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Series: Wooden Books Stone Circles Hardcover Hugh Newman 9781635573046 $19.00 ARCHITECTURE Oct 09, 2018

In this beautifully illustrated book, Hugh Newman takes us on a fascinating journey around the world, examining mysterious stone circles of the megalithic culture.Stone circles conjure up a lost world of mysterious ceremonies, druid astronomers and pagan dances. How such mighty rings were constructed has long baffled archaeologists and antiquarians. The most famous stone circle is Stonehenge in England, but expert Hugh Newman shows that these incredible architectural monuments can be found around the world, with more than a thousand of them app... + Read More
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Series: The Art of the Graphic Memoir Tell Your Story, Change Your Life Paperback Tom Hart 9781250113344 $33.99 ART Nov 06, 2018

#1New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and story-telling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows you how to do it. With two dozen professional examples and a deep-dive into his own story, Hart encourages readers to hone their signature style in the best way to represent their journeys on the page.With clear examples and visual aids,The Art of the Graphi... + Read More
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Series: Real American A Memoir Paperback Julie Lythcott-Haims 9781250296733 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 21, 2018

A fearless debut memoir in which beloved and bestsellingHow to Raise an Adult author Julie Lythcott-Haims pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a black woman in America“Courageous, achingly honest."—Michelle Alexander,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness“A compelling, incisive and thoughtful examination of race, origin and what it means to be called an American.Engaging, heartfelt and beautifully written, Lythcott-Haims explores the American spectrum of identity with ... + Read More
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Series: Been So Long My Life and Music Hardcover Jorma Kaukonen 9781250125484 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 28, 2018

"A modern parable." —from the foreword by Grace Slick“Jorma Kaukonen is a force in American music, equally adept at fingerpicked acoustic folk and blues as he is at wailing on an electric.”– Acoustic Guitar“Jorma Kaukonen lit a fuse and transformed his electric guitar into a firework.” – Live For Live MusicIncludes a CD of live music as a companion to the book!From the man who made a name for himself as a founding member and lead guitarist of Jefferson Airplane comes a memoir that offers a rare glimpse into the heart and soul of a musical geniu... + Read More
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Series: Alice in Chains The Untold Story Paperback David de Sola 9781250199386 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 13, 2018

The first comprehensive biography of Alice In Chains from its genre-forging years on the hard edge of grunge to the tragic death of lead singer Layne Staley and the band's comeback.Alice in Chains were among the loudest voices out of Seattle. They were iconic pioneers who mixed grunge and metal in ways that continue to influence today's artists, and theirs is a story of hard work, self-destruction, rising from the ashes, and carrying on a lasting legacy.Four years after their first meeting at a warehouse under Seattle's Ballard Bridge, Alice in... + Read More
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Series: Gold Dust Woman The Biography of Stevie Nicks Paperback Stephen Davis 9781250295620 $24.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 30, 2018

ANEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac’s mesmerizing frontwoman.” - People Magazine"Davis is astute and respectful...adept in his literary analysis." -The New York Times Book ReviewStevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. She's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock ‘n' roller.Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (The Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equal... + Read More
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Series: Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite My Story Hardcover Roger Daltrey 9781250296030 $39.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who.“It’s taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” says Roger Daltrey, the powerhouse vocalist of The Who. The result of this introspection is a remarkable memoir, instantly captivating, funny and frank, chock-f... + Read More
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Series: Live Long And . . . What I Learned Along the Way Hardcover William Shatner 9781250166692 $34.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age."I have always felt," William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that "like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100, I couldn’t die as long as I was booked." And Shatner is always booked.Still, a brief health scare in 2016 forced him to take stock. After mulling over the lessons he's learned, the places he's been, and all the miracles and strange occurrences he's witnessed over the course of... + Read More
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Series: Recovery Freedom from Our Addictions Paperback Russell Brand 9781250182456 $22.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Dec 31, 2018

A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery“This manual for self-realization comes not from a mountain but from the mud...My qualification is not that I am better than you but I am worse.”—Russell BrandWith a rare mix of honesty, humor, and compassion, comedian and movie star Russell Brand mines his own wild story and shares the advice and wisdom he has gained through his fourteen years of recovery. ... + Read More
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Series: James Wright A Life in Poetry Paperback Jonathan Blunk 9780374537937 $24.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 12, 2019

The authorized and sweeping biography of one of America’s most complex, influential, and enduring poetsIn the extraordinary generation of American poets who came of age in the middle of the twentieth century, James Wright (1927–1980) was frequently placed at the top of the list. With a fierce, single-minded devotion to his work, Wright escaped the steel town of his Depression-era childhood in the Ohio valley to become a revered professor of English literature and a Pulitzer Prize winner. But his hometown remained at the heart of his work, and h... + Read More
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Series: The Wine Lover's Daughter A Memoir Paperback Anne Fadiman 9780374537944 $21.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 13, 2018

A memoir by the celebrated essayist that explores her relationship with her father, a lover of wineInThe Wine Lover’s Daughter, Anne Fadiman examines—with all her characteristic wit and feeling—her relationship with her father, Clifton Fadiman, a renowned literary critic, editor, and radio host whose greatest love was wine.An appreciation of wine—along with a plummy upper-crust accent, expensive suits, and an encyclopedic knowledge of Western literature—was an essential element of Clifton Fadiman’s escape from lower-middle-class Brooklyn to swa... + Read More
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Series: The Bughouse The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound Paperback Daniel Swift 9780374538040 $22.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 20, 2018

In 1945, the American poet Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War.Before the trial could take place, however, he was pronounced insane. Escaping a possible death sentence, he was sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital near Washington, D.C., where he was held for more than a decade.At the hospital, Pound was at his most infamous, and most contradictory. He was a genius and a traitor, a great poet and a madman. He was also an irresistible figure and, in his cell on Chestnut Ward and ... + Read More
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Series: Prairie Fires The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Paperback Caroline Fraser 9781250182487 $31.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 07, 2018

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDWINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONONE OF THENEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne ofThe New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the YearThe first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of theLittle House on the Prairie booksMillions of readers ofLittle House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls—the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Pl... + Read More
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Series: Bounty Hunter 4/3 From the Bronx to Marine Scout Sniper Paperback Jason Delgado 9781250190420 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

The memoir of Jason Delgado, a US Marine scout sniper and MARSOC's first lead sniper instructor.The fight for Jason Delgado's life and soul began when he was just a boy. He ultimately escaped the death and drugs of a crime-riddled Bronx by way of the United States Marine Corps. However, after earning his way into the esteemed ranks of the service's famed Scout Snipers, Delgado saw that old struggle reignited when he was dumped into the hell of war in Iraq.There Delgado proved not only a participant, but a warrior capable of turning the tide in ... + Read More
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Series: Promise Me, Dad A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose Paperback Joe Biden 9781250171696 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 20, 2018

The Instant #1New York Times BestsellerFrom President Joe Biden,Promise Me Dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country.“Biden splices a heartbreaking story with an election story and a foreign affairs story. And in so doing, he offers something for everyone, no matter which strand draws you in.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was ... + Read More
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Series: Dare Not Linger The Presidential Years Paperback Nelson Mandela 9781250192806 $26.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 09, 2018

The long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandela’s memoirs, left unfinished at his death and never before available, are here completed and expanded with notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency, making for a moving sequel to his worldwide bestsellerLong Walk to Freedom.“I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have co... + Read More
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Series: Believe Me My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease Paperback Yolanda Hadid 9781250132772 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

From the star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills comes an emotional and eye opening behind-the-scenes look at her descent into uncovering the mystery of chronic Lyme disease.In early 2011, Yolanda was struck by mysterious symptoms including brain fog, severe exhaustion, migraines and more. Over the months and years that followed, she went from being an outspoken, multi-tasking, hands-on mother of three, reality TV star, and social butterfly, to a woman who spent most of her time in bed. Yolanda was turned inside out by some of the country’... + Read More
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Series: Unstoppable My Life So Far Paperback Maria Sharapova 9780374538026 $21.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

*One ofThe Boston Globe's Best Books of 2017*From the five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, the candid, captivating story of her rise to tennis stardomIn the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don’t speak English. The two have arrived from Russia with only seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old will be the next tennis star. Amazingly, they are right... + Read More
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Series: The Mamba Mentality How I Play Hardcover Kobe Bryant 9780374201234 $45.50 SPORTS & RECREATION Oct 23, 2018

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on an unprecedented journey to the core of the legendary “Mamba mentality.” Citing an obligation and an opportunity to teach young players, hard... + Read More
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Series: The Butchering Art Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine Paperback Lindsey Fitzharris 9780374537968 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShort-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book PrizeA Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017,Publishers WeeklyA Best History Book of 2017,The Guardian"Warning: She spares no detail!" —Erik Larson, bestselling author ofDead WakeInThe Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters—no place for the... + Read More
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Series: Admissions Life as a Brain Surgeon Paperback Henry Marsh 9781250190024 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

The 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist,International Bestseller, and a KirkusBest Nonfiction Book of 2017!“Marsh has retired, which means he’s taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections makeAdmissionsan even more introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible.”—The New York Times"Disarmingly frank storytelling...his reflections on death and dying equal those in Atul Gawande's excellentBeing Mortal."—The EconomistHenry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline.... + Read More
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Series: In Shock My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope Paperback Rana Awdish 9781250293770 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 16, 2018

Now aLos Angeles Times BestsellerThe New York Times Book Review:"Awdish's book is the one I wished we were given as assigned reading our first year of medical school, alongside our white coats and stethoscopes...dramatic, engaging and instructive."A riveting first-hand account of a physician who's suddenly a dying patient and her revelation of the horribly misguided standard of care in the medical worldDr. Rana Awdish never imagined that an emergency trip to the hospital would result in hemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her... + Read More
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Series: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Hardcover Donna Brazile 9781250137715 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics. It’s a wonderful, necessary book.”– Hillary ClintonThe four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in America.The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries.For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty year... + Read More
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Series: South The Race to the Pole Paperback Pieter van der Merwe 9781844864867 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

The late 1890s saw the start of a "heroic age" in polar exploration. This book tells the story of three men who were to embody the spirit of the time--driven by courage, determination and ambition, to be the first to discover the South Pole: Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Ernest Shackleton.South: The Race to the Pole describes the extraordinary challenges faced and hardships endured in their attempts.Illustrated throughout, the book contains a map depicting the routes of the various expeditions, crew lists, a selected bibliography and ... + Read More
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Series: An Uncommon Reader A Life of Edward Garnett, Mentor and Editor of Literary Genius Paperback Helen Smith 9780374537999 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Dec 11, 2018

One ofThe Sunday Times' (U.K.) Books of the Year"Garnett's life will not need to be written again." —Andrew Morton,Times Literary SupplementA penetrating biography of the most important English-language editor of the early twentieth centuryDuring the course of a career spanning half a century, Edward Garnett—editor, critic, and reader for hire—would become one of the most influential men in twentieth-century English literature. Known for his incisive criticism and unwavering conviction in matters of taste, Garnett was responsible for identifyin... + Read More
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Series: The Vanity Fair Diaries Power, Wealth, Celebrity, and Dreams: My Years at the Magazine That Defined a Decade Paperback Tina Brown 9781250191250 $26.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 30, 2018

Named one of the best books of 2017 by Time, People, Amazon.com, The Guardian, Paste Magazine, & VogueTina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throughout her eight spectacular years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. Today they provide an incendiary portrait of the flash and dash and power brokering of the Excessive Eighties in New York and Hollywood.The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in New York City with a dream. Summoned from London in hopes that she can save Normal ... + Read More
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Series: The Man I Never Met A Memoir Hardcover Adam Schefter 9781250161895 $34.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

A powerful true story of loss and hope by one of the biggest names in sports media.On September 11, 2001, Joe Maio went to work in the north tower of the World Trade Center. He never returned, leaving behind a wife, Sharri, and 15-month old son, Devon. Five years later, Sharri remarried, and Devon welcomed a new dad into his life.For thousands, the whole country really, 9/11 is a day of grief. For Adam and Sharri Maio Schefter and their family it’s not just a day of grief, but also hope. This is a story of 9/11, but it’s also the story of 9... + Read More
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Series: If You Love Me A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction Hardcover Maureen Cavanagh 9781250297341 $26.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

Maureen Cavanagh’s gripping memoir If You Love Me is the story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles—and ultimately reckons with—substance use disorder.Fast-paced and heartwarming, devastating and redemptive, Maureen’s incredible odyssey into the opioid crisis—first as a parent, then as an advocate—is ultimately a deeply moving mother-daughter story. When Maureen and her ex-husband Mike see their daughter Katie’s needle track marks for the first time, it is a complete shock. But,... + Read More
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Series: Happiness: A Memoir The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After Paperback Heather Harpham 9781250301147 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 13, 2018

Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine’s April 2018 book pickA shirt-grabbing, page-turning love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices.Happiness begins with a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, a world-roaming California girl, and Brian, an intellectual, homebody writer, kind and slyly funny, but loath to leave his Upper West Side studio. Their magical interlude ends, full stop, when Heather becomes pregnant—Brian is sure he loves her, only he doesn... + Read More
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Series: Patient H69 The Story of My Second Sight Paperback Vanessa Potter 9781472936127 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 06, 2018

Imagine waking up, suddenly blind and paralyzed! It happened to “patient h69” in this gripping story of one women's quest to understand her unique neurological illness and recover from it.In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. Over the next five months, she regained mobility, but recovering her sight was more problematic. At first what she saw was monochromatic. As color r... + Read More
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Series: The Runner Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness Paperback Markus Torgeby 9781472954978 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

As a teenager, Markus Torgeby turned out to be a very talented long-distance runner. It didn't take long before he was discovered by an enthusiastic coach who set very high goals. However, while Markus performed brilliantly in training, during competitions he often failed inexplicably.The pressure of competition alongside the strain of caring for his MS-suffering mother took its toll, and when an injury put an end to Markus's running career, he lost his foothold in life. At just 20 years old, Markus moved to one of the most isolated and cold re... + Read More
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Series: The Best of Us A Memoir Paperback Joyce Maynard 9781635570359 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 11, 2018

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Best of the Year ListIndie Next Pick "For Reading Groups"FromNew York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard, a memoir about discovering strength in the midst of great loss--"heart wrenching, inspiring, full of joy and tears and life." (Anne Lamott)In 2011, when she was in her late fifties, beloved author and journalist Joyce Maynard met the first true partner she had ever known. Jim wore a rakish hat over a good head of hair; he asked real questions and gave real answers; he loved to see Joyce shine, both in and o... + Read More
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Series: Street Warrior The True Story of the NYPD's Most Decorated Detective and the Era That Created Him Paperback Ralph Friedman 9781250190437 $25.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 30, 2018

As Seen On Discovery Channel's "Street Justice: The Bronx"2,000 arrests. 100 off-duty arrests. 6,000 assists. 15 shootings. 8 shot. 4 kills. These are not the performance statistics of an entire NYPD unit. They are the record that makes Detective 2nd Grade Ralph Friedman a legend. Friedman was arguably the toughest cop ever to wear the shield and was the most decorated detective in the NYPD’s 170-year history. Stationed at the South Bronx’s notorious 41 Precinct, known by its nickname “Fort Apache,” Friedman served during one of the city’s most... + Read More
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Series: Black Klansman Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime Paperback Ron Stallworth 9781250299055 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 31, 2018

The #1New York Times Bestseller!The extraordinary true story and basis for the Academy Award winning filmBlacKkKlansman, written and directed by Spike Lee, produced by Jordan Peele, and starring John David Washington and Adam Driver.When detective Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a P.O. box, Detective Stallworth does his job and responds with interest, using his... + Read More
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Series: The Gourmands' Way Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy Paperback Justin Spring 9780374538019 $22.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 16, 2018

APublishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2017 and aChristian Science Monitor Best Book of 2017. Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Culinary History."The broad outline of Spring's thesis is so persuasive, the details so evocative (not to mention mouth watering), that anyone interested in the evolution of cooking in America will findThe Gourmands' Way informative and indispensable." —Wendy Smith,The Boston GlobeA biography of six writers on food and wine whose lives and careers intersected in mid-twentieth-century France.During the ... + Read More
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Series: Secrecy World (Now the Major Motion Picture THE LAUNDROMAT) Inside the Panama Papers, Illicit Money Networks, and the Global Elite Paperback Jake Bernstein 9781250182463 $23.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 13, 2018

Now a Major Motion PictureThe Laundromatfrom Director Steven Soderbergh, Starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio BanderasTwo-time Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Jake Bernstein takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale.A hidden circulatory system flows beneath the surface of global finance, carrying trillions of dollars from drug trafficking, tax evasion, bribery, and other illegal enterprises. This network masks the identities o... + Read More
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Series: The Dichotomy of Leadership Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win Hardcover Jocko Willink 9781250195777 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 25, 2018

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1New York Timesbestselling authors ofExtreme Ownership comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory.With their first book,Extreme Ownership (published in October 2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin set a new standard for leadership, challenging readers to become better leaders, better followers, and better people, in both their professional and personal lives. Now, in THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP,Jocko and Leif dive even deeper in... + Read More
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Series: Lead Yourself First Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude Paperback Raymond M. Kethledge 9781632866325 $23.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 09, 2018

"Lead Yourself First makes a compelling argument for the integral relationship between solitude and leadership." --The Wall Street JournalThroughout history, leaders have used solitude as a matter of course. Martin Luther King found moral courage while sitting alone at his kitchen table one night during the Montgomery bus boycott. Jane Goodall used her intuition in the jungles of central Africa while learning how to approach chimps. Solitude is a state of mind, a space where you can focus on your own thoughts without distraction, with a power t... + Read More
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Series: Monk! Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution Hardcover Youssef Daoudi 9781626724341 $32.50 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Sep 25, 2018

"Read this invigorating graphic narrative, then—quickly, before the spell breaks!—play one of Monk's records." —Saul WilliamsShe is Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter, a free-spirited baroness of the Rothschild family. He is Thelonious Sphere Monk, a musical genius fighting against the whims of his troubled mind. Their enduring friendship begins in 1954 and ends only with Monk’s death in 1982.Set against the backdrop of New York during the heyday of jazz,Monk! explores the rare alchemy between two brilliant beings separated by an ocean o... + Read More
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Series: The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt A Tyranny of Truth Hardcover Ken Krimstein 9781635571882 $37.00 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Sep 25, 2018

Winner of theBernard J. Brommel Award for Biography & MemoirBest Graphic Novels of the Year--ForbesJewish Book Award FinalistFinalist for the Chautauqua PrizeForPersepolis andLogicomix fans, aNew Yorker cartoonist’s page-turning graphic biography of the fascinating Hannah Arendt,the most prominent philosopher of the twentieth century.One of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a hero of political thought, the largely unsung and often misunderstood Hannah Arendt is best known for her landmark 1951 book on openness in political ... + Read More
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Series: RecipeLion Cake! 103 Decadent Recipes for Poke Cakes, Dump Cakes, Everyday Cakes, and Special Occasion Cakes Everyone Will Love Paperback Addie Gundry 9781250161963 $25.99 COOKING Oct 02, 2018

The ever-popular queen of desserts takes center stage in Food Network star Addie Gundry's cake cookbook, from trendy poke cakes to old-fashioned icebox cakes to swoon-worthy layered cakes.From birthdays to holidays to Tuesdays, there’s always room for cake. Family and friends marvel at impressive tiered cakes while adorable individual mug cakes satisfy late-night cravings. This cookbook features recipes for coffee cakes like Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake to timeless classics reinvented like Carrot Cake Poke Cake to quick and easy favorites like Slo... + Read More
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Series: Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion Hardcover Jeff Hertzberg M.D. M.D. 9781250077561 $45.50 COOKING Nov 06, 2018

From the authors of the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day series comes a holiday and celebration cookbook that uses the same groundbreaking quick and easy baking method.ZoÃ« FranÃ§ois and Jeff Hertzberg shocked the baking world when they proved that homemade yeast dough could be stored in the refrigerator to use whenever you need it. Now, they’ve done it again withHoliday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day, a cookbook with savory, sweet, healthy, and decadent recipes for every occasion.Every culture has its great bread traditions for... + Read More
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Series: Delicious Bundt Cakes More Than 100 New Recipes for Timeless Favorites Paperback Roxanne Wyss 9781250170040 $25.99 COOKING Oct 02, 2018

Addie Gundry says:"Roxanne Wyss and Kathy Moore know Bundt cakes! There is a Bundt cake for every occasion and with so many to choose from, and so many beautiful photos, I do not know where to begin. Looking to make a delicious Bundt cake? Look no further, this is the only book you need!"Bake stunning, scrumptious Bundt cakes with exciting flavors without spending hours in the kitchen!The duo behindDelicious Poke CakesandDelicious Dump Cakesis back with another book of quick and easy desserts. InDelicious Bundt Cakes, Roxanne Wyss and Kathy Moo... + Read More
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Series: A Little Tea Book All the Essentials from Leaf to Cup Hardcover Sebastian Beckwith 9781632869029 $27.00 COOKING Oct 16, 2018

From tea guru Sebastian Beckwith andNew York Times bestsellers Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton comes the essential guide to exploring and enjoying the vast world of tea.Tea, the most popular beverage in the world after water, has brought nations to war, defined cultures, bankrupted coffers, and toppled kings. And yet in many ways this fragrantly comforting and storied brew remains elusive, even to its devotees. As down-to-earth yet stylishly refined as the drink itself,A Little Tea Book submerges readers into tea, exploring its varieties, s... + Read More
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Series: My Greek Table Authentic Flavors and Modern Home Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours Hardcover Diane Kochilas 9781250166371 $44.99 COOKING Dec 24, 2018

Celebrity chef and award-winning cookbook author Diane Kochilas presents a companion to her Public Television cooking-travel series with this lavishly photographed volume of classic and contemporary cuisine inMy Greek Table: Authentic Flavors and Modern Home Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours.Inspired by her travels and family gatherings, the recipes and stories Diane Kochilas shares inMy Greek Table celebrate the variety of food and the culture of Greece. Her Mediterranean meals, crafted from natural ingredients and prepared in the region’s trad... + Read More
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Series: RecipeLion Festive Holiday Recipes 103 Must-Make Dishes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve Everyone Will Love Paperback Addie Gundry 9781250146366 $25.99 COOKING Oct 16, 2018

InFestive Holiday Recipes,Food Network star Addie Gundry offers easy, delightful holiday recipes all in one place for everyone looking for that last minute recipe for entertaining. There’s a reason it’s called the most wonderful time of the year. From easy appetizers for holiday and New Year’s Eve entertaining, like Caramelized Onion Tartlets, to recipes for The Best Roast Turkey and all your favorite sides, pies, and even leftover ideas, this book is a home cook’s trusty sous chef for easy and elegant entertaining throughout the holiday season... + Read More
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Series: Instantly French! Classic French Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker Paperback Ann Mah 9781250184443 $29.99 COOKING Sep 25, 2018

The first electric pressure cooker book devoted specifically to French food,Instantly French! brings the scrumptious flavors of traditional French cuisine to your table—without the hours of slow cooking French food normally requires.Author ofMastering the Art of French Eating, Ann Mah is undoubtedly an expert on all things relating to French food. But when she discovered the electric pressure cooker, she realized that it was the secret weapon the French have used for years to speedily prepare the complex dishes ofla cuisine de grandmÃ¨re. In h... + Read More
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Series: The Best Induction Burner Recipes on the Planet 100 Easy Recipes for Your Portable Cooktop Paperback Ella Sanders 9781250190390 $25.99 COOKING Nov 13, 2018

Make flavorful meals in minutes using your induction burner!Discover your new secret to fast results and amazing taste (even in small spaces!) withThe Best Induction Burner Recipes on the Planet! Portable, versatile, and extremely safe to use, an induction burner is a must-have appliance that will significantly change the way you cook. Unlike traditional gas and electric burners, induction cooktops rely on electromagnetism to generate heat directly in your pan. The result: faster cooking time and better temperature control—without heating up yo... + Read More
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Series: Bottom of the Pot Persian Recipes and Stories Hardcover Naz Deravian 9781250134417 $45.00 COOKING Sep 18, 2018

Winner of the IACP 2019 First Book Award presented by The Julia Child FoundationLike Madhur Jaffrey and Marcella Hazan before her, Naz Deravian will introduce the pleasures and secrets of her mother culture's cooking to a broad audience that has no idea what it's been missing. America will not only fall in love with Persian cooking, it'll fall in love with Naz.”-Samin Nosrat, author ofSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat: The Four Elements of Good CookingNaz Deravian lays out the multi-hued canvas of a Persian meal, with 100+ recipes adapted to an American h... + Read More
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Series: Easy-Freeze Slow Cooker Cookbook 100 Freeze-Ahead, Cook-Themselves Meals for Every Slow Cooker Paperback Ella Sanders 9781250116604 $25.99 COOKING Sep 18, 2018

Dinner is done with these 100 easy make-ahead mealsMake dinner a breeze withTheEasy-Freeze Slow Cooker Cookbook! Having an incredible meal on the table doesn’t have to be a nightly struggle. These delicious recipes are specially designed for easy preparation so that you can have a month’s worth of meals made in just a couple of hours! The easy-to-follow recipes and tools for organizing your freezer meals will make the question of what’s for dinner a problem of the past.When you’re headed out the door, just pull one of these tasty dinners out of... + Read More
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Series: Creative Selection Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs Hardcover Ken Kocienda 9781250194466 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 04, 2018

*WALL STREET JOURNALBESTSELLER *An insider's account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs.Hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every day; several thousand work on Apple's campus in Cupertino, California; but only a handful sit at the drawing board.Creative Selection recounts the life of one of the few who worked behind the scenes, a highly-respected software engineer who worked in the final years of the Steve Jobs era—the Golden Age of Apple.Ken Kocienda offers an inside look at Apple’s creative process... + Read More
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Series: Dawn of the New Everything Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality Paperback Jaron Lanier 9781250097408 $26.00 COMPUTERS Nov 06, 2018

Named one of the best books of 2017 byThe Economist, The Wall Street Journal,&VoxThe father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technologyBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility.Through a fascinating look back over his life in technology, Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist and father of the term “vir... + Read More
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Series: Knit & Crochet Striped Crochet Blankets 20 Modern Heirlooms to Crochet Paperback Haafner Linssen 9781250176998 $28.99 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Sep 25, 2018

Create beautiful striped blankets in timeless color combinationsHaafner Linssen, author ofCrochet Mandalas, reinvents the classic stripe pattern with her collection of vibrant blankets and afghans. Striped patterns are relaxing to create, work up quickly, and—best of all—don’t have too many ends to weave in. With clean, simple designs and subtle color combinations, these beautiful patterns will inspire you to create a modern heirloom.Striped Crochet Blankets includes twenty projects, all of them made using basic crochet techniques and stitches... + Read More
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Series: The Five Invitations Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully Paperback Frank Ostaseski 9781250076748 $23.50 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Jan 22, 2019

The cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and pioneer behind the compassionate care movement shares an inspiring exploration of the lessons dying has to offer about living a fulfilling life.Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most.Life and death are a package deal. They cannot be pulled apart and we cannot truly live unless we are aware of death.The Five Invitations is an exhilara... + Read More
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Series: Time to Parent Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You Paperback Julie Morgenstern 9781627797436 $23.50 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Sep 04, 2018

InTime to Parent, the bestselling organizational guru takes on the ultimate time-management challenge—parenting, from toddlers to teens—with concrete ways to structure and spend true quality time with your kids.Would you ever take a job without a job description, let alone one that requires a lifetime contract? Parents do this every day, and yet there is no instruction manual that offers achievable methods for containing and organizing the seemingly endless job of parenting. Finding a healthy balance between raising a human andbeinga human ofte... + Read More
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Series: Nine Perfect Strangers A Novel Hardcover Liane Moriarty 9781250069825 $35.99 FICTION Nov 06, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow a Hulu original series“If three characters were good inBig Little Lies, nine are even better inNine Perfect Strangers.” —Lisa Scottoline,The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the #1New York Times bestselling author ofBig Little LiesCould ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest page-turner, nine perfect strangers are about to find out...Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons the... + Read More
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Series: Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago: Destiny's Call Paperback Mark Latham 9781472832702 $11.99 FICTION Oct 23, 2018

Samir is a thief, a street-urchin from Yad Sha'Rib, greatest city in the Empire. Like the city itself, he carries a secret; Samir is descended from the Heritors, powerful warriors who once drank from the fabled Crystal Pool. Though he dreams of one day saving his people from slavery and oppression, Samir keeps his nascent powers hidden lest he meets the same fate as his father--a slow death in the dungeons, where the grand vizier, Zhar-Marrhad, conducts dark experiments to unlock the Heritors' secrets.When the Ghost Archipelago appears once mor... + Read More
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Series: Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago: Farwander Paperback Ben Counter 9781472832726 $11.99 FICTION Sep 18, 2018

Fleeing yet another sticky situation, the rogue Farwander lands aboard a ship bound for the mysterious Ghost Archipelago. Unwittingly he has joined the Heritor, Lady Temnos, on her expedition to the fabled isle of Penitent's Landing, where a mighty treasure is said to lie at the pinnacle of the volcanic Mount Golca. As the expedition approaches its goal, Farwander is entangled in the fight between Lady Temnos and her rival, the monstrous Lord Hekatar, prophet of the cruel sea goddess Scaravayle. Ocean-borne battles, sea monsters, and the myriad... + Read More
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Series: Librarians The Librarians and the Pot of Gold Paperback Greg Cox 9780765384119 $20.99 FICTION Oct 30, 2018

The Librarians and the Pot of Gold is an original novel based on the hit TNT television showThe Librarians, byNew York Times bestselling author Greg Cox.For millennia, the Librarians have secretly protected the world by keeping watch over dangerous magical relics. Cataloging and safeguarding everything from Excalibur to Pandora’s Box, they stand between humanity and those who would use the relics for evil.
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Series: They Promised Me The Gun Wasn't Loaded Paperback James Alan Gardner 9780765398789 $29.99 FICTION Nov 06, 2018

Award-winning author James Alan Gardner returns to the superheroic fantasy world ofAll Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault withThey Promised Me The Gun Wasn't Loaded.Only days have passed since a freak accident granted four college students superhuman powers. Now Jools and her friends (who haven’t even picked out a name for their superhero team yet) get caught up in the hunt for a Mad Genius’s misplaced super-weapon.But when Jools falls in with a modern-day Robin Hood and his band of super-powered Merry Men, she finds it hard to sort out... + Read More