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"Clarifying and incandescent affirmation of not only the importance of abortion rights but their status as a winning issue at the ballot box . . . a critical resource."
The Glass Girl a book by Kathleen Glasgow
Whoever tells you that the 'safe' path is the better path doesn't understand how life works. Fortunately, Chase Jarvis gets it right, and Never Play It Safe serves as a radically simple blueprint to reclaim our creativity and personal power.
Never Play It Safe: A Practical Guide to Freedom, Creativity, and a Life You Love a book by Chase Jarvis
"A brilliant, endlessly rich dystopian novel that pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale, and it's also a fascinating exploration of how crises can fuel new religious and ideological movements."
Parable of the Sower a book by Octavia E. Butler
"This book is something new and wonderful. It made me remember I was alive."--George Saunders
Lifeform a book by Jenny Slate
The Heartbeat Library is a tender, contemplative, and uplifting novel about grief, friendship, and the many ways we heal, by the internationally bestselling author of The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World.
The Heartbeat Library a book by Laura Imai Messina
"It's hard to define the relationship Elliot had with our family. But I ultimately think the best word to describe him is: friend. Perhaps our closest friend. The reason I wanted Elliot to write a book, first and foremost, is because he is a good sto...
We All Shine on: John, Yoko, and Me a book by Elliot Mintz
It's been a long time since I've read such a lovely book. I was awestruck by the prowess with which Yeon guides her characters' stories, step by step, towards hope, never dragging them down into the abyss. It felt like she was guiding me by the hand ...
The Healing Season of Pottery a book by Yeon Somin and Clare Richards
"The most talked-about author of her generation returns with a hotly awaited fourth book . . . With a Joycean tang to the prose, it continues the deepening of her style since the crystalline insouciance of her 2017 debut Conversations with Friends."
Intermezzo a book by Sally Rooney
“An astute and bracing appraisal of how cultures succeed or fail...Gladwell deftly demonstrates how attention to statistics and data points can shape a business, school, or community”
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering a book by Malcolm Gladwell
A soul-nourishing pleasure . . . an enormous gift."
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood a book by Trevor Noah
"One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps i...
The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past a book by Nate Dimeo
"The Barn is serious history and skillful journalism, but with the nuance and wallop of a finely wrought novel... The Barn describes not just the poison of silence and lies, but also the dignity of courage and truth."
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi a book by Wright Thompson
Witty and fun... set in a small town an entertaining enemies-to-lovers read that gives all the feels.
The Pumpkin Spice Café a book by Laurie Gilmore
Praise for The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper "As an intimate repository for thought, notebooks, Allen amply shows, are essential. An enthusiastic, informative cultural history."
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper a book by Roland Allen
"No estoy roto es un libro para sobrevivientes y para aquellos que tienen en sus vidas a alguien que esperan que se salve.
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
"Filled with humor and love, this fast-paced novel will have readers immersed in Yamilet's world, rooting for her and her loved ones all the way."
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School a book by Sonora Reyes
This is Jessica Love's debut picture book, and every choice she makes -- the spare text, a color palette both muted and lively, full-bleed pages that make even subway cars and apartment rooms feel as expansive as the ocean
Julián Is a Mermaid a book by Jessica Love
"A profound and irresistible page-turner about a spy-for-hire who infiltrates a commune of eco-activists in rural France. The prose is thrilling, the ideas electrifying."
Creation Lake a book by Rachel Kushner
"I loved leaping through time with the four Cohen women--Frieda, Nancy, Shelly, and Jess. Each woman is intelligent and self-sabotaging--the way we all can be--and they love each other fiercely, often from a careful distance. Attenberg's writing is s...
A Reason to See You Again a book by Jami Attenberg
The story unfolds with the verisimilitude of a memoir: Amy's nuanced relationships with her mother, her father, and her partners are all utterly convincing and relatable . . .
Shred Sisters a book by Betsy Lerner
This is a story of second chances, starting over, but above all, female friendship. Perfect for readers who enjoy a positive-when-things-are-messy message, hopeful endings, and an overall sweet read.
The Best Life Book Club: A Novel|eBook
"A wonderful, heartwarming read." — Ruth Hogan, author of Keeper of Lost Things.
The Air Raid Book Club: A Novel|eBook
A Novel Bookstore blends book love and bookstore love with a brilliantly conceived and entertaining mystery and is a delight for readers of all tastes.
A Novel Bookstore
The prize-winning author of The Dark Flood Rises offers an “absorbing” portrait of three generations of women—inspired by her own family (The New York Times Book Review).
The Peppered Moth|eBook
A kitchen full of love and flavor.
"I can feel my blood pressure go down every time one of Justine Doiron's videos comes up on my For You page. I get so focused on cooking better, smarter, and faster that I forget to cook thoughtfully, and absorbing a Justine Cooks video is the culina...
Justine Cooks: A Cookbook: Recipes (Mostly Plants) for Finding Your Way in the Kitchen a book by Justine Doiron
"This beautifully big book of bread is exactly what I'd expect from King Arthur and their rockstar team of bakers. Not only does it have copious delectable recipes--everything from a trusty pain au levain to the fancy maritozzi--but more importantly,...
The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread: 125+ Recipes for Every Baker (a Cookbook) a book by King Arthur Baking Company
"This joyful cookbook filled with delicious Southern family recipes and gorgeous photographs is also the story of two wonderful people who deeply love and admire each other. You'll love this book!"
Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves a book by Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert
As soon as I read The Elements of Baking, I knew it would have a permanent spot on my kitchen bookshelf.' Dorie Greenspan, New York Times bestselling author of Baking with Dorie.
The Elements of Baking: Making Any Recipe Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free or Vegan a book by Katarina Cermelj
"Julia Turshen makes cooking seem like a beautiful thing anyone can do and in her latest cookbook, What Goes with What, she offers up her characteristic warmth and wisdom and a wonderful new set of culinary adventures. Fans of her newsletter will rec...
What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities a book by Julia Turshen
"Steve Sando has spent two decades helping us all eat better beans and understand what makes them great. It's a noble mission, and one which he continues in The Bean Book--an absolute must-have for anyone who believes that beans can be every bit as m...
The Bean Book: 100 Recipes for Cooking with All Kinds of Beans, from the Rancho Gordo Kitchen [A Cookbook] a book by Steve Sando and Julia Newberry
The Chinese Way is an important cookbook--it demystifies Chinese cooking, debunking long-held myths that the cuisine is foreign or difficult to cook. Betty Liu puts classic Chinese techniques on a pedestal and makes them available to everyone, all wh...
The Chinese Way: Classic Techniques, Fresh Flavors (a Cookbook) a book by Betty Liu
"Ford's cookbook, New World Sourdough, is full of deep expertise that answers many of these questions, but it's also an unusually warm, friendly invitation to making sourdough bread, a subgenre of the baking world that isn't known for being so inclus...
New World Sourdough: Artisan Techniques for Creative Homemade Fermented Breads; With Recipes for Birote, Bagels, Pan de Coco, Beignets, and a book by Bryan Ford
Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop is the long-awaited cookbook from the iconic restaurant, revealing never-before-published recipes.
Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop a book by Jason Wang, Jessica Chou, and Jenny Huang
David Chang came up as a chef in kitchens where you had to do everything the hard way. But his mother, one of the best cooks he knows, never cooked like that. Nor did food writer Priya Krishna's mom. So Dave and Priya set out to think through the sma...
Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Recipes (and Love My Microwave): A Cookbook a book by Priya Krishna and David Chang
One of The New Yorker's Best Cookbooks of 2020! A meticulously researched, beautifully written, and richly photographed cookbook celebrating the recipes, ingenuity, history, and heritage of British baking.
The British Baking Book: The History of British Baking, Savory and Sweet a book by Regula Ysewijn
"What moves me most about In Bibi's Kitchen is Hawa Hassan's connection with these admirable women whose cooking traditions serve their families and help define their communities at home and abroad. I am thankful to see their faces, to meet them in t...
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries That Touch the Indian Ocean [A Cookbook] a book by Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen
"With Vegetable Kingdom, Bryant Terry positions great cooking exactly where it belongs: smack dab in the midst of our lives. Here is the kind of cooking in context--among kids and friends, ancestors and communities--that has the power to bring us pro...
Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes a book by Bryant Terry
Prepare a feast fit for a warchief with World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook, a delicious compendium of recipes inspired by the hit online game from Blizzard Entertainment.
World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook a book by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel
It's Tuesday, 4 p.m. What's for dinner? For busy people who want something good to eat, culinary powerhouse
Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat [A Cookbook] a book by New York Times Cooking and Emily Weinstein
Children's Christmas Books
You won't run out of ideas over the holiday season with this perfect stocking stuffer.
LEGO Christmas Ideas
Santa to the Rescue!
Santa Saves Christmas
Santa to the Rescue!
Santa to the Rescue!