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  • IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS
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    IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS
    MILTON GLASER
    The iconic graphic designer presents "a self-analysis of his creative process . . . [in] arguably his proudest accomplishment" ( The Atlantic ).   Milton Glaser is perhaps the most celebrated graphic designer in the world. As a young man, he read a phrase that stayed with him through his life: "In Search of the Miraculous." One could say that all human experience is a miracle—m...

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  • TO BE HONEST
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    TO BE HONEST
    MICHAEL LEVITON
    A memoir of "great wit and irony" about growing up in a family fanatically devoted to honesty, and navigating what came next ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).   If you're like most people, you probably lied today. It may have been a small one, some insignificant falsehood meant to protect someone's feelings or guard your true thoughts. Now imagine if your parents ingrained ...

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  • RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
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    RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
    BOB GRUEN
    "Gruen chronicles his adventures as one of the preeminent photographers of rock and roll in his spectacular memoir . . . a roller-coaster narrative" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and respected photographers in rock and roll. From John Lennon to Johnny Rotten; Muddy Waters to the Rolling Stones; Elvis to Madonna; Bob Dylan to Bob...

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  • GOOD BLOOD
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    GOOD BLOOD
    JULIAN GUTHRIE
    The New York Times–bestselling author of How to Make a Spaceship presents the remarkable, uplifting story of a life-saving medical breakthrough.   In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy young doctor at Columbia Universit...

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  • THE FIXED STARS
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    THE FIXED STARS
    MOLLY WIZENBERG
    The New York Times–bestselling author's thoughtful and provocative memoir of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships.   At age thirty-six, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as ...

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  • AU REVOIR, TRISTESSE
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    AU REVOIR, TRISTESSE
    VIV GROSKOP
    "Groskop skillfully juggles memoir, biography, philosophy, and literary criticism to create a delightful tour through some of French literature's greats." —Madeline Miller, New York Times–bestselling author Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at ag...

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  • ONE LAST LUNCH
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    ONE LAST LUNCH
    ERICA HELLER
    In this heartwarming essay collection, dozens of authors, actors, artists and others imagine one last lunch with someone they cherished.   A few years ago, Erica Heller realized how universal the longing is for one more moment with a lost loved one. It could be a parent, a sibling, a mentor, or a friend, but who wouldn't love the opportunity to sit down, break bread, and just t...

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  • LAUGH LINES
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    LAUGH LINES
    ALAN ZWEIBEL
    With his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, one of the first writers for Saturday Night Live traces the history of American comedy.   Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the f...

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  • HOLLYWOOD DOUBLE AGENT
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    HOLLYWOOD DOUBLE AGENT
    JONATHAN GILL
    This true story of Golden Age Hollywood and Cold War espionage is a "captivating, fast-paced narrative [that] reads like a thriller" ( Library Journal). Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and '40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as ...

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  • HEALING POLITICS
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    HEALING POLITICS
    ABDUL EL-SAYED
    A memoir about restoring the health of our people, and our democracy, from a physician and "one of the brightest young stars" of the progressive movement (Sen. Bernie Sanders). A child of immigrants, Abdul El-Sayed grew up feeling a responsibility to help others. He threw himself into the study of medicine and excelled—winning a Rhodes Scholarship, earning two advanced degrees,...

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  • WAR DOCTOR
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    WAR DOCTOR
    DAVID NOTT
    #1 International Bestseller: A frontline trauma surgeon tells his "riveting" true story of operating in the world's most dangerous war zones ( The Times).   For more than twenty-five years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world's most perilous conflict zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993 to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carrie...

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  • THE LOST FAMILY
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    THE LOST FAMILY
    LIBBY COPELAND
    "A fascinating exploration of the mysteries ignited by DNA genealogy testing—from the intensely personal and concrete to the existential and unsolvable." —Tana French, New York Times–bestselling author You swab your cheek or spit in a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certa...

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  • OVERGROUND RAILROAD
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    OVERGROUND RAILROAD
    CANDACY A. TAYLOR
    This historical exploration of the Green Book offers "a fascinating [and] sweeping story of black travel within Jim Crow America across four decades" ( The New York Times Book Review). Published from 1936 to 1966, the  Green Book was hailed as the "black travel guide to America." At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because they coul...

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  • WOMEN ON FOOD
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    WOMEN ON FOOD
    CHARLOTTE DRUCKMAN
    "A mix of essays, Q&As and short riffs . . . writing that is combative, funny, skeptical, angry, occasionally sanctimonious and altogether riveting." —NPR.org Edited by Charlotte Druckman and featuring esteemed food journalists and thinkers, including Soleil Ho, Nigella Lawson, Diana Henry, Carla Hall, Samin Nosrat, Rachael Ray, and many others, this compilation illuminates the...

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  • ON NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
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    ON NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
    D.J. TAYLOR
    The essential backstory to the creation and meaning of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century—and now the twenty-first. Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell's  1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians hav...

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  • VANISHING FLEECE
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    VANISHING FLEECE
    CLARA PARKES
    The renowned knitter shares her year-long adventure through America's colorful, fascinating—and slowly disappearing—wool industry. Join Clara Parkes as she ventures across the country to meet the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Along the way, she encounters a flock of Saxon Mer...

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  • THE MOST SPECTACULAR RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD
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    THE MOST SPECTACULAR RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD
    TOM ROSTON
    An "engrossing" history of the restaurant atop the World Trade Center "that ruled the New York City skyline from April 1976 until September 11, 2001" ( Booklist, starred review). In the 1970s, New York City was plagued by crime, filth, and an ineffective government. The city was falling apart, and even the newly constructed World Trade Center threatened to be a fiasco. But in A...

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  • THE CIDER REVIVAL
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    THE CIDER REVIVAL
    JASON WILSON
    "From unraveling the history of the apple to exploring the intricacies of flavor, [Wilson] reveals the love and labor that goes into a timeless beverage." —Bianca Bosker, New York Times–bestselling author of Cork Dork Cider is the quintessential American beverage. Drank by early settlers and founding fathers, it was ubiquitous and pervasive, but following Prohibition when orcha...

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  • THE GREAT GREAT WALL
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    THE GREAT GREAT WALL
    IAN VOLNER
    "Timely and highly readable . . . provides a valuable backdrop to Donald Trump's insistence on a barrier across America's southern border." —Robert Dallek, presidential historian During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump's signature promises was that he would build a "great great wall" on the border between the US and Mexico, and Mexico was going to pay for it...

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  • A LIFE IN MOVIES
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    A LIFE IN MOVIES
    IRWIN WINKLER
    "A lively memoir . . . a first-hand work of cinema history . . . the testament of a pivotal figure in American moviemaking." —Martin Scorsese The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary:  Rocky,  Goodfellas,  Raging Bull,  De-Lovely,  The Right Stuff,  Creed, and  The Irishman. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Acad...

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  • THE IDLE BEEKEEPER
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    THE IDLE BEEKEEPER
    BILL ANDERSON
    From building a hive to harvesting honey, a top urban beekeeper shares how to care for bees the simple, mindful way. Global bee populations have been rapidly declining for years, and it's not just our honey supply that's at stake: the contribution of bees to the pollination of crops is essential to human survival. But even in industrial apiaries, bees are in distress, hiving in...

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  • BLOOD, OIL AND THE AXIS
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    BLOOD, OIL AND THE AXIS
    JOHN BROICH
    An "almost absurdly colorful" history of the WWII battle for the Levant: "In places . . . the material is like Casablanca meets The English Patient" ( The Wall Street Journal). In the spring of 1941, the Allied forces had one last hope: that the Axis would run through its fuel supply. In Blood, Oil and the Axis, historian John Broich tells the vital story of Iraq and the Levant...

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  • NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT POWER
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    NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT POWER
    AMOS BARSHAD
    In this exploration of shadowy, behind-the-scenes operators, "each portrait provides an incisive dissection of the acquisition and maintenance of power" ( The Nation). Journalist Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders—he's interested in the dark figures who wield power from the shadows. And, as Barshad shows in  No...

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  • SELFIE
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    SELFIE
    WILL STORR
    "An intriguing odyssey" though the history of the self and the rise of narcissism ( The New York Times). Self-absorption, perfectionism, personal branding—it wasn't always like this, but it's always been a part of us. Why is the urge to look at ourselves so powerful? Is there any way to break its spell—especially since it doesn't necessarily make us better or happier people? Fu...

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  • THE NATIONAL TEAM
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    THE NATIONAL TEAM
    CAITLIN MURRAY
    A complete history of the U.S Women's National Soccer Team from the 1980s to its 2019 World Cup victory. In the summer of 2019, the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team swept the field and decisively won their fourth World Cup, further cementing their place as the most decorated, ground-breaking, and outspoken team in women's sports. But in The National Team, a complete history of...

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  • A WOMAN FIRST: FIRST WOMAN
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    A WOMAN FIRST: FIRST WOMAN
    SELINA MEYER
    A hilarious parody memoir for the beloved Veep character portrayed for seven seasons by Emmy-winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Born and raised deep in the American heartland of God-fearing suburban Maryland, young Selina Eaton learned to love her country and her fellow man from her parents, Catherine, a sportswoman, dog lover, and philanthropist, and Gordon, or "Daddy" as she always ...

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  • TEN DRUGS
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    TEN DRUGS
    THOMAS HAGER
    "The stories are skillfully told and entirely entertaining . . . An expert, mostly feel-good book about modern medicine" from the award-winning author ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcom...

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  • THE FLAVOR OF WOOD
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    THE FLAVOR OF WOOD
    ARTUR CISAR-ERLACH
    "Part travelogue and part culinary adventure . . . a quirky, entertaining ramble through the many ways wood lends its flavor to food" (Bob Holmes, author of Flavor). Most people don't expect wood to flavor their food beyond the barbecue, and gastronomists rarely discuss the significance of wood in the realm of taste. But trees have a far greater influence over our plate and pal...

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  • MONSTERS OF THE WEEK
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    MONSTERS OF THE WEEK
    ZACK HANDLEN / EMILY TODD VANDERWERFF
    The complete critical companion to The X-Files, covering every episode and both films and featuring interviews with screenwriters and stars. In  Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files, TV critics Zack Handlen and Emily Todd VanDerWerff look back at exactly what made the long-running cult series so groundbreaking. Packed with insightful reviews of e...

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  • ASIAN WATERS
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    ASIAN WATERS
    HUMPHREY HAWKSLEY
    "Seamlessly connects geography, history and great power intrigue across the entire Indo-Pacific region, increasingly the fulcrum of world history." —James Clad, Director, Asian Security Programs at the American Foreign Policy Council In the sphere of future global politics, no region will be as hotly contested as the Asia-Pacific, where great power interests collide amid the mi...

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