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The perfect handbook for those wanting to develop their skill in the fascinating art of lettering.Calligraphy is a fascinating art which doesn't require expensive equipment or much space. This classic book is the ideal introduction to calligraphy for beginners with helpful advice on holding your pen, maintaining a good posture and using appropriate lighting.Tom Gourdie, himself a past master of the art, supplies you with a wealth of different alphabets and shows you how each may be applied by drawing, painting, carving or writing with a broad l... + Read More
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Series: Texas FloodThe Inside Story of Stevie Ray VaughanHardcover
Alan Paul9781250142832
$43.50BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 13, 2019
An instant New York Times bestseller!The definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble’s Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was riding high. His last album was his most critically lauded and commercially successful. He had fulfilled a lifelong dream by collaborating with his first and greatest musical hero, his brother Jimmie. His tumul... + Read More
A revised edition of the classic Led Zeppelin biography, featuring rich and substantial new materialRock writer Mick Wall draws on insider access, as former confidante to both Plant and Page, to craft the definitive biography of the world's most legendary rock band—Led Zeppelin. In When Giants Walked the Earth, Wall audaciously tells the story of the band known not just as one of the biggest-selling bands of all-time, but also as the one that set the mark for on-the-road excess. Detailed and revealing, When Giants Walked the Earth bores into no... + Read More
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Series: Beyond the Thirty-Nine StepsA Life of John BuchanHardcover
Ursula Buchan9781408870815
$37.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 23, 2019
John Buchan's name is known across the world forThe Thirty-Nine Steps. In the past hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television, radio and stage, beginning with the celebrated version by Alfred Hitchcock.Yet there was vastly more to 'JB'. He wrote more than a hundred books – fiction and non-fiction – and a thousand articles for newspapers and magazines. He was a scholar, antiquarian, barrister, colonial administrator, journal editor, literary critic, publisher, war cor... + Read More
5.
Series: F. Scott Fitzgerald CollectionThe Crack-upPaperback
F. Scott Fitzgerald9781847497185
$15.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 21, 2019
Compiled and published after Fitzgerald's death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a collection of writings that chronicle the author's state of mind and personal perspective on events, fellow writers and public figures of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to articles and essays such as the celebrated title piece, this volume includes a selection of Fitzgerald's notebooks, which – as well as being a repository of anecdotes and witty lines – provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the noveli... + Read More
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Series: The Long AccomplishmentA Memoir of Hope and Struggle in MatrimonyHardcover
Rick Moody9781627798440
$38.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 06, 2019
“[A] moving, funny, hauntingly brilliant memoir about marriage.” —Caroline Leavitt, The San Francisco Chronicle Rick Moody, the award-winning author of The Ice Storm, shares the harrowing true story of the first year of his second marriage in this eventful, month-by-month accountAt this story’s start, Moody, a recovering alcoholic and sexual compulsive with a history of depression, is also the divorced father of a beloved little girl and a man in love; his answer to the question “Would you like to be in a committed relationship?” is, fully and... + Read More
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Series: Jet GirlMy Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft, the F/A-18 Super HornetHardcover
Caroline Johnson9781250139290
$38.50BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Nov 05, 2019
A fresh, unique insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman aviator in today’s US Navy—from pedicures to parachutes, friendship to firefights. Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone into fashion or filmmaking, and yet she went on to become an F/A-18 Super Hornet Weapons System Officer. She was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq since 2011, and one of the first women to drop bombs on ISIS.Jet Girl tells the remarkable story of the wo... + Read More
8.
Series: Warrior's CreedA Life of Preparing for and Facing the ImpossibleHardcover
Roger Sparks9781250151520
$38.50BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 13, 2019
The riveting story of how a young boy's upbringing with outlaw culture and charismatic role models forged him into an elite Marine and a decorated Pararescueman."Absence of self is my sword" comprises the final line in "The Warrior's Creed," a 14th century poem written by an unknown Japanese Samurai, and this is the code Master Sergeant Roger Sparks embodied as a Recon Marine turned Alaskan Pararescueman. A living legend in the military, Sparks first made a name for himself within elite Marine Reconnaissance units. He went on to become an instr... + Read More
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Series: The Weil ConjecturesOn Math and the Pursuit of the UnknownHardcover
Karen Olsson9780374287610
$34.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 16, 2019
Series: The Method to the MadnessDonald Trump's Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired - and InauguratedHardcover
Allen Salkin9781250202802
$38.50BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 09, 2019
A Rosetta Stone for understanding Donald Trump's style, mindset, and every action, made up of over one hundred interviews with his closest associates and adversaries over the last 15 years.To his critics, Donald Trump is an impulsive, undisciplined crackpot who accidentally lucked into the presidency. But in The Method to the Madness, reporters Allen Salkin and Aaron Short reveal that nothing could be further from the truth. This objective, nonpartisan oral history shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launc... + Read More
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Series: The Kennedy HeirsJohn, Caroline, and the New Generation - A Legacy of Tragedy and TriumphHardcover
J. Randy Taraborrelli9781250174062
$40.75BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 11, 2019
From New York Times bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli comes The Kennedy Heirs, his most revealing Kennedy book yet.A unique burden was inherited by the children of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his celebrated siblings, Senators Robert and Ted Kennedy. Raised in a world of enormous privilege against the backdrop of American history, this third generation of Kennedys often veered between towering accomplishment and devastating defeat. In his revelatory new book, acclaimed Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli draws back the curta... + Read More
12.
Series: The Silver SwanIn Search of Doris DukeHardcover
Sallie Bingham9780374142599
$39.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Apr 07, 2020
"Men who inherit great wealth are respected, but women who do the same are ridiculed. In The Silver Swan, Sallie Bingham rescues Doris Duke from this gendered prison and shows us just how brave, rebellious, and creative this unique woman really was, and how her generosity benefits us to this day.” —Gloria Steinem A bold portrait of Doris Duke, the defiant and notorious tobacco heiress who was perhaps the greatest modern woman philanthropistIn The Silver Swan, Sallie Bingham chronicles one of the great underexplored lives of the twentieth centur... + Read More
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Series: William & HarryThe Windsor BrothersHardcover
Danny Danziger9781250307705
$34.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 01, 2021
In this insightful biography,Sunday Times columnistDanny Danziger brings to life the special bond between the world’s two most famous siblings—Their Royal Highnesses William and Harry.The royal princes William and Harry come from a family where fraternal relationships have often been hostile—at best. King John paid money to have his older brother Richard the Lionheart unlawfully imprisoned. Richard II murdered Henry IV. King George VI permanently cut off communication with his brother, the Duke of Windsor, after he insisted on marrying divorcee... + Read More
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Series: DottirMy Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games ChampionHardcover
Katrin Davidsdottir9781250142641
$38.50BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 06, 2019
Dottir is the inspiring and poignant memoir from two-time consecutive CrossFit Games Champion Katrin Davidsdottir.As one of only two women in history to have won the title of “Fittest Woman on Earth” twice, Davidsdottir knows all about the importance of mental and physical strength. She won the title in 2015, backing it up with a second win in 2016, after starting CrossFit in just 2011.A gymnast as a youth, Davidsdottir wanted to try new challenges and found a love of CrossFit. But it hasn't been a smooth rise to the top. In 2014, just one year... + Read More
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Series: Superdocious!Racing Insights and Revelations from Legendary Olympic Sailor Rodney PattissonHardcover
Rodney Pattisson9781472935595
$47.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 07, 2019
The previously untold life story from world champion, Olympic medalist, and Britain's most successful Olympic sailor for three decades, Rodney Pattisson, with a foreword by Sir Ben Ainslie CBE.Rodney Pattisson MBE, the three-time Olympic medalist and multi-world champion, is an iconic figure within the sailing world. A winner in dinghies, multihulls, and offshore, he has set race and speed records, and with Lawrie Smith led Britain's challenge for the America's Cup in 1983. They were beaten in the finals by Alan Bond's eventual winner, Australi... + Read More
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Series: And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?A Biographical Memoir of Oliver SacksHardcover
Lawrence Weschler9780374236410
$38.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 13, 2019
The untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, his own most singular patient"[An] engrossing biographical memoir. This is Sacks at full blast: on endless ward rounds, observing his post-encephalitic patients . . . exulting over horseshoe crabs and chunks of Iceland spar." —Barbara Kiser,NatureThe author Lawrence Weschler began spending time with Oliver Sacks in the early 1980s, when he set out to profile the neurologist for his own new employer,The New Yorker. Almost a decade earlier, Dr. Sacks had published his masterpieceAwakenings—the account of his ... + Read More
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Series: ElderhoodRedefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining LifeHardcover
Louise Aronson9781620405468
$40.00SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jun 11, 2019
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionA New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWinner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book AwardWinner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact AwardAs revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life.For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people ... + Read More
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Series: The Deer CampA Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed ThemHardcover
Dean Kuipers9781635573480
$37.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 14, 2019
For readers ofThe Stranger in the Woods andH Is for Hawk, a beautifully written and emotionally rewarding memoir about a father, his three sons, and a scrappy 100-acre piece of land in rural Michigan.Some families have to dig hard to find the love that holds them together. Some have to grow it out of the ground.Bruce Kuipers was good at hunting, fishing, and working, but not at much else that makes a real father or husband. Conflicted, angry, and a serial cheater, he destroyed his relationship with his wife, Nancy, and alienated his three sons-... + Read More
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Series: Exile on Front StreetMy Life as a Hells Angel . . . and BeyondPaperback
George Christie9781250196316
$24.50TRUE CRIME
Jul 09, 2019
A memoir of the Hells Angels motorcycle club from one of its most high-profile leaders.After forty years in the Hells Angels, George Christie was ready to retire. As president of the high-profile Ventura charter of the club, he had been the yin to Sonny Barger’s yang. Barger was the reckless figurehead and de facto world leader of the Hells Angels. Christie was the negotiator, the spokesman, the thinker, the guy who smoothed things out. He was the one who carried the Olympic torch and counted movie stars, artists, rock musicians, and police chi... + Read More
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Series: Four FriendsPromising Lives Cut ShortHardcover
William D. Cohan9781250070524
$37.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 09, 2019
A powerful portrait of the lives of four boarding school graduates who died too young, John F. Kennedy, Jr. among them, by their fellow Andover classmate, New York Times bestselling author William D. Cohan. In his masterful pieces for Vanity Fair and in his bestselling books, William D. Cohan has proven to be one of the most meticulous and intrepid journalists covering the world of Wall Street and high finance. In his utterly original new book, Four Friends, he brings all of his brilliant reportorial skills to a subject much closer to home: fou... + Read More
Written in 1932, but not published until 1962, over twenty years after its author's death, The Life of Monsieur de Molière charts the life of the French playwright, from his humble beginnings to later theatrical triumphs and political controversies. The work was met with disapproval by the Soviet authorities, who detected parallels between the lives of Molière and Bulgakov, and viewed the work as a veiled critique of their own times. With a dazzling blend of biography and novelistic imagination, Bulgakov's eccentric and satirical take on the ... + Read More
Two books in one in a flip dos-Ã -dos format: The story of Aleksandar Hemon’s parents’ immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a book of short memories of the author’s family, friends, and childhood in SarajevoInMy Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents’ immigration to Canada—of the lives that were upended by the war in Bosnia and siege of Sarajevo and the new lives his parents were forced to build. As ever with his work, he portrays both the perfect, intimate details (his mother’s lonely upbringing, his father’s fanatical bee... + Read More
A beautifully crafted memoir about fathers and sons, masculinity, and the lengths we sometimes go to in order to confront our past"[A] lucidly written memoir . . . Coffin’s triumph lies in ridding the language of his father, a language that compelled him to dwell in a house he did not recognize." —Matthew Janney, The Los Angeles Review of BooksWhile lifting weights in the Seldon Jackson College gymnasium on a rainy autumn night, Jaed Coffin heard the distinctive whacking sound of sparring boxers down the hall. A year out of college, he had been... + Read More
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Series: Stay Sexy & Don't Get MurderedThe Definitive How-To GuideHardcover
Karen Kilgariff9781250178954
$32.50BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 28, 2019
The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder!Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation.In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating ... + Read More
25.
Series: This Is Not a T-ShirtA Brand, a Culture, a Community - a Life in StreetwearHardcover
Bobby Hundreds9780374275792
$38.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 25, 2019
The story of The Hundreds and the precepts that made it an iconic streetwear brand by Bobby Hundreds himselfStreetwear occupies that rarefied space where genuine "cool" coexists with big business; where a star designer might work concurrently with Nike, a tattoo artist, Louis Vuitton, and a skateboard company. It’s the ubiquitous style of dress comprising hoodies, sneakers, and T-shirts. In the beginning, a few brands defined this style; fewer still survived as streetwear went mainstream. They are the OGs, the “heritage brands.” The Hundreds is... + Read More
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Series: What Do We Need Men For?A Modest ProposalHardcover
E. Jean Carroll9781250215437
$37.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 02, 2019
A darkly funny and very personal attempt to answer the question by America's longest running advice columnistWhen E. Jean Carroll—possibly the liveliest woman in the world and author of Ask E. Jean in Elle Magazine—realized that her eight million readers and question-writers all seemed to have one thing in common—problems caused by men—she hit the road. Criss-crossing the country with her blue-haired poodle Lewis Carroll, E. Jean stopped in every town named after a woman between Eden, Vermont and Tallulah, Louisiana to ask women the crucial que... + Read More
27.
Series: When I Was WhiteA MemoirHardcover
Sarah Valentine9781250146755
$37.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 06, 2019
The stunning and provocative coming-of-age memoir about Sarah Valentine's childhood as a white girl in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, and her discovery that her father was a black man.At the age of 27, Sarah Valentine discovered that she was not, in fact, the white girl she had always believed herself to be. She learned the truth of her paternity: that her father was a black man. And she learned the truth about her own identity: mixed race.And so Sarah began the difficult and absorbing journey of changing her identity from white to black. In this... + Read More
28.
Series: Drive-Thru DreamsA Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food KingdomHardcover
Adam Chandler9781250090720
$37.99SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jun 25, 2019
“This is a book to savor, especially if you’re a fast-food fan.”—Bookpage"This fun, argumentative, and frequently surprising pop history of American fast food will thrill and educate food lovers of all speeds."—Publishers WeeklyMost any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry’s largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as im... + Read More
29.
Series: Naturally TanA MemoirHardcover
Tan France9781250208668
$32.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 04, 2019
A USA Today Hottest Book of the Summer for 2019!A Best Nonfiction Book for 2019 in Woman's Day!One of Hello Giggles's "Most Anticipated Books of 2019 to Add to Your Reading List"!“Just when I thought I knew everything about Tan, he hits me with this. His story is so heartwarming, and wickedly funny.” —Antoni PorowskiIn this heartfelt, funny, and touching memoir, one of the stars of Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning smash-hit Queer Eye reveals how an Englishman raised in a traditionally religious home became a fashion icon—and the first openly gay, S... + Read More
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Series: Surrounded by IdiotsSurrounded by IdiotsThe Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life)Hardcover
Thomas Erikson9781250179944
$40.00BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Jul 30, 2019
Do you ever think you’re the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague’s abrasive manner rub you the wrong way? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was ‘surrounded by idiots’, communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people.... + Read More
31.
Series: How to Win in a Winner-Take-All WorldThe Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance CareersHardcover
Neil Irwin9781250176271
$38.50BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Jun 18, 2019
From New York Times bestselling author and senior economic correspondent at The New York Times, how to survive—and thrive—in this increasingly challenging economy.Every ambitious professional is trying to navigate a perilous global economy to do work that is lucrative and satisfying, but some find success while others struggle to get by. In an era of remarkable economic change, how should you navigate your career to increase your chances of landing not only on your feet, but ahead of those around you? In How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World, ... + Read More
32.
Series: Digital TrustSocial Media Strategies to Increase Trust and Engage CustomersHardcover
Barry Connolly9781472961341
$47.50BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Apr 07, 2020
Digital Trust proposes new strategic models to create and reinforce consumer trust and build corporate value through social media platforms.Digital Trust provides an overview of how e-SMEs can use social media platforms to conduct their own research into increasing trust and engagement, with the positives and negatives highlighted for specific industry considerations. For enterprises that rely on e-commerce, engaging customers and building brand trust is vital for driving sales and achieving long-term success. Trust plays a critical part during... + Read More
33.
Series: Creating Value Through TechnologyDiscover the Tech That Can Transform Your BusinessHardcover
Andrew Hampshire9781472962041
$47.50BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Jan 12, 2021
Business leaders are often too busy to familiarise themselves with the benefits and risks of technical undertakings such as new IT plans or changing digital platforms. Yet, if managed effectively, such initiatives can result in huge returns. Creating Value Through Technology provides CEOs, business owners and directors with a clear and accessible guide to the most prominent and profitable technologies that are available, allowing them to confidently implement and sustain new tech strategies. Different elements of the value chain can be supporte... + Read More
34.
Series: Leadership IntelligenceThe 5Qs for Thriving as a LeaderHardcover
Andrew Kakabadse9781472963925
$37.00BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
May 07, 2019
How leaders can develop and apply the five key leadership intelligences--cognitive, emotional, political, resilience, moral--for optimal performance.In today's complex corporate world, contemporary governance calls for a varied and versatile cognitive approach to problems--demanding times require nimble minds and rounded perspectives. The authors' research has identified five key leadership intelligences--the 5Qs--which high-performing leaders need to simultaneously employ in order to achieve transformational change. These are: · IQ (c... + Read More
35.
Series: Invest for GoodA Healthier World and a Wealthier YouHardcover
Mark Mobius9781472962652
$30.00BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Aug 13, 2019
Investing for Good is a captivating and instructive read, aimed at those who are interested in investing their money profitably while doing good at the same time.Investors are placing increased emphasis on capital allocation methods to achieve their desired social, environmental and financial objectives, and are targeting investments that not only facilitate economic growth in countries around the world but also do good in terms of aiding human development--from cleaner environments to safer products and better employment practices. At the same... + Read More
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Series: ShareHow Organizations Can Thrive in an Age of Networked Knowledge, Power and RelationshipsHardcover
Linda Jingfang Cai9781472942678
$47.50BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Mar 24, 2020
A guide to how organizations must change management practices to boost agility within new business models based around the idea of "sharing."Uber, Airbnb, Skype, Alibaba, Google, Netflix, and WeChat (China's answer to Whatsapp) are all based on the sharing of information, assets, and human capital, and a new and dynamic economy is already emerging.Share presents a new opportunity for corporations to reinvent management practices to boost agility in an environment of "sharing." This book will help companies to thrive through the reshaping of the... + Read More
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Series: Bitcoin BillionairesA True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and RedemptionHardcover
Ben Mezrich9781250217745
$36.50BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 21, 2019
From Ben Mezrich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, comes Bitcoin Billionaires--the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on crypto-currency and its dazzling pay-off. Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award–winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic... + Read More
In the second Adventure Zone graphic novel (adapted from the McElroy family's wildly popular D&D podcast), we rejoin hero-adjacent sort-of-comrades-in-arms Taako, Magnus, and Merle on a wild careen through a D&D railroad murder mystery. This installment has a little of everything: a genius child detective, an axe-wielding professional wrestler, a surly wizard, cursed magical artifacts, and a pair of meat monsters. You know, the usual things you find on a train.Hot on the heels of The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, the smash hit graphic... + Read More
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Series: Old SoulsHardcover
Les McClaine9781626727328
$32.50COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Jun 25, 2019
From Brian McDonald and Les McClaine comes Old Souls, a supernatural graphic novel about addiction, obsession, and the things we do for family.Chris Olsen has a good life. He has a regular job, a wife and daughter who love him, and a promising future. By any measure this is a good life, but it isn’t his first.When a troubling encounter with a homeless man triggers something inside Chris, memories of his past lives bubble to the surface. A lost Chinese boy, a wailing grandmother, and a love so powerful it never left his soul—all compete for his ... + Read More
Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of Stephen Hawking, one of the most important scientists of our time.From his early days at the St Albans School and Oxford, Stephen Hawking’s brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. A lively and popular young man, it’s no surprise that he would later rise to celebrity status. At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Though the disease weakened his muscles and li... + Read More
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Series: CRU Oyster Bar Nantucket CookbookSavoring Four Seasons of the Good LifeHardcover
Erin Zircher9781250193650
$52.00COOKING
May 21, 2019
A cookbook that captures the laid-back, but elegant lifestyle of Nantucket and the wonderful dishes of its locals' and tourists' favorite CRU Oyster Bar.CRU Oyster Bar’s casually stylish cuisine is an ode to the ocean, local farms, and the seasons, served in a beautiful setting on Nantucket Harbor.Zircher takes her inspiration from her classical French training, her love of Mediterranean flavors, and family recipes in these 75 never-before-published recipes. With full-sized four-color images of the food and the island, the CRU Oyster Bar Nantuc... + Read More
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Series: Tasting Table Cooking with FriendsRecipes for Modern EntertainingHardcover
Geoff Bartakovics9781250139542
$42.50COOKING
May 07, 2019
Tasting Table's Cooking with Friends: Recipes for Modern Entertaining is Geoff Bartakovics' and Todd Coleman's first cookbook from TastingTable.com, whose delicious content inspires more than three million foodies daily, features recipes for the new style of entertaining where everyone pitches in.
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Series: Eat Like You Give a ForkThe Real Dish on Eating to ThriveHardcover
Mareya Ibrahim9781250189776
$38.99COOKING
Jun 04, 2019
Eighty recipes support eight essential nutritional strategies to help you look and feel amazing "Ibrahim's thoughtful recipes and sense of humor ("Greens are your new friends with bennies") keep this book entertaining and accessible." —Publishers Weekly“This is a book you can use in your healing journey without any boring meals." —Daniel Amen, MD, co-author of The Daniel PlanRemake your kitchen, your taste buds, your body, and your energy level with honest, transparent and easy-to-understand recipes. Core meal planning and preparation techni... + Read More
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Series: Real Food Kids Will LoveOver 100 Simple and Delicious Recipes for Toddlers and UpHardcover
Annabel Karmel9781250201386
$33.99COOKING
Aug 20, 2019
"The tools and recipes you need in order to raise healthy and adventurous eaters—for life!" —Michele Olivier, author of Little Foodie Make family mealtimes fun and healthy with over a hundred recipes from kids cooking expert Annabel Karmel.Annabel Karmel brings you a mouth-watering batch of never before seen recipes featuring delicious ingredients with serious nutritional credentials. With beautiful photographs and fresh design, this is an essential book for every modern parent. Chapters range from Fifteen Minute Meals to Healthy ‘Fast Food’,... + Read More
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Series: Get Crocked Slow Cooker Comfort FoodsMore than 175 crowd-pleasing homestyle recipesHardcover
Media Lab Books9781948174084
$29.99COOKING
Aug 27, 2019
Get Crocked Slow Cooker Comfort Foods is the perfect guide to making soul-soothing, delicious dishes for any occasion, hassle-free. With each recipe’s easy-to-follow directions, readers will be able to whip up homemade meals in no time, whether they and their nearest and dearest are craving a comfort classic or an all-new dish of soul-warming wonder. And best of all, there’s no shortage of everyone’s favorite food group – bacon!
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Series: Rage Inside the MachineThe Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us AllHardcover
Robert Elliott Smith9781472963888
$40.00COMPUTERS
Aug 27, 2019
We live in a world increasingly ruled by technology; we seem as governed by technology as we do by laws and regulations. Frighteningly often, the influence of technology in and on our lives goes completely unchallenged by citizens and governments. We comfort ourselves with the soothing refrain that technology has no morals and can display no prejudice, and it's only the users of technology who distort certain aspects of it.But is this statement actually true? Dr Robert Smith thinks it is dangerously untrue in the modern era.Having worked in the... + Read More
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Series: Dressed in DreamsA Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of FashionHardcover
Tanisha C. Ford9781250173539
$37.99DESIGN
Jun 25, 2019
NOW OPTIONED BY Sony Pictures TV FOR A LIVE-ACTION SERIES ADAPTATION: produced by Freida Pinto and Gabrielle Union "A perfect time to look at the ethos of black hair in America — and the perfect person to do it is Tanisha Ford" —Changing America"Everyone from the shopaholic to the clearance rack queen will see themselves in [Ford's] pages." —Essence"Takes you not only into the closet, but the inner sanctum of an ordinary extraordinary Black girl who discovered herself through clothes." —Michaela Angela Davis, Image Activist and Writer"[A] deli... + Read More
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Series: Normal SucksHow to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the LinesHardcover
Jonathan Mooney9781250190161
$34.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 13, 2019
Confessional and often hilarious, in Normal Sucks a neuro-diverse writer, advocate, and father meditates on his life, offering the radical message that we should stop trying to fix people and start empowering them to succeedJonathan Mooney blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn—individually, uniquely, and with advantages and upshots to every type of brain and body. As a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn't learn to read until he was twelve, the realization th... + Read More
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Series: No Visible BruisesWhat We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill UsHardcover
Rachel Louise Snyder9781635570977
$37.00SOCIAL SCIENCE
May 07, 2019
An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors.We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a "global epidemic." In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, ... + Read More
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Series: I Love You, but I Hate Your PoliticsHow to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan WorldHardcover
Jeanne Safer9781250200396
$37.99FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Jun 11, 2019
Do you thrust unsolicited partisan articles upon your spouse? Are you convinced that you can change your coworker’s mind, if you could only argue forcefully enough? Have you gone from befriending to “defriending” the people once closest to you? Don’t give up hope; Dr. Jeanne Safer is here to help.Since the election of Donald J. Trump, political disagreements have been ravaging our personal relationships like never before. This already widespread phenomenon will continue to grow unless we learn to fight it.From friends to relatives to lovers, no... + Read More
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Series: Beowulf: A New TranslationA New TranslationPaperback
Maria Dahvana Headley9780374110031
$22.00POETRY
Aug 25, 2020
Named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2021 by The GuardianLonglisted for the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry. Picked for Kirkus Reviews’ Best Fiction in Translation of 2020. Named a Book of the Year by NPR, Vox, and The New Statesman. Picked for Loyalty Books’ Holiday List. A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife"Brash and belligerent, lunatic and invigorating, with passages of sublime poetry punctuated by obscenities and social-media shorthand." —Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker... + Read More
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Series: EvergreensWe: New translationPaperback
Yevgeny Zamyatin9781847496768
$13.50FICTION
Mar 05, 2019
We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected by green walls and a glass dome, a spaceship is being built in order to spearhead the conquest of new planets. Its chief engineer, a man called D-503, keeps a journal of his life and activities: to his mathematical mind everything seems to make sense and proceed as it should, until a chance en... + Read More
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Series: David SlatonAssassin's RevengeA David Slaton NovelHardcover
Ward Larsen9780765391537
$39.99FICTION
Aug 20, 2019
USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen's globe-trotting, hard-hitting assassin, David Slaton, returns for another breathless adventure in Assassin's Revenge.On a sunny dock in Gibraltar, Slaton returns to the sailboat he shares with his wife and young son to find them missing. The only clue to their whereabouts is a cryptic message: If he wants to see them again, he must eliminate an obscure scientist working for the International Atomic Energy Agency. Slaton races to Vienna to unravel the scheme. Half a world away, a small team of ISIS opera... + Read More
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Series: Marc DaneExileHardcover
James Swallow9780765395146
$40.75FICTION
May 14, 2019
Racing breathlessly from uncharted CIA prisons to the skyscrapers of Dubai, from stormbeaten oil rigs off the African coast to the ancient caverns beneath the city of Naples, Marc Dane returns in Exile, the explosive thriller from James Swallow, the internationally bestselling author of Nomad.A vicious Serbian gang whose profits come from fake nuclear weapons. A disgraced Russian general, with access to the real thing.A vengeful Somali warlord, with a cause for which he'd let the world burn.A jaded government agency, without the information to ... + Read More
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Series: McGarveyFirst KillA Kirk McGarvey NovelHardcover
David Hagberg9780765337337
$37.99FICTION
May 07, 2019
Renowned thriller writer David Hagberg continues his New York Times bestselling Kirk McGarvey series with this riveting origin story for the CIA assassin in First Kill.It is the beginning of Kirk McGarvey's career as a CIA black ops officer. Fresh out of the Air Force OSI, he receives his first assignment: assassinate a Chilean general known as the Butcher of Valparaiso, a monster who has tortured and killed more than one thousand dissidents at a soccer stadium in Valparaiso.McGarvey manages to cross the border over the mountains from Argentina... + Read More
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Series: Magic for LiarsA NovelHardcover
Sarah Gailey9781250174611
$34.99FICTION
Jun 04, 2019
A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVELSharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir inMagic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey.Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it.Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life – or at least, she’s perfectly fine.She doesn't in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted twin sister.Ivy Gamble is a liar.When a gruesome murder is discovered at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches Theoretica... + Read More
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Series: Alchemical JourneysMiddlegameHardcover
Seanan McGuire9781250195524
$40.75FICTION
May 07, 2019
A HUGO AWARD FINALIST!WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL, 2020!A Pick on the 2020 RUSA Reading List!New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in the standalone fantasy, Middlegame.Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything... + Read More
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Series: DragonslayerDragonslayerHardcover
Duncan M. Hamilton9781250306722
$37.99FICTION
Jul 02, 2019
"Successfully mixes swords, sorcery, and skullduggery with complex characters. Dumas fans will especially appreciate the faux-French setting. This is pure adventure fun with plenty for epic fantasy readers to enjoy.”—Publishers Weekly With the dragons believed dead, the kingdom had no more need for dragonslayers. Drunk, disgraced, and all but forgotten, Guillot has long since left his days of heroism behind him.As forgotten places are disturbed in the quest for power, and things long dormant awaken, the kingdom finds itself in need of a dragons... + Read More
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Series: ChimeraAn Illusion of ThievesPaperback
Cate Glass9781250311009
$22.99FICTION
May 21, 2019
A ragtag crew with forbidden magic must pull off an elaborate heist and stop a civil war in An Illusion of Thieves, a fantasy adventure from Cate Glass.In Cantagna, being a sorcerer is a death sentence.Romy escapes her hardscrabble upbringing when she becomes courtesan to the Shadow Lord, a revolutionary noble who brings laws and comforts once reserved for the wealthy to all. When her brother, Neri, is caught thieving with the aid of magic, Romy's aristocratic influence is the only thing that can spare his life—and the price is her banishment. ... + Read More
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Series: Saga of RecluceThe Mage-Fire WarHardcover
L. E. Modesitt Jr.9781250207821
$39.99FICTION
Aug 13, 2019
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., continues his bestselling Saga of Recluce with The Mage-Fire War, the third book in a story arc which began with The Mongrel Mage and Outcasts of Order. A USA Today Bestseller!Once again, prejudices against the use of chaos magic force Beltur and his companions to flee their refuge in Axalt. The rulers of nearby Montgren have offered them sanctuary and the opportunity to become the Councilors of the run-down and disintegrating town of Haven.Montegren lacks any mages—white or black—making this seem like the perfect opportuni... + Read More
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Get Crocked Slow Cooker Comfort Foods More than 175 crowd-pleasing homestyle recipes Hardcover 9781948174084 $29.99 COOKING Aug 27, 2019