Welcome to Brodart’s Summer One 2023 digital catalog. Time and care are taken in choosing categories and titles that are fresh, new, and interesting. This issue contains a wonderful list of fiction and nonfiction titles to take us through the season with fun and educational books to read. We are excited to share titles which will help kick off your summer programs, including Mary Connealy’s The Laws of Attraction, that just received a Booklist starred review. This issue features a vast array of publishers and title categories to inspire and engage readers.
Take a look at the amazing in-depth article written by Etta Verma about ChatGPT. It had a million users after five days, a milestone that took Netflix more than five years to achieve. Read about ChatGPT, what this means for libraries, and where to go to learn more.
Click through for interesting topics like Action & Thrillers, Animals & Nature, History, Sci-Fi, Public Health, insightful Notable Biographies, and much more.
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ChatGPT. If it seems like it’s all you hear about, all the time, it’s no wonder: the artificial intelligence (AI) platform surpassed 1 billion users in March 2023, after launch the previous November. The platform—which isn’t the only AI tool available but is getting the most attention—had a million users after five days, a milestone that took Netflix more than five years. Lots of the attention is negative; most damning is that users report that the system provides some wrong answers and fake citations. The pitfalls are real, but in my view, they are part of what makes the tool fascinating and imperative for librarians to master.
ChatGPT is a “generative” AI tool, with “GPT standing for “Generative Pre-trained Transformer.” Created by the OpenAI company, it is offered as a freemium resource¹ While users will find there a Google-like interface, it isn’t a search engine. Rather it generates text in response to “prompts,” with the text based on OpenAI’s ingest of web data such as Wikipedia. Answers are formulated by the system predicting the next likely word based on word occurrences in the ingested text. These answers, then, are grammatically correct, but they may not be factual, a problem stated up front on the ChatGPT homepage.
As well as unreliable output, there’s of course the issue of plagiarism. Plagiarism policies will now have to note that text must be by the writer rather than stating that the writing must be original, because ChatGPT output is original.
Bias is also an issue. As noted in Safiya Noble’s brilliant Algorithms of Oppression, “Institutional relations predicated on gender and race situate women and people of color outside the power systems from which technology arises.” Simply put, society’s biases are reproduced on the internet and are therefore inherent in ChatGPT. And OpenAI introduces bias of its own in preferring politely worded prompts. Politeness standards aren’t universal, and the question is, whose version is preferred by the platform, and to what end is OpenAI’s pushing of this anthropomorphism?
Then there’s the problem of copyrighted material being used to generate answers. Books are part of the material used to respond to prompts, so that some authors’ intellectual property is being exploited without compensation. ChatGPT can also be used in competition with copyrighted material—when users ask the platform to generate art, for example. Jobs are also at risk, since some employers will surely choose to have AI-generated content on their websites and other output rather than paying content creators.
1 at https://chat.openai.com
2 https://www.stevehargadon.com/2023/03/library-20s-chatgpt-bootcamp-for.html
3 https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/
4 https://prompts.chat
5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9XaLNfExgM
What does this mean for librarians? An opportunity.
First we will need to drop any knee-jerk rejection of the platform as a whole (except if it continues to be able to rework itself into something devastating by writing its own code, a problem that has caused AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton to quite Google’s AI initiative). We already went through this with Wikipedia and Google. They’re not perfect and we’d prefer library users to use library resources. But since patrons will use what’s easiest, and our job is to help them to be better information consumers, our task now is to help patrons to use ChatGPT effectively and ethically. Like Wikipedia and Google, the key is to use the resource as a starting point for work, something to emphasize both to those who think it shouldn’t be used at all and those who want to use it for everything.
Start with becoming familiar with using ChatGPT for your own work. If you can, watch the Library2.0 webinar series “ChatGPT Bootcamp for Libraries and Librarians” 2 and read Stephen Wolfram’s What is ChatGPT Doing…And Why Does it Work? 3 Set up a free ChatGPT account and play with the “Awesome ChatGPT Prompts”4 and come up with some of your own based on your needs. Some great ways to use ChatGPT are for creating lesson plans, paper outlines, and “boilerplate”-type text.
Playing with the system, you’ll notice that once you get your initial answers, it’s possible to ask the system to tweak them. You can ask for more (type “continue” in the prompt box) and tell the system that something it said is wrong and ask it to try again. You can also paste in the prompt box some citations you’ve already found on a given subject and ask the platform if there are any relevant sources missing. Use ChatGPT in a recursive way by asking for the best ways to use ChatGPT to research your topic. Or make other comments of your choosing—ChatGPT can receive all kinds of natural-language input, and it responds in an amazingly (albeit sometimes frighteningly) natural way. You can even specify the audience an answer is for and the system will answer appropriately.
Once you’re comfortable, you can move on to patrons. Just as we show patrons catalog and database searches during reference interactions and information literacy instruction, show them ChatGPT. Its problems are teaching opportunities—discussions of bias, academic integrity, fact-checking, and privacy (ChatGPT saves searches) are the bread and butter of information literacy.
Introduce your students to—or in a public library, use concepts from—Mike Caulfield’s Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers to help users evaluate what they find. Lean on the fake-citation problem to lead users to your databases. No fake citations there! Teachers and professors can also be taught to use the citation issue as a quick way to check student work for ChatGPT use. The problem that plagiarism detection software can’t catch AI-generated text can be used to encourage educators to use alternative kinds of assignments and/or to gather examples of student writing produced in class for comparison. To make users aware of the bias issue, use Courtney Thomas, Jr.’s TedX talk “Tech Bias and Algorithmic discrimination” 5 in addition to Noble’s book mentioned above.
To educate users on copyright issues, there is much on the internet about whether users can copyright ChatGPT answers (no, as the user provides only an idea in the form of a prompt, and ideas aren’t copyrightable). On what to do with the problem of copyrighted materials being used to generate answers, practice with this prompt: “is copyrighted material used in Chatgpt.”
Is there more to it? For sure, but you don’t need more from me— just ask ChatGPT!
Cosby, S. A.
After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County and becomes the county’s first Black sheriff. Then, a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies.
Hodkinson, Tim
Einar and the Wolf Coats undertake a dangerous mission to wartorn Northern France in this thrilling Viking adventure. The Wolf Coats’ quest is fraught with danger and foreboding. Pagan kings clash with Christians, Vikings assail Francia, and Einar and his crewmates risk death at the center of the storm.
Edvardsson, M.T.
A wealthy couple ends up murdered in the nicest part of town. Bill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate to provide for his daughter. Struggling to pay rent, he welcomes a lodger into their home: Karla, a law student and aspiring judge, who works as a housekeeper to make ends meet.
Sager, Riley
Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier.
$27.99
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9781250831910
06/06/2023
Flatiron Books
$16.99 Trade Paper
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9781801105422
06/06/2023
Aries Book
$28.99 Hardcover
F
9781250204622
06/13/2023
Celadon Books
$28.00 Hardcover
F
9780593183229
06/20/2023
Dutton
Bell, David
A traumatic experience in the line of duty forces 30-year-old Avery Rogers to abandon both her relationship and her position as a Kentucky State Police officer. But a frantic phone call turns Avery’s life upside down. Her half-sister is missing and in danger.
Chavez, Heather
Two unlikely mothers race to uncover the truth behind a horrific attack—even after it becomes clear that the truth will destroy one of their families. Shaken in the aftermath, and haunted by a dark secret, Julia starts to wonder: What if the attack wasn’t as random as everyone believes?
Cox, Charly
When young women start vanishing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Detective Alyssa Wyatt takes the case. When her daughter’s friend becomes one of the missing, it becomes personal. But when the truth comes out, it seems that the key to solving the case was hiding in the last place anyone expected.
Hood, Joshua
Travis Lane is a member of the elite Air Force Pararescue. After an injury forces him to consider retirement, he accepts an offer to join Broadside Solutions. It’s trial by fire when a mission takes him to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to find and retrieve a kidnapped American.
Dunn, T. M.
Skillfully weaving together domestic suspense, a desperate police investigation, a love affair, and a serial killer on the loose, acclaimed author T. M. Dunn’s Her Father’s Daughter makes for a raw, edgy, and hard-hitting hero’s journey into a family’s twisted secrets.
$28.00 Hardcover
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9780593549957
06/27/2023
Berkley
$28.00 Hardcover
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9780316531351
06/27/2023
Mulholland Books
$12.99 Trade Paper
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9781667205304
06/27/2023
Canelo US
$26.99 Hardcover
F
9781665109574
06/27/2023
Blackstone Publishing
$28.99 Hardcover
F
9781639103270
07/18/2023
Crooked Lane Books
Verdon, John
Tennis bad boy Ziko Slade is serving 20 years for the grisly murder of small-time criminal Lenny Lerman. Pushed to his breaking point and accused of murder, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must face his greatest adversary yet to solve a mystery that is quickly tearing his world apart.
Wide Awake
Konkoly, Steven
A conspiracy to incite an American civil war. The desperate chase to stop it is on. The clock is ticking as Devin, Marnie, and an unconventional team of allies play a cat-and-mouse game across the country to stop a domestic nightmare from coming true.
Moehling, Joshua
A small-town Minnesota deputy tries to crack the unsolvable— the murder of a man with more enemies than friends. But as the by-the-book deputy digs, he unearths secrets that will destroy the insulated community—and him along with it.
Rose, Karen
Deadly secrets lie beneath the murky waters of the Louisiana bayou. Public prosecutor J.P. “Kaj” Cardozo is already working on a high-profile celebrity sexual assault case. But when his son becomes the target of a kidnapping attempt, he turns to a private investigative firm famous for their protection services.
Winslow, Don
This 30th Anniversary Edition includes a new introduction by the author. Neal Carey is not your usual private eye. Now Neal must put his skills to work in finding the rebellious teenage daughter of a prominent senator. The problem is that she’s gone underground in the London punk scene.
$29.00 Hardcover
F
9781640095854
07/18/2023
Counterpoint
$16.99 Trade Paper
F
9781662509230
08/15/2023
Thomas & Mercer
$27.99 Hardcover
F
9781728247922
08/15/2023
Poisoned Pen Press
$28.00 Hardcover
F
9780593336328
08/15/2023
Berkley
$26.99 Hardcover
F
9798200735891
08/15/2023
Blackstone Publishing
Hecht, Daniel
Conn Whitman’s long-distance swims keep him centered and sane—until a terrifying underwater encounter in a woodland lake plunges him into the middle of a murder investigation. Daniel Hecht weaves evocative language with psychological complexity in a murder mystery that will have you holding your breath until the last page.
Feeney, Alice
Twenty years ago, a baby was stolen from a stroller. Now, when someone at a care home is killed, four women are snared in a complicated web. With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim.
$27.99 Hardcover
F
9781538519677
08/29/2023
Blackstone Publishing
$28.99 Hardcover
F
9781250843968
08/29/2023
Flatiron Books
Goldberg, Lee
For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire. Hell comes to Southern California every October. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. Arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of a new partner suspect that someone set the massive blazes intentionally.
Griffin, W. E. B. / Buttworth IV, William E.
A dead girl, a wealthy family, and indications of drug use. It’s a toxic mix that leads Philadelphia detective Matt Payne deep into an unexpected maelstrom of deceit and madness in the latest entry in the New York Times bestselling Badge of Honor series.
$28.99 Hardcover
F
9781662500671
09/01/2023
Thomas & Mercer
$29.00 Hardcover
F
9780525541752
12/05/2023
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them.
— PETER BENCHLEY
Meuninck, Jim
Discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the most nutritious wild plants and useful herbs in the contiguous United States, prepare delicious recipes using your wild harvest, determine the identity of poisonous plants and poisonous lookalikes, and more.
Williams, Sheridan
Indispensable guide to the three next total solar eclipses worldwide in 2024 (USA, Canada, Mexico), 2026 (Greenland, Iceland, Spain) and 2027 (Spain, North Africa, Middle East). Provides tracking information for each eclipse and detailed travel advice on where to see it. Also covers annular eclipses in 2023 and 2028.
Abbott, John C. / Abbott, Kendra
This amazing field guide enables you to identify all 783 families of insects currently recognized in the U.S. and Canada. Richly illustrated, Insects of North America discusses classification and nomenclature, insect diversity, global threats, the latest collecting and curatorial techniques, and the many ways these remarkable organisms impact society.
Baker, David
A journey across 13.8 billion years that distills a complete history of the universe. Weaving together insights across the sciences, Baker answers the fundamental questions: How did time begin? Why does matter exist? What made life on Earth the way it is?
$18.95 Trade Paper
581.632
9781493068128
05/01/2023
FalconGuides
$12.99 Trade Paper
910.91
9781804690857
05/01/2023
Bradt Travel Guides
$24.95 Trade Paper
595.7097
9780691232850
05/02/2023
Princeton University Press
$16.95 Trade Paper
523.1
9781615199730
05/02/2023
Experiment
Q. What are some common misconceptions about large print?
A. Many people assume large print is for seniors or readers with visual impairments, but the format benefits so many different readers. Large print is for everyone, from adults who need a break from screens to young readers in grade school. Large print books are finding more diverse audiences as readers discover this format that helps them concentrate and enjoy reading more. Because the format promotes reading fluency and comprehension, it can be included in literacy programs for English Language Learners. Large print is a simple accessibility solution for libraries, offering an equitable format that meets the needs of a broad spectrum of readers.
Q. How do you determine what books to publish in large print?
A. Large print readers want to read what everyone else is reading—in a more accessible format! Our goal is to curate the best selections of quality titles in large print that include something for every reader across a wide range of genres. Our editors curate using librarian-trusted resources like Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Galley Chat, Goodreads, LibraryReads, and Indie Next picks. We also publish many New York Times and USA Today bestsellers in large print as close as possible to the standard edition release date. Currently, we publish over 80 titles a month, 13 of which are juvenile or young adult.
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A. Thorndike Press is dedicated to expanding representation, featuring authors and characters of traditionally underrepresented groups, settings, and content. To actively increase inclusion in our collections, we’re committed to adding at least four titles a month to represent Black authors and two titles a month to represent Asian, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, and Latinx/Hispanic experiences. The large print format alone supports collection equity and makes reading more
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Q. What’s new with Thorndike Press?
A. We are steadily ramping up the number of titles we produce each year, allowing us to feature more diverse authors and content. We also see changes with our librarian customers who are growing and repositioning their collections so that they’re up front and available to wider and younger audiences. We’re always acquiring buzzy debuts, up-and-coming authors, nationally renowned book club picks, and books-to-screen. Although romance, mysteries, and Westerns are the most popular genres, we see an increase in demand for horror, sci-fi, dystopian, gothic, fantasy, and crime. Last but not least, we’re curating our first collection of juvenile and young adult large print titles in Spanish that will be available early next year.
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Gooley, Tristan
An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees. Gooley uncovers the clues hiding in plain sight: in a tree’s branches and leaves; its bark, buds, and flowers; even its stump. For instance, leaves with a pale, central streak mean that water is nearby.
Ward Jr., Carlton
Path of the Panther is a call to action to recognize and protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor—a network of public and private land that connects the panther’s current range in south Florida to suitable habitat throughout the state of Florida and adjoining states.
Wohlleben, Peter
From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees. An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them.
Young, Mary Taylor
In this A Sand County Almanac for the twenty-first century, nature writer and zoologist Mary Taylor Young tells the story of the growing effects of climate change on her land in the pinecovered foothills of southern Colorado. Young sees hope in the human ability to overcome great obstacles.
Blythe, Ronald
Ronald Blythe lives on the border between Suffolk and Essex. Beginning with the arrival of snow on New Year’s Day and ending with Christmas carols sung in the village church, Next to Nature invites us to witness a simple life richly lived.
$24.95 Hardcover
796.5
9781615199433
05/02/2023
Experiment
$50.00 Hardcover
599.7524
9781426223624
05/02/2023
National Geographic Society
$28.95 Hardcover
582.16
9781771647748
05/02/2023
Greystone Books
$18.99 Trade Paper
577.27
9781641608138
05/02/2023
Chicago Review Press
$34.99 Hardcover
B
9781399804660
05/09/2023
John Murray
Ake, Anne E.
Ake discusses facts, figures, and details about the glades, while also enlightening readers on key information regarding conservation and restoration. This book covers important topics, such as: the prevalent water level issues the glades face; invasive species like the Burmese Python; up-to-date data on wildlife and environmental factors; and more.
Blackburn, Tim
Blackburn reveals how the moths he catches reflect hidden patterns governing the world around us. Through his luminous prose and infectious sense of curiosity, Blackburn teaches us to see—and respect—the intricate web of nature in which we’re all caught.
Kallas, John, PhD
Author John Kallas gives you the knowledge and confidence needed to enjoy edible wild plants as a part of your regular diet. Featuring 460 photographs and illustrations, fun and authoritative text, focused attention on plant details, nutrient tables, range maps, recipes, and a plethora of additional preparation and cooking tips.
Shindell, Matthew
For the Love of Mars surveys the red planet’s place in the human imagination, beginning with ancient astrologers and skywatchers and ending in our present moment of exploration and virtual engagement. A captivating voyage through time and space for anyone curious about Curiosity and the red planet.
Amthor, Frank, PhD
A fascinating look at what’s rattling around in your skull. Neuroscience For Dummies introduces you to the mindboggling study of the human brain. This updated edition—still in classic, beginner-friendly Dummies style—covers the latest research advances and technologies in the field of neuroscience.
$21.95 Trade Paper
577.68
9781683343318
05/15/2023
Pineapple Press
$30.00 Hardcover
595.78
9781642832730
05/16/2023
Island Press
$27.99 Trade Paper
581.632
9781423641346
05/16/2023
Gibbs Smith Publisher
$27.50 Hardcover
523.43
9780226821894
05/18/2023
University of Chicago Press
$29.99 Trade Paper
612.82
9781394171217
05/23/2023
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Ekelund,
Torbjørn / Crook, Becky L. (Translator)A father and son ascend a mountain together for the first time, retracing the steps of a young boy who went missing a century earlier. Six-year-old Hans Torske disappeared in Norway’s Skrim mountains in 1894. Why he wandered away from his family’s cabin is still a mystery.
Sevigny, Melissa L.
The riveting untold tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River. Through the vibrant letters and diaries of the two women, Sevigny traces their daring 43-day journey, during which they cataloged the thorny plants that thrived in the Grand Canyon’s secret nooks and crannies.
Stewart, Creek
Explore and experience nature with your kids with these 30 fun and educational family activities dedicated to spending more time outside. From casting animal tracks and dyeing t-shirts with walnuts to building a debris hut and catching minnows with a spider web.
New Holland Publishers
This book broadly follows the classification and taxonomy used in Adrian Hoskins’ superb book Butterflies of the World, which divides the 20,000 species between six butterfly families. World of Butterflies aims to illustrate the diversity of butterflies by showing adults of as many different sizes, shapes, and forms as possible.
Staaf, Danna
An eye-opening, globetrotting journey into the wild and wondrous ways baby animals come into being and play their part in the cycles of life on Earth. The tiny, hidden lives that scientists study in the lab and in the wild reveal some of nature’s strangest workings.
$22.95 Hardcover
796.522
9781771645096
05/23/2023
Greystone Books
$30.00 Hardcover
920
9780393868234
05/23/2023
W. W. Norton & Company
$18.99 Trade Paper
796.5
9781507220405
05/23/2023
Adams Media Corporation
$19.99 Hardcover
595.78
9781925546613
06/05/2023
New Holland Publishers
$27.95 Hardcover
591.39
9781615199327
06/06/2023
Experiment
Chin, Lili
Learn to identify every meow, tail swish, and slow blink in this fun, informative, illustrated guide to feline body language. Packed with playful, vibrant, and informative illustrations. Did you know that the further apart your cat’s ears are, the less relaxed he is feeling?
$16.00 Hardcover
636.8
9781984861986
06/13/2023
Ten Speed Press
Cooper, Christian
Birder Christian Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous encounter in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in American today.
North, Danielle
This beautifully illustrated book will guide you through the process of finding inner peace while on the move, with a selection of meditations for every season, long and short walks in both a natural and an urban setting, and meditations for creativity, calm, and focus.
Maran, Stephen P., PhD / Fienberg, Richard Tresch, PhD
Astronomy For Dummies will take you on a tour through the Milky Way (and beyond!) that describes some of the most fascinating objects in the universe. This book comes complete with online access to chapter quizzes and downloadable fullcolor astronomical photos of our universe.
$28.00 Hardcover
B
9780593242384
06/13/2023
Random House
$16.99 Hardcover
158.128
9781783255627
06/13/2023
Aster
$24.99 Trade Paper
520
9781394163076
06/20/2023
John Wiley & Sons Inc
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
— BILL WATTERSON
Gannon,
Thomas C.Catalogs a lifetime of bird sightings to explore the part-Lakota author’s search for identity and his reckoning with colonialism’s violence against Indigenous humans, animals, and land. Gannon navigates his obsession with the ostensibly objective avocation of birding and his own mixed-blood subjectivity.
Sakamoto, Miki / Venner, Catherine (Translator)
From rising early to walk barefoot on the grass each morning, to afternoons and evenings spent sipping tea in her gazebo or watching fireflies as she recalls her childhood in Japan, Sakamoto shares observations from a life spent in contemplation—and cultivation—of nature.
$19.95 Trade Paper
B
9780814258729
06/27/2023
Mad Creek Books
$25.00 Hardcover
712.6095
9781957363332
07/04/2023
Scribe US
Kix, Paul
Paul Kix takes the reader behind the scenes as he tells the story of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s pivotal 10week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. At the same time, he provides a window into the minds of the four extraordinary men who led the campaign.
McManus, John C.
From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus’s trilogy on the U.S. Army in the Pacific War. The U.S. Army is at its peak. The only question is how many more months—or years—of fight the enemy has left.
Rady, Martyn
Drawing on a lifetime of research and scholarship, The Middle Kingdoms tells the captivating story of 2,000 years of Central Europe’s history and its enduring significance in world affairs. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced important artistic movements.
Rayborn, Tim
Dive in and discover this island nation’s unique charm and fascinating story. More than 200 stories are sure to delight Anglophiles, British readers, the curious, and history buffs alike. Each entry has a fun or weird fact that adds more to the whole picture.
$30.00
976.1781
9781250807694
05/02/2023
Celadon Books
Hardcover
$35.00
940.5426
9780593186886
05/02/2023
Dutton Caliber
Hardcover
$36.00
943
9781541619784
05/02/2023
Basic Books
Hardcover
$24.95 Hardcover
941
9781646433087
05/02/2023
Cider Mill Press
Schmidt, Shannon McKenna
An untold story. On August 27, 1943, news broke that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was on the other side of the world. A closely guarded secret, she had left for the South Pacific to support and report back on the troops on the front lines during World War II.
Branigan, Tania
An indelible exploration of the invisible scar that runs through the heart of Chinese society and the souls of its citizens. Red Memory uncovers 40 years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976.
DK
Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian love poetry of Sappho to the Kinseys’ modern sexuality studies.
Hudson, David L.
Constitutional law professor David L. Hudson, Jr., explains the cases, processes, and important history with this in-depth primer on the U.S. Supreme Court. Covering the history, nominating process, and court decisions on individual and other rights, as well as a few fun facts.
Jenkins, Simon
There has never been a distinct people, race, or tribe claiming the name of Celtic. Often seen as unimportant or irrelevant adjuncts to English history, Simon Jenkins offers a compelling counterargument. This is a fascinating and timely debate on who the Celts really were, and what their legacy should be.
$26.99 Hardcover
973.917
9781728256610
05/02/2023
Sourcebooks Inc
$29.95 Hardcover
951.05
9781324051954
05/09/2023
W. W. Norton & Company
$27.99 Hardcover
306.76
9780744070736
05/09/2023
DK Publishing
$29.95 Trade Paper
347.7326
9781578597826
05/09/2023
Visible Ink Press
$29.95 Hardcover
936.4
9781788168809
05/09/2023
IPS - Profile Books
Plokhy, Serhii
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war—and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Plokhy offers a definitive account of this conflict, its origins, course, and the already apparent and possible future consequences.
England, Vaudine
A timely, well-researched, and vibrant new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have made it a multicultural world metropolis—and whose freedoms are endangered today. Combines deep archival research and oral history to present a vivid history of a special place.
Fox, Brad
A gorgeous account of William Beebe’s 1930 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly environment 3,024 feet below sea level. The story springs from the original expedition logbooks—the first eyewitness account of the deep ocean. They possess a strange poetry.
Kershner, Isabel
In moving narratives and with on-the-ground reporting, Isabel Kershner reveals the core of what holds Israel together and the forces that threaten its future through the lens of real people. This book examines the ways in which the country has exceeded and failed the ideals and expectations of its founders.
Thomas, Evan
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan—a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history—with you-are-there immediacy. Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo, and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision.
$30.00 Hardcover
947.7086
9781324051190
05/09/2023
W. W. Norton & Company
$35.00 Hardcover
951.2506
9781982184513
05/16/2023
Scribner
$29.00 Hardcover
551.4609
9781662601903
05/16/2023
Astra House
$30.00 Hardcover
956.9405
9781101946763
05/16/2023
Knopf
$28.00 Hardcover
940.5312
9780399589256
05/16/2023
Random House
van
Wijk-Voskuijl, Joop / de Bruyn, JeroenA riveting historical investigation and family memoir that intertwines the iconic narrative of Anne Frank with the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, her protector and closest confidante in the Annex, bringing us closer to understanding one of the great secrets of World War II.
Wukovits, John
The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker’s crash landing in the Pacific during World War II, and his incredible 23-day crusade to keep his crew alive. Using survivors’ accounts and contemporary records, Wukovits brings to life a story of survival, leadership, and faith in a time of crisis.
Brewster, Todd
A remarkable collection of over 200 stunning photographs of children—from the Civil War era to the present—that captures the ever-changing experience of childhood throughout American history. Reveals American children of all types: white, Black, gay, straight, poor, middle-class, upper class, in cities, on farms, and more.
Garton Ash, Timothy
Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tells the story of postwar Europe’s triumphs and tragedies. Garton Ash offers an account of events as seen from the ground—history illustrated by memoir.
Holley, Santi Elijah
A history of the long struggle for Black liberation in the United States, as experienced and shaped by the Shakur family. The story of hope and betrayal, addiction and murder, persecution and revolution. An Amerikan Family is the story of Black America’s long struggle for racial justice.
$29.99 Hardcover
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9781982198213
05/16/2023
Simon & Schuster
$32.00 Hardcover
940.5449
9780593184844
05/16/2023
Dutton Caliber
$36.00 Hardcover
305.2309
9781501124884
05/23/2023
Scribner
$28.00 Hardcover
940.55
9780300257076
05/23/2023
Yale University Press
$32.50 Hardcover
920
9780358588764
05/23/2023
Mariner Books
Nelson, Craig
New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history, “the arsenal of democracy” that won World War II.
Jarrett, Gregg / Yaeger, Don
Nearly a century ago, famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow defended schoolteacher John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding. Expertly researched, eye-opening, and stirring, The Trial of the Century calls upon our past to unite Americans in the defense of the free exchange of ideas, especially in this divided time.
Bowman, Martin W.
Provides a real insight into the war as those who “fell from formation” saw it. Aviation historian Martin Bowman draws on many first-hand accounts to describe the air battles that led to the capture of many shot-down airmen, as well as the personal campaigns they fought to regain their freedom.
Hartman, Darrell
A 60-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the noholds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get–and sell–the story. By turns tragic and absurd.
McGill Jr., Joseph / Frazier, Herb
The personal account of one man’s groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in the countless oft-overlooked former slave dwellings that still stand across the country, the fascinating history behind those sites, and how he has used the experiences to shed light on larger issues of race in America.
$32.00 Hardcover
973.91
9781982122911
05/23/2023
Scribner
$29.99 Hardcover
345.7302
9781982198572
05/30/2023
Threshold Editions
$42.95 Hardcover
920
9781399073202
05/31/2023
Air World
$30.00 Hardcover
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9780593297162
06/06/2023
Viking
$29.00 Hardcover
973.0496
9780306829666
06/06/2023
Hachette Book Group USA
Pick-Goslar,
HannahWhile Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at the hands of the Nazi regime, as well as an intimate, never-before-seen portrait of the most recognizable victim of the Holocaust.
Spies
Walton, Calder
Mining hitherto secret archives in multiple languages, Calder Walton shows that the Cold War started earlier than commonly assumed, that it continued even after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, and that Britain and America’s clandestine struggle with the Soviet government provides key lessons for countering China today.
Clark, Christopher
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled them forward, with deep resonance and frightening parallels to today. Elegantly written, meticulously researched, and filled with a fascinating cast of figures, including the social theorist de Tochqueville and the troubled Priest de Lamennais.
Martin, Rachel Louise
An intimate portrait of a small town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history— about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board —will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation in America.
An urgent new chapter in the history of the Catholic Church and America’s reckoning with its founding narrative. Through the saga of the Mahoney family, Swarns illustrates how the Church relied on slave labor and slave sales to sustain its operations and to help finance its expansion.
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9780316564403
06/06/2023
Little, Brown Spark
$34.99 Hardcover
973.91
9781668000694
06/06/2023
Simon & Schuster
$40.00 Hardcover
940
9780525575207
06/13/2023
Crown
$29.99 Hardcover
379.263
9781665905145
06/13/2023
Simon & Schuster
$28.00 Hardcover
973.5
9780399590863
06/13/2023
Random House
Borman, Tracy
Sheds new light on two of history’s most famous women—the private desires, hopes, and fears that lay behind their dazzling public personas, and the surprising influence each had on the other during and after their lifetimes. In the process, Tracy Borman reframes our understanding of the entire Tudor era.
Connealy, Mary
Widowed seamstress Nell Armstrong finds solace in helping widower Brand Nolte's daughters learn to sew. But she's more than a seamstress, and her investigative skills from her late lawman husband become critical when a robbery survivor arrives in town.
Flores, Santiago / Garza, M Reyna
The first authoritative and detailed account of aerial operations over Mexico in the period 1910-1939. Three decades of small yet intensive combat operations proved to be a baptism of fire for many early Mexican aviators. Richly illustrated with more than 150 exclusive photographs and color profiles.
Mikanowski, Jacob
A narrative about a place that has survived the brink of being forgotten. Beginning with long-lost accounts of early pagan life, Mikanowski offers a kaleidoscopic tour recounting the rise and fall of the great empires; the dawn of the modern era; the ravages of Fascism, Communism, and Capitalism; and more.
Andrews, Lena
A groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II and their forgotten yet essential role in contributing towards the Allies’ victory. Andrews introduces readers to women who make Rosie the Riveter look downright quaint. Their stories are inspiring, shocking, and heartbreaking.
$29.00 Hardcover
920
9780802162069
06/20/2023
Atlantic Monthly Press
$16.99 Trade Paper
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9780764241147
06/20/2023
Bethany House Publishers
$29.95 Trade Paper
940.54
9781913336387
06/30/2023
Helion & Company
$30.00 Hardcover
947
9781524748500
07/18/2023
Pantheon
$32.99 Hardcover
940.54
9780063088337
08/01/2023
Mariner Books
Holm,
TomThe gripping, forgotten tale of Ira Hayes—a Native American icon and World War II legend who famously helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima but spent the latter half of his life haunted by being a war hero.
Macadam,
Heather Dune / Worrall, SimonPart historical portrait of life during the Occupation, this true love story follows the romance between a Catholic Resistance fighter and a Holocaust victim who meet at the famous Café Flore—before war, prejudice, and disapproving families set them on divergent and tragically inevitable paths.
Schindler,
MichèleLearn how mental health was understood in late medieval English society through medical texts written at that time, as well as sources commenting on specific cases. This book shines a light on what superstitions and myths existed about mental health. It also examines how mental illnesses were treated.
Jones,
Robert P.This reframing of American origins explains how the founders of the United States could build the philosophical framework for a democratic society on a foundation of mass racial violence. Through stories of people navigating these contradictions in three communities, Jones illuminates the possibility of a new American future.
Merchant,
BrianThe true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs. Learn what happened when an underground network of 19th-century rebels, the Luddites, took up arms against the industrialists that were automating their work—and how it explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech today.
$30.00
9781538709504
08/01/2023
Twelve
$28.00
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08/22/2023
Citadel Press
$49.95
940.1
9781399092449
08/30/2023
Pen and Sword History
$28.99
973.93
9781668009512
09/05/2023
Simon & Schuster
$30.00 Hardcover
941.073
9780316487740
09/05/2023
Little, Brown and Company
Harriot, Michael
A searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. Combining unapologetically provocative storytelling with meticulous research, Harriot removes the white sugarcoating from the American story, placing Black people squarely at the center.
O’Reilly, Bill / Dugard, Martin
What really happened in Salem? Killing the Witches tells the horrifying story of a colonial town’s madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time. The book also explores the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts and in subsequent investigations.
$32.50 Hardcover
973.0496
9780358439165
09/19/2023
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
$32.00 Hardcover
974.4
9781250283320
09/26/2023
St. Martin’s Press
Anthony, Carl Sferrazza
An illuminating new biography of the young Jackie Bouvier Kennedy that covers her formative adventures abroad in Paris; her life as a writer and photographer at a Washington, DC, newspaper; and her romance with a dashing, charismatic Massachusetts congressman who shared her intellectual passion.
Kelly, Minka
Minka Kelly takes readers behind the shiny silver-screen facade. Raised by a single mother who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction, Minka spent years waking up in strange apartments. This memoir tells a story of triumph over adversity, and how resilience and love are all we have.
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$29.99 Hardcover
9781982141875
05/02/2023
Gallery Books
$28.99 Hardcover
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9781250852069
05/02/2023
Henry Holt & Company
Cohen, Andy
Andy Cohen goes from bottle service to baby bottles in a hilarious, heartwarming, and name-dropping account of the most important year of his life. This fast-paced, mile-a-minute look behind the scenes of living the so-called glamorous life in Manhattan now takes firm aim at life at home.
Feinstein, John
The definitive biography of enigmatic golfer, commentator, and performer David Feherty. Feinstein tells hilarious true tales about Feherty’s time in the limelight and interactions with stars such as Tiger Woods and Roy McIlroy. He also details Feherty’s struggles with alcoholism, the death of his son, and more.
McCarthy, Andrew
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son, Sam. The pair traverse an unforgiving landscape, having more honest conversations in five weeks than they’ve had in the preceding two decades.
Smith, Kenny
A poignant, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny “The Jet” Smith—superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals memorable inside stories of his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players, coaches, and mentors who inspired him along the way.
Rubin, Robert E.
Robert Rubin, former secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, shares thoughts on decision-making developed over more than six decades in markets, business, government, and politics. Offers readers an astute and original guide for navigating uncertain times.
$29.99
9781250890924
05/09/2023
Henry Holt & Company
$30.00
9780306830006
05/09/2023
Hachette Book Group USA
$28.00
9781538709207
05/09/2023
Grand Central Publishing
$29.00
9780385548052
05/09/2023
Doubleday
$32.00
9780593491393
05/16/2023
Penguin Press
Russell, R. K.
A groundbreaking memoir from NFL player, writer, and advocate R.K. Russell, who made history by becoming the first out active NFL player to identify as bisexual. Told through the people and moments that have shaped him, Russell traces the highs and lows of his life in and out of football.
Stearns, Glenn / Morton, Laura
From underdog in life to starring in Discovery Channel’s Undercover Billionaire, Glenn Stearns is a rags-toriches story. Filled with memorable anecdotes from his roller coaster life and career, InteGRITy is a story about adversity, pain, attitude, and action.
Brokaw, Tom
The New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation tells the inspiring, deeply personal story of his own family’s greatest generation: his parents, who embodied the can-do spirit that enabled them to survive the Great Depression and World War II, and to help build the American century.
Harris, Aisha
In nine lively, incisive essays, NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour co-host Aisha Harris reflects on the cultural touchstones of her childhood and adolescence that have shaped her, setting them in context with current sensations that are transforming culture now.
Piatigorsky-Roth, Sivan
A unique perspective on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. This book is an unorthodox biography of Diana Spencer told through a particular autistic and transmasculine lens, examining issues of identity and self-determination, and the mythological parallels in the lives of the royal family and the author.
$26.99
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9781368081368
05/16/2023
Hyperion Avenue
$28.00
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9781637630433
05/23/2023
Forefront Books
$28.00
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9780593596371
06/13/2023
Random House
$29.99
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9780063249943
06/13/2023
HarperOne
$19.99 Trade Paper
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9781951491222
06/13/2023
Street Noise Books
Styron, Rose
A memoir of an extraordinary life from the longtime wife of novelist and essayist Bill Styron. An intimate portrait of a celebrated life and the famous and infamous who dropped in. Here as well are the years of dedication and risk, traveling the world, and Bill Styron’s full-on breakdowns.
Boisseau Stohl, Bev
Bev Stohl ran the MIT office of the renowned linguist and social critic Noam Chomsky for nearly two and a half decades. This is her account of those years, working next to a man described by the New York Times as “arguably the most important intellectual alive today.”
Althea
Jacobs, Sally H.
The biography of Althea Gibson, the street savvy young woman from Harlem who broke the color barrier in tennis with her remarkable skill on the court. Gibson was about as alien in that rarefied white world as an aspiring tennis champion could be.
Wifedom
Funder, Anna
The story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century—and a consideration of what it means to be a wife and writer in the modern world. Eileen O’Shaughnessy married Orwell in 1936. Why and how was she written out of their story?
Stamos, John
John Stamos, one of the most beloved actors of our time, tells the incredible story of his life and career in a wonderfully candid, heartfelt, and inspiring memoir. A rollicking insider look at Hollywood, fame, fortune, and failure. This is a tender treaty on love, friendship, and fatherhood.
$32.00
9780525659020
06/13/2023
Knopf
$27.95
9781682193778
07/11/2023 OR Books
$32.00
9781250246554
08/15/2023
St. Martin’s Press
$32.00
9780593320686
08/22/2023
Knopf
$29.99
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9781250890979
10/24/2023
Henry Holt & Company
Steinberg, Jonny
A deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg reveals the fractures and stubborn bonds at the heart of a volatile and groundbreaking union, a very modern political marriage that played out on the world stage.
Hamas
Caridi, Paola / Teti, Andrea (Translator)
A nuanced history of the political movement central to the question of Palestine. Ten years after its publication in English, this updated version provides a new chapter that reflects on the recent developments in the Palestinian struggle, including Israel’s most recent assault on Gaza in May 2021.
Chomsky, Noam / Polychroniou, C. J. (Editor)
A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era; the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court; the ongoing fallout from COVID-19; the roots of the War in Ukraine; and more.
Drummond, Steve
Drummond draws the reader into the fast-paced story of how Harry Truman, still a newcomer to Washington politics, cobbled together a bipartisan team of men and women that took on powerful corporate entities and the Pentagon, placing Truman in the national spotlight and paving his path to the White House.
$35.00 Hardcover
920
9780525656852
05/02/2023
Knopf
$24.95 Trade Paper
324.2569
9781644211892
05/09/2023
Seven Stories Press
$65.00 Hardcover
327.1
9781642599473
05/09/2023
Haymarket Books
$32.99 Hardcover
940.54
9781335449504
05/09/2023
Hanover Square Press
Elliott, Kevin J.
Advances an alternative approach to democratic reform that focuses on building institutions that empower people who have little time for politics. This approach emphasizes the core institutions of electoral democracy, such as political parties, against deliberative reforms and sortition.
Klobuchar, Amy
An intimate and revelatory memoir—on personal challenges, political turmoil, and the state of American democracy. In her candid, honest, and at times bitingly funny memoir, the pragmatic senator shares insider stories from these historic moments, while also inviting readers into her personal life.
Acemoglu, Daron / Johnson, Simon
Power and Progress demonstrates that the path of technology was once—and may again be—brought under control. With their breakthrough economic theory and manifesto for a better society, Acemoglu and Johnson provide the vision needed to reshape how we innovate and who really gains from technological advances.
Ansell, Ben
Why is it so hard to get—and keep—the world we want? Ben Ansell vividly illustrates how our collective goals are undermined by political traps and why today’s political landscape is so tumultuous. Brilliant storytelling and pathbreaking research illustrate how to maneuver through the messy, complicated world of politics.
Ellison, Keith
How do we break the wheel of police violence and finally make it stop? Each chapter goes spoke to spoke along the wheel of the system as Ellison examines the roles of prosecutors, defendants, heads of police unions, judges, activists, legislators, politicians, and media figures.
$35.00 Trade Paper
323.042
9780226826325
05/09/2023
University of Chicago Press
$30.00 Hardcover
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9781250285140
05/09/2023
St. Martin’s Press
$32.00 Hardcover
303.483
9781541702530
05/16/2023
PublicAffairs
$30.00 Hardcover
327.111
9781541702073
05/23/2023
PublicAffairs
$30.00 Hardcover
363.232
9781538725634
05/23/2023
Twelve
Richmond, Oliver P.
Richmond explores the evolution of peace in practice and in theory, exploring our modern assumptions about peace and the various different interpretations of its applications. This second edition has been theoretically and empirically updated and introduces a new framework to understand the overall evolution of the international peace architecture.
Gilder, George
Gilder explains how economics is not an incentive system but an information system. Redefining capitalism for the modern age, he reveals how free enterprise is a mind-driven system, that material resources are essentially as infinite as the atoms of the universe, and that what governs economic growth is human creativity.
Lebron, Christopher J.
This updated edition presents a condensed and accessible intellectual history of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and expands on its relevancy. Includes a new introduction that explores how the movement’s core ideas have been challenged, re-affirmed, and re-imagined during the white nationalism of the Trump years.
Rothstein, Richard / Rothstein, Leah
A blueprint for concerned citizens and community leaders. This book describes dozens of activities that readers and supporters can undertake in their own communities to make their commitment real, producing victories that might finally challenge residential segregation and help remedy America’s profoundly unconstitutional past.
Hodes, Martha
In this moving and thought-provoking memoir, a historian offers a personal look at the fallibilities of memory and the lingering impact of trauma. Hodes goes back 50 years to tell the story of being a passenger on an airliner hijacked by Palestinians in 1970.
$11.95 Trade Paper
303.7
9780192857026
05/23/2023
Oxford University Press
$29.99 Hardcover
330.122
9781684512249
05/30/2023
Regnery Gateway
$19.95 Trade Paper
305.896
9780197577356
06/01/2023
Oxford University Press
$25.00 Hardcover
305.8
9781324093244
06/01/2023
Liveright
$32.00 Hardcover B
9780062699794
06/06/2023
Harper
Two unforgettable women from opposite poles of power in Maine forge an uplifting bond through good, old-fashioned letter writing that helps them navigate the COVID crisis. Mullen draws from these two women’s letters and the governor’s journal, which were never intended for publication.
Political science professor Paul DeBole delves into the why, how, and what of conspiracy theories: why humans are prone to believing—and spreading—misinformation; how the nature of our political institutions fosters distrust; and what we can do to filter out theories that are not based on fact.
A vivid account of a life in intelligence, special operations, and strategy. Vickers recounts his remarkable career, from his days as a Green Beret to his vision for victory in Afghanistan to his role in waging America’s war with al-Qa’ida at the highest levels of government.
Allison, Charles / Bonzo, N. O. (Illustrator) / Matthews, Kevin (Illustrator)
Follows the life of Nestor Makhno, who organized a sevenmillion-strong anarchist polity during the Russian Civil War, developed Platformist anarchism during his exile in Paris, and advised other anarchists—like Durruti—on tactics and propaganda. Timely and timeless, this biography reveals Makhno’s rapidly changing world and his place in it.
Belim, Victoria
A timely and deeply moving memoir of the author’s Ukrainian family history, interwoven with the country’s tumultuous story. In 2014, Victoria Belim’s hometown of Kyiv was gripped by protests and violent suppression. A naturalized American citizen then living in Brussels, Belim felt she had to go back.
$29.95
B
9781586423681
06/06/2023
Steerforth Press
$24.95
973.9
9780825309823
06/20/2023
Beaufort Books
$35.00
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9781101947708
06/20/2023
Knopf
$21.95 Trade Paper
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9781629634715
06/27/2023
PM Press
$28.00 Hardcover
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9781419767852
06/27/2023
Abrams Press
Zwolinski, Matt / Fleischer, Miranda
PerryProvides the average citizen with all the information they need to understand current debates about the Universal Basic Income (UBI). It recounts the history of the idea, discusses current pilot programs, explores both the promises and pitfalls, and explains why the UBI has attracted supporters from across the ideological spectrum.
Howe, Neil
Neil Howe has returned with an extraordinary new prediction: What we see all around us will culminate by the early 2030s in a climax that poses great danger and yet also holds great promise. The Fourth Turning Is Here attempts to make sense of our current crisis.
Rufo, Christopher F.
The conservative firebrand argues against what he sees as the radical left’s takeover of American culture, through such means as cultural race theory, “wokeness,” and the advancement of LGBTQ+. rights.
Blowback
Taylor, Miles
An urgent look at how our deeply divided nation is setting the stage for “The Next Trump.” Taylor uses untold stories to shed light on the ex-President’s unfulfilled plans, the dark forces haunting our civic lives, and how we can thwart the rise of extremism in the United States.
Strausser, Jeffrey
Provides review and practice in an easy, step-by-step format. Inside, you’ll find clear explanations for all topics, including the U.S. Constitution, civil liberties and civil rights, the branches of government, how public policy is shaped, and much more. Includes painless tips, common misconceptions to avoid, and informative sidebars.
$18.95 Trade Paper
362.582
9780197556221
07/11/2023
Oxford University Press
$32.50 Hardcover
303.4973
9781982173739
07/18/2023
Simon & Schuster
$32.00 Hardcover
306
9780063227538
07/18/2023
Broadside Books
$30.00 Hardcover
364.1323
9781668015988
07/18/2023
Atria Books
$16.99 Trade Paper
320.473
9781506288260
08/01/2023
Barron’s Educational Series
Golden, Jonathan M. / McCallister, Joseph J.
This book treats the Constitution, and the First Amendment in particular, as a living document, one that requires interpretation and re-interpretation on a regular basis as our nation and its people evolve. The book begins with an overview essay discussing the background of the contemporary debate over religion in schools.
deBoer, Fredrik
An exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement—and how the country can do better. In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, the U.S. was hit by a ripple of political discontent.
Uygur, Cenk
A manifesto that outlines the progressive vision, history, and worldview—by the founder of The Young Turks. Uygur presents two ideas that counter everything we hear from pundits and politicians on a daily basis: one, progressives are correct on all issues, and two, America is actually a very progressive country.
Richardson, Heather Cox
From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter “Letters from an American,” a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy—and how we can turn back.
Stein, Ben
From Ben Stein, New York Times bestselling author, humorist, and former speech writer for both Nixon and Ford administrations, comes a personal memoir of his friend Richard Nixon: The man, patriot, president, peacemaker, and visionary.
$44.00 Hardcover
379.28
9781440872761
08/31/2023
ABC-Clio
$29.99 Hardcover
303.38
9781668016015
09/05/2023
Simon & Schuster
$30.00 Hardcover
320.473
9781250272799
09/19/2023
St. Martin’s Press
$30.00 Hardcover
973.931
9780593652961
09/26/2023
Viking
$27.99 Hardcover
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9781630062019
10/10/2023
Humanix Books
DiGregorio, Sarah
In this sweeping cultural history of nursing from the Stone Age to the present, the critically acclaimed author of Early pays homage to the profession and makes an urgent call for change. DiGregorio chronicles the lives of nurses past and tells the stories of those today.
Lee, Peter / Goldberg, Carey / Kohane, Isaac
AI is about to transform medicine. Here's what you need to know right now. GPT-4 and its competitors and followers are on the verge of transforming medicine. Join three insiders who've had months of early access to GPT-4 as they reveal its momentous potential.
Olien, Darin
Olien offers invaluable advice for addressing the health of our bodies—and the health of the planet—by identifying common products and behaviors that are harmful, providing alternatives that are non-toxic and life-enhancing. Fatal Conveniences offers a fresh perspective and achievable, small tweaks that will lead to big, life-enhancing changes.
Kennedy, Robert F.
Pulls back the curtain on how the U.S. government’s increase in biosecurity spending after the 2001 terror attacks—facilitated by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—set in motion a plan to transform the NIAID into a de facto Defense Department agency.
$32.00 Hardcover
610.73
9780063071285
05/02/2023
Harper
$29.99 Hardcover
610.28563
9780138200138
5/13/2023
Pearson
$32.00 Hardcover
363.17
9780063114531
05/16/2023
HarperWave
$32.50 Hardcover
614.5924
9781510773981
05/23/2023
Skyhorse Publishing
Barenholtz Levy, Hedva
Maybe It’s Your Medications provides information, insider tips, and strategies that empower patients and caregivers to have important conversations about their prescription and nonprescription drugs. Dr. Levy applies her decades of experience to guide the reader in how to become an active participant on their healthcare team.
MacPhail,
TheresaThe definitive story of allergies, combining history, reporting, and cutting-edge science to lay out a radical new understanding of the changes in environment and lifestyle that are contributing to a stunning increase in cases.
Kneeland, Jessi
A life-changing guide to reclaiming your relationship with your body—and yourself. There is a reason you’re unhappy with your body. Body Neutral will help you discover what that reason is and how to defuse its power, freeing you to enjoy a life of true confidence, security, and satisfaction.
Davies, Sasha / Hudson, Tori, ND
A primer on menopause that reads like advice from a friend. Offers no-nonsense, straightforward, medically backed information about what to expect and what you can do about it. Includes a refresher course on reproductive system anatomy, information on how to recognize and what to do about common symptoms, and more.
Mueller, Tom
A gripping microcosm of American health care gone wrong, How to Make a Killing recounts how the optimism of the 1950s and 1960s—when transplants and early dialysis machines offered hope—gave way to anguished debates about the ethics of rationing (and profiting from) life-saving care.
$26.99 Hardcover
615.1
9781510774834
05/30/2023
Skyhorse Publishing
$28.99 Hardcover
616.973
9780593229194
05/30/2023
Random House
$20.00 Trade Paper
306.4613
9780593491768
06/06/2023
Penguin Life
$19.95 Trade Paper
618.175
9781611809831
06/27/2023
Roost Books
$30.00 Hardcover
610.9
9780393866513
08/01/2023
W. W. Norton & Company
Magee, David
Written with a parent’s passion and empathy, Things Have Changed offers a clear roadmap for navigating painful struggles that many modern children and students face, including mental health issues, substance abuse, and more.
Throsby, Karen
Sugar Rush explores the social life of sugar in its rise to infamy. The book reveals how competing understandings of the “problem” of sugar are smoothed over through appeals to science and the demonization of fatness, with politics and popular culture preying on our anxieties about what we eat.
Ratner, Bruce / Bonislawski, Adam
Early Detection looks at shortcomings in cancer screening efforts and how early detection procedures can be expanded and improved. The book also highlights the disparities of race and economic class that affect access to early screening.
MacNamara, Deborah, PhD
Parent consultant Deborah MacNamara explores the relationship between food and attachment. Informed by attachment science, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and research on human emotion, Nourished reframes our approach to providing for our kids and helps us hit the reset button on our relationship with food.
Schama, Simon
A vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines. Inspirational and tragic by turns, these are stories of success and failure, of collaboration and persecution, as humanity struggles to work together in the face of one of our most deadly shared enemies: pandemics.
$22.00 Trade Paper
371.713
9781637743966
08/08/2023
Matt Holt Books
$29.95 Trade Paper
306.349
9781526151551
08/12/2023
Manchester University Press
$26.95 Hardcover
616.994
9781682193518
09/12/2023
OR Books
$19.95 Trade Paper
306.85
9781774582558
09/19/2023
Page Two Books
$32.99 Hardcover
615.372
9781328974839
09/19/2023
Ecco
Bushnell, Jeremy P.
A rollicking supernatural detective thriller that introduces Artie Quick, a sales assistant at Filene’s in 1909 Boston, who moonlights as an amateur detective. She’s joined by her pal Theodore, an upper-crust young bachelor whose interest in Boston’s occult counterculture has drawn him into the study of magic.
Simak, Clifford D.
After a night out on the town, Parker Graves returns home to lifethreatening danger. Aliens? Dolls that walk like people? Talking dogs? With a little help from a fellow reporter and an unusual visitor, Parker just might be able to put a stop to this mess—if he survives.
Weber, David / Holo, Jacob
The Weltall Tournament’s professional VR games were supposed to be a symbol of cooperation between SysGov and its militaristic neighbor, the Admin. But that was before star Admin player Elly Sako received a death threat, written in blood next to a copy of her own severed head.
Rao, Kritika H.
High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity. Here, architects are revered deeply. Charismatic and powerful, Iravan is one such architect. As the city begins to plummet, his and his wife’s discoveries threaten not only their marriage, but their entire civilization.
$18.99 Trade Paper
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9781685890322
06/06/2023
Melville House
$17.99 Trade Paper
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9781504079822
06/06/2023
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
$28.00 Hardcover
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9781982192655
06/06/2023
Baen Books
$16.95 Trade Paper
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9781803361246
06/13/2023
Titan Books
Simpson, W. A.
The follow-up to Tinderbox, the acclaimed first title in The Tales of the Riven Isles. Red is the infamous Reynard the Fox, fugitive shapeshifter. When his past finds him, Red is taken to the Kingdom of Vale within Underneath to pay for his crimes—and Harper is taken as hostage.
Victoria, Ricardo
Magick is in disarray. The Crown of the Dead has reappeared. While Gaby and Sam are dealing with their own inner turmoil, they must lead their respective teams onto a path that will make them both realize one important fact: You can choose who you want to be.
Sanderson, Brandon
Chased by a group from his own time, an amnesiac wizard’s sole hope for survival lies in regaining his memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook, except it exploded during transit.
Campbell, Jack
Geary’s already complex and dangerous mission is further imperiled by deadly challenges from other human factions seeking to harm or exploit the aliens. When another alien species arrives, the stakes are raised to the highest possible level. Only the most serious danger comes from an unexpected source.
Dixon, Ruby
The next novel in the international publishing phenomenon the Ice Planet Barbarians series, now in a special print edition with a bonus novella! Josie has always dreamed of finding The One. The hunter chosen for her is nothing like what she expected—but he might be exactly what she needs.
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9781787587885
06/13/2023
Flame Tree Press
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9781951122607
06/13/2023
Shadow Dragon Press
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9781250899675
06/27/2023
Tor Books
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9780593199022
07/04/2023
Ace
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9780593639467
07/11/2023
Berkley
Abraham, Daniel
Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth with a long, bloody history. Garreth Left is heir to a prominent merchant family. A chance meeting with an enigmatic stranger changes everything. He falls for a woman whose name he doesn’t even know, and will do anything to find her again.
Brown, Pierce
The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars. Darrow sets off on a long voyage home, an interplanetary adventure where old friends will reunite, new alliances will be forged, and rivals will clash on the battlefield.
Kuhn, M. J.
M. J. Kuhn returns to the gritty world of heists, magic, and deception in this high-stakes fantasy follow-up to Among Thieves. A powerful tool has fallen into the hands of Callum Clem, the criminal leader of the Saints. With Riya’s group scattered throughout the kingdoms of Thamorr, things seem hopeless.
Lackey, Mercedes / Dixon, Larry
This first book in a new trilogy returns to the tales of the majestic gryphons. Firesong struggles with his age and mortality, and he intends to solve a vast mystery at the center of legendary Lake Evendim as his crowning achievement.
Singh, Nalini
StoneWater bears Pavel and Yakov Stepyrev have been a unit since birth, but now Pavel’s life is veering in a new direction, his heart held in the hands of Arwen Mercant, a Psy empath—and the only man who has ever brought Pavel to his knees.
$29.00 Hardcover
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9780316421898
07/18/2023
Orbit
$30.00 Hardcover
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9780425285978
07/25/2023
Del Rey
$17.99 Trade Paper
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9781668013632
07/25/2023
Gallery / Saga Press
$28.00 Hardcover
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9780756414481
07/25/2023
DAW
$28.00 Hardcover
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9780593440704
07/25/2023
Berkley
Lepucki, Edan
Ursa possesses a very special gift. She can travel through memory and revisit her past. After she flees her hometown for the counterculture glory of 1950’s California, the intoxicating potential of her unique ability eventually draws a group of women into her orbit and into a ramshackle Victorian mansion.
$29.00 Hardcover
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9781640095724
08/01/2023
Counterpoint
Ares Smith, L. Neil
While humanity is spreading their wings, their home planet’s warring nations and internal political powerplays are tearing countries apart. The President of the United States is a puppet to his wife’s scheming. It’s time for powerful industrialist Richfield Chan to make his move.
Weis, Margaret / Hickman, Tracy
A courageous heroine trapped in the distant past is determined to return to her own time—without changing the shape of the world forever. Destina tries desperately to make amends and prevent disaster. Destina’s party must return to their own timeline together—or not at all.
Prophet
Blaché, Sin / Macdonald, Helen
From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first-time author Sin Blaché, Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow-burn romance—set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.
Campbell, Ramsey
Joe Hunter has begun to adjust to the loss of his wife when he hears her calling from beyond, “Where am I?” His urge to help leads him into her afterlife, which is made up of their memories. Even the best of those is no refuge from the restless dead.
$17.99 Trade Paper
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9781647100780
08/01/2023
Caezik SF and Fantasy
$28.99 Hardcover
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9781984819383
08/01/2023
Random House Worlds
$29.00 Hardcover
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9780802162021
08/08/2023
Grove Press
$26.95 Hardcover
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9781787588615
08/15/2023
Flame Tree Press
Huiting, Pan
When an office worker receives a device promising to transport her to a parallel universe, she assumes it’s just another marketing stunt. That night, she visits a fantastical place in her dreams; on waking she returns to her normal life, only to return to the same dream the following night.
Huang, S. L.
A queer epic fantasy full of bandits, heroes, and revolution, inspired by the Chinese classic Water Margin. Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor who believes in keeping her head down and doing her job. Until a powerful man with a vendetta rips that carefully-built life away.
Dila, Dilman
The stunning new collection from the Ugandan master of Africanfuturism. A startling collection of eight wonderful tales full of imagination, wonder, sorrow, power, and hope that weave Uganda’s wonderful myth and reality with its past, present, and possible future.
Omae, Ao / Balistrieri, Emily (Translator)
Composed of the title novella and three short stories, this short story collection sensitively explores gender, friendship, romance, love, human interaction and its absence, and how a misogynistic society limits women and men. In the title story, Nanamori and Mugito, two university students appalled by society’s gendered roles, rebel.
9781914148408
08/17/2023
Fairlight Books
08/22/2023
Tordotcom
$17.95 Trade Paper F
9780578368030
06/06/2023
Rosarium Publishing
$26.99 Hardcover F
9780063227217
06/06/2023
HarperVia
Sneed, Christine
These 12 stories are inspired by the memorable strangeness of everyday life. The characters in these topically diverse tales experience events that bring the terms of their day-to-day lives and their relationships into focus in a way hitherto foreign to them.
Allen, Jeffery Renard
In Fat Time and Other Stories, Jimi Hendrix, Francis Bacon, the boxer Jack Johnson, Miles Davis, and a space-age Muhammad Ali find themselves in the otherworldly hands of Jeffery Renard Allen, reimagined and transformed to bring us news of America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Khair, Tabish
A collection of other stories from shining India—those not often told. The short story “Namaste Trump” starts in a domestic setting, where a servant from the hinterlands is patronized and exploited by an upwardly mobile urban family. Chilling and heartbreaking, these stories range from understated realism to gothic terror.
Bruns, Don (Editor)
In this second collection in the Music and Murder Mystery series, nine award-winning, bestselling authors have written their own interpretations of the Thriller album song list. Includes stories from Heather Graham, Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Dahlia Rose, and David R. Slayton, among others.
Caron, Amber
A magnetic debut collection of stories about the daily lives and labors of girls and women in rural America. The characters in these nine stories—search-and-rescue workers, dog trainers, naturalists, archaeologists, and dowsers—are each fundamentally shaped by the environment in which they live and work.
$20.00 Trade Paper
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9780810146167
06/15/2023
TriQuarterly Books
$16.00 Trade Paper
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9781644452394
06/20/2023
Graywolf Press
$17.00 Trade Paper
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9781623717483
07/04/2023
Interlink Books
$16.99 Trade Paper
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9798212449397
07/11/2023
Blackstone Publishing
$16.00 Trade Paper
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9781639550449
07/11/2023
Milkweed Editions
Hadley, Tessa
In each of these 12 stories, small events have huge consequences. Heloise’s father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy.
Sunrise
Kobayashi, Erika / Bergstrom, Brian (Translator)
A collection of contemplative, interconnected stories examining the visible and invisible consequences of atomic power on Japanese society. Sunrise shows us how the discovery of radioactive power has shaped our history and continues to shape our future.
Tremblay, Paul
A haunting collection of short fiction. In “The Dead Thing,” a middle-schooler struggles to deal with the aftermath of her parents’ substance addictions and split. In “The Last Conversation,” a person wakes in a sterile, white room and begins to receive instructions via intercom from a woman named Anne.
Emergency
Alcott, Kathleen
A searing volume of prizewinning stories starring women facing points of no return. A professor finds a photograph of her deceased mother in a compromising position on the wall of a museum. A twenty-something’s lucrative remote work sparks paranoia and bigotry.
Morse, David Lawrence
Winner of the 2022 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. These nine stories open portals to fabulist worlds and magical objects: a village built on the back of a whale, a holiday that requires literal leaps of faith, a tower that houses an entire civilization.
$28.00
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9780593536193
07/11/2023
Knopf
$16.00
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9781662601170
07/11/2023
Astra House
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9780063069961
07/11/2023
William Morrow
$27.95
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9781324051886
07/18/2023
W. W. Norton & Company
$17.95 Trade Paper
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9781956046199
07/18/2023
Sarabande Books
Wilkie, Nancy Joie
Can an extraterrestrial intelligence use our own biology against us? Can a human consciousness survive in a virtual environment? Each of the stories in this speculative collection takes the reader further into the future and farther out into the cosmos.
Millhauser, Steven
An exquisite new collection from a Pulitzer Prize–winning master of the short story. Here are 18 stories of astonishing range and precision. A housewife drinks alone in her Connecticut living room. A guillotine glimmers above a sleepy town green.
$17.95 Trade Paper
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9781647424541
07/18/2023
She Writes Press
$28.00 Hardcover
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9780593535417
08/01/2023
Knopf
Crouse, David Nikki
The stories in I’m Here dramatize life in the Alaskan interior, describing the difficult lives of people in Fairbanks, Alaska as they move through the long, brilliant days of summer into the deep winter months. These are characters living on the tenuous edge of things.
Kakimoto, Megan Kamalei
Kakimoto’s debut story collection follows a cast of mixed native Hawaiian and Japanese women through a contemporary landscape thick with inherited wisdom and the ghosts of colonization. This is a Hawai’i where unruly sexuality and generational memory overflow the postcard image of paradise and the boundaries of the real.
$18.95 Trade Paper
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9781597099349
08/08/2023
Boreal Books
$27.99 Hardcover
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9781639731169
08/29/2023
Bloomsbury Publishing
I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
— ROBIN WILLIAMS
