 22, 2018

The story of Europe and its peoples, told through its genetic legacy and woven together using the latest archaeological findings, will fascinate anyone interested in genealogy.Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family, and at her mother's funeral she felt this more acutely than ever. As part of the healing process, she decided to use DNA research to learn more about herself, her family, and the interconnectedness of society. She went deep in search of her genealogy, having her DNA sequenced and tested, and effectively becoming an experimenta... + 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: Swell A Waterbiography The Sunday Times SPORT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 Paperback Jenny Landreth 9781472938961 $22.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 01, 2018

These days, swimming may seem like the most egalitarian of pastimes, open to anyone with a swimsuit--but this wasn't always the case. In the 19th century, swimming was exclusively the domain of men, and access to pools was a luxury limited by class. Women were (barely) allowed to swim in the sea, as long as no men were around, but even into the 20th century they could be arrested and fined if they dared dive into a lake. It wasn't until the 1930s that women were finally, and reluctantly, granted equal access to the water. This is the story of t... + Read More
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Series: Running Up That Hill The highs and lows of going that bit further Paperback Vassos Alexander 9781472947963 $27.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 08, 2018

Running Up That Hill is a celebration of endurance running. Of running ridiculous distances – through cities, over mountains and across countries. Distances most people couldn't even imagine. But sports presenter Vassos Alexander ishooked!Why else would he run an ultra in Paris, backwards, having missed the start? Why head to Wales for the world's hardest mountain race with a badly sprained ankle? And why follow in some unforgiving, ancient footsteps and attempt the oldest and toughest footrace on earth, the 153-mile Spartathlon?There's joy to ... + Read More
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Series: The Unpunished Vice A Life of Reading Hardcover Edmund White 9781635571172 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 26, 2018

A new memoir from acclaimed author Edmund White about his life as a reader.Literary icon Edmund White made his name through his writing but remembers his life through the books he has read. For White, each momentous occasion came with a book to match: Proust'sRemembrance of Things Past, which opened up the seemingly closed world of homosexuality while he was at boarding school in Michigan; the Ezra Pound poems adored by a lover he followed to New York; the biography of Stephen Crane that inspired one of White's novels. But it wasn't until heart... + Read More
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Series: Invitation to a Bonfire Hardcover Adrienne Celt 9781635571523 $35.00 FICTION Jun 05, 2018

Selected byHarper’s Bazaar,Elle,Parade, Oprah.com, and MSN.com as one of the best books to read this summer!The seductive story of a dangerous love triangle, inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage, with a spellbinding psychological thriller at its core.In the 1920s, Zoya Andropova, a young refugee from the Soviet Union, finds herself in the alien landscape of an elite all-girls New Jersey boarding school. Having lost her family, her home, and her sense of purpose, Zoya struggles to belong, a task made more difficult by the malice her peers h... + Read More
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Series: Because I Come from a Crazy Family The Making of a Psychiatrist Hardcover Edward M. Hallowell 9781632868589 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 12, 2018

From the bestselling author of the classic book on ADD,Driven to Distraction, a memoir of the strange upbringing that shaped Dr. Edward M. Hallowell's celebrated career.When Edward M. Hallowell was eleven, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, alcoholic mother, abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his... + Read More
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Series: Homelands Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration Hardcover Alfredo Corchado 9781632865540 $36.00 HISTORY Jun 05, 2018

From prizewinning journalist and immigration expert Alfredo Corchado comes the sweeping story of the great Mexican migration from the late 1980s to today.When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called Tequilas, he connected with two other Mexican men and one Mexican American, all feeling similarly isolated. Over the next three decades, the four friends continued to meet, coming together over their shared Mexican roots and their love of tequila. One was a radical... + Read More
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Series: Hide Paperback Matthew Griffin 9781632863409 $24.00 FICTION Jun 12, 2018

An ALA Stonewall Honor book and a finalist for the Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle awards,Hideis a tender, aching story of a hidden life in the recent history of gay love in America.*The hardcover was an ABA Indies Introduce Pick, an Indie Next List Selection, and an Amazon Best Book of the Month.* Wendell and Frank meet at the end of World War II, when Frank returns home to their North Carolina town. Soon he's loitering around Wendell's taxidermy shop, and the two come to understand their connection as love-a love that, in this time... + Read More
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Series: The Design of Childhood How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids Hardcover Alexandra Lange 9781632866356 $40.00 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Jun 12, 2018

From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development.Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage with are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades, even centuries of changing ideas about what makes for good child-rearing--and what does not. Do you choose wooden toys, or plastic, or, increasingly, digital? Wh... + Read More
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Series: Sail Away Paperback Celia Imrie 9781635571837 $24.00 FICTION Jun 19, 2018

The deliciously effervescent new novel from Celia Imrie, beloved character actress and author ofNot Quite Nice, follows the exploits of two women on a cruise ship.The phone hasn't rung for months. Suzy Marshall is discovering that work can be sluggish for an actress over sixty--even for the star of a wildly popular 1980s TV series. So when her agent offers her the plum role of Lady Bracknell inThe Importance of Being Earnest in Zurich, it seems like a godsend. Until, that is, the play is abruptly cancelled under suspicious circumstances and Suz... + Read More
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Series: Chief Engineer Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge Paperback Erica Wagner 9781620400524 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 05, 2019

“A welcome tribute to the persistence, precision and humanity of Washington Roebling and a love-song for the mighty New York bridge he built.” -The Wall Street JournalChief Engineeris the first full biography of a crucial figure in the American story--Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. One of America's most iconic and recognizable structures, the Brooklyn Bridge is as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet its distinguished builder is too often forgotten--and his life is of interest ... + Read More
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Series: We Shall Not All Sleep A Novel Paperback Estep Nagy 9781632868428 $24.00 FICTION Jun 19, 2018

"An utterly compelling novel from a brilliant new voice." --M.L. Stedman, author ofThe Light Between OceansFor generations they've shared the small Maine island of Seven, but the Hillsingers and the Quicks have always kept apart, even since before Jim Hillsinger and Billy Quick married sisters. When Jim is ousted from the CIA under suspicion of treason, he begins to suspect that he has been betrayed--by his brother-in-law, Billy, and also by his own wife, Lila. In retaliation, he decides to carry out an old threat: to send their twelve-year-old... + Read More
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Series: Catching Stardust Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System Hardcover Natalie Starkey 9781472944009 $36.00 SCIENCE Jun 05, 2018

An up-close and personal look at comets and how we can use these ancient voyagers to understand our place in the solar system.Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious--comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of Solar System events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them i... + Read More
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Series: Outnumbered From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles - The Algorithms That Control Our Lives Hardcover David Sumpter 9781472947413 $36.00 MATHEMATICS Jun 19, 2018

Outnumbered is a journey to the dark side of mathematics, from how it dictates our social media activities to our travel routes. Algorithms are running our society, and as Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal has revealed, we don't even realize how our data has been used against us. David Sumpter investigates whether mathematics is crossing dangerous lines when it comes to what we can make decisions about.Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our... + Read More
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Series: Seeds of Science Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs Hardcover Mark Lynas 9781472946980 $36.00 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Jun 26, 2018

InSeeds of Science, eco-activist Mark Lynas lifts the lid on the controversial story and misunderstood science of GMOs. In the mid-1990s, as the global media stirred up a panic about the risks of genetically modified crops, Lynas destroyed crop fields and spoke out in the press…until he realized he was wrong. This book explains why.Twenty years after GMO crops became a source of controversy, scientists are working hard to devise new farming methods that will meet the world's food requirements while causing the minimum amount of ecological harm.... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library British Microcars 1947-2002 Paperback Duncan Cameron 9781784422783 $19.00 TRANSPORTATION Jun 19, 2018

From the 1940s to the 1960s, the microcar posed a challenge to the large companies that mass-produced cars to uniform designs. The microcar was the opposite, produced by small entrepreneurial start-ups using quirkydesign concepts that offered motorists cheaper and more economical vehicles. This book is a beautifully illustrated history of the British microcar, from the early days of Bond and Reliant to the proliferation of micro marques during the 1950s and their demise during the 1960s. It explores many eccentric British concepts, comparing th... + Read More
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Series: The Little Viet Kitchen Over 100 authentic and delicious Vietnamese recipes Hardcover Thuy Diem Pham 9781472936035 $40.00 COOKING Mar 19, 2019

Bring a taste of Vietnamese cuisine to your home with 100 fresh, authentic and delicious recipes from the owner of The Little Viet Kitchen, London.Born in a small village in the south of Vietnam, Thuy was surrounded by food and she grew up amidst livestock and fresh produce, with a wonderful variety of fruits, morning markets with freshly picked vegetables and the smells of traditional street food. It's these memories that are the foundation of her food philosophy and culinary creations, and her landmark London restaurant, The Little Viet Kitch... + Read More
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Series: Faith Finding a Voice Hardcover Cardinal Vincent Nichols 9781472950420 $37.00 RELIGION Jun 05, 2018

Cardinal Vincent Nichols is the Archbishop of Westminster and leader of the 4 million Catholics in Britain. He has become known outside his community for his calls for prison reform, business ethics, and the welcoming of immigrants but also as an outstanding religious leader. In this book the Cardinal offers his own personal reflections on divine revelation and mankind's relationship with God, the importance of theological literacy in education and care for people in a global society. The book distills his reflections on the "lure of God" and t... + Read More
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Series: The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling's Flemish Heartlands Hardcover Harry Pearson 9781472945044 $37.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Apr 09, 2019

Cycling is wildly popular all over Belgium, but in the northern, Dutch-speaking half of the country it is part of the psyche. Tiny Flanders boasts a population of just 6 million, yet this small corner of northwest Europe has produced eight winners of the Tour de France, five times as many professional riders as Italy or Spain.Blending reportage, interviews, observation, biography, and history, and written with affectionate humor by a committed Belgophile,The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman tells the story of Flanders' neurotic love affair wi... + Read More
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Series: Pilates for Living Get stronger, fitter and healthier for an active later life Paperback Harri Angell 9781472947789 $27.00 HEALTH & FITNESS Jun 05, 2018

Aging successfully means learning how to make and maintain positive lifestyle changes to remain in the best of health. Not just living longer, but better, and embracing aging, rather than dreading it. Regular Pilates practice can enable a fulfilling and active later life, helping to lower blood pressure and remove the causes of aches and pains, which can support independent living and good health.Pilates for Living combines simple and effective exercises, suitable for all levels and abilities, with expert advice and motivational interviews with... + Read More
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Series: The Epic Voyages of Maud Berridge The seafaring diaries of a Victorian lady Hardcover Sally Berridge 9781472954237 $28.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 12, 2018

Maud Berridge (1845–1907) was the wife of Captain Henry Berridger, with whom she sailed in 1869, 1880, 1882, 1883, and 1886, to Melbourne along with emigrants and cargo. Their first voyage was as newlyweds in 1869, when Henry was Captain of theWalmer Castle,setting forth from the U.K. They returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east and around Cape Horn.However, most of the Berridge's voyages were undertaken in the three-masted clipperSuperb, sailing from Gravesend at the start of summer and leaving Melbourne for home at the end of the ... + Read More
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Series: The Girl Outdoors The Wild Girl's Guide to Adventure, Travel and Wellbeing Paperback Sian Anna Lewis 9781844865338 $29.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Jun 05, 2018

An adventure guide in book form, The Girl Outdoors offers support and knowledge, empowering the reader, whether she's thinking about cycling the length of Vietnam or just needs help fixing her bike. Packed with stunning photography, the book is organized into four main parts:-Active Outdoorsshares the wildest activities on land and water and how to get started on everything from mountain biking to kayaking and night hiking to paddleboard yoga.-Wild Adventures takes you farther with your outdoor skills, from canoe camping to cycle touring, build... + Read More