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The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully Cover Image

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.

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

By Lorrie Moore
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ISBN: 9780525433859
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Published: Vintage - March 5th, 2019

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

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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

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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.

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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?

NB + KVON radio 2/8/19

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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.

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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 Pulitzer Prize in History**

“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.

As a young man Frederick Douglass

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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.

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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

A New Yorker, Guardian, BookRiot, Kitchn, KCRW, and Literary Hub Best Cookbook of the Year

A dazzling celebration of Palestinian cuisine, featuring more than 80 modern recipes, captivating stories and stunning travel photography.

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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 1st, 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.

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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

"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us."

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Elsey Come Home: A novel (Hardcover)

By Susan Conley
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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

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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

NB + KVON radio 1/18/19

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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

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

By DaMaris Hill
$25.00
ISBN: 9781635572612
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - January 15th, 2019

Nominated for an NAACP Image Award
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

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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 Cover Image

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

By Jonathan Kauffman
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ISBN: 9780062437310
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 15th, 2019

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.

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

By Christopher Paolini
$16.99
ISBN: 9781984894861
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - December 31st, 2018

Relish the incomparable imagination of Christopher Paolini in this thrilling collection of stories based in the world of Eragon and the internationally bestselling Inheritance Cycle.

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

NB + KVON radio 1/11/19

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Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together (Paperback)

By Gaby Dunn
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501176333
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Published: Atria Books - January 1st, 2019

“Humorous and forthright...[Gaby] Dunn makes facing money issues seem not only palatable but possibly even fun....Dunn’s book delivers.” —Publishers Weekly

The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular podcast with an engaging and empowering financial literacy book for Millennials and Gen Z.

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Freshwater (Paperback)

By Akwaeke Emezi
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802128997
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Published: Grove Press - December 18th, 2018

A National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree
Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

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Once Upon a River: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Diane Setterfield
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ISBN: 9780743298070
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Published: Atria/Emily Bestler Books - December 4th, 2018

“One of the most pleasurable and satisfying new books I've read in a long time.

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What's for Breakfast? (Hardcover)

By Denys Cazet
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250176486
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - November 27th, 2018

“Wake up!” says Rufus, a large and very hungry owl. “It’s time to catch the fearsome mouse. I’m in a mood for a bowl of mouse soup for breakfast.”

Pip, who’s better at sleeping than swooping, leaps from the nest and lands right on top of that fearsome mouse whose name, he learns, is Theodore.

Is it time for breakfast. . . . or friendship?

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Mousie, I Will Read to You (Hardcover)

By Rachael Cole, Melissa Crowton (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781524715366
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Published: Schwartz & Wade - November 13th, 2018

Like Rosemary Wells's Read to Your Bunny and with the charm of The Wonderful Things You Will Be, this gorgeous book will surely appeal to families who want their children to become lifelong readers.

Long before the words make sense, Mousie,
I will read to you
The simplest story,

NB + KVON radio 12/21/18

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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures Cover Image

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures (Hardcover)

By America Ferrera
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ISBN: 9781501180910
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Published: Gallery Books - September 25th, 2018

From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.

America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents’ homeland and Honduran culture.

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Alice Isn't Dead: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Joseph Fink
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062844132
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Published: Harper Perennial - October 30th, 2018

A New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling co-author of It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale comes a fast-paced thriller about a truck driver searching across America for the wife she had long assumed to be dead.

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Stream System: The Collected Short Fiction of Gerald Murnane (Paperback)

By Gerald Murnane
$18.00
ISBN: 9780374126001
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - April 3rd, 2018

Stories from a mind-bending Australian master, “a genius on the level of Beckett” (Teju Cole)

Never before available to readers in this hemisphere, these stories—originally published from 1985 to 2012—offer an irresistible compendium of the work of one of contemporary fiction’s greatest magicians.

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Outline: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Rachel Cusk
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250081544
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Published: Picador - February 9th, 2016

A Finalist for the Folio Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
One of The New York Times' Top Ten Books of the Year

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Transit: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #2) (Paperback)

By Rachel Cusk
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250151797
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Published: Picador - December 19th, 2017

National Bestseller • A Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • A Finalist for the Goldsmiths Prize • Long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award • One of Time Magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year

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Kudos: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #3) (Hardcover)

By Rachel Cusk
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374279868
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - June 5th, 2018

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018 • Amazon Editors' Top 100 of 2018

Rachel Cusk, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of Outline and Transit, completes the transcendent literary trilogy with Kudos, a novel of unsettling power.

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Nourish Cakes: Baking with a Healthy Twist (Hardcover)

By Marianne Stewart, PHd Hiscutt, Dr. Rebecca (Foreword by), Catherine Frawley (Photographs by)
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ISBN: 9781787131163
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Published: Quadrille Publishing - February 6th, 2018

The 50 simple recipes for cakes and bakes, both large and small, focus on nourishing ingredients such as nuts, vegetables, and dried fruit, plus flours such as rye or buckwheat. Many of the recipes are allergy- or intolerance-friendly, using wheat-free flours and unrefined sugars.

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Harbor Me (Hardcover)

By Jacqueline Woodson
$17.99
ISBN: 9780399252525
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 28th, 2018

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.

NB + KVON radio 12/28/18

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Kakebo: The Japanese Art of Mindful Spending (Paperback)

By Natalie Danford (Translated by)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062857965
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Published: Harper Design - December 4th, 2018

Control your spending, save money, regain peace of mind, and make your life happier and healthier with Kakebo—the traditional Japanese method of money management that is still widely used today.

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An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #4) (Paperback)

By Paul Ortiz
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807005934
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Published: Beacon Press - December 11th, 2018

An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights

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Milkman: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anna Burns
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450000
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Published: Graywolf Press - December 4th, 2018

Winner of the Man Booker Prize

“Everything about this novel rings true. . . . Original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique.”—The Guardian

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Colossal Cookies: 100 Outrageously Oversized Treats That Change the Baking Game (Paperback)

By Wendy Kou
$21.99
ISBN: 9781624146725
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Published: Page Street Publishing - December 11th, 2018

Larger-Than-Life Cookies for Larger-Than-Life Appetites

Take your cookies to new heights with Wendy Kou’s supersized approach to baking. Each cookie—about the size of your head—is not only fun to make, but tastes delicious and is perfect to savor or share.

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Little Owl's Snow (Hardcover)

By Divya Srinivasan
$17.99
ISBN: 9780670016518
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - December 4th, 2018

Little Owl experiences his first snow and first winter in this perfect follow-up to Little Owl's Night and Little Owl's Day!

NB + KVON radio 12/14/18

Best of 2018, Part Two!

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Bitter Orange (Hardcover)

By Claire Fuller
$25.95
ISBN: 9781947793156
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Published: Tin House Books - October 9th, 2018

An NPR Best Book of the Year

"Unsettling and eerie, Bitter Orange is an ideal chiller." —Time Magazine

 From the author of Our Endless Numbered Days and Swimming Lessons, Bitter Orange is a seductive psychological portrait, a keyhole into the dangers of longing and how far a woman might go to escape her past.

 

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Everything Under: A Novel (Paperback)

By Daisy Johnson
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978266
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 23rd, 2018

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZE

An eerie, watery reimagining of the Oedipus myth set on the canals of Oxford, from the author of Fen

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Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over (Hardcover)

By Nell Painter
$26.00
ISBN: 9781640090613
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Published: Counterpoint LLC - June 19th, 2018

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, this memoir of one woman's later in life career change is "a smart, funny and compelling case for going after your heart's desires, no matter your age" (Essence).

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Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places (Paperback)

By Jeff Speck
$36.00
ISBN: 9781610918985
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Published: Island Press - October 15th, 2018

“Cities are the future of the human race, and Jeff Speck knows how to make them work.”
 —David Owen, staff writer at the New Yorker
  
Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable—for reasons of health, wealth, and the environment—yet few are taking the proper steps to get there.

The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single Spirit Cover Image

The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single Spirit (Hardcover)

By Maggie Hoffman
$22.00
ISBN: 9780399580048
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Published: Ten Speed Press - March 6th, 2018

A collection of more than 80 wonderfully creative, fresh, and delicious cocktails that only require a bottle of your favorite spirit, plus fresh ingredients you can easily find at the market.

The Noma Guide to Fermentation: Including koji, kombuchas, shoyus, misos, vinegars, garums, lacto-ferments, and black fruits and vegetables (Foundations of Flavor) Cover Image

The Noma Guide to Fermentation: Including koji, kombuchas, shoyus, misos, vinegars, garums, lacto-ferments, and black fruits and vegetables (Foundations of Flavor) (Hardcover)

By René Redzepi, David Zilber
$40.00
ISBN: 9781579657185
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Published: Artisan - October 16th, 2018

New York Times Bestseller

Named one of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Houston Chronicle, Esquire, GQ, Eater, and more

Named one of the Best Cookbooks to Give as Gifts by Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Esquire, Fiel

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Goodnight, Good Dog (padded board book with flocked cover) (Board book)

By Mary Lyn Ray, Rebecca Malone (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9781328852427
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - May 29th, 2018

Say goodnight to a good dog, in this padded board book with a touchable, flocked dog on the cover. For one restless pup the waking world is too full of wonder to leave behind at bedtime, until he closes his eyes and finds comfort in his dreams.

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The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle (Hardcover)

By Christina Uss
$16.99
ISBN: 9780823440078
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Published: Margaret Ferguson Books - June 5th, 2018

Selected for the 2019-2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

A determined 12-year-old girl bikes across the country in this quirky and charming debut middle grade novel.

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Best Books of 2018, Part One!

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Educated: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Tara Westover
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399590504
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Published: Random House - February 20th, 2018

#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
 

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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Rush
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ISBN: 9781571313676
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Published: Milkweed Editions - June 12th, 2018

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD
A CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018
A GUARDIAN, NPR's SCIENCE FRIDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018

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Circe (Hardcover)

By Madeline Miller
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316556347
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - April 10th, 2018

"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Hardcover)

By Ottessa Moshfegh
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525522119
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Published: Penguin Press - July 10th, 2018

Entertainment Weekly’s #1 Book of 2018

“One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound.”
— Entertainment Weekly 

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The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe (Hardcover)

By Rajat Parr, Jordan Mackay
$40.00
ISBN: 9780399578236
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Published: Ten Speed Press - October 23rd, 2018

Winner of the prestigious André Simon Drink Book Award

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Bong Appétit: Mastering the Art of Cooking with Weed [A Cookbook] (Hardcover)

By Editors of MUNCHIES
$30.00
ISBN: 9780399580109
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Published: Ten Speed Press - October 2nd, 2018

Based on the popular Munchies and Viceland television series Bong Appétit, this cannabis cookbook features 65 "high"-end recipes for sweet and savory dishes as well as cocktails.

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Emergency Contact (Hardcover)

By Mary H. K. Choi
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534408968
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - March 27th, 2018

“Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book.” —Rainbow Rowell

From debut author Mary H.K.

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Julián Is a Mermaid (Hardcover)

By Jessica Love, Jessica Love (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780763690458
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Published: Candlewick - April 23rd, 2018

Winner of a 2019 Stonewall Book Award

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

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Hungover: The Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure (Paperback)

By Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143126706
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Published: Penguin Books - November 20th, 2018

“Bishop-Stall insists that hangovers… [are] worthy of a cure. After years of dogged research around the globe, he finds one — just in time for the holidays.” —Washington Post

Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious) Cover Image

Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious) (Hardcover)

By PhD Wall, Michael, Karl Tate (Illustrator)
$27.00
ISBN: 9781538729373
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 13th, 2018

In the vein of Randall Munroe's What If? meets Brian Green's Elegant Universe, a senior writer from Space.com leads readers on a wild ride of exploration into the final frontier, investigating what's really "out there."

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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Oyinkan Braithwaite
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ISBN: 9780385544238
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Published: Doubleday - November 20th, 2018

"Pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember."--NEW YORK TIMES

"The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."--MARIE CLAIRE

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER

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Wine Reads: A Literary Anthology of Wine Writing (Hardcover)

By Jay McInerney (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780802128836
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - November 6th, 2018

In this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney--bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for Town & Country, Wall Street Journal, and House and Garden--selects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making, selling, and of course, drinking of fine wine.

Including excerpts from novels, short fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction,

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter) (Hardcover)

By J.K. Rowling, MinaLima (Illustrator), J. K. Rowling
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ISBN: 9781338263893
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Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - November 16th, 2018

At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.

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P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever (Hardcover)

By Raj Haldar, Maria Beddia (Illustrator), Chris Carpenter
$17.99
ISBN: 9781492674313
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Published: Sourcebooks Explore - November 13th, 2018

A New York Times Bestseller

A "raucous trip through the odd corners of our alphabet." --The New York Times

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Baby Loves Science Board Boxed Set (Board book)

By Ruth Spiro, Irene Chan (Illustrator)
$35.96
ISBN: 9781632890351
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Published: Charlesbridge - November 13th, 2018

Satisfy your baby's growing curiosity about the world with big, brainy science for the littlest listeners.

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