February 2025 Staff Pick Sale | One in a Millenial

“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘻𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯.”

It’s a new month and that means it’s time for a new Monthly Staff Pick here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop and we’ve chosen an essay collection full of bite-sized treats perfect for the short month!

Our selection this February is Kate Kennedy’s ‘One in a Millenial: On Friendships, Feelings, Fangirls & Fitting In’. At once both a deep dive into the pop culture zeitgeist of millennials as well as a look at the deeper historical events that shaped them, how these two things intertwine, and their lasting effects and connections that continue today. This New York Times Bestseller is perfect for fans of last year’s bestselling ‘The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality’ by Amanda Montell and Dolly Alderton’s ‘Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir’, one of our bestselling former Monthly Staff Picks.

Visit us this month for 20% off ‘One in a Millenial: On Friendships, Feelings, Fangirls & Fitting In’, while supplies last.

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NATIONAL BESTSELLER

From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist

One in a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation.

Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcastBe There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious, Kate navigates the complicated nature of celebrating and criticizing the culture that shaped her as a woman, while arguing that great depths can come from surface-level interests.

With her trademark style and vulnerability,One in a Millennialis sharp, hilarious, and heartwarming all at once. She tackles AOL Instant Messenger, purity culture, American Girl Dolls, going out tops, Spice Girl feminism, her feelings about millennial motherhood, and more. Kate's laugh-out-loud asides and keen observations will have you nodding your head and maybe even tearing up.

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New Releases | January 28th, 2025

• New Release List ( Click to Expand)

  • The Curse of Pietro Houdini - Miller, Derek B (Author)

  • Good Dirt - Wilkerson, Charmaine (Author)

  • Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick - Alderton, Dolly (Author)

  Arts & Entertainment

  • One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting in - Kennedy, Kate (Author)

  Biography

  • Making It So: A Memoir - Stewart, Patrick (Author)

  Current Events & Politics

  • Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning - Beinart, Peter (Author)

  Fun & Games

  • The Junior Plant Lover's Handbook: A Green-Thumb Guide for Kids - Williams, Molly (Author) , Carlos, Michelle (Illustrator)

  Health

  • Fat Loss Habits: The No Bullsh*t Guide to Losing Weight - Carpenter, Ben (Author)

  History

  • Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House - Cohen, Jared (Author)

  • Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue - Levy, Buddy (Author)

  Just the Facts

  • Our Country's Presidents: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency, 2024 Edition - National Geographic (Author)

  Mystery & Thriller

  • The Crash - McFadden, Freida (Author)

  • Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge - Pook, Lizzie (Author)

  Personal Growth

  • Enneagram in Real Life: Find Your Type, Understand Who You Are, and Take Steps Toward Growth (Enneagramirl #1) - Hall, Stephanie Barron (Author)

  • Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings - Lunn, Natasha (Author)

  Picture Books

  • The World Needs the Wonder You See - Gaines, Joanna (Author) , Swaney, Julianna (Illustrator)

  Poetry

  • Stars Around My Scars: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift - McCausland, Elly (Author)

  Romance

  • McBreen, Heather (Author)

  • The Night Is Defying: A Nytefall Novel (Nytefall Trilogy #2) - Peñaranda, Chloe C (Author)

  • Gate to Kagoshima (Ancestor Memories #1) - Kuroki, Poppy (Author)

  • Order of Swans (Original) - Deveraux, Jude (Author)

  • Barbarian's Heart (Ice Planet Barbarians) - Dixon, Ruby (Author)

  • Spiral (Off the Ice) - Khabra, Bal (Author)

  • Where Did You Go? (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Infatuated Fae #3) - O'Riley, Jeneane (Author)

  • Truth or Beard (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Winston Brothers #1) - Reid, Penny (Author)

  Science & Nature

  • The Brilliant Brain: How It Works and How to Look After It - Farooki, Roopa (Author) , Wang, Viola (Illustrator)

  True Crime

  • The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder - Preston, Douglas (Author) , Grann, David (Foreword by)

  Workbooks

  • Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook, 2nd Edition: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Revised) (Big Fat Notebooks) (2ND ed.) - Workman Publishing (Author)

Our Top 5 Picks

• Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings

  "This book might just change your life"
  ―Sunday Times

  'Wise, wonderful, moving and brilliant... will leave your heart in a much better place"
  ―Stylist
  
  After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it?

  In Conversations on Love she began to find the answers:

  Dolly Alderton on vulnerability
  Stephen Grosz on accepting change
  Candice Carty-Williams on friendship
  Lisa Taddeo on the loneliness of loss
  Diana Evans on parenthood
  Emily Nagoski on the science of sex
  Alain de Botton on the psychology of being alone
  Esther Perel on unrealistic expectations
  Roxane Gay on redefining romance
  and many more...

• One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting in

  INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
  NATIONAL BESTSELLER
  
  From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist
  
  One in a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation.

  Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcastBe There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious, Kate navigates the complicated nature of celebrating and criticizing the culture that shaped her as a woman, while arguing that great depths can come from surface-level interests.

  With her trademark style and vulnerability,One in a Millennialis sharp, hilarious, and heartwarming all at once. She tackles AOL Instant Messenger, purity culture, American Girl Dolls, going out tops, Spice Girl feminism, her feelings about millennial motherhood, and more. Kate's laugh-out-loud asides and keen observations will have you nodding your head and maybe even tearing up.

• Stars Around My Scars: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift

  Grab your highlighters and favorite red pen and prepare to join professor of "Swifterature" Dr. Elly McCausland as she dives deep into the tortured poetry of Taylor Swift. Going line by line and word by word through 46 of Swift's most celebrated and hotly debated songs from across her 11-album career, McCausland is here to help you listen, read, and understand Taylor's music in an all-new way!

  Stars Around My Scarsis a fan-focused opportunity to revel in the poetic songwriting glow of Taylor Swift, a once-in-a-generation luminary.

  Each entry presents a song with literary significance, offering a close reading of the lyrics with accompanied marginalia that points out poetic technique, literary references, and creative throughlines. Accompanied by an in-depth analysis of the deeper meaning, craftsmanship, and literary connections present both above and beneath the surface, Dr. McCausland puts listening to Taylor Swift and appreciating poetry hand-in-hand.

  Written in an approachable style for Swifties of any era,Stars Around My Scarsindulges the act of examining Swift's lyrics for their literary "easter eggs" and connections and legitimizes Swift as this generation's great poet and writer.

• Gate to Kagoshima (Ancestor Memories #1)

  "Gate to Kagoshima is an action-packed adventure that opens in Scotland and makes its way to Kagoshima, Japan, as our heroine flees the ghosts of relationships past only to find new loves―and new heartbreak. Set at the close of the Samurai era, the story blends Outlander by way of Before the Coffee Gets Cold."--Marie Claire

  "A terrific 'what if' time-travel novel with an intriguing historical element, epic battles, and a dash of romance."--Adrian Cousins, author of The Jason Apsley series

  In this exciting historical romantasy in the spirit of The Hurricane Wars and The Time Traveler's Wife--Outlander set in Japan--a young Scottish woman is magically transported to the last Samurai era, where she encounters ghosts from the past, her own Japanese ancestry, and a love that transcends time.

  While in Japan researching her family's history, a vicious typhoon sends Isla Mackenzie 128 years back in time, to the dawn of the Satsuma Rebellion. There she meets her ancestors, and a charismatic samurai, Kei, with whom she unexpectedly finds romance.

  But, unlike her Beloved, Isla knows about the looming Samurai rebellion--and Kai's fate. Should she attempt to change history or somehow make her way back to the life she'd had before?

  Compulsively readable, historically grounded, and irresistibly immersive, Gate to Kagoshima is an unforgettable tale of duty, and of timeless love.

  The book is beautifully designed and features colored and illustrated sprayed edges--purple with stenciled moonscape and cherry blossoms.

• The Crash

  A brand new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden!

  The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed.

  Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn't realize she's heading straight into a blizzard.

  She never arrives at her destination.

  Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.

  But something isn't right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn't what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.

  And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself--and her unborn child.

  A gut-wrenching story of motherhood, survival, and twisted expectations, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a snowbound thriller that will chill you to the bone.

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New Releases | January 21st, 2025

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • Nobody's Empire - Murdoch, Stuart (Author)

  • The Band - Ma-Kellams, Christine (Author)

  • A Gorgeous Excitement - Weiner, Cynthia (Author)

  • Family Family - Frankel, Laurie (Author)

  • Let's Call Her Barbie - Rosen, Renée (Author)

  • We Do Not Part - Kang, Han (Author) , Yaewon, E (Translator) , Morris, Paige Aniyah (Translator)

  Arts & Entertainment

  • I Dream of Joni: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots - Alford, Henry (Author)

  Biography

  • Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth): A Memoir - Zusak, Markus (Author)

  • The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky - Shuster, Simon (Author)

  Chapter Books

  • Bulldozer's Big Rescue (Bulldozer and Friends #1) - Broach, Elise (Author) , Murphy, Kelly (Illustrator)

  Graphic Novels

  • Mixed-Up - Garcia, Kami (Author) , Williams, Brittney (Illustrator)

  History

  • The Holocaust: An Unfinished History - Stone, Dan (Author)

  • The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century - Steil, Benn (Author)

  Homestead

  • Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty - Beemer, Will (Author) , Sobon, Jack A (Foreword by)

  Horror

  • Thinner - King, Stephen (Author)

  Humor

  • The Modern Bathroom Reader: Fascinating Information for the Perpetually Curious - Wexler, David (Author) , Williams, Emily (Author)

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • Doctor Doom: Books of Doom - Brubaker, Ed (Author) , Raimondi, Pablo (Illustrator) , Ross, Alex (Not Available)

  Middle Readers

  • Three Tasks for a Dragon - Colfer, Eoin (Author) , Lynch, P J (Illustrator)

  Personal Growth

  • Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There - Sharot, Tali (Author) , Sunstein, Cass R (Author)

  Romance

  • Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Empyrean #3) - Yarros, Rebecca (Author)

  • Brewing Up a Bad Boy: A Spicy Small Town Second Chance Romance (Original) (Wicked Sisters #3) - Garbera, Katherine (Author)

  • Give Me Butterflies (Oaks Sisters #1) - Meadows, Jillian (Author)

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Rainfall Market - Yeong-Gwang, You (Author) , Jung, Slin (Translator)

  Social Sciences

  • Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known about Menopause - Watts, Naomi (Author) , Haver, Mary Claire (Foreword by)

  Travel

  • Lonely Planet New England (Travel Guide) (11TH ed.) - St Louis, Regis (Author) , Clark, Gregor (Author) , Gibb, David (Author) , Robinson, Britany (Author) , Vorhees, Mara (Author)

Our Top 5 Picks

• Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Empyrean #3)

  After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.

  Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.

  Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves--her dragons, her family, her home, andhim.

  Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.

  They need an army. They need power. They needmagic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find--the truth.

  But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.

  The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
  Reading Order:
  Book #1 Fourth Wing
  Book #2 Iron Flame
  Book #3 Onyx Storm

• Let's Call Her Barbie

  "A fresh and fun take on Barbie lore...clever and satisfying." - Shelby Van Pelt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
  

  She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.

  When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she's setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.

  In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth's vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.

  As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels--head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie's fashion--she knows they're working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.

  In the decades to come--through soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions-- each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll--she's a legacy.

  Includes a Readers Guide and Exclusive Vintage Barbie Photos!
  

• Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known about Menopause

  A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness--with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause

  At thirty-six, Naomi Watts had just completed filming King Kong and was trying to start a family when she was told that she was on the brink of menopause. It is estimated that seventy-five million women in the United States are currently dealing with menopause symptoms (dry itchy skin, raging hormones, night sweats), and yet the very word "menopause" continues to be associated with stigma and confusion. With so little information, many women feel unprepared, ashamed, and deeply alone when the time comes.

  This is the book Naomi Watts wishes she had when she first started experiencing symptoms. Like sitting down over coffee and having an intimate chat with your girlfriend, Dare I Say It blends funny and poignant stories from Naomi and her friends with advice from doctors, hormone experts, and nutritionists to take the secrecy and shame out of menopause and aging. Answering questions such as: What's hormone therapy and should I be on it? Will I ever sleep again? Will I get myself back? What happened to my libido? Do I need eighteen serums for my aging skin? Whose body is this anyway? Who am I now? Naomi Watts shares the most up-to-date research on how to manage menopause symptoms and tackle the physical and emotional challenges we encounter as we age.

  Irreverent, bold, and reassuring, Dare I Say It is the companion every woman needs to embrace the best version of herself as she moves into what can be the most powerful and satisfying period of her life.

• The Holocaust: An Unfinished History

  A revelatory new history that reexamines the brutal reality of the Holocaust-and reinterprets the events as a living trauma from which modern society has not yet recovered

  One of the most acclaimed books of the year: "Outstanding" (Times Literary Supplement); "Remarkable" (Guardian); "Important and challenging" (Jewish Chronicle); "Deeply haunting" (Telegraph)

  The Holocaust is much discussed, much memorialized, and much portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked.

  Spanning the entirety of the Holocaust, this sweeping history deepens our understanding. Dan Stone--Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London--reveals how the idea of "industrial murder" is incomplete: many were killed where they lived in the most brutal of ways. He outlines the depth of collaboration across Europe, arguing persuasively that we need to stop thinking of the Holocaust as an exclusively German project. He also considers the nature of trauma the Holocaust engendered, and why Jewish suffering has yet to be fully reckoned with. And he makes clear that the kernel to understanding Nazi thinking and action is genocidal ideology, providing a deep analysis of its origins.

  Drawing on decades of research, The Holocaust: An Unfinished History upends much of what we think we know about the Holocaust. Stone draws on Nazi documents, but also on diaries, post-war testimonies, and even fiction, urging that, in our age of increasing nationalism and xenophobia, it is vital that we understand the true history of the Holocaust.

• Nobody's Empire

  One of the great lyricists of our time, the lead singer and songwriter for the iconic Glasgow-based band Belle and Sebastian, pens a sensitive and intimate account--his debut novel based on his own youthful experiences--of dark days leading to light and a coming of age through music.

  It's the early 1990s in Glasgow, Scotland, and Stephen has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay. Diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease which has robbed him of any prospects of work, friends, or independent living, he moves slowly toward new goals and meets others like him, including Richard, a friend from school, and Carrie, a young woman bedridden for five years. Feeling isolated and alone, they form their own support group, and try to get by with as little money and pain as possible. Since he's been ill, Stephen never feels warm, inspiring Carrie to affectionately call him "The World's Coldest Boy." As the world seems to care less for them, the trio start to care less about fitting in with the world.

  Stephen soon discovers he has a talent for writing songs. He awakens to the possibility of a spiritual life that transcends the everyday, and feels a calling for a place that might as well be on the other end of the universe let alone the world. Buoyed by tentative hope, he and Richard leave Glasgow in search of a cure in the mythic warmth and sun of California. As they float between hostels, sofas, and park benches, they discover the trip is life-changing in ways neither expected, and Stephen embraces a new-world reinvention that will change his life forever.

  Melodic and captivating, filled with graceful notes, melancholic chords, and witty, thoughtful riffs on life's infinite possibilities and curiosities, Nobody's Empire is a warm and wonderful coming-of-age novel, imbued with Stuart Murdoch's magical lyricism.

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New Releases | January 14th, 2025

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • What Happened to the McCrays? - Lange, Tracey (Author)

  • This Love - Jeffs, Lotte (Author)

  • Behind You Is the Sea - Muaddi Darraj, Susan (Author)

  • Confessions - Airey, Catherine (Author)

  • More or Less Maddy - Genova, Lisa (Author)

  • The In-Between Bookstore - Underhill, Edward (Author)

  Board Books

  • The Welcome Book - Smith, Danna (Author) , Perdomo, Juliana (Illustrator)

  • Wow! It's Snowing: A First Book of Weather - Hopgood, Tim (Author)

  Body, Mind & Spirit

  • Intention Obsession: Rituals and Witchcraft for Every Season - Feldmann, Erica (Author)

  • Hope: The Autobiography - Pope Francis (Author) , Bergoglio, Jorge Mario (Author) , Musso, Carlo (With) , Dixon, Richard (Translator)

  Business

  • Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom /]Cby Grace Blakeley - Blakeley, Grace (Author)

  Children’s Reference

  • Our Differences Make Us Stronger: How We Heal Together - Montgomery Tabron, La June (Author) , Grooms, Temika (Illustrator)

  Current Events & Politics

  • Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning - Biggar, Nigel (Author)

  Graphic Novels

  • Chickenpox - Lai, Remy (Author)

  • Gabby Torres Gets a Billion Followers - Dominguez, Angela (Author) , Dominguez, Angela (Illustrator)

  • Paws: Hazel Has Her Hands Full: A Graphic Novel - Fairbairn, Nathan (Author) , Assarasakorn, Michele (Illustrator)

  History

  • Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder - Pearl, Matthew (Author)

  • The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy--And Why It Failed - Meltzer, Brad (Author) , Mensch, Josh (Author)

  • A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins - Harney, Gareth (Author)

  • An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence - Badawi, Zeinab (Author)

  Homestead

  • The Money-Saving Garden Year: A Month-By-Month Guide to a Great Garden That Costs Less - Lautenbach, Anya (Author)

  Horror

  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Hendrix, Grady (Author)

  • Strange Pictures - Uketsu (Author) , Rion, Jim (Translator)

  Just the Facts

  • A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight Over Science in Schools - Levy, Debbie (Author)

  Middle Readers

  • Minecraft: The Dragon - Drayden, Nicky (Author)

  Mystery & Thriller

  • End of Story - Finn, A J (Author)

  • Beautiful Ugly - Feeney, Alice (Author)

  • The Texas Murders: Everything Is Bigger in Texas--Especially the Murder Cases (A Texas Ranger Thriller #3) - Patterson, James (Author) , Bourelle, Andrew (Author)

  • Clever Little Thing - Echlin, Helena (Author)

  Personal Growth

  • Bibliotherapy: Books to Guide You Through Every Chapter of Life - Masters, Molly (Author)

  Picture Books

  • How Sweet the Sound - Alexander, Kwame (Author) , Palmer, Charly (Illustrator)

  • Groundhug Day - Pace, Anne Marie (Author) , Denise, Christopher (Illustrator)

  • Ice Is Nice! All about the North and South Poles (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) - Worth, Bonnie (Author) , Ruiz, Aristides (Illustrator) , Mathieu, Joe (Illustrator)

  Puzzle Books

  • Armchair Puzzlers: Large Print Word Search - Games, University (Author)

  • New York Times Games Essential Easy Crosswords Volume 3: 200 Simple Puzzles - New York Times (Author) , Shortz, Will (Editor)

  Romance

  • Accidentally Amy - Painter, Lynn (Author)

  • The Hemlock Queen (The Nightshade Crown #2) - Whitten, Hannah (Author)

  • Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds Duology #1) - Sbrana, Analeigh (Author)

  • King of Battle and Blood (Adrian X Isolde #1) - St Clair, Scarlett (Author)

  • Queen of Myth and Monsters (Adrian X Isolde #2) - St Clair, Scarlett (Author)

  • Beneath the Stars (Sugarlake #1) - McIntire, Emily (Author)

  Social Sciences

  • Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America - Reid, Joy-Ann (Author)

  • The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story - Kennedy, Pagan (Author)

  • Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents--And What They Mean for America's Future - Twenge, Jean M (Author)

  • Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery - Liontas, Annie (Author)

  • I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free - Hawkins, Lee (Author)

Our Top 5 Picks

• Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents--And What They Mean for America's Future

  A groundbreaking, "lavishly informative" (The New York Times) portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United States and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another--from the acclaimed author of Generation Me and iGen.

  Upending the conventional theory that generational differences are caused by major events, Dr. Jean Twenge analyzes data on 39 million people from robust national surveys--some going back nearly a century--to show that changes in technology are the underlying driver of each generation's unique makeup. In this revelatory work, Twenge outlines key shifts in attitudes and lifestyle choices that define each generation regarding gender, income, politics, race, sexuality, marriage, mental health, and much more.

  Surprising, engaging, and informative, Generations "gets you thinking about how appreciating generational differences can, ironically, bring us together" (Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author). It will forever change the way you view your parents, peers, coworkers, and children, no matter which generation you call your own.

• The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy--And Why It Failed

  From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.

  Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Americans' most well-liked presidents. Yet what most Americans don't know is that JFK's historic presidency almost ended before it began--at the hands of a disgruntled sociopathic loner armed with dynamite.

  On December 11, 1960, shortly after Kennedy's election and before his inauguration, a retired postal worker named Richard Pavlick waited in his car--a parked Buick--on a quiet street in Palm Beach, Florida. Pavlick knew the president-elect's schedule. He knew when Kennedy would leave his house. He knew where Kennedy was going. From there, Pavlick had a simple plan--one that could've changed the course of history.

  Written in the gripping, page-turning style that is the hallmark of Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch's bestselling series, this is a slice of history vividly brought to life. Meltzer and Mensch are at the top of their game with this brilliant exploration of what could've been for one of the most compelling leaders of the 20th century.

• Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

  There's power in a book...

  They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they're sent to Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.

  Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There's Rose, a hippie who insists she's going to find a way to keep her baby and escape to a commune. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby's father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.

  Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they're allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what's best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it's never given freely. There's always a price to be paid...and it's usually paid in blood.

  In Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, the author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group delivers another searing, completely original novel and further cements his status as a "horror master" ( NPR).

• The Texas Murders: Everything Is Bigger in Texas--Especially the Murder Cases (A Texas Ranger Thriller #3)

  In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the great Texas Rangers go on a no-holds-barred pursuit of the most dangerous killer ever to terrorize Texas.

  Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer.

  When a native woman disappears on the summer solstice, clues point to a cold case.

  Yates, a quick-draw champion, partners with expert archer Ava Cruz of the Tigua Tribal police.

  The investigation leads to the edges of Texas's most unforgiving landscape, where the officers take dead aim with every shot in their arsenals.

• Beautiful Ugly

  "Her best book yet." --Harlan Coben
  The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .
  . . . and revenge.

  Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

  Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

  A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can't sleep, and he can't write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible - a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

  Wives think their husbands will change but they don't.
  Husbands think their wives won't change but they do.

  "Magnetic and jaw-dropping." --Mary Kubica, bestselling author
  "Unforgettable." --Chris Whitaker, bestselling author

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The Latest Pokemon TCG Set is Almost Here!

The latest Pokemon TCG set is going to release in waves, beginning January 17th, 2025! The entire set revolves around the fan-favorite Eevee and its’ evolutions or Eevee-lutions as many fans would say. This is one of the most highly anticipated sets in years, overshadowing Surging Sparks which only released in November and has been immensely popular within the Pokemon TCG community.

Demand for Prismatic Evolutions is off the charts and due to that overwhelming demand we will be limiting sales upon release to ensure those that collect can add to their collection at retail pricing. These guidelines will be clarified in-store once we have a firm grasp on how much product we will have available at launch.

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