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New Releases | June 3rd, 2025

June 2, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • The Phoenix Pencil Company - King, Allison (Author)

    • Flashlight - Choi, Susan (Author)

    • Atmosphere: A Love Story - Reid, Taylor Jenkins (Author)

    • What Kind of Paradise - Brown, Janelle (Author)

    • The Listeners - Stiefvater, Maggie (Author)

    • Notes on Infinity - Taylor, Austin (Author)

    • Blonde Dust - De Rosnay, Tatiana (Author)

    • In the Absence of Men - Besson, Philippe (Author)

    • Go as a River - Read, Shelley (Author)

    • Disoriental - Djavadi, Négar (Author) , Kover, Tina (Translator)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir - Ardern, Jacinda (Author)

    Biography

    • 1974: A Personal History - Prose, Francine (Author)

    • How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir - Jong-Fast, Molly (Author)

    • Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson - Kriegel, Mark (Author)

    • Larry McMurtry: A Life - Daugherty, Tracy (Author)

    • Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation - Tameez, Zaakir (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Mantra Meditation: The Life-Changing Secret of Connection, Joy, and Calm - Das, Radhika (Author)

    Calendars

    • Disney Dreams Collection by Thomas Kinkade Studios 2026 Wall Calendar - Kinkade, Thomas (Author) , Thomas Kinkade Studios (Author)

    • Thomas Kinkade Studios 2026 Deluxe Wall Calendar - Kinkade, Thomas (Author)

    • Johanna Basford 12-Month 2026 Weekly Coloring Calendar - Basford, Johanna (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Sunflower Hour (Adventures of Sophie Mouse #22) - Green, Poppy (Author) , Bell, Jennifer A (Illustrator)

    Coloring Books

    • Back to the Hundred Acre Wood: Color Your Favorite Childhood Memories with Winnie-The-Pooh and Friends - Hamner, Jiajia (Author)

    Family Issues

    • Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity - Turban, Jack (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Garfield Bacon Me Drool: His 77th Book - Davis, Jim (Author)

    • Karen's Ghost: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #11) - Yingst, Dk (Adapted by) , Yingst, Dk (Illustrator) , Martin, Ann M (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Rivers Always Reach the Sea: Angling Stories - Burke, Monte (Author) , Dibenedetto, David (Foreword by)

    History

    • The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions - Bellows, Amanda (Author)

    • Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II - Kershaw, Alex (Author)

    • Charlottesville: An American Story - Baker, Deborah (Author)

    • When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day - Graff, Garrett M (Author)

    • The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild - Burrough, Bryan (Author)

    Horror

    • Incidents Around the House - Malerman, Josh (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Where Are the Everglades? (Where Is?) - Medina, Nico (Author) , Who Hq (Author) , Copeland, Gregory (Illustrator)

    Local Interest

    • The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life - Whybrow, Helen (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Fantastic Four: Solve Everything [Marvel Premier Collection] (Marvel Premier Collection) - Hickman, Jonathan (Author) , Eaglesham, Dale (Illustrator) , Quesada, Joe (Not Available) , Shakman, Matt (Foreword by)

    • Veil Volume 1: Temperature of Orange - Kotteri (Author) , Kotteri (Illustrator)

    • Dceased: DC Compact Comics Edition - Taylor, Tom (Author) , Hairsine, Trevor (Illustrator)

    • My Hero Academia, Vol. 41 - Horikoshi, Kohei (Author)

    • Roar: A Star in the Abyss 1 - Okaue, Ai (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Greenwild: The Forest in the Sky (Greenwild #3) - Thomson, Pari (Author)

    • Minecraft: The Haven Trials: An Official Minecraft Novel - Davies, Suyi (Author)

    • Minecraft: Castle Redstone: An Official Minecraft Novel - Chadda, Sarwat (Author)

    • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: A Guide to Gods & Monsters

    Mystery & Thriller

    • The First Gentleman: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author) , Clinton, Bill (Author)

    • Appointment with Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #18) - Christie, Agatha (Author)

    • The Ghostwriter - Clark, Julie (Author)

    • Sister, Butcher, Sister - Aldyn, Kd (Author)

    • The Unwedding: Reese's Book Club Pick - Condie, Ally (Author)

    • Badlands (Nora Kelly) - Preston, Douglas (Author) , Child, Lincoln (Author)

    Nature

    • Cloud Warriors: Deadly Storms, Climate Chaos--And the Pioneers Creating a Revolution in Weather Forecasting - Weber, Thomas E (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Blue - Kaufman, Suzanne (Author)

    • The Day the Crayons Made Friends - Daywalt, Drew (Author) , Jeffers, Oliver (Illustrator)

    • Fourth of July Fun! (Little Golden Book) - Adamson, Deb (Author) , Morley, Taia (Illustrator)

    • When You Go to Dragon School - Campbell, Chelsea M (Author) , Chua, Charlene (Illustrator)

    • Falling Star - Liu, Linda (Author) , Liu, Linda (Illustrator)

    • Where the Deer Slip Through - Howes, Katey (Author) , Krommes, Beth (Illustrator)

    • This Book Is Dangerous! (a Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #1) - Clanton, Ben (Author)

    • Zebra and Yak: The Backwards Alphabet Book - Friedrich, Paul (Author) , Friedrich, Paul (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • Slow Dance - Rowell, Rainbow (Author)

    • Battle of the Bookstores - Brady, Ali (Author)

    • Stolen Vows & Irresistible Devil (Deluxe Edition) (Black Rose Auction #2) - Miller, Sav R (Author) , Nordbak, Jenny (Author)

    • A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Deluxe Edition) (Adenashire #2) - Penner, J (Author)

    • The Monster and the Last Blood Match (Blood Type #1) - Linde, K A (Author)

    • Spark of the Everflame (The Kindred's Curse Saga #1) - Cole, Penn (Author)

    • Glow of the Everflame (The Kindred's Curse Saga #2) - Cole, Penn (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Queen of Sorrow: Book Three of the Queens of Renthia (Queens of Renthia #3) - Durst, Sarah Beth (Author)

    • Shroud - Tchaikovsky, Adrian (Author)

    • The Stardust Grail - Kitasei, Yume (Author)

    • A Song of Legends Lost (Invoker Trilogy #1) - Ayinde, M H (Author)

    Spinner Rack

    • Peppa Pig: The Biggest Sister (8x8 Storybook) - Spinner, Cala (Author)

    Sports

    • The Playing Lesson: A Duffer's Year Among the Pros - Bamberger, Michael (Author)

    Young Adult

    • A Study in Drowning (Study in Drowning) - Reid, Ava (Author)

    • Kill Creatures - Power, Rory (Author)

    • Dan in Green Gables: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables - Terciero, Rey (Author) , Aguirre, Claudia (Illustrator)

    • A Forgery of Fate - Lim, Elizabeth (Author)

    • Your Final Moments - Coles, Jay (Author)

    • Best of All Worlds - Oppel, Kenneth (Author)

    • A First Time for Everything - Walther, K L (Author)

    • 13 Days of Summer - Strohm, Stephanie Kate (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • America has a powerful new president... And her husband's on trial for murder.

    Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever.

    The President of the United States is up for reelection.

    Her husband is on trial for murder.

    Is the First Gentleman a killer?

    A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.

    The First Gentlemanhas all the twists and turns, and the authenticity, one expects from the #1 bestselling authors ofThe President Is MissingandThe President's Daughter.

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

    The stunning hardcover of Atmosphere features beautiful endpapers and a premium dust jacket!

    "Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion."--Kristin Hannah, author of The Women

    "NASA? Space missions? The '80s? This is a collection of all the things I love."--Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian

    Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.

    Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

    As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

    Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.

    Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love--this time among the stars.

  • A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Absolutely gripping." --The Washington Post - "A masterpiece of oral history...stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting." --Evan Thomas

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most complete and up-to-date account of D-Day--the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II--featuring hundreds of eyewitness accounts.

    June 6, 1944--known to us all as D-Day--is one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military triumphs. The surprise sunrise landing of more than 150,000 Allied troops on the beaches of occupied northern France is one of the most consequential days of the 20th century. Now, Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, historian and author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Watergate, brings them all together in a one-of-a-kind, bestselling oral history that explores this seminal event in vivid, heart-pounding detail.

    The story begins in the opening months of the 1940s, as the Germany army tightens its grip across Europe, seizing control of entire nations. The United States, who has resolved to remain neutral, is forced to enter the conflict after an unexpected attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. For the second time in fifty years, the world is at war, with the stakes higher than they've ever been before. Then in 1943, Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Casablanca to discuss a new plan for victory: a coordinated invasion of occupied France, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Failure is not an option. Over the next eighteen months, the large-scale action is organized, mobilizing soldiers across Europe by land, sea, and sky. And when the day comes, it is unlike anything the world has ever seen.

    These moments and more are seen in real time. A visceral, page-turning drama told through the eyes of those who experienced them--from soldiers, nurses, pilots, children, neighbors, sailors, politicians, volunteers, photographers, reporters and so many more, When the Sea Came Alive "is the sort of book that is smart, inspiring, and powerful--and adds so much to our knowledge of what that day was like and its historic importance forever" (Chris Bohjalian)--an unforgettable, fitting tribute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation.

  • An Oprah Daily Best Summer Read of 2025

    "Molly Jong-Fast's memoir is mesmerizing, intimate, wise, unputdownable, crazily honest, heartbreaking, funny, illuminating--beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life." --Anne Lamott

    From the political writer and podcaster, a ferociously honest and disarmingly funny memoir about her elusive mother's encroaching dementia and a reckoning with her complicated childhood

    Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book Fear of Flying launched her into second-wave feminist stardom. She grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just out of reach mother, who always seemed to be heading somewhere that wasn't with Molly. When, in 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia just as Molly's husband discovered he had a rare cancer, Jong-Fast was catapulted into a transformative year.

    How to Lose Your Mother is a compulsively readable memoir about an intense mother-daughter relationship, a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and the upheavals that challenge our hard-won adulthood. A pitch-perfect balance of acceptance and rage, humor and heart, How to Lose Your Mother tells a universal story of loss alongside a singular story of a literary life. This is a memoir that will stand alongside the classics of the genre.

  • The hilarious Crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit are back for another adventure--and this time they explore Duncan's room. Will they want to leave the crayon box for good after they make new friends?

    Duncan's crayons just can't seem to stay put!

    After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan's crayons have disappeared once more.

    But this time they've gone out into his room to make friends. From Red Crayon who fulfills his dream of driving a firetruck, to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head, to fan favorite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they've met and the new adventures they've had.

    The #1 New York Times bestselling team behind the international Crayons sensation have come together to create another clever and hilarious tale that will keep children--and grown-ups--laughing.

New Releases | June 3rd, 2025
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This Month's Staff Pick Sale & A Special Announcement...

June 2, 2025 Clare Brooks

Last month’s selection, ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’, was our most successful Monthly Staff Pick so far (even surpassing favorite titles like ‘Once There Were Wolves’ and ‘Demon Copperhead’), which makes it the perfect time for a little announcement…

Monthly Staff Picks for All Ages are finally here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop! After over two years of success with our Monthly Staff Picks, we are thrilled to launch Young Adult, Early & Middle Grade, and Picture Book selections this June. All of our selections each month are 20% off, while supplies last, so keep reading to learn more about our picks for June, and visit us soon to pick up a copy of one (or all!) of our picks this month.

To kick things off, our next Adult selection is last year’s bestselling ‘Sandwich’ by Catherine Newman, which is now available in paperback. This Cape Cod-set family ensemble makes a perfect beach or travel read, full of humor and sure to move you. Read it before this favorite family returns in ‘Wreck’ this Fall.

For kids of all ages, our first Picture Book Pick is, the Caldecott Honor Book, ‘Bear Came Along’ by Richard T. Morris with illustrations by LeUyen Pham which follows Bear on a river adventure as he makes new friends and, together, they discover how life connects us all.

Our new picks will also include either a middle reader, chapter book, or kids graphic novel each month. This June we’ve selected ‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ by Donn Fendler. A true story of adventure and survival that follows twelve-year-old Donn in 1939 after he gets separated from his companions on the summit of Maine’s highest peak. This New England tale is a favorite of both locals and visitors alike!

And finally, for YA readers, of all ages, our inaugural Young Adult Monthly Staff Pick is Adam Silvera’s ‘They Both Die at the End’. The beloved novel that launched the series (which just saw its third entry released last month) and introduced readers to Death-Cast, alternates between two young men as they choose to live their last day as fully as possible.

Monthly Staff Pick Sale | June 2025
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New Releases | May 13th, 2025

May 10, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Activity Books

    • The Big Book of Adventure Mazes

    Adult Science

    • The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth - Schlanger, Zoë (Author)

    Biography

    • Mark Twain - Chernow, Ron (Author)

    Coloring Books

    • Creative Haven a Century of Fashion Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Books: Fashion) - Miller, Eileen Rudisill (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • The Emperor of Gladness - Vuong, Ocean (Author)

    • Run for the Hills - Wilson, Kevin (Author)

    • Make Me Famous - Ventura, Maud (Author), Schmid, Gretchen (Translator)

    • Never Let Me Go: Twentieth Anniversary Edition (Vintage International) - Ishiguro, Kazuo (Author)

    • Speak to Me of Home - Cummins, Jeanine (Author)

    • All Fours - July, Miranda (Author)

    • Sleep - Jones, Honor (Author)

    Family Issues

    • The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be in 1 Hour - Patterson, James (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • My First Day Fishing: A Beginner's Guide - Millard, Will (Author), Lisowiec, Joanna (Illustrator), Wade, Jeremy (Foreword By)

    Graphic Novels

    • Creature Clinic - Than, Gavin Aung (Author)

    History

    • Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives - Loxton, Alice (Author)

    • The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties - Mcnally, Dennis (Author)

    Homestead

    • Tree Houses Within Reach: 30 Lofty Cabins, Playhouses, and Getaways You Can Actually Build - Diedricksen, Derek (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Malcolm Lives!: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers - Kendi, Ibram X (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • All Ears (Funjungle) - Gibbs, Stuart (Author)

    My First Readers

    • Uni and the Dolphin (Step Into Reading) - Krouse Rosenthal, Amy (Author), Barrager, Brigette (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Skin and Bones: And Other Mike Bowditch Short Stories (Mike Bowditch Mysteries) - Doiron, Paul (Author)

    • Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch Mysteries #15) - Doiron, Paul (Author)

    • We Solve Murders - Osman, Richard (Author)

    • Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #13) - Christie, Agatha (Author)

    Nature

    • Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests - Holloway, Marguerite (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Monarch (Honeybee and Friends) - Hall, Kirsten (Author), Arsenault, Isabelle (Illustrator)

    • Firefly Season - Smith, Cynthia Leitich (Author), Gardiner, Kate (Illustrator)

    • Papa Doesn't Do Anything! - Fallon, Jimmy (Author), Ordonez, Miguel (Illustrator)

    • Fireworks - Burgess, Matthew (Author), Chien, Catia (Illustrator)

    • When You Find a Hope - Millington, Allie (Author), Lambelet, Anne (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined (Stephen Fry's Greek Myths) - Fry, Stephen (Author)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Hello Spring Crosswords: 200 Easy to Hard Puzzles

    Romance

    • A Curse Carved in Bone: Book Two of the Saga of the Unfated (Saga of the Unfated) - Jensen, Danielle L (Author)

    • A Simple Twist of Fate - Asher, April (Author)

    • Maine Characters - Orenstein, Hannah (Author)

    • Can't Get Enough (Skyland) - Ryan, Kennedy (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • The Secret Life of a Sea Turtle - Bearzi, Maddalena (Author), Boersma, Alex (Illustrator)

    • World of Mushrooms: Discover the Freaky, Fantastic Fungi That Lurk in the Woods, Pop Up in Lawns, and Sneak Around Underground - Payen, Pauline (Author), Pressigout, Zelda (Illustrator)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Anima Rising - Moore, Christopher (Author)

    • The Devils - Abercrombie, Joe (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain - Solnit, Rebecca (Author)

    • The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America - Whitaker, Mark (Author)

    • So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color - de Robertis, Caro (Author)

    Sports

    • The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay - Clarey, Christopher (Author)

    True Crime

    • Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder - James, Rachel McCarthy (Author)

    • Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers - Figluzzi, Frank (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Song of the Lioness, Book 1: Alanna: A Graphic Novel Adaptation - Pierce. Tamora (Author), Ayala, Vita (Adapter by), Beck, Sam (Illustrator)

    • When We Go Missing - Henry, April (Author)

    • Shampoo Unicorn - Lovett, Sawyer (Author)

    • Eliza, from Scratch - Lee, Sophia (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From the acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, a moving new novel that subtly reimagines our world and time in a haunting story of friendship and love.

    As a child, Kathy-now thirty-one years old-lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she stops resisting the pull of memory.

    And so, as her friendship with Ruth is rekindled, and as the feelings that long ago fueled her adolescent crush on Tommy begin to deepen into love, Kathy recalls their years at Hailsham. She describes happy scenes of boys and girls growing up together, unperturbed-even comforted-by their isolation. But she describes other scenes as well: of discord and misunderstanding that hint at a dark secret behind Hailsham's nurturing facade. With the dawning clarity of hindsight, the three friends are compelled to face the truth about their childhood-and about their lives now.

    A tale of deceptive simplicity, Never Let Me Go slowly reveals an extraordinary emotional depth and resonance-and takes its place among Kazuo Ishiguro's finest work.

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain

    Before he was Mark Twain, he was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Born in 1835, the man who would become America's first, and most influential, literary celebrity spent his childhood dreaming of piloting steamboats on the Mississippi. But when the Civil War interrupted his career on the river, the young Twain went west to the Nevada Territory and accepted a job at a local newspaper, writing dispatches that attracted attention for their brashness and humor. It wasn't long before the former steamboat pilot from Missouri was recognized across the country for his literary brilliance, writing under a pen name that he would immortalize.

    In this richly nuanced portrait of Mark Twain, acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow brings his considerable powers to bear on a man who shamelessly sought fame and fortune, and crafted his persona with meticulous care. After establishing himself as a journalist, satirist, and lecturer, he eventually settled in Hartford with his wife and three daughters, where he went on to write The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He threw himself into the hurly-burly of American culture, and emerged as the nation's most notable political pundit. At the same time, his madcap business ventures eventually bankrupted him; to economize, Twain and his family spent nine eventful years in exile in Europe. He suffered the death of his wife and two daughters, and the last stage of his life was marked by heartache, political crusades, and eccentric behavior that sometimes obscured darker forces at play.

    Drawing on Twain's bountiful archives, including thousands of letters and hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, Chernow masterfully captures the man whose career reflected the country's westward expansion, industrialization, and foreign wars, and who was the most important white author of his generation to grapple so fully with the legacy of slavery. Today, more than one hundred years after his death, Twain's writing continues to be read, debated, and quoted. In this brilliant work of scholarship, a moving tribute to the writer's talent and humanity, Chernow reveals the magnificent and often maddening life of one of the most original characters in American history.

  • A shield maiden fights to break the shackles of prophecy--and to overcome the betrayal of the man who broke her heart--in this searing conclusion to the Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology that began with the bestselling A Fate Inked in Blood.

    The stunning first edition hardcover will feature foil page edges, a custom-stamped case, and a premium dust jacket!

    The secret of her divine heritage revealed, Freya finds herself on a path that will see thousands of lives lost to the magic in her blood. Desperate to avoid this dark fate, she risks an alliance with Skaland's greatest enemy to seek answers from the seer who foretold her future--the same seer who sent Bjorn to kill her.

    While Freya still seethes with rage over Bjorn's betrayal, the blood oaths that bind her demand that she keep him close as she hunts for a way to avert the looming war. Her magic draws her to the front lines of an old enmity, embroiling her with Nordeland's Unfated--children of the gods who serve the king she was raised to fear. The same king who, unlike Bjorn, is now willing to fight at her back. For despite the desire that burns hot between Bjorn and Freya, his growing distrust of her chosen path threatens to drag them further apart.

    As war approaches, gods and mortals must choose their weapons. Yet the fiercest battle will be the one Freya wages within herself. With the magic of two goddesses burning in her veins, she must weave the threads of destiny to decide her own fate: Will she be the shield that protects her people or the curse that destroys them?

  • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

    "Madcap fun, with an entertaining new cast of characters and Osman's trademark wit. Delightful!" --Shari Lapena

    From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series

    A brand new mystery. An iconic new detective duo. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . .

    Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him at home. His days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy's job now.

    Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. Working in private security, every day is dangerous. She's currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D'Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts . . .

    As a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?

    Solving murders. It's a family business.

  • The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce's award-winning Song of the Lioness quartet, adapted into a gorgeous, full-color graphic novel

    In Song of the Lioness, Book 1: Alanna, the first of four volumes adapting #1 New York Times bestseller Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet, we meet Alanna of Trebond, a young noblewoman from the kingdom of Tortall.

    Alanna isn't like other girls from noble families--what she really wants is to become a knight and earn her shield, something women definitely aren't allowed to do.

    But Alanna will not be deterred, and she arrives in the capital disguised as a boy to begin training as a page, the first step toward becoming a knight. Despite the tough conditions and grueling work, Alanna's skills and stubbornness win her friends amongst the nobility and the denizens of the lower city. But not everyone wishes her well . . .

    Filled with magic and mayhem, adventure and action, swords and spells, book one in the Song of the Lioness quartet is the ultimate introduction to Alanna and Tamora Pierce's legendary Tortall universe.

New Releases | May 13th, 2025
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Show 'Em No Mercy!

May 10, 2025 Clare Brooks

UNO Show 'em No Mercy game adds 56 more cards, special rules and super-tough action cards for the most brutal edition of UNO ever!

Tougher action cards, such as Skip Everyone, Wild Draw 6 and even Wild Draw 10 make game play merciless!

The Stacking Rule lets players pass the penalty (Draw +2, +4, +6, +10) to the next player until whoever can't play has to take all the cards combined!

Whenever a '7' or a '0' card is played, players must swap hands with another player!

The Mercy Rule means that if any player gets 25+ cards in their hand, they are out of the game!

More cards mean more chances to show opponents absolutely no mercy!

Now available at the shop

Product Highlight | Uno No Mercy
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This Month's Staff Pick Sale is Remarkably Bright ;)

May 1, 2025 Clare Brooks

As you may have seen in our New Releases post this week, this May’s Monthly Staff Pick is Shelby Van Pelt’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’. 

This bestselling debut novel finally hits stands in paperback with an initial printing featuring fun sprayed edges. This story of loss and finding friendships in unexpected places is full of humor and charm, making a perfect feel-good read to end your Spring or kick-off your Summer (or simply a beloved addition to your TBR stack).

Visit us this May for 20% off ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’, while supplies last! 

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Monthly Staff Pick Sale | May 2025
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New D.I.Y. Book Nooks Have Arrived!

April 24, 2025 Clare Brooks

Could your bookshelf use a little glam or pizzazz? We have some new D.I.Y. book nooks that can do just that! Not only is it a fun li'l craft perfect for a rainy afternoon but also a nice little talking point for your guests. Our fav is the new Owl Bookstore. Sip some espresso in your P.J.'s while perusing your book collection and staring into the void of the Owl bookstore. It's like a home away from home.... but in your home? You get the gist.

Product Highlight | Book Nooks
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