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Like, Comment, Subscribe Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination Hardcover Mark Bergen 9780593296349 $41.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 06, 2022

The gripping inside story of YouTube, the company that upended media, culture, industry, and democracy—by a leading tech journalistAcross the world, people watch more than a billion hours of video on YouTube every day. Every minute, more than five hundred additional hours of footage are uploaded to the site, a technical feat unmatched in the history of computing. YouTube invented the attention economy we all live in today, forever changing how people are entertained, informed, and paid online. Everyone knows YouTube. And yet virtually no one kn... + Read More
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Like, Comment, Subscribe Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination Large type / large print edition Paperback Mark Bergen 9780593632758 $42.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 01, 2022

The gripping inside story of YouTube, the company that upended media, culture, industry, and democracy—by a leading tech journalistAcross the world, people watch more than a billion hours of video on YouTube every day. Every minute, more than five hundred additional hours of footage are uploaded to the site, a technical feat unmatched in the history of computing. YouTube invented the attention economy we all live in today, forever changing how people are entertained, informed, and paid online. Everyone knows YouTube. And yet virtually no one kn... + Read More
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The Unfolding A Novel Hardcover A.M. Homes 9780735225350 $37.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

“In this much-anticipated, wickedly funny and sharply observed political satire, Homes takes readers inside the homes and meeting rooms of a dyed-in-the-wool conservative with big plans for change. This novel of politics and family brings readers to the fault line of American politics, giving voice to the fears and fantasies of the old Republican plutocracy.” —The New York Times Book Review“Beyond being good or bad, the characters in this impressive book are, above all things, unpredictable.”—Wall Street JournalIn her first novel since the Wome... + Read More
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May We Be Forgiven A Novel Paperback A.M. Homes 9780147509703 $24.95 FICTION Sep 24, 2013

Winner of the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction—A darkly comic novel of twenty-first-century domestic life by a writer who is always “compelling, devastating, and furiously good” (Zadie Smith) Harold Silver has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, a taller, smarter, and more successful high-flying TV executive, acquire a covetable wife, two kids, and a beautiful home in the suburbs of New York City. But Harry, a historian and Nixon scholar, also knows George has a murderous temper, and when George loses control the result is an a... + Read More
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Series: THURSDAY MURDER CLUB MYSTERY, The Bullet That Missed A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Hardcover Richard Osman 9780593299395 $37.00 FICTION Sep 20, 2022

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal.Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case—their favorite kind—leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot.Wh... + Read More
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Call and Response Stories Hardcover Gothataone Moeng 9780593490983 $37.00 FICTION Feb 07, 2023

Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate relationships, tradition and caretaking in a rapidly changing world.A young widow adheres to the expectations of wearing mourning clothes for nearly a year, though she’s unsure what the traditions mean or whether she is ready to meet the world without their protection. An older sister returns home from a confusing time in America, only to explain at every turn why she’s left the land of opportunity. A younger sister hides her sexual exploits from... + Read More
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Series: LONGMIRE MYSTERY, A Hell and Back A Longmire Mystery Hardcover Craig Johnson 9780593297285 $37.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

A new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.What if you woke up lying in the middle of the street in the infamous town of Fort Pratt, Montana, where thirty young Native boys perished in a tragic 1896 boarding-school fire? What if every person you encountered in that endless night was dead? What if you were covered in blood and missing a bullet from the gun holstered on your hip? What if there was something out there in the yellowed skies, along with the deceased and the smell of ash and dust, something the Northern Che... + Read More
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Half American The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad Hardcover Matthew F. Delmont 9781984880390 $41.00 HISTORY Oct 18, 2022

• Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction• A New York Times Notable Book• A Best Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Washington Independent Review of Books, and more!The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont“Matthew F. Delmont’s book is filled with compelling narratives that outline with nuance, rigor, and complexity how Black Americans fought for this country abroad while simultaneously figh... + Read More
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The Year of the Puppy How Dogs Become Themselves Hardcover Alexandra Horowitz 9780593298008 $37.99 PETS Sep 20, 2022

“What Mr. Rogers was to children, Alexandra Horowitz is to dogs: a wise and patient observer who seeks to intimately know a creature…Her chapters, packed with close observations about canine cognition and behavior, are mini-mood lifters." —NPR, Maureen Corrigan on Fresh AirWhat is it like to be a puppy? Author of the classic Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz tries to find out, spending a year scrutinizing her puppy’s daily existence and poring over the science of early dog developmentFew of us meet our dogs at Day One. The dog who will, event... + Read More
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The Lemon A Novel Hardcover S. E. Boyd 9780593490440 $37.00 FICTION Nov 08, 2022

“[T]his poised and playful debut novel is a sly satire on foodie culture and the modern hype machine…. As tart as ‘artisanal citrus,’ as sharp as a chef’s knife, The Lemon is both a gleeful foodie sendup and an incisive takedown of the commercial exploitation of just about everything.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2022 by Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • AARP the Magazine • The AV Club • Parade • Eater • New York Post • LitHub • Publishers Lunch • and more!Set in the intersecting worlds of ... + Read More
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The New China Playbook Beyond Socialism and Capitalism Hardcover Keyu Jin 9781984878281 $41.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 16, 2023

“Keyu Jin is a brilliant thinker.” —Tony Blair, former prime minster of the United KingdomA myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy.China’s economy has been booming for decades now. A formidable and emerging power on the world stage, the China that most Americans picture is only a rough sketch, based on American news coverage, policy, and ways of understanding. Enter Keyu Jin: a world-renowned economist who was born in China, educated in the U.S., and is now a tenured professor at the London School... + Read More
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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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The Boy and the Dog A Novel Hardcover Seishu Hase 9780593300411 $31.00 FICTION Nov 15, 2022

“An amazing, beautiful book…It shows how one dog’s dignified presence can bring connection and love to a fractured world.” ―Cat Warren, New York Times bestselling author of What the Dog KnowsOne dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owner in this inspiring novel about the bond between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection.Following a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan finds a stray dog outside a convenience store. The dog’s tag says “Tamon,” a name e... + Read More
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Forgive Why Should I and How Can I? Hardcover Timothy Keller 9780525560746 $37.00 RELIGION Nov 01, 2022

Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness has to be a central part of everyone’s lives.Forgiving anyone in a meaningful way is one of the hardest things a person has to do. If you do not, resentment and vengeance begin to consume you. It is nearly impossible to move past transgression without forgiveness, but few people have the resources and the tools to forgive others fully and move on with their lives. Forgiveness is an essential skill, a moral imperative, and a religious belief that cut... + Read More
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It's Not TV The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO Hardcover Felix Gillette 9780593296196 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 01, 2022

“A read so riveting, it’s not hard to imagine watching it unfold on Sunday nights.” —The Associated Press“An incisive account that is more than a rosy victory lap for one of TV’s most influential channels.” —Eric Deggans, NPR’s “Books We Love”“It’s Not TV proves to be a lively companion to all these shows.” —Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of BooksThe inside story of HBO, the start-up company that reinvented television—by two veteran media reportersHBO changed how stories could be told on TV. The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, Game o... + Read More
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G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner) J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century Hardcover Beverly Gage 9780670025374 $60.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 22, 2022

Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in BiographyWinner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy, and the 43rd LA Times Book Prize in Biography | Finalist for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyNamed a Best Book of 2022 by The Atlantic, The Washington Post and Smithsonian Magazine and a New York Times Top 100 Notable Books of 2022“Masterful…This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the... + Read More
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The Aftermath The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America Hardcover Philip Bump 9780593489697 $41.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 24, 2023

“Philip Bump helps us understand that no matter the troubles of our days, the future of this nation rests with what we do now. And that means all of us—not just Baby Boomers.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton UniversityA popular Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means for American politics and economics.Philip Bump, a reporter as adept with a graph as with a paragraph, is popular for his ability to distill vast amounts of data into accessible sto... + Read More
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What If? 2 Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Hardcover Randall Munroe 9780525537113 $40.00 HUMOR Sep 13, 2022

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to askThe millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief int... + Read More
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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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Home Fire A Novel Paperback Kamila Shamsie 9780735217690 $24.95 FICTION Sep 04, 2018

“Ingenious… Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I’ve read in a novel this century.” —The New York Times WINNER OF THE 2018 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE The suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences, from the author of Best of FriendsIsma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, she’s accepted an invitati... + Read More
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Life Is Hard How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Hardcover Kieran Setiya 9780593538210 $37.00 SELF-HELP Oct 04, 2022

A philosophical guide to facing life’s inevitable hardshipsThere is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya’s own experience, Life Is Hard is a b... + Read More
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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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Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner) Hardcover Samanta Schweblin 9780525541394 $34.00 FICTION Oct 18, 2022

A blazing new story collection that will make you feel like the house is collapsing in on you, from the 3 time International Booker Prize finalist, "lead[ing] a vanguard of Latin American writers forging their own 21st-century canon.” –O, the Oprah magazineThe seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of people or the truth or of memories. But in Samanta Schweblin’s tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back in: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a c... + Read More
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Indivisible Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism Hardcover Joel Richard Paul 9780593189047 $41.00 HISTORY Oct 25, 2022

The story of how Daniel Webster popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation’s identity and inspire Abraham Lincoln to preserve the Union.When the United States was founded in 1776, its citizens didn’t think of themselves as “Americans.” They were New Yorkers or Virginians or Pennsylvanians. It was decades later that the seeds of American nationalism—identifying with one’s own nation and supporting its broader interests—began to take root. But what kind of nationalism should Americans embrace? The state-focused an... + Read More
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Art Is Life Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night Hardcover Jerry Saltz 9780593086490 $41.00 ART Nov 01, 2022

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist: a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent timesJerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary readers to fine art as few critics have. An early champion of forgotten and overlooked women artists, he has also celebrated the pioneering wor... + Read More
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Strega A Novel Hardcover Johanne Lykke Holm 9780593539675 $36.00 FICTION Nov 15, 2022

Powerfully inventive and atmospheric, a modern gothic story of nine young women sent to work at a remote Alpine hotel and what happens when one of them goes missingWith toiletries, hairbands, and notebooks in her bag, and at her mother’s instruction, a nineteen-year-old girl leaves her parents’ home and the seaside town she grew up in. Out the train window, Rafa sees the lit-up mountains and perfect trees—and the Olympic Hotel waiting for her perched above the small village of Strega. There, she and eight other girls receive the stiff black uni... + Read More
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Trespasses A Novel Hardcover Louise Kennedy 9780593540893 $37.00 FICTION Nov 01, 2022

Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and unsanctioned love. Amid daily reports of sectarian violence, Cushla is living a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast. By day she teaches at a parochial school, and at night she fills in at her family’s pub. It’s there that she meets Michael Agnew, a barrister who’s made a name for himself defending IRA members. Against her better judgment – Michael is not only Protestant but older, and married – Cushl... + Read More
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Dickens and Prince A Particular Kind of Genius Hardcover Nick Hornby 9780593541821 $24.95 ART Nov 15, 2022

From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity,and Fever Pitch,a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star PrinceEvery so often, a pairing comes along that seems completely unlikely—until it’s not. Peanut butter and jelly, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un, ducks and puppies, and now: Dickens and Prince.Equipped with a fan’s admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: t... + Read More
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Hatching Experiments in Motherhood and Technology Hardcover Jenni Quilter 9780735213203 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Dec 06, 2022

A provocative examination of reproductive technologies that questions our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and the female bodySince the world’s first test-tube baby was born in 1978, in vitro fertilization has made the unimaginable possible for millions of people, but its revolutionary potential remains unrealized. Today, fertility centers continue to reinforce conservative norms of motherhood and family, and infertility remains a deeply emotional experience many women are reluctant to discuss.In this vivid and incisive personal and cult... + Read More
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The Half Known Life In Search of Paradise Hardcover Pico Iyer 9780593420256 $36.00 RELIGION Jan 10, 2023

From “one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time” (Brain Pickings): a journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world.“Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul…A masterpiece.” — #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth GilbertParadise: that elusive place where the anxieties, struggles, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it can be enjoyed... + Read More
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The Gambler Wife A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky Paperback Andrew D. Kaufman 9780525537151 $27.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 30, 2022

“Feminism, history, literature, politics—this tale has all of that, and a heroine worthy of her own turn in the spotlight.” —Therese Anne Fowler, bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda FitzgeraldA revelatory new portrait of the courageous woman who saved Dostoyevsky’s life—and became a pioneer in Russian literary historyIn 1866, a young stenographer named Anna Snitkina applied for a position with a writer she idolized: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. A self-described emancipated "girl of the sixties,” Snitkina had come of age during Russia’s first femin... + Read More
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Matrix A Novel Paperback Lauren Groff 9781594634505 $24.95 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONOne of our best American writers, Lauren Groff returns with her exhilarating first new novel since the groundbreaking Fates and Furies.Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease.At first taken aback by the severity of her new ... + Read More
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I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness A Novel Paperback Claire Vaye Watkins 9780593330227 $24.95 FICTION Oct 04, 2022

From “our most significant rising writer of the American West” (Vulture), the “unequivocally triumphant” (NPR) story of one woman’s reckoning with marriage, work, sex, and motherhood.Since my baby was born, I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things. a) As much as I ever did. b) Not quite as much now. c) Not so much now. d) Not at all. Leaving behind her husband, Theo, and their young daughter, Claire, a writer, gets on a flight for a speaking engagement in Reno, not carrying much besides a breast pump—and a creeping case of pos... + Read More
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Concepcion Conquest, Colonialism, and an Immigrant Family's Fate Paperback Albert Samaha 9780593086094 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2022

“Absolutely extraordinary…A landmark in the contemporary literature of the diaspora.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick MirrorA journalist’s powerful and incisive account of the forces steering the fate of his sprawling Filipino American family reframes how we comprehend the immigrant experienceNearing the age at which his mother had migrated to the US, part of the wave of non-Europeans who arrived after immigration quotas were relaxed in 1965, Albert Samaha began to question the ironclad belief in a better future that had inspired her family to ... + Read More
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The Elements of Choice Why the Way We Decide Matters Paperback Eric J. Johnson 9780593084441 $24.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 11, 2022

A leader in decision-making research reveals how choices are designed—and why it’s so important to understand their inner workings Every time we make a choice, our minds go through an elaborate process most of us never even notice. We’re influenced by subtle aspects of the way the choice is presented that often make the difference between a good decision and a bad one. How do we overcome the common faults in our decision-making and enable better choices in any situation? The answer lies in more conscious and intentional decision design.Going we... + Read More
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Monster in the Middle A Novel Paperback Tiphanie Yanique 9780593332252 $23.00 FICTION Oct 18, 2022

From the award-winning author of Land of Love and Drowning, a new novel that maps the romantic history and emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love.When Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City, it seems like fate. He’s a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She is a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean, looking for lasting love. But are they meant to be? The answer goes back decades—all the way to their parents’ earliest loves.Vibrant and emotionally riveting, Monster... + Read More
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White on White A Novel Paperback Aysegül Savas 9780593330524 $22.00 FICTION Nov 29, 2022

A “marvelous” (Lauren Groff) and “mysterious and profound” (Marina Abramović) novel about a woman who has come undone.A student moves to the city to research Gothic nudes. She rents an apartment from a painter, Agnes, who lives in another town with her husband. One day, Agnes arrives in the city and settles into the upstairs studio.In their meetings on the stairs, in the studio, at the corner café, the kitchen at dawn, Agnes tells stories of her youth, her family, her marriage, and ideas for her art - which is always just about to be created. A... + Read More
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The Stars Are Not Yet Bells A Novel Paperback Hannah Lillith Assadi 9780593084472 $23.00 FICTION Jan 10, 2023

Through the scrim of fading memory, an elderly woman confronts a lifetime of secrets and betrayal, under the mysterious skies of her island homeOff the coast of Georgia, near Savannah, generations have been tempted by strange blue lights in the sky near an island called Lyra. At the height of WWII, impressionable young Elle Ranier leaves New York City to forge a new life together on the island with her new husband, Simon. There they will live for decades, raising a family while waging a quixotic campaign to find the source of the mysterious blu... + Read More
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Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) The Language Revolution That Made China Modern Paperback Jing Tsu 9780735214736 $24.95 HISTORY Jan 17, 2023

What does it take to reinvent a language?After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China’s most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology. Kingdo... + Read More
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The Old Place Hardcover Bobby Finger 9780593422342 $37.00 FICTION Sep 20, 2022

One of Vanity Fair’s Best Books of the Year A bighearted and moving debut about a wry retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shockwaves through her small Texas town.Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High. A few months into her retirement—or, district mandated exile as she calls it—Mary Alice does not know how to fill her days. The annual picn... + Read More
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The Hunter Hardcover Jennifer Herrera 9780593540213 $37.00 FICTION Jan 10, 2023

A riveting atmospheric suspense debut that explores the dark side of a small town and asks: How can we uncover the truth when we keep lying to ourselves?“Herrera has a gift for drawing vivid characters and rich settings. A voicey and compelling debut that is not to be missed.”—Karin SlaughterAfter reckless behavior costs NYPD detective Leigh O’Donnell her job and her marriage, she returns with her four-year-old daughter to her beautiful hometown of Copper Falls, Ohio. Leigh had stayed away for more than a decade—even though her brother and a tr... + Read More
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Series: ELVIS COLE AND JOE PIKE NOVEL Racing the Light Hardcover Robert Crais 9780525535720 $39.00 FICTION Nov 01, 2022

*On Reader’s Digest’s list of “30 new books we can’t wait to read in 2022”*Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, are back on the case in this brilliant new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.Adele Schumacher isn’t a typical worried mom. When she hires Elvis to find her missing son, a controversial podcaster named Josh Shoe, she brings a bag filled with cash, bizarre tales of government conspiracies, and a squad of professional bodyguards. Finding Josh should be simple, but Elvis quickl... + Read More
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Wise Gals The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage Hardcover Nathalia Holt 9780593328484 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 13, 2022

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA—women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace) in the treacherous post-WWII era.In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organization that we now know as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the “wise ga... + Read More
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Platonic How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends Hardcover Marisa G. Franco PhD 9780593331897 $37.99 SELF-HELP Sep 06, 2022

Instant New York Times bestsellerIs understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world?How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren’t texting you back (it’s not because they hate you!), ... + Read More
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Declassified A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music Hardcover Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch 9780593331460 $37.00 MUSIC Oct 11, 2022

“A refreshingly fun guide” that reads “as if you’re a fly on the wall in conservatory auditions, cutthroat competitions and the obsessive practice routines of professional musicians.” (The New York Times)Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch’s life-long fascination with classical music has taken her through Juilliard and into the shiny world of symphony halls and international concert tours. She’s loved classical music her whole life. But she’s also hated classical music her whole life. After all, if you can like Beyoncé without liking Bieber, you can certa... + Read More
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All That Is Wicked A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind Hardcover Kate Winkler Dawson 9780593420065 $37.00 TRUE CRIME Oct 04, 2022

Acclaimed crime historian, podcaster, and author of American Sherlock Kate Winkler Dawson tells the thrilling story of Edward Rulloff—a serial murderer who was called “too intelligent to be killed”—and the array of 19th century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to finally understanding the criminal mind.Edward Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer—some have called him a “Victorian-era Hannibal Lecter”—whose crimes spanned decades and whose victims were chosen out of revenge, out of envy, and sometimes out of ... + Read More
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The Godfather Deluxe Edition Hardcover Mario Puzo 9780593542590 $66.00 FICTION Oct 11, 2022

A special deluxe hardcover edition of The Godfather—the unforgettable saga of an American crime family that became a #1 bestseller and global phenonmenon.Since its release in 1969, The Godfather has made an indelible mark on American crime fiction. From the mind of master storyteller Mario Puzo, it traces the Corleone family, whose brilliant and brutal portrayal illuminated the violent and seductive allure of power in American society. A tale of family and loyalty, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it has stood the test of time as the def... + Read More
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Before I Do Paperback Sophie Cousens 9780593539873 $23.00 FICTION Oct 11, 2022

A heartwarming and playful novel about the ones we love and the ones we lose by the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next YearWhat would you do if ’the one that got away’ turned up the night before your wedding?Head-in-the-stars Audrey is about to marry down-to-earth Josh. Though they are polar opposites, they have a healthy, stable relationship; Josh is just what Audrey needs. But romance should be unpredictable and full of fireworks, and as the big day approaches, Audrey’s found herself wondering if Josh really is “The One.”So, ... + Read More
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Suburban Hell Paperback Maureen Kilmer 9780593422373 $23.00 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

A Chicago cul-de-sac is about to get a new neighbor…of the demonic kind.Amy Foster considers herself lucky. After she left the city and moved to the suburbs, she found her place quickly with neighbors Liz, Jess, and Melissa, snarking together from the outskirts of the PTA crowd. One night during their monthly wine get-together, the crew concoct a plan for a clubhouse She Shed in Liz’s backyard—a space for just them, no spouses or kids allowed.But the night after they christen the She Shed, things start to feel . . . off. They didn’t expect Liz’... + Read More
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Meet Me Under the Mistletoe Paperback Jenny Bayliss 9780593422229 $23.00 FICTION Sep 27, 2022

A city bookshop owner heads to the English countryside for a holiday reunion—only to face her childhood enemy.Elinor Noel—Nory for short—is quite content running her secondhand bookshop in London. Forever torn between her working-class upbringing and her classmates’ extravagant lifestyles at the posh private school she attended on scholarship, Nory has finally figured out how to keep both at equal distance. So when two of her oldest friends invite their whole gang to spend the time leading up to their wedding together at the castle near their o... + Read More
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Just Like Magic Paperback Sarah Hogle 9780593539859 $23.00 FICTION Oct 04, 2022

The holidays were never her thing, until she accidentally conjures the Holiday Spirit…before her very eyes.Bettie Hughes once knew the comfort of luxury, flaunting a collection of designer purses and an enviable dream home in Hawaii. That was before she lost all her money. Long obsessed with her public image, Bettie boasts an extravagant lifestyle on social media. But the reality is Bettie is broke and squatting in Colorado, and her family has no idea.Christmas, with its pressure to meet familial expectations, is looming when Bettie plays a vin... + Read More
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The Decoy Girlfriend Paperback Lillie Vale 9780593422021 $23.00 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

A laugh-out-loud funny and whip-smart romantic comedy from the author of The Shaadi Set-Up, about a young woman who takes the place of her celebrity doppelgänger, and must fake-date the actress’s sexy costar boyfriend.Writer Freya Lal has a huge secret: she’s a dead ringer for It-girl actress Mandi Roy. Her second novel is due in a month, but inspiration is nowhere to be found. Desperate to shake off her writer’s block, Freya leans into her look-alike abilities and indulges in some mistaken identity for simple perks, like scoring a free mimosa ... + Read More
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You Should Have Told Me Paperback Leah Konen 9780593539941 $23.00 FICTION Jan 03, 2023

A new mother chases the secrets her partner left behind after his sudden disappearance in this pulse-pounding domestic thriller from the author of The Perfect Escape.Janie needs a break: her baby won’t sleep, she’s struggling with motherhood, and a secret from her past threatens to tear her new family apart. So when her partner, Max, offers to do their baby’s feedings that night so she can finally get some sleep, she jumps at the chance. But when Janie wakes up at three a.m., her daughter is screaming alone in her bassinet … Max has vanished.Al... + Read More
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The Family Paperback Naomi Krupitsky 9780525542001 $23.00 FICTION Oct 11, 2022

The Instant New York Times bestsellerA TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club PickA captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself.Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each w... + Read More
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The King of Infinite Space Paperback Lyndsay Faye 9780525535911 $23.00 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical physicist, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé, Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father.Meet Ben Dane: brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault). His Broadway theater baron father is dead—but on purpose or by accident? The question rips him apart.Unable to face alone his mother’s ghastly remarriage to his uncle, Ben turns to his dearest friend, Horatio Pa... + Read More
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What Happened to the Bennetts Paperback Lisa Scottoline 9780525539698 $12.99 FICTION Nov 29, 2022

From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding new novel.Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same. Now you have to choose between law…and justice.Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence ch... + Read More
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Let's Get Physical How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World Paperback Danielle Friedman 9780593188446 $24.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Jan 03, 2023

A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women’s exercise culture—from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda—and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power.For much of the twentieth century, sweating was considered “unladylike” and girls grew up believing physical exertion would cause their uterus to “fall out.” It was only in the Sixties that, thanks to a few forward-thinking fitness pioneers, women began to move en masse. In Let’s Get Physical, journalist Danielle Frie... + Read More
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The Golfer's Carol Paperback Robert Bailey 9780593190524 $23.00 FICTION Oct 25, 2022

An inspirational and heartwarming novel for fans of Mitch Albom, blending elements of It’s a Wonderful Life and Field of Dreams into a moving story all its own.Four rounds. Four heroes. Four life-changing lessons.On the morning of his 40th birthday, Randy Clark believes the only way he can help his family is to end it all. With his dreams of a pro golf career long gone, his marriage struggling, and facing financial ruin, Randy sees no other alternative to help his wife and daughter but to jump from the Tennessee River Bridge, which he intends t... + Read More
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Find Your Unicorn Space Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World Paperback Eve Rodsky 9780593328033 $24.95 SELF-HELP Sep 13, 2022

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and “the Marie Kondo of relationships” comes an inspirational guide for setting new personal goals, rediscovering your interests, cultivating creativity, and reclaiming your Unicorn Space.With her acclaimed New York Times bestseller (and Reese’s Book Club pick) Fair Play, Eve Rodsky began a national conversation and launched a movement toward greaterequality on the home front. But she soon realized that even when the domestic workloadbecame more balanced, women were still reporting dissati... + Read More
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Series: OREGON FILES, THE Clive Cussler's Hellburner Hardcover Mike Maden 9780593540640 $39.95 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must track down a nuclear torpedo before it unleashes World War III in this electrifying new installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the leader of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartel and loses an Oregon crew member in the process, he’s determined to get revenge. Little does he know that the explosion he just narrowly escaped was merely the latest flash of violence from a machine of war that has existed for decades, dating from the bloodiest episode in A... + Read More