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Series: BLUEY Bluey 5-Minute Stories 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray! Hardcover Penguin Young Readers Licenses 9780593521908 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Oct 11, 2022

A collection of stories each crafted for reading in five minutes or less. Based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+Cheese and crackers! This treasury includes 6 stories of Bluey and Bingo and their amazing adventures with their friends and family! It’s the perfect read for bedtime, when you’re on-the-go, and anytime in-between. This book includes the stories The Pool, Bingo, Charades, Hammerbarn, Typewriter, and Baby Race.Series Overview: Bluey follows the adventures of a lovable and inexhaustible six-year-old Blu... + Read More
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Series: Lighter Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future Hardcover Yung Pueblo 9780593233177 $32.00 SELF-HELP Oct 04, 2022

A radically compassionate plan for turning inward and lifting the heaviness that prevents us from healing ourselves and the world, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clarity & Connection“During the years when I had abandoned myself, my mind felt undeniably heavy. I knew I needed to find a clear way to help me feel lighter.”yung pueblo’s path to deep healing began only after years of drug abuse had taken a toll on his mind and body. Searching for a way forward, he found that by honestly examining and addressing the anxieties and fears... + Read More
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Series: Project Hail Mary A Novel Paperback Andy Weir 9780593135228 $26.00 FICTION Oct 04, 2022

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science.Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been ... + Read More
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Series: WORLD OF ERIC CARLE, THE The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Christmas Board book Eric Carle 9780593521731 $13.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 3 Oct 11, 2022

Ring in the holidays with festive search-and-find fun in this Christmas tree-shaped board book perfect for fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!Featuring the classic character The Very Hungry Caterpillar, this cheerful Christmas tree-shaped book is a celebration of the season. See if you can spot The Very Hungry Caterpillar among ornaments, candy canes, gifts, and more! With Eric Carle’s bright, colorful illustrations, this is the perfect addition to every child’s library and a wonderful gift for the holidays!
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Series: PRINCESS IN BLACK The Princess in Black and the Mermaid Princess Paperback Shannon Hale 9781536225792 $9.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 13, 2022

There’s trouble under the sea! Can the Princess in Black and her new mermaid friend put a stop to a big blue kraken’s shenanigans? The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort’s royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess emerges from the waves! Eeeeeee! Princess Posy needs their help protecting her very cute sea goats from being eaten by a very greedy kraken. But the princesses and the Goat Avenger quickly realize that fighting underwater can be tough for land dwellers, and only the mermaid P... + Read More
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Series: MERCY WATSON A Very Mercy Christmas Hardcover Kate DiCamillo 9781536213607 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 27, 2022

For fans of Mercy Watson, old and new, comes a joyful crescendo of favorite characters in a picture-book celebration of the quiet miracles the holidays bring. Mercy ornament included!Stella Endicott felt joyful. She felt like something miraculous might happen. She wanted to sing. When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occas... + Read More
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Series: Our Missing Hearts A Novel Hardcover Celeste Ng 9780735245341 $36.00 FICTION Oct 04, 2022

Named a Most-Antcipated Book by TIME, The Associated Press, The Millions, LitHub, Goodreads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and more… “As lyrical as it is chilling, as astonishing as it is empathic, Our Missing Hearts arguably achieves literary perfection.” —Booklist (starred review)From the number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fearTwelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but bro... + Read More
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Series: Playing the Long Game A Memoir Hardcover Christine Sinclair 9781039004603 $34.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 01, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada’s greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. Playing the Long Game is a book of earned wisdom on the value of determination and team spirit, and on leadership that changed the landscape of women’s sport.Christine Sinclair is one of the world’s most respected and admired athletes. Not only is she the player who has scored ... + Read More
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Series: Stay True A Memoir Hardcover Hua Hsu 9780385547772 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 27, 2022

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu “This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.” —Rachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling author of The Flamethrowers and The Mars RoomIn the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like ev... + Read More
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Series: Solito A Memoir Hardcover Javier Zamora 9780593498064 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 06, 2022

A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir hailed as “the mythic journey of our era” (Sandra Cisneros)Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago—“one day, you’ll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.” Javier’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to r... + Read More
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Series: Black Cake A Novel Paperback Charmaine Wilkerson 9780593358351 $24.95 FICTION Nov 29, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • Two estranged siblings delve into their mother’s hidden past—and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake—in this immersive family saga, “a character-driven, multigenerational story that’s meant to be savored” (Time).In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording.... + Read More
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Series: The Marriage Portrait Hardcover Maggie O'Farrell 9781039005631 $34.00 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

REESE’S BOOK CLUB DECEMBER PICKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe author of award-winning Hamnet brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de’ Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court.“I could not stop reading this incredible true story.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club December ’22 Pick)“O’Farrell pulls out little threads of historical detail to weave this story of a precocious girl sensitive to the contradictions of her station…You may k... + Read More
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Series: Quit The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away Hardcover Annie Duke 9780593422991 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 04, 2022

From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting to achieve greater successBusiness leaders, with millions of dollars down the drain, struggle to abandon a new app or product that just isn’t working. Governments, caught in a hopeless conflict, believe that the next tactic will finally be the one that wins the war. And in our own lives, we persist in relationships or careers that no longer serve us. Why? According to Annie Duke, in the face of tough decisions, we’re terrible quitters. And that i... + Read More
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Series: Visual Thinking The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions Hardcover Temple Grandin PhD 9780593418369 $37.99 PSYCHOLOGY Oct 11, 2022

A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkersA quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin—the “anthropologist on Mars,” as Oliver Sacks dubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble IKEA furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker.With her genius for demystifying scien... + Read More
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Series: When in Rome A Novel Paperback Sarah Adams 9780593500781 $23.00 FICTION Sep 20, 2022

A burnt-out pop star stranded in small-town Kentucky can’t help falling for her unlikely knight in shining armor—the notoriously grumpy owner of the local pie shop—in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet.Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her adoring fans, is burned-out from years of maintaining her “princess of pop” image. Inspired by her favorite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday, she drives off in the middle of the night for a break in Rome…Rome, Kentucky, that is.When Noah Walker finds Ameli... + Read More
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Series: GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVA Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3 Paperback Mo Xiang Tong Xiu 9781638581567 $24.99 FICTION Aug 16, 2022

SHOOT DOWN THE SUNThe bloody war against the Wen Clan once led Wei Wuxian to seek power in demonic cultivation, and the dark acts he committed drove a wedge between him and Lan Wangji. Now, those old sins come back to haunt him as his reincarnated identity is revealed to the cultivation world. But even as the other clans call for Wei Wuxian’s death, Lan Wangji stands by him, making Wei Wuxian realize what he took for disapproval in the past might have been a much deeper emotion.The novel series that inspired the live-action drama, The Untamed!S... + Read More
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Series: The Cousins Paperback Karen M. McManus 9780525708032 $17.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Nov 08, 2022

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying comes your next obsession. You’ll never feel the same about family again.Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they’ve never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they’re surprised…and curious.Their parents are all clear on one point—not going is not an option. This... + Read More
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Series: Prisoners of the Castle An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison Hardcover Ben Macintyre 9780771001970 $36.00 HISTORY Sep 13, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor, a definitive and surprising new narrative of one of history’s most famous prisons—and the remarkable cast of POWs who tried to relentlessly escape their Nazi captors.The myth of Colditz, the most infamous prison in history, has stood unchallenged for 70 years: prisoners of war, mustaches firmly set on stiff upper lips, defying the Nazis by tunnelling out of a grim Gothic castle on a German hilltop. Like all legends, that story contains only part ... + Read More
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Series: Matilda Media tie-in Paperback Roald Dahl 9780593527498 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Nov 01, 2022

Soon to be a Netflix film! This classic story by Roald Dahl is about to get its Netflix debut, based on the musical inspired by the original 1988 novel.Matilda Wormwood is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she’s just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face the dreaded Mrs. Trunchbull, a terror of a headmistress. Soon Matilda realizes that she can wield her genius in more ways than one—she has remarkable powers which help her fight back.It will take extraordinary skill and exceptional streng... + Read More
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Series: Thistlefoot A Novel Hardcover GennaRose Nethercott 9780593468838 $37.99 FICTION Sep 13, 2022

In the tradition of modern fairy tales like Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver comes an immersive fantasy saga, a debut novel about estranged siblings who are reunited after receiving a mysterious inheritance.“A wonderfully imaginative, wholly enchanting novel of witness, survival, memory, and family that reads like a fairy tale godfathered by Neil Gaiman and Tim Burton in a wild America alive with wonders and devils alike. Thistlefoot shimmers with magic and mayhem and a thrilling emotional momentum.” —Libba Bray, be... + Read More
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Series: A Visible Man A Memoir Hardcover Edward Enninful 9780593299487 $41.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 06, 2022

From one of fashion’s most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriersWhen Edward Enninful became the first Black editor in chief of British Vogue, few in the world of fashion wanted to confront how it failed to represent the world we live in. But Edward, a champion of inclusion throughout his life, rapidly changed that.Edward grew up in Ghana in a world of beauty, riotous color, and strong Black women. Nurtured by his mother, a dressmaker whose West African designs had a flair for drama, he learned in her atelier what it meant for a ... + Read More
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Series: Slow Birding The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard Hardcover Joan E. Strassmann 9780593329924 $37.00 NATURE Oct 25, 2022

A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the spectacular birds all around them.Many birders travel far and wide to popular birding destinations to catch sight of rare or “exotic” birds. In Slow Birding, evolutionary biologist Joan E. Strassmann introduces readers to the joys of birding right where they are.In this inspiring guide to the art of slow birding, Strassmann tells colorful stories of the most common birds to be found in the United States—birds we often see but might not have considered d... + Read More
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Series: Russia Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921 Hardcover Antony Beevor 9780593493878 $51.00 HISTORY Sep 20, 2022

An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of the twentieth century.Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. The doomed White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky’s Red Army and the single-minded Communist dictatorship under Lenin. In the savage civil war that followed, terror begat terror, which in turn led to ever greater cruelty with man’s inhumanity to man, wom... + Read More
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Series: Before the Ever After Paperback Jacqueline Woodson 9780399545443 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 Sep 06, 2022

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDWINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARDNational Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson’s stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed, and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies. Now in paperback.For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone’s hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he’s as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ’s house is anything but ch... + Read More
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Series: The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense Hardcover Jon Scieszka 9780763694340 $25.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Oct 05, 2022

The classic nursery rhymes we know and love—upside-down, backward, in gibberish, and fresh out of bounds—as only Jon Scieszka could stage themMother knows best, but sometimes a little nonsense wins the day. Inspired by Dadaism’s rejection of reason and rational thinking, and in cahoots with Blanche Fisher Wright’s The Real Mother Goose, this anthology of absurdity unravels the fabric of classic nursery rhymes and stitches them back together (or not quite together) in every clever way possible. One by one, cherished nursery rhymes—from “Humpty D... + Read More
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Series: Aesthetica Hardcover Allie Rowbottom 9781641294003 $36.00 FICTION Nov 22, 2022

In a debut novel as radiant as it is caustic, a former influencer confronts her past—and takes inventory of the damages that underpin the surface-glamour of social media.At 19, she was an Instagram celebrity. Now, at 35, she works behind the cosmetic counter at the “black and white store,” peddling anti-aging products to women seeking physical and spiritual transformation. She too is seeking rebirth. She’s about to undergo the high-risk, elective surgery Aesthetica™, a procedure that will reverse all her past plastic surgery procedur... + Read More
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Series: Beautiful Country A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood Paperback Qian Julie Wang 9780593313008 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 27, 2022

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world—an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent • A TODAY SHOW #READWITHJENNA PICK In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require all the... + Read More
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Series: Birds of Canada Paperback DK 9780744057874 $47.00 NATURE Sep 06, 2022

The ultimate photographic guide to over 600 bird species in Canada.Updated to reflect all the latest taxonomic data, Complete Birds of Canada is the complete photographic guide to 613 species of birds found in Canada, including the most common species, and rare and vagrant birds.Ideal for the armchair bird enthusiast or dedicated bird watcher, this book includes stunning full-color photographs revealing individual species with unrivaled clarity. The 436 most commonly seen birds are pictured with plumage variations, and information on similar bi... + Read More
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Series: PETER DIAMOND MYSTERY, A Showstopper Hardcover Peter Lovesey 9781641294706 $36.95 FICTION Dec 06, 2022

The cast and crew of a hit British TV show are rumored to be cursed—but are these spooky deaths coincidences or murder? It’s up to Bath detective Peter Diamond to find out.In the six years since the start of the hit British TV show Swift, its cast and crew have been plagued by misfortune, beginning with the star actress’s pulling out of the show before it began. By now there have been multiple injuries by fall, fire, or drowning; two deaths; and two missing persons cases.The media quickly decides it’s a curse, but who’s to say there isn’t a cri... + Read More
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Series: Shrines of Gaiety A Novel Hardcover Kate Atkinson 9780385694940 $36.00 FICTION Sep 27, 2022

The #1 internationally bestselling, award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to the dazzling London of the Roaring Twenties in a whirlwind tale of corruption, seduction and debts that have come due.1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters and girls sell dances for a shilling a time.The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless ... + Read More
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Series: Lifesavers and Body Snatchers Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War Hardcover Tim Cook 9780735242319 $36.95 HISTORY Sep 13, 2022

From Canada’s top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable strain for men and women of medicine who fought to save the lives of soldiers.Medical care in almost all armies during the Great War, and especially in the Canadian medical services, was sophisticated and constantly evolvi... + Read More
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Series: The Mermaid Moon Hardcover Briony May Smith 9781984896568 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 04, 2022

In this magical picture book perfect for all young mermaid lovers, two best friends—one who lives on land, the other in the water—share an exciting adventure on the night of the Mermaid Moon: the one time each year mermaids can leave the sea.Once, there were two best friends. One was from the sea, a mermaid named Merrin, and one was from the land, a human named Molly. Of course Merrin has never been to Molly’s house; how can she visit when she must stay underwater? But then comes the night of the Mermaid Moon, when sea creatures can fly through... + Read More
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Series: Five Decembers Paperback James Kestrel 9781789098679 $21.95 FICTION Sep 13, 2022

Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel “War, imprisonment, torture, romance…The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase.”New York Times Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as All the Light We Cannot See.NOMINATED FOR BEST NOVEL IN THE 2022 EDGAR AWARDS NOMINATED FOR BEST THRILLER IN THE 2022 BARRY AWARDS “Read this book for its palpitating story, its perfect emotional and physical detailing and, most of all, for its unf... + Read More
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Series: A Murder at Balmoral Paperback Chris McGeorge 9780593544136 $23.00 FICTION Oct 25, 2022

The Crown meets Clue in this delightful locked-room mystery, sure to charm Agatha Christie fans and keep readers guessing to the end.The king is dead. The killer is in the family. Solving this murder will be a royal pain.The royal family has gathered at their Scottish retreat, Balmoral Castle, for a traditional Christmas. As a blizzard gathers outside and a delicious dinner is prepared, the family circles up for a holiday toast. King Eric has something momentous to say—in fact, he is about to name his successor. But as he raises a glass of his ... + Read More
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Series: Magnificent Rebels The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self Hardcover Andrea Wulf 9780525657118 $48.00 HISTORY Sep 13, 2022

A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief, and radical ideas launched Romanticism onto the world stage, inspiring some of the greatest thinkers of the time.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • The Washington Post "Make[s] the reader feel as if they were in the room with the great personalities of the age, bearing wit... + Read More
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Series: My Annihilation Paperback Fuminori Nakamura 9781641294072 $22.95 FICTION Dec 06, 2022

What transforms a person into a killer? Can it be something as small as a suggestion?Turn this page, and you may forfeit your entire life.With My Annihilation, Fuminori Nakamura, master of literary noir, has constructed a puzzle box of a narrative in the form of a confessional diary that implicates its reader in a heinous crime. Delving relentlessly into the darkest corners of human consciousness, My Annihilation interrogates the unspeakable thoughts all humans share that can be monstrous when brought to life, revealing with disturbing hone... + Read More
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Series: The Come Up An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop Hardcover Jonathan Abrams 9781984825131 $48.00 MUSIC Oct 18, 2022

The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop cultureThe music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty years later, it’s the most popular music genre in America. Just as jazz did in the first half of the twentieth century, hip-hop and its groundbreaking DJs and artists—nearly all of them people of color from some of America’s most overlooked communities—pushed the boundaries of music to new f... + Read More
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Series: Empire of Pain The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Paperback Patrick Radden Keefe 9780385697569 $24.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 18, 2022

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and EDITORS’ CHOICE * WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST FOR NON-FICTION * J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * A BARACK OBAMA FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE YEARA devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, whose fortune was built on Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing.The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan... + Read More
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Series: WANDERERS Wayward A Novel Hardcover Chuck Wendig 9780593158777 $39.99 FICTION Nov 15, 2022

The sequel to the national bestseller Wanderers, the instant classic that “takes science, politics, horror, and science fiction and blends them into an outstanding story about the human spirit in times of turmoil, claiming a spot on the list of must-read apocalyptic novels” (NPR)Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country to a destination only they knew. And they were followed on their quest by the shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to protect ... + Read More
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Series: Scenes from My Life A Memoir Hardcover Michael K. Williams 9780593240373 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 23, 2022

A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back—from the late, iconic actor beloved for his roles in The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and Lovecraft CountryWhen Michael K. Williams died on September 6, 2021, he left behind a career as one of the most electrifying actors of his generation. From his star turn as Omar Little in The Wire to Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire to Emmy-nominated roles in HBO’s The Night Of and Lovecraft County, Williams created a slew of indel... + Read More
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Series: Gantz Omnibus Volume 10 Paperback Hiroya Oku 9781506729145 $33.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 11, 2022

A terrifying adult science-fiction epic of bold imagination, Hiroya Oku’s Gantz has sold over 15 million copies in Japan and inspired three feature films and an anime TV series. This value-priced collection features 628 pages of valor and violence! Gantz teams worldwide are being wiped out as colossal alien mechs begin the systematic eradication of humankind. And matters for the Gantz warriors grow infinitely worse when the Gantz orbs that supply and transport them go silent. For the Gantz teams, only one option remains to turn the tide—a masse... + Read More
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Series: Our Country Friends A Novel Paperback Gary Shteyngart 9781984855145 $24.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Time, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, KirkusEight friends, one country house, four romances, and six months in isolation—a powerful, emotionally rich novel about love, friendship, and betrayal, a book that reads like a great Russian novel, or Chekhov on the Hudson, by a novelist The New York Times calls “one of his generation’s most original and... + Read More
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Series: Fight Night Paperback Miriam Toews 9780735282414 $22.00 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS’ TRUST FICTION PRIZENATIONAL BESTSELLERA funny, smart masterwork about wit, perseverance, loss, storytelling and love in an unusual family, from the bestselling author of Women Talking, All My Puny Sorrows and A Complicated Kindess.Fight Night is told in the unforgettable voice of Swiv, a nine-year-old living in Toronto with her pregnant mother, who is raising Swiv while caring for her own elderly, frail, yet extraordinarily lively mother. When Swiv is expelled fr... + Read More
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Series: HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 5 Paperback Mo Xiang Tong Xiu 9781638585503 $24.99 FICTION Dec 20, 2022

LAST GHOST STANDING, FIRST LOVE BLOSSOMSGhosts are converging on the cursed Mount Tonglu for a massive battle royale, the sole survivor of which may become a Ghost King, a being of unimaginable power. Xie Lian is sent to secretly infiltrate and try to prevent this—by destroying any ghosts strong enough to stand a chance.His heavenly powers are weakened near the cursed mountain, but he has one trump card on his side—Hua Cheng, who has survived Mount Tonglu before. As they struggle against murderous ghosts and the mountain’s strange defenses, Hua... + Read More
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Series: Motherthing A novel Paperback Ainslie Hogarth 9780771000614 $24.00 FICTION Sep 27, 2022

A darkly funny domestic horror novel about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law.Abby Lamb has done it. She’s found the Great Good in her husband Ralph, and together they will start a family and put all the darkness in her childhood to rest. But then the Lambs move in with Ralph’s mother Laura, whose depression has made it impossible for her to live on her own. She’s venomous and cruel, especially to Abby, who has a complicated understanding of motherhood given the wa... + Read More
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Series: Sacred Nature Restoring our Ancient Bond with the Natural World Hardcover Karen Armstrong 9780735282421 $32.95 RELIGION Sep 06, 2022

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature—and an urgent call to reclaim that power in everyday life.Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked upon nature and seen the divine. In the writings of the great thinkers across religions, the natural world inspires everything from fear to awe to tranquil contemplation; God, or however one defined the sublime, was present in everything. Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as... + Read More
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Series: They Called Me a Lioness A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom Hardcover Ahed Tamimi 9780593134580 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 06, 2022

A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers shines a light on the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir.“What would you do if you grew up repeatedly seeing your home raided? Your parents arrested? Your mother shot? Your uncle killed? Try, if just for a moment, to imagine this was your life. How would you want the world to react?”Ahed Tamimi’s father was born in 1967, the year that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank began, and every aspect of their family’s l... + Read More
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Series: Elizabeth Finch A novel Hardcover Julian Barnes 9781039004887 $32.00 FICTION Aug 16, 2022

From the Booker Award-winning writer, a swift narrative that turns on the death of a vivid and particular woman, and becomes the occasion for a man’s deeper examination of love, friendship and the mysteries of biography.“I’ll remember Elizabeth Finch when most other characters I’ve met this year have faded.” —John Self, The Times (UK)This novel of unrequited platonic love takes aim at the singular character of the exacting Elizabeth Finch. When Neil, adrift in his 30s, takes her adult education class on Culture and Civilization, he becomes deep... + Read More
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Series: Probably Ruby A Novel Paperback Lisa Bird-Wilson 9780385696708 $19.95 FICTION Sep 27, 2022

A CBC BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARProbably Ruby is an audacious, brave, and beautiful book about an adopted woman’s search for her Indigenous identity, for readers of Tommy Orange’s There There and Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries.Relinquished as an infant, Ruby is placed in a foster home and finally adopted by Alice and Mel, a less-than-desirable couple who can’t afford to complain too loudly about Ruby’s Indigenous roots. But when her new parents’ marriage falls apart, Ruby finds herself vulnerable and in compromising situations... + Read More
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Series: Best of Friends A Novel Hardcover Kamila Shamsie 9780593421826 $37.00 FICTION Sep 27, 2022

From the acclaimed author of Home Fire, the moving and surprising story of a lifelong friendship and the forces that bring it to the breaking pointZahra and Maryam have been best friends since childhood in Karachi, even though—or maybe because—they are unlike in nearly every way. Yet they never speak of the differences in their backgrounds or their values, not even after the fateful night when a moment of adolescent impulse upends their plans for the future.Three decades later, Zahra and Maryam have grown into powerful women who have each cut a... + Read More
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Series: Sideways The City Google Couldn't Buy Hardcover Josh O'Kane 9781039000780 $38.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 13, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company’s failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything.When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto, promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city’s woefully underdeveloped l... + Read More
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Series: Landlines Hardcover Raynor Winn 9780241484562 $42.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 22, 2022

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AS SEEN ON THIS MORNING AND IN THE TELEGRAPHJoin Raynor and Moth on their remarkable 1000-mile walk from Scotland to the South West Coast Path in this powerful account of our country’s land, and the people that make itFROM THE MILLION-COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCE’An inspirational story of love and endurance; of trails offering links to ancient times. But it’s clear-eyed, too, on the future we’re shaping’ TELEGRAPH’Another heartwarming odyssey, this time on one of the wil... + Read More
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Series: Magic Days Your Journey Through the Astrology, Numerology, and Tarot of Every Day of the Year Paperback Nadine Jane 9780143136767 $54.00 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Nov 01, 2022

From celebrated astrologer Nadine Jane, a guide to the journey of every day and birthday of the year, revealing how the current astrological season, along with the wisdom of tarot and numerology, can help you lead a happier and more fulfilled lifeFans and celebrities alike flock to Nadine Jane for custom astrological readings that focus on self-understanding, self-empowerment, and self-care. Now, for the first time, readers have access to her insights in this comprehensive guide to the inherent magic of every day of the year, unveiling the dai... + Read More
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Series: Bewilderment A novel Paperback Richard Powers 9781039000728 $23.00 FICTION Dec 06, 2022

A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES 2021 NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA 2021 GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICKAN INDIGO BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Overstory, an intimate and moving novel that asks an essential question: what are we doing to our children?Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who searches for life on other planets. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-ol... + Read More
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Series: SCAREDY SQUIRREL Scaredy Squirrel Visits the Doctor Hardcover Melanie Watt 9780735269491 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 25, 2022

Scaredy Squirrel is exactly the character kids need today — a little bit anxious, a lot adorable and totally lovable. Join Scaredy on a hilarious adventure as he learns to brave the doctor for a check-up!Scaredy Squirrel keeps himself in peak physical condition. He exercises, eats a balanced diet, sings opera (to keep his lungs in shape, of course) and brushes his teeth. You might think it’s to stay fit, but no — he’d rather keep a healthy distance from the doctor’s office! After all, who’d want to expose themselves to the the aches and pains o... + Read More
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Series: One Sky Board book Aaron Becker 9781536225365 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Marvel at the sky in this meditative die-cut book, a follow-up to You Are Light and My Favorite Color, from the Caldecott Honor–winning creator of the Journey trilogy.Its dawn begins in darkness.With hope we greet its light. Within the pages of this elegant book is the entire sky. Lyrical text moves readers through the day, from dawn to dusk, while ink- and die-cut lines resembling stained glass arc across the pages like birds in flight. An encounter with the translucent, jewel-colored panes in this special board book offers a luminous reminder... + Read More
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Series: Jennie's Boy A Newfoundland Childhood Hardcover Wayne Johnston 9781039001664 $34.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 20, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBCConsummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland boyhood.For six months between 1966 and 1967, Wayne Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Newfoundland. At seven, Wayne was sickly and skinny, unable to keep food down, plagued with insomnia and a relentless cough that no doctor could diagnose, though they had alre... + Read More
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Series: The Fortune Men A novel Paperback Nadifa Mohamed 9780593467435 $23.00 FICTION Nov 01, 2022

BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • Based on a true event, this novel is “a blues song cut straight from the heart…about the unjust death of an innocent Black man caught up in a corrupt system” (Walter Mosley, best-selling author of Devil in a Blue Dress).In Cardiff, Wales in 1952, Mahmood Mattan, a young Somali sailor, is accused of a crime he did not commit: the brutal killing of Violet Volacki, a shopkeeper from Tiger Bay. At first, Mahmood believes he can ignore the fingers pointing his way; he may be a gambler and a petty thief, but he is no murderer.... + Read More
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Series: Harlem Shuffle A Novel Paperback Colson Whitehead 9780385694018 $23.00 FICTION Aug 09, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST FOR FICTION * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST FOR FICTION * NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALIST FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONFrom two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s.“Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked….”To his customers and neighbours on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a life for himself a... + Read More
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Series: VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL Medusa's Ankles Selected Stories Paperback A. S. Byatt 9780593466858 $24.00 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, “a storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights” (The New York Times Book Review). With an introduction by David Mitchell, best-selling author of Cloud AtlasIncludes the story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye”—the basis for the George Miller film Three Thousand Years of Longing starring Idris Elba and Tilda SwintonMirrors shatter at the hairdresser’s when a middle-aged client explodes in rage. Sno... + Read More