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How to be Gluten-Free and Keep your Friends: Recipes & Tips (Hardcover)

By Anna Barnett, Quadrille (Text by), Kim Lightbody (Photographs by)

$19.99

ISBN: 9781787132917

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Published: Quadrille Publishing - February 19th, 2019

Grocery stores now stock gluten-free options, your grandma has heard of the term, and you've never felt better – so why is it still so tricky to navigate life as a gluten-free diner? From going out for dinner, to staying in with friends, it can be a challenge to cook, eat, and socialize in a world of gluten-eaters.

The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things --- Stories from Science and Observation (Hardcover)

By Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst (Translator)

$24.95

ISBN: 9781771643887

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Published: Greystone Books - March 5th, 2019

The final book in The Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben.

First: Sandra Day O'Connor (Hardcover)

By Evan Thomas

$32.00

ISBN: 9780399589287

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Published: Random House - March 19th, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas.

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Lost Children Archive: A novel (Hardcover)

By Valeria Luiselli

$27.95

ISBN: 9780525520610

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Published: Knopf - February 12th, 2019

“The novel truly becomes novel again in Luiselli’s hands—electric, elastic, alluring, new.” --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times

"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight . . . Everyone should read this book." --Tommy Orange

One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best Book of 2019 So Far

Where to Drink Wine: An essential guide to the world's must-visit wineries (Hardcover)

By Chris Losh

$29.99

ISBN: 9781787132252

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Published: Quadrille Publishing - March 19th, 2019

Wherever you are in the world, there's a winery worth visiting, a vineyard ready to be explored and a cellar packed with bottles of juicy wines begging to be drunk.

Bloodleaf (The Bloodleaf Trilogy) (Hardcover)

By Crystal Smith

$18.99

ISBN: 9781328496300

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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - March 12th, 2019

“Enchanting, visceral, and twisty”— New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess, Laura Sebastian

“BLOODLEAF feels like a classic in the making.” – Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless

A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy that’s layered with heady romanc

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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves (Hardcover)

By Frans de Waal

$27.95

ISBN: 9780393635065

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 12th, 2019

Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, which investigated animal intelligence, Mama's Last Hug delivers a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals.

Gingerbread: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Helen Oyeyemi

$27.00

ISBN: 9781594634659

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Published: Riverhead Books - March 5th, 2019

"Exhilarating...A wildly imagined, head-spinning, deeply intelligent novel." - The New York Times Book Review

The Island of Sea Women: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Lisa See

$27.00

ISBN: 9781501154850

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Published: Scribner - March 5th, 2019

A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.

Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds.

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Taylor Jenkins Reid

$27.00

ISBN: 9781524798628

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Published: Ballantine Books - March 5th, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.

Husbands That Cook: More Than 120 Irresistible Vegetarian Recipes and Tales from Our Tiny Kitchen (Hardcover)

By Ryan Alvarez, Adam Merrin

$32.50

ISBN: 9781250151544

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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - March 12th, 2019

FEATURED IN: LA Times • Relish Magazine • Epicurius.com • Eat Your Books • The Eagle Rock Boulevard-Sentinel • Men's Vow's • Powell's Books Blog • Bay Area Reporter • Passport Magazine

Gaby Dalkin says: "Adam and Ryan make vegetarian recipes that are not only delicious but they'll satisfy any meat lover too!"

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid (Paperback)

By Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator)

$8.99

ISBN: 9780062342461

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Published: Balzer + Bray - March 5th, 2019

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling Wildwood Chronicles comes an original, humorous, and fast-paced middle grade novel about a band of child pickpockets—imagine The Invention of Hugo Cabret meets Oliver Twist.

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Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World (Paperback)

By Andrea Barnet

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062310736

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Published: Ecco - March 5th, 2019

A Finalist for the PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography
Four influential women we thought we knew well—Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters—and how they spearheaded the modern progressive movement

Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote Cover Image

Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote (Hardcover)

By Tina Cassidy

$28.00

ISBN: 9781501177767

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Published: 37 Ink - March 5th, 2019

In this “heroic narrative” (The Wall Street Journal), discover the inspiring and timely account of the complex relationship between leading suffragist Alice Paul and President Woodrow Wilson in her fight for women’s equality.

The House of Broken Angels (Paperback)

By Luis Alberto Urrea

$16.99

ISBN: 9780316154895

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Published: Back Bay Books - March 5th, 2019

In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" (San Francisco Chronicle) story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend.

The Sea Beast Takes a Lover: Stories (Paperback)

By Michael Andreasen

$17.00

ISBN: 9781101986639

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Published: Dutton - March 5th, 2019

“This debut author rightfully earns his place on the storytelling totem pole with this wildly original short story collection.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Us Against You: A Novel (Paperback)

By Fredrik Backman

$17.00

ISBN: 9781501160806

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Published: Washington Square Press - March 5th, 2019

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown returns with an unforgettable novel “about people—about strength and tribal loyalty and what we unwittingly do when trying to show our boys how to be men” (Jojo Moyes).

Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did.
Have you ever seen a town rise?

Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell (Paperback)

By Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson

$16.00

ISBN: 9781524797768

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Published: Del Rey - February 26th, 2019

In an irreverent new series in the tradition of Monty Python, the bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and Star Wars: Phasma reinvent fantasy, fairy tales, and floridly written feast scenes.

“Ranks among the best of Christopher Moore and Terry Pratchett.”—Chuck Wendig

A Woman's Place: The Inventors, Rumrunners, Lawbreakers, Scientists, and Single Moms Who Changed the World with Food (Hardcover)

By Deepi Ahluwalia, Stef Ferrari, Jessica Olah (Illustrator)

$25.00

ISBN: 9780316452243

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Published: Little, Brown and Company - March 5th, 2019

Discover the trailblazing women who changed the world from their kitchens.

If "a woman's place is in the kitchen," why is the history of food such an old boys' club?

A Woman's Place sets the record straight, sharing stories of more than 80 hidden figures of food who made a lasting mark on history.

Mary Wears What She Wants (Hardcover)

By Keith Negley, Keith Negley (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062846792

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Published: Balzer + Bray - January 15th, 2019

From the award-winning creator of My Dad Used to Be So Cool and Tough Guys Have Feelings Too comes a charming picture book inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing 19th-century doctor who was arrested many times for wearing pants.

History vs Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know (Hardcover)

By Anita Sarkeesian, Ebony Adams, T. S. Abe (Illustrator)

$19.99

ISBN: 9781250146731

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Published: Feiwel & Friends - October 2nd, 2018

Rebels, rulers, scientists, artists, warriors and villains
Women are, and have always been, all these things and more.

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Girlhood in the Borderlands: Mexican Teens Caught in the Crossroads of Migration (Nation of Nations #1) (Paperback)

By Lilia Soto

$30.00

ISBN: 9781479862016

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Published: New York University Press - July 31st, 2018

How gender and generation shape perceptions of place and time as told through the voices of Mexican teenage girls

A Fire Story (Hardcover)

By Brian Fies

$24.99

ISBN: 9781419735851

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Published: Harry N. Abrams - March 5th, 2019

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls (Hardcover)

By Anissa Gray

$26.00

ISBN: 9781984802439

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Published: Berkley - February 19th, 2019

“If you enjoyed An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, read The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls...an absorbing commentary on love, family and forgiveness.”—The Washington Post

Dinner for Everyone: 100 Iconic Dishes Made 3 Ways--Easy, Vegan, or Perfect for Company (Hardcover)

By Mark Bittman, Aya Brackett (Photographs by)

$40.00

ISBN: 9780385344760

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Published: Clarkson Potter - February 12th, 2019

The first major new work from the man who taught America How to Cook Everything is truly the one book a cook needs for a perfect dinner--easy, fancy, or meatless, as the occasion requires.

Lucky Broken Girl (Paperback)

By Ruth Behar

$8.99

ISBN: 9780399546457

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Published: Puffin Books - April 10th, 2018

Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award!

“A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

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She's Got This!: Essays on Standing Strong and Moving on (Paperback)

By Joanne Hartman (Editor), Mary Claire Hill (Editor)

$15.95

ISBN: 9781733523707

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Published: Write on Mamas - February 2019

Boldly and unapologetically told, the essays featured in this powerful collection exemplify strength and resilience as these writers--published authors as well as fresh voices--take their truths public. Filled with hope, humor, and determination, these stories tackle love, loss, friendship, identity, and parenthood.

Separate: The Story of Plessy V. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation (Hardcover)

By Steve Luxenberg

$35.00

ISBN: 9780393239379

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 12th, 2019

Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first.

The White Card: A Play (Paperback)

By Claudia Rankine

$16.00

ISBN: 9781555978396

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Published: Graywolf Press - March 19th, 2019

A play about the imagined fault line between black and white lives by Claudia Rankine, the author of Citizen

A Work in Progress: A Journal (Hardcover)

By René Redzepi

$29.95

ISBN: 9780714877549

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Published: Phaidon Press - February 13th, 2019

The world-famous chef René Redzepi's intimate first-hand account of a year in the life of his renowned restaurant, noma

Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles (Ronan Boyle #1) (Hardcover)

By Thomas Lennon, John Hendrix (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781419734915

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Published: Harry N. Abrams - March 5th, 2019

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The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully (Paperback)

By Frank Ostaseski, Rachel Naomi Remen (Foreword by)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781250076748

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Published: Flatiron Books - January 22nd, 2019

The cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and pioneer behind the compassionate care movement shares an inspiring exploration of the lessons dying has to offer about living a fulfilling life.

See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary (Paperback)

By Lorrie Moore

$17.00

ISBN: 9780525433859

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Published: Vintage - March 5th, 2019

A New York Times Critic's Top Pick of the Year

Passing (Restless Classics) (Paperback)

By Nella Larsen, Maggie Lily (Illustrator), Darryl Pinckney (Introduction by)

$19.99

ISBN: 9781632062024

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Published: Restless Books - October 16th, 2018

Restless Classics presents the ninetieth anniversary edition of an undersung gem of the Harlem Renaissance: Nella Larsen's Passing, a captivating and prescient exploration of identity, sexuality, self-invention, class, and race set amidst the pealing boisterousness of the Jazz Age.

When childhood friends Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry cross paths at a whites-only restaura

Double Awesome Chinese Food: Irresistible and Totally Achievable Recipes from Our Chinese-American Kitchen (Hardcover)

By Margaret Li, Irene Li, Andrew Li

$35.00

ISBN: 9781611805574

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Published: Roost Books - February 5th, 2019

Wildly inventive Chinese-American home cooking from the siblings behind Boston’s acclaimed Mei Mei restaurant.

Ellie May on Presidents' Day (Paperback)

By Hillary Homzie, Jeffrey Ebbeler (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9781580899284

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Published: Charlesbridge - December 18th, 2018

Just how far will Ellie May go to be chosen as class flag leader during the exciting week leading up to Presidents' Day?

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The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom (Paperback)

By David F. Walker, Damon Smyth (Illustrator), Marissa Louise (Illustrator)

$19.99

ISBN: 9780399581441

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Published: Ten Speed Press - January 8th, 2019

A graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and most photographed man of the nineteenth century, based on his autobiographical writings and speeches, spotlighting the key events and people that shaped the life of this great American.

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Hardcover)

By David W. Blight

$37.50

ISBN: 9781416590316

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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 16th, 2018

**Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History**

*Winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, Los Angeles Times (biography), Lincoln, Plutarch, and Christopher Awards*

Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Time

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The Sparsholt Affair (Paperback)

By Alan Hollinghurst

$16.95

ISBN: 9781101873083

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Published: Vintage - February 5th, 2019

In 1940, the handsome, athletic, and charismatic David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford University to study engineering, unaware of his effect on others—especially on Evert Dax, the lonely son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself.

Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen (Hardcover)

By Yasmin Khan

$29.95

ISBN: 9781324002628

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 5th, 2019

"Yasmin Khan draws on her vast experience as a storyteller, cook, human rights activist, itinerant traveler and writer to create a moving, empathetic, hugely knowledgeable and utterly delicious book." --Anthony Bourdain.

Breathe with Me: Using Breath to Feel Strong, Calm, and Happy (Hardcover)

By Mariam Gates, Sarah Jane Hinder (Illustrator)

$17.95

ISBN: 9781683640301

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Published: Sounds True - January 2019

When you're mad or worried or can't wake up in the morning, what can you do? Use the amazing superpower that you already have—breathing.
Our newest offering from the bestselling creators of Good Night Yoga teaches kids fun and easy breathing practices based on the proven methods of yoga and mindfulness meditation.
Sample practices:

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The Stressless Brain (Paperback)

By Madhur-Nain Webster

$18.99

ISBN: 9781982204280

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Published: Balboa Press - February 28th, 2019

Though the modern world has given us many benefits and privileges, it has also burdened us with constant stimulation and endless expectations. Feeling overwhelmed, we become distracted from our life's purpose. Because we have lost our path, we feel emotionally, physically, and spiritually imbalanced - and this has left many of us stressed and anxious.

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country (Hardcover)

By Pam Houston

$25.95

ISBN: 9780393241020

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 29th, 2019

On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000-acre wildfire, threatening her century-old barn and all its inhabitants.

Elsey Come Home: A novel (Hardcover)

By Susan Conley

$25.95

ISBN: 9780525520986

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Published: Knopf - January 15th, 2019

ONE OF THE “BEST WOMEN’S FICTION OF 2019 (SO FAR)”—MARIE CLAIRE
ONE OF THE “61 BOOKS WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO READING IN 2019”—THE HUFFINGTON POST
ONE OF THE “16 FICTION RELEASES TO WATCH FOR”—WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories (Paperback)

By Denis Johnson

$17.00

ISBN: 9780812988659

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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 8th, 2019

Twenty-five years after Jesus’ Son, a haunting new collection of short stories on mortality and transcendence, from National Book Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Denis Johnson

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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing (Paperback)

By Daniel H. Pink

$17.00

ISBN: 9780735210639

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Published: Riverhead Books - January 8th, 2019

The instant New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller
Instant Washington Post Bestseller

"Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." --The Wall Street Journal

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland (Hardcover)

By DaMaris B. Hill

$25.00

ISBN: 9781635572612

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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - January 15th, 2019

A Publishers Weekly Top 10 History Title for the season
Booklist's Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction titles for the year
BookRiot's "50 Must-Read Poetry Collections"
Most Anticipated Books of the Year--The Rumpus, Nylon

An Anonymous Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

$27.99

ISBN: 9781250133731

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Published: St. Martin's Press - January 8th, 2019

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller (January 2019) everyone is talking about!

Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat (Paperback)

By Jonathan Kauffman

$16.99

ISBN: 9780062437310

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 15th, 2019

2019 James Beard Award Nominee
An enlightening narrative history—an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan—that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic gurus, and counterculture elements that brought them to the mainstream and created a distinctly American cuisine.

The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia (Volume 1: Eragon) (Hardcover)

By Christopher Paolini

$16.99

ISBN: 9781984894861

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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - December 31st, 2018

The internationally bestselling fantasy sensation is back, with brand-new stories set in the world of Eragon and the Inheritance Cycle!

A wanderer and a cursed child. Spells and magic. And dragons, of course. Welcome back to the world of Alagaësia.

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