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New Releases | September 23rd, 2025

September 21, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Dollar Origami Kit: 7 Easy Models, 60 Practice Dollar Bills - Kirschenbaum, Marc (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story - Tokarczuk, Olga (Author), Lloyd-Jones, Antonia (Translator)

    • Will There Ever Be Another You - Lockwood, Patricia (Author)

    • We Love You, Bunny - Awad, Mona(Author)

    • What We Can Know - McEwan, Ian (Author)

    • Intermezzo - Rooney, Sally (Author)

    • Circle of Days - Follett, Ken (Author)

    • The Handmaid's Tale (Deluxe Edition): 40th Anniversary Edition -Atwood, Margaret (Author)

    • The Phoebe Variations - Hamilton, Jane (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • The Book of Bill Limited Collector's Edition - Hirsch, Alex (Author)

    Award Winners

    • Popcorn - Harrell, Rob (Author)

    Board Books

    • Frog and Toad: Two Together: Original Board Book - Lobel, Arnold (Author) , Lobel, Arnold (Illustrator)

    • Construction Site Hanukkah Lights: A Hanukkah Lift-The-Flap Book - Rinker, Sherri Duskey (Author) , Tenney, Shawna J C (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • The Comfy Cozy Witch Oracle - Blonde, Jennie (Author)

    Children’s Poetry

    • The Raven: The Classic Poem - Bristol, Chloe (Illustrator), Poe, Edgar Allan (Author)

    • A Poem for Every Day of Christmas - Esiri, Allie (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • What Goes on Inside a Wolf Pack: Follow the Adventures of a Wolf Family in Yellowstone National Park - Yale, Kathleen (Author) , Shryock, Carrie (Illustrator) , International Wolf Center (With)

    Fun & Game Books

    • Where's Waldo? the Magnificent Movie Spotlight Search - Handford, Martin(Author) , Handford, Martin (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Scarlet Morning, Book 1: Scarlet Morning - Stevenson, ND (Author) , Stevenson, ND (Illustrator)

    • Folk Remedy: Book 1 - Yoshioka, Jem (Author)

    History

    • McNamara at War: A New History - Taubman, William (Author), Taubman, Philip (Author)

    • The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 - Lloyd, Nick (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Outside in and the Inside Out: A Story about Arnold Lobel - Kastner, Emmy (Author) , Kastner, Emmy (Illustrator)

    • Everything But Typical: Influential Neurodivergent People Who Have Shaped the World - Weston, Margeaux (Author), Cruickshank, Jessica (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: Hulk - Loeb, Jeph (Author) , Sale, Tim (Illustrator) , Sale, Tim (Not Available)

    • Dur-An-KI - Miura, Kentaro (Producer) , Studio Gaga (Illustrator) , Miura, Kentaro (Created by)

    • Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar: The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra - Koneitzko, Bryan (Created by) , DiMartino, Michael Dante (Created by) , Nickelodeon (Producer) , O'Bryan, John (Author) , Various (Illustrator)

    • Supergirl: Universe Ends - Tamaki, Mariko (Author), Patridge, Skylar (Illustrator)

    • Metamorpho: The Element Man -Ewing, Al (Author), Lieber, Steve (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Rocket Arm - Green, Tim (Author)

    • From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure 2 - Riordan, Rick (Author), Oshiro, Mark (Author)

    My First Readers

    • Frog and Toad: 4 Classic Stories of Friendship - Lobel, Arnold (Author) , Lobel, Arnold (Illustrator)

    Personal Growth

    • Still Bobbi: A Master Class in Leading an Authentic Life - Brown, Bobbi (Author)

    • Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit (A Dare to Lead Book) - Brown, Brené (Author)

    Picture Books

    • If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone - Sterer, Gideon (Author), Hughes, Emily (Illustrator)

    • Curious George Storybook Favorites - Rey, H A (Author), Rey, Margret (Author)

    • Happy Friendsgiving: A Thanksgiving Celebration of Found Families - Colleen, Marcie (Author), Herrera, Laura Sandoval (Illustrator)

    • Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Hanukkah Party! - Kimmelman, Leslie (Author) , Brannon, Tom (Illustrator)

    • Calico Critters: A Treasury of Tales: 15 Stories of Family and Friendship

    • Holly Jolly Kitty-Corn: A Picture Book - Hale, Shannon (Author), Pham, Leuyen (Illustrator)

    • Body Beautiful: A Picture Book - Verde, Susan (Author) , Littlebird, Steph (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • Equality Is a Struggle: Bulletins from the Front Line, 2021-2025 - Piketty, Thomas (Author)

    • U.S. Government and Politics Simplified: A Comprehensive Guide to the American Political System - Scardino, Franco (Author)

    • 107 Days - Harris, Kamala (Author)

    Romance

    • Two Twisted Crowns (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) - Gillig, Rachel (Author)

    • One Dark Window (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) - Gillig, Rachel (Author)

    • I'll Be Home for Christmas - Bayliss, Jenny (Author)

    • Road Trip with a Vampire - Levine, Jenna (Author)

    • Alchemised - SenLinYu (Author)

    • Swordcrossed - Marske, Freya (Author)

    • Anathema (Deluxe Edition) (The Eating Woods #1) - Lake, Keri (Author)

    • Tourist Season: The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy - Weaver, Brynne (Author)

    • Regretting You - Hoover, Colleen (Author)

    • The Primal of Blood and Bone: A Blood and Ash 6 - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Cat Dragon - Birch, Samantha (Author)

    • The Narrow Road Between Desires (Kingkiller Chronicle) - Rothfuss, Patrick (Author)

    • The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #1) - Klune, Tj (Author)

    • Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #2) - Klune, Tj (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse - Kemp, Luke (Author)

    • When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life - Pinker, Steven (Author)

    Young Adult

    • When the World Tips Over - Nelson, Jandy (Author)

    • A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea #2) - Faizal, Hafsah (Author)

    • The Guardians of Dreamdark: Windwitch Collector's Edition - Taylor, Laini (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A National Indie Bestseller
    Short-listed for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year
    Finalist for the Barnes and Noble Book of the Year
    Named a Best Book of the Year and a Critics' Pick by The New York Times

    Named an Essential Read by The New Yorker
    Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, Financial Times, Vogue, The Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, Vox, The Times (UK), Apple Books, and more

    A USA Today, People, and Associated Press Top 10 Book of the Year
    One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2024

    One of Chicago Public Library's Favorite Books of the Year

    An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family--but especially love--from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

    Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

    Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties--successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women--his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

    Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

    For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude--a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.

  • For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, former Vice President Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.

    Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer.
    You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United States.
    On July 21, 2024, your running mate, Joe Biden, announces that he will not be seeking reelection.
    The presidential election will occur on November 5, 2024.
    You have 107 days.

    From the chaos of campaign strategy sessions to the intensity of debate prep under relentless scrutiny and the private moments that rarely make headlines, Kamala Harris offers an unfiltered look at the pressures, triumphs, and heartbreaks of a history-defining race. With behind-the-scenes details and a voice that is both intimate and urgent, this is more than a political memoir--it's a chronicle of resilience, leadership, and the high stakes of democracy in action.

    Written with candor, a unique perspective, and the pace of a page-turning novel, 107 Days takes you inside the race for the presidency as no one has ever done before.

  • A stunning deluxe edition for the fortieth anniversary of an unparalleled cornerstone of feminist literature, featuring the original cover art and a short, unpublished essay penned in 1986 by Margaret Atwood, "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times).

    In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid's Tale is a modern classic.

  • In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy--and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

    This stunning hardcover edition features a deluxe jacket with gold foil on the front and a full-color illustration on the reverse, gorgeous designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and, from acclaimed artist Avendell, a black-and-white interior illustration.

    " What is it you think you're protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There's no one left for you to save."

    Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner--of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

    In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia's new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

    According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance's final gambit?

    To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena's fight--to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self--is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

  • "The undisputed queen of dark rom-coms is back with a new swoony, one-of-a-kind banger, and the book world better get ready for it!" --Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes a wickedly delicious new series where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense--and where falling in love can be a killer.

    Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever.

    You can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil can't save you from me.

    Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. With tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling won't let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary--and her aging mentor with a fading memory--at any cost. Troublesome tourists don't check out of Carnage. They compost beneath Harper's award-winning flowerbeds.

    But Nolan Rhodes isn't your average tourist. Devilishly handsome, disarmingly charming, and skilled with a blade, Nolan is relentless in the pursuit of revenge. On every anniversary of the hit-and-run accident that fractured his life, Nolan slays another target. And he's saved the best for last: the undeniably beautiful Harper Starling. The problem? Harper isn't the monster he expected. And she won't go down without a fight.

    When an amateur true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage on the trail of a long-lost serial killer, Harper and Nolan strike an uneasy truce. If Nolan helps Harper protect her town, she'll keep quiet about his hunting habits . . . for now. But their alliance soon spirals into obsession, one that threatens to shatter every secret in Carnage--including their fragile love.

    Tourist Season is a darkly funny, slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance where destruction and desire are balanced on the edge of a blade-- and where love is the most dangerous battleground of all.

New Releases | September 23rd, 2025
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New Releases | September 16, 2025

September 14, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Crochet Snails and Mushroom Sprites - Lapp, Megan (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • The Wilderness - Flournoy, Angela (Author)

    • Boy from the North Country - Sussman, Sam (Author)

    Adult Science

    • Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy - Roach, Mary (Author)

    Biography

    • Wild Forest Lands: Finding History and Meaning in the Adirondacks (New York State) - Terrie, Philip G (Author)

    Board Books

    • Hanukkah 1-2-3!: A First Counting Book - Wieder, Joy Nelkin (Author) , Lewis, Aura (Illustrator)

    Chapter Books

    • Wolf Girl #2: The Great Escape - Do, Anh (Author)

    • Jingle, All the Way Home: An Advent Countdown Story -Hapka, Catherine (Author), Selbert, Kathryn (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Dragons: Meet the Legendary Monsters of Mythology - Stevenson, Cait (Author) , Neon Squid (Author) , Alvarez, Cinthya (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love - Nosrat, Samin (Author), Brackett, Aya (Photographer)

    D&D TCG

    • Dungeons & Dragons RPG: Starter Set - Heroes of the Borderlands

    Family Issues

    • American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era - Lang, Nico (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • Minecraft Atlas of the World

    • Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles - Wainerdi, Brandon (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Box Tales: Grow, Strawberries, Grow! -Burks, James (Author)

    • Ilustra: Daybreaker: Book 1 - Tadiar, Tori (Author)

    • Shadow Warrior (Spider-Man: Original Manga) - Aoki, Shogo (Author) , Aoki, Shogo (Illustrator)

    Great Outdoors

    • Pocketguide to Eastern Hatches - Ames Jr, Thomas (Author)

    History

    • We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution -Lepore, Jill (Author)

    • History Matters - McCullough, David (Author) , McCullough Lawson, Dorie (Contribution by) , Hill, Michael (Contribution by)

    Horror

    • Fiend - Katsu, Alma (Author)

    • The Whistler - Medina, Nick (Author)

    • Exiles - Coile, Mason (Author)

    • October Shadows: Classic Ghost Stories for Halloween - Rice, John A (Illustrator) , Rice, John A (Selected by)

    Humor Book

    • I'm So F*cking Bored: A Sweary Activity Book for Adults - Peterson, Caitlin (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Tales of Pirates: Adventures on the Seven Seas - Nelson, Katie (Author), Meikle, Olivia (Author) , Neon Squid (Author), Ermos, George (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Thor & Loki: Epic Tales from Marvel Mythology - Dawson, Delilah S (Author), Walta, Gabriel Hernández (Illustrator)

    • Harley Quinn: Wild at Heart: DC Compact Comics Edition - Conner, Amanda (Author) , Palmiotti, Jimmy (Author)

    • Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Manga - Book of Heartslabyul Complete Box Set (Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Manga - Book of Heartslabyul #1) - Hazuki, Wakana (Author), Kowono, Sumire (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Murder on the Orient Express Deluxe Collector's Edition: A Hercule Poirot Mystery - Christie, Agatha (Author)

    • No Rest for the Wicked - Adams, Rachel Louise

    • The Wasp Trap - Edwards, Mark (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss - Mace, Nancy L (Author), Rabins, Peter V (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Book of Candles: Eight Poems for Hanukkah -Snyder, Laurel (Author), Hatch, Leanne (Illustrator)

    • The Elf on the Shelf: How Old Is Santa Claus? - Bell, Chanda A (Author), Innocente, Agnese (Illustrator) , Loog, Lera (Illustrator)

    • Seven Ways Through the Woods - Reese, Jenn (Author), Kurtz, Devin Elle (Illustrator)

    • The Polar Express: Christmas Countdown Deluxe Gift Set - Van Allsburg, Chris (Author) , Van Allsburg, Chris (Illustrator)

    • Fancy Nancy: Besties for Eternity - O'Connor, Jane (Author), Glasser, Robin Preiss (Illustrator)

    • The Digger and the Christmas Tree - Kuefler, Joseph (Author) , Kuefler, Joseph (Illustrator)

    • Wally Mammoth: The Sled Race - Tabor, Corey R (Author) , Webb, Dalton (Illustrator)

    • The Big Cheese Presents: Have Yourself a Cheesy Little Christmas - John, Jory (Author), Oswald, Pete (Illustrator)

    • If We Were Dogs - Blackall, Sophie (Author)

    • Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?: A Hard-Boiled Mystery - Sayres, Brianna Caplan (Author) , Fearing, Mark (Illustrator)

    • Gather Grateful - Litwin, Megan (Author), Finkeldey, Alexandra (Illustrator)

    • Hogbert - Smith, Briony May (Author) , Smith, Briony May (Illustrator)

    • Peppa Pig: Our New Baby Sister - Spinner, Cala (Text by (Art/Photo Books))

    • Snow Kid - Sima, Jessie (Author) , Sima, Jessie (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • Poems & Prayers - McConaughey, Matthew (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • When You Come at the King: Inside Doj's Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump - Honig, Elie (Author)

    • Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine - Agha, Hussein (Author) , Malley, Robert (Author)

    • Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense -Manchin, Joe (Author), Saban, Nick (Contribution by)

    • Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy - Weingarten, Randi (Author)

    Romance

    • The Gingerbread Bakery (Dream Harbor #5) - Gilmore, Laurie (Author)

    • The Academy - Hilderbrand, Elin (Author), Cunningham, Shelby (Author)

    • Uncharmed - Wood, Lucy Jane (Author)

    • We Met Like This - West, Kasie (Author)

    • The Last Letter (Signed) - Yarros, Rebecca (Author)

    • Assistant to the Villain (Special Edition Hardcover) - Maehrer, Hannah Nicole (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel (Revised and Expanded) - Tolkien, J R R (Author) , Wenzel, David (Illustrator)

    • Among the Burning Flowers (Roots of Chaos) - Shannon, Samantha (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All - Yudkowsky, Eliezer (Author), Soares, Nate (Author)

    • Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI - Harari, Yuval Noah (Author)

    True Crime

    • 50 States of Murder: An Atlas of American Crime - Schechter, Harold (Author)

    Workbooks

    • The Big Fat High School Algebra 2 Workbook

    Young Adult

    • Hekate (Deluxe Limited Edition) - Gill, Nikita (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From #1 bestselling author of The Perfect Couple Elin Hilderbrand, and her daughter, Shelby Cunningham: the irresistible, deliciously scandalous story of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school.

    It's move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news arrives: America Today just ranked Tiffin the number two boarding school in the country. It's a seventeen-spot jump - was there a typo? The dorms need to be renovated, their sports teams always come in last place, and let's just say Tiffin students are known for being more social than academic. On the other hand, the campus is exquisite, class sizes are small, and the dining hall is run by an acclaimed New York chef. And they do have fun--lots of parties and school dances, and a piano man plays in the student lounge every Monday night.

    But just as the rarefied air of Tiffin is suffused with self-congratulation, the wheels begin to turn - and then they fall off the bus. One by one, scandalous blind items begin to appear on phones across Tiffin's campus, thanks to a new app called ZipZap, and nobody is safe. From Davi Banerjee, international influencer and resident queen bee, to Simone Bergeron, the new and surprisingly young history teacher, to Charley Hicks, a transfer student who seems determined not to fit in, to Cordelia Spooner, Admissions Director with a somewhat idiosyncratic methodology - everyone has something to hide.

    As if high school wasn't dramatic enough...As the year unfolds, bonds are forged and broken, secrets are shared and exposed, and the lives of Tiffin's students and staff are changed forever. The Academy is Elin Hilderbrand's fresh, buzzy take on boarding school life, and a thrilling new direction from one of America's most satisfying and popular storytellers.

  • In this posthumous collection of thought-provoking essays--many never published before--Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author David McCullough affirms the value of history, how we can be guided by its lessons, and the enduring legacy of American ideals.

    History Matters brings together selected essays by beloved historian David McCullough, some published here for the first time, written at different points over the course of his long career but all focused on the subject of his lifelong passion: the importance of history in understanding our present and future. Edited by McCullough's daughter, Dorie McCullough Lawson, and his longtime researcher, Michael Hill, History Matters is a tribute to a master historian and offers fresh insights into McCullough's enduring interests and writing life. The book also features a foreword by Jon Meacham.

    McCullough highlights the importance of character in political leaders, with Harry Truman and George Washington serving as exemplars of American values like optimism and determination. He shares his early influences, from the books he cherished in his youth to the people who mentored him. He also pays homage to those who inspired him, such as writer Paul Horgan and painter Thomas Eakins, illustrating the diverse influences on his writing as well as the influence of art.

    Rich with McCullough's signature grace, curiosity, and narrative gifts, these essays offer vital lessons in viewing history through the eyes of its participants, a perspective that McCullough believed was crucial to understanding the present as well as the past. History Matters is testament to McCullough's legacy as one of the great storytellers of this nation's history and of the lasting promise of American ideals.

  • The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and law, explains why in We the People, the most original history of the Constitution in decades--and an essential companion to her landmark history of the United States, These Truths.

    Published on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding--the anniversary, too, of the first state constitutions-- We the People offers a wholly new history of the Constitution. "One of the Constitution's founding purposes was to prevent change," Lepore writes. "Another was to allow for change without violence." Relying on the extraordinary database she has assembled at the Amendments Project, Lepore recounts centuries of attempts, mostly by ordinary Americans, to realize the promise of the Constitution. Yet nearly all those efforts have failed. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been introduced in Congress since 1789, and thousands more have been proposed outside its doors, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified. More troubling, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without recourse to amendment, she argues, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential or judicial fiat.

    Challenging both the Supreme Court's monopoly on constitutional interpretation and the flawed theory of "originalism," Lepore contends in this "gripping and unfamiliar story of our own past" that the philosophy of amendment is foundational to American constitutionalism. The framers never intended for the Constitution to be preserved, like a butterfly, under glass, Lepore argues, but expected that future generations would be forever tinkering with it, hoping to mend America by amending its Constitution through an orderly deliberative and democratic process.

    Lepore's remarkable history seeks, too, to rekindle a sense of constitutional possibility. Congressman Jamie Raskin writes that Lepore "has thrown us a lifeline, a way of seeing the Constitution neither as an authoritarian straitjacket nor a foolproof magic amulet but as the arena of fierce, logical, passionate, and often deadly struggle for a more perfect union." At a time when the Constitution's vulnerability is all too evident, and the risk of political violence all too real, We the People, with its shimmering prose and pioneering research, hints at the prospects for a better constitutional future, an amended America.

  • With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree.

    Take your first steps into the epic.

    Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze.

    It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind.

    Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world.

    A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries.

    And now the great wyrm Fýredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall . . .

    A story of human resilience in the face of dire circumstances, Among the Burning Flowers leads readers through the gripping and tragic events that pave the way for the opening of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of The Orange Tree.

    Richly illustrated with magical artwork by Rovina Cai (@rovinacai).

  • The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what's available--sculpting noses from brass, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs, crafting eye parts from jet canopies and breasts from petroleum by-products. Today we're attempting to grow body parts from scratch using stem cells and 3D printers. How are we doing? Are we there yet?

    In Replaceable You, Mary Roach explores the remarkable advances and difficult questions prompted by the human body's failings. When and how does a person decide they'd be better off with a prosthetic than their existing limb? Can a donated heart be made to beat forever? Can an intestine provide a workable substitute for a vagina?

    Roach dives in with her characteristic verve and infectious wit. Her travels take her to the OR at a legendary burn unit in Boston, a "superclean" xeno-pigsty in China, and a stem cell "hair nursery" in the San Diego tech hub. She talks with researchers and surgeons, amputees and ostomates, printers of kidneys and designers of wearable organs. She spends time in a working iron lung from the 1950s, stays up all night with recovery techs as they disassemble and reassemble a tissue donor, and travels across Mongolia with the cataract surgeons of Orbis International.

    Irrepressible and accessible, Replaceable You immerses readers in the wondrous, improbable, and surreal quest to build a new you.

New Releases | September 16, 2025
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New Releases | July 1st, 2025

June 30, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Typewriter Beach - Clayton, Meg Waite (Author)

    • Come and Get It: A GMA Book Club Pic - Reid, Kiley (Author)

    • Spectacular Things - Dorey-Stein, Beck (Author)

    • There Are Rivers in the Sky - Shafak, Elif (Author)

    • Here One Moment - Moriarty, Liane (Author)

    • All the Colors of the Dark: A Read with Jenna Pick - Whitaker, Chris (Author)

    • Creation Lake - Kushner, Rachel (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Clint: The Man and the Movies - Levy, Shawn (Author)

    • Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV - Nussbaum, Emily (Author)

    Award Winners

    • Princess Academy: Deluxe Anniversary Edition - Hale, Shannon (Author)

    Board Books

    • Diggers Love Their Friends! (Where Do...Series) - Sayres, Brianna Caplan (Author), Slade, Christian (Illustrator)

    • Richard Scarry's Great Big Schoolhouse - Scarry, Richard (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Sea Otter Sunrise (Magic Tree House) - Osborne, Mary Pope (Author), Ford, Ag (Illustrator)

    Children’s Classics

    • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Reissue) (Children's Signature Clothbound Editions) - Twain, Mark (Author)

    Field Guides

    • Trees of New England: A Natural History - Fergus, Charles (Author), Hansen, Amelia (Illustrator)

    Fun & Games

    • Magical Miniature Worlds: 18 Terrarium Projects for Kids to Make and Grow - Newell, Ben (Author)

    • I Spy A to Z: A Book of Picture Riddles - Marzollo, Jean (Author), Wick, Walter (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Sunny Figures It Out: A Graphic Novel (Sunny #6) - Holm, Jennifer L (Author), Holm, Matthew (Illustrator)

    • Unico: Hunted (Volume 2): An Original Manga - Tezuka, Osamu (Created By), Sattin, Samuel (Author), Gurihiru (Illustrator)

    Hiking

    • Hiking New Hampshire (State Hiking Guides) - Westrich, Greg (Author)

    History

    • Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution - Beer, Molly (Author)

    • The Road That Made America: A Modern Pilgrim's Journey on the Great Wagon Road - Dodson, James (Author)

    Horror

    • My Ex, the Antichrist - Dilouie, Craig (Author)

    • Holly - King, Stephen (Author)

    Literary Collections

    • I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays - Kreizman, Maris (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • What If...? Galactus - Groom, Mat (Author), Medina, Lan (Illustrator)

    • Catwoman Vol. 1: Who Is Selina Kyle? - Gronbekk, Torunn (Author), Mascolo, Fabiana (Illustrator)

    • Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1 - Taylor, Tom (Author), Janin, Mikel (Illustrator)

    • The Authority: Relentless: DC Compact Comics Edition - Ellis, Warren (Author), Hitch, Bryan (Illustrator), Jimenez, Philip (Illustrator)

    • Nightwing Vol. 1: On with the Show - Watters, Dan (Author), Soy, Dexter (Illustrator)

    • One Piece, Vol. 109 - Oda, Eiichiro (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Balto and Togo: Hero Dogs of Alaska - Moss, Helen (Author), Hughes, Solomon (Illustrator)

    • Snoop - Korman, Gordon (Author)

    • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Stenciled Edges) - Rowling, JK (Author), Grandpre, Mary (Illustrator)

    • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Stenciled Edges) - Rowling, JK (Author), Grandpre, Mary (Illustrator)

    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Stenciled Edges) - Rowling, JK (Author), Grandpre, Mary (Illustrator)

    • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Stenciled Edges) - Rowling, JK (Author), Grandpre, Mary (Illustrator)

    • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Stenciled Edges) - Rowling, JK (Author), Grandpre, Mary (Illustrator)

    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Stenciled Edges) - Rowling, JK (Author), Grandpre, Mary (Illustrator)

    • The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks - Kirby, Katie (Author)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 1 Pokémon Sweet Surprise

    • Disney Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas (Step Into Reading)

    • World of Reading: Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Webs Up! - Behling, Steve (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Bonded in Death (In Death #60) - Robb, J D (Author)

    • Agony Hill: A Mystery (Franklin Warren and Alice Bellows Mystery #1) - Taylor, Sarah Stewart (Author)

    • Do Not Disturb - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    • Murder Island: A Doc Savage Thriller - Patterson, James (Author) , Sitts, Brian (Author)

    • Eruption: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author) , Crichton, Michael (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob - Aaron, Huw (Author) , Aaron, Huw (Illustrator)

    • Millie Fleur Saves the Night - Mandin, Christy (Author) , Mandin, Christy (Illustrator)

    • Norman and the Smell of Adventure - Higgins, Ryan T (Author)

    • Sea Dog Rescue - Sheckels, Astrid (Author)

    Poetry

    • End of Empire (Penguin Poets) - Davis, Marissa (Author)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Beach Day Crosswords: 200 Easy Puzzles

    Romance

    • The Baby Dragon Cafe (Baby Dragon #1) - Qureshi, A T (Author)

    • The Wolf and the Woodsman Deluxe Collector's Edition - Reid, Ava (Author)

    • Overruled - Ferguson, Lana (Author)

    • Remember When - Roberts, Nora (Author) , Robb, J D (Author)

    • Save Me (Maxton Hall) - Kasten, Mona (Author) , Ward, Rachel (Translator)

    • The Songbird & the Heart of Stone: The Shadowborn Duet, Book One (The Crowns of Nyaxia #3) - Broadbent, Carissa (Author)

    • The Curse That Binds (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Bewitched #3) - Thalassa, Laura (Author)

    • Two by Two - Sparks, Nicholas (Author)

    • When I Should've Stayed (Red Bridge #2) - Monroe, Max (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Brothersong: A Green Creek Novel (Green Creek #4) - Klune, Tj (Author)

    • The Martian Chronicles - Bradbury, Ray (Author)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Fire Rescue (Paw Patrol)

    Young Adult

    • The Grandest Game: Volume 1 - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

    • Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe - Lee, C B (Author)

    • Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix (Remixed Classics #9) - Novoa, Gabe Cole (Author)

    • Mooncussers (Oddity) - Brown, Eli (Author) , Rytter, Karin (Illustrator)

    • After We Burned - Nijkamp, Marieke (Author)

This Week’s Top Picks

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  • A Newbery Honor Winner
    A New York Times Bestseller

    This deluxe twentieth anniversary edition of the beloved modern classic, Princess Academy, will feature stunning sprayed edges, a brand new cover, and a letter from the author!

    What if you had a chance to become a Princess?

    Miri lives high atop a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life, working in the quarry. But everything changes when word arrives that the prince of the kingdom will choose his princess from among the village girls.

    A makeshift academy is set up on the mountain and every eligible girl must attend and learn how to become a proper princess. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. Being chosen could give her everything she ever wanted, but does Miri really want to leave her home and family behind for a royal life?

  • The second book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.

    Ever since Harry had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike... And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls' bathroom. But then the real trouble begins: Someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects... Harry Potter himself!

  • The third book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.

    For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts... he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

  • The fourth book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.

    Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for hundreds of years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal; he's different -- even by wizarding standards. And in this case, different can be deadly.

  • The fifth book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.

    There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? It's not just the upcoming O.W.L. exams; a new teacher with a personality like poisoned honey; a disgruntled house-elf; or even the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Now Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends beyond what even he knew, boundless loyalty, and unbearable sacrifice.

  • The sixth book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.

    The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Hermione scans the pages of the Daily Prophet, reading out terrible news. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate -- and lose a few eyebrows in the process. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are tough, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And all the while Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, hoping to find what may be his only vulnerability.

  • The seventh book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.

    "As a farewell to the series, Deathly Hallows is everything fans of Harry Potter could hope for." -- Time

    "J.K. Rowling gives her readers, and her characters, precisely what they crave -- excitement, insight, closure, and catharsis galore." -- The Los Angeles Times

    "An instant classic." -- The Washington Post

  • Now available in a gorgeous Deluxe Collector's Edition featuring beautiful new cover art, special hardcover case design, illustrated endpapers, and stenciled edges--the stunning debut novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning.

    This story of fantasy, romance, and folklore inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.

    In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline--her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.

    But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he's no ordinary Woodsman--he's the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gáspár fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gáspár understands what it's like to be an outcast, and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother.

    As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gáspár need to decide whose side they're on, and what they're willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.

  • A queen destined for magic. A king cursed by love. A fate no one could outrun.

    Before Selene, there was Roxilana. Discover her darkly delicious origin story in this prequel to Bewitched, a complete standalone from TikTok sensation Laura Thalassa.

    He called her queen--then turned her world to ash.

    Two thousand years before the rise of Henbane Coven, Roxilana was just a Roman girl trying to survive the shadows of empire. Until the day a voice begins speaking inside her head.

    That voice belongs to Memnon, King of the Sarmatians--a warrior touched by gods, cursed by fate, and utterly convinced that Roxilana is his soul mate.

    When Roxilana's latent powers awaken, Memnon appears at her door with a crown in one hand and destiny in the other. Before she knows it, she's swept away to a strange new land and named queen of a people she barely understands...and wife to a man whose love is as intense as it is terrifying.

    Magic always demands a price. And as Roxilana learns the true cost of Memnon's power, passion, and prophecy, she must decide whether to build an empire beside her cursed king...or burn it to the ground.

    Tropes to love:

    • Fated mates

    • Telepathic bond

    • Historical fantasy

    • Morally gray love interest

    • Magic with a price

    • Deadly power couple

    • Doomed love (or is it?)

    Perfect for fans of:

    • The Hades X Persephone saga by Scarlett St. Clair

    • The Bridge Kingdom series by Danielle L. Jensen

    • The Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy

    • The Crowns of Nyaxia series by Clarissa Broadbent

New Releases | July 1st, 2025
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New Releases | June 24th, 2025

June 22, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Beetlejuice Crochet (Crochet Kits)

    Adult Fiction

    • Room on the Sea: Three Novellas - Aciman, Andre (Author)

    • Bear - Phillips, Julia (Author)

    • The Girls Who Grew Big - Mottley, Leila (Author)

    • Among Friends - Ebbott, Hal (Author)

    • The Compound - Rawle, Aisling (Author)

    • The Accidental Favorite - Littlewood, Fran (Author)

    • I'll Be Right Here - Bloom, Amy (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words: Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by the Beatles and Their Inner Circle - Brown, Peter (Author), Gaines, Steven (Author)

    • Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics - Stohl, Margaret (Author), Schaefer, Jeanine (With), Stephens, Judith (With)

    Board Books

    • I'm Your School Bus - Eliot, Hannah (Author), Chen, Belinda (Illustrator)

    • Hello Hello Numbers - Wenzel, Brendan (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Everything I Know about Hormones: Six Steps to Optimal Health and Happiness - Alderson, Hannah (Author)

    Calendars

    • Peanuts(r) 2026 Day-To-Day Calendar

    • Cartoons from the New Yorker 2026 Day-To-Day Calendar

    Children’s Classics

    • The Little Mermaid & Other Tales (Children's Signature Editions) - Andersen, Hans Christian (Author)

    • Peter Pan (Children's Signature Editions) - Barrie, J.M. (Author)

    History

    • The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States - Meacham, Jon (Introduction By)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Iron Man Vol. 1: The Stark-Roxxon War - Ackerman, Spencer (Author), Ohta, Julius (Illustrator), Pina, Javier (Illustrator), Reis, Rod (Illustrator), Putri, Yasmine (NA)

    • Superman: Birthright: DC Compact Comics Edition - Waid, Mark (Author), Alanguilan, Gerry (Illustrator)

    My First Readers

    • Pete the Cat's Mars Mission (I Can Read Level 1) - Dean, James (Author), Dean, James (Illustrator), Dean, Kimberly (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Don't Let Him in - Jewell, Lisa (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Wild Robot on the Island - Brown, Peter (Author)

    • Tenacious Won't Give Up - Vaughan, Pam (Author), Hatch, Leanne (Illustrator)

    • Kitty vs. Kindergarten - Freeman, Martha (Author), Kaban, Eda (Illustrator)

    • Trusty Bus - Verdick, Elizabeth Weiss (Author), Harter, Jeff (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • As You Wish - Cross-Smith, Leesa (Author)

    • A Mother's Love - Steel, Danielle (Author)

    • The Calhoun Way (Reissue) (Calhoun Women) - Roberts, Nora (Author)

    • Psycho Shifters (Original) (Cruel Shifterverse #1) - Mas, Jasmine (Author)

    • Here and Now (Deluxe Edition) (Ember Falls #2) - Michaels, Corinne (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • Wild: A Family Guide to the Animal Kingdom (In Our Nature) - Ashby, Jack (Author), Meadows, Sara Boccaccini (Illustrator)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Dragon Republic Deluxe Collector's Edition (Poppy War #2) - Kuang, R.F. (Author), Jungshan (Illustrator)

    Social Sciences

    • Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom - Grant, Rebecca (Author)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Hammerbarn: A Bluey Storybook

    Young Adult

    • The Naturals Deluxe Edition (Naturals) - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

    • That Kind of Girl - Anderson, Natalie C. (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • #1 bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes's fast-paced, full-throttle mystery with to-die-for romance is now available in a stunning deluxe hardcover edition! Featuring:

    • An updated, shining foiled cover

    • Stenciled sprayed edge design

    • Lush endpapers

    • A ribbon book marker

    • A brand new introduction and behind-the-scenes Q&A from the author

    Cold Cases heat up in the Naturals, a Tiktok favorite, unputdownable series with over 1 million copies sold!

    Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people, piecing together the tiniest details to know who a person is, and what they want. But it's not a skill she takes seriously until the FBI come knocking--they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teens to crack infamous cold cases, and they want her to join.

    What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides. Sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own, she quickly realizes no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. Emotion-reader Michael is a wild card--and far too perceptive for Cassie's good. The resident deception-detector is a pathological liar, and the program's perky, blonde statistician is far better with numbers than with people. And then there's Dean--a profiler like Cassie but with a much darker gift.

    When a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.

    Perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and Holly Jackson, Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers a suspense-ridden psychological thriller with killer appeal, a love triangle to die for, and a gorgeous new design that will stand out on any shelf.

    **Don't miss the other books in this series: Killer Instinct, All In, and Bad Blood, and the novella, Twelve

  • This gorgeously illustrated picture book brings to full color the adventures of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Wild Robot.

    Roz is not where she's supposed to be.

    You see, the robot wasn't designed to live in the wilderness. But when she washes up on an island, she must learn from the animal inhabitants and adapt to her new, natural surroundings, and before long, the island begins to feel like home.

    Filled with bestselling creator and award-winning artist Peter Brown's stunning artwork, this moving picture book is the perfect gift for readers new to The Wild Robot or for longtime fans of the middle-grade book series that sparked a global phenomenon.

  • In this gripping YA thriller perfect for fans of Jessica Goodman and Amber Smith, two girls from opposite worlds play a dangerous game of cat and mouse when a rich classmate is murdered and they become prime suspects. The race is on to find out which one is a killer.

    Sixteen-year-old amateur sleuth Roxie is shrewd, nimble, cunning, and only a little bit damaged. She also has a real knack for finding things, making her the perfect go-to detective for her rich classmates at St. Margaret when they're looking to retrieve the things they've "lost"-- no questions asked. So when queen bee Kirsten Montgomery-Wiggins pays Roxie a hefty sum to track down a mysterious blonde who "stole" her phone, Roxie accepts. Although Kirsten and Roxie have bad blood between them, Roxie could really use the cash. But that same night, Roxie finds Kirsten murdered in her mansion, and police zero in on her as a prime suspect.

    On the outskirts of town in a trailer park, Inez, a part-time maid and part-time sex-worker, keeps finding blood everywhere. Crusted in her earring, threaded into her shoelace. She should really toss her shoes so there's nothing to tie her to the body. How could the night have gone so wrong? She really thought she was working her way to a better life, but now she could be headed to jail if the wrong someone puts two and two together.

    Roxie doesn't know who she's looking for and Inez doesn't know who she's hiding from. But all roads seem to lead to Montgomery House, as Roxie works to clear her own name and Inez attempts to stay one step ahead of the law and the men who hurt her.

  • This deluxe edition will come with designed edges

    From New York Times bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes the next book in the Ember Falls series.

    I've crafted my new life in Ember Falls with two simple rules: maintain superficial relationships and always be ready to run.

    But when my son's incredibly hot hockey coach Miles Anderson walks in, things get very, very complicated.

    With his charming smile and our accidental dates, he's the exact opposite of any man I've ever dated. That should make saying yes to being with him simple, but nothing in my life is easy.

    In fact, it's a mess.

    Miles makes me smile and treats my son like his own. When we're together, I forget about my troubles and dream of a life that I will never be able to have with him.

    It's only a matter of time until the past comes knocking and I'll have to leave, breaking us both in the process.

  • #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham introduces America's essential founding documents in an elegant, readable, and timeless volume.

    In the winter of 1860-1861, facing the prospect of secession and civil war, President Abraham Lincoln held fast to the founding promise of the now-imperiled United States of America. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution had forged the nation, and Lincoln intended to defend them. But even more importantly, Lincoln saw "something back of these, entwining itself more closely about the human heart. That something is the principle of 'Liberty to all.'"

    That principle remains as vital today as it has been throughout the first 250 years of our nation's history. Presented here with an introduction by bestselling American historian and biographer Jon Meacham, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America are both timeless and timely, offering a window into the complex poltical world of the nation's founders--and important lessons for our own. As Meacham writes, "If America is to be America, the foundational documents reprinted here must be not theoretical but tactile, not quaint but vivid, not dead but alive."

New Releases | June 24th, 2025
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The 2025 Fidget TOTY has arrived!

April 17, 2025 Clare Brooks

We'd like to introduce one of the latest additions to the shop... Hexel! Perfect for fidgety folks and winner of a 2025 TOTY award! If you'd like to experience the awesomeness of the Hexel for yourself, pop in to the shop and check out our demo.

Product Highlight | Hexel
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New Releases | April 15th, 2025

April 14, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Honey - Lodato, Victor (Author)

    • The One That Got Away - Rixon, Charlotte (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See - Bosker, Bianca (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Rosey Stink Badger (Willow's Woods #2) - Selfors, Suzanne (Author) , Kaulitzki, Ramona (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • By Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear - Catalano, Hailee (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • K Is in Trouble Again (a Graphic Novel) (K Is in Trouble #2) - Clement, Gary (Author)

    • Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel (Parachute Kids #2) - Tang, Betty C (Author) , Tang, Betty C (Illustrator)

    Great Outdoors

    • Into the Ice: The Northwest Passage, the Polar Sun, and a 175-Year-Old Mystery - Synnott, Mark (Author)

    Homestead

    • Axe in Hand: A Woodchopper's Guide to Blades, Wood, and Fire - Coenen, Nicole (Author)

    • No New Things: A Radically Simple 30-Day Guide to Saving Money, the Planet, and Your Sanity - Piper, Ashlee (Author)

    Local Interest

    • A Little Wildness: Some Notes on Rambling - Lea, Sydney (Author)

    Maps

    • 2026 Rand McNally Road Atlas

    • 2026 Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas

    • 2026 Rand McNally Easy to Read Midsize Road Atlas

    • 2026 Rand McNally Road Atlas & National Park Guide

    My First Readers

    • Time for Kids: Insects - Bolden, Jevon (Author)

    • Time for Kids: Weather - Jospitre, Sarah (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery - Courage, Rachel Ekstrom (Author)

    • Strangers in Time: A World War II Novel - Baldacci, David (Author)

    • The Perfect Divorce - Rose, Jeneva (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward - French Gates, Melinda (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Little Bird Laila - Yang, Kelly (Author) , Yan, Xindi (Illustrator)

    • Just a Banana - Saltzberg, Barney (Author)

    • Lily the Pond Mermaid - Fleming, Lucy (Author) , Fleming, Lucy (Illustrator)

    • Warm and Fuzzy - Rothman, Scott (Author) , Won, Brian (Illustrator)

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  • The first novel in the all-new Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series!

    When Dorothy's obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf-themed wedding Rose is hosting.

    Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche's hot flashes. Rose's cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can't balance the groom's family's snobbery against the traditional St. Olaf wedding week guidelines, her hometown may never accept her cousin again!

    Dorothy quickly realizes she needs a date with whom she can exchange wedding-related wisecracks. Turning to a newfangled VHS dating service, she believes she's found the ideal conversationalist. Unfortunately, what looks good on TV can actually be a total jerk in real life. It seems she'll just have to enjoy the company of Sophia, Blanche, and whomever Blanche has targeted for a hookup.

    As the Girls all pitch in, Rose is thrilled that the tea-and-fish-themed kickoff event is perfect, not a herring out of place. That is until Dorothy's date is found dead--face-planted in an otherwise scrumptious-looking cheesecake. With every guest a suspect (especially Dorothy) and a marriage on the line, the four besties must ID the real killer, get the should-be-happy couple down the aisle, and make sure nobody from St. Olaf gets lost in the wilds of Miami. It's up to the Golden Girls to sleuth out a way for friendship and love to win the day!

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes David Baldacci's newest novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one another.

    Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he's old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there's no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.

    Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she'd hoped for as she's confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there.

    Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his bookshop, The Book Keep. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost.

    But Charlie's escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone's been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is harboring his own secrets, which could have terrible consequences for all of them.

    As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.

  • Rich bonus features for the deluxe edition include:

    • Gorgeous full-color interior art

    • Beautiful sprayed edges

    • Additional scenes

    She doesn't need to have magic in order to be magic...

    In the heart of Adenashire, where elvish enchantments and dwarven delights rule, human baker Arleta Starstone works twice as hard at perfecting her unique blend of baking with apothecary herbs. So, when her orc neighbor (and biggest fan) secretly enters her creations into the prestigious Langheim Baking Battle, Arleta faces a dilemma. Being magicless, her participation in the competition could draw more scowls than smiles. And if Arleta wants to prove her talent and establish her culinary reputation, she'll need more than just her pastry craft to sweeten the odds.

    Though Arleta may not yet believe in herself, she makes her way to Langheim--with the help of a very attractive woodland elf--and competes. While on a journey of mouthwatering pastries, self-discovery, heartwarming friendships, and potential romance, Arleta will have to decide whether winning the Baking Battle is the true prize after all. But win or lose, her adventure is only beginning...

  • Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment. This breathtaking custom deluxe edition features:

    • Shimmery jacket with holographic foil Gorgeous designed endpapers Foil case design with a quote from the novel Stunning holographic edges

    Quantities are limited for this deluxe edition so be sure to preorder now!

    James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. All that matters is that he managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment. In the past decade no outsider has breached the stronghold of the authoritarian regime, but James is in. In a prison cell, sure, but as far as James is concerned, a win is a win.

    It's been ten years since the fall of The Reestablishment. Ten years since the notorious duo--Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner Anderson--led a worldwide rebellion and established the New Republic of the West. But after a decade of unsettling quiet, The Reestablishment is ready to make a devastating move, and they have the perfect person for the job.

    Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. She always has a plan. On Ark Island, where constant surveillance is packaged as security, even emotions must be experienced with caution. A trained assassin, her every movement is monitored by synthetic intelligence--and when she's given an order to kill, she never hesitates.

    Brimming with pulse-pounding action and torturous romance, Watch Me is an explosive journey through a dystopian landscape where enemies-to-lovers has never felt more impossible. Step into a beloved and breathtaking world that demands an answer to a desperate question--

    Who are we when no one is watching?

  • From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect Marriage

    Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine.

    It's been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers. Her life is back to being exactly how she always wanted ... or is it?

    After discovering Bob engaged in a one-night stand, Sarah wastes no time filing for divorce. However, amid their ugly separation, new DNA evidence is uncovered in the case against Adam, forcing the police to reopen the investigation and putting Sarah right back in the spotlight. Everyone wants to know what really happened, most of all former deputy Marcus Hudson, who is hell-bent on finding the truth.

    But when the woman Bob slept with is reported missing, he and Sarah start to fight dirty, and a high-stakes game of cat and mouse ensues. Filled with page-turning suspense and Jeneva Rose's signature twists and turns, this book will have readers wondering, Can Bob and Sarah achieve the perfect divorce? Or will it be "till death do us part"?

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