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My Dead Book
$16.95 Add to cartA rumination on survival, queer aging, and estrangement that was a finalist for the Republic of Consciousness Prize.
My dead friends are back. I lie in bed at night and see them. Haunted by insomnia a- Author: Lippens, Nate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902142
- Language: English
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The Rest Is Silence
$16.95 Add to cartThe lone novel by a Latin American author of very short fiction (praised as “the most beautiful stories in the world” by Italo Calvino)–an antic, metafictional send-up of the Mexican literary scene t… [more below]
- Author: Monterroso, Augusto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1681378825
- Language: English
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Harlem Rhapsody
$31.00 Add to cartShe found the literary voices that would inspire the world…. The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselli… [more below]
- Author: Murray, Victoria Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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La Otra Julia / The Other Julia
$18.95 Add to cartLa corta e intensa vida de Julia de Burgos
en la voz de una escritora que nos revela
otro rostro de la ic?nica poeta puertorrique?a.
Novela ganadora de la beca John S. Guggenheim
La escritora ha p… [more below]- Author: Santos-Febres, Mayra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890981165
- Language: Spanish
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Orlando
$29.00 Add to cartA collectible hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf’s pioneering novel about a time-traveling sixteenth-century nobleman who wakes up in the body of a woman, with a new foreword by Andrea Lawlor, author… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Vitae
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0143138375
- Language: English
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Versailles
$17.00 Read moreMarie Antoinette “tells her own story” in this “sage, mercurial, and ravishing” novel (The New Yorker)
Versailles tells the story of an expansive spirit locked in a pretty body and an impossible moment- Author: Davis, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1644450984
- Language: English
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The Sable Cloak
$28.00 Read moreAn eye-opening, atmospheric novel set in the South and Midwest during the time of Jim Crow that reveals a little-known part of American pre-civil rights history of Black intrigue and power.
In the So- Author: Grant, Gail Milissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1538742004
- Language: English
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Tove and the Island with No Address
$18.99 Read moreA gorgeous picture book homage to celebrated Moomin author Tove Jansson.
Tove and her family go to the island with no address every summer. After checking to make sure that everything in the cabin is- Author: Soloy, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1774883155
- Language: English
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A Right Worthy Woman
$18.99 Add to cartIn the vein of The Personal Librarian and The House of Eve, a “remarkable and stirring novel” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author) based on the inspiring true story of Virginia’s … [more below]
- Author: Watson, Ruth P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1668003031
- Language: English
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The Secret War of Julia Child
$17.99 Add to cartBefore she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans a
- Author: Chambers, Diana R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1464219044
- Language: English
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Tonbo
$19.99 Add to cartIn this semiautobiographical story told through the eyes of a man who ages backward, Caldecott medalist Allen Say reveals the power of memory to shape one’s art.
As an old man takes a morning walk, he
- Author: Say, Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0063248476
- Language: English
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The Paris Wife
$28.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A deeply evocative novel of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley–from the author of L… [more below]
- Author: McLain, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 22 2011
- ISBN10: 0345521307
- Language: English
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ASHA and Baz Meet Elizebeth Friedman
$7.99 Add to cartIn the third book in the Asha and Baz series, readers learn about secret codes and how to break them from World War II codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman!
A secret code and a mysterious prize up for grabs… [more below]- Series: ASHA and Baz
- Author: Fernandez, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1988761832
- Language: English
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The Upstairs Room
$9.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor Book – ALA Notable Book – An SLJ Best Book – A Jane Addams Award Honor Book – Winner of the Jewish Book Council Children’s Book Award
A classic WWII survivor story based on award-winning
- Author: Reiss, Johanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0062849808
- Language: English
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Love Twelve Miles Long
$11.95 Add to cartA moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.
It’s late at night, and Frederick’s mother has traveled twelve miles
- Author: Armand, Glenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1620142546
- Language: English
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Paths of Glory
$20.99 Add to cartJapanese edition of Paths of Glory. Fictionalized story of George Mallory, the great explorer of Mt. Everest and perhaps the first man to ever reach the summit, only to disappear, his body discovered … [more below]
- Author: Archer, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 450
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1250314739
- Language: English
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Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Secret Wife comes a story of love, passion, and tragedy as the lives of Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas are intertwined–and they become the ultimate rivals, in l
- Author: Paul, Gill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0062952498
- Language: English
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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown
$15.99 Add to cartBased on true events, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown is a powerful story about a largely unknown chapter in history and the women who emerged as heroes.
In the late nineteenth century, San Francisc- Author: Moore, Heather B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 162972937X
- Language: English
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Justice Makes a Difference: The Story of Miss Freedom Fighter, Esquire
$18.99 Read more“‘Words are powerful, ‘ Grandma told Justice. ‘They can be used in powerful ways to do good or to do harm. That’s why it’s important to always be careful with your words.'”
Justice has grown up w
- Author: Milton, Jacklyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0998555312
- Language: English
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Set My Heart on Fire
$19.95 Add to cartThe first novel from Izumi Suzuki to be published in English: a candid, intimate exploration of passion, music and transgression
Hope I’m in for a good time, I thought. Even if it’s just for tonight.- Author: Suzuki, Izumi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 180429330X
- Language: English
