NB + KVON 3/9/18
A New York Times bestselling author reveals how the beautiful, isolated Napa Valley wine region of California exploded into an extraordinary outsized version of the American dream and whose vineyards sparked an unbelievable power struggle between old family stewardship and multinational corporations.
Not so long ago, wine was an exclusively European product.
Sacramento Bee journalist Sam McManis spent five years on the road trying to find the real California. He discovered that there is more than one California, but every different California is equally weird and wonderful.
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.$15.95ISBN: 9780393356182Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: W. W. Norton & Company - March 6th, 2018Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction, presents a bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world from their origin though their upheaval in Ragnarok.
The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single Spirit (Hardcover)
$22.00ISBN: 9780399580048Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Ten Speed Press - March 6th, 2018A 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.
$17.99ISBN: 9780525516996Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Philomel Books - March 6th, 2018The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world.
NB + KVON 2/23/18
Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book
Kirkus Reviews "Best Book of the Year" selection
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.
Fortnight on Maxwell Street is a reluctant hero's journey of fear and courage set in Chicago in the spring of 1968. 24-year-old medical student Nick Weissman spends two weeks delivering babies in the kitchens and bedrooms of the inner-city's slum tenements.
A year in the life of Instagram bread-baking sensation Tara Jensen as she teaches readers how to bake bread and pies, build the perfect fire to cook with, and live a simple, satisfying life.
Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!
NB + KVON 2/16/18
Exploring the links between GM foods, glyphosate, and gut health
Here is a book about adventure, raw experience, and facing inner demons.
Here is a book that is both clarion call for a new Jewish agenda and a blueprint for an adventurous but genuine path toward spiritual growth and religious wisdom.
What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power?"The Power is our era's The Handmaid's Tale." --Ron Charles, Washington Post**WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION**Email or call for priceISBN: 9781783350964Availability: Special OrderPublished: Guardian Faber Publishing - February 6th, 2018"This is the best of all worlds: recipes which are fuss-free but not without ambition. Thomasina shows how you can build vibrant and exciting meals into the course of life's mad pace." - Yottam Ottolenghi Thomasina Miers, founder of Wahaca and Guardian food columnist, has collected her favorite, life-friendly recipes so that you can cook good food any day of the week.
$16.99ISBN: 9780062686206Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Greenwillow Books - February 6th, 2018A Newbery Honor Book * Booklist Editors’ Choice * BookPage Best Books * Chicago Public Library Best Fiction * Horn Book Fanfare * Kirkus Reviews Best Books * Publishers Weekly Best Books * Wall Street Journal Best of the Year * An ALA Notable Book
NB + KVON 2/9/18
From ancient and medieval philosophers such as Confucius and Thomas Aquinas, to revolutionary thought leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Leon Trotsky, to the voices who have shaped modern politics today — Mao Zedong, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and more — The Politics Book clearly and simply explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought.
From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, to the top economic thought leaders of today, The Economics Book is the essential reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work.
In Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature.
Full of tips, trivia, and useful how-tos, this pocket-sized handbook is the perfect gift for wine lovers.
**2019 James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee**
"Black Girl Baking has a rhythm and a realness to it." - Carla Hall, Chef and television personality
Invigorating and Creative Recipes to Ignite Your Senses
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
The “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented
A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • GQ • Time • The Economist • Slate • HuffPost • Book Riot
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: LibraryReads • BookBrowse • Goodreads
“You’ll love this engrossing novel.” —People
The bestselling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream—and the price req
NB + KVON 1/26/18
The very things we do to control anxiety can make anxiety worse. This unique guide offers a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based approach to help you recognize the constant chatter of your anxious "monkey mind," stop feeding anxious thoughts, and find the personal peace you crave.
Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.”
On cultural perceptions of fantasy: “The direction of escape is toward freedom.$30.00ISBN: 9781555977917Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Graywolf Press - November 14th, 2017Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
“There Kevin Young goes again, giving us books we greatly need, cleverly disguised as books we merely want. Unexpectedly essential.”—Marlon James$27.00ISBN: 9780812988635Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Random House - January 16th, 2018Twenty-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
$16.95ISBN: 9781597021340Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Immedium - November 14th, 2017Enjoy the first English children's book about ramen
The new series Asian Hall of Fame shows how some cool things were created in Asia. In the debut adventure, the cute red panda named Dao guides the school kids Ethan and Emma back in time to discover how ramen was made
NB + KVON 1/12/18
A scientific exploration into humanity’s obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael Shermer
In his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans’ belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific attempts to achieve immortality along with utopian attempts to create heaven on earth.
In the midst of a seemingly endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for products bearing the mark of authenticity--hand-made furniture, artisan breads, craft beers, and other goods produced by human hands. What often goes unnoticed is the transformation of our understanding of craft--or rather, craeft--in the wake of industrialization.
Where Indian Flavors & The American Palate Meet
Indian cuisine is full of intense and exciting flavors that you’ll love, but can scare o the home cook...until now. Asha Shivakumar, who grew up in India before moving to the states, breaks that barrier with bold but approachable dishes that tow a delicious line between Indian and American food.
Invoking a Mexican slang term that translates roughly as "white girl," G era considers how the body's meaning as a racialized, gendered, and sexualized surface shifts as it crosses linguistic and national borders.
This debut novel—told in interviews—spans 20 years in the rise and fall of the charismatic leader of a seductive self-help movement.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Isle of the Lost, Alex & Eliza and Something in Between comes a powerful story about learning to love yourself.
NB + KVON 1/5/18
*A Refinery29 Best Book of 2018*
*One of Real Simple's Most Inspiring Books for Graduates*
*Indie Personal Finance Bestseller*
How to get good with money, even if you have no idea where to start.
* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J.
The concept of terroir is one of the most celebrated and controversial subjects in wine today. Most will agree that well-made wine has the capacity to express “somewhereness,” a set of consistent aromatics, flavors, or textures that amount to a signature expression of place.$16.00ISBN: 9781101973486Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - January 2nd, 2018NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Esquire Best Books of 2017
Minnesota Public Radio Best of 2017
The Morning News 2018 Tournament of Books Pick
New York Times bestselling author of The Dog Stars
“[A] gorgeously wrought story.” —Entertainment Weekly$26.99ISBN: 9780062678416Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: William Morrow - January 2nd, 2018The #1 Instant New York Times Bestseller – Soon to be a Major Motion Picture
“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” —Gillian Flynn
“Unputdownable.” —Stephen King
“A dark, twisty confection.” —Ruth Ware
$16.99ISBN: 9780738527703Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - May 2017What do you get when you cross a read-aloud storybook with a write-in memory book?
Magic moments between kids and adults
The Lucky to Live in NorCal book is the perfect tool to jump-start meaningful conversations between generations. Read-aloud rhymes set up interesting topics. Then write-in prompts invite children to record their own views to create a personal NorCal keepsake.
NB + KVON 12/22/17
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.
National Bestseller
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
A New York Times Notable Book
Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Film Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain.
A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children.
The highly anticipated cookbook from Jeremy Fox, the California chef who is redefining vegetable-based cuisine with global appeal
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK
White Tears is a ghost story, a terrifying murder mystery, a timely meditation on race, and a love letter to all the forgotten geniuses of American music and Delta Mississippi Blues.
#1 New York Times bestseller • Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood.
An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.
Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
The “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented
“Wrenching and revelatory.” An instant #1 bestseller, the widely acclaimed Turtles All the Way Down is John Green's brilliant and shattering new novel.
Featured on 60 Minutes, Fresh Air, Studio 360, Good Morning America, The TODAY Show
Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted.
Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Brigette Barrager reunite to bring us a sparkly, magical sequel to Uni the Unicorn!
NB + KVON 12/8/17
The Rancho Gordo Vegetarian Kitchen
Steve Sando & Julie Newberry
$24.99
Call 707-733-3199 or email read@napabookmine.com to buy a copy!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God.
The second book in The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Peter Wohlleben. Book one, The Hidden Life of Trees, and the third book, The Secret Wisdom of Nature, are available now.
A New York Times Notable Book
The New York Times’ Critics’ Top Books of the Year
Named a Best Book of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio, The Economist, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Southern Living, HelloGiggles, and Shelf Awareness
This accessible and fun guide to meditation and mindfulness is the perfect introduction for young children
NB + KVON 12/1/17
NAMED ONE OF THE 40 BEST BOOKS OF 2016 BY THE NEW YORK POST
A New York Times Editor's Choice pick
“Ruth Whippman is my new favorite cultural critic...a shrewd, hilarious analysis.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B (coauthored with Sheryl Sandberg)
The internationally acclaimed last work by the legendary Latin American writer
$35.00ISBN: 9780393247282Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: W. W. Norton & Company - November 7th, 2017Founded in 1994, Sullivan Street Bakery is renowned for its outstanding bread, which graces the tables of New York's most celebrated restaurants. The bread at Sullivan Street Bakery, crackling brown on the outside and light and aromatic on the inside, is inspired by the dark, crusty loaves that James Beard Award-winning baker Jim Lahey discovered in Rome.
$14.99ISBN: 9780399579806Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Ten Speed Press - November 14th, 2017There are few greater pleasures in life than enjoying a wonderful glass of wine. So why does finding and choosing one you like seem so stressful?
$26.00ISBN: 9780374203108Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: MCD - September 5th, 2017*One of Amazon's 20 Best Books of 2017*
Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Barnes & Noble, and Southern Living
In his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world of books in Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore$17.99ISBN: 9781481461405Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books - July 25th, 2017From the critically acclaimed author of The Perfect Pumpkin Pie and Snail and Slug comes a sweet picture book about two very bored turkeys who are trying to figure out what to do with their day.
Throughout the day, starting at 7:45 a.m., two bumbling turkeys are very bored. What should they do today? Well, as they decide, they go through a whole day filled with adventure!Email or call for priceISBN: 9781939547323Availability: Special OrderPublished: Creston Books - April 2017When Russell makes a deal with the Ms. Krunchensnap, the muscle-flexing principal, that he'll find her stolen wrestling trophy, provide her with a worthy opponent for the bout of the century, and clear his name from the dreaded "bad behavior" list, what could go wrong? Given Russell's reputation and luck, plenty
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