Mister Roberts
Pocket Books, January 1949. Mass Market PaperBack. Previous owner's spine label. Some creasing on both covers; coloring chipped off edges of spine. Else, tight binding and bright colors. More about Mister Roberts
New Arrivals
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Random House, August 2019. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "From The New Yorker's beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television."--Esquire "A whip-smart, challenging book."--Zadie Smith - "Jia Tolentino could be the Joan Didion of our time."--Vulture..... More about Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jesus' Son: Stories
Picador, February 2009. Trade Paperback. An intense collection of interconnected stories that portray life through the eyes of a young man in a small Iowa town, by the author of "Already Dead: A California Gothic," "Angels" and "Resuscitation of a Hanged Man." More about Jesus' Son: Stories
Staff Pick
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Bloomsbury Publishing, March 2019. Trade Paperback. "This is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we'll no longer need such a book. Essential." --Marlon James "The most important book for me this year." -Emma Watson Selected by Emma... More about Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World
All Points Books, June 2019. Hardcover. Do you thrust unsolicited partisan articles upon your spouse? Are you convinced that you can change your coworker's mind, if you could only argue forcefully enough? Have you gone from befriending to "defriending" the people once closest to you? Don't give up hope; Dr... More about I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous...
The Complete Stories
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 1996. Trade Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only two story collections O'Connor put... More about The Complete Stories
Staff Pick
Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous
Picador USA, June 2019. Trade Paperback. The first comprehensive biography of Weegee--photographer, "psychic," ultimate New Yorker--from Christopher Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid. Arthur Fellig's ability to arrive at a crime scene just as the cops did was so uncanny that he renamed himself "Weegee," claiming that he... More about Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous
The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing
Bloomsbury USA, November 2013. Trade Paperback. "Kevin Young has thoughtfully gathered many of these sorrowful perambulations and grievous plummets." -Billy Collins The Art of Losing is the first anthology of its kind, delivering poetry with a purpose. Editor Kevin Young has introduced and selected 150 devastatingly beautiful poems that embrace... More about The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
Forge, May 2019. Hardcover. The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest... More about Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
The Flame
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2018. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Named a Fall Read by Vogue, Esquire, The Washington Post, TIME, Vanity Fair and O, the Oprah Magazine. One of Daily Mail and Financial Times's Best Books of 2018. "There are very, very few people who occupy the... More about The Flame
Beloved
Vintage, June 2004. Trade Paperback. New York Times Bestseller Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she... More about Beloved
Amazing Alabama: A Coloring Book Journey Through Our 67 Counties
NewSouth Books, November 2017. Paper Back. Amazing Alabama: A Coloring Book Journey Through Alabama's 67 Counties is a delightful, one-of-a-kind coloring book whose publication coincides with two significant bicentennial celebrations: the 2017 anniversary of Alabama becoming a territory and the 2019 anniversary of Alabama becoming a state. It is designed... More about Amazing Alabama: A Coloring Book Journey Through Our 67 Counties
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
Scribner, June 2008. Trade Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See, a "dazzling" (Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran) memoir about art and adventures in Rome. Anthony Doerr has received many awards--from the New York... More about Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
Staff Pick
Paradise (Vintage International)
Vintage, March 2014. Trade Paperback. "They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time." So begins Toni Morrison's Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of... More about Paradise (Vintage International
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Random House, August 2019. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "From The New Yorker's beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television."--Esquire "A whip-smart, challenging book."--Zadie Smith - "Jia Tolentino could be the Joan Didion of our time."--Vulture..... More about Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America)
BOA Editions Ltd., April 2017. Paper Back. LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY WINNER OF THE THOM GUNN AWARD FOR GAY POETRY WINNER OF THE GLCA NEW WRITERS AWARD WINNER OF THE A. POULIN, JR. POETRY PRIZE A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2017 SELECTION: POETRY & LITERATURE... More about When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America
Staff Pick
Chen Chen's new book is probably my new favorite collection of poetry. His writing is so approachable, artful, both funny and serious, and probing. It's been nominated for the National Book Award, too.
Art of My Neighbor Totoro
Viz Media, November 2005. Oversized Hardcover. A generous collection of concept sketches, fully rendered character and background drawings, paintings and cell images! Meet the novel's principal characters and read interviews and comments with the production staff. First published by Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd. in Japan. Very minor shelf wear on... More about Art of My Neighbor Totoro
Smithsonian Rock and Gem: The Definitive Guide to Rocks, Minerals, Gems, and Fossils
DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), February 2008. Oversize Softcover. A great guidebook featuring full-color photos of hundreds of rocks and gems for collectors and enthusiasts, created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and written by a geologist with decades of experience. Author Ronald Bonewitz started his career as a geologist specializing... More about Smithsonian Rock and Gem: The Definitive Guide to Rocks, Minerals, Gems, and Fossils
The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming
New Society Publishers, May 2015. Oversize Softcover. Redefining the face of the American farmer Imagine the typical American farmer. Many people visualize sun-roughened skin, faded overalls, and calloused hands-hands that are usually white. While there's no doubt the growing trend of organic farming and homesteading is changing how the farmer... More about The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming
Creating Contexts (Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes)
University of Michigan Press ELT, February 2011. Trade Paperback. Research article introductions are central to "Creating Contexts: Writing across Genres "with the CaRS (creating a research space) model used as a starting point. This volume focuses on introductions for other kinds of texts that are also part of the graduate... More about Creating Contexts (Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes
Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts (Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes)
University of Michigan Press ELT, March 2009. Trade Paperback. Today's research world demands a variety of different abstracts to serve different purposes. As a result, writing abstracts can be a difficult task for graduate and international students, researchers, and even practiced authors. "Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts" is designed... More about Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts (Michigan Series in English for Academic &...
Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography (Athene Series)
Teachers College Pr, August 1993. Trade Paperback. More about Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography (Athene Series
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Little, Brown, June 2004. Hardcover. David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has... More about Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2013. Trade Paperback. America's space program is at a turning point. After decades of global primacy, NASA has ended the space-shuttle program, cutting off its access to space. No astronauts will be launched in an American craft, from American soil, until the 2020s, and... More about Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Vintage)
Vintage, February 2004. Trade Paperback. This New York Times bestseller intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the... More about The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Vintage
