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Series: Interior A Novel Paperback Thomas Clerc 9781250214904 $24.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 16, 2019

"Haunting, a book of ghosts and a book of this moment." —Parul Sehgal,The New York TimesA comic experiment in sociology and self-absorption, the award-winning author Thomas Clerc’s autobiographicalInterior is a unique invitation into a professor’s preoccupations and possessions within the rooms of a small Parisian apartment.Composed of bite-size vignettes, remembrances, and digressions, and filled with lighthearted transitions from pure description to quirky reminiscence and back, this meticulous tour through the rooms of Clerc’s home reveals f... + Read More
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Series: Built The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures Paperback Roma Agrawal 9781635570236 $24.00 ARCHITECTURE May 21, 2019

Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science BooksThe wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building.While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of what goes into creating the built environment, let alone how a new building goes up, what it is constructed upon, or how it remains standing.InBuilt, star structural engineer Roma Agrawal explains how construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors ... + Read More
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Series: Calligraphy for the Beginner Paperback Tom Gourdie 9781912217533 $18.95 ART Mar 05, 2019

As an introduction to calligraphy, the author, himself a past master of the art, supplies many different alphabets and shows how each may be applied by drawing, painting, carving or writing with a broad lettering pen. He also gives advice on materials that are most suitable. This is one of the classic books in the field.
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Series: The Dream Colony A Life in Art Paperback Walter Hopps 9781632865304 $24.00 ART Apr 06, 2021

'An intimate tour through fifty years of American art history' (New Yorker) - through the eyes of the visionary curator who helped shape it. An innovative, iconoclastic curator of contemporary art, Walter Hopps founded his first gallery in L.A. at the age of 21. At 24, he opened the Ferus Gallery with then-unknown artist Edward Kienholz. Ferus turned the spotlight on a new generation of West Coast artists, premiered Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans, and was at one point shut down by the L.A. vice squad for a show of Wallace Berman's edgy art... + Read More
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Series: Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous Paperback Christopher Bonanos 9781250229878 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 11, 2019

The first comprehensive biography of Weegee—photographer, “psychic,” ultimate New Yorker—from Christopher Bonanos, author ofInstant: The Story of Polaroid.Arthur Fellig’s ability to arrive at a crime scene just as the cops did was so uncanny that he renamed himself “Weegee,” claiming that he functioned as a human Ouija board. Weegee documented better than any other photographer the crime, grit, and complex humanity of midcentury New York City. InFlash, we get a portrait not only of the man (both flawed and deeply talented, with generous appetit... + Read More
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Series: The Sun Does Shine How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice Paperback Anthony Ray Hinton 9781250309471 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 04, 2019

TheNew York Timesbestseller and Oprah's Book Club 2018 Selection: A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, and justice."An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.”- Archbishop Desmond TutuIn 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free. But with no money and a... + Read More
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Series: When Giants Walked the Earth 10th Anniversary Edition A Biography of Led Zeppelin Paperback Mick Wall 9781250215604 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 16, 2019

A revised edition of the classic Led Zeppelin biography, featuring rich and substantial new materialRock writer Mick Wall draws on insider access, as former confidante to both Plant and Page, to craft the definitive biography of the world's most legendary rock band—Led Zeppelin. InWhen Giants Walked the Earth,Wall audaciously tells the story of the band known not just as one of the biggest-selling bands of all-time, but also as the one that set the mark for on-the-road excess.Detailed and revealing,When Giants Walked the Earth bores into not on... + Read More
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Series: Robin Paperback Dave Itzkoff 9781250214812 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 14, 2019

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: Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps A Life of John Buchan Hardcover Ursula Buchan 9781408870815 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 23, 2019

John Buchan's name is known across the world forThe Thirty-Nine Steps. In the past hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television, radio and stage, beginning with the celebrated version by Alfred Hitchcock.Yet there was vastly more to 'JB'. He wrote more than a hundred books – fiction and non-fiction – and a thousand articles for newspapers and magazines. He was a scholar, antiquarian, barrister, colonial administrator, journal editor, literary critic, publisher, war cor... + Read More
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Series: The Crack-up Paperback F. Scott Fitzgerald 9781847497185 $15.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 21, 2019

Compiled and published after Fitzgerald's death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson,The Crack-Up is a collection of writings that chronicle the author's state of mind and personal perspective on events, fellow writers and public figures of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to articles and essays such as the celebrated title piece, this volume includes a selection of Fitzgerald's notebooks, which – as well as being a repository of anecdotes and witty lines – provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the novelis... + Read More
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Series: The Last Englishmen Love, War, and the End of Empire Paperback Deborah Baker 9781555978464 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 09, 2019

A sumptuous biographical saga, both intimate and epic, about the waning of the British Empire in IndiaJohn Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers—W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender—achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest’s summit to an Englishman, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain’s struggle to maintain power over India. To this rivalry was added another: ... + Read More
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Series: The Long Accomplishment A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony Hardcover Rick Moody 9781627798440 $38.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 06, 2019

“[A] moving, funny, hauntingly brilliant memoir about marriage.”—Caroline Leavitt,The San Francisco ChronicleRick Moody, the award-winning author ofThe Ice Storm, shares the harrowing true story of the first year of his second marriage in this eventful, month-by-month accountAt this story’s start, Moody, a recovering alcoholic and sexual compulsive with a history of depression, is also the divorced father of a beloved little girl and a man in love; his answer to the question “Would you like to be in a committed relationship?” is, fully and for ... + Read More
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Series: A Higher Loyalty Truth, Lies, and Leadership Paperback James Comey 9781250192479 $23.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 07, 2019

#1New York Times Bestseller now in paperback with new materialIn his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader.Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post... + Read More
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Series: The Method to the Madness Donald Trump's Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired - and Inaugurated Hardcover Allen Salkin 9781250202802 $38.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 09, 2019

A Rosetta Stone for understanding Donald Trump's style, mindset, and every action, made up of over one hundred interviews with his closest associates and adversaries over the last 15 years.To his critics, Donald Trump is an impulsive, undisciplined crackpot who accidentally lucked into the presidency. But inThe Method to the Madness,reporters Allen Salkin and Aaron Short reveal that nothing could be further from the truth. This objective, nonpartisan oral history shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launche... + Read More
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Series: Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret Paperback Craig Brown 9780374538392 $21.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 21, 2019

“Rollicking, irresistible, un-put-downable . . . For anyone . . . who swooned to Netflix’sThe Crown, this book will be manna from heaven.” —Hamish Bowles,Vogue“Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a brilliant, eccentric treat.” —Anna Mundow,The Wall Street JournalA witty and profound portrait of the most talked-about English royalShe made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. F... + Read More
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Series: William & Harry The Windsor Brothers Hardcover Danny Danziger 9781250307705 $34.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 01, 2021

In this insightful biography,Sunday Times columnistDanny Danziger brings to life the special bond between the world’s two most famous siblings—Their Royal Highnesses William and Harry.The royal princes William and Harry come from a family where fraternal relationships have often been hostile—at best. King John paid money to have his older brother Richard the Lionheart unlawfully imprisoned. Richard II murdered Henry IV. King George VI permanently cut off communication with his brother, the Duke of Windsor, after he insisted on marrying divorcee... + Read More
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Series: Carrying the Fire An Astronaut's Journeys: 50th Anniversary Edition Paperback Michael Collins 9780374537760 $22.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 16, 2019

Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moonThe years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events—technical and spiritual—of our lifetime.InCarrying the Fire, Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and humor of that adventure. He also traces his development from ... + Read More
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Series: Elderhood Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life Hardcover Louise Aronson 9781620405468 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 11, 2019

ANew York Times bestsellerLonglisted for the CarnegieAs revelatory as Atul Gawande’sBeing Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’sElderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital butoften disparaged stage of life.For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we’ve made ol... + Read More
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Series: Another Kind of Madness A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness Paperback Stephen Hinshaw 9781250213280 $24.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 23, 2019

WINNER: Best Autobiography/Memoir, 2018 Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book FestGlenn Close says:"Another Kind of Madness is one of the best books I’ve read about the cost of stigma and silence in a family touched by mental illness. I was profoundly moved by Stephen Hinshaw’s story, written beautifully, from the inside-out. It’s a masterpiece."A deeply personal memoir calling for an end to the dark shaming of mental illnessFamilies are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen Hinshaw never imagined that a profound secret was kept under... + Read More
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Series: The Electric Woman A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts Paperback Tessa Fontaine 9780374538408 $21.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 07, 2019

ANew York Times Editors' Choice; ASouthern LivingBest Book of 2018; An Amazon Editors' Best Book of 2018; ARefinery29Best Book of 2018; ANew York PostMost Unforgettable Book of 2018"Fascinating."—Vogue“This is the story of a daughter and her mother. It’s also a memoir, a love story, and a tale of high-flying stunts . . . An adventure toward and through fear.”—Southern LivingTessa Fontaine’s astonishing memoir of pushing past fear,The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery—through her time on th... + Read More
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Series: Exile on Front Street My Life as a Hells Angel . . . and Beyond Paperback George Christie 9781250196316 $24.50 TRUE CRIME Jul 09, 2019

A memoir of the Hells Angels motorcycle club from one of its most high-profile leaders.After forty years in the Hells Angels, George Christie was ready to retire. As president of the high-profile Ventura charter of the club, he had been the yin to Sonny Barger’s yang. Barger was the reckless figurehead and de facto world leader of the Hells Angels. Christie was the negotiator, the spokesman, the thinker, the guy who smoothed things out. He was the one who carried the Olympic torch and counted movie stars, artists, rock musicians, and police chi... + Read More
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Series: Four Friends Promising Lives Cut Short Hardcover William D. Cohan 9781250070524 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 09, 2019

A powerful portrait of the lives of four boarding school graduates who died too young, John F. Kennedy, Jr. among them, by their fellow Andover classmate,New York Times bestselling author William D. Cohan.In his masterful pieces forVanity Fair and in his bestselling books, William D. Cohan has proven to be one of the most meticulous and intrepid journalists covering the world of Wall Street and high finance. In his utterly original new book,Four Friends, he brings all of his brilliant reportorial skills to a subject much closer to home: four fr... + Read More
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Series: The Human Kind A Doctor's Stories From The Heart Of Medicine Paperback Peter Dorward 9781472943941 $19.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 02, 2019

Everyone gets to be a patient sooner or later. Almost everyone has some experience of being misunderstood by doctors; encounters with difficult doctors; of relationships burdened with mutual bafflement, hostility and pain.Every doctor is haunted by memories of difficult relationships with patients, of the decisions made, and the outcomes that followed. People whom, despite all of their patience, persistence, the best communication, diagnostic and reasoning skills, they haven't helped. People for whose unique suffering it seems medicine has noth... + Read More
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Series: The Life of Monsieur de Moliere Paperback Mikhail Bulgakov 9781847494733 $17.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 21, 2019

Written in 1932, but not published until 1962, over twenty years after its author's death, The Life of Monsieur de MoliÃ¨re charts the life of the French playwright, from his humble beginnings to later theatrical triumphs and political controversies. The work was met with disapproval by the Soviet authorities, who detected parallels between the lives of MoliÃ¨re and Bulgakov, and viewed the work as a veiled critique of their own times. With a dazzling blend of biography and novelistic imagination, Bulgakov's eccentric and satirical take on the ... + Read More
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Series: My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You An Introduction Hardcover Aleksandar Hemon 9780374217433 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 11, 2019

Two books in one in a flip dos-Ã -dos format: The story of Aleksandar Hemon’s parents’ immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a book of short memories of the author’s family, friends, and childhood in SarajevoInMy Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents’ immigration to Canada—of the lives that were upended by the war in Bosnia and siege of Sarajevo and the new lives his parents were forced to build. As ever with his work, he portrays both the perfect, intimate details (his mother’s lonely upbringing, his father’s fanatical bee... + Read More
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Series: Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered The Definitive How-To Guide Hardcover Karen Kilgariff 9781250178954 $32.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 28, 2019

The instant #1New York Times andUSA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the hit podcastMy Favorite Murder!Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation.InStay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and ... + Read More
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Series: The Unpunished Vice A Life of Reading Paperback Edmund White 9781635571196 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 09, 2019

A new memoir from acclaimed author Edmund White about his life as a reader.Literary icon Edmund White made his name through his writing but remembers his life through the books he has read. For White, each momentous occasion came with a book to match: Proust'sRemembrance of Things Past, which opened up the seemingly closed world of homosexuality while he was at boarding school in Michigan; the Ezra Pound poems adored by a lover he followed to New York; the biography of Stephen Crane that inspired one of White's novels. But it wasn't until heart... + Read More
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Series: Naturally Tan A Memoir Hardcover Tan France 9781250208668 $32.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 04, 2019

AUSA TodayHottest Book of the Summer for 2019!A Best Nonfiction Book for 2019 in Woman's Day!One of Hello Giggles's "Most Anticipated Books of 2019 to Add to Your Reading List"!“Just when I thought I knew everything about Tan, he hits me with this. His story is so heartwarming, and wickedly funny.” —Antoni PorowskiIn this heartfelt, funny, and touching memoir, one of the stars of Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning smash-hitQueer Eye reveals how an Englishman raised in a traditionally religioushome became a fashion icon—and the first openly gay, South... + Read More
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Series: If All the Seas Were Ink A Memoir Paperback Ilana Kurshan 9781250215772 $24.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 02, 2019

**WINNER of the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the 2018 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature****2018 Natan Book Award Finalist****Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies **The Wall Street Journal:"There is humor and heartbreak in these pages...Ms. Kurshan immerses herself in the demands of daily Talmud study and allows the words of ancient scholars to transform the patterns of her own life."The Jewish Standard:“Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive, original."The Jerusalem Post:... + Read More
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Series: Five Stars The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great Paperback Carmine Gallo 9781250181251 $24.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jul 23, 2019

How to master the art of persuasion—from the bestselling author ofTalk Like TED.Ideas don’t sell themselves. As the forces of globalization, automation, and artificial intelligence combine to disrupt every field, having a good idea isn’t good enough. Mastering the ancient art of persuasion is the key to standing out, getting ahead, and achieving greatness in the modern world. Communication is no longer a “soft” skill—it is the human edge that will make you unstoppable, irresistible, and irreplaceable—earning you that perfect rating, that fifth ... + Read More
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Series: Talking to My Daughter About the Economy or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails Paperback Yanis Varoufakis 9780374538491 $18.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 21, 2019

InTalking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister and the author of the international bestsellerAdults in the Room, pens a series of letters to his young daughter, educating her about the business, politics, and corruption of world economics.Yanis Varoufakis has appeared before heads of nations, assemblies of experts, and countless students around the world. Now, he faces his most important—and difficult—audience yet. Using clear language and vivid examples, Varoufakis offers a series of let... + Read More
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Series: What Would the Great Economists Do? How Twelve Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems Paperback Linda Yueh 9781250180544 $17.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jun 18, 2019

ANewsweek"Best 50 Books of the Year (So Far)" Pick"What Would the Great Economists Do?comes at the right time: a highly accessible and acute guide to thinking and learning from the men and woman whose work can inform and ultimately aid us in understanding the great national and global crises we're living through." --Nouriel Roubini, author of theNew York TimesbestsellingCrisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of FinanceA timely exploration of the life and work of world-changing thinkers—from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes—and how thei... + Read More
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Series: Bitcoin Billionaires A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption Hardcover Ben Mezrich 9781250217745 $36.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 21, 2019

From Ben Mezrich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, comes Bitcoin Billionaires - the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on crypto-currency and its dazzling pay-off.Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network . Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olym... + Read More
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Series: Adventure Zone The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! Paperback Clint McElroy 9781250153715 $25.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Jul 16, 2019

In the second Adventure Zone graphic novel (adapted from the McElroy family's wildly popular D&D podcast), we rejoin hero-adjacent sort-of-comrades-in-arms Taako, Magnus, and Merle on a wild careen through a D&D railroad murder mystery. This installment has a little of everything: a genius child detective, an axe-wielding professional wrestler, a surly wizard, cursed magical artifacts, and a pair of meat monsters.You know, the usual things you find on a train.Hot on the heels ofThe Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, the smash hit graphic n... + Read More
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Series: Amazing Decisions The Illustrated Guide to Improving Business Deals and Family Meals Paperback Dan Ariely 9780374536749 $24.50 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Jul 23, 2019

Dan Ariely, theNew York Times bestselling author ofPredictably Irrational, and illustrator Matt R. Trower present a playful graphic novel guide to better decision-making, based on the author’s groundbreaking research in behavioral economics, neuroscience, and psychology.The internationally renowned author Dan Ariely is known for his incisive investigations into the messy business of decision-making. Now, inAmazing Decisions, his unique perspective—informed by behavioral economics, neuroscience, and psychology—comes alive in the graphic form. Th... + Read More
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Series: The Ultimate Scratch & Sniff Guide to Loving Beer Hardcover Richard Betts 9781250124821 $28.99 COOKING May 14, 2019

What's the difference between a pilsner and a stout? Why is water so important to beer? What's the best temperature to serve a lager, an ale, or a stout? What the heck is a hop anyways?There are few things in the world as beloved as beer. By far and away it is the most popular alcoholic beverage in the world, but there is so much more to this beverage than we know. Richard Betts breaks down the ingredients, the science, and the processes behind how beer is made. With this knowledge in hand, and some scratching and sniffing, you'll have the tool... + Read More
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Series: Tasting Table Cooking with Friends Recipes for Modern Entertaining Hardcover Geoff Bartakovics 9781250139542 $42.50 COOKING May 07, 2019

Tasting Table's Cooking with Friends: Recipes for Modern Entertaining is Geoff Bartakovics' and Todd Coleman's first cookbook from TastingTable.com, whose delicious content inspires more than three million foodies daily, features recipes for the new style of entertaining where everyone pitches in.
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Series: Eat Like You Give a Fork The Real Dish on Eating to Thrive Hardcover Mareya Ibrahim 9781250189776 $38.99 COOKING Jun 04, 2019

Eighty recipes support eight essential nutritional strategies to help you look and feel amazing"Ibrahim's thoughtful recipes and sense of humor ("Greens are your new friends with bennies") keep this book entertaining and accessible." —Publishers Weekly“This is a book you can use in your healing journey without any boring meals." —Daniel Amen, MD, co-author ofThe Daniel PlanRemake your kitchen, your taste buds, your body, and your energy level with honest, transparent and easy-to-understand recipes. Core meal planning and preparation techniques... + Read More
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Series: Real Food Kids Will Love Over 100 Simple and Delicious Recipes for Toddlers and Up Hardcover Annabel Karmel 9781250201386 $33.99 COOKING Aug 20, 2019

"The tools and recipes you need in order to raise healthy and adventurous eaters—for life!" —Michele Olivier, author ofLittle FoodieMake family mealtimes fun and healthy with over a hundred recipes from kids cooking expert Annabel Karmel.Annabel Karmel brings you a mouth-watering batch of never before seen recipes featuring delicious ingredients with serious nutritional credentials. With beautiful photographs and fresh design, this is an essential book for every modern parent. Chapters range from Fifteen Minute Meals to Healthy ‘Fast Food’, vi... + Read More
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Series: Get Crocked Slow Cooker Comfort Foods More than 175 crowd-pleasing homestyle recipes Hardcover Media Lab Books 9781948174084 $29.99 COOKING Aug 27, 2019

Get Crocked Slow Cooker Comfort Foods is the perfect guide to making soul-soothing, delicious dishes for any occasion, hassle-free. With each recipe’s easy-to-follow directions, readers will be able to whip up homemade meals in no time, whether they and their nearest and dearest are craving a comfort classic or an all-new dish of soul-warming wonder. And best of all, there’s no shortage of everyone’s favorite food group – bacon!
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Series: Adventures on the Wine Route A Wine Buyer's Tour of France (25th Anniversary Edition) Paperback Kermit Lynch 9780374538538 $25.00 COOKING May 07, 2019

The newly designed twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic volume, brought up-to-date“Wine is, above all, about pleasure. Those who make it ponderous make it dull . . . If you keep an open mind and take each wine on its own terms, there is a world of magic to discover.” So wrote the renowned wine expert Kermit Lynch in the introduction toAdventures on the Wine Route, his ultimate tour of France, especially its wine cellars. The “magic” of wine is Lynch’s subject as he takes the reader on a singular journey through the Loire, Bordeaux, t... + Read More
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Series: AIQ How Artificial Intelligence Works and How We Can Harness Its Power for a Better World Paperback Nick Polson 9781250209016 $24.50 COMPUTERS Aug 13, 2019

Two leading data scientists offer an up-close and user-friendly look at artificial intelligence: what it is, how it works, where it came from, and how to harness its power for a better world.A revolution of intelligent machines, from self-driving cars to smart digital assistants, is now remaking our world, just as the Industrial Revolution remade the world of the 19th century. AI is used to diagnose and treat cancer, detect fraud, save energy, and make new discoveries. AI is not some science-fiction droid from the future. It's right here, right... + Read More
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Series: Spring Awakening Paperback Frank Wedekind 9781847494610 $19.00 DRAMA May 21, 2019
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Series: The Splintering of the American Mind Identity Politics, Inequality, and Community on Today's College Campuses Paperback William Egginton 9781635571356 $24.00 EDUCATION Aug 13, 2019

A timely, provocative, necessary look at how identity politics has come to dominate college campuses and higher education in America at the expense of a more essential commitment to equality.Thirty years after the culture wars, identity politics is now the norm on college campuses--and it hasn't been an unalloyed good for our education system or the country. Though the civil rights movement, feminism, and gay pride led to profoundly positive social changes, William Egginton argues that our culture's increasingly narrow focus on individual right... + Read More
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Series: Folded Wisdom Notes from Dad on Life, Love, and Growing Up Hardcover Joanna Guest 9781250207791 $26.00 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS May 07, 2019

Folded Wisdom is an inspirational testament to the depth of a father’s love for his children, and an intimate look into beautiful, raw, human communication. Within the pages of this book, Joanna Guest shares the insightful notes her father drew for her and her brother Theo every day for nearly 15 years.For her entire childhood, Joanna’s father, Bob, had a ritual: wake up at dawn, walk the dog, and sit down at the kitchen table with a blank pad of paper and plenty of colored markers to craft notes for his two children. Over the years, word games... + Read More
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Series: The Design of Childhood How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids Paperback Alexandra Lange 9781632866363 $24.50 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Mar 10, 2020

"Nothing short of spectacular . . . A secret guidebook to a landscape in which we all dwell, but so often fail to see." --Tom Vanderbilt, bestselling author ofTrafficFrom 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 dec... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens The Age of Innocence Paperback Edith Wharton 9781847497918 $12.00 FICTION Aug 27, 2019

The intelligent and charming Newland Archer – a member of one of New York's most prominent families – is living the life that has always been expected of him: he is engaged to the beautiful and well-connected May Welland and understands the rarefied world of Fifth Avenue society inside out. However, with the arrival of May's cousin, the free-spirited and unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska, Newland begins to doubt all that once seemed so natural to him.An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York high society in the ... + Read More
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Series: Beowulf A New Translation Paperback Maria Dahvana Headley 9780374110031 $20.50 POETRY Aug 25, 2020

A new, feminist translation ofBeowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novelThe Mere WifeNearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney’s translation ofBeowulf—and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment high-school students around the world—there is a radical new verse translation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements that have never before been translated into English, recontextualizing the binary narrative of monsters and heroes into a tale in which the two categories often entwine, just... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens David Copperfield Paperback Charles Dickens 9781847497987 $12.50 FICTION Jan 07, 2020

One of the most famous and celebrated Victorian coming-of-age novels, David Copperfield charts the adventures and vicissitudes of its eponymous hero's life, from the misery of his childhood after his mother's marriage to the tyrannical Mr Murdstone, through to his first steps as a writer and his search for love and happiness. Along the way he encounters a vast array of gloriously vivid characters – many of whom number among the most memorable in literature – such as the eccentric aunt Betsey Trotwood, the eloquent debtor Wilkins Micawber and th... + Read More
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Series: 101 Pages A Fantasy of Dr Ox Paperback Jules Verne 9781847497970 $12.00 FICTION Jul 23, 2019

In the somnolent Flemish town of Quiquendone disagreements are unheard of, courtships might last a decade and not a ripple of activity can be seen at all. But when the mysterious Dr Ox is tasked with providing lighting for the town, strange things begin to happen: animals become aggressive, fruits grow huge in size, plants climb more vigorously and tempers flare up, leading the once phlegmatic townsfolk to bitter confrontations and pushing them to the brink of all-out violence.Verne, the acclaimed author of immortal tales of adventure and early... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens Tender is the Night Paperback F. Scott Fitzgerald 9781847497383 $12.00 FICTION Nov 12, 2019

While holidaying at a villa on the French Riviera, Dick and Nicole Diver, a wealthy American couple, meet the young film star Rosemary Hoyt. Her arrival causes a stir in their social circle and exposes the cracks in their fragile marriage. As their relationship unravels, glimpses of their troubled past emerge, and a series of disturbing events unfolds. Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers,Tender Is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sens... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens To the Lighthouse Paperback Virginia Woolf 9781847496577 $11.00 FICTION May 21, 2019

When Mrs Ramsay tells her guests at her summer house on the Isle of Skye that they will be able to visit the nearby lighthouse the following day, little does she know that this trip will only be completed ten years later by her husband, and that a gulf of war, grief and loss will have opened in the meantime. As each character tries to readjust their memories and emotions with the shifts of time and reality, this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be a journey of self-discovery and fulfilment for them.Rich in symbolism, daring in style, e... + Read More
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Series: 101 Pages The Touchstone Paperback Edith Wharton 9781847497932 $12.00 FICTION Jul 23, 2019

Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money. So when he becomes aware of the potential value of a series of passionate love letters written to him by the recently deceased author Margaret Aubyn, he sells them and marries the beautiful Alexa Trent. However, his shame and guilt at building a new life on the betrayal of another's love slowly begins to eat away at him, and Margaret's memory has a power that can reach him from beyond the grave.The first of Edith Wharton's works depicting life in “old New York”,The Touchstoneis an acutely observed... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens The Trial Paperback Franz Kafka 9781847497192 $12.00 FICTION May 21, 2019

On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told that he will be set free, but must make regular appearances at a court in the attic of a tenement building while his trial proceeds. Although he never comes to know the particulars of his case, Josef K. finds his life taken over by the opaque bureaucratic procedures and is tormented by the psychological pressures exerted by his legal nightmare.Published the year after the author's death, but written ten years earlier... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens Ulysses Paperback James Joyce 9781847497765 $12.00 FICTION May 21, 2019

Controversial, scandalous, erudite and funny,Ulyssesis undisputedly a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day – 16th June 1904 – in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin: the advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, the artist Stephen Dedalus and Bloom's wife Molly. Their peregrinations, thoughts and encounters form the basis of the narrative, which becomes a celebration of all human experience through the lives of specific individuals in a specific place at a specific time. Ulysses is both an experimental novel and a book inti... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens Vanity Fair Paperback William Makepeace Thackeray 9781847497963 $12.50 FICTION Oct 01, 2019

The friends Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave Miss Pinkerton's school together, ready to forge their paths in the tawdry and cut-throat world of the early nineteenth century. The scheming, brilliant and ruthless orphan Becky is better equipped than any to scale the heights of Regency society. Amelia, however, is sweet, quiet and passive, and longs for nothing more than the love of the self-obsessed and raffish soldier George Osborne. Amidst the machinations and jostling for wealth and status, Captain William Dobbin, with his hidden love for A... + Read More
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Series: 101 Pages A Voyage to the Moon Paperback Cyrano de Bergerac 9781847497994 $12.50 FICTION Sep 17, 2019

In A Voyage to the Moon, the narrator, after an attempt to reach the moon using vials of dewdrops, finally finds himself in what appears to be the Garden of Eden, surrounded by Biblical patriarchs. After falling foul of the prophet Elijah, he soon meets a race who walk on all fours and whose nourishment comes in the form of vapour.Published posthumously and intended mainly as a satire of its age, this imaginative and entertaining tale – here presented in a lively translation by Andrew Brown – is now considered one of the pioneering works of sci... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens We Paperback Yevgeny Zamyatin 9781847496768 $12.00 FICTION Mar 05, 2019

We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected by green walls and a glass dome, a spaceship is being built in order to spearhead the conquest of new planets. Its chief engineer, a man called D-503, keeps a journal of his life and activities: to his mathematical mind everything seems to make sense and proceed as it should, until a chance en... + Read More
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Series: Cotton Malone The Bishop's Pawn A Novel Paperback Steve Berry 9781250140258 $22.50 FICTION Aug 27, 2019

The Bishop’s Pawncontinues renownedNew York Timestop 5 bestseller Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone series with another riveting, history-based thriller.History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case.Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, must reckon with the truth of what really happened that fatefu... + Read More
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Series: Dragonslayer Dragonslayer Paperback Duncan M. Hamilton 9781250306739 $24.50 FICTION Jul 02, 2019

"Successfully mixes swords, sorcery, and skullduggery with complex characters. Dumas fans will especially appreciate the faux-French setting. This is pure adventure fun with plenty for epic fantasy readers to enjoy.”—Publishers WeeklyWith the dragons believed dead, the kingdom had no more need for dragonslayers.Drunk, disgraced, and all but forgotten, Guillot has long since left his days of heroism behind him.As forgotten places are disturbed in the quest for power, and things long dormant awaken, the kingdom finds itself in need of a dragonsla... + Read More