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  • CONSTELLATIONS
    SINÉAD GLEESON
    The #1 Irish bestseller and winner of Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards, winner of the 2020 Dalkey Literary Awards, named Best Book of the Year by the Guardian, Observer, Image, Irish Times, New Statesman, and Irish Independent, Sinéad Gleeson’s essays chronicle—in crystalline, tender, powerful prose—life in a body as it goes through sickness, h...

    $291.99

  • TAP OUT
    EDGAR KUNZ
    "Charts the gritty, physical terrain of blue-collar masculinity."―New York Times New & Noteworthy  “Kunz arrives with real poetic talent.”—The Millions, “Must Read Poetry” "[A] gritty, insightful debut." —Washington Post Winner of the 2019 Julia Ward Howe Award for Poetry Approach these poems as short stories, plainspoken lyric essays, controlled arcs of a bildungsroman, then a...

    $273.49

  • DEVIL'S DAY
    ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY
    A new novel by the author of The Loney, which was praised by Stephen King as "an amazing piece of fiction." In the wink of an eye, as quick as a flea, The Devil he jumped from me to thee. And only when the Devil had gone, Did I know that he and I'd been one . . . Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up, to help gather the sheep down from the moors for ...

    $273.49

  • TALES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN
    MICHAEL S. GAZZANIGA
    Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker. In the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, “the father of cognitive neuroscience,” was part of a team of pioneering neuroscientists who dev...

    $279.00

  • THE PRINCE OF LOS COCUYOS
    RICHARD BLANCO
    “In this vibrant memoir, Obama-inaugural poet Richard Blanco tenderly, exhilaratingly chronicles his Miami childhood amid a colorful, if suffocating, family of Cuban exiles, as well as his quest to find his artistic voice and the courage to accept himself as a gay man.” — O, The Oprah Magazine A poignant, hilarious, and inspiring memoir from the first Latino and openly gay inau...

    $274.00

  • FOURTH OF JULY CREEK
    SMITH HENDERSON
    In this shattering and iconic American novel, PEN prize-winning writer, Smith Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion and anarchy, brilliantly depicting our nation's disquieting and violent contradictions. After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker P...

    $279.00

  • THE MASTER OF CONFESSIONS
    THIERRY CRUVELLIER
    Renowned journalist Thierry Cruvellier takes us into the dark heart of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge with The Master of Confessions, a suspenseful account of a Chief Interrogator's trial for war crimes. On April 17, 1975, the communist Khmer Rouge, led by its secretive prime minister Pol Pot, took over Cambodia. Renaming the country Democratic Kampuchea, they cut the nation off from t...

    $229.00

  • THE OYSTERS OF LOCMARIAQUER
    ELEANOR CLARK
    Winner of the National Book Award “What an elegant book this is, starting with that most elegant of creatures, the Belon oyster. . . . [Clark’s] fantastic blending of science and art, history and journalism, brings the appetite back for life and literature both.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review On the northwest coast of France, just around the corner from the English Channel, i...

    $314.00

  • THE WIND IS NOT A RIVER
    BRIAN PAYTON
    Brian Payton’s The Wind Is Not a River is a gripping tale of survival and an epic love story set during the only World War II battle on American soil. Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska’s Aleut...

    $251.00

  • VAGINA
    NAOMI WOLF
    An astonishing work of cutting–edge science and cultural history from one of our most respected cultural critics and thinkers, Naomi Wolf, author of the modern classic The Beauty Myth When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers—much to her own astonishment—an increasing body of sc...

    $229.00

  • THE COMPLETE NOSE TO TAIL
    FERGUS HENDERSON
    An exhilarating compendium that brings together maverick chef Henderson’s two acclaimed cookbooks—Whole Beast and Beyond Nose to Tail.  Adventurous palates as well as some of the most famous names in the food world—including Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain, Jamie Oliver, and Daniel Boulud—flock to Fergus Henderson’s London restaurant, St. John, to indulge in his culinary artistr...

    $390.00

  • AN APPETITE FOR WONDER
    RICHARD DAWKINS
    New York Times bestselling author and renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins delivers an intimate look into his own childhood and intellectual development, illuminating his path to becoming one of the foremost thinkers in modern science today “A memoir that is funny and modest, absorbing and playful. Dawkins has written a marvelous love letter to science ....

    $279.00

  • AMERICAN ALLY
    CON COUGHLIN
    American Ally is the definitive account of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's support for the United States in the War on Terror. Drawing on his exclusive access to the key players at the White House and Downing Street, Con Coughlin explains what led Blair to risk his political career for a cause that he truly believed in. Just as Bob Woodward called on insiders to analyze Geo...

    $251.00

  • STAY UP WITH ME
    TOM BARBASH
    The stories in Tom Barbash's wondrous and evocative collection explore the myriad ways we try to connect with one another and with the sometimes cruel world around us. The newly single mother in "The Break" interferes in her son's love life over his Christmas vacation from college. The anxious young man in "Balloon Night" persists in hosting his and his wife's annual watch-the-...

    $251.00

  • ALONE TOGETHER
    THEODORA GETTY GASTON
    Theodora "Teddy" Getty Gaston—now one hundred years old—reveals the glamorous yet painful story of her marriage to J. Paul Getty. As formidable as Getty was, his wife was equally strong-minded and flamboyant, and their clutches and clashes threw off sparks. She knew the vulnerable side of Getty—he underwent painful plastic surgery and suffered terrible phobias—that few, if any,...

    $164.00

  • GRANDMOTHER'S TALE AND SELECTED STORIES
    R. K. NARAYAN
    "It is not too much to compare Mr. Narayan to Chekhov." -The New York Times There is no better introduction to R.K. Narayan than this remarkable collection of stories celebrating work that spans five decades. Characters include a storyteller whose magical source of tales dries up, a love-stricken husband who is told by astrologers he must sleep with a prostitute to save his dyi...

    $314.00

  • THE IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF GRETA WELLS
    ANDREW SEAN GREER
    From the critically acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Confessions of Max Tivoli comes The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, a rapturously romantic story of a woman who finds herself transported to the “other lives” she might have lived. After the death of her beloved twin brother and the abandonment of her long-time lover, Greta Wells undergoes electroshock t...

    $314.00

  • TOGETHER TEA
    MARJAN KAMALI
    A disillusioned immigrant grad student and her matchmaking mom return to the country they left behind in this heartwarming debut novel. Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter’s twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother’s endless matchmaking and grading of available Iranian American bachelors. After Darya’s last ill-fated a...

    $249.00

  • THE DIMAGGIOS
    TOM CLAVIN
    This biography of the legendary baseball family is an “entertaining and a rich source of DiMaggio lore” (New York Daily News). In The DiMaggios, New York Times–bestselling acclaimed sportswriter Tom Clavin reveals the untold Great American Story of three brothers, Joltin’ Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio, and the Great American Game—baseball—that would consume their lives. A vivid ...

    $251.00

  • THE RIDDLE OF THE LABYRINTH
    MARGALIT FOX
    In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative.   When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilizat...

    $249.00

  • THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF ADAM HOPE
    RHONDA RILEY
    “Strange and powerful. . . . the most resonant and touching love story I’ve read in a very long time.” Lauren Groff, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies and The Matrix During WWII, teenager Evelyn Roe is sent to manage the family farm in rural North Carolina, where she finds what she takes to be a badly burned soldier on their ...

    $229.00

  • I NEVER HAD IT MADE
    JACKIE ROBINSON / ALFRED DUCKETT
    The New York Times–bestselling autobiography of Jackie Robinson, barrier-breaking Brooklyn Dodger and civil rights legend: “An American classic.” —Entertainment Weekly Before Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier, striking a crucial blow for rac...

    $249.00

  • LA CUCINA
    LILY PRIOR
    Since childhood, Rosa Fiore -- daughter of a sultry Sicilian matriarch and her hapless husband -- found solace in her family's kitchen. La Cucina, the heart of the family's lush estate, was a place where generations of Fiore women prepared sumptuous feasts and where the drama of extended family life was played out around the age-old table. When Rosa was a teenager, her own cook...

    $119.00

  • MADE IN SICILY
    GIORGIO LOCATELLI
    The legendary chef and acclaimed author of Made in Italy shares recipes and stories that capture the varied and vibrant flavors of Sicily. Michelin star chef Giorgio Locatelli set a new standard for Italian cookbooks with his instant classic, Made in Italy. Now, he focuses the same level of passion and expertise on one of Italy’s most romantic, dramatic regions. This gorgeously...

    $369.00

  • THE COLOUR OF MILK
    NELL LEYSHON
    A “truly wonderful” exploration of power dynamics between servant and employer is a “slender, beautiful novel with as much heart as a book twice its size.” —San Francisco Chronicle “this is my book and i am writing it by my own hand.” Mary and her three sisters rise every day to farmwork that threatens to suppress their own awakening desires, whether it’s Violet’s pull toward w...

    $251.00

  • THE STOCKHOLM OCTAVO
    KAREN ENGELMANN
    “A delicious page-turner that brings eighteenth-century Stockholm to vivid life, complete with scandal, conspiracy, mystery, and a hint of magic.” —Eleanor Brown, New York Times–bestselling author One man’s fortune holds the key to a nation’s fate in this sensational debut novel set in eighteenth-century Sweden. The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a co...

    $119.00

  • LUDOBITES
    LUDOVIC LEFEBVRE
    Visionary, charismatic master chef, Ludo Lefebvre, and his Los Angeles cult hit “pop-up” restaurant LudoBites are worshipped by critics and foodies alike. LudoBites, the book, is at once a chronicle and a cookbook, containing tales of the meteoric career of this “rock star” of the culinary world (who was running kitchens at age 24) and the full story of his brilliant innovation...

    $179.00

  • MICK JAGGER
    PHILIP NORMAN
    Author Phillip Norman, whose previous bestseller, John Lennon: The Life, was praised as a “haunting, mammoth, terrific piece of work” (New York Times Book Review) and whose classic Shout! is widely considered to be the definitive biography of the Beatles, now turns his attention to the iconic front man of the Rolling Stones, “the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world.” Norma...

    $334.00

  • HIGGS DISCOVERY
    LISA RANDALL
    On July 4, 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva madehistory when they discovered an entirely new type of subatomic particle that many scientists believe is the Higgs boson. For forty years, physicists searched for this capstone to the Standard Model of particle physics—the theory that describes both the most elementary components that are known in matter and ...

    $251.00

  • THE TALIBAN CRICKET CLUB
    TIMERI N. MURARI
    “A lovely, diverting and moving tale of contemporary Kabul, about love, courage, passion, tyranny and cricket.” —Shashi Tharoor, international bestselling author of Inglorious Empire A harrowing yet tender novel—Bend It Like Beckham in a burka—The Taliban Cricket Club is a moving and unforgettable tale of one woman’s courage and guile in the face of terror and tyranny. Set in w...

    $251.00


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