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Series: Eagle Rock All Summer Long Paperback Hope Larson 9780374310714 $16.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 May 01, 2018

*AKirkus ReviewsBest Book of 2018!*All Summer Long, a coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by the Eisner Award–winning andNew York Times–bestselling Hope Larson.Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up to Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own. At first it's a lot of guitar playing, boredom, and bad... + Read More
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Series: Bob Hardcover Wendy Mass 9781250166623 $22.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 May 01, 2018

It’s been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy’s grandmother in Australia. Now that she’s back, Livy has the feeling she’s forgotten something really, really important about Gran’s house.It turns out she’s right.Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit, didn’t forget Livy, or her promise. He’s been waiting five years for her to come back, hiding in a closet like she told him to. He can’t remember who—or what—he is, where he came from, or if he even has a family. But five years ago Livy promised she would help ... + Read More
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Series: The Weight of Ink Paperback Rachel Kadish 9781328915788 $24.99 FICTION May 01, 2018

WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD AUSA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept at nuance, narration, and the politics of passion."—Toni Morrison Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century,The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. When Helen is summoned by a former student ... + Read More
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Series: Brightly Burning Hardcover Alexa Donne 9781328948939 $25.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 99 May 01, 2018

“One of the most anticipated YA debuts of 2018, Brightly Burning is a gothic, romantic mystery with hints of Jane Eyre, Marissa Meyer, and Kiera Cass.” —Entertainment Weekly“Brightly Burning delivers a brooding gothic mystery and a swoony romance, all set in space. Donne’s atmospheric, twisty update of a cherished classic will keep you up late into the night!” —Elly Blake, NYT bestselling author of theFrostblood SagaStella Ainsley leaves poverty behind when she quits her engineering job aboard theStalwart to become a governess on a private ship... + Read More
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Series: Polly Diamond Polly Diamond and the Magic Book Book 1 Hardcover Alice Kuipers 9781452152325 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION May 01, 2018

"An enchanting adventure of magic and mishaps." —Kirkus Reviews"Upbeat and lovable, Polly Diamond brings the magic of imagination to life." —Booklist, starred reviewThe first in a delightfully funny and magical chapter book series perfect for fans of Ivy + Bean, Amelia Bedelia, and Dory Fantasmagory!Polly loves words. And she loves writing stories. So when a magic book appears on her doorstep that can make everything she writes happen in real life, Polly is certain all of her dreams are about to come true. But she soon learns that what you writ... + Read More
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Series: Wicked River A Novel Paperback Jenny Milchman 9781492658993 $22.99 FICTION May 01, 2018

"Wicked River is partly a who-is-my-husband-really story, partly a horror-in-the-wilderness story, and partly a Manhattan-family drama, all rolled up in elegantly propulsive prose, and shot through with sinister suspense."—LEE CHILD, New York Times bestselling authorSix million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated backcountry honeymoon seems ideal-a chance to start their lives together with an adventure. But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark interiors of t... + Read More
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Series: Baby University ABCs of Space Board book Chris Ferrie 9781492671121 $14.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) to 3 May 01, 2018

This alphabetical installment of the Baby University series is the perfect introduction for even the youngest astronomers!The ABCs of Space is a colorfully simple introduction for babies—and grownups—to a new astronomical concept for every letter of the alphabet. Written by an expert, each page in this mathematical primer features multiple levels of text so the book grows along with your little mathematician.Also in the Baby University Series:ABCs of ScienceABCs of PhysicsAstrophysics for BabiesBaby University: It only takes a small spark to ig... + Read More
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Series: A House That Once Was Hardcover Julie Fogliano 9781626723146 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 May 01, 2018

ANew York Times Best Illustrated book!ABoston GlobeBest Children's Book of 2018“Accompanied by Lane's evocative art that suggests layers of history, Fogliano's story turns this childhood scenario into a radiant poem about the mysteries of other people and the wonderfulness of home.” —New York TimesDeep in the woodsis a housejust a housethat once wasbut now isn’ta home.Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why did they leave it, and where did they go?Two children set off to find the answers by piecing together clues found, books... + Read More
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Series: Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Frost and Starlight Hardcover Sarah J. Maas 9781681196312 $23.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 17 May 01, 2018

Narrated by Feyre and Rhysand, this bridges the events inA Court of Wings and Ruinand the upcoming novels in the series.New in the #1 New York Timesbestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series,A Court of Frost and Starlight is a glimpse into the lives of Feyre and Rhys as they begin to recover from the war that changed their world.Feyre, Rhysand, and their close-knit circle of friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even ... + Read More
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Series: In Good Company Easy Recipes for Everyday Gatherings Hardcover Corbin Tomaszeski 9781773270005 $34.95 COOKING May 01, 2018

Corbin Tomaszeski is a chef with a unique vision: to bring meaning back to the world of food. Whether a reputable chef in Toronto, or hosting popular Food Network shows “Dinner Party Wars,” “Restaurant Makeover,” and “Restaurant Takeover,” Chef Corbin loves to communicate through food. In Good Company places emphasis on gatherings with friends and family. From Corbin's traditional Baba’s pierogis and the Tomaszeski Family Borscht to Four Season Tartines and Fennel-and-Pistachio-Crusted Lamb Rack, this beautifully designed cookbook features ... + Read More
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Series: Touch and Explore Touch and Explore: Vehicles Hardcover Stephanie Babin 9782745995490 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION May 01, 2018

Touch and Explore: Vehicles is a multisensory journey for children who want to do more than just listen!Touch the rough basket of a hot air balloon and lift the flap to find out more about the trash truck: TheTouch and Explore™ series, already bestsellers in their original French editions, are well-crafted interactive titles that encourage hands-on engagement, learning and knowledge retention. As you move through each page, young readers can touch theshiny wings of an airplane, therough basket of a hot-air balloon, and thepuffy sails of a sailb... + Read More
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Series: Our Kind of Cruelty A Novel Paperback Araminta Hall 9780374905675 $24.99 FICTION May 08, 2018

“A searing, chilling sliver of perfection . . . May well turn out to be the year’s best thriller.” —Charles Finch,The New York Times Book Review“This is simply one of the nastiest and most disturbing thrillers I’ve read in years. I loved it, right down to the utterly chilling final line.” —Gillian Flynn“A perfect nightmare of a novel—as merciless a thriller as I’ve ever read. Astonishingly dark and sensationally accomplished.” —A. J. Finn, author ofThe Woman in the WindowA spellbinding, darkly twisted novel about desire and obsession, and the ... + Read More
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Series: From Cold War to Hot Peace An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia Hardcover Michael McFaul 9780544716247 $43.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 08, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the diplomat Putin wants to interrogate—and has banned from Russia—a revelatory, inside account of U.S.-Russia relations from 1989 to the present“A fascinating and timely account of the current crisis in the relationship between Russia and the United States.”—New York Times Book ReviewPutin would need an enemy, and he turned to the most reliable one in Russia’s recent history: the United States and then, by extension, me. In 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely pr... + Read More
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Series: Deadman's Cross Death Doesn't Bargain A Deadman's Cross Novel Hardcover Sherrilyn Kenyon 9780765385710 $36.50 FICTION May 08, 2018

Death Doesn’t Bargainis the second historical fantasy title inNew York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Deadman’s Cross series. Where Deadmen tell their tales, and every soul is damned or redeemed by the final choices they make.The Deadmen are back…But so are the demons who have broken free of their eternal prison and are bent on mankind’s destruction. The worst of the lot is Vine, determined to claim their lives for taking hers. She will see the world burn…and has the perfect lure to destroy them all. One of their own.Kalder Dupree ... + Read More
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Series: My Ex-Life A Novel Hardcover Stephen McCauley 9781250122438 $33.99 FICTION May 08, 2018

National BestsellerBest Book of the Year: NPR, Shelf Awareness“I didn't know how much I needed a laugh until I began reading Stephen McCauley's new novel,My Ex-Life. This is the kind of witty, sparkling, sharp novel for which the verb ‘chortle’ was invented.” —Maureen Corrigan,Fresh Air“McCauley fits neatly alongside Tom Perrotta and Maria Semple in the category of ‘Novelists You’d Most Like to Drive Across the Country With.’” —The New York Times Book ReviewDavid Hedges’s life is coming apart at the seams. His job helping San Francisco rich kid... + Read More
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Series: The High Tide Club A Novel Paperback Mary Kay Andrews 9781250199621 $24.99 FICTION May 08, 2018

An instantNew York Times bestseller (May 2018) from the author ofThe Weekenders - a delightful new novel about new love, old secrets, and the kind of friendship that transcends generations.Eccentric heiress Josephine Warrick is a notorious recluse - reigning over a crumbling pink mansion on a private island, she is rarely seen but often whispered about. So when Brooke Trappnell, a struggling young lawyer, is summoned to the island, she has no idea what's in store. As she listens to Josephine recount a story of old friendship, dark secrets, and ... + Read More
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Series: How to Walk Away A Novel Paperback Katherine Center 9781250199614 $23.99 FICTION May 15, 2018

From the author ofHappiness for Beginners comes the instantNew York Times bestseller (May 2018), an unforgettable love story about finding joy even in the darkest of circumstances.Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she’s worked for so hard and so long: a new dream job, a fiancÃ© she adores, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a brief, tumultuous moment.In the hospital... + Read More
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Series: Robin Hardcover Dave Itzkoff 9781627794244 $39.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 15, 2018

FromNew York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams – a compelling portrait of one of America’s most beloved and misunderstood entertainers.From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role inMork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance inGood Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intens... + Read More
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Series: Lonely Planet Lonely Planet's Global Coffee Tour 1st Ed. 1st Edition Hardcover Lonely Planet 9781787013599 $28.99 TRAVEL May 15, 2018

Packed with over 150 amazing coffee experiences in 37 countries, from its birthplace in East Africa, to modern-day Cuba, the United States, Australia and the UK, this follow-up to our hugely popularGlobal Beer Tour features legendary espresso bars, plantation tours, urban roasteries and must-visit cafes.Inside this definitive guide to coffee tasting around the world, you'll discover exactly where to go and what to try, plus illustrated spreads on roasting coffee, cocktails, brewing techniques and more. The places you'll learn about inLonely Pla... + Read More
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Series: Furyborn Paperback Claire Legrand 9781492673002 $16.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION May 22, 2018

The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world? or doom it. When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed? unless the trials kill her first. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Riell... + Read More
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Series: Sabrina Hardcover Nick Drnaso 9781770463165 $32.95 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS May 22, 2018

THE FIRST EVER GRAPHIC NOVEL NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE! LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE! "A profoundly American nightmare... The fictional killing in Sabrina is disturbing, but Drnaso doesn't fixate on the gore or the culprit; he's more concerned with how the public claims and consumes it, spinning out morbid fantasies with impunity... It's a shattering work of art." Ed Park, New York Times Conspiracy theories, breakdown, murder: Everything's gonna be all right - until it isn't. When Sabrina disappears, an ... + Read More
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Series: How Hard Can It Be? A Novel Paperback Allison Pearson 9781250201300 $24.99 FICTION Jun 05, 2018

Look, I was doing OK. I got through the oil spill on the road that is turning forty. Lost a little control, but I drove into the skid just like the driving instructors tell you to and afterwards things were fine again, no, really, they were better than fine.Kate Reddy had it all: a nice home, two adorable kids, a good husband. Then her kids became teenagers (read: monsters). Richard, her husband, quit his job, taking up bicycling and therapeutic counseling: drinking green potions, dressing head to toe in Lycra, and spending his time—and their m... + Read More
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Series: Caraval Legendary A Caraval Novel Hardcover Stephanie Garber 9781250095312 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 May 29, 2018

The instant #1New York Times bestseller! Stephanie Garber’s limitless imagination takes flight once more in the colorful, mesmerizing, and immersive sequel to the bestselling breakout debutCaraval...A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella ... + Read More
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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,... + Read More
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Series: Villains Vicious Paperback V. E. Schwab 9781250183507 $23.50 FICTION May 29, 2018

A trade paperback repackage ofNew York Times bestseller V.E. Schwab'sVicious, a masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, and superpowers which will include:*A new cover by Wil Staehle, cover artist of the iconic Shades of Magic trilogy covers*Schwab's Tor.com short story set within theVicious universe, "Warm Up"*A teaser for the upcoming sequel,VengefulVictor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adr... + Read More
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Series: The Summer I Met Jack A Novel Paperback Michelle Gable 9781250199607 $24.99 FICTION May 29, 2018

"[The Summer I Met Jack] offers an alternate Kennedy family history that will leave readers wondering whether America knew the real JFK at all." --Kirkus ReviewsNew York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between John F. Kennedy and Alicia Corning Clark - and the child they may have had.Based on a real story - in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the o... + Read More