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Series: Team of Vipers My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House Paperback Cliff Sims 9781250253644 $25.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 28, 2020

THE INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER"Sims’s vivid portrait of Trump shrewdly balances admiration with misgivings, and his intricate, engrossing accounts of White House vendettas and power plays have a good mix of immersion and perspective. The result is one of the best of the recent flood of Trump tell-alls." —Publishers WeeklyThe first honest insider’s account of the Trump administration. If you hate Trump you need the truth; if you love Trump you need the truth.After standing at Donald Trump’s side on Election Night, Cliff Sims joined him in t... + Read More
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Series: Ladies Who Punch The Explosive Inside Story of "The View" Paperback Ramin Setoodeh 9781250251985 $24.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 14, 2020

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERNational Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist, Best Non-Fiction BookThe gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show.When Barbara Walters launchedThe View, network executives told her that hosting it would tarnish her reputation. Instead, within ten years, she’d revolutionized morning TV and made household names of her co-hosts: Joy Behar, Star Jones, Meredith Vieira and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. But the daily chatfest didn’t just comment on the news. It became the news. ... + Read More
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Series: President Carter The White House Years Paperback Stuart E. Eizenstat 9781250104564 $39.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 28, 2020

The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments—drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes.Stuart Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter’s side from his political rise in Georgia through four years in the White House, where he served as Chief Domestic Policy Adviser. He was directly involved in all domestic and economic decisions as well as in many foreign policy ones. Famous for the legal pads he took to every meeting, he draws on more than 5,000 pages of notes and ... + Read More
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Series: Sailing to the Edge of Time The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging Paperback John Kretschmer 9781472951663 $24.50 SPORTS & RECREATION Mar 17, 2020

John Kretschmer is sailing's practical philosopher – as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life. Often amusing, sometimes poignant, occasionally terrifying but always inspiring, his deeply personal account is a welcome reminder of the good life waiting at sea.With hundreds of thousands of nautical miles under his keel, John's adventures have taken him several times around the world, with challenging crossings of the Atlantic and the Pacific, a narrow escape from a coup in Yemen, an unlikel... + Read More
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Series: Let the People Pick the President The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College Hardcover Jesse Wegman 9781250221971 $37.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Mar 17, 2020

“Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America’s ‘core democratic principles’ and should be done away with…" —Publishers WeeklyThe framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majori... + Read More
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Series: The War of Return How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace Hardcover Adi Schwartz 9781250252760 $38.50 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 28, 2020

Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to end with peace, Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that there will be no "right of return."In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their descendants are still registered as refugees, with many living in refugee camps. This group—unlike countless others that were displaced in the aftermath o... + Read More
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Series: Lyrics: Volume 4 (1829-37) 1830-37 Paperback Alexander Pushkin 9781847497345 $19.00 POETRY Jan 18, 2022

The founding father of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted--through his novel in verseEugeneOnegin, his plays, his short stories and his narrative poetry--a long-lasting influence well beyond the borders of his motherland. A slightly lesser-known, but by no mean less important aspect of his writing is his vast production of shorter verse, a genre at which he excelled and arguably still remains unsurpassed.This volume, part of Alma's series of the complete poetic works of Alexander Pushkin, collects the poems Pushkin wrote d... + Read More
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Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Three Years: New Translation Paperback Anton Chekhov 9781847497666 $11.00 FICTION Dec 01, 2020

A powerful novella about redemption and the nuances of human relationships that helped cement Chekhov's reputation as a major figure in Russian literature.On a visit to a provincial town to see his sister Nina who is suffering from cancer, Alexei Laptev, who works for his father's Moscow haberdashery business, falls in love with Yulia, the daughter of her doctor, and proposes to her. Although she does not reciprocate his feelings, she agrees to marry him and live with him in the capital, where the couple's relationship is marred by tensions: Yu... + Read More
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Series: The Queen V Everything You Need to Know About Sex, Intimacy, and Down There Health Care Hardcover Dr. Jackie Walters 9781250209184 $36.50 HEALTH & FITNESS Feb 04, 2020

InThe Queen V, the beloved OB-GYN, celebrity doctor, and star of Bravo'sMarried to Medicine reveals the twelve principles behind a happy and healthy vagina…and other lady parts.After twenty years of private obstetrics and gynecological practice, there’s nothing Dr. Jackie Walters hasn’t seen. And now, in her new book, the widely-adored OB-GYN invites you to put your feet in the stirrups and investigate. Whether she’s covering libido, contraceptives, labiaplasty, or fertility, Dr. Jackie educates readers with her characteristic grace and pragmat... + Read More
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Series: Align A Leadership Blueprint for Aligning Enterprise Purpose, Strategy and Organisation Hardcover Jonathan Trevor 9781472959393 $39.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 07, 2020

Drawing on research and real life challenges,Alignis a guide on how to achieve positive enterprise alignment.Why do some businesses thrive, while many more struggle and fail? A key reason--and the focus of this book--isstrategic alignment. This is the careful arrangement of the various elements of an enterprise--from its business strategy to its organisation--to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. The best-aligned enterprises are the best performing.Most executives recognize that their enterprises should be managed in this al... + Read More
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Series: Influence How social media influencers are shaping our digital future Hardcover Sara McCorquodale 9781472971913 $39.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 07, 2020

A detailed review of what businesses need to know about influencer strategies, social media and how digital communication works.Digital influencing is one of the most exciting and disruptive new industries, forecast to be worth billions by 2020, but those charged with making this an effective part of their digital strategy rarely understand how this emergent industry works. When it comes to online growth, digital influencers are now consistently outperforming traditional media and brand advertising, even if much of what they do remains a myste... + Read More
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Series: The Fall of the Human Empire Memoirs of a Robot Hardcover Charles-Edouard Bouee 9781472970039 $39.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 07, 2020

The little-known history of artificial intelligence--told by a robot named Lucie.Two trends are coming together: exponential growth in the processing power of supercomputers, and new software which can copy the way neurons in the human brain work and give machines the ability to learn. Smart systems will soon be commonplace in homes, businesses, factories, administrations, hospitals and the armed forces. How autonomous will they be? How free to make decisions? What place will human beings still have in a world controlled by robots? After the at... + Read More
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Series: The Social CEO How Social Media Can Make You A Stronger Leader Hardcover Damian Corbet 9781472967244 $38.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 07, 2020

Insights into why CEOs need to get social for business success, and how they can become effective social leaders.While business leaders may feel that it's enough to hire social media managers and amend their marketing strategies, Damian Corbet shows why organizations need to do more to succeed in the Social Age--why CEOs need to "get social" to survive.The Social CEO sets out to educate and inspire senior leaders to embrace the Social Age, teaching them the hows and whys of utilizing social media in order to make them stronger leaders. Social C... + Read More
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Series: Co-creating Brands Brand Management from A Co-creative Perspective Paperback Nicholas Ind 9781472962263 $39.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 04, 2020

An essential guide to contemporary marketing that demonstrates, via case studies, the move towards marketing techniques that better reflect consumer needs.Traditional approaches to brand management adopt an organizational perspective--the assumption is that the organization designs, produces and sells the brand, making a promise to customers and delivering on it. However, this view is limited. The power of the Internet to connect people and the desire of consumers to focus on experiences means that the brand is not created by the organization, ... + Read More
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Series: Press Start Using gamification to power-up your marketing Paperback Daniel Griffin 9781472970510 $39.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 11, 2020

Press Startexamines the benefits and uses of gamification, in order for businesses of any size and sector to create engaging and effective marketing campaigns.With many success stories from the likes of LinkedIn, Delta Airlines, Starbucks, and Duolingo, marketing gamification is already a well-established practice, but many businesses are wary of jumping in without a guide.The "addictions" and "highs" of Candy Crush or logging a run in your fitness app can be powerful drivers in terms of how we behave. In an increasingly commoditized world, mar... + Read More
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Series: The Handbook of Contemporary Marketing Paperback Mo Willan 9781472963734 $54.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Apr 20, 2021

An essential guide to contemporary marketing that demonstrates, via case studies, the move towards marketing techniques that better reflect consumer needs.Designed for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as those in executive education and general business,The Handbook of Contemporary Marketing covers a wide range of themes in contemporary marketing, including:Â· Consumer behaviour;Â· The latest marketing research;Â· Services marketing;Â· Brand management;Â· Global marketing; andÂ· ... + Read More
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Series: Checking Out What the Rise of the Sharing Economy Means for the Future of the Hotel Industry Hardcover Katherine Doggrell 9781472968722 $38.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 24, 2020

An industry insider's look at how the world's hospitality sector is addressing new challengers, such as the rise of Airbnb, and how it is reinventing itself for a new age of hospitality in an online world of sharing communities.One of the world's most established professions--the hotel sector--is under increasing pressure on two fronts: from disruptors in the sharing economy (notably Airbnb), and a rising wave of consumers being re-educated about the meaning of hospitality (through sites such as Trivago, Hotels.com and TripAdvisor). But can th... + Read More
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Series: Share How Organizations Can Thrive in an Age of Networked Knowledge, Power and Relationships Hardcover Linda Jingfang Cai 9781472942678 $47.50 BUSINESS & 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: Creating Value Through Technology Discover the Tech That Can Transform Your Business Hardcover Andrew Hampshire 9781472962041 $47.50 BUSINESS & 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 Technologyprovides 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 supported a... + Read More
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Series: China Bound John Swire & Sons and Its World, 1816 - 1980 Hardcover Robert Bickers 9781472949943 $54.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 05, 2020

An unrivaled and comprehensive look at the 200-year story of Swire, a highly diversified, global group of companies including Cathay Pacific, with a rich and colorful history.The Swire Group, started by John Swire in 1816, had its beginnings as a modest Liverpool import-export company, focused mainly on the textile trade. John Swire's sons, John Samuel (1825-1898) and William Hudson (1830-1884), took the firm overseas and it was John Samuel Swire in particular whose entrepreneurial instincts would be at the root of the firm's successes in years... + Read More
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Series: Step Up, Step Back How to Really Deliver Strategic Change in Your Organization Hardcover Elsbeth Johnson 9781472970640 $47.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 08, 2020

Many strategic change efforts fail. And virtually all of them are harder than they need to be. Why is this? And what can we do to make change more likely to stick?Dr. Elsbeth Johnson, a former equity analyst and London Business School Professor now teaching at MIT, has spent a decade researching how to deliver strategic change in practice. Based on asking managers what they needed from leaders, rather than just asking leaders what they did, her resultingStep Up, Step Back approach challenges some of our most fundamental beliefs about how to lea... + Read More
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Series: The Films That Made Me. . . Paperback Peter Bradshaw 9781448217557 $32.50 PERFORMING ARTS Jan 21, 2020

Peter Bradshaw's finest film reviews--the good, the bad, and the ugly.Peter Bradshaw is an excellent film reviewer for intelligent, curious filmgoers. He's a true journalist who has served asThe Guardian's film critic for 20 years and who understands what his readers want to know. His reviews carry his deep experience, knowledge, and understanding of film lightly.Films That Made Me... allows Peter Bradshaw to share his knowledge and guidance directly with readers. His reviews are the substance of this book--from 20 years-worth ofGuardian revi... + Read More
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Series: A Voice Named Aretha Hardcover Katheryn Russell-Brown 9781681198507 $24.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jan 07, 2020

From acclaimed author and illustrator pairing comes a beautiful picture book biography about the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and how she fought for respect throughout her life.Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul, a legend. But before she became a star, she was a shy little girl with a voice so powerful it made people jump up, sway, and hum along.Raised in a house full of talking and singing, Aretha learned the values that would carry her through life--from her church choir in Detroit to stages across the world. When she moved to New York C... + Read More
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Series: Close Calls How Eleven US Presidents Escaped from the Brink of Death Hardcover Michael P. Spradlin 9781547600236 $25.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 14 Jan 07, 2020

Historians tell the stories of tragic and untimely presidential deaths, but often forgotten are the near misses. JFK and his fellow servicemen spent six days on a desert island with only coconuts to eat after a deadly attack during WWII. Abe Lincoln was forced to take a train trip in disguise while America's first female detective worked to foil an early assassination attempt. And when Andrew Jackson was attacked by an upset citizen who had been stalking him for months, frontiersman Davey Crockett was the one to save him. With pacy, immediate w... + Read More
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Series: This Promise of Change One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality Paperback Jo Ann Allen Boyce 9781547604487 $17.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 - 12 Aug 19, 2025

Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book HonorWinner of the 2019Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for NonfictionA NYPL Top Ten of 2019AKirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearIn 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one ano... + Read More
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Series: Machines in Motion The Amazing History of Transportation Hardcover Tom Jackson 9781547603374 $26.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Jan 14, 2020

Every day, all over the world, people travel: short trips or great, long voyages, moving slowly and steadily or racing along at super-fast speeds. They make their trips in cars, trains, planes, ships and on bikes-and some people have even blasted off in rockets! But how did these vehicles become what we know now?With intricately illustrated timelines, this book takes readers on a journey through the developmental history of various modes of transportation – from chariots to electric cars, dugout canoes to ocean liners, cable cars to bullet trai... + Read More
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Series: The Girl and the Dinosaur Hardcover Hollie Hughes 9781547603220 $24.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Jan 14, 2020

This evocative, beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates one girl's limitless imagination, perfect for fans of the Fan Brothers.Anything is possible and nothing's as it seems . . .In a town by the seaside, Marianne is often seen digging for buried treasure on the beach. One day, she finds the most wonderful treasure of all--a dinosaur skeleton!That night, Marianne makes a wish upon a star that her dinosaur will come to life. She wishes it with all her heart--and it comes true. Together, Marianne's adventures with her new friend are limi... + Read More
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Series: Storm Keeper's Island The Lost Tide Warriors Hardcover Catherine Doyle 9781547602728 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jan 14, 2020

“Fans of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson can add Fionn Boyle as a generous and brave hero from the Emerald Isle.” – School Library ConnectiononThe Storm Keeper's IslandThere is magic deep within Arranmore Island, and Fionn Boyle is beginning to discover how it has woven its way through generations of his family's history. But Arranmore is in trouble; evil sorceress Morrigan's soul stalkers have returned, giving rise to widespread fear and suspicion. Fionn wants to help, but the Storm Keeper magic passed down from his grandfather seems to have des... + Read More
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Series: Storm Keeper's Island The Storm Keeper's Island Paperback Catherine Doyle 9781547602537 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jan 14, 2020

"Magical in every way." -Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl“Fans of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson can add Fionn Boyle as a generous and brave hero from the Emerald Isle.” – School Library ConnectionFionn Boyle comes from a long line of brave seafarers, people with the ocean behind their eyes. But he can't help but fear the open sea. For years, Fionn's mother has told him stories of Arranmore Island, a strange place that seems to haunt her. Fionn has always wondered about this mysterious island, and from the day he arrives he starts noticing th... + Read More
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Series: Chirp Hardcover Kate Messner 9781547602810 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Feb 04, 2020

"[A] deftly layered mystery about family, friendship, and the struggle to speak up." - Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author ofSpeakandShoutFrom acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to make her voice heard, set against the backdrop of a summertime mystery.When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she's recovering from the broken arm she got falling off a balance beam. And packed away in the moving boxes under her clothes and gymnastics trophies is a secret she'd rather forge... + Read More
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Series: Hop Little Bunnies Hardcover Martha Mumford 9781547602681 $24.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Feb 04, 2020

This delightful read-aloud starring four adorable bunnies is perfect for Easter and springtime--and features lift-the-flaps!See the little bunnies sleeping till it's noonShall we go and wake them with a merry tune?Wake up, animals! Join four adorable bunnies as they rouse their sleepy animal friends. Because there are times to be quiet--and times to be loud! Beneath lift-the-flaps on almost every page, readers will hop with bunnies,cheep with chicks,baa with lambs, andmeow with kittens.This interactive book, with a perfect read-aloud text inspi... + Read More
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Series: Big Bright Feelings Ravi's Roar Hardcover Tom Percival 9781547603008 $24.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Feb 04, 2020

This engaging book in the Big Bright Feelings series is a clever take on temper tantrums.Ravi never minded being the smallest in his family. Until one day, his short arms can’t reach the monkey bars, he can’t find anyone during hide-and-seek, AND he’s too little to ride the big slide. Ravi is so mad--sofurious--that he can’t control his temper anymore . . .. . . and he becomes a ferocious, roaringTIGER!Being a tiger is great. Tigers can doanything they want! But who wants to play with a growling, wild tiger who won’t share or behave? Ravi is ab... + Read More
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Series: The Amazing Idea of You Board book Charlotte Sullivan Wild 9781547603138 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Feb 04, 2030

Fans of Emily Winfield Martin will delight in this loving, gorgeously illustrated board book that celebrates new life.Hidden inside every living thing is an idea. That idea can sprout, sing, wriggle, take wing . . . into something amazing!Exploring beginnings both small and great,The Amazing Idea of You bonds the human and natural worlds in a lyrical burst of celebration.So dig deep, fly high, look around, and find the extraordinary inside everything . . . including YOU!
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Series: Croc & Turtle! Board book Mike Wohnoutka 9781547603121 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Feb 11, 2020

For fans of Penguin and Pinecone, this adorable duo will warm your heart and tickle your funny bone.Meet Croc! He is the strongest and fastest crocodile around.Meet Turtle! He agrees that Croc is the strongest and fastest.But what happens when Elephant lifts that heavy rock with ease? And when Cheetah speeds on by?Croc and Turtle might not be the strongest or the fastest, but they're definitely the best at something even more important . . .This humorous and heartwarming board book featured an utterly charming duo who will delight readers of... + Read More
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Series: Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Hardcover Alexandra Stewart 9781547601592 $29.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 11, 2020

In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and they had ascended Everest. This is the breathtaking story of how two very different, yet equally determined, men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds, and death-defying ridges to reach the top of the world's highest mountain.Combining fresh and contemporary illu... + Read More
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Series: The Ocean Exploring our blue planet Hardcover Miranda Krestovnikoff 9781547603350 $32.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Feb 11, 2020

Oceans cover more than 70% of the world--and so much science is lurking underneath that water's surface. This survey-style book explores an incredible collection of narratives, featuring fascinating facts and stories about the world's deepest seas and oceans. This is an eye-catching, comprehensive look at the creatures and plants that populate these waters and the people who have explored it, as well as a critical look at what is at stake now in protecting it. Featuring an eclectic mixof layout styles with incredible artwork throughout, this is... + Read More
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Series: Unicorn Quest Fire in the Star Hardcover Kamilla Benko 9781681192499 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 18, 2020

The enchanting Unicorn Quest series reaches its thrilling conclusion as two sisters fight to save a magical land from destruction.* "Those who love Madeleine L'Engle'sA Wrinkle in Time . . . [or] Neil Gaiman'sCoraline, can't miss this debut.” -Booklist, starred review, onThe Unicorn Quest"An adventure-quest brimming with magic and heart." - Roshani Chokshi,New York Timesbestselling author, onThe Unicorn QuestAfter a lifetime of being the younger sister--of letting Sophie fight her battles, of following her on countless Experiences and through ... + Read More
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Series: Unicorn Quest Secret in the Stone Paperback Kamilla Benko 9781547603107 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 18, 2020

"Hand to readers who love Narnia." --School Library JournalonThe Unicorn Quest* "Those who love Madeleine L'Engle'sA Wrinkle in Time or . . . Neil Gaiman'sCoraline, can't miss this debut." --Booklist, starred review, onThe Unicorn QuestThe second book in an enchanting fantasy series The Unicorn Quest, about a real-world girl and her sister in a land full of magic and strange creatures.Claire Martinson and her sister Sophie have decided to stay in Arden--the magical land they discovered by climbing up a chimney in their great-aunt's manor. ... + Read More
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Series: A Beginner's Projects in Coding Hardcover Marc Scott 9781547602766 $20.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 03, 2020

A fully up-to-date companion to the successful A Beginner's Guide to Coding. Ever wondered how to make a computer follow instructions? Then it is time to get coding! Using the free programming languages of Scratch and Python, these step-by-step projects will have young coders making their own computer games in no time. Accessible, engaging, and fun, this book is bursting with eye-catching illustrations and fantastic projects to introduce aspiring programmers to the world of coding. Featuring newly updated Scratch 3.0 language and brand new pro... + Read More
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Series: A Way with Wild Things Hardcover Larissa Theule 9781681190396 $24.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Mar 03, 2020

Meet Poppy--if you can spot her among the wildflowers!Poppy loves nature, and can be found carrying on conversations with ladybugs or singing with cicadas, but good luck spotting her indoors and around people! She's a master of camouflage, always finding a way to blend into her surroundings. Some might call her a wallflower.At a party, Poppy stays out of sight. But when a very special bug lands on the cake, Poppy can't resist popping out to see it. Soon, the rest of the guests notice the beautiful dragonfly, and Poppy, too. Maybe she's not a wa... + Read More
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Series: Caterpillar Summer Paperback Gillian McDunn 9781547603145 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Oct 06, 2020

This beautifully written, emotional debut perfect for fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt or Ali Benjamin tells the story of a girl, her special needs brother, and the summer they will never forget."An engaging, honest book." --Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Newbery Honor-winning author ofThe War That Saved My Life"A beautiful story of family, forgiveness, life on an island, and growing up." --Kate Messner, author ofBreakoutandThe Seventh WishCat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond--Cat is one of the few people who can keep Chicken h... + Read More
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Series: How to Be a Pirate Hardcover Isaac Fitzgerald 9781681197784 $24.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Mar 03, 2020

A National Bestseller!"A beautiful, generous, fun collaboration of story and illustration and pirate tattoos. Seriously wise pirate advice for everyone." - Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureCeCe dreams of being a pirate. When the neighborhood boys tell her that she can't, she wonders where to begin. Luckily, she suspects her grandpa must know something about being a pirate--why else would he have all those tattoos?As he shares each tattoo, Grandpa and CeCe are transported from adventure to adventure, and CeC... + Read More
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Series: Monster's Trucks Hardcover Rebecca Van Slyke 9781681193014 $24.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Mar 03, 2020

Monster loves his construction vehicles. They help him dig deep trenches, push dirt and rocks, and carry all kinds of materials around his construction site.But Monster does not like sharing his trucks! No one can touch his bulldozer, fork lift, or crane. So what happens when the reader does exactly what Monster has said NOT to do?Monster is in for a wild and hilarious ride, getting scooped and raised and dumped all over the place. Thankfully, the end result -- after pushing levers, buttons, and gears galore -- is a surprise that's good fun fo... + Read More
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Series: The Queen Bee and Me Hardcover Gillian McDunn 9781681197517 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 03, 2020

From the highly acclaimed author ofCaterpillar Summer comes a heartfelt story about the sweetness and stings of middle-school friendship.Meg has always found comfort in her best friend Beatrix's shadow. Self-assured Beatrix is the one who makes decisions, and the girls have been a pair since kindergarten. But middle school has brought some changes in Beatrix, especially when Meg tries to step outside her role as sidekick.A special science elective is Meg's first step away, but when she's paired with quirky new girl Hazel, Beatrix steps in to st... + Read More
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Series: The Multiplying Mysteries of Mount Ten Paperback Krista Van Dolzer 9781547603534 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Apr 07, 2020

For fans ofBook Scavenger, a smart and funny math camp middle-grade mystery with built-in logic puzzles that readers can solveTwelve-year-old painter Esther can't wait to attend Camp Vermeer, the most prestigious art camp around. But when her stepdad accidentally drives up the wrong mountain, she lands at Camp Archimedes -- a math camp! Determined to prove herself to the other campers, she tackles a brain-teaser that's supposed to be impossible, and solves it in a single day. But not everyone is happy about it... someone wants her out of camp ... + Read More
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Series: The God Child Hardcover Nana Oforiatta Ayim 9781408882429 $34.99 ART Mar 03, 2020

"A beautifully told story of family secrets and conflicting cultural expectations." --Booklist(starred review)"A brave reinvention of the immigrant narrative . . . Cesaire'sNotebookmeets Duras'Lover. Unprecedented" --Taiye Selasi, author ofGhana Must GoA moving, mesmerizing, and astoundingly original debut novel by one of the most exciting literary voices to emerge in recent years.Maya is the only child of an expat Ghanaian couple based in Germany, where as the sole African girl in her school, the pressure is on her to succeed. While her father... + Read More
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Series: With Him Listening to the Underside of the World Paperback Bruno Cadore 9781472970152 $24.50 RELIGION Jan 21, 2020

A meditation on the role of the Dominican in the modern world.The Dominican Order has a particular vocation: not to stay enclosed in monasteries but to get out on the highways and byways and preach. This book is a meditation or reflection on the role of the Dominican in the modern world. But as Master of the Order of Preachers Bruno Cadore points out at the start of the book, we are all brothers and sisters, and therefore this book is addressed to a wide audience.Having traveled to visit the houses of the order in every part of the world, Cador... + Read More
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Series: Alive in God A Christian Imagination Paperback Timothy Radcliffe 9781472970206 $24.50 RELIGION Feb 04, 2020

Timothy Radcliffe considers the strength of the Christian imagination in its ability inspire others.How can Christianity touch the imagination of our contemporaries when ever fewer people in the West identify as religious? Timothy Radcliffe argues we must show how everything we believe is an invitation to live fully. God says: "I put before you life and death: choose life."Anyone who understands the beauty and messiness of human life--novelists, poets, filmmakers and so on--can be our allies, whether they believe or not. The challenge is not to... + Read More
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Series: The Wind, the Fountain and the Fire Scripture and the Renewal of the Christian Imagination: The 2020 Lent Book Paperback Mark Barrett 9781472968371 $20.50 RELIGION Feb 11, 2020

The 2020 Lent Book from Bloomsbury is based around an analysis of the imagery of the Psalms.The Book of Psalms has always formed the substance of the daily prayer of Christian monks and nuns. InThe Wind, The Fountain and the Fire, a Benedictine monk offers a path for all of us through the five weeks of Lent, by opening the Psalms as a gateway to scriptural prayer.Powerful imagery abounds in these ancient poems of prayer. The book finds in these images keys which can unlock both our understanding of scripture and knowledge of our own hearts. The... + Read More
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Series: In the Closet of the Vatican Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy; THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Paperback Frederic Martel 9781472966186 $28.50 POLITICAL SCIENCE Feb 18, 2020

TheNew York Times Bestseller"[An] earth-shaking exposÃ© of clerical corruption." -National Catholic ReporterIn the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. Now in a revised translation and with updated material, this brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power.The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of the use of contraceptives, the cover up of countless cases of sexual abuse, the resign... + Read More
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Series: Groupthink A Study in Self Delusion Hardcover Christopher Booker 9781472959058 $38.00 LITERARY CRITICISM May 19, 2020

The final book by celebrated columnist and bestselling author Christopher BookerInGroupthink, his final book, the late, eminent journalist and bestselling author Christopher Booker seeks to identify the hidden key to understanding much that is disturbing about the world today.With reference to the ideas of a Yale professor who first identified the theory, and to the writings of George Orwell from whose 'newspeak' the word was adapted, Booker sheds new light on the remarkable – and worrying – effects of 'groupthink', and its influence on our soc... + Read More
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Series: Colonialism Right or Wrong?: An African Perspective Hardcover Mukui Waruiru 9781472965028 $43.50 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 12, 2022

The first book on the controversial subject of colonialism in Africa from the perspective of an African author. There are a lot of people pontificating these days about colonization and the British Empire. Those who view British colonialism as entirely bad often express themselves with venom and fury - attacking anyone who does not agree with them. Here is a book by an African on this vexed subject. The common narrative about colonialism in Africa is that it brought only oppression and injustice, and that nothing positive was accomplished in ... + Read More
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Series: The Way of St Benedict Paperback Rowan Williams 9781472973078 $24.50 RELIGION Apr 07, 2020

Rowan Williams explores the importance and influence of Benedict's Rule in the modern era.With typical eloquence and wisdom, inThe Way of St Benedict Rowan Williams explores the appeal of St Benedict's sixth-century Rule, showing it to be a document of great relevance to present day Christians and non-believers at our particular moment in history.For over a millennium the Rule--a set of guidelines for monastic conduct--has been influential on the life of Benedictine monks, but has also served in some sense as a "background note" to almost all a... + Read More
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Series: Philanthropy From Aristotle to Zuckerberg Hardcover Paul Vallely 9781472920126 $54.50 HISTORY Nov 17, 2020

The super-rich are silently and secretly shaping our world.In this groundbreaking exploration of historical and contemporary philanthropy, bestselling author Paul Vallelyreveals how this far-reaching change came about.Vivid with anecdote and scholarly insight, this magisterial survey – from the ancient Greeks to today's high-tech geeks – provides an original take on the history of philanthropy. It shows how giving has, variously, been a matter of honour, altruism, religious injunction, political control, moral activism, enlightened self-interes... + Read More
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Series: The World Only Spins Forward The Ascent of Angels in America Paperback Isaac Butler 9781635572988 $26.99 PERFORMING ARTS Jan 07, 2020

The oral history ofAngels in America, as told by the artists who created it and the audiences forever changed by it--a moving account of the AIDS era, essential queer history, and pure "theater magic" (NPR).A STONEWALL BOOK AWARDS HONOR BOOKWhen Tony Kushner'sAngels in America hit Broadway in 1993, it won the Pulitzer Prize, swept the Tonys, launched a score of major careers, and changed the way gay lives were represented in popular culture. Mike Nichols's 2003 HBO adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, and Mary-Louise Parker was itself a... + Read More
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Series: A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland Paperback DaMaris B. Hill 9781635574616 $23.00 HISTORY Jan 14, 2020

Nominated for an NAACP Image AwardAPublishers Weekly Top 10 History Title for the seasonBooklist's Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction titles for the yearBookRiot's "50 Must-Read Poetry Collections"Most Anticipated Books of the Year--The Rumpus, NylonA revelatory work in the tradition of Claudia Rankine's Citizen, DaMaris Hill's searing and powerful narrative-in-verse bears witness to American women of color burdened by incarceration.“It is costly to stay free and appear / sane.”From Harriet Tubman to Assata Shakur, Ida B. Wells to Sandra Bland and Black... + Read More
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Series: Pravda Ha Ha True Travels to the End of Europe Hardcover Rory MacLean 9781408896525 $36.50 TRAVEL Jan 14, 2020

An unsettling, timely, and darkly comic exposÃ© of Putin's Russia and European disintegration from highly acclaimed travel writer Rory MacLean.In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. In that euphoric year Rory MacLean travelled from Berlin to Moscow, exploring lands that were – for most Brits and Americans – part of the forgotten half of Europe. Thirty years on, MacLean traces his original journey backwards, across countries confronting old ghosts and new fears: from revanchist Russia, through Ukraine's bloodlands, into illiberal Hungary, and then Poland... + Read More
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Series: The Longing for Less Living with Minimalism Hardcover Kyle Chayka 9781635572100 $36.50 HOUSE & HOME Jan 21, 2020

"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation,The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive." -Jenny Odell, author ofHow to Do Nothing"Thoughtful and absorbing . . . A superb outing from a gifted young critic that will spark joy in many readers." -Kirkus Reviews,starred review“Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive fo... + Read More
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Series: Crescent City House of Earth and Blood Hardcover Sarah J. Maas 9781635574043 $34.99 FICTION Mar 03, 2020

A #1 New York Times bestseller!Sarah J. Maas's brand-new CRESCENT CITY series begins with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life—working hard all day and partying all night—until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She’ll do w... + Read More
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Series: Outraged Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking Hardcover Ashley 'Dotty' Charles 9781635575002 $34.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jul 14, 2020

“Funny, nuanced and wonderful” -Jon Ronson, bestselling author of SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED and THE PSYCHOPATH TEST“Outragedis as hilarious as it is smart, and as insightful as it is provocative. A book that had me hollering, nodding and questioning at the same time.” -Candice Carty-Williams, author ofQueenieA candid exploration of the state of outrage in our culture, how it debases our civil discourse, and how we can channel it back into the fights that matter, from radio host Ashley "Dotty" Charles.We're living in a post-modern utopia of... + Read More