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New Releases | November 5th, 2024

November 3, 2024 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • The Vulnerables - Nunez, Sigrid (Author)

    • Lost December - Evans, Richard Paul (Author)

    • Before We Forget Kindness (Original) (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #5) - Kawaguchi, Toshikazu (Author)

    • Bel Canto Annotated Edition - Patchett, Ann (Author)

    • The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick - Lawhon, Ariel (Author)

    • A Nearby Country Called Love - Abdoh, Salar (Author)

    Animals

    • What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird - Montgomery, Sy (Author)

    Biography

    • Carson the Magnificent - Zehme, Bill (Author) , Thomas, Mike (With)

    Board Books

    • Owl Moon - Yolen, Jane (Author) , Schoenherr, John (Illustrator)

    • Love Always Everywhere - Massini, Sarah (Illustrator)

    • Yes, Chef!: It's Snack Time - Love, Charlotte (Author) , Love, Charlotte (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • The Modern Mystic's Guide to Tarot: A Beginner's Guide to Reading and Understanding the Cards of the Tarot - Parra, Mara (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • Minecraft: Mega Bite-Size Builds (Over 20 Incredible Mini Projects) - Mojang Ab (Author)

    • Trains - Bone, Emily (Author) , Fox, Christyan (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip (First Cat in Space #3) - Barnett, Mac (Author) , Harris, Shawn (Illustrator)

    • The Last Kids on Earth: The Graphic Novel - Brallier, Max (Author) , Churilla, Brian (Illustrator)

    Great Outdoors

    • Fly-Fishing with Leonardo Da Vinci - Ladensohn, David (Author)

    History

    • The Right Stuff - Wolfe, Tom (Author) , Sloan, Robin (Introduction by)

    • Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents - Hamilton, Nigel (Author)

    • The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe - Rady, Martyn (Author)

    Horror

    • The Swarm - Marino, Andy (Author)

    Journals

    • The Old Farmer's Almanac Garden Journal

    Just the Facts

    • Where Is Yellowstone? - Fabiny, Sarah (Author) , Who Hq (Author) , Marchesi, Stephen (Illustrator)

    • Big Book of Facts - Frith, Alex (Author) , Chiu, Amy (Author) , Williams, Victoria (Author) , MacKinnon, Mairi (Author) , Cullis, Megan (Author) , Verbyst, Carole (Illustrator) , Adiguna, Abiyasa (Illustrator) , Crawford, Ross (Illustrator) , Made, Mal (Illustrator) , Nicholas Taylor (Illustrator) , Bremner, Lynn (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Scary Godmother Compendium: This Was Your Childhood - Thompson, Jill (Author)

    • Ultimate X-Men by Peach Momoko Vol. 1: Fears and Hates - Momoko, Peach (Author) , Momoko, Peach (Illustrator) , Momoko, Peach (Not Available)

    • Kagurabachi, Vol. 1 - Hokazono, Takeru (Author)

    My First Readers

    • Pete the Cat and the Wright Brothers (I Can Read Level 1) - Dean, James (Author) , Dean, James (Illustrator) , Dean, Kimberly (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Raised by Wolves: From the Author of the Girl in the Castle - Patterson, James (Author) , Raymond, Emily (Author)

    • The Heiress - Hawkins, Rachel (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The World to Come - MacFarlane, Robert (Author) , Flynn, Johnny (Author) , Sutton, Emily (Illustrator)

    • Chloe and the Fireflies: A Picture Book - Clarkson, Chris (Author) , Jarema, Julie (Illustrator)

    • Cold - McCanna, Tim (Author) , Kaulitzki, Ramona (Illustrator)

    • Animal Orchestra Plays Mozart (Musical Books) - Taplin, Sam (Author) , Jatkowska, Ag (Illustrator)

    • Wild Animals Sound Book - Taplin, Sam (Author) , Iossa, Federica (Illustrator) , Danica Utermohlen (Translator)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Large-Print Crosswords Volume 2: 120 Easy to Hard Puzzles to Keep You Sharp - New York Times (Author) , Shortz, Will (Editor)

    Romance

    • Three Fates - Roberts, Nora (Author)

    • Things We Never Got Over (Collector's Edition) (Knockemout #1) - Score, Lucy (Author)

    • Things We Hide from the Light (Collector's Edition) (Knockemout #2) - Score, Lucy (Author)

    • Things We Left Behind (Collector's Edition) (Knockemout #3) - Score, Lucy (Author)

    • Hexed (Never After #6) - McIntire, Emily (Author)

    • Frigid (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Frigid #1) - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    • The Hurricane Wars (Hurricane Wars #1) - Guanzon, Thea (Author)

    • The Temporary Roomie - Adams, Sarah (Author)

    • Lost and Lassoed: A Rebel Blue Ranch Novel - Sage, Lyla (Author)

    • The Road of Bones: The Ashen Series, Book One - Winters, Demi (Author)

    • Under the Oak Tree: Volume 1 (the Novel) - Kim, Suji (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • National Geographic Kids 5-Minute Dinosaur Stories - Donohue, Moira Rose (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Teller of Small Fortunes - Leong, Julie (Author)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Taylor Swift Ultimate Fan Edition Little Golden Book Biography: 22 Bonus Pages! Stickers! - Loggia, Wendy (Author) , Chavarri, Elisa (Illustrator)

    Young Adult

    • If He Had Been with Me (Collector's Edition) (Special) - Nowlin, Laura (Author)

    • Onyx (Lux Novel #2) - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    • The Way I Am Now (Reprint) (The Way I Used to Be) - Smith, Amber (Author)

    • One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying) - McManus, Karen M (Author)

    • Stranger Skies (The Drowned Gods Trilogy) - Lacelle, Pascale (Author)

    • Where the Library Hides (Secrets of the Nile #2) - Ibañez, Isabel (Author)

    • A Study in Drowning Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition - Reid, Ava (Author)

    • Shatter Me Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition (Shatter Me #1) - Mafi, Tahereh (Author)


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  • A gorgeous, must-have collector's edition of Laura Nowlin's beloved bestselling novel that has sold more than a million copies, featuring printed edges, designed end papers, ribbon bookmark, and special Q&A with the author!

    More than ONE MILLION copies sold!

    A BookTok Viral Sensation

    #1 New York Times Bestseller

    A USA TODAY Bestseller

    An achingly authentic and raw portrait of love, regret, and the life-altering impact of the relationships we hold closest to us, this YA romance bestseller is perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Jenny Han, and Lynn Painter.

    If he had been with me, everything would have been different...

    Autumn and Finn used to be inseparable. But then something changed. Or they changed. Now, they do their best to ignore each other.

    Autumn has her boyfriend Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around.

    That still doesn't stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and the growing, nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. Maybe they should be together.

    But come August, things will change forever. And as time passes, Autumn will be forced to confront how else life might have been different if they had never parted ways...

    Captivating and heartbreaking, If He Had Been with Me is perfect for readers looking for:

    • Contemporary teen romance books

    • Unputdownable & bingeworthy novels

    • Complex emotional YA stories

    • TikTok Books

    • Jenny Han fans

    • Colleen Hoover fans

  • This gorgeous deluxe first-print edition of Frigid will have sprayed edges.

    From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the first in an icy-hot duology following two friends and the boys who complicate everything for them.

    "No one could replace me in his life. I knew that. I was the friend who knew everything about him and whom he trusted above everyone else.

    I was Kyler's best friend.

    And because of that, he would never love me the way I loved him."

    For twenty-one-year-old Sydney Bell, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They've been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The problem? He's never stayed with a girl for longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year of college, Sydney won't risk their friendship by declaring her feelings.

    Meanwhile, Kyler has always put Sydney on a pedestal too high to reach. To him, she's everything. But he's hidden away his feelings, drowning them in other girls instead. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the best thing he can never have.

    But when they're stranded together at a posh ski resort after a massive snowstorm, there's nothing stopping their red-hot feelings from finally coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet, can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them, and this trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.

  • Two strangers. One small town. And a choice that could change everything.

    The police respond to the arrival of two teens at the grocery store. They don't speak English. They don't speak at all. They're brother and sister and, for all anybody can tell, they've been raised in the forest.

    Two teens appear out of nowhere, ransacking a small-town grocery and attacking the police officers who come to investigate. Their clothes are torn and filthy, their hands and bare feet callused, they havefangs.They're sister and brother, alone against the world. Where did they come from?Raised by wolves,they say.

    Kai and Holo are taken in by the police chief and his wife, and begin adjusting to life in a small town, attending school and going on dates. But humans, they find, are the most vicious animals. And the mystery of their upbringing brings dark and powerful forces to Kokanee Creek, tearing the town apart and threatening the lives of everyone they love. How will the wolves survive? How will Kai and Holo?

  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER - GMA BOOK CLUB PICK - AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR - From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.

    "Fans of Outlander's Claire Fraser will enjoy Lawhon's Martha, who is brave and outspoken when it comes to protecting the innocent. . . impressive."--The Washington Post

    "Once again, Lawhon works storytelling magic with a real-life heroine." --People Magazine

    Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town's most respected gentlemen--one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.

    Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.

    Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon's newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.

  • A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, "one of our finest chroniclers of the natural world" (The New York Times).

    For more than two decades, Sy Montgomery--whose The Soul of an Octopus was a National Book Award finalist--has kept a flock of chickens in her backyard. Each chicken has an individual personality (outgoing or shy, loud or quiet, reckless or cautious) and connects with Sy in her own way.

    In this short, delightful book, Sy takes us inside the flock and reveals all the things that make chickens such remarkable creatures: only hours after leaving the egg, they are able to walk, run, and peck; relationships are important to them and the average chicken can recognize more than one hundred other chickens; they remember the past and anticipate the future; and they communicate specific information through at least twenty-four distinct calls. Visitors to her home are astonished by all this, but for Sy what's more astonishing is how little most people know about chickens, especially considering there are about twenty percent more chickens on earth than people.

    With a winning combination of personal narrative and science, What the Chicken Knows is exactly the kind of book that has made Sy Montgomery such a beloved and popular author.

New Releases | November 5th, 2024
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New Releases | October 29th, 2024

October 27, 2024 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • All-New Twenty to Make: Scarves to Knit (All New 20 to Make) - Russel, Monica (Author)

    • 3-Color Watercolor: 30 Easy Projects to Try Using Just 3 Colors at a Time! - Putt, Katie (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • The Berry Pickers - Peters, Amanda (Author)

    • Absolution - McDermott, Alice (Author)

    • Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy (30th Anniversary Edition) - Gaarder, Jostein (Author) , Møller, Paulette (Translator) , Galchen, Rivka (Afterword by)

    • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Deluxe Edition Hardcover - Reid, Taylor Jenkins (Author)

    Adult Science

    • Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3: The Masters of History - Harari, Yuval Noah (Author)

    • Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Ev - Tyson, Neil Degrasse (Author) , Tyson, Stephen J (Illustrator)

    Board Books

    • Disney Princess Block (an Abrams Block Book): Enchantment for Fans of Every Age - Disney (Author) , Peski Studio (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Millennial Tarot: A Deck and Guidebook for the Journey of Adulting (Because the Struggle Is Real) - Bergman, Scott (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Hold on to Your Heads! (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #23) - Miedoso, Andres (Author) , Rivas, Victor (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • She Speaks: The Women of Greek Myths in Their Own Words - Cargill-Martin, Honor (Author) , Pham, Camelia (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • Peculiar Baking: A Practical Guide to Strange Confections - Alcaraz, Nikk (Author)

    Current Events & Politics

    • The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party - Tackett, Michael (Author)

    Dungeons & Dragons

    • Dungeons & Dragons Rpg: Dungeon Masters Guide Hard Cover (2024)

    Family Issues

    • This Is My Brain!: A Book on Neurodiversity - Gravel, Elise (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • The Firelight Apprentice - Paulsen, Bree (Author) , Paulsen, Bree (Illustrator)

    Horror

    • The Queen - Cutter, Nick (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Leviathan Volume 1 - Kuroi, Shiro (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #19) - Penny, Louise (Author)

    • The Blue Hour - Hawkins, Paula (Author)

    Nature

    • The Hidden Life of Trees: A Graphic Adaptation: (Of the International Bestseller) - Wohlleben, Peter (Author) , Bernard, Fred (Author) , Flao, Benjamin (Illustrator)

    Personal Growth

    • Narcissistic Abuse: A Therapist's Guide to Identifying, Escaping, and Healing from Toxic and Manipulative People - Reiser, Vanessa M (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Wake Up, Moon! - Judge, Lita (Author) , Judge, Lita (Illustrator)

    • Paint with Ploof - Clanton, Ben (Author) , Musser, Andy Chou (Author)

    • Snow Is... - Gehl, Laura (Author) , Sánchez, Sonia (Illustrator)

    • Harold Hates to Hibernate (A Harold the Bear Story) - Kousky, Vern (Author)

    • Eight Sweet Nights, a Festival of Lights: A Hanukkah Story - Offsay, Charlotte (Author) , Halberstadt, Menahem (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • She Followed the Moon Back to Herself - Lovelace, Amanda (Author)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Have Yourself a Merry Little Crossword: 200 Easy to Hard Puzzles - New York Times (Author) , Shortz, Will (Editor)

    Romance

    • Inheritance: The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 1 - Roberts, Nora (Author)

    • Playing Hard to Get (Players #1) - Murphy, Monica (Author)

    • Throne of Secrets (Prince of Sin #2) - Maniscalco, Kerri (Author)

    • Apples Dipped in Gold (Fairy Tale Retelling #2) - St Clair, Scarlett (Author)

    • God of Malice (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Legacy of Gods #1) - Kent, Rina (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Legends & Lattes: Deluxe Edition - Baldree, Travis (Author)

    • Bookshops & Bonedust: Deluxe Edition (Legends & Lattes) - Baldree, Travis (Author)

    • The Wizard of Oz: And Other Wonderful Books of Oz: The Emerald City of Oz and Glinda of Oz (Penguin Classics Hardcover) - Baum, L Frank (Author) , Zipes, Jack (Editor) , Zipes, Jack (Introduction by) , Zipes, Jack (Notes by) , Denslow, W W (Illustrator) , Neill, John R (Illustrator)

    Young Adult

    • Don't Let the Forest in - Drews, Cg (Author)

    • The Ancient's Game - Crittenden, Loni (Author)

    • Eleanor & Park - Rowell, Rainbow (Author)

    • For She Is Wrath - Varga, Emily (Author)


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  • This stunning collectible hardcover edition of L. Frank Baum's classic features gorgeous printed and sprayed edges and colored endpapers designed with an Ex Libris bookplate

    In time to celebrate the forthcoming film adaptation of Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and Jonathan Bailey, and directed by Jon M. Chu

    A Penguin Hardcover Classic

    This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and a host of other characters. The Emerald City of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's final novel, Glinda of Oz (1920), Dorothy and Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. Tapping into a deeply rooted desire in himself and his loyal readers to live in a peaceful country which values the sharing of talents and gifts, Baum's imaginative creation, like all great utopian literature, holds out the possibility for change. Baum's classics spawned many adaptations, including the 1939 Judy Garland-starring classic film The Wizard of Oz and Gregory McGuire's novel 1995 WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITH OF THE WEST, which was adapted into the second-highest grossing Broadway musical of all time Wicked (with a film version forthcoming in 2024 starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande). Also included is a selection of the original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill, a jacketed hardcover, and colored and printed endpapers.

  • A stunning hardcover limited special edition of Taylor Jenkins Reid's sensational New York Times bestselling novel.

    A legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.

    Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

    Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

    Summoned to Evelyn's luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the '80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn's story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.

    "Heartbreaking, yet beautiful" (Jamie Blynn, Us Weekly), The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is "Tinseltown drama at its finest" ( Redbook): a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means--and what it costs--to face the truth.

  • This deluxe first-print edition will have sprayed edges and black-and-white character art.

    From USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes the first in a dark and steamy college romance series featuring elite criminal families and morally gray heroes. Killian Carson is unfeeling, cold-blooded, monstrous...and has developed an obsession with Glyndon that just might be both of their undoing.

    Killian Carson is a predator wrapped in sophisticated charm. He's cold-blooded, manipulative, and vicious. Though his charisma and intelligence fool everyone, Glyndon sees right through him. She sees the psychopath within, and though her brain tells her to run, there's a secret part of her that knows the monster will only chase her...and she may want to get caught.

    Glyndon King has never felt like anyone's favorite. Her mother and brothers are the artistic talents in the family, and she knows she will never live up to anyone's expectations. But Killian? He has no expectations except that she is now his. It doesn't matter that their schools are rivals--their possessive, all-consuming desire may be able to drown out everything else.

    But can two people with broken souls truly repair the broken parts of each other's psyche? Can their dark and sinful desire overcome their history? When it turns out those pasts are more disturbingly entwined than they thought, they may come out stronger, or it may be their unraveling.

  • LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN--for the first time in hardcover, this luxe edition of the New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes will feature new chapter art, beautiful new endpapers, and special stenciled edges. Only available for a limited time and while supplies last.

    An Instant New York Times Bestseller

    A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022
    A Library Reads Pick
    An Indie Next Pick

    A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee

    The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high fantasy and low stakes.

    After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

    The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success -- not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

    If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

    But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.

    "Take a break from epic battles and saving the world.Legends & Lattesis a low-stakes fantasy that delivers exactly what's advertised: a wholesome, cozy novel that feels like a warm hug. This is my new comfort read."--Genevieve Gornichec, author ofThe Witch's Heart

  • LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN--for the first time in hardcover, this luxe edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Bookshops & Bonedust will feature new chapter art, beautiful new endpapers, and special stenciled edges. Only available for a limited time and while supplies last.

    An Instant #1New York Times,USA Today, and Indie Bestseller
    A Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023
    An Amazon Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2023

    When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.

    Set in the world ofNew York TimesbestsellingLegends & Lattes, Travis Baldree'sBookshops & Bonedusttakes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.

    Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.

    Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk--so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.

    What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?

    Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.

    Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.

    "Take a break from epic battles and saving the world. This is a low-stakes fantasy that delivers exactly what's advertised: a wholesome, cozy novel that feels like a warm hug. This is my new comfort read."--Genevieve Gornichec, author ofThe Witch's Heart, onLegends & Lattes

New Releases | October 29th, 2024
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New Releases | October 22nd, 2024

October 20, 2024 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Draw the Great Outdoors!: Doodle Easy Landscapes with Just a Pen - How, Harrison (Author)

    • 30-Minute Watercolor Animals: Create Beautiful Beginner-Friendly Paintings in No Time at All - Busko, Kiley (Author)

    • Gilmore Girls: The Official Knitting Book: Knit Your Way Through Stars Hollow and Beyond - Gray, Tanis (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel - VanderMeer, Jeff (Author)

    • Sisters Under the Rising Sun - Morris, Heather (Author)

    • When We Meet Again - Harmel, Kristin (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided - Eyman, Scott (Author)

    • We All Shine on: John, Yoko, and Me - Mintz, Elliot (Author)

    Biography

    • Patriot: A Memoir - Navalny, Alexei (Author)

    • Roman Year: A Memoir - Aciman, André (Author)

    • Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond - Winkler, Henry (Author)

    • A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman - Hilburn, Robert (Author)

    • Unleashed - Johnson, Boris (Author)

    • Brothers - Van Halen, Alex (Author)

    Board Books

    • Hello Hello Opposites - Wenzel, Brendan (Illustrator)

    Chapter Books

    • Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) - Kinney, Jeff (Author)

    Children’s Poetry

    • How to Spot a Fairy: A Field Guide to Sprites, Sylphs, Spriggans, and More - Marsh, Sarah Glenn (Author) , Bolecz, Lilla (Illustrator)

    Children’s Classics

    • Black Beauty (Children's Signature Clothbound Editions) - Sewell, Anna (Author)

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

    • The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Children's Signature Clothbound Editions) - Pyle, Howard (Author)

    Coloring Books

    • Floriography Coloring Book - Roux, Jessica (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread: 125+ Recipes for Every Baker - King Arthur Baking Company (Author)

    • Milk Street Bakes: A Baking Book with 200 Sweet and Savory Recipes - Kimball, Christopher (Author)

    • Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook - Matheson, Matty (Author)

    Field Guides

    • The Slow Birding Journal: A Field Diary for Watching Birds Wherever You Are - Strassmann, Joan E (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1) - Aster, Alex (Author)

    • Haru Book 2: Summer - Latham, Joe (Author)

    History

    • American Heroes - Patterson, James (Author) , Eversmann, Matt (Author) , Malloy, Tim (With)

    • Bandit Heaven: The Hole-In-The-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West - Clavin, Tom (Author)

    • Victorian Christmas: Traditional Recipes, Decorations, Activities, and Carols - Hawksley, Lucinda Dickens (Author)

    Horror

    • I Am Legend: And Other Stories - Matheson, Richard (Author)

    • Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology - Datlow, Ellen (Editor) , Bulkin, Nadia (Author) , Dowling, Terry (Author) , Due, Tananarive (Author) , Ford, Jeffery (Author) , Golden, Christopher (Author) , Graham Jones, Stephen (Author) , Hirshberg, Glen (Author) , Kadrey, Richard (Author) , Katsu, Alma (Author) , Langan, John (Author) , Khaw, Cassandra (Author) , Malerman, Josh (Author) , Mamatas, Nick (Author) , Nix, Garth (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • At the Top of the World: The Greatest Mountains on Earth (and How to Climb Them) - Jacobs, Robin (Author) , Brown, Ed J (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Neopets: The Omelette Faerie: Volume 1 - Mix, Rebecca (Author) , Burns, Heather (Illustrator) , Da Silva, Luiz Fernando (Artist)

    • The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 1 - Arai, Sumiko (Author) , Oloye, Ajani (Translator)

    • Blood Hunt - MacKay, Jed (Author) , Larraz, Pepe (Illustrator) , Pichelli, Sara (Illustrator) , Larraz, Pepe (Not Available)

    Middle Reader

    • The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall Book 1 - Standish, Ali (Author)

    • The Twits Next Door - Dahl, Roald (Author) , James, Greg (Author) , Smith, Chris (Author) , Jones, Emily (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop - Penzler, Otto (Editor)

    • In Too Deep: A Reacher Novel - Child, Lee (Author) , Child, Andrew (Author)

    Nature

    • Have a Good Trip: Exploring the Magic Mushroom Experience - Bone, Eugenia (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Little Chefs - Wells, Rosemary (Author)

    • Emilio Sloth's Modern Manners - Ahdieh, Renée (Author) , Marley, Alea (Illustrator)

    • Santa's First Christmas - Barnett, Mac (Author) , Smith, Sydney (Illustrator)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Celebration Mini Crosswords: 150 Easy Fun-Sized Puzzles - New York Times (Author) , Fagliano, Joel (Author) , Shortz, Will (Introduction by)

    Romance

    • Bloodguard - Robson, Cecy (Author)

    • The Christmas Countdown - Cassidy, Holly (Author)

    • The Christmas Cookie Wars - Evans, Eliza (Author)

    • The Striker (Deluxe Edition) (Gods of the Game #1) - Huang, Ana (Author)

    • Christmas Is All Around - Waters, Martha (Author)

    • The Woodsmoke Women's Book of Spells - Greenlaw, Rachel (Author)

    • The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor #3) - Gilmore, Laurie (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic - Fleming, Candace (Author) , So'oteh, Deena (Illustrator)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Wood at Midwinter - Clarke, Susanna (Author)

    • The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories - Clarke, Susanna (Author)

    • The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Trilogy #3) - Gwynne, John (Author)

    True Crime

    • Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI - Monroe, Jana (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Nightbane (the Lightlark Saga Book 2) - Aster, Alex (Author)

    • Eleven Houses - Oakes, Colleen (Author)

    • Together We Burn - Ibañez, Isabel (Author)

    • Happyhead - Silver, Josh (Author)

    • Bye Forever, I Guess - Meadows, Jodi (Author)


Overview (Our Top 5 Picks)

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  • In Hot Mess, book 19 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is in for a particularly awkward summer with his whole family.

    The pressure is building for Greg Heffley, who discovers that when you mix heaps of family, a tiny beach house, and sweltering heat, it's a recipe for disaster.

    Speaking of recipes--the secret ingredients behind Gramma's famous meatballs have been closely guarded for years. Can Greg unpack all of his family's mysteries before their vacation is over? Or will he just stir the pot?

    This sidesplittingly relatable summer story is the funniest Wimpy Kid book yet!

    Collect all the books in the #1 bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series:Diary of a Wimpy Kid(#1)Rodrick Rules(#2)The Last Straw(#3)Dog Days(#4)The Ugly Truth(#5)Cabin Fever(#6)The Third Wheel(#7)Hard Luck(#8)The Long Haul(#9)Old School(#10)Double Down(#11)The Getaway(#12)The Meltdown(#13)Wrecking Ball(#14)The Deep End(#15)Big Shot(#16)Diper Överlöde (#17)No Brainer(#18)Hot Mess(#19)

    See the Wimpy Kid World in a whole new way with the #1 bestselling Awesome Friendly books, told from the perspective of Greg Heffley's best friend Rowley Jefferson:Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's JournalRowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly AdventureRowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

  • From the beloved baking authority, the most wide-ranging bread book to be published in a decade--with 125 recipes that meet you where you are, whether novice or bread-head, in a stunning package.

    Authoritative and accessible,The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Breadis exceptional for its range: the 125 recipes for yeasted and naturally leavened breads are designed to appeal to novices and advanced bakers alike, as well as those who are deep into sourdough.

    Everything you want to know about how to make a perfect loaf is here: from techniques for folding and shaping, to information about flour, yeast, and temperature, along with key tips such as how to work with temperamental dough and best practices for storing different breads. Each recipe is accompanied by a gorgeous four-color photo, and the instructional information includes step-by-step photography along with QR codes throughout that direct you to how-to videos. The book also includes an elegant ribbon marker.

    At the heart ofThe King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Breadis the most expansive and inclusive list of any bread-baking book, and it boasts new and classic recipes such as the following:
    -Flatbreads: Focaccia, Naan, Pita, Scallion Pancake, Lavash, Seedy Crackers
    -Pan Loaves: Everyday Bread, English Muffin Toasting Bread, Tiger Milk Bread
    -Sourdough: Baguette, Sandwich Bread, Cinnamon Swirl
    -Hearth Breads: Classic Miche, Chocolate Levain, Sesame Whole Wheat Loaf
    -Buns, Bagels, and Rolls: Conchas, Bolo Bao, Jerusalem Bagels, Buttermilk Buns
    -"Fancy" Breads: Basic Babka, Big Sticky Bun, Stollen
    -Things to Make with Bread: Cheddar Kimchi Strata, Sourdough Lasagna, Migas

    The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Breaddemystifies bread baking and will make any newbie a confident baker while expanding the skill and repertoire of experienced bakers.

  • LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN―featuring spray-painted edges with stenciled ivy, as well as gorgeously detailed endpapers and foiled case stamping. This breathtaking first edition is available for a limited time and while supplies last in the US and Canada only.

    "An expertly crafted page-turner with unpredictable twists, steamy romance, and magical creatures."--Kirkus

    One hundred years. Tens of thousands of gladiators. And today, only one will rise...

    Everything in the Kingdom of Arrow is a lie.

    Leith of Grey thought coming to this new land and volunteering to fight in the gladiator arena--vicious, bloodthirsty tournaments where only the strongest survive--would earn him enough gold to save his dying sister. He thought there was nothing left to lose.

    He was wrong--and they tookeverything. His hope. His freedom. His very humanity.

    All Leith has left is his battle-scarred body, fueled by rage and hardened from years of fighting for the right to live another day.

    Then Leith meets Maeve, an elven royal who is everything he despises. Everything he should hate. Until the alluring princess offers him the one thing he needs most: a chance to win the coveted title of Bloodguard--and his freedom.

    But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn't come cheap.

    Nor will his ultimate revenge...

  • Publisher Marketing:

    The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child

    Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure.

    Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there.

    The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed.

    His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk.

    A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .

  • Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, always dressed well, and has impeccable taste in music. Little does she know--this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya's, she can't help but be extremely aware of the other's crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question--but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn't be so bad...

New Releases | October 22nd, 2024
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A Thrilling and Chilling Blind Date With a Book!

October 20, 2024 Clare Brooks

The witching hour draws near and so arrives the penultimate Blind Dates of 2024 here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop!

October’s Blind Date with a Boooo-k comes in three seasonal favorites, all available for 20% off. Our “Season of the Witch” selections feature histories of magic, witchcraft, and witch trials, as well as plenty of fiction favorites. The “Thrills & Chills” theme has all of the spine-tingling horror and lit-fic for one’s Halloween season. Lastly, our “Fall into Romance” picks are the perfect romances to cozy up with as the nights stretch longer, and winter’s chill begins to linger.

Visit us today. This iteration of Blind Date with a Book is available while supplies last!

Blind Date With a Book | Thrills & Chills
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5 Recommended Reads for Indigenous People's Day

October 14, 2024 Clare Brooks

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a "masterpiece" (Locus Magazine)of a novel aboutrevenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition. Labeled "one of 2020's buzziest horror novels" (Entertainment Weekly), this is a remarkable horror story that "will give you nightmares--the good kind of course" (BuzzFeed).

From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience. Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.

A New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers Pick

#1 New York Times Bestseller

A Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert).

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

A PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!
A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!
AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK

An Instant #1New York TimesBestseller

Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.

"One of this year's most buzzed about young adult novels." --Good Morning America

A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time Selection
Amazon's Best YA Book of 2021 So Far (June 2021)
A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
AnEntertainment WeeklyMost Anticipated Books of 2021 Selection
APopSugarBest March 2021 YA Book Selection

With four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley's debut novel,Firekeeper's Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.

Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team.

Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.

Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined, exposing secrets and old scars. At the same time, she grows concerned with an investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than protecting the victims.

Now, as the deceptions--and deaths--keep growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go for her community, even if it tears apart the only world she's ever known.

Return to Sugar Island inWarrior Girl Unearthed...

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize.

A contemporary classic, this "astonishing literary debut" (Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale) "places Native American voices front and center" (NPR/Fresh Air).

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle's death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. They converge and collide on one fateful day at the Big Oakland Powwow and together this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American--grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism

A book with "so much jangling energy and brings so much news from a distinct corner of American life that it's a revelation" ( The New York Times). It is fierce, funny, suspenseful, and impossible to put down--full of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with urgency and force. There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.

Don't miss Tommy Orange's new book, Wandering Stars!

Winner of the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
A 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Winner

"A wonderful and sweet book . . . Lovely stuff." --The New York Times Book Review

Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard,Fry Breadis an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.

Fry bread is food.
It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate.

Fry bread is time.
It brings families together for meals and new memories.

Fry bread is nation.
It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond.

Fry bread is us.
It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference.

A2020 Charlotte Huck Recommended Book
APublishers WeeklyBest Picture Book of 2019
AKirkus ReviewsBest Picture Book of 2019
ASchool Library JournalBest Picture Book of 2019
ABooklist2019 Editor's Choice
AShelf AwarenessBest Children's Book of 2019
A Goodreads Choice Award 2019 Semifinalist

A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2019
A National Public Radio (NPR) Best Book of 2019
An NCTE Notable Poetry Book
A 2020 NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
A 2020 ALA Notable Children's Book
A 2020 ILA Notable Book for a Global Society
2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List
One of NPR's 100 Favorite Books for Young Readers
Nominee, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award 2022-2022
Nominee, Illinois Monarch Award 2022

Indigenous People's Day 2024
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New Releases | October 15th, 2024

October 13, 2024 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • In the Distance - Diaz, Hernan (Author)

    Adult Science

    • The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture - Klein, Barrett (Author)

    Animals

    • Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn from Wildlife Conversations - Bumann, George (Author) , Young, Jon (Foreword by)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • McU: The Reign of Marvel Studios - Robinson, Joanna (Author) , Gonzales, Dave (Author) , Edwards, Gavin (Author)

    • The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories - Verburg, Carol (Author)

    • Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga - Davis, Stephen (Author)

    Biography

    • George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle - Norman, Philip (Author)

    • Sonny Boy: A Memoir - Pacino, Al (Author)

    • What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts) - Tucci, Stanley (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Your Birthday: Unlock the Power of the Day You Were Born with Astrology, Tarot, and More - Adams, Jessica (Author) , Wells, Rachel (With)

    Chapter Books

    • I Survived the Black Death, 1348 (I Survived #24) - Tarshis, Lauren (Author)

    Children's Art Books

    • How to Be a Manga Artist - Pagani, Balthazar (Author) , Ozumi, Asuka (Author) , Vanni, Silvia (Illustrator) , Obata, Fumio (Contribution by)

    Coloring Books

    • Don't Let the Pigeon Color This Book!: A Superfun Mo Willems and You Coloring Book! - Mo Willems Workshop (Author)

    Coloring Books

    • What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities - Turshen, Julia (Author)

    • A Couple Cooks: 100 Recipes to Cook Together - Overhiser, Sonja (Author) , Overhiser, Alex (Author) , Westerhausen Worcel, Shelly (Photographer)

    • A Slow Rise: Favorite Recipes from Four Decades of Baking with Heart - Leader, Daniel (Author) , Chattman, Lauren (With)

    Current Events & Politics

    • War - Woodward, Bob (Author)

    • The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World - Chomsky, Noam (Author) , Robinson, Nathan J (Author)

    Family Issues

    • The Kids Are All Right: Parenting with Confidence in an Uncertain World - Blair, Gabrielle Stanley (Author) , Blair, Ben (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • The Tinkering Workshop: Explore, Invent & Build with Everyday Materials; 100 Hands-On Steam Projects - Jenkins, Ryan (Author)

    • How to Cook Everything Kids - Bittman, Mark (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Wildflower Emily: A Story about Young Emily Dickinson - Corry, Lydia (Author) , Corry, Lydia (Illustrator)

    • Minecraft: Heart of Cobblestone Volume 1 - Clemson, Andrew (Author) , Lawson, Jeremy (Illustrator)

    Horror

    • The Dead Take the a Train (Carrion City #1) - Kadrey, Richard (Author) , Khaw, Cassandra (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree, Vol. 4 - Tobita, Nikiichi (Artist) , Fromsoftware Inc (Based on a Book by) , Neal, John (Translator) , Deng, Greg (Letterer)

    • H.P. Lovecraft's the Call of Cthulhu - Tanabe, Gou (Adapted by) , Tanabe, Gou (Illustrator) , Davisson, Zack (Translator)

    • Uncanny: The Origins of Fear - Ito, Junji (Author) , Allen, Jocelyne (Translator)

    Middle Readers

    • Christmas at Hogwarts - Rowling, J K (Author) , Gao, Ziyi (Illustrator)

    My First Readers

    • Fox Plays Ball (My First I Can Read) - Tabor, Corey R (Author) , Tabor, Corey R (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • The Waiting: A Ballard and Bosch Novel (Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel #6) - Connelly, Michael (Author)

    • Toxic Prey - Sandford, John (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Knight Owl and Early Bird (The Knight Owl #2) - Denise, Christopher (Author)

    • Bella Ballerina - Draper, Sharon M (Author) , Glenn, Ebony (Illustrator)

    • You Are Not Sleepy! - Teague, Mark (Author) , Teague, Mark (Illustrator)

    • Elmore the Christmas Moose - Petty, Dev (Author) , Boldt, Mike (Author)

    • A Cozy Winter Day - Wheeler, Eliza (Author) , Wheeler, Eliza (Illustrator)

    • An Adventure for Lia and Lion - Rodin, Al (Author)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Essential Easy Crosswords Volume 2: 200 Simple Puzzles - New York Times (Author) , Shortz, Will (Editor)

    • Murdle: The School of Mystery: 50 Seriously Sinister Logic Puzzles - Karber, G T (Author)

    • Puzzle Me Twice: 70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong - Bellos, Alex (Author)

    Romance

    • Desperate Measures (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Wicked Villains #1) - Robert, Katee (Author)

    • If I Stopped Haunting You - Wilkens, Colby (Author)

    • Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild) - Dixon, Ruby (Author)

    • Wish I Were Here - Wiesner, Melissa (Author)

    • Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs #1) - Doocy, Maiga (Author)

    • Never Keep (Book 1 in the Sins of the Zodiac Series) - Peckham, Caroline (Author) , Valenti, Susanne (Author)

    • Stone Cold Touch: The Dark Elements (Reissue) (Dark Elements #2) - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    • The Bridge Kingdom - Jensen, Danielle L (Author)

    • A Winter Wish - Stone, Emily (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • Knowledge a Visual Compendium: Making Sense of Our World - DK

    • Patience . . .: Discover How the Best Things in Life Take Time (Slow Down) - Williams, Rachel (Author) , Lord, Leonie (Illustrator)

    • Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light - Stephenson, Neal (Author)

    • Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal - Blake, Olivie (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Reproductive Rites: The Real-Life Witches and Witch Hunts in the Centuries-Long Fight for Abortion - Saint Thomas, Sophie (Author)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Bluey: The Doctor

    • I Am Glinda (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Chang, Elsa (Illustrator)

    • I Am Elphaba (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Chang, Elsa (Illustrator)

    True Crime

    • Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical - Bourdain, Anthony (Author)

    • What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue Expert - Faulding, Peter (Author)

    • Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions - Grisham, John (Author) , McCloskey, Jim (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Murtagh: Deluxe Edition: The World of Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) - Paolini, Christopher (Author)

    • Hatchet Girls - Wallach, Diana Rodriguez (Author)


Overview (Our Top 5 Picks)

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  • In John Grisham's first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, "the master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly), to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.

    "Each of these stories is told with astonishing power. They are packed with human drama, with acts of shocking villainy and breathtaking courage. But these are more than just gripping true stories--they are a clarion call for reforming the tragic flaws in our criminal justice system."--David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon

    John Grisham is known worldwide for his bestselling novels, but it's his real-life passion for justice that led to his work with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries, the first organization dedicated to exonerating innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. Together they offer an inside look at the many injustices in our criminal justice system.

    A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty, there is very little room to prove doubt. These ten true stories shed light on Americans who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and corruption in the court system that can make them so hard to reverse.

    Impeccably researched and told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of winning freedom when the battle already seems lost and the deck is stacked against you.

  • From the premiere Beatles biographer--author of the New York Times bestseller John Lennon: The Life and Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation--a rare and "absorbing biography" (Wall Street Journal) of George Harrison, the most misunderstood and mysterious Beatle, based on decades-long research and unparalleled access to inside sources.

    Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote.

    Now, Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens of his numerous self-contradictions in this "keen and lovely tribute" (Booklist, starred review). Compared to songwriting luminaries John Lennon and Paul McCartney he was considered a minor talent, yet he composed such masterpieces as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Here Comes the Sun," and his solo debut albumAll Things Must Pass appears on many lists of the 100 best rock albums ever. Modern music critics place him in the pantheon of sixties guitar gods alongside Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, and Jimmy Page.

    Harrison railed against the material world yet wrote the first pop song complaining about income tax. He spent years lovingly restoring his Friar Park estate as a spiritual journey, but quickly mortgaged the property to help rescue a film project that would be widely banned as sacrilegious,Monty Python'sLife of Brian. Harrison could be fiercely jealous, but not only did he stay friends with Eric Clapton when Clapton fell in love with Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd, the two men grew even closer after Clapton walked away with her.

    Unprecedented in scope and filled with numerous color photos, this rich biography captures George Harrison at his most multi-faceted: devoted friend, loyal son, master guitar player, brilliant songwriter, cocaine addict, serial philanderer, global philanthropist, student of Indian mysticism, self-deprecating comedian, and, ultimately, iconic artist and man beloved by millions.

  • The gold-standard biography of the band Led Zeppelin--revised and updated with new material for fans of the band and this beloved rock classic.

    "One of the most notorious rock biographies ever written." --Chicago Tribune

    The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Their tours were legendary, their lives were exalted, and their music transcendent. No band ever flew as high as Led Zeppelin or suffered so disastrous a fall. And only some of them lived to tell the tale.

    Originally published in 1985, and last updated in 2008, Hammer of the Gods is considered the ultimate word on Led Zeppelin, and a definitive rock and roll classic that captures the first heavy metal monsters in all their excessive glory. With new material from bestselling biographer Stephen Davis this edition includes the story of their legendary one-night-only reunion in 2007 and the post-Zeppelin work of each member, especially Robert Plant's Grammy-winning collaborations with Alison Krauss. An up-to-date discography brings this New York Times bestseller fully to the present, and will captivate a new generation of music fans, Zeppelin fans, and readers.

  • From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full

    To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies-- The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon--that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force.

    But Pacino was in his midthirties by then, and had already lived several lives. A fixture of avant-garde theater in New York, he had led a bohemian existence, working odd jobs to support his craft. He was raised by a fiercely loving but mentally unwell mother and her parents after his father left them when he was young, but in a real sense he was raised by the streets of the South Bronx, and by the troop of buccaneering young friends he ran with, whose spirits never left him. After a teacher recognized his acting promise and pushed him toward New York's fabled High School of Performing Arts, the die was cast. In good times and bad, in poverty and in wealth and in poverty again, through pain and joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe.

    Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book's golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions--the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference.

  • From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year's worth of meals.

    "Sharing food is one of the purest human acts."

    Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between scene rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.

    Now, in What I Ate in One Year Tucci records twelve months of eating--in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself.

    Ranging from the mouth-wateringly memorable to the comfortingly domestic and to the infuriatingly inedible, the meals memorialised in this diary are a prism for him to reflect on the ways his life, and his family, are constantly evolving. Through food he marks--and mourns--the passing of time, the loss of loved ones, and steels himself for what is to come.

    Whether it's duck a l'orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks barbequed at a gathering with friends, or meatballs made by his mother and son and shared at the table with three generations of his family, these meals give shape and add emotional richness to his days.

    What I Ate in One Year is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives.

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