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Leavings By Lenore Hirsch Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9780692171226
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Published: Laughing Oak - September 28th, 2018

In a simple style that nevertheless reveals feeling and depth, the author explores her world. She includes poems about nature, special places she has visited, the political process, relationships, grief and loss. Readers will relate to these themes, her exploration of her own motivations, sense of humor, and delight in playing with words.


Laugh and Live: Advice for Aging Boomers By Lenore Hirsch Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780692197721
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Published: Laughing Oak - November 2nd, 2018

The first Baby Boomers are now 70 years old. The first generation into fitness and free love is facing the inevitable breakdowns that come with age: forgetting things, aching joints, and being treated like doddering fools by those who don't know us better. The solution? Take a look at yourself and laugh.


The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation By Miriam Pawel Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781632867339
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 4th, 2018

"Miriam Pawel’s fascinating book . . . illuminates the sea change in the nation’s politics in the last half of the 20th century."--New York Times Book Review


Everything Under: A Novel By Daisy Johnson Cover Image
$16.00
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ISBN: 9781555978266
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


Ramen Otaku: Mastering Ramen at Home: A Cookbook By Sarah Gavigan, Ann Volkwein, Edward Lee, Jr. (Foreword by) Cover Image
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780735220065
Published: Avery - November 13th, 2018

A guide to ramen for the home cook, from the chef behind the beloved shop Otaku Ramen.


Six of Crows By Leigh Bardugo Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781250076960
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Published: Square Fish - February 6th, 2018

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!

Meet Kaz Brekker and his crew: Jesper, Inej, Wylan, and the star-crossed Nina and Matthias, on the heist of a lifetime in Six of Crows from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.


Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows By Leigh Bardugo Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250076977
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Published: Square Fish - September 4th, 2018

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!

Discover what comes next for Kaz, Jesper, Inej, and Wylan in Crooked Kingdom, the spectacular sequel to Six of Crows.

When you can’t beat the odds, change the game.


NB + KVON radio 11/9/18

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Tuna the Wonder Dog By Raymond a. Guadagni Cover Image
$19.90
ISBN: 9781628801484
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Published: Ideas Into Books Westview - September 1st, 2018

"This is retired Judge Ray Guadagni's second book, following 'The Adventures of the Squeeze Box Kid' which described life in small town Napa in the '50s. 'Tuna the Wonder Dog' takes us to his attendance at UC Berkley, UC Hastings Law School and the beginning of his long and storied legal career through the '60s, '70s and beyond.


Capitalism in America: A History By Alan Greenspan, Adrian Wooldridge Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780735222441
Published: Penguin Press - October 16th, 2018

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.

Shortlisted for the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award


Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation By Octavia E. Butler, John Jennings (Illustrator), Damian Duffy (Adapted by), Nnedi Okorafor (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Octavia E. Butler, John Jennings (Illustrator), Damian Duffy (Adapted by), Nnedi Okorafor (Introduction by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781419728556
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Published: Abrams ComicArts - July 24th, 2018

Now a FX/Hulu Original Series from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Darren Aronofsky and starring Mallori Johnson and Micah Stock
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Octavia E. Butler’s bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format.


The Dead Rabbit Mixology & Mayhem: The Story of John Morrissey and the World's Best Cocktail Menu By Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry, Jillian Vose Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781328451873
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Published: Harvest - October 30th, 2018

A groundbreaking graphic novel-style cocktail book from world-renowned bar The Dead Rabbit in New York City
 
The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog in lower Manhattan has won every cocktail award there is to win, including being named "Best Bar in the World" in 2016. Since their award-winning cocktail book The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manu


Apple Pie Promises: A Swirl Novel By Hillary Homzie Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781510739239
Published: Sky Pony - October 2nd, 2018

Lily has lived with her mom since her parents got divorced several years ago, and her dad has recently remarried to a woman with a daughter her age named Hannah. But now, Lily's mom has gotten a once-in-a-lifetime work opportunity in Africa and she'll be gone for a year, so Lily is moving in with her dad—and new stepmom and new stepsister. It'll be as easy as apple pie, right?
Wrong.


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Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger By Rebecca Traister Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9781501181795
Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - October 2nd, 2018

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***

***BEST BOOKS OF 2018 SELECTION BY***
* WASHINGTON POST * People * NPR * ESQUIRE * ELLE * WIRED * REFINERY 29 *

“In a year when issues of gender and sexuality dominated the national conversation, no one shaped that exchange more than Rebecca Traister.


Other People's Love Affairs: Stories By D. Wystan Owen Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781616207052
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Published: Algonquin Books - August 21st, 2018

“[The] debut of a major writer . . . An extraordinary book in itself, full of some of the most exquisitely etched, psychologically complex, tender stories I’ve read.


Transcription: A Novel By Kate Atkinson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316176637
Published: Little, Brown and Company - September 25th, 2018

A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life


Everyday Slow Cooking: Modern Recipes for Delicious Meals By Kim Laidlaw Cover Image
$29.95
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ISBN: 9781681883847
Published: Weldon Owen - October 2nd, 2018

Satisfying, easy, and great for family dinners, here are more than 200 modern slow-cooker recipes that focus on the fresh flavors, ethnic influences, and seasonal ingredients to inspire today’s cooks.


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The California Field Atlas By Obi Kaufmann Cover Image
$45.00
ISBN: 9781597144025
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Published: Heyday Books - September 1st, 2017

#1 San Francisco Chronicle Best Seller

Winner, 2018 California Book Award Gold Medal (Notable Contribution to Publishing)

Winner, 2018 NCIBA Book of the Year Award (Regional Interest)

Finalist, 2018 Northern California Book Awards

"A gorgeously illustrated compendium."--Sunset


Brief Answers to the Big Questions By Stephen Hawking Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781984819192
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Published: Bantam - October 16th, 2018

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The world-famous cosmologist and author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind.

“Hawking’s parting gift to humanity . . . a book every thinking person worried about humanity’s future should read.”—NPR


Seven Seasons on Stowel Lake Farm: Stories and Recipes that Nourish Community By Jennifer Lloyd, Elizabeth Young, Lisa Lloyd, Haidee Hart Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781989025086
Published: Page Two - October 16th, 2018

The Train to Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery By P. G. Bell Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250189509
Published: Feiwel & Friends - October 2nd, 2018

A middle-grade fantasy and nonstop adventure, The Train to Impossible Places by debut author P. G. Bell is as fun as it is full of heart, and the first book of a trilogy.

A train that travels through impossible places. A boy trapped in a snow globe. And a girl who’s about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.


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Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator)
$23.00
ISBN: 9781984854278
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Published: Random House - October 16th, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the creator and star of Hamilton and In the Heights, with beautiful illustrations by Jonny Sun, comes a book of affirmations to inspire readers at the beginning and end of each day.


Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life By Jane Sherron de Hart Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781400040483
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Published: Knopf - October 16th, 2018

The first full life—private, public, legal, philosophical—of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews with the justice, her husband, her children, her friends, and her associates.


Unsheltered: A Novel By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062684561
Published: Harper - October 16th, 2018

New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek


The Wine Table: Recipes and Pairings from Winemakers' Kitchens By Vickie Reh Cover Image
$49.99
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ISBN: 9781510730830
Published: Skyhorse - September 4th, 2018

***Named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2018 by The Washington Post***

This book combines a love of food and wine with history, culture, and plenty of personal touch.


We all dream of tasting our way through Burgundy, walking through vineyards in Champagne with a winemaker, or dining late into the night on a winery balcony in Chianti.


Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World without Killing Dragons (The Dare to Be Different Series) By Ben Brooks, Quinton Winter (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ben Brooks, Quinton Winter (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780762465927
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Published: Running Press Kids - September 25th, 2018

Boys can be anything they want to be! This timely book joins and expands the gender-role conversation and gives middle-grade boys a welcome alternative message: that masculinity can mean many things.


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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast By Michael Scott Moore Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062449177
Published: Harper Wave - July 24th, 2018

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates—a riveting,thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival.


Bitter Orange By Claire Fuller Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781947793156
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 LessonsBitter Orange is a seductive psychological portrait, a keyhole into the dangers of longing and how far a woman might go to escape her past.

 


Movers and Shakers: Women Making Waves in Spirits, Beer & Wine By Hope Ewing, Natalka Burian (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Hope Ewing, Natalka Burian (Foreword by)
$23.99
ISBN: 9781944700645
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Published: Unnamed Press - October 9th, 2018

It's a collection of industry advice and tips, it's a beverage history lesson, and it's a proudly feminist look at the professional challenges women face. It also includes useful, inspiring personal anecdotes on how these women built their careers, overcame obstacles and continue to fight them--with ideas on how to grow a more inclusive industry, to boot.


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Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) By Rebecca Solnit Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781608469468
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018

National Book Award Longlist Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Winner of the Foreword INDIE Editor's Choice Prize for Nonfiction
"Rebecca Solnit is essential feminist reading." --The New Republic

"Solnit's exquisite essays move between the political and the personal, the intellectual and the earthy." --Elle


Norma I. Quintana: Circus: A Traveling Life By Norma Quintana (Photographer), Mona Simpson (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Norma Quintana (Photographer), Mona Simpson (Introduction by)
$60.00
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ISBN: 9788862083652
Published: Damiani Ltd - October 31st, 2014

Norma I. Quintana (born 1954) is an American photographer and educator working in the tradition of social documentary, shooting exclusively in black and white and using only available light. Her first monograph presents a decade-long pictorial series of a traveling one-ring circus.


Sourdough: or, Lois and Her Adventures in the Underground Market: A Novel By Robin Sloan Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250192752
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Published: Picador - September 18th, 2018

From Robin Sloan, the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, comes Sourdough, "a perfect parable for our times" (San Francisco Magazine): a delicious and funny novel about an overworked and under-socialized software engineer discovering a calling and a community as a baker.


Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel By Robin Sloan Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250037756
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Published: Picador - September 24th, 2013

The New York Times Bestseller

A Winner of the Alex Award, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle


The Golden State: A Novel By Lydia Kiesling Cover Image
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780374164836
Published: MCD - September 4th, 2018

NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 PICK. FINALIST FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD. LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE.


Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry By Nicole Gulotta Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781611804010
Published: Roost Books - March 21st, 2017

A literary cookbook that celebrates food and poetry, two of life's essential ingredients.


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Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany (Book for Writers, Book Lovers Miscellany with Booklist) By Jane Mount (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jane Mount (Illustrator)
$27.50
ISBN: 9781452167237
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Published: Chronicle Books - September 11th, 2018

Searching for perfect book lovers gifts? Rejoice! Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany, is a love letter to all things bookish. Author Jane Mount brings literary people, places, and things to life through her signature and vibrant illustrations. It's a must-have for every book collection, and makes a wonderful literary gift for book lovers, writers, and more.


All Our Waves Are Water: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment and the Perfect Ride By Jaimal Yogis Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062405180
Published: Harper Wave - July 24th, 2018

In this meditative memoir—a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton—the author of Saltwater Buddha reflects on his "failing toward enlightenment," his continued search to find meaning and a greater understanding of grace in the world’s oceans as well as everyday life.


Fruit of the Drunken Tree: A Novel By Ingrid Rojas Contreras Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780385542722
Published: Doubleday - July 31st, 2018

“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.”
—San Francisco Chronicle


Wine Food: New Adventures in Drinking and Cooking [A Recipe Book] By Dana Frank, Andrea Slonecker Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780399579592
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Published: Lorena Jones Books - September 11th, 2018

A delicious, comprehensive playbook that pairs 75 wine styles—including where and who to buy them from—with 75 recipes that complement them perfectly
 
“If you want to know what good taste in the modern food and wine scene looks like, this is your manual.”—Jordan Mackay, co-author of The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste


The Iron Flower (Black Witch Chronicles #2) By Laurie Forest Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9781335917393
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Published: Harlequin Teen - September 18th, 2018

The New York Times bestselling series

Dark forces are on the rise in this sweeping second book in The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed fantasy author Laurie Forest.


NB + KVON radio 9/14/18

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Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) By Rebecca Solnit Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781608469468
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018

National Book Award Longlist Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Winner of the Foreword INDIE Editor's Choice Prize for Nonfiction
"Rebecca Solnit is essential feminist reading." --The New Republic

"Solnit's exquisite essays move between the political and the personal, the intellectual and the earthy." --Elle


A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable By John Steele Gordon Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780060524463
Published: Harper Perennial - July 1st, 2003

Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the United States isolated and vulnerable.


Preserve By Susan Kolodny Cover Image
$20.99
ISBN: 9781635343168
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Published: Finishing Line Press - October 20th, 2017

Tap Dancing on the Razor's Edge By Paul a. Lubenkov Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781625492722
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Published: David Robert Books - March 15th, 2018

As the title of this collection suggests, the poems reflect a dynamic tension between exuberant joy and exquisite pain, with a liberal dose of sardonic humor.


How to Cook Without a Book, Completely Updated and Revised: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart: A Cookbook By Pam Anderson Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781524761660
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Published: Clarkson Potter - August 28th, 2018

New York Times bestselling author Pam Anderson updates her classic cookbook—which put "cooking by heart" on the map—to include modern flavors and new techniques that today's home cooks will love, with new and original full-color photographs.


Boats on the Bay By Jeanne Walker Harvey, Grady McFerrin (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781944903336
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Published: Cameron Kids - September 18th, 2018

A KidLitTV recommended book!

A large-format picture book about a bunch of boats found on a busy bay, buoyed by simple, spare, and lyrical text. Inspired by the San Francisco Bay but with universal appeal, the book features a spectacular double-spread gatefold finale showing a boat parade and fireworks glowing against a city backdrop.


NB + KVON radio 9/7/18

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Fear: Trump in the White House By Bob Woodward Cover Image
$30.00
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ISBN: 9781501175510
Published: Simon & Schuster - September 11th, 2018

OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD

RUNAWAY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

SENSATIONAL #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Explosive.”—The Washington Post

“Devastating.”—The New Yorker

“Unprecedented.”—CNN

“Great reporting...astute.”


The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt By Robert I. Sutton Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781328511669
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Published: Harper Business - September 4th, 2018

“This book is a contemporary classic—a shrewd and spirited guide to protecting ourselves from the jerks, bullies, tyrants, and trolls who seek to demean. We desperately need this antidote to the a-holes in our midst.”—Daniel H.


A Train to Nowhere By Marilyn Sue Campbell Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780996474849
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Published: Camitzke Press - June 4th, 2018

A lovers' quarrel. A wild mustang. A card game gone bad. These are only some of the complications which threaten to derail a young couple's plan for independence. In this sequel to Trains to Concordia, Charley O'Brien and Christina Batachi pursue their dream of becoming landowners in the summer of 1900 by stowing away in a boxcar heading West.


The Scratch + Sniff Bacon Cookbook By Jack Campbell Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781925418774
Published: Smith Street Books - September 4th, 2018

This is a bacon cookbook with a super-fun twist—scratch the cover for a deliciously bacon-y smell!


Presto and Zesto in Limboland By Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator), Maurice Sendak Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780062644657
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Published: Michael di Capua Books - September 4th, 2018

The pictures are vintage Sendak: wry, wild, and with all sorts of mysteries tucked away in the corners. Yorinks, using his trademark clever nonsense iced with irony, reveals a tale that links everything together in riotous fashion. An unexpected gift.” Booklist (starred review)


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