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New Releases | December 23rd, 2025

December 19, 2025 Clare Brooks
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  • Watch a tiny seed grow into a leafy apple tree in this interactive pop-up book. Hands-on, tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning.

    Bold, brightly colored pictures, lift-the-flap pages, and entertaining rhymes bring Pop-Up Peekaboo! Tree to life, and provide lots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of nature-themed fun. Learn all about trees and their lifecycles here!

    Babies and toddlers will love lifting the big flaps to find five peekaboo surprises pop up from the pages: a single shoot emerging from a tiny seed, a sapling growing roots under the ground where worms and beetles burrow, bugs and birds making homes in the leafy tree, flower buds bursting into bloom, and fuzzy fruit buds growing into crisp and juicy apples.

    Find out how trees grow and where apples come from in this board book that teaches your little ones about nature and wildlife.

    Inside the pages of this adventure pop-up book, you'll find:

    Hands-on play elements that build a wide range of learning skills.

    Look-and-find peekaboo games that reward curiosity.

    Rhythmic, read-aloud text that aids language development.

    Rounded edges and chunky board book pages, protecting babies and their growing teeth!

    This pop-up book has been designed as an all-round activity learning experience to get the most out of story time. Read aloud the lively rhymes that create the amusing story for your kids to follow, and play a guessing game of who is behind the flap! The rhymes and the easy-to-read text help little ones remember the new words they are learning for early language development.

    This interactive book for 2-year-olds helps teach young children object permanence, which is an important step in childhood development. Turning the pages and moving the pop-ups helps toddlers learn motor control for improved dexterity.

  • From the modern horror master Gou Tanabe, comes the manga adaptation of H.P Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time. First published in 1936 in the legendary pulp magazine Astounding Stories, this is the complete story in one volume with tip-in title page in metallic gold ink and eight pages in color!

    Professor Peaslee of Miskatonic University has been acting very strange--could he be out of his mind? No...his mind is out of him!

    Just because one lives in Arkham--just because one teaches there at Miskatonic University--it doesn't mean one has any interest in the occult--in the abnormal. That was always the view of Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, a respectable professor of political economy. Until that one Thursday in 1908, when Professor Peaslee suddenly began to see in front of him not his students in their lecture hall, but strange shapes inhabiting a grotesque chamber. He collapsed unconscious, and when he awoke, he was strange...very strange.

    Seemingly unable to recall his identity, the mind inside the body of Nathaniel Peaslee was oddly uninterested in the person he had been. The psychologists were baffled as he sought not to recover his old memory, but to obsessively study the world around him, travelling to distant lands, reading occult books, disturbing others with his odd perspectives on time and existence. He alienated and frightened people--his friends, his wife, even most of his children, except for his youngest son, who believed that one day Nathaniel Peaslee would come back.

    And then, in 1913, Professor Peaslee did come back, with no memory of his strange sabbatical, but deeply disturbed by the dreams and visions it left him with. His search for the past five years gone missing from his life will lead Peaslee to other cases of lost identity resembling his...and eventually to an ancient city in the Australian desert--from where a long-vanished race still casts their shadow out of time.

  • Without the mentor, without the family, without the Speed Force, he's still the Absolute Scarlet Speedster! Superstar creators Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles are taking the Flash into the Absolute Universe with a top-to-bottom reinvention, perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike!

    An astonishing new version of DC's iconic characters is here! In the Absolute Universe, familiar heroes have been reinvented from the ground up with origin stories that completely reshape both their abilities and their circumstances but maintain the core characteristics that fans have known and loved for decades!

    Wally West's world has been turned upside down. Now quite literally on the run from the people he once trusted, he must navigate an impossible world full of dangers he never knew existed - and he must do so without the help and guidance of his former mentor.

    The Flash joins the Absolute Universe in a bold new take on the DC Universe's Scarlet Speedster, written by award-winning author Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth), and illustrated by Nick Robles.

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New Releases | December 16th, 2025

December 14, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Coloring Book

    • Where's Waldo? the Official Coloring Book (Where's Waldo?) - Handford, Martin (Author), Handford, Martin (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Batman and Robin: Year One - Waid, Mark (Author), Samnee, Chris (Illustrator)

    • Parasyte Paperback Collection 1 - Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • The #1 Lawyer: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Allen, Nancy (Author)

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  • Put your eagle eye to a new challenge in this official coloring book featuring iconic scenes from the globally best-selling Where's Waldo? adventures!

    Bring busy Where's Waldo? scenes to life by coloring them in and search as you go. What colors will you choose? Can you find Waldo and his lost pencils in every scene? (The hunt is even trickier in black and white!) When you reach the end of the book, read the checklists for even more things to find! Wow! With quality art paper, this book can be enjoyed by young and old artists alike! And it features over sixty pages to color that will take you on an adventure from the saloons of the Wild West to the bright lights of a Broadway stage.

  • Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case -- then his client's beautiful wife is murdered, and America's #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.

    Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi's #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career.

    That's when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student, the new Penney is at first unrecognizable.

    It's said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder, the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.

  • Billionaire Bruce Wayne is grappling with his new role as guardian to orphaned Dick Grayson, while Batman faces the challenge of unleashing Robin on Gotham's ruthless underworld!

    Join superstars Mark Waid and Chris Samnee as they explore the earliest days of the Dynamic Duo!

    The early years of Batman and Robin were anything but smooth sailing. Join fan-favorite creative duo Mark Waid and Chris Samnee as they explore the first year of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson's partnership, both as a newly minted father and son in the eyes of the public and as the crime-fighting Batman and Robin to the criminal underworld of Gotham City! Dick may be capable and enthusiastic, but does he have what it takes to stand up against the deadliest costumed villains the city has to offer? And Batman may be prepared for anything--but is he prepared to be responsible for the life and safety of a teenage sidekick?

  • Experience the immortal horror manga as it was originally meant to be read! For the first time in more than a decade, the Parasyte Paperback Collection pairs Hitoshi Iwaaki's original, black-and-white art with a revised translation and updated interior and cover design.

    Teenager Shinichi wakes up one night to discover a creature crawling under the skin of his right arm. This is a Parasite, a creature that takes control of a person's body and turns it into a shapeshifting monstrosity hungry for human flesh. Shinichi has managed to stop his parasite with a tourniquet, and as a result, it takes over only his arm, leaving two consciousnesses sharing one body and dependent on each other to survive. As parasites take control of more and more people, rumors spread of brutal murders committed by terrible abominations--heads splitting open to reveal mouths of sharp teeth, batlike wings erupting from backs, blades tearing through soft bellies. Only Shinichi knows for sure that these rumors are all true. But can he find a way to live without destroying everyone he cares about, much less save the rest of humanity?

    Complete in eight volumes, Parasyte Paperback Collection features the translation, lettering, and size of the recent, acclaimed hardcover Parasyte Full Color Collection. This timeless manga inspired the global smash hit anime Parasyte -the maxim- and the live-action TV drama from the director of Train to Busan, Parasyte: The Grey.

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New Releases | December 9th, 2025

December 7, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • The Time Hop Coffee Shop (Original) - Patrick, Phaedra (Author)

    • The Birdwatcher (Original) - Mitchard, Jacquelyn (Author)

    Adult Reference

    • The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2026 - Janssen, Sarah (Author)

    Biography

    • A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature - Morgan, Adam (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Llewellyn's Complete Book of the Moon: Lunar Wisdom for Magic, Healing & Inspiration - Angelica, Jesamyn (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Eyewitness Dog (DK Eyewitness)

    Cookbooks

    • The Science of Fermentation (The Science of Food) - DK (Author) , Sherriff, Robin (Author)

    • The Complete Slow Cooker Cookbook: 75 Tasty, Time-Saving, Slow-Cooked Recipes

    History

    • The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World - Mazzeo, Tilar J (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: Get Back Up (Amazing Spider-Man (Hardcover)) - Kelly, Joe (Author), Larraz, Pepe (Illustrator), Cafu (Illustrator), Romita, John (Illustrator), Larraz, Pepe (Not Available)

    • Absolute Green Lantern Vol. 1: Without Fear (Absolute Universe) - Ewing, Al (Author), Lindsay, Jahnoy (Illustrator)

    • Aquaman Vol. 1: The Dark Tide - Adams, Jeremy (Author), Timms, John (Illustrator)

    • Spider-Man: Kizuna, Vol. 2 - Kobayashi, Setta (Author), Mizuno, Hachi (Artist)

    • Love Bullet, Vol. 1 - Inee (Author), Nagamine, Aila (Letterer), Fukushima, Masaaki (Translator)

    My First Readers

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

    Personal Growth

    • The Atomic Habits Workbook: Official Companion to the #1 Worldwide Bestseller - Clear, James (Author)

    Romance

    • Seeing Other People - Wibberley, Emily (Author), Siegemund-Broka, Austin (Author)

    • Children of Fallen Gods (The War of Lost Hearts #2) - Broadbent, Carissa (Author)

    • My Blade, Your Back (Deluxe Edition) (Dark Forces #2) - Moronova, K M (Author)

    • Phantasma (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Wicked Games) - Smith, Kaylie (Author)

    Science Fiction& Fantasy

    • Tailored Realities -Sanderson, Brandon (Author)

    Young Adult

    • An Archive of Romance Deluxe Illustrated Edition: A Study in Drowning Novella - Reid, Ava (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of the Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn saga, and numerous smash-hit works of science fiction and fantasy―comes Tailored Realities, a new short fiction collection including the never-before-published novella "Moment Zero."

    Spanning the genres of fantasy and science fiction, Tailored Realities includes ten works of short fiction from the ingenious mind of one of the genre's most beloved bestselling authors.

    From futuristic detective thrillers to inventive space opera, superhero action, high-tech fantasy, and beyond, these gripping standalone reads have never before been gathered into one volume, with many available here in print for the first time.

    Along with the thrilling new science fiction novella "Moment Zero," this collection includes:

    - "Snapshot"

    - "Perfect State"

    - "Defending Elysium" (from the world of Skyward)

    - "Firstborn"

    - "Mitosis" (from the world of the Reckoners)

    - and four other stories

    Also including author's notes and stunning interior illustrations for each story, this visionary collection is a must-read whether you're new to Sanderson or a longtime fan.

  • Learn all about the planets in this leveled reader! TIME for Kids helps young readers develop critical reading skills at any age and understand how to engage with the world around them.

    Have you ever wondered if there is life on Mars? Or why Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet? Or if water exists anywhere else but on Earth? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this photo-filled early reader perfect for young astronomers.

  • "Wholly transportive and spellbinding. I was beguiled." --Ling Ma, bestselling author of Severance and Bliss Montage

    "A fascinating account of a remarkable woman dangerously ahead of her time." --Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians

    "Exquisitely researched, deeply felt, and poignant. This one belongs on your shelf." --Sarah Rose Etter, author of Ripe and The Book of

    The life and times of literary pioneer and queer icon Margaret C. Anderson, who risked everything to be the first to publish James Joyce's Ulysses in America. Perfect for fans of The Editor, Flapper, and Nasty Women.

    Already under fire for publishing the literary avant-garde into a world not ready for it, Margaret C. Anderson's cutting-edge magazine The Little Review was a bastion of progressive politics and boundary-pushing writing from then-unknowns like T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, and Djuna Barnes. And as its publisher, Anderson was a target. From Chicago to New York and Paris, this fearless agitator helmed a woman-led publication that pushed American culture forward and challenged the sensibilities of early 20th century Americans dismayed by its salacious writing and advocacy for supposed extremism like women's suffrage, access to birth control, and LBGTQ rights.

    But then it went too far. In 1921, Anderson found herself on trial and labeled "a danger to the minds of young girls" by a government seeking to shut her down. Guilty of having serialized James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses in her magazine, Anderson was now not just a publisher but also a scapegoat for regressives seeking to impose their will on a world on the brink of modernization.

    Author, journalist, and literary critic Adam Morgan brings Anderson and her journal to life anew in A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls, capturing a moment of cultural acceleration and backlash all too familiar today while shining light on an unsung heroine of American arts and letters. Bringing a fresh eye to a woman and a movement misunderstood in their time, this biography highlights a feminist counterculture that audaciously pushed for more during a time of extreme social conservatism and changed the face of American literature and culture forever.

  • "A delightful tale, full of heart." -Evie Woods, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop

    Welcome to the Time Hop Coffee Shop, where wishes can come true...

    Greta Perks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials, the quintessential TV wife and mom. Now fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, her teenage daughter has become distant and Greta's once-glittering career feels like a distant memory.

    When Greta stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in those past Maple Gold commercials. Next thing she knows, Greta wakes in the idyllic make-believe town of Mapleville, where the sun always shines and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and second chances fill the air. Given the opportunity to live the life she dreamed, Greta is determined to rewrite her own script. But can life ever be like a coffee commercial? And what will happen when Greta has to choose between perfection and real life, with no turning back?

  • Item descriptionThe true story of the first female captain of a merchant ship and her treacherous navigation of Antarctica's deadly waters, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot

    Summer, 1856

    Nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Patten and her husband, Joshua, were young and ambitious. Both from New England seafaring families, they had already completed their first clipper-ship voyage around the world with Joshua as captain. If they could win the race to San Francisco that year, their dream of building a farm and a family might be within reach. It would mean freedom. And the price of that freedom was one last dangerous transit--into the most treacherous waters in the world.

    As their ship, Neptune's Car, left New York Harbor and sailed down the jagged coast of South America, Joshua fell deathly ill and was confined to his bunk, delirious. The treacherous first mate, confined to the brig for insubordination, was agitating for mutiny. With no obvious option for a new captain and heartbroken about her husband, Mary Ann stepped into the breach and convinced the crew to support her, just as they slammed into a gale that would last 18 days. Determined to save the ship, the crew, and their future, she faces down the deadly waters of Drake's Passage.

    Set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush and taking us to the brink of Antarctica, The Sea Captain's Wife finally gives Mary Ann Patten--the first woman to command a merchant vessel as captain -- her due. Mazzeo draws on new archival research from nineteenth-century women's maritime journals and on her own expedition to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica in search of Mary Ann's route. Thrilling, harrowing, and heroic, The Sea Captain's Wife is the story of one woman who, for love, would do what was necessary to survive.

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Monthly Staff Pick | December, 2025

December 1, 2025 Clare Brooks

December’s batch of Monthly Staff Picks have arrived!

We’ve got a perfect pairing of Adult selections celebrating books this month with Keith Houston’s ‘The Book’ which chronicles the origins and evolutions of the book in this fascinating and joyous history title; plus, Helene Hanff’s classic ‘84, Charing Cross Road’ following the New York freelance writer and her decades long correspondence with a used-book dealer in London and is a heartwarming showcase of the power of books. Both of these titles make a great gift for the readers and book lovers on your holiday shopping list.

For Picture book fans this month we have ‘Charley Mouse Cleans House’ written and illustrated by Katerina Gorelik. This visual delight follows Charley, who has a love for cleanliness and order, as they set out for their week helping to clean the homes of her friends and neighbors. Full of familiar fairytale faces and plenty of little details to spot in the art, this book is cozy fun for picture book fans of all ages.

‘Anne Arrives’ is an early reader’s introduction into L.M. Montgomery’s beloved Green Gables, and our Chapter Book selection this December. This retelling of the classic following Anne Shirley features full-color illustrations and is a perfect introduction for fans old and new alike.

And finally, this month’s Young Adult pick is ‘The Reappearance of Rachel Price’. From the bestselling Holly Jackson, this mystery follows Bel and family as they agree to a true-crime documentary about the disappearance of Rachel Price only for her to come back into their lives as the cameras are rolling.

Visit us this December for 20% off this month’s selections, while supplies last!

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New Releases | December 2nd, 2025

November 30, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Television - Rothery, Lauren (Author)

    • The Award - Pearl, Matthew (Author)

    • Homeseeking: A GMA Book Club Pick - Chen, Karissa (Author)

    • House of Day, House of Night - Tokarczuk, Olga (Author), Lloyd-Jones, Antonia (Translator)

    • Isola: Reese's Book Club - Goodman, Allegra (Author)

    • The Idiot (Penguin Clothbound Classics) - Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author), McDuff, David (Translator), Mills Todd, William (Introduction by), McDuff, David (Notes by), Bickford-Smith, Coralie (Not Available)

    • Before I Forget - Hoen, Tory Henwood (Author)

    • Private Rites - Armfield, Julia (Author)

    • The Orchard (Vintage Contemporaries) - Heller, Peter (Author)

    Adult Science

    • Cells: The Illustrated Story of Life - Sardet, Christian (Author), Karsenti, Eric (Foreword by)

    Biography

    • The Woman in Me - Spears, Britney (Author)

    • In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution - Brown, David S (Author)

    Board Books

    • Lunar New Year with the Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Tabbed Board Book - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    Chapter Books

    • Vortex of the Chaos Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #30) - West, Tracey (Author), Howells, Graham (Illustrator)

    Coloring Books

    • A Million Hugs & Kisses (Co-Edition) (Million Creatures to Color) - Mayo, Lulu (Author)

    History

    • American Canto - Nuzzi, Olivia (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Preserver's Garden: How to Grow a Garden for Fermenting, Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating, Freeze Drying, and More - Hill, Staci And Jeremy (Author)

    Humor Books

    • The Peanuts Guide to Love (Peanuts Guide to Life) - Schulz, Charles M (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • What Was the Industrial Revolution? (What Was?) - Gigliotti, Jim E (Author), Who Hq (Author), Malan, David (Illustrator)

    • We Are Palestinian: A Celebration of Culture and Tradition - Kassis, Reem (Author), Eilouti, Noha (Illustrator)

    Literary Collections

    • Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of Winnie-The-Pooh - Brandreth, Gyles (Author)

    • The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation - Drout, Michael DC (Author)

    • Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books - Bo-Reum, Hwang (Author), Tan, Shanna (Translator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe One Last Time - Bunn, Cullen (Author), Talajic, Dalibor (Illustrator), Paratore, Davide (Not Available)

    • Kaiju No. 8: Relax, Vol. 1 - Watanabe, Kizuku (Author)

    • Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 2 - Yazawa, Ai (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • The Hidden Sea (Wildsmith 3) - Flanagan, Liz (Author), Todd-Stanton, Joe (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Edwards-Jones, Imogen (Author)

    Nature

    • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic - Shea, Neil (Author

    • Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America - Preszler, Trent (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Meet the Smushkins (The Smushkins) - Rueda, Claudia (Author), Rueda, Claudia (Illustrator)

    • A Stickler Valentine (A Stickler Story) - Smith, Lane (Author)

    • Lunar New Year (My Little Golden Book About...) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author), Chan, Michelle Jing (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • Something Wicked (Idle Reputations) - Ballard, Falon (Author)

    • The Mating Game - Ferguson, Lana (Author)

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

    • The Dark Is Descending: A Nytefall Novel (Nytefall Trilogy #3) - Peñaranda, Chloe C (Author)

    • Sweet Venom (Deluxe Edition) (The Vipers #2) - Kent, Rina (Author)

    • Nocticadia (Deluxe Edition) - Lake, Keri (Author)

    • Fallen Gods - Van Dyken, Rachel (Author)

    • Tender Cruelty (Dark Olympus #9) - Robert, Katee (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The City of Brass Deluxe Collector's Edition (Daevabad Trilogy 1) - Chakraborty, S A (Author)

    • Snake-Eater - Kingfisher, T (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It - McDonald, Samuel Miller (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Crowntide (the Lightlark Saga Book 4) - Aster, Alex (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • DELUXE PAPERBACK WITH GORGEOUS PINK SPRAYED EDGES

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! - GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MEMOIR - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY PEOPLE

    Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more!

    "In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." --The New York Times

    Critically acclaimed as "a miracle" (The Guardian), "powerful" (Los Angeles Times), "radiant" (The New York Times), and "poignant" (Vogue), The Woman in Me reveals for the first time Britney Spears's incredible story.

    "A genuine page-turner" ( Financial Times), it's "presented so cleanly and candidly, The Woman in Me seems designed to be read in one sitting" ( The New York Times). A "heartbreaking, jaw-dropping, but ultimately empowering story" ( New York Post), this unforgettable memoir is "a testament to Spears's essential fortitude of spirit--something that burns off these pages" ( The Telegraph).

  • Available in paperback at last, Peter Heller's masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past.

    Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains. A renowned translator of Tang dynasty poetry, Hayley walked away from her career and her addict husband to raise Frith alone in a land populated not by ambition-fueled academics but by hawks, beavers, and other wild things--including their exuberant Bernese Mountain dog, Bear. They get by on what little they earn from their overgrown apple orchard and the syrup they make from their maple trees. Frith-- precocious, homeschooled, and a voracious reader--considers herself queen of this backwoods paradise. She is too young to understand the pain and regret that have followed her mother here.

    Season after season, it is the three of them--mother, daughter, and dog--until the spring day when Rose Lattimore appears at their door and upends Hayley and Frith's solitary existence. When tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Frith must come to terms with heartbreak for the very first time. By turns joyful and searing, The Orchard reminds us that, even during the hardest of times, the enduring power of nature, love, and friendship will prevail.

  • Love is in the air! The Peanuts gang shares their musings on love in this beautifully packaged gift book for fans of Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the rest of Charles M. Schulz's beloved characters.

    Celebrate all types of love Peanuts style, with the help of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Sally, Lucy, and more. From what to write to the Little Red-Haired Girl to waiting for Valentine's Day letters, this sweet little package is brimming with heartwarming musings. You'll be calling your loved one "Sweet Baboo" or telling your friends to make their move, just like when Sally tells Charlie Brown to "Kiss her you blockhead!" before you know it.

  • REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history."--Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name

    "A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a thriller, written with the care of the most delicate psychological and historical fiction."--Vogue (Best of 2025 Preview)

    A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this "lushly painted" (People) historical epic of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam.

    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, KIRKUS REVIEWS - FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE - LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD

    Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian--an enigmatic and volatile man--spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island.

    Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she'd never before needed.

    Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival.

  • From the world's #1 bestselling author, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day.

    "Electrifying ... A spellbinding new account of the star's final days by the world's greatest thriller writer." -- Daily Mail

    In life, Marilyn Monroe's superstardom defies classification. In death, she remains shrouded in mystery.

    In the months before her death, Marilyn polishes the script for her ultimately unfinished film, Something's Got to Give.

    In the weeks before her death, she drinks champagne on Santa Monica Beach with the last photographer to take her picture.

    In the days before her death, she's a guest of Frank Sinatra in the Celebrity Room at the Cal Neva Lodge.

    In the hours before her death, she argues with US Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and his brother-in-law Peter Lawford.

    In an emergency session with her psychiatrist, she confesses: "Here I am, the most beautiful woman in the world, and I do not have a date for Saturday night."

    On June 1, 2026, the world celebrates Marilyn Monroe's one hundredth birthday ... without her.

    "Entertaining ... bursting with anecdotes ... zippy pacing and novelistic detail ... Readers with a soft spot for Hollywood's perennial muse will find plenty to enjoy."-- Publishers Weekly

Tags shop local, littleton nh, little village toy & Book Shop, Britney Spears, The Peanuts, Winnie the Pooh, Tolkien, Deadpool, Marilyn Monroe, Reading, Eric Carle, Lunar New Year, Theodore Roosevelt

New Releases | November 25th, 2025

November 22, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Activity Book

    • Happy Pal-A-Palooza!: An Elephant & Piggie Activity Book (Elephant & Piggie) - Mo Willems Workshop (Author)

    Adult Art

    • Get Started in Finger Knitting: Patterns and Instructions for Making Chunky Blankets, Cozy Pillows, and Cute Stuffies by Hand - Benedict, Sabrina-Rose (Author)

    Board Book

    • Smooches! - Boynton, Sandra (Author)

    • Birdblock (an Abrams Block Book) - Franceschelli, Christopher (Author), Peski Studio (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Countdown to Riches: 21 Days of Wealth-Attracting Habits - Byrne, Rhonda (Author)

    • Wicked Tarot Deck and Guidebook (Tarot/Oracle Decks) - Gilly, Casey (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • If You Go Walking - Alladin, Erin (Author), Sato, Miki (Illustrator)

    • An Anthology of Stargazing: A Collection of Stars and Constellations (DK Little Anthologies)

    History

    • Capitalism: A Global History - Beckert, Sven (Author)

    • Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor - Kuehn, Christine (Author)

    • The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Reissue) - Mukherjee, Siddhartha (Author)

    Horror

    • Full Dark, No Stars: Novellas - King, Stephen (Author)

    Local Interest

    • Buried New Hampshire: Graveyards Have Stories to Tell, Volume II (Buried America) - Davidson, Rick (Author), Thompson, Bill (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon [Marvel Premier Collection] (Marvel Premier Collection) - Fraction, Matt (Author), Aja, David (Illustrator), Pulido, Javier (Illustrator), Francavilla, Francesco (Illustrator), Aja, David (Not Available)

    • Mr. Mega Man Volume 2 (Mr. Mega Man #2) - Kawata, Yuushi (Author) , Yukito (Illustrator)

    • Little Mega Man Volume 2 (Little Mega Man #2) - Kawata, Yuushi (Author) , Yukito (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Housemaid Is Watching (Housemaid) - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Christmas Sweater - Brett, Jan (Author), Brett, Jan (Illustrator)

    • A Knot Is Not a Tangle - Nayeri, Daniel (Author), Stamper, Vesper (Illustrator)

    • The Secret Hiding Place - Volk, Katherina E (Author) , CICCIò, Arianna (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • The Wicked (Wicked Trilogy #1) - Johnpee, Rebecca (Author)

    • The Book of Azrael: Deluxe Limited Edition (Gods and Monsters 1) - Nicole, Amber V (Author)

    • Hollow (Crown of Hearts & Chaos #1) - Peckham, Caroline (Author), Valenti, Susanne (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From the beloved author and illustrator behind the wintertime classic The Mitten comes an adventurous Christmas tale of a boy and his adorable pug who saves the day with his holiday sweater.

    "Brett's legions of fans will delight in this new Christmastime story, with plenty to pore over in the detailed, wintry illustrations." --Kirkus Reviews

    It's Christmas morning, and Theo's Yiayia has knitted his dog, Ari, a special red sweater. But when Ari shows his disinterest in the gift, Theo steps in to show his grandmother just how much they appreciate her kindness. He proposes a hike to Echo Lake, just him and Ari, where he can use his new snowshoes and Ari can sport his new sweater!

    The woods are a winter wonderland, and more snow swirls as they hike. But just when they reach the lake, Theo realizes Ari's sweater has disappeared, along with their tracks and every familiar landmark. Could they have lost Yiayia's gift and the way home?

    Luckily, Ari spots something in the snow that turns out to be a surprising solution to their predicament. And when they get home, they find an even bigger surprise from that amazing Christmas sweater.

    Jan Brett's story of the bond between boy and dog radiates warmth and charm, while her signature border details hint at a final Christmas miracle sure to wow any crowd. The Christmas Sweater is a beautiful tale that's sure to become an instant Christmas classic in every household.

  • Join Elephant Gerald and Piggie and friends for a Pal-a-Palooza party of love and friendship in this one-of-a-kind color and activity book from Mo Willems Workshop!

    Best friends Elephant and Piggie host an action-packed activity book as they prepare to celebrate pals at the Pal-a-Palooza party. Color and cut out decorations! Create and share gifts! Play games and solve puzzles and mazes! This Pal-a-Palooza party stars Elephant and Piggie with guest appearances from The Pigeon and other Mo Willems favorite friends--ideal for Valentine's Day crafts and activities and year-round friendship fun. Includes 32 pop-out friendship cards.

  • Starring a big bear and a little bear, this captivating board book with a peek-through cover from perennial New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton celebrates the endless delight of smooches. A year-round Valentine for the little ones you adore!

    "Oh, little bear! You spectacular child! You are joyful and funny and wonderfully WILD."

    So begins Smooches!, an affectionate and lively book of love. With those inimitable Boynton illustrations, a peek-through cover, and sweet rhyming text, this adorable and sturdy board book is the perfect present for each and every smoochable little one in your life. In the words of the book's conclusion, "The power of smooches cannot be denied." So true.

  • A viral Booktok hit for fans of Sarah A. Parker, Jasmine Mas, Penn Cole, and Kerri Maniscalco, The Book of Azrael is the first in the internationally beloved, slowburn, high-stakes epic romantasy featuring a villainous shapeshifter heroine and a tortured God King in a steamy, monstrous world.

    ***DELUXE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER with stenciled edges, a beautiful foil-stamped hardcover, exclusive endpaper design with full-color illustrated character art, and an EXCLUSIVE BONUS SCENE!***

    Where there are gods, there are also monsters...

    A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts of Eoria to save her dying sister. She called upon anyone who would listen, not expecting a monster far worse than any nightmare to answer. Now she does what Kaden asks, even if that means securing an ancient relic from the very creatures that hunt her.

    In the old world his name was Samkiel. In the new world it is Liam, but one title remains true throughout time. He is the World Ender, a myth to his enemies, a savior and King to those loyal to him. After the Gods War, he locked himself away, hiding from the world. He denied his crown and responsibilities, leaving the very ones who needed him most to deal with the fallout of the death of their homeworld. Now an attack on those he holds dear sends him back to the one realm he never wished to visit again and into the sights of an enemy he thought imprisoned eons ago.

    Now enemies older than time must put aside their differences and work together in hopes of saving both their world and every realm in between.

  • A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family's shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

    It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her seventy-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected, demurred, and then wept. He knew this day would come.

    The Kuehns, a prominent Berlin family, saw the rise of the Nazis as a way out of the hard times that had befallen them. When the daughter of the family, Eberhard's sister, Ruth, met Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels at a party, the two hit it off, and they had an affair. But Ruth had a secret--she was half Jewish--and Goebbels found out. Rather than having Ruth killed, Goebbels instead sent the entire Kuehn family to Hawaii, to work as spies half a world away. There, Ruth and her parents established an intricate spy operation from their home, just a few miles down the road from Pearl Harbor, shielding Eberhard from the truth. They passed secrets to the Japanese, leading to the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. After Eberhard's father was arrested and tried for his involvement in planning the assault, Eberhard learned the harsh truth about his family and faced a decision that would change the path of the Kuehn family forever.

    Jumping back and forth between Christine discovering her family's secret and the untold past of the spies in Germany, Japan, and Hawaii, Family of Spies is fast-paced history at its finest and will rewrite the narrative of December 7, 1941.

Tags stephen king, sprayed edges, Freida McFadden, Shoplocal, Littletonnh, little village toy & Book Shop, Jan Brett, Sandra Boynton, Wicked, Christmas, Elephant & Piggie
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