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1.
To Calais, In Ordinary Time Main Paperback James Meek 9781786896773 $22.50 FICTION Jan 26, 2021

'Inventive and original' The Times'Fans of intelligent historical fiction will be enthralled' Hilary MantelShortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionLonglisted for the Orwell Prize for Political FictionThree journeys. One road.England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a proctor sets out for a monastery in Avignon and a young ploughman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. In the other direction comes the Black Death, the plague... + Read More
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Uncle Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty Paperback Cheryl Thompson 9781552454107 $22.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Feb 16, 2021

From martyr to insult, how “Uncle Tom” has influenced two centuries of racial politics. Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O.J. Simpson and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, and with what consequences for our society did Uncle Tom morph first into a servile old man and then to a racial epithet hurled at African American men deemed, by other Black people, to have betrayed their race? Uncle Tom, the eponymous figure in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s... + Read More
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What You Don't Know A Story of Liberated Childhood Paperback Anastasia Higginbotham 9781948340298 $29.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 05, 2021

FEATURED IN MS. MAGAZINE'S "15 BOOKS FOR KIDS THAT PROVE YOU CAN BE A FEMINIST AT ANY AGE" Anastasia Higginbotham's What You Don't Know: A Story of Liberated Childhood delves into queerness, Blackness, and the love that dismantles whiteness. It’s a book about knowing deeply that you matter—always did, always will. It’s a book about what schools get wrong and churches don’t say; but institutions are made by people and the people are evolving. It’s a book about being known and cherished by family, and living in communion with your own perso... + Read More
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The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars A Life of Edwin Hubble Hardcover Deborah Marcero 9781592703173 $26.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Reading age from 7 - 10 Jan 29, 2021

This beautifully illustrated biography of Edwin Hubble explores the curiosity that he possessed from a young age, and the many questions that he asked about our universe. This book invites children to ponder these questions as well: How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where did it come from?★ A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids of 2021 ★ A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Loveliest Children’s Book of 2021★ A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022, of Outstanding Merit★ An Air & Space Magazine Bes... + Read More
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One Day Hardcover Juck Lee 9781592703135 $25.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Dec 10, 2021

A gentle, delicately illustrated story, told from the perspective of a young boy who has lost a beloved grandfather.A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022One of World Literature Today’s 100 Notable Translations of 2021Occupying two dimensions—one that is tangible and heart-wrenching in its details of traces left behind, and another that is cosmic, created by the boy's imagination as he longs for a reunion—One Day explores the inner world of a child as he comes to terms with a deeply felt and aching loss.A boy’s grandfather goes aw... + Read More
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The Snail with the Right Heart A True Story Hardcover Maria Popova 9781592703494 $28.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Reading age from 7 - 12 Feb 12, 2021

★ A Kirkus Best Book of 2021: A Best Informational Picture Book★ A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Best Children’s Book of 2021★ A Spirituality & Practice Best Spiritual Book of 2021Based on a real scientific event and inspired by a beloved real human in the author’s life, this is a story about science and the poetry of existence...The Snail with the Right Heart is a story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death, evolution and infinity—concepts often too abstract for the human mind to fathom, often more accessible to th... + Read More
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Cathedral Hardcover Ben Hopkins 9781609456115 $41.95 FICTION Feb 05, 2021

A thoroughly immersive read and a remarkable feat of imagination, Cathedral tells a sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, and earthly desire in gripping prose. It deftly combines historical fiction and a tale of adventure and intrigue. At the center of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the 13th and 14th centuries in the Rhineland town of Hagenburg unites a vast array of unforgettable characters whose fortunes are inseparable from the shifting political factions and economic interests vying for supremacy. Fro... + Read More
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My Grandmother's Braid Paperback Alina Bronsky 9781609456450 $25.50 FICTION Jan 29, 2021

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021From the acclaimed author ofThe Hottest Dishes Of The Tartar Cuisine “a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience” (The New Yorker).Max lives with his grandparents in a residential home for refugees in Germany. When his grandmother—a terrifying, stubborn matriarch and a former Russian primadonna—moved them from the Motherland it was in search of a better life. But she is not at all pleased with how things are run in Germany: the doctors and teachers are incompetent, the food ... + Read More
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Series: The Sympathizer The Committed Hardcover Viet Thanh Nguyen 9780802157065 $40.50 FICTION Mar 12, 2021

The sequel to The Sympathizer, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, The Committed tells the story of “the man of two minds” as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism. The long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the unnamed Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism... + Read More
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Exit Hardcover Belinda Bauer 9780802157881 $38.95 FICTION Feb 12, 2021

From the award-winning author of Snap and Rubbernecker, Exit is the story of Felix Pink, an older man with a group that helps people who have chosen to die with dignity. But there’s been a mistake, and Felix’s life is about to change forever. Belinda Bauer is “Britain’s most original crime writer” (Crime Scene), one of the few authors in the genre to be longlisted for the Man Booker prize. Now she returns with a heart-pounding, heartbreaking, and often hilarious new crime novel in which it’s never too late for life to go fatally wrong. ... + Read More
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Series: The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries Transient Desires A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Hardcover Donna Leon 9780802158178 $40.50 FICTION Mar 19, 2021

In the landmark thirtieth installment of the bestselling series the New Yorker has called “an unusually potent cocktail of atmosphere and event,” Guido Brunetti is forced to confront an unimaginable crime. In his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how to navigate the various pathways in his native city, Venice, to discover the person responsible. Now, in Transient Desires, the thirtieth novel in Donna Leon’s masterful series, he faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction... + Read More
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Stella Hardcover Takis Wurger 9780802149176 $37.50 FICTION Mar 19, 2021

From the internationally bestselling author of The Club comes a gripping historical novel of love and betrayal, set in wartime BerlinIn 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man, arrives in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming an artist. At a life drawing class, he is hypnotized by the beautiful model, Kristin, who soon becomes his energetic yet enigmatic guide to the bustling and cosmopolitan city. Kristin teaches the naiÌve Friedrich how to take care of himself in a city filled with danger, and brings him to ... + Read More
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Why We Can't Sleep Women's New Midlife Crisis Paperback Ada Calhoun 9780802148575 $23.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jan 29, 2021

A generation-defining exploration of the new midlife crisis facing Gen X women and the unique circumstances that have brought them to this point, Why We Can’t Sleep is a lively successor to Passages by Gail Sheehy and The Defining Decade by Meg Jay. When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some a... + Read More
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The ABCs of Hip-Hop Hardcover Rebel Diaz 9781642591569 $26.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jan 29, 2021

Internationally acclaimed hip hop duo Rebel Diaz joins legendary graffiti artist Nicer to bring usThe ABC's of Hip-Hop. A children's book for parents who grew up in hip hop's golden era,The ABCs of Hip Hop is an inter-generational, playful exploration of culture, history, and politics. Nicer's colorful illustrations coupled with the Rebel Diaz brothers' witty wordplay make for a unique ABC book to be enjoyed for generations to come.MCs, organizers, part-time journalists and now both full-time dads, the Rebel Diaz brothers wroteThe ABCs of Hip H... + Read More
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Series: Consequences of Capitalism Consequences of Capitalism Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance Paperback Noam Chomsky 9781642592634 $29.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 15, 2021

Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.’How does politics shape our world, our lives and our perceptions? How much of 'common sense' is actually driven by the ruling classes' needs and interests? And how are we to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet? Consequences of Capitalism exposes the deep, often unseen connections between ... + Read More
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Series: No Planet B No Planet B A Teen Vogue Guide to the Climate Crisis Paperback Lucy Diavolo 9781642592597 $23.95 SCIENCE Feb 19, 2021

An urgent call for climate justice from Teen Vogue, one of this generation’s leading voices, using an intersectional lens - with critical feminist, indigenous, antiracist and internationalist perspectives. As the political classes watch our world burn, a new movement of young people is rising to meet the challenge of climate catastrophe. This book is a guide, a toolkit, a warning and a cause for hope."I hope that this book embodies Teen Vogue’s motto of making young people feel seen and heard all over the world. I hope that it forces their pare... + Read More
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The Only Way Is the Steady Way Essays on Baseball, Ichiro, and How We Watch the Game Paperback Andrew Forbes 9781988784663 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 02, 2021

Essays about baseball's past, present, and future - and the wisdom of Ichiro Suzuki The Only Way Is the Steady Way is a baseball memoir in scorecards and baseball cards, a recollection of the game's biggest stars and outlandish personalities, and introspective letters to a legendary player. These essays examine the meaning of baseball across international borders and at all levels of the game - from Little League diamonds to big league ballparks. Parents learn unexpected lessons at t-ball, cheap souvenirs reveal their hidden significance, and... + Read More
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The HOW to Inner Peace A Guide to a New Way of Living Paperback Constance Kellough 9781897238974 $28.50 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Jan 25, 2021

This book will give you the spiritual tools you need, to move you from the idea of mindfulness, to the true experience of it.Ever wondered HOW?Many of us now understand the concept and value of mindfulness, but we are challenged when it comes to achieving it in our daily lives. If you are ready to know HOW to access the peace and joy you long for, then this is the book - the only book you will need. Constance Kellough, author, meditation teacher and publisher of great spiritual teachers such as Eckhart Tolle, shares her accumulated wisdom in th... + Read More
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Pause. Breathe. Choose. Become the CEO of Your Well-Being Hardcover Naz Beheshti 9781608687237 $38.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 12, 2021

A leading-edge guide to how well-being drives success across all aspects of life CEO, executive wellness coach, and thought leader Naz Beheshti distills the most valuable lessons she learned from her first boss and mentor, Steve Jobs, into a holistic method to live your best life. Presenting the highly effective framework that Beheshti has used with clients for over a decade, this book is a guide for self-discovery, better choices, and purposeful growth. Now more than ever, when stress and burnout are ubiquitous, we must access our authentic se... + Read More
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Series: Dream Team A Case of the Jitters (Dream Team #2) Paperback Tom Percival 9781529029178 $15.99 JUVENILE FICTION Apr 13, 2021

Inside Out meets The Incredibles in an adventure series exploring anxiety in kids. Meet the Dream Team. Turning nightmares into incredible adventures! Erika's friend Kris is HILARIOUS. She thinks he should perform in their school's talent show, but he's far too nervous. And when Erika gets a call from the Dream Team to help on a mission, she meets another girl who is struggling with confidence. Chanda's dream is being attacked by the jitters and nothing seems to be going right. Try as they might, the team can't get control of her dream - unt... + Read More
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Series: The Burning Chambers The City of Tears The Burning Chambers, Book Two Hardcover Kate Mosse 9781509806874 $44.99 FICTION Jan 05, 2021

Set across Paris, Amsterdam, and London, Kate Mosse is back for the second novel in The Burning Chambers Quartet, as the Joubert family find themselves caught up in the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. August 1572: Minou Joubert and her family are in Paris for a Royal Wedding, an alliance between the Catholic Crown and the Huguenot King of Navarre intended to bring peace to France after a decade of religious wars. So too is their oldest enemy, Vidal, still in pursuit of a relic that will change the course of history. But within days of the marri... + Read More
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Series: The Burning Chambers The City of Tears The Burning Chambers, Book Two Paperback Kate Mosse 9781509806881 $29.99 FICTION Jan 05, 2021

Set across Paris, Amsterdam, and London, Kate Mosse is back for the second novel in The Burning Chambers Quartet, as the Joubert family find themselves caught up in the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. August 1572: Minou Joubert and her family are in Paris for a Royal Wedding, an alliance between the Catholic Crown and the Huguenot King of Navarre intended to bring peace to France after a decade of religious wars. So too is their oldest enemy, Vidal, still in pursuit of a relic that will change the course of history. But within days of the marri... + Read More
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The Hidden Girls Hardcover Rebecca Whitney 9781447265863 $34.99 FICTION Feb 23, 2021

For fans of The Girl on the Train and The Widow, The Hidden Girls is the tense and gripping novel from Rebecca Whitney. How does the saying go? Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not out to get you..? For Ruth, a new mother recovering from postpartum psychosis, every day is difficult and, after months spent hearing voices in the walls and trusting no one, she's no longer confident in her own judgement. Neither, it seems, is anyone else. So, when she hears a scream from the local petrol station one night, she initially ... + Read More
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The Hospital Dog Hardcover Julia Donaldson 9781509868315 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Jan 05, 2021

Dot the hospital dog is everyone's favourite visitor in this story of bravery and friendship from Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie, creators of the bestselling picture book, The Detective Dog. Here is a dog, a Dalmatian called Dot, Is she quite ordinary? NO, SHE'S NOT! After their breakfast and a swim in the sea, Dot and her owner Rose jump on the bus to the hospital. Dot loves visiting the children of Wallaby Ward and they're always pleased to see her too. From a crying baby to a bored teenager - a pat, a stroke and a cuddle with Dot cheer... + Read More
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Series: How to be a Hero How to Be a Hero Tales from a Terrible Viking Paperback Cat Weldon 9781529045031 $15.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 Apr 06, 2021

A hilarious high-stakes fantasy adventure about friendship and bravery set in the world of the Norse Gods, for fans of How to Train Your Dragon, from debut author Cat Weldon. A viking thief desperate to be a hero. A trainee valkyrie on a mission to prove herself. An un godly case of mistaken identity. When trainee valkyrie Lotta mistakes an unconscious viking thief, Whetstone, for a fallen hero and takes him triumphantly to Valhalla, things are definitely not turning out to be epic or glorious. Having lost a precious talking cup, Whetsto... + Read More
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Jack and Bet Paperback Sarah Butler 9781509898176 $19.99 FICTION Apr 13, 2021

A moving, funny and uplifting novel about an elderly couple, the son who is trying desperately to care for them and the young woman who will change their lives forever. Even the longest marriages have their secrets. Jack Chalmers is a man of few words, married to a woman of many. He and Bet have been together for seventy years - almost a lifetime - and happily so, for the most part. All Jack and Bet want is to enjoy the time they have left together, in the flat they have tried to make their home. Their son Tommy has other ideas: he wants the... + Read More
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Series: Monster Doctor The Monster Doctor The Monster Doctor Book 1 Paperback John Kelly 9781529021356 $15.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 11 Jan 05, 2021

Give yourself a HUGE dose of laughter with the monster doctor in this hilarious illustrated series from John Kelly. Are you . . . A dragon with indigestion? A blob with a cold? A yeti with a sore foot? Then book an appointment with the MONSTER DOCTOR. No THING too small, no creature too big! Ozzy is just an ordinary human boy - until he gets a job at the monster doctor's surgery! He's now spending his summer helping the doctor cure her strange and wonderful monster-patients, and he has to find a way to help her save the surgery. The first i... + Read More
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Mum and Dad Paperback Joanna Trollope 9781529003406 $19.99 FICTION Feb 09, 2021

Their parents made a choice years ago. Now they're counting on the children to step in. After so much time, can old wounds heal? Mum & Dad by bestselling author Joanna Trollope is a wise, brilliantly drawn examination of a modern family dilemma. It's been twenty-five years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stroke and their idyllic Mediterranean life is thrown into upheaval, it's left to their three grown-up children in London t... + Read More
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Sisters Paperback Michelle Frances 9781509877171 $16.99 FICTION Jan 05, 2021

A dark, domestic suspense that explores the fallout of when sibling rivalry turns into adult envy from the author of The Girlfriend and The Temp. Is blood really thicker than water? Abby and Ellie were never close as children. Now in their thirties, they each harbour deep-rooted resentment for the other - Abby for her sister's looks and her status as their mother's favourite. Ellie meanwhile is envious of Abby's perfect family and picturesque home, a villa on the sun-soaked Italian island of Elba. When Abby invites Ellie to stay, both siste... + Read More
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The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book Hardcover Lucy Rowland 9781529003659 $28.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 Mar 02, 2021

A wonderfully witty take on a much-loved fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book celebrates the magic and joy of reading and story-telling. When Ben's mum gets distracted halfway through his bedtime story, he decides to take matters into his own hands and finish the tale himself. There's only one problem - he can't quite read yet. What will Ben do now? Perhaps the arrival of some unexpected guests can help! A playful rhyming story from the creators of Dracula Spectacular and Little Red Reading Hood, Lucy Rowland and Ben M... + Read More
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The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book Paperback Lucy Rowland 9781529003666 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 Mar 02, 2021

A wonderfully witty take on a much-loved fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book celebrates the magic and joy of reading and story-telling. When Ben's mum gets distracted halfway through his bedtime story, he decides to take matters into his own hands and finish the tale himself. There's only one problem - he can't quite read yet. What will Ben do now? Perhaps the arrival of some unexpected guests can help! A playful rhyming story from the creators of Dracula Spectacular and Little Red Reading Hood, Lucy Rowland and Ben M... + Read More
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You Live Where Paperback John Hay 9781529026283 $15.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 Apr 06, 2021

A laugh-out-loud funny story, featuring a whole range of unbelievably silly real place names - from Little Snoring to Scratchy Bottom! It's the first day of the holiday and down by the pool everyone is getting to know each other. Soon, the birds discover that they all have one thing in common - they come from the places with the funniest names. A hilarious story, featuring a whole range of unbelievably silly real place names, perfect for fans of the picture book, You're Called What? by Kes Gray.