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NB + KVON radio 9/6/19

Represent: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World By June Diane Raphael, Kate Black Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781523502974
Published: Workman Publishing Company - September 3rd, 2019

“Over the last few years we’ve seen a remarkable surge of women running for office, and even better, winning. Running takes courage, passion, and commitment, but it also takes books like this.


Persuasion: Convincing Others When Facts Don't Seem to Matter By Lee Hartley Carter Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780143133476
Published: TarcherPerigee - September 3rd, 2019

The secrets to persuading anyone, at work and in life, from a top communication strategist.


The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780385543781
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Published: Nan A. Talese - September 10th, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.


Cook Like a Local: Flavors That Can Change How You Cook and See the World: A Cookbook By Chris Shepherd, Kaitlyn Goalen Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781524761264
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Published: Clarkson Potter - September 3rd, 2019

The James Beard Award–winning chef of Underbelly Hospitality, a champion of Houston’s diverse immigrant cooks—Vietnamese, Korean, Mexican, Indian, and more—shows you how to work with their flavors and cultures with respect and creativity. 

JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST


Ping By Ani Castillo Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316424646
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 3rd, 2019

With the visual ingenuity of Press Here and the emotional resonance of What Do You Do with a Problem?, this wise and timely book about the fragile art of personal connection will strike a chord with children and adults alike.


NB + KVON radio 8/23/19

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia By Christina Thompson Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9780062060877
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Published: Harper - March 12th, 2019

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know.


Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) By Joanna L. Dyl, Paul S. Sutter (Foreword by), Paul S. Sutter (Editor) Cover Image
By Joanna L. Dyl, Paul S. Sutter (Foreword by), Paul S. Sutter (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780295746098
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Published: University of Washington Press - August 12th, 2019

Tidelands (The Fairmile Series #1) By Philippa Gregory Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781501187155
Published: Atria Books - August 20th, 2019

This New York Times bestseller from “one of the great storytellers of our time” (San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, living in a dangerous time for a woman to be different.

A country at war
A king beheaded
A woman with a dangerous secret


On Midsumm


Grasping the Grape: Demystifying Grape Varieties to Help You Discover the Wines You Love By Maryse Chevriere Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781784882488
Published: Hardie Grant - August 20th, 2019

Grasping the Grape is a guide to the world's most prominent and essential wine grapes.


How Do You Dance? By Thyra Heder Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781419734182
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - August 6th, 2019

A playful picture book that urges readers to bop, bounce, and shake, from the award-winning author of Alfie and Fraidyzoo.
 
There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face.


All the Ways to Be Smart By Davina Bell, Allison Colpoys (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Davina Bell, Allison Colpoys (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781947534964
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Published: Scribble Us - September 3rd, 2019

Celebrates the myriad ways for kids to be smart--being empathic, artistic, athletic, and inquisitive.

A tender, funny, and exquisitely illustrated picture book celebrating all the unique and wonderful qualities that make children who they are.


NB + KVON radio 8/16/19

The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation By Sheri Salata Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062743190
Published: Harper - June 4th, 2019

“Thursday morning. One hundred pounds overweight, no man in sight, and rounding the bend to 57 years old—a full-blown catastrophe.”


Inland: A Novel By Téa Obreht  Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780812992861
Published: Random House - August 13th, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife returns with “a bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West” (Entertainment Weekly).


Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction By Chuck Klosterman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780735217928
Published: Penguin Press - July 16th, 2019

Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong?


The Third Hotel: A Novel By Laura van den Berg Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250214881
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Published: Picador - August 13th, 2019

"[A] future cult classic." —The New York Times Book Review

"There’s Borges and Bolaño, Kafka and Cortázar, Modiano and Murakami, and now Laura van den Berg." —The Washington Post


A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel By John Boyne Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781984823021
Published: Hogarth - August 6th, 2019

“A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne’s own.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE


My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel By Oyinkan Braithwaite Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525564201
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Published: Anchor - July 30th, 2019

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE “A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it’s the wittiest and most fun murder party you’ve ever been invited to.” —MARIE CLAIRE


Let's Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook By Hugh Amano, Sarah Becan Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9780399581991
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Published: Ten Speed Graphic - July 16th, 2019

A comic book cookbook with accessible ramen recipes for the home cook, including simple weeknight bowls, weekend project stocks, homemade noodles, and an array of delicious accompaniments, with insights and tips from notable ramen luminaries.


In Other Lands By Sarah Rees Brennan Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781618731661
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Published: Big Mouth House - August 6th, 2019

Elliot doesn't want to fight, keeps saying the wrong thing, and is definitely the grouchiest human in fantasyland.


NB + KVON radio 8/9/19

Three Women By Lisa Taddeo Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781451642292
Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - July 9th, 2019

SOON TO BE A SERIES ON STARZ STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY * BETTY GILPIN * DeWANDA WISE * GABRIELLE CREEVY * with BLAIR UNDERWOOD

“Staggeringly intimate...Groundbreaking.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A breathtaking and important book.” —Cheryl Strayed
“Extraordinary...A nonfiction literary masterpiece.” R


Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel By Neal Stephenson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062458711
Published: William Morrow - June 4th, 2019

New York Times Bestseller

A New York Times Notable Book


Natural Wine for the People: What It Is, Where to Find It, How to Love It By Alice Feiring Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780399582431
Published: Ten Speed Press - August 6th, 2019

A compact illustrated guide to the emerging and enormously popular category of natural wine, a style that focuses on minimal intervention, lack of additives, and organic and biodynamic growing methods.


Cork and Knife: Build Complex Flavors with Bourbon, Wine, Beer and More By Emily Clifton, Matt Clifton Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781624148118
Published: Page Street Publishing - August 6th, 2019

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What's Your Favorite Food? (Eric Carle and Friends' What's Your Favorite #4) By Eric Carle Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250295149
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - July 23rd, 2019

A new title in the Eric Carle and Friends What's Your Favorite picture book series, in which Eric Carle and thirteen other beloved children's book artists illustrate their favorite foods and explain why they love them.


NB + KVON radio 8/2/19

Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner By Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translated by) Cover Image
By Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translated by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525534204
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 13th, 2019

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE

A visionary work of fiction by "A writer on the level of W. G. Sebald" (Annie Proulx)

"A magnificent writer." — Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning author of Secondhand Time


Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by) Cover Image
By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by)
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ISBN: 9780525541332
Published: Riverhead Books - August 13th, 2019

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

"A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune

"Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx


Vegan Dairy: Making Milk, Butter & Cheese from Nuts & Seeds By Emelie Holm Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781911624578
Published: Pavilion - July 30th, 2019

From fresh plant-based milk, to artisanal vegan cheese, from silky yogurts, and creams, to delicious nutty spreads and dips, join the new food revolution, and learn how to make delicious, dairy-free products at home with this fabulous, vegan cookbook.


The Thing about Bees: A Love Letter By Shabazz Larkin Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780998047799
Published: Readers to Eaters - August 1st, 2019

A LOVE POEM FROM A FATHER TO HIS TWO SONS, AND A TRIBUTE TO THE BEES THAT POLLINATE THE FOODS WE LOVE TO EAT.

"Sometimes bees can be a bit rude. They fly in your face and prance on your food." And yet... without bees, we might not have strawberries for shortcakes or avocados for tacos


The School Book By Todd Parr Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316423809
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - July 16th, 2019

Beloved and New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr uses his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity to introduce readers to all the wonderful things they can do at school, where everyone is welcome!


It’s fun to be smart with Brain Quest card decks, packed with curriculum-based questions.


NB + KVON radio 7/26/19

Be With By Forrest Gander Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780811226059
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Published: New Directions - August 28th, 2018

WINNER OF THE 2019 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Book of 2018


Forrest Gander’s first book of poems since his Pulitzer finalist Core Samples from the World: a startling look through loss, grief, and regret into the exquisite nature of intimacy


Mickey: The Giveaway Boy By Barbara Lockwood (Editor), Robert Shafer Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781947041318
Published: Running Wild Press - March 15th, 2019

For nine-year-old Mickey, the early fifties were not the Ozzie and Harriet fantasy of love and security. Instead, they were years of abandonment, unimaginable cruelty, and virtual slavery. This memoir reveals Mickey’s devastating experiences of being handed off from one abusive person to another ... all in the name of survival.


Hollow Kingdom By Kira Jane Buxton Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781538745823
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - August 6th, 2019

A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor!

"The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead" in this big-hearted, boundlessly beautiful romp through the Apocalypse, where a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive Seattle's zombie problem (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author). S.T., a domestic


Underland: A Deep Time Journey By Robert Macfarlane Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9780393242140
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 4th, 2019

National Bestseller • New York Times “100 Notable Books of the Year” • NPR “Favorite Books of 2019” • Guardian “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award

From the best-selling, award-winning author of Landmarks and The Old Ways, a haunting voyage into the planet’s past and future.


The Mere Wife: A Novel By Maria Dahvana Headley Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250214942
Published: Picador - July 16th, 2019

New York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley presents a modern retelling of the literary classic Beowulf, set in American suburbia as two mothers—a housewife and a battle-hardened veteran—fight to protect those they love in The Mere Wife.


Each Tiny Spark By Pablo Cartaya Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780451479723
Published: Kokila - August 6th, 2019

From award-winning author Pablo Cartaya comes a deeply moving middle grade novel about a daughter and father finding their way back to each other in the face of their changing family and community.

A SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD HONOR FOR MIDDLE GRADE


White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel) By R. J. Palacio Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525645535
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - October 1st, 2019

Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson! R. J. Palacio’s unforgettable graphic novel debut is a story about the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war.

SYDNEY TAYLOR AWARD WINNER • A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


Guts: A Graphic Novel By Raina Telgemeier Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780545852500
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Published: Graphix - September 17th, 2019

A true story from Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts!

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug.


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Ashes in a Coconut By Bo Kearns Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781945181504
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Published: Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC - May 15th, 2019

To save her marriage, Laura Harrison accompanies her husband Jack to Indonesia where he is to take over as president of troubled bank; but when her premonitions become reality, events spin out of control.


The Man Without a Party: The Trials of Carl von Ossietzky By Richard Tres Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781949472882
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Published: Beacon Publishing Group - April 12th, 2019

The Kaiser fined him for his writings; he refused to pay. The Weimar Republic charged him with treason for publishing the truth about their illegal military build-up. He fought them in court and went to prison. In early 1933, when Hitler took power, journalist Carl von Ossietzky was one of the first thrown into the new concentration camps.


Hollow Kingdom By Kira Jane Buxton Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781538745823
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - August 6th, 2019

A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor!

"The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead" in this big-hearted, boundlessly beautiful romp through the Apocalypse, where a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive Seattle's zombie problem (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author). S.T., a domestic


The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction): A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780385537070
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Published: Doubleday - July 16th, 2019

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. • "One of the most gifted novelists in America today." —NPR
 


The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Novel By J. Ryan Stradal Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780399563058
Published: Pamela Dorman Books - July 23rd, 2019

A National Bestseller!

The perfect pick-me-up on a hot summer day. 
—Washington Post

 
“[A] charmer of a tale. . . Warm, witty and--like any good craft beer--complex, the saga delivers a subtly feminist and wholly life-affirming message.”
—People Magazine
 


NB + KVON radio 7/11/19

The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal By Dena Moes Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781631525612
Published: She Writes Press - April 2nd, 2019

Stressed-out midwife Dena Moes longed to escape the hamster wheel of her life-so she tore off her Supermom cape, shuttered the house, and took her husband and preteen daughters on a yearlong odyssey through India and Nepal.


Guesthouse for Ganesha By Judith Teitelman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781631525216
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Published: She Writes Press - May 7th, 2019

Gold Award in the Regional Fiction (Europe) category of the 2020 IPPY Awards
Gold Medal in the Fiction-Literary category of the 2020 Readers' Favorite Book Awards
Silver Award in the Audiobook: Fiction category of the 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards


Celebrate Rosé: Cocktails & Parties for Life's Rosiest Moments By Ashley Rose Conway Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781681884608
Published: Weldon Owen - July 2nd, 2019

With an intoxicating collection of rosé-based cocktails for fun, sun-splashed occasions, this charming book by a cocktail maven also offers stylish entertaining ideas, food pairings, bar techniques, and a wealth of insider know-how for lovers of this delightful pink drink.

This enchanting book extols the many virtues of rosé—and shows how to craft enticing cocktai


A Wolf Called Wander (A Voice of the Wilderness Novel) By Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062895936
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Published: Greenwillow Books - May 7th, 2019

A New York Times bestseller! “Don’t miss this dazzling tour de force.”—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan


The Peculiar Pig By Joy Steuerwald, Joy Steuerwald (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Joy Steuerwald, Joy Steuerwald (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780399548871
Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - June 18th, 2019

* "An excellent, gently told addition to anti-bullying, adoption, and individuality storytimes."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

There was a different sort of piglet in the pigpen one cool spring morning.


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Racial Ecologies By Leilani Nishime (Editor), Kim D. Hester Williams (Editor) Cover Image
By Leilani Nishime (Editor), Kim D. Hester Williams (Editor)
$36.00
ISBN: 9780295743738
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Published: University of Washington Press - July 2nd, 2018

From the Flint water crisis to the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy, environmental threats and degradation disproportionately affect communities of color, with often dire consequences for people's lives and health.


Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation By Jon Meacham, Tim McGraw Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593132951
Published: Random House - June 11th, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw

“Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin


Big Sky (Jackson Brodie #5) By Kate Atkinson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316523097
Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 25th, 2019

Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies.
Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's picturesque, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes.


Hair of the Dog: 80 Hangover Cocktails and Cures By Salvatore Calabrese Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781454934288
Published: Union Square & Co. - June 4th, 2019

From one of the world's leading bartenders, award-winning mixologist, and author of The Complete Home Bartender's Guide comes the answer, once and for all, to the question, "How to get rid of a hangover?" Within the pages of this unique drink recipe book, you'll find hangover remedies, including non-alcoholic options, as well as an entire chapter on how to prevent a hangover in the fi


Breakfast: The Cookbook By Emily Elyse Miller, Reem Kassis (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Emily Elyse Miller, Reem Kassis (Contributions by)
$49.95
ISBN: 9780714878041
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Published: Phaidon Press - May 29th, 2019

Start the day with the definitive cookbook of authentic home-cooking breakfast dishes from around the world

Breakfast is the most important – and comforting – time of day for billions of people everywhere. Here, for the first time, a collection of hundreds of home-cooking recipes celebrates morning meals as they're prepared in kitchens across the globe.


The Beholder By Anna Bright Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062845429
Published: HarperTeen - June 4th, 2019

“Sparkles with beauty, intrigue, and romance.”—Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series

Selah has waited her whole life for a happily ever after. As the only daughter of the leader of Potomac, she knows her duty is to find the perfect match.


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Sustainability: A Love Story (21st Century Essays) By Nicole Walker Cover Image
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Published: Mad Creek Books - August 17th, 2018

In Sustainability: A Love Story, Nicole Walker questions what it means to live sustainably while still being able to have Internet and eat bacon. After all, who wants to listen to a short, blond woman who is mostly a hypocrite anyway—who eats cows, drives a gasoline-powered car, who owns no solar panels—tsk-tsking them?


Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction By Britt Wray, George Church (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Britt Wray, George Church (Foreword by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781771644723
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Published: Greystone Books - May 21st, 2019

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker and Science News


Dancing on the Spider's Web By Sasha Paulsen Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781732776814
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Published: Tempest Books, Ltd. - May 8th, 2019

Is love incompatible with intelligence? Sarah Glass suspects this is the case. The shy, serious medical student would be the first to tell you that the heart is merely a muscle that beats or does not, the latter to the disadvantage of its owner. A heart cannot soar, leap, melt, or break.

And this is why it's so bewildering when it happens to her.


Tasting the Past: One Man’s Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World’s Original Wines By Kevin Begos Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781616209377
Published: Algonquin Books - June 4th, 2019

"A vintner’s blend of science, history, travel, and tantalizing drink recommendations." --Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist


Worm Loves Worm By J. J. Austrian, Mike Curato (Illustrator) Cover Image
By J. J. Austrian, Mike Curato (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062386335
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Published: Balzer + Bray - January 5th, 2016

One of Time Out'“LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during Pride Month,” this irresistible picture book is a celebration of love in all its splendid forms from debut author J. J. Austrian and the acclaimed author-illustrator of Little Elliot, Big City, Mike Curato.


And Tango Makes Three By Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, Henry Cole (Illustrator) Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780689878459
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - June 1st, 2005

And Tango Makes Three is the bestselling, heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family.

At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same.


How to Be a Lion By Ed Vere Cover Image
By Ed Vere
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525578055
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Published: Doubleday Books for Young Readers - June 26th, 2018

From the New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of Max the Brave comes an inspiring and adorable picture book about a pair of unlikely friends who face down a pack of bullies.


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