1.
Series:
Rendezvous with Oblivion
Reports from a Sinking Society
Hardcover
Thomas Frank
9781250293664
$32.50
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jun 19, 2018
From the acclaimed author ofListen, Liberal andWhat’s the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times—perfect for this political momentWhat does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years of economic triumph, America’s winners persuade themselves that they owe nothing to the rest of the country?With his sharp eye for detail, Thomas Frank takes us on a wide-ranging tour through present-day America, showing us a society in the late stages of disintegration and descri...
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2.
Series: Michel Foucault Lectures at the College de France
The Punitive Society
Lectures at the College de France, 1972-1973
Paperback
Michel Foucault
9781250183934
$28.50
PHILOSOPHY
Aug 07, 2018
These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society,' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of a new punitive regime that still dominates contemporary society.Praise for Foucault's Lectures at the Collège de France Series“Ideas spark off nearly every page...The words may have been spoken in [the 1970s], but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been writt...
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3.
Series:
Become an American Ninja Warrior
The Ultimate Insider's Guide
Hardcover
The Experts and Competitors of American Ninja Warrior
9781250183309
$32.50
HEALTH & FITNESS
Jun 05, 2018
The first official book adapted from the hit NBC show,American Ninja Warrior—published to coincide with the 10th anniversary.Every week, millions of viewers tune in to NBC'sAmerican Ninja Warrior, to watch as ninjas from every walk of life attempt to complete a series of iconic obstacles of increasing difficulty in the hope of becoming an American Ninja Warrior. Now, for the first time, readers get a never before seen look at the phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. With stories from the show’s hosts, creators, and top contestants abou...
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4.
Series:
Entanglements
Blithe Images and Song of the West
Paperback
Nora Roberts
9781250183361
$23.50
FICTION
Jul 03, 2018
Together for the first time in trade paperback,Entanglements features two beloved Nora Roberts novels in a beautiful new package.Blithe ImagesLeaving her small-town life behind for a lucrative high fashion modeling contract in New York City seemed like a dream come true to Hilary Baxter. But what she didn’t expect was to fall for the charming and attractive magazine publisher Bret Bardoff. Hilary quickly discovers that fame and fortune are no match for true love—but will Bret be able to see the woman she is behind all of the glamour?Song of the...
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5.
Series:
Death of a Nation
Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party
Hardcover
Dinesh D'Souza
9781250163776
$38.99
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Jul 31, 2018
Now a major motion picture!Who is killing America? Is it really Donald Trump and a GOP filled with white supremacists? In a major new work of historical revisionism, Dinesh D’Souza makes the provocative case that Democrats are the ones killing America by turning it into a massive nanny state modeled on the Southern plantation system.This sweeping alternative history of the Democratic Party goes back to its foundations in the antebellum South. The slaveholding elite devised the plantation as a means of organizing labor and political support. It ...
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6.
Series:
Shelter in Place
Hardcover
Nora Roberts
9781250161598
$36.50
FICTION
May 29, 2018
From Nora Roberts comes the #1New York Times bestsellerShelter in Place (June 2018)—a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense.It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video-game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived.The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it,...
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7.
From Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, the bestselling authors of the definitive two-volumeStar Trek oral history,The Fifty-Year Mission, comes the complete, uncensored, unauthorized oral history ofBattlestar Galactica inSo Say We All.Four decades after its groundbreaking debut,Battlestar Galactica—both the 1978 original and its 2004 reimagining have captured the hearts of two generations of fans. What began as a three-hour made for TV movie inspired by the blockbuster success ofStar Wars followed by a single season of legendary episodes, was tr...
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8.
Series:
The Girls' Guide to Growing Up Great
Changing Bodies, Periods, Relationships, Life Online
Paperback
Sophie Elkan
9781472943743
$24.00
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Age (years) from 10
Jun 05, 2018
A positive and empowering guide for girls who are going through puberty or are curious about in what's in store.Packed with facts and thoughtful advice, plus words of wisdom from older women and quotes and questions from girls who are also going through it,The Girls' Guide to Growing Up Greatcovers every aspect of going through puberty for girls.From body basics like breasts, acne and periods, to the questions with no easy answers (Does how you look matter? Is a crush ever wrong? Is it bad to be jealous of your best friends--and does having a b...
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9.
Series: Pout-Pout Fish Adventure
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Can't-Sleep Blues
Hardcover
Deborah Diesen
9780374304034
$23.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 6
Aug 28, 2018
Mr. Fish can't fall asleep in this new jacketed hardcover addition to Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna'sNew York Times–bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series.One night in the ocean, the Pout-Pout Fish can't get to sleep! He's all ready for bed, but he just can't catch a snooze. When he asks his friends for advice, they're all sure they know what he should do—count sheep, use a pillow made of rocks, swim in circles—but nothing works. What to do when good advice isn't good for everyone? Little guppies will loveThe Pout-Pout Fish and the Can't-Sleep Blues,...
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10.
Series:
The Brightsiders
Hardcover
Jen Wilde
9781250189714
$22.50
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 18
May 22, 2018
A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel.As a rock star drummer in the hit band The Brightsiders, Emmy King’s life should be perfect. But there’s nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital, she’s branded the latest tabloid train wreck.Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help...
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11.
Series:
Period
Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth
Paperback
Various Authors
9781250141941
$21.00
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Age (years) from 0 - 18
May 08, 2018
Periods enter the spotlight in this essay collection that raises a variety of voices on a topic long shrouded in shame and secrecy.In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. They write about homeless periods, nonexistent periods, male periods, political periods, and more. Told with warmth and humor, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences.Periods are a fact of life. It's ...
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12.
Series: Treehouse Books
The 91-Story Treehouse
Babysitting Blunders!
Hardcover
Andy Griffiths
9781250104885
$18.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 10
Jul 10, 2018
New York Times-bestselling team Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton invite readers to come hang out with them in their 91-Story Treehouse—the seventh book in the illustrated chapter book series filled with Andy and Terry's signature slapstick humor!Andy and Terry live in a 91-story treehouse. (It used to be a 78-story treehouse, but they keep getting ideas for new stories!) It has a submarine sandwich shop that serves sandwiches the size ofactualsubmarines, an air-traffic control tower, a human pinball machine, a spin-and-win prize wheel, a giant s...
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13.
Series: Little Vehicles
The Little School Bus
Board book
Margery Cuyler
9781250196453
$10.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 6
May 22, 2018
From Margery Cuyler and Bob Kolar comesThe Little School Bus, a terrific companion to bestselling board bookThe Little Dump Truck.Join Driver Bob and his little school bus as they wake early, pick up a diverse group of children, and drop them off at school. Then it's over to the garage to fix a tail light. All in a day's work for this trusty team. The lyrical text, catchy rhyme, and bright pictures make this a perfect choice for preschoolers who are soon to be school bus riders!Christy Ottaviano Books
14.
Series: Mysticons
Mysticons: Quest for the Codex
Paperback
Sadie Chesterfield
9781250165060
$8.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 9
Jun 19, 2018
This junior novelization retells storylines from many episodes of the hit new showMysticons!In Drake City, where magic and technology meet, four girls are brought together by an ancient prophecy. Princess Arkayna, her friend Em, and street kids Zarya and Piper are transformed into the Mysticons—heroes with incredible magic powers.But to unlock their full abilities—and save Arkayna's parents, the queen and king—the Mysticons must find the Codex. An ancient spellbook with the power to fight evil, the Codex was split into four pieces, each hidden ...
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15.
Series: Mysticons
Mysticons: The Secret of the Fifth Mysticon
Hardcover
Liz Marsham
9781250164995
$18.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Jun 19, 2018
Mysticon Knight Em is contacted by a mysterious spirit who claims to be the original Fifth Mysticon from eons ago. Em trusts the spirit, and convinces the other Mysticons to follow her on a quest through another dimension, uncovering ancient rituals and mysteries of the Mysticons of old. But then they discover a terrible secret about the Fifth Mysticon—one that threatens to tear the current team apart!This original novel is based on the hit new showMysticons, and tells a brand-new adventure for our heroes!Mysticons characters, designs, and elem...
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16.
Series: Smurfs Graphic Novels
Specially Priced Smurfs #10: The Return of the Smurfette
Paperback
Peyo
9781545802007
$5.25
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 10
May 15, 2018
Virtually all of the Smurfs are smitten with the Smurfette, which causes their zany methods of trying to win her affections to keep growing in outrageousness. From building statues to baking cakes and even dressing up like the Smurfette in order to better understand her, the Smurfs are in a frenzy competing for the love of the Smurfette. Will this madness ever die down?Now specially priced at $3.99!
17.
Series: Lift-the-Flap Tab Books
Lift-the-Flap Tab: Colors, Numbers, Shapes
Board book
Roger Priddy
9780312528119
$11.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 3
Aug 14, 2018
Colors, Numbers, Shapes is a colorful,lift-the-flap board book, perfect for babies and toddlers starting to develop their vocabulary and understanding of key concepts.Each spread focuses on a concept and theme—from colorful clothes to food shapes to counting pets—and there are bright, beautiful photographs of familiar things in a young child's world. The big, sturdy flaps reveal fun surprises, and the tabs make page-turning easy for little hands.This is an ideal book for any toddler's bookshelf!
18.
Series: Lift-the-Flap Tab Books
Lift-the-Flap Tab: First 50 Words
Board book
Roger Priddy
9780312528102
$11.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 3
Aug 14, 2018
First 50 Words is a colorful,lift-the-flap board book, perfect for babies and toddlers starting to develop their vocabulary and understanding of key concepts.Each spread has a theme—getting dressed introduces color, playtime introduces numbers—and there are bright, beautiful photographs of familiar things in a young child's world, including lots of other children. The big, sturdy flaps reveal fun surprises, and the tabs make page-turning easy for little hands.This is an ideal book for any toddler's bookshelf!
19.
Series: Epic Fails
The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff (Epic Fails #2)
Hardcover
Ben Thompson
9781250150615
$20.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Jul 10, 2018
In this second installment of the Epic Fails series, explore the many failures that made up the Race to Space, paving the way for humanity’s eventual success at reaching the stars.Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he first set foot on the moon: “one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” He made it look easy, but America’s journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of ...
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20.
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...
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21.
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-Thérèse and her husband, K...
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22.
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...
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23.
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 sautéed shrimp, pork meatballs, and saffron-spiced seafoo...
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24.
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,...
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25.
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 ...
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26.
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...
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27.
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...
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28.
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 ...
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29.
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 Rhône, and the remote slopes of Priorat in Catalonia. She meets people whose character, stubbornness, and sometimes, borde...
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30.
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...
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31.
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...
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32.
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...
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33.
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...
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34.
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 ...
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35.
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...
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36.
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
37.
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 Carré'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...
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38.
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...
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39.
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 ...
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40.
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...
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41.
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...
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42.
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...
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43.
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...
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44.
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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52.
Series:
The World Is a Narrow Bridge
Hardcover
Aaron Thier
9781635571417
$35.00
FICTION
Jul 03, 2018
“A book that looks at existence with equal measures of fear, humility and gratitude. In a time when novelists tend to be more concerned with psychology than the soul, that makes it a rare and valuable thing.” --Sam Sacks,Wall Street JournalFrom the author ofMr. Eternity, a darkly comic road novel about a millennial couple facing the ultimate question: how to live and love in an age of catastrophe.Young Miami couple Murphy and Eva havealmostdecided to have a baby when Yahweh, the Old Testament God, appears to Eva and makes an unwelcome demand: H...
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53.
Series:
Lamarck's Revenge
How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution's Past and Present
Hardcover
Peter Ward
9781632866158
$37.00
SCIENCE
Aug 14, 2018
Epigenetics upends natural selection and genetic mutation as the sole engines of evolution, and offers startling insights into our future heritable traits.In the 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first described epigenetics to explain the inheritance of acquired characteristics; however, his theory was supplanted in the 1800s by Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection through heritable genetic mutations. But natural selection could not adequately explain how rapidly species re-diversified and repopulated after mass extinctions. Now advance...
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Series:
The House of Islam
A Global History
Hardcover
Ed Husain
9781632866394
$40.00
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Jun 19, 2018
“Ed Husain has become one of the most vital Muslim voices in the world.The House of Islamcould very well be his magnum opus.” -Reza Aslan, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofZealot“This should be compulsory reading.” -Peter Frankopan, author of the international bestsellerThe Silk Roads Today, Islam is to many in the West an alien force, with Muslims held in suspicion. Failure to grasp the inner workings of religion and geopolitics has haunted American foreign policy for decades and has been decisive in the new administration's controversial ...
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55.
Series: Konrad Simonsen Thriller
The Night Ferry
Hardcover
Lotte Hammer
9781635571622
$37.00
FICTION
Jul 03, 2018
A riveting crime novel from the internationally bestselling authors ofThe HangingandThe Girl in the Ice--the fifth book in the Konrad Simonsen series.Sixteen children and four adults are killed in a devastating boat crash in Copenhagen. Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is called in, only to discover that this was no accident and that one of the passengers has a very personal connection to the homicide team.Reeling from this revelation and not knowing who to trust, Simonsen follows a trail that eventually leads him to Bosnia and a ...
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Series:
The Wonderful Mr Willughby
The First True Ornithologist
Hardcover
Tim Birkhead
9781408878484
$36.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 10, 2018
From the author ofBird Sense, a biography of Francis Willughby, the man who pulled the study of birds out of the dark ages and formed the foundations of modern ornithology.Francis Willughby lived and thrived in the midst of the rapidly accelerating scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Traveling with his Cambridge tutor John Ray, they decided to overhaul the whole of natural history by imposing order on its messiness and complexity. It was exhilarating, exacting, and exhausting work. Yet before their first book,Ornithology, could be...
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Series:
Eye of the Shoal
A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything
Hardcover
Helen Scales
9781472936844
$36.00
SCIENCE
Jun 19, 2018
There's something about fish that leaves a cold, slimy whiff in many people's minds. Either that, or fish are simply “food”; catching fish to eat is so deeply ingrained that we fish for fish, but we don't pigeon a pigeon or deer a deer. It's difficult to think of fish as wild, living things, partly because those chunks of white meat on our plates are almost impossible to connect to animate, living, breathing creatures.Wild fish hover in seas, rivers and lakes, out of sight and out of mind. But from the very first time Helen Scales immersed hers...
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Series:
Transforming Organizations
Engaging the 4Cs for Powerful Organizational Learning and Change
Hardcover
Michael Anderson
9781472949318
$47.00
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Jan 22, 2019
In a world where current political climates and management cultures make risk aversion commonplace,Transforming Organizationsshows how large and cumbersome organizations can adapt to an increasingly volatile and uncertain operating environment through the 4 Cs: Creativity, Critical reflection, Communication, and Collaboration. Based on extensive research in both the education and business sectors, the authors show how the 4 Cs can be embedded and enacted in many different types of organizations to make them more effective and responsive to emer...
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Series:
Detox Kitchen Vegetables
Hardcover
Lily Simpson
9781408884461
$48.00
COOKING
Jul 03, 2018
150 delicious feel-good recipes (all free from wheat, dairy, and refined sugar) that celebrate the versatility of tasty, nutritious and abundant vegetables.Detox Kitchen Vegetablesremoves the fear of cooking with vegetables--fear that they will be plain and boring, that they will be overcooked--and instead shows you how truly delicious they can be. Inside this book are 150 exquisite recipes for 35 different varieties of vegetables that are packed full of flavor. All wheat-, dairy- and refined-sugar-free, you'll find inventive and exciting dishe...
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Series:
How Fear Works
Culture of Fear in the Twenty-First Century
Hardcover
Frank Furedi
9781472947727
$37.00
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Aug 14, 2018
In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book calledCulture of Fear. It was widely acclaimed as perceptive and prophetic. Now Furedi returns to his original theme, as most of what he predicted has come true.In this new book, Furedi seeks to explain two interrelated themes: why has fear acquired such a morally commanding status in society today and how has the way we fear today changed from the way that it was experienced in the past? He explores key moments in the history of fear to help situate the workings of this emotion in contemporary society.Fur...
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