Viking, September 2019. Hardcover. An immersive, moving story of a woman coming into her own at the dawn of the Second World War, from internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier 1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become a "surplus woman," one... More about Single Thread
Beacon Press, September 2019. Hardcover. A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid. Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach... More about The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
Pushkin Press, September 2019. Paper Back. A collection of the great writer's observations, made during his travels across the Europe he loved so much When I am on a journey, all ties suddenly fall away. I feel myself quite unburdened, disconnected, free - There is something in it marvellously uplifting... More about Journeys
Vintage, September 2019. Paper Back. Much has changed since Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking Sexual Personae, but the laser-sharp insights of this major American thinker continue to be ahead of the curve--not only capturing the tone of the moment but also often anticipating it. Opening... More about Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education
NYRB Classics, September 2019. Paper Back. Available for the first time in English, a moving prison correspondence between a husband and wife who resisted the Nazis. Tegel prison, Berlin, in the fall of 1944. Helmuth James von Moltke is awaiting trial for his leading role in the Kreisau Circle, one... More about Last Letters: The Prison Correspondence between Helmuth James and Freya von Moltke, 1944-45 (New...
Penguin Classics, September 2019. Paper Back. [Ahmad's] "introduction is fiery and charismatic... This book encompasses the diversity of experience, with beautiful variations and stories that bicker back and forth." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times The first global anthology of migration literature featuring works by Mohsin Hamid, Zadie Smith, Marjane... More about The Penguin Book of Migration Literature: Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns
Hard Case Crime, September 2019. Paper Back. "CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL is terrific." - Stephen King A breathtakingly clever, twist-filled narrative that moves from 1946 to 1988 to 2014 and back again, CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL establishes Scott Von Doviak as a storyteller of the first order. A group of criminals in 1946 pull... More about Charlesgate Confidential
Melville House, September 2019. Paper Back. A master of twentieth century fiction, Graham Greene looks back on his life. This volume also includes several key interviews from throughout his long, fruitful career. Graham Greene led one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century. The son of a Hertfordshire... More about Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series
Beacon Press, September 2019. Paper Back. Winner of the 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction Winner of the Shilts-Grahn Triangle Award for Lesbian Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 A revealing portrait of one of the most... More about Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
Pantheon Books, September 2019. Hardcover. "If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it." --Stephen King Noah Turner sees monsters. His father saw them--and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark, an immersive horror experience that the whole family operates... More about Cosmology of Monsters
Portfolio, September 2019. Hardcover. "[The authors'] real work is to smooth out the main story, create a fuller picture of Kavanaugh himself...so that the confirmation showdown has a kind of cinematic inevitability." -The New York Times From New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, a deeper look at... More about The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation
Archipelago, September 2019. Trade Paperback. A Kitchen in the Corner of the House collects twenty-five gem-like stories on motherhood, sexuality, and the body from the innovative and perceptive Tamil writer Ambai. In A Kitchen in the Corner of the House, Ambai's narrators are daring and courageous, stretching and reinventing their... More about A Kitchen in the Corner of the House
Riverhead Books, September 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. "Gorgeous, moving...A story of love--romantic and familial--and alienation, grief and triumph, disaster and survival." --Nylon "To understand the soul of a woman, we must understand the heart of the girl she once was... This poignant tale of choices and their aftermath, history and... More about Red at the Bone: A Novel
Custom House, September 2019. Paper Back. "The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and painful decisions that shaped this history. The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that... More about Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam
Amistad Press, September 2019. Hardcover. "Powerful memoir. . .Ford's thought-provoking narrative tells the story of African-American pride and perseverance." -Publisher's Weekly (Starred) "A masterful storyteller, Ford interweaves his personal story with the backdrop of the social movements unfolding at that time, providing a revealing insider's view of the tech industry... More about Think Black: A Memoir
Ecco, September 2019. Paper Back. In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration of the third American existential crisis Twice before in its history, the United States has been faced... More about Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution
Ecco, September 2019. Hardcover. One of the New York Times' 17 New Books to Watch For in September One of the Washington Post's Ten Books to Read this September One of O magazine's 18 Must-Read Books of Fall 2019 The definitive portrait of one of the American Century's most towering... More about Sontag: Her Life and Work
Routledge, March 2008. Trade Paperback. 'In simple prose Merleau-Ponty touches on his principle themes. He speaks about the body and the world, the coexistence of space and things, the unfortunate optimism of science - and also the insidious stickiness of honey, and the mystery of anger.' - James Elkins Maurice... More about The World of Perception
Steidl Publishing, September 2011. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blow-Up is a masterfully constructed and paced exploration of the enigmas that challenge our interpretations of both the moving and the still image. Photography plays a key role at the very core of the film, providing the metaphorical... More about Antonioni's Blow-Up
Museum of Modern Art, January 1997. Oversize Softcover. Light shelf wear. Spine slightly cocked. More about Egon Schiele: The Leopold collection, Vienna
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, February 2013. Oversize Softcover. (Guitar Educational). This revolutionary approach to chord-tone soloing features a 52-week, one-lick-per-day method for visualizing and navigating the neck of the guitar. Rock, metal, blues, jazz, country, R&B and funk are covered. Topics include: all 12 major, minor and dominant key centers;... More about Fretboard Freedom
Borders Press, January 2000. Oversize Softcover. More about Dali
Broadway, June 1988. Oversize Softcover. The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminient scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the... More about The Power of Myth (Illustrated Edition
Prestel, October 1989. Oversize Softcover. Very minor shelf wear on the cover. More about The Apocalyptic Landscapes of Ludwig Meidner
McSweeney's Insatiables, October 2013. Oversized Hardcover. At the heart of Portland's red-hot food scene is Toro Bravo, a Spanish-inspired restaurant whose small plates have attracted a fiercely loyal fan base. But to call Toro Bravo a Spanish restaurant doesn't begin to tell the whole story. For chef John Gorham, each... More about Toro Bravo: Stories. Recipes. No Bull
