Tin House Books, January 2020. Paper Back. When Theo Potiris performed his stand-up comedy act on Conan at 25, he thought he'd hit it big. But ten years later, he's still spending his days working at his parents' grocery store, bicycling to the local open mic, and writing letters to..... More
Liveright Publishing Corporation, January 2020. Hardcover. Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are sparking a national debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what pronouns to use. Colleges ask students to declare their pronouns along with their majors; corporate conferences print name tags with space to..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 2020. Hardcover. For five decades, Gerald Stern has been writing his own brand of expansive, deep-down American poetry. Now in his nineties, this "sometimes comic, sometimes tragic visionary" (Edward Hirsch) engages a lifetime of memories in his poems, blending philosophical, wide-ranging intellect with boisterous..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 2020. Hardcover. Escaping her failing marriage in the United States, Grace Marisola has returned to Pondicherry to cremate her mother. Once there, she receives an unexpected inheritance--a property on the isolated beaches south of Madras--and discovers a sister she never knew she had: Lucia..... More
Thames & Hudson, January 2020. Paper Back. Francis Bacon was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. His works continue to puzzle and unnerve viewers, raising complex questions about their meaning. Over recent decades, two theoretical approaches to Bacon's work have come to hold sway: first, that..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 2020. Hardcover. In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein tells the story of the Trump and Kushner families like never before. Their journey to the White House is a story of survival and loss, crime and betrayal, that stretches from the Klondike Gold..... More
Vintage, May 2019. Trade Paperback. National Bestseller One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe..... More
Melville House, April 2019. Hardcover. "A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."--Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review One of President Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of 2019" NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF..... More
Harper Design, January 2020. Hardcover. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's creative collaborative community HITRECORD looks at love from both sides in this ingenious flippable book. So, you just got dumped, huh? Or did you just dump someone? Doesn't matter who ended it. Either way, you're sleeping alone tonight. But don't worry, you're not..... More
Ace Books, October 2019. Hardcover. A deluxe hardcover edition of Frank Herbert's epic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. This deluxe hardcover edition of Dune includes: - An iconic new cover - Stained edges and fully illustrated endpapers - A...... More
Doubleday, September 2019. Hardcover. One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2019 Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, Lit Hub, The Millions, The Paris Review, and NPR No. 1 Irish Times Bestseller Longlisted for The Booker Prize..... More
Penguin Books, November 2019. Trade Paperback. A New York Times Notable Book Selection Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner of the Lionel Trilling Book Award A New York Times Critics' Best Book "Excellent... stunning."--Ta-Nehisi Coates This book tells the story of America's..... More
Catapult, October 2019. Paper Back. Winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize and named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews NATIONAL BESTSELLER "An innovative reimagining of the family saga. . . there is no doubt that this is a contemporary novel, insistent and alive .... More
Little, Brown and Company, March 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. In this timeless, mythical tale of unforgiving justice and elusive grace, rural Mississippi townsfolk shoulder the pain of generations as something dangerous lurks in the enigmatic kudzu of the woods. The town of Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days, though..... More
American Fisheries Society, December 1992. Paper Back. Heavily bumped bottom corner of spine. Small bump at top & scrap marks front wrapper. Otherwise clean sound copy. With previous owner's name inked half title page. More
Lewis Publishing, February 1995. Hardcover. This new edition of the best-selling book describes the main types of fishways and fish facilities used around the world to assist the passage of fish over dams and other obstructions to their migration. It also focuses on the protection of fish (mainly young fish)..... More
Indiana University Press, December 1984. Cloth. Dusty, soiled cloth with gold lettering. Soiling to end pages. Clean text. Edgeworn jacket with soiling, especially to verso. Quarto. Clean text. More
Princeton University Press, August 1992. Cloth. Few birds can match the dazzling beauty of kingfishers, bee-eaters, and rollers. Until now no comprehensive treatment of these families has appeared in a single volume. This authoritative guide provides an up-to-the-minute review of all that is known about the world's 123 species. The..... More
Yale University Press, November 1990. Cloth. Madagascar, isolated for at least 120 million years and the fourth largest island in the world, is home to a remarkable variety of endemic animals and plants. This book is a guide to the unusual bird life of Madagascar. 40 watercolour illustrations provide clear..... More
Tanager Books/ Eurobook Ltd., November 1984. Leather. Brown leather with gold lettering on spine. Quarto. In soiled dust jacket. More
Oxford University Press, April 1993. Cloth. Part of an illustrated series that provides full descriptions of the 770 species that occur in the Western Palearctic, this volume contains sections on field characteristics, habitat, distribution, social behaviour, breeding, food, plumage and geographical variation. Details of regular migration and accidental species appear..... More
Academic Press, February 1982. Cloth. This volume is the first of a set of seven which, when complete, will cover the entire avifauna of Africa, one of the most varied and interesting in the world. While many regional guides to African birds exist, this will be the first comprehensive guide..... More
Oxford University Press, July 1986. Cloth. Among the most important of all bird groups, pheasants account for the most abundant domesticated species (the domestic fowl), the most extensively hunted upland game bird (the common pheasant), and some of the most spectacularly beautiful of all large birds (the giant argus). This..... More
Cornell University Press, January 1982. Cloth. Blue cloth with white lettering. Mild edgewear. Quarto. More
