Performing Arts

Parachute Women : Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

by Elizabeth Winder

available in July, hardcover, Hachette

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The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock-and-roll bands of all time. In Parachute Women, Elizabeth Winder introduces us to the four women who inspired, styled, wrote for, remixed, and ultimately helped create the legend of the Rolling Stones. Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, and Anita Pallenberg put the glimmer in the Glimmer Twins and taught a group of straight-laced boys to be bad. They opened the doors to subterranean art and alternative lifestyles, turned them on to Russian literature, occult practices, and LSD. More hip to the times than the rockers themselves, they consciously (and unconsciously) kept the band current—and confident—with that mythic lasting power they still have today.

Holding the Note : Profiles in Popular Music

by David Remnick

available now, hardcover, Knopf

The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing “Respect” or Bob Dylan performing “Blind Willie McTell,” have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a place and a feeling when you hear that song again. In Holding the Note, David Remnick writes about the lives and work of some of the greatest musicians, songwriters, and performers of the past 50 years.

Pageboy: A Memoir

by Elliot Page

available in June, hardcover, Flatiron

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Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With Juno’s massive success, Elliot became one of the world’s most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels, and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do. Until enough was enough. With this evocative and lyrical debut, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world.

Mud Ride : A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion

by Steve Turner with Adem Tepedelen

available in June, hardcover, Chronicle Prism

A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard skateboard ramps and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon— as told by one of its founding fathers and lead guitarist of legendary alternative rock band, Mudhoney.

Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps

by Makana Eyre available now, hardcover, W.W. Norton & Co.

On a cold October night in 1942, SS guards at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp violently disbanded a rehearsal of a secret Jewish choir led by conductor Rosebery d’Arguto. Only one of its members survived the Holocaust. Yet their story survives, thanks to Aleksander Kulisiewicz. An amateur musician, he was not Jewish, but struck up an unlikely friendship with d’Arguto in Sachsenhausen. D’Arguto tasked him with a mission: to save the musical heritage of the victims of the Nazi camps.

Pictorial 1964 : Eyes of the Storm

by Paul McCartney

available in June, hardcover, Liveright

Representing selections found from McCartney’s personal archive in 2020, 1964 looks at photographs taken by McCartney himself in six cities on the world tour that kicked off Beatlemania. While the world looked at the Fab Four, McCartney was looking back at them with his camera lens, capturing a changing world and a band on the cusp of changing the world.

The Well-Lived Life : A 102-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age

by Gladys McGarey, MD.

available now, hardcover, Atria

Dr. McGarey, co-founder of the American Holistic Medical Association, began her medical practice at a time when women couldn’t even own their own bank accounts.

Over the past 60years, she has pioneered a new way of thinking about disease and health that has transformed the way we imagine health care and self-care around the world. In a voice that is both practical and inspiring, Dr. McGarey shares her own extraordinary stories and eternal wisdom to her survival of both heartbreak and illness. And she doesn’t just look backward, she looks forward.

The Book of Charlie : Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

by David von Drehle

available now, hardcover, Simon & Schuster

Born before radio, Charlie White lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom. Thus armored, Charlie’s sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey across the continent, and later found him swinging across bandstands of the Jazz Age, racing aboard ambulances through Depression-era gangster wars, improvising techniques for early open-heart surgery, and cruising the Amazon as a guest of Peru’s president.

Goblin Mode : How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck

by McKayla Coyle

available in June, hardcover, Quirk Books

Do you ever feel strange, gross, chaotic, underappreciated, or like you don’t quite fit in? Great news: you might be a goblin! That means your imperfections and idiosyncrasies are the most awesome things about you, and you can build a more harmonious life by accepting and honoring them—taking inspiration from the frogs, fungi, moss, rocks, and dirt that goblins love.

Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!: How to Take Back Our Time, Attention, and Purpose in a World Designed to Bury Us in Bullshit

by Julio Vincent Gambuto

available in August, hardcover, Avid Reader Press

For perhaps the first time in a long time, people during Covid were being honest. Honest about what they wanted, what they believed in. Honest about the problems they were facing within their families, friend groups, and workplaces. That honesty, Gambuto noticed, had the potential to make the ground shift. But he also knew that it likely wouldn’t last, because the most powerful forces running our world would not allow it to. They wanted control over our clicks, our conversations, our dollars, our work, our votes—our lives. The only way that we could beat those systems, would be to resist the calls to keep moving, and to “go back to normal.” In order to change, we have to unsubscribe.

Four Thousand Weeks : Time Management for Mortals

by Oliver Burkeman

available in June, paperback, Macmillan

This book was a great reminder to live life to the fullest even if that means it’s all crammed into the average human lifespan which happens to average out to around 4000 weeks. Though this fact can be scary for many I found it inspiring and the book had actual useful tips surrounding time management and work-life balance! –Maddie

What Small Sound

by Francesca Bell

available now, hardcover, Red Hen

Bell’s poetry is haunting, simple, and lyrical. She writes about life’s tragedies and injustices in a gorgeous, readable way - you mourn along with her, but also appreciate the moments of beauty she creates. Look up the poems “Sandwiches” or “Conduction” for samples of her work. –Sophie

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The Ugly History of Beautiful Things : Essays on Desire and Consumption

by Katy Kelleher

available now, hardcover, Simon & Schuster

Through thoroughly researched yet delicate personal essays, Kelleher tells the story of consumerism through the ages. As a kid who went from pocketing pebbles to collecting curiosities, a title about what comes from/goes into the objects that we gravitate towards was fascinating. –Sophie

Leaning Toward Light : Poems for Gardens and the Hands That Tend Them

edited by Tess Taylor

available in August, hardcover, Storey Publishing

Caring for plants brings comfort, solace, and joy to many. In this new poetry anthology, acclaimed poet and avid gardener Tess Taylor brings together a diverse range of contemporary voices to offer poems that celebrate that joyful connection to the natural world. Some of poetry’s stars contribute to this collection including Ross Gay, Jericho Brown, Jane Hirshfield, Ada Limón, and others accompanied by a foreword by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. This book also has reflective pauses and personal recipes from some of the contributing poets, along with original, whimsical illustrations by Melissa Castrillon.

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Tabula Rasa : Volume 1

by John McPhee

available July, hardcover, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Over seven decades, McPhee has set a standard for literary nonfiction. Assaying mountain ranges, bark canoes, experimental aircraft, the Swiss Army, geophysical hot spots, ocean shipping, shad fishing, dissident art in the Soviet Union, and an even wider variety of other subjects, he has consistently written narrative pieces of immaculate design. Here, McPhee looks back at his career from the vantage point of his desk drawer, reflecting wryly upon projects he once planned to do but never got around to—people to profile, regions he meant to portray. There are so many examples that he plans to go on writing these vignettes, an ideal project for an old man, he says, and a “reminiscent montage” from a writing life.

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Design Find Yourself at Home: A Conscious Approach to Shaping Your Space and Your Life

by Emily Grosvenor

available in June, hardcover, Chronicle Prism

Award-winning magazine editor Emily

Grosvenor invites us to a reality where our homes hold limitless opportunities to create meaning, shape behavior, and inspire action. Divided into chapters by aspiration—such as attraction, creativity, purpose, partnership, focus, and connection—and filled with gorgeous full-color illustrations, Find Yourself at Home presents a new way to collaborate with your living space, carry out your purpose in a changing world, and create the perfect home in which to thrive.

Art Felinity: An Anthology of Illustrated Cats from Around the World

by Victionary

available in July, hardcover, Victionary

Felinity is an ode to this beloved creature that has captured the hearts of humans since the dawn of civilization. Packed with beautiful illustrations of our equally charming and mysterious feline friends from all over the world, this book makes a purrfect gift for any lover of these precious creatures. With their fluffy fur, dainty paws, and playful demeanor, what’s not to love about cats?

Wood Working Building: A Carpenter’s Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work

by Mark Ellison

available now, hardcover, Random House

Blending his musings on work and creativity with immersive storytelling and original sketches, photos, and illustrations, Building is an insider’s guide to what really goes on in the rarefied air of high-end New York real estate, a meditation on building a life worth living, a delightful philosophical engagement with problems and solutions, and a social anthropology of the facades that we all live within and behind.

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Book of Earth: A Guide to Ochre, Pigment, And Raw Color

by Heidi Gustafson

available now, hardcover, Abrams

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Art meets science in this guide to creating color with earth’s extraordinary pigments and exploring their fascinating uses today and throughout history. Part anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world of ochre, a naturally occurring mineral used to make pigment. Each chapter delves into author Heidi Gustafson’s rare pigment archive and provides a thorough exploration of natural color, while challenging our notions of the inanimate world. The book includes practical advice and techniques for creating your own pigments and applying these skills in everyday life. Called the “ochre whisperer” by American Craft, and noted as the “woman archiving the world’s ochre,” in the New York Times, her personal collection of more than 600 pigments from around the planet is a unique treasure, and her passion and field experience will captivate you from the first page to the last.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

September 22‒October 8, 2023

Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot

November 24‒December 10, 2023

Twilight Bowl

January 26‒February 11, 2024

Dinner with Friends

March 29‒April 14, 2024

Pippin

June 14‒30, 2024

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