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Series: The Bookseller of Florence Hardcover Ross King 9780385692977 $39.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

The bestselling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling captures the excitement and spirit of the Renaissance in this chronicle of the life and work of “the king of the world’s booksellers” and the technological disruption that forever changed the ways knowledge spread.The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings—the dazzling handiwork of the city’s skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence... + Read More
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Series: Broken (in the best possible way) Hardcover Jenny Lawson 9781250077035 $34.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

An InstantNew York Times BestsellerFrom the #1New York Times bestselling author ofFuriously Happy andLet’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. InBroken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way.With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face i... + Read More
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Series: When the Stars Go Dark Paperback Paula McLain 9780385695992 $24.95 FICTION Apr 13, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an atmospheric novel of intertwined fate and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal?Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Norther... + Read More
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Series: Dial A for Aunties Paperback Jesse Q. Sutanto 9780593333037 $22.00 FICTION Apr 27, 2021

A hilariously quirky novel that is equal parts murder mystery, rom-com, and a celebration of mothers and daughters as well as a deep dive into Chinese-Indonesian culture, by debut author Jesse Q Sutanto.1 (accidental) murder 2 thousand wedding guests 3 (maybe) cursed generations 4 meddling Asian aunties to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispos... + Read More
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Series: The Haunting of Alma Fielding A True Ghost Story Hardcover Kate Summerscale 9780525557920 $37.00 TRUE CRIME Apr 27, 2021

Internationally bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Kate Summerscale follows a ghost hunter in 1938 London in a case that illuminates changing social attitudes toward psychoanalysis, sexuality, and the supernaturalLondon, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding’s modest home, china flies off the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewellery appears on her fingers, white mice crawl out of her handbag, beetles appear from under her gloves; in the middle of a car ... + Read More
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Series: Rogue Wave, The Paperback Paul Mason 9781989689219 $19.95 FICTION Apr 15, 2021

Andrew and his fiancée, Hannah, are on board a whale-watching boat in the Bay of Fundy when the vessel is hit by a rogue wave. Thirty-eight people are rescued by the coast guard, but Hannah is not one of them, and she is subsequently presumed to have drowned. Some weeks later, however, a friend sends Andrew a link to a wedding video shot in southern Mexico, and who is there but Hannah, sitting next to a man her friends do not recognize. Desperate to get to the truth and find his fiancée, Andrew hires a detective, Matthew Harding, whose search t... + Read More
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Series: Women of the Pandemic Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19 Paperback Lauren McKeon 9780771050398 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

The story of the pandemic is the story of women. This riveting narrative offers an account of COVID-19, reminding us of women’s leadership and resilience, reflecting back hope and humanity as we all figure out a new normal, together.Throughout history, men have fought, lost, and led us through the world’s defining crises. That all changed with COVID-19. In Canada, women’s presence in the response to the pandemic has been notable. Women are our nurses, doctors, PSWs. Our cashiers, long-haulers, cooks. In Canada, women are leading the fast-paced ... + Read More
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Series: Murderbot Diaries Fugitive Telemetry Hardcover Martha Wells 9781250765376 $26.99 FICTION Apr 27, 2021

TheNew York Timesbestselling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back inFugitive Telemetry!Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read") Murderbot has also established Martha Wells as one of the great SF writers of today.No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station secur... + Read More
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Series: You You Love Me A You Novel Hardcover Caroline Kepnes 9780593133781 $37.00 FICTION Apr 06, 2021

The highly anticipated new thriller in Caroline Kepnes’s hit You series, now a blockbuster Netflix show…Joe Goldberg is back. And he’s going to start a family—even if it kills him.Joe Goldberg is done with cities, done with the muck and the posers, done with Love. Now, he’s saying hello to nature, to simple pleasures on a cozy island in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in a long time, he can just breathe.He gets a job at the local library—he does know a thing or two about books—and that’s where he meets her: Mary Kay DiMarco. Librarian... + Read More
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Series: Mirrorland Hardcover Carole Johnstone 9781982136352 $36.00 FICTION Apr 20, 2021

Told with startling twists and haunting power, Mirrorland is a thrilling psychological suspense novel about twin sisters, the man they both love, the house that has always haunted them, and the childhood stories they can’t leave behind.Cat lives in Los Angeles, far from 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where she and her estranged twin sister, El, grew up. As girls, they invented Mirrorland, a dark, imaginary place under the pantry stairs, full of pirates, witches, and clowns. These days, Cat rarely thinks about their chi... + Read More