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Series: Relax, Dammit! A User's Guide to the Age of Anxiety Hardcover Timothy Caulfield 9780735236325 $32.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Dec 01, 2020

WINNER of the 2021 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book AwardWINNER of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards’ Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction“Will vaccinate you against misinformation!”—Dr. Jen Gunter, renowned gynecologist and author of The Vagina BibleAn entertaining and practical guide to getting through the day with less stress and better health, from the host of the hit TV series A User’s Guide to Cheating Death.We make a ridiculous number of decisions every day—possibly even thousands. We make decisions about when to wake up... + Read More
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Series: The Invisible Library Novel The Dark Archive Paperback Genevieve Cogman 9781984804785 $22.00 FICTION Dec 29, 2020

In the newest novel in Genevieve Cogman’s historical fantasy series, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene must stop a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for.Librarian Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian’s job, and finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected. But when they both narrowly avoid getting killed in an assassination attempt, she decides that learning by doing is the only option they have left - especially when the assassins... + Read More
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Series: The Joona Linna Series Lazarus Joona Linna Series: #7 Paperback Lars Kepler 9780771048135 $24.95 FICTION Dec 01, 2020

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER15 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEThe seventh gripping thriller in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna.Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, Jurek Walter, was shot and killed years ago. The police moved on and managed to forget the darkness that had tainted their lives.Now, a mysterious killer is brutally murdering Europe’s most loathsome criminals. When police discover that two of the victims have connections to Detective Joona Linna, it’s clear that somebody is trying to send him a message. As the bod... + Read More
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Series: Red Hands A Novel Hardcover Christopher Golden 9781250246301 $38.50 FICTION Dec 08, 2020

In bestselling author Christopher Golden's supernatural thriller Red Hands, sometimes a story is a warning. Sometimes the warning comes too late When a mysterious and devastating bioweapon causes its victims to develop Red Hands, the touch of death, weird science expert Ben Walker is called to investigate.A car plows through the crowd at a July 4th parade. The driver climbs out, sick and stumbling, reaching out?and everyone he touches drops dead within seconds. Maeve Sinclair watches in horror as people she loves begin to die and she knows she ... + Read More
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Series: Mediocre The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America Hardcover Ijeoma Oluo 9781580059510 $35.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Dec 01, 2020

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, an “illuminating” (New York Times Book Review) history of white male identity.What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when success is defined by status over women and people of color, instead of by actual accomplishments?Through the last 150 years of American history -- from the post-reconstruction South and the mythic stories of cowboys in the West, to the present-day controversy over ... + Read More
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Series: The Last Days of John Lennon Hardcover James Patterson 9780316429061 $38.00 TRUE CRIME Dec 07, 2020

Discover one of the greatest true crime stories in music history, as only James Patterson can tell it. With the Beatles, John Lennon surpasses his youthful dreams, achieving a level of superstardom that defies classification. “We were the best bloody band there was,” he says. “There was nobody to touch us.” Nobody except the original nowhere man, Mark David Chapman. Chapman once worshipped his idols from afar—but now harbors grudges against those, like Lennon, whom he feels betrayed him. He’s convinced Lennon has misled fans with his message of... + Read More
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Series: Perestroika in Paris A novel Hardcover Jane Smiley 9780525520351 $35.95 FICTION Dec 01, 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris in this “feel-good escape” (The New York Times).Paras, short for ”Perestroika," is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and—she’s a curious filly—wanders all the way to the City of Light. She’s dazzled and often mystified by the sights, sounds, and smells around her, but sh... + Read More
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Series: The Blade Between A Novel Hardcover Sam J. Miller 9780062969828 $33.50 Dec 01, 2020

A Recommended Book from CrimeReads and AlmaFrom Nebula Award winner Sam J. Miller comes a frightening and uncanny ghost story about a rapidly changing city in upstate New York and the mysterious forces that threaten it.Ronan Szepessy promised himself he’d never return to Hudson. The sleepy upstate town was no place for a restless gay photographer. But his father is ill and New York City’s distractions have become too much for him. He hopes that a quick visit will help him recharge. Ronan reconnects with two friends from high school: Dom, his fi... + Read More
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Series: The Wrong Family A Thriller Original Hardcover Tarryn Fisher 9781525806377 $35.99 FICTION Dec 29, 2020

An Instant Bestseller!-The New York Times-USA Today-The Globe and Mail-The Toronto StarA MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM BUSTLE · E! · USA TODAY · REFINERY29 · POPSUGAR · BOOKRIOT · HUFFINGTON POST · CRIMEREADS · GOODREADS · THE TEMPEST From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Wives comes another twisted psychological thriller guaranteed to turn your world upside down.Have you ever been wrong about someone?Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch.Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had ... + Read More
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Series: Layla Paperback Colleen Hoover 9781542000178 $20.95 FICTION Dec 08, 2020

A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover comes a novel that explores life after tragedy and the enduring spirit of love.When Leeds meets Layla, he’s convinced he’ll spend the rest of his life with her—until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. After weeks in the hospital, Layla recovers physically, but the emotional and mental scarring has altered the woman Leeds fell in love with. In order to put their relationship back on track, Leeds whisks Layla away to the b... + Read More