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Series: Finding the Mother TreeDiscovering the Wisdom of the ForestPaperback
Suzanne Simard9780735237773
$23.00SCIENCE
Jun 21, 2022
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA world-leading expert shares her amazing story of discovering the communication that exists between trees, and shares her own story of family and grief. Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence who has been compared to Rachel Carson, and whose work has influenced James Cameron and Richard Powers.In Finding the Mother Tree, Simard brings us into her world and shows us that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated... + Read More
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Series: A Town Called SolacePaperback
Mary Lawson9780735281295
$21.00FICTION
Jun 28, 2022
NATIONAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZENew York Times bestselling author Mary Lawson, acclaimed for digging into the “wilderness of the human heart,” is back after almost a decade with a fresh and timely novel just as emotional and atmospheric as her beloved earlier work.A Town Called Solace opens on a family in crisis. Sixteen-year-old Rose is missing. Angry and rebellious, she had a row with her mother, stormed out of the house and simply disappeared. Left behind is seven-year-old Clara, Rose’s adoring little sister. Her sol... + Read More
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Series: UnreconciledFamily, Truth, and Indigenous ResistancePaperback
Jesse Wente9780735235755
$19.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 14, 2022
NATIONAL BESTSELLERPart memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples.Jesse Wente remembers the exact moment he realized that he was a certain kind of Indian—a stereotypical cartoon Indian. He was playing softball as a child when the opposing team began to war-whoop when he was at bat. It was just one of many incidents that formed Wente’s understanding of what it means to be... + Read More
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Series: Rehearsals for LivingHardcover
Robyn Maynard9781039000650
$32.00SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jun 14, 2022
NATIONAL BESTSELLERONE OF THE CBC’S BEST CANADIAN NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2022A revolutionary collaboration about the world we’re living in now, between two of our most important contemporary thinkers, writers and activists.When the world entered pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, Robyn Maynard, influential author of Policing Black Lives, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, renowned artist, musician, and author of Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies, began writing each other letters—a gesture sparked by a desire for kinship and connection i... + Read More
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Series: LapvonaA NovelHardcover
Ottessa Moshfegh9780593300268
$36.00FICTION
Jun 21, 2022
In a village buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself part of a power struggle that puts the community’s faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh’s most exciting leap yetLittle Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother—his father told him she died in childbirth. One of Marek’s few consolations is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby, as she did many of the village’s children. Ina’s ... + Read More
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Series: NeverA NovelPaperback
Ken Follett9780593300039
$27.00FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
Now in paperback, the must-read epic from master writer Ken Follett: an action-packed, globe-spanning spy thriller about brinkmanship, impossible decisions, and the unforeseen consequences that could lead to the next world war“When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended it to happen. But the emperors and prime ministers, one by one, made decisions—logical, moderate decisions—each of which took us a small step closer to... + Read More
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Series: RoguesTrue Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and CrooksHardcover
Patrick Radden Keefe9780385675451
$35.00TRUE CRIME
Jun 28, 2022
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of misbehavior and skullduggery by one of the most decorated journalists of our time.“I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an article, I read it…. He’s a national treasure.”—Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller BlowoutPatrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell... + Read More
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Series: HorseA NovelHardcover
Geraldine Brooks9780399562969
$37.00FICTION
Jun 14, 2022
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American historyKentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a p... + Read More
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Series: Local Gone MissingPaperback
Fiona Barton9780735237636
$22.95FICTION
Jun 14, 2022
Detective Elise King investigates a man’s disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other, in this suspenseful new novel from the #1 bestselling author of The Widow.Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective. Or she was, before a medical leave left her unsure if she’d ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing: the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes. Elise can only g... + Read More
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Series: Commanding HopeThe Power We Have to Renew a World in PerilPaperback
Thomas Homer-Dixon9780307363176
$24.00POLITICAL SCIENCE
Jun 14, 2022
Calling on history, cutting-edge research, complexity science and even The Lord of the Rings, renowned thought leader Thomas Homer-Dixon lays out the tools we can command to rescue a world on the brink.For three decades, Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of The Ingenuity Gap and The Upside of Down, has examined the threats to our future security—predicting a deteriorating global environment, extreme economic stresses, mass migrations, social instability and wide political violence if humankind continued on its current course. He was called The Doom Me... + Read More
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Series: The Personal LibrarianPaperback
Marie Benedict9780593101544
$23.00FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick!Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post!“Historical fiction at its best.”*A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation.In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and a... + Read More
The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation and Business Insider “Defining Book of the Decade”—now a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine.“I can’t even express how much I love this book! I didn’t want this story to end!”—Reese Witherspoon“Painfully beautiful.”—The New York Times Book ReviewFor years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-... + Read More
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Series: How to Raise an AntiracistHardcover
Ibram X. Kendi9780593242537
$37.00FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Jun 14, 2022
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Series: Islands of AbandonmentNature Rebounding in the Post-Human LandscapePaperback
Cal Flyn9781984878212
$24.00NATURE
Jun 14, 2022
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Series: Hell of a BookA NovelPaperback
Jason Mott9780593330982
$23.00FICTION
Jun 28, 2022
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Series: An Immense WorldHow Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around UsHardcover
Ed Yong9781039003903
$38.00NATURE
Jun 21, 2022
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Series: Mrs. MarchA NovelPaperback
Virginia Feito9781324091967
$22.00FICTION
Jun 14, 2022
George March’s latest novel is a smash. No one could be prouder than his dutiful wife, Mrs. March, who revels in his accolades. A careful creature of routine and decorum, she lives a precariously controlled existence on the Upper East Side until one morning, when the shopkeeper of her favorite patisserie suggests that her husband’s latest protagonist—a detestable character named Johanna—is based on Mrs. March herself. Clutching her ostrich leather pocketbook and mint-colored gloves, she flees the shop. What could have merited this humiliation?
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Series: WHISTLER, THEThe Judge's ListA NovelPaperback
John Grisham9780593157848
$24.00FICTION
Jun 21, 2022
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect—a sitting judge—in “one of the best crime reads of the year.… Bristling with high-tech detail and shivering with suspense…. Worth staying up all night to finish” (Wall Street Journal).In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, s... + Read More
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Series: The War for GloriaPaperback
Atticus Lish9780385689892
$22.95FICTION
Jun 21, 2022
A searing, tender, haunting story about fathers and sons, sons and mothers, and a young boy’s struggle to become a man, from the author of the PEN/Faulkner winning debut novel Preparation for the Next Life. Corey Goltz is fifteen years old when his mother, Gloria, is diagnosed with ALS. Estranged from his father, and increasingly responsible for meeting both his mother’s needs and his own, Corey is determined to be the hero Gloria needs—at any cost.But when his father Leonard re-enters the picture, Corey’s beliefs—about honour and love, duty an... + Read More
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Series: YawdModern Afro-Caribbean RecipesHardcover
Adrian Forte9780525611561
$35.00COOKING
Jun 07, 2022
The ONLY cookbook you need this summer! Dive into this bold, flavor-filled cookbook, packed with recipes to bring sun-filled island vibes to your home.Yawd = comfort food that sticks to your ribs! In his first cookbook, star chef Adrian Forte shares more than 100 of his inspiring recipes to get you fired up in the kitchen.Try new riffs on Caribbean classics like Coconut Fried Chicken, Spiced Steamed Fish, Rasta Pasta, and Pepper Shrimp PaellaIncorporate more African ancestral ingredients with Ackee & Saltfish Fritters or Okra PilafTry the dish... + Read More
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Series: A Bit MuchHardcover
Sarah Jackson9780735242159
$27.00FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
For fans of Sally Rooney and Ottessa Moshfegh, A Bit Much is a darkly funny novel about the complexity of friendships, the agony of insecurity, and the beautiful and embarrassing nature of loving someone.Alice is twenty-four and falling apart. She’s lost her job, her appetite, her ability to sleep. And now she’s worried she’s going to lose Mia, her closest friend, who’s being treated for a serious illness. On the days Alice can get herself out of bed, she visits Mia at the hospital. While they sink into familiar patterns—Alice makes Mia laugh... + Read More
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Series: The House Across the LakeA NovelPaperback
Riley Sager9780593472019
$25.00FICTION
Jun 21, 2022
New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager (“a master of the twist and the turn”*) is back with his most unexpected thriller yet.*Rolling StoneCasey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing—a tech innovator, Tom is rich, and a forme... + Read More
“A taut and compelling depiction of loneliness and obsession.” —Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train“[It] will keep you firmly in its grip.” —Oyinkan Braithwaite, bestselling author of My Sister, the Serial Killer“The love child of Eugene Ionesco and Patricia Highsmith.” —Kelly Link, bestselling author of Get in TroubleA bestselling, prizewinning novel by one of Japan’s most acclaimed young writers, for fans of Convenience Store Woman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, and the movies Parasite and Rear ... + Read More
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Series: DETECTIVE VARG SERIESThe Man with the Silver SaabA Detective Varg Novel (3)Paperback
Alexander McCall Smith9781039000179
$21.00FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
In this hilarious new novel in the bestselling Detective Varg series, an eminent art historian is framed and the ace investigators of the Department of Sensitive Crimes are on the case.Detective Ulf Varg is a man of refined tastes and quite familiar with the art scene in Malmö. So when art historian Anders Kindgren visits the Department of Sensitive Crimes to report a series of bizarre acts that have been committed against him, Ulf and his team swing into action. Fish stuffed into the vents of Kindgren’s car an... + Read More
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Series: Filthy AnimalsPaperback
Brandon Taylor9780525538929
$22.00FICTION
Jun 21, 2022
Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Time, Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, BuzzFeed, Vulture, and more: The much-talked-about, deeply satisfying group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence, from the “modern E. M. Forster” (Vulture) and Booker Prize finalist.One of the breakout literary stars of 2020, Brandon Taylor has been hailed by Roxane Gay as “a writer who wields his craft in absolutely unforgettable ways.” With Filthy Animals he renews and expands o... + Read More
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Series: Caesar CountryCocktails, Clams & CanadaHardcover
Aaron Harowitz9780525611370
$40.00COOKING
Jun 07, 2022
Caesar Country is a love letter to Canada by way of one cocktail—our cocktail—the Caesar.In this stunning book, Aaron Harowitz and Zack Silverman—co-founders of Walter Craft Caesar—take you on a deep and detailed dive through the art and science of Caesar making. They share a compelling collection of cocktail and food recipes, including contributions from some of Canada’s top bartenders and chefs, showcasing the countless ways to reinterpret the classic Caesar. Caesar Country is inspired by travels across Canada—the people met, places seen, dri... + Read More
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Series: LAST INTERVIEW SERIES, THEJoan Didion:The Last Interviewand Other ConversationsPaperback
MELVILLE HOUSE9781685890117
$23.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 28, 2022
The iconic writer whose prose was as influential and as it is unmistakably hers is joined in conversation with Sheila Heti, Hilton Als, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru and many more.Some writers define a generation. Some a genre. Joan Didion did both, and much more. Didion rose to prominence with her nonfiction collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and she quickly became the writer who captured the zeitgeist of the washed-out, acid hangover of the 60s. But as a bicoastal writer of fiction and nonfiction whose writing ranged from personal essays and... + Read More
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Series: If We BreakA Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and HealingHardcover
Kathleen Buhle9780593241059
$36.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 14, 2022
Kathleen Buhle shares her story of resilience and self-discovery after her marriage to Hunter Biden unraveled in the wake of substance abuse and infidelity in this intimate, astonishing memoir.This is not a story about good versus evil. Or who was right. Or who was better. For decades, Kathleen Buhle chose to play the role of the good wife, beginning when, as a naĂŻve young woman from a working-class family on the South Side of Chicago, she met the dashing son of a senator at the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Oregon. Within months of falling in love... + Read More
This historic memoir by activist Ryousuke Nanasaki recounts his first experiences as a gay man while searching for his soulmate and eventual marriage–the first religiously recognized same-sex wedding in Japanese history. (Manga adaptation also available from Seven Seas.)Ryousuke Nanasaki married his husband in 2016 in the first religiously recognized same-sex wedding in Japanese history. This collection of essays follows Ryousuke’s search for love on the journey to his extraordinary marriage. From unrequited junior high crushes to awkward datin... + Read More
A diary of my sexual awakening…at thirty-three?!!Asuka is neither a woman nor a man—they’re X-gender (a non-binary identity)—and they’ve realized they like women! Okay, now what? Adult films are fun to watch, but real sex is less appealing. Would having a penis make that better or worse? Periods already suck, and sex means more fluids from more people! This autobiographical manga follows Asuka’s feelings about their body, their relationships, and the fun (and sometimes terrible) experience of having an awakening in their thirties.Â
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Series: As Cooked on TikTokFan favorites and recipe exclusives from more than 40 TikTok creators! A CookbookHardcover
TikTok9780593235508
$25.99COOKING
Jun 14, 2022
Featuring both viral and brand-new recipes from many of the community’s most beloved TikTok food creators!Bring the fun to your kitchen with some of the most popular recipes you know and love from the entertainment platform with more than one billion users globally!Featuring over sixty recipes from more than forty food creators on the platform, As Cooked on TikTok offers something different and delicious on every page. There’s The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich from The Korean Vegan, Grilled Jalapeño Corn Off the Cob from Cooking with Shereen, Ram... + Read More
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Series: Turkey and the WolfFlavor Trippin' in New Orleans [A Cookbook]Hardcover
Mason Hereford9781984858993
$40.00COOKING
Jun 21, 2022
A fun and flavorful book of 95 dynamic recipes that put a playful spin on Southern food, from the James Beard Award-nominated owner of Turkey and the Wolf in New Orleans.Mason Hereford grew up in rural Virginia, where he frequented local country stores that sold everything from gas and ammo to broccoli-cheese casserole and a turkey, cheddar, and cranberry sandwich that still haunts his dreams. After working in fine dining, he opened Turkey and the Wolf in New Orleans in 2016, bringing country store spirit (and his take on that turkey sandwich) ... + Read More
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Series: TALENTS, THEOrdinary MonstersA NovelHardcover
J. M. Miro9780771000027
$39.95FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
A stunning new work of historical fantasy, J. M. Miro’s Ordinary Monsters introduces readers to the dark, labyrinthine world of the Talents.England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness—a man made of smoke.Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn’t have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded fe... + Read More
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Series: MiniqueA NovelPaperback
Anna Maxymiw9780771096815
$22.95FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
Series: Ashton HallA NovelHardcover
Lauren Belfer9780593359495
$37.00FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
An American woman and her son unearth the buried secrets and past lives of an English manor house in this masterful and riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Belfer.“Infused with the brooding, gothic atmosphere of Jane Eyre or Rebecca…a novel that must be savored, one page at a time.”— Melanie Benjamin, author of The Children’s Blizzard“How many lives can you imagine yourself living?”Or so Hannah Larson wonders. When an uncle falls ill, Hannah and her young son, Nicky, decide to join him for the summer at Ashton Hall, a h... + Read More
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Series: Woman of LightA NovelHardcover
Kali Fajardo-Anstine9780525511328
$37.00FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award Finalist Sabrina & Corina“There is one every generation—a seer who keeps the stories.”Luz “Little Light” Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930’s Denver on her own, she begins to have visions that transport her to her I... + Read More
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Series: What Strange ParadiseA NovelPaperback
Omar El Akkad9780771050329
$21.00FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level of a child’s eyes, from the widely acclaimed author of American War.More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. ... + Read More
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Series: NightcrawlingA novelHardcover
Leila Mottley9780771050411
$32.95FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A NEW YORK TIMES WRITER TO WATCH • Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel • A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system—the debut of a blazingly original voice and “a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope” (Oprah Winfrey)Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by deat... + Read More
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Series: Flying SoloA NovelHardcover
Linda Holmes9780525619277
$37.00FICTION
Jun 14, 2022
A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over.Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a... + Read More
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Series: Directed by James BurrowsFive Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and MoreHardcover
James Burrows9780593358245
$38.99PERFORMING ARTS
Jun 07, 2022
From the director of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, and Will & Grace comes an insightful and nostalgic memoir that offers a bounty of behind-the-scenes moments from our favorite shows, peeling away the layers behind how a successful sitcom comes together—and stays that way.In Directed by James Burrows, the legendary talent not only provides backstories into the genesis and casting of the dozens of great sitcoms he directed, Burrows also offers insight into how these memorable shows are created, how they get on the ai... + Read More