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Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe inside story of how nuclear energy–long considered scary, controversial, and even apocalyptic–has become the hot topic of the climate debate, and perhaps a vital power source of the future
On Ju
- Author: Tuhus-Dubrow, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1643753150
- Language: English
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By: Tsui, Bonnie
On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cartFrom the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle–from our ancient obsession with the ideal human form to the modern science of this amazing and adaptable tissue… [more below]
- Author: Tsui, Bonnie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1643753088
- Language: English
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Blind Your Ponies
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartHope is hard to come by in the hard-luck town of Willow Creek. Sam Pickett and five young men are about to change that.
Sam Pickett never expected to settle in this dried-up shell of a town on the wes- Author: West, Stanley Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 18 2011
- ISBN10: 1565129849
- Language: English
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By: Friedman, Matti
Spies of No Country: Israel’s Secret Agents at the Birth of the Mossad
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing.” —The New York Times Book Review
Award-winning writer Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including dup- Author: Friedman, Matti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1643750437
- Language: English
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By: Gallen, Michelle
Factory Girls
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartA funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland, while tensions rise both inside and outside the factory walls.
Winner of the C- Author: Gallen, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1643752456
- Language: English
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By: Rahmani, Mariam
Liquid: A Love Story
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe Marriage Plot meets The Idiot in this brilliant debut, which tells the story of a young Muslim scholar stuck in the mire of adjunct professorship in Los Angeles who decides to give up her career i… [more below]
- Author: Rahmani, Mariam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1643756508
- Language: English
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By: Iromuanya, Julie
A Season of Light
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cartFor fans of Behold the Dreamers, comes a compelling novel about a tightly bound Nigerian family living in Florida and the wounds that get passed down from generation to generation, from the author of … [more below]
- Author: Iromuanya, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 164375551X
- Language: English
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By: McCaulay, Diana
A House for Miss Pauline
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cartStarring an unforgettably fierce ninety-nine-year-old Jamaican heroine, this “profound and beautiful novel” transports readers to the heart of rural Jamaica with a tender and urgent story about who ow… [more below]
- Author: McCaulay, Diana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1643757229
- Language: English
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Nesting
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cartIn this beautiful, urgent, and ultimately uplifting novel by a rising Irish literary star comes a heart-pounding, life-affirming story about one woman trying to leave her marriage and start over.
On- Author: O’Donnell, Rois?n
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1643755706
- Language: English
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By: Johnston, Tim
Distant Sons
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartBy the New York Times bestselling author of Descent and The Current, an absorbing new work of literary suspense about two young working men who forge a friendship despite secrets in their past, and wh… [more below]
- Author: Johnston, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1643756338
- Language: English
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We Must Not Think of Ourselves
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein, a story inspired by a little-known piece of the history of the Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II. Called a “masterpiece” an… [more below]
- Author: Grodstein, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1643756362
- Language: English
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By: Somin, Yeon
The Healing Season of Pottery
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartSet for international release this fall, this cozy Korean bestseller invites readers into a warm, sunlit pottery studio where a burned-out young TV broadcast writer begins to heal, working the clay, p… [more below]
- Author: Somin, Yeon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1643756753
- Language: English
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By: Friedman, Matti
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Friedman’s sober and s- Author: Friedman, Matti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1616206918
- Language: English
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Paper Bullets: Two Women Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cart“A Nazi resistance story like none you’ve ever heard or read.” –Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground
“Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing shor- Author: Jackson, Jeffrey H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1643752057
- Language: English
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Kingdom of No Tomorrow
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartFrom a PEN/Bellwether Prizewinner, a “beautifully convincing slice of history” novel about the Black Panther Party, perfect for fans of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Dubois (Barbara Kingsolver).
Nettie- Author: Josaphat, Fabienne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1643755889
- Language: English
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By: Clegg, Sarah
The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures
$22.00HardcoverAdd to cartDiscover the monsters, witches, and other ghoulish creatures that make up lesser known Christmas folklore in this gleefully creepy guide-perfect for horror fans who love the wintry holidays.
When you- Author: Clegg, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1643757083
- Language: English
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By: Roy, Nayantara
The Magnificent Ruins
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cartIn this “rare feast” of a novel, an Indian woman inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home-and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait With Boy).
Lila De is on the verge- Author: Roy, Nayantara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1643755846
- Language: English
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By: Alammar, Layla
Silence Is a Sense
$16.95PaperbackRead more“This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival.” —The New York Times Book Review
A transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war–and the heal- Author: Alammar, Layla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1643752553
- Language: English
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By: Brown, Theresa
Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient
$16.99PaperbackRead more“Unflinching. Brown writes with a winning combination of passion, humor, and medical knowledge.” –The Washington Post
From the mammogram that would change her life through her diagnosis, treatment,- Author: Brown, Theresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 164375338X
- Language: English
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By: Samson, Polly
A Theater for Dreamers
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Sublime and immersive . . . If you wish you could disappear to a Greek island right now, I highly recommend.”
“This gorgeous, glimmering summer r
–Jojo Moyes, #1 bestselling author of Me Before You- Author: Samson, Polly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1643752596
- Language: English


















