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Featuring recipes and a wealth of tips and ideas, this is a glimpse inside the home kitchens and gardens of twenty top food personalities who are leading the way in sustainable cooking.
An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 • This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates contemporary Black cooking in 150 extraordinarily delicious recipes.
It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary world the same way it has been celebrated in the worlds of music, sports, l
Since its publication in 2017, The Lost Words has enchanted readers with its poetry and illustrations of the natural world. Now, The Lost Spells, a book kindred in spirit and tone, continues to re-wild the lives of children and adults.
From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens," The Washington Post)—a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement.
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From the St. Louis–based journalist often credited with first predicting Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
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A rich, penetrating memoir about the author's relationship with a flawed but influential figure—the painter Lucian Freud—and the satisfactions and struggles of a life lived through art.
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A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptologist of our time.
From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt’s ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry.
From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space--an authoritative and accessible guide to the most alluring and challenging phenomena of contemporary science.
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An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series
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A literary history of walking From Dickens to Zizek
There is no such thing as the wrong step; every time we walk we are going somewhere. Moving around the modern city becomes more than from getting from A to B, but a way of understanding who and where you are. In a series of riveting intellectual rambles, Matthew Beaumont, retraces a history of the walker.
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A new farm-to-closet vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economies
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"Re-centers and gives voice to a diversity of women naturalists and writers across time." —Cultivating Place
In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world.
Published in cooperation with the American Library Association, an insider's look at one of the most prevalent, yet commonly misunderstood institutions
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A visual adventure of Wes Anderson proportions, authorized by the legendary filmmaker himself: stunning photographs of real-life places that seem plucked from the just-so world of his films, presented with fascinating human stories behind each façade.
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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$18.00ISBN: 9781501106309Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Simon & Schuster - September 22nd, 2020The New York Times bestselling, “meticulously researched and absorbingly written” (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission.
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Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon$30.00ISBN: 9781984854513Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Random House - June 16th, 2020NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the veteran political journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent, a deep dive into the history, evolution, and current state of the American presidency—and how we can make the job less impossible and more productive.
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The final volume of the magisterial Pacific War Trilogy from acclaimed historian Ian W. Toll, “one of the great storytellers of War” (Evan Thomas).$30.00ISBN: 9781538734315Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Twelve - October 6th, 2020Find out where our world is headed with this dazzling first-hand account of inventing the future from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Should I Do With My Life? and the founder of science accelerator IndieBio.
$28.00ISBN: 9781982145620Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Simon & Schuster - October 6th, 2020The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic uses the books of the Trump era to argue that our response to this presidency reflects the same failures of imagination that made it possible.
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The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--a Tragedy in Three Acts (Hardcover)
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"John Brennan is one of the hardest-working, most patriotic public servants I've ever seen, and our country is better off for it. As president, he was one of my closest advisors and a great friend. And in his memoir, Undaunted, you'll see why. I hope you'll read it."
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Winner of the John Burroughs Association 2014 Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book
In Sightlines, Kathleen Jamie reports from the field—from her native Scottish “byways and hills” to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays.$16.99ISBN: 9781538730850Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Grand Central Publishing - April 7th, 2020From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's incredible transformation from basketball star to sports and business mogul.
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$30.00ISBN: 9781982156947Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Gallery Books - September 22nd, 2020INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh—beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half—returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays.$30.00ISBN: 9781644450215Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Graywolf Press - September 8th, 2020FINALIST FOR THE 2021 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION
Claudia Rankines Citizen changed the conversationJust Us urges all of us into it$25.00ISBN: 9780593133583Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Random House - September 8th, 2020NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.
$14.00ISBN: 9780385348270Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Crown - September 8th, 2020The legendary comedian, actor, and writer of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and A Fish Called Wanda fame shares his key ideas about creativity: that it’s a learnable, improvable skill.
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A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020$23.95ISBN: 9781616207922Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Algonquin Books - February 12th, 2019The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us by one America's most original and observant writers, award-winning poet Ross Gay.
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“Ross Gay’s eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracl$27.95ISBN: 9780385545822Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Doubleday - August 18th, 2020An apprentice writer has an entirely unexpected encounter with literary genius Jorge Luis Borges that will profoundly alter his life and work. A poignant and comic literary coming-of-age memoir. "This is a jewel of a book." --Ian McEwan
$27.00ISBN: 9780802128812Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Grove Press - August 25th, 2020Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves.
$28.00ISBN: 9781426221019Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: National Geographic - August 25th, 2020In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense.Enric Sala wants to change the world--and in this compelling book, he shows us how. Once we appreciate how nature works, he asserts, we will understand why conservation is economically wise and essential to our survival.
$27.95ISBN: 9781524733216Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Knopf - August 25th, 2020A fascinating, entertaining dive into the long-standing relationship between humans and insects, revealing the surprising ways we depend on these tiny, six-legged creatures.
$24.95ISBN: 9780228102496Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Firefly Books - March 13th, 2020Written in clear, easily readable language and relying little on jargon, this coffee-table-style book will interest anyone captivated by this unique group of insects. Highly recommended. All library collections. --Choice
$35.00ISBN: 9781554071470Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Firefly Books - September 12th, 2006Revised Fourth Edition: updated for use through 2025.
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$28.00ISBN: 9780374157333Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - March 3rd, 2020A profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils—industrial, chemical, geological—that humans are leaving behind
What will the world look like in ten thousand years—or ten million? What kinds of stories will be told about us?$28.00ISBN: 9780525576259Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Crown - August 18th, 2020LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • An MIT astrophysicist reinvents herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth, in this “bewitching” (Anthony Doerr, The New York Times Book Review) memoir.
$27.00ISBN: 9780735220003Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Riverhead Books - August 18th, 2020Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub
A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all.$27.95ISBN: 9781643134420Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Pegasus Books - July 7th, 2020A star curator at the American Museum of Natural History widens the palette and shows how the physical, natural, and cultural context of color are inextricably tied to what we see right before our eyes.
Is color a phenomenon of science or a thing of art?$24.95ISBN: 9780262044080Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: The MIT Press - July 28th, 2020Sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown.
Most people think of mathematics as a set of useful tools designed to answer analytical questions, beginning with simple arithmetic and ending with advanced calculus.
$28.95ISBN: 9780385541824Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Doubleday - August 18th, 2020A groundbreaking look at the science of learning: how it works both in the mind and in the classroom, which teaching techniques are most effective, and how schools should (and absolutely should not) use instructional technology.
$28.00ISBN: 9781635571974Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing - June 2nd, 2020Finalist for the 2021 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
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$29.95ISBN: 9781631495274Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Liveright - August 4th, 2020Washington Post • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020
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New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath explores how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from hundreds of interviews with unconventional problem solvers.
So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies.$30.00ISBN: 9781524731670Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Knopf - February 18th, 2020Instant New York Times Best-seller
From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose.
"Few humans share Greene’s mastery of both the latest cosmological science and English prose."$35.00ISBN: 9780847869329Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Rizzoli Ex Libris - July 31st, 2020A rousing call to action, this book will leave you feeling hopeful that we can make a difference in the midst of an age of turmoil, destruction, and uncertainty.
$28.00ISBN: 9780316418485Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Hachette Go - April 7th, 2020Learn why the concept of "weird" is being reclaimed and turned into a badge of honor, used to show how being different—culturally, socially, physically, or mentally—can be a person's greatest strength.
Most of us have at some point in our lives felt like an outsider, sometimes considering ourselves "too weird" to fit in.$32.00ISBN: 9780593230251Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Random House - August 4th, 2020#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
$17.95ISBN: 9780679763888Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - October 4th, 2011In this bestselling, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER$12.99ISBN: 9780593139165Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Clarkson Potter - July 7th, 2020A beautifully illustrated celebration of the wisdom of trees and what they can teach us about everyday life, from basking in the sun to weathering the storm.
$26.95ISBN: 9781324001607Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: W. W. Norton & Company - July 14th, 2020An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present, and planting the forests of the future.
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Finalist: Minnesota Book Awards, Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award$17.00ISBN: 9780143134459Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Penguin Books - September 24th, 2019“[Kathleen Jamie’s] essays guide you softly along coastlines of varying continents, exploring caves, and pondering ice ages until the narrator stumbles over — not a rock on the trail, but mortality, maybe the earth’s, maybe our own, pointing to new paths forward through the forest.” —Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing, “By t
$29.99ISBN: 9781250209221Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: St. Martin's Press - July 21st, 2020Two iconic bands. An unforgettable life.
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As seen/heard on Fresh Air, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, Weekend Edition, and more$21.95ISBN: 9781615196715Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: The Experiment - August 4th, 2020Race is not a biological reality.
Racism thrives on our not knowing this.
Racist pseudoscience has become so commonplace that it can be hard to spot. But its toxic effects on society are plain to see—feeding nationalism, fueling hatred, endangering lives, and corroding our discourse on everything from sports to intelligence.$26.00ISBN: 9780525560548Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Viking - February 25th, 2020A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“One of the most important books of the current moment.”—Time
“A rousing call to action... It should be required reading for everyone.”—Gabrielle Union, author of We’re Going to Need More Wine
Email or call for priceISBN: 9780374277581Availability: Special Order - Inquire at StorePublished: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020"Inventory is a remarkable memoir; a work of auto-archaeology, really, in which Darran Anderson disinters his own and his country’s hard pasts, shaking life, love and loss out of the objects of his youth in Northern Ireland." --Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland: A Deep Time Journey
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"A haunting, mind-bending memoir. . . . riveting." —New York Times
"A mixture of biography and true crime, this narrative . . . offers more plot twists, shocking revelations and shady characters than most contemporary thrillers." —NPR
$25.00ISBN: 9780525658245Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Knopf - August 4th, 2020A superb collection of short fiction--her first in thirty years and spanning many geographies--from the critically acclaimed author of Monkeys, Evening, and Thirty Girls. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK.
$28.99ISBN: 9781101904817Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Crown - July 7th, 2020“Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the exploration of Mars in this celebration of human curiosity, passion, and perseverance.”—Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams
$24.99ISBN: 9781683692096Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Quirk Books - July 7th, 2020Filled with entertaining history, archival images, pop culture ephemera, and interviews with NASA scientists, The Big Book of Mars is the most comprehensive look at our relationship with Mars—yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
$25.99ISBN: 9781492681076Availability: Usually Ships in 3-6 DaysPublished: Sourcebooks - August 4th, 2020The story of the people who see beyond the stars--an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky.
$10.95ISBN: 9780593297612Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Penguin Books - July 28th, 2020“[Smith’s] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America’s social systems.” —TIME, The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020
$27.00ISBN: 9780525575320Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Crown - June 30th, 2020NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time
James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. What can we learn from his struggle in our own moment?
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