Danielle Evans

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

A Novella and Stories

The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history. Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief--all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history--about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In "Boys Go to Jupiter," a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a Confederate-flag bikini goes viral. In "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington, DC, is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.

The Office of Historical Corrections

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Colson Whitehead

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel

#1 New York Times Bestseller - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Winner of the National Book Award - Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction - Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize One of the Best books of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, HuffPost, Esquire, Minneapolis Star Tribune Look for Whitehead's acclaimed new novel, The Nickel Boys, available now Cora is a young slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood--where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage--and a powerful meditation on the history we all share.

The Underground Railroad

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Kimberly McCreight

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

From the New York Times best-selling author of Reconstructing Amelia: A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance in this "breathless, shocking thriller." —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times best-selling author “Deeply satisfying”—Angie Kim • “Gripping and bingeable."—Ana Reyes • “As suspenseful as it is thought-provoking."—Greer Hendricks When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks. Kat has been lying. She’s not just a lawyer; she’s her firm’s fixer. She’s damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that’s far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past—all of which she’s kept hidden from Cleo . . . Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thrilling novel of emotional suspense that questions the damaging fictions we cling to and the hard truths we avoid. Above all, it’s a love story between a mother and a daughter, each determined to save the other before it’s too late.

Like Mother, Like Daughter

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Flat Water

Cillian Dunne

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Dreams in Incarceration

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Anne Enright

An incandescent novel from one of our greatest living novelists (The Times) about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of women.

The Wren, the Wren

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Lisa Brennan-Jobs

A Memoir

A NEW YORK TIMES AND NEW YORKER TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR "Beautiful, literary, and devastating."--New York Times Book Review * "Revelatory."--Entertainment Weekly * "A masterly Silicon Valley gothic."--Vogue *"Mesmerizing, discomfiting reading... A book of no small literary skill."--New Yorker * "Extraordinary... An aching, exquisitely told story."--People * "The sleeper critical hit of the season."--Vulture A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR NPR, AMAZON, GQ, VOGUE (UK), BUSTLE, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND INDIGO Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents―artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs―Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ushering her into a new world of mansions, vacations, and private schools. His attention was thrilling, but he could also be cold, critical and unpredictable. When her relationship with her mother grew strained in high school, Lisa decided to move in with her father, hoping he'd become the parent she'd always wanted him to be. Part portrait of a complex family, part love letter to California in the seventies and eighties, Small Fry is a poignant coming-of-age story from one of our most exciting new literary voices. Praise for Small Fry "An intimate, richly drawn portrait... The reader of this exquisite memoir is left with a loving, forgiving remembrance and the lasting impression of a resilient, kindhearted and wise woman who is at peace with her past."--San Francisco Chronicle "A heartbreaking memoir, beautifully rendered...It's a love story for the father that she had, flaws and all... A wise, thoughtful, and ultimately loving portrayal of her father."--Seattle Times

Small Fry

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Clare Beams

The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically thrilling tale of women yearning to become mothers and the ways the female body has always been policed and manipulated, from the award-winning author of The Illness Lesson ("A masterpiece" - Elizabeth Gilbert) In 1948, Irene Willard, who's had five previous miscarriages in a quest to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and is now pregnant again, comes to an isolated house-cum-hospital in the Berkshires, run by a husband-and-wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure for her condition. Warily, she enlists herself in the efforts of the Doctors Hall to "rectify the maternal environment," both physical and psychological. In the meantime, she also discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own powers and pulls. As the doctors' plans begin to crumble, Irene and her fellow patients make a desperate bid to harness the power of the garden for themselves--and must face the incalculable risks associated with such incalculable rewards. With shades of Shirley Jackson and Rosemary's Baby, The Garden delves into the territory of motherhood, childbirth, the mysteries of the female body, and the ways it has always been controlled and corralled.

The Garden

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Karen Lord

As first contact transforms Earth, a team of gifted visionaries race to create a new future in this wondrous science fiction novel from the award-winning author of The Best of All Possible Worlds. “A complex story of first contact from a unique perspective that is warm, engaging, and wildly original.”—Martha Wells, New York Times bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of Earth. Meanwhile, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations . . . and now they are ready to make contact. Vying to prepare humanity for first contact are a group of dreamers and changemakers, including Peter Hendrix, the genius inventor behind the most advanced VR tech; Charyssa, a beloved celebrity icon with a passion for humanitarian work; and Kanoa, a member of a global council of young people drafted to reimagine the relationship between humankind and alien societies. And they may have an unexpected secret weapon: Owen, a pop megastar whose ability to connect with his adoring fans is more than charisma. His hidden talent could be the key to uniting Earth as it looks toward the stars. But Owen’s abilities are so unique that no one can control him and so seductive that he cannot help but use them. Can he transcend his human limitations and find the freedom he has always dreamed of? Or is he doomed to become the dictator of his nightmares?

The Blue, Beautiful World

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Laurie Halse Anderson

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An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review). During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.

Fever 1793

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Graham Norton

A New York Times Bestseller

From Graham Norton, the BAFTA-award-winning Irish television host and author of the "sparkling and impish" (Daily Mail) memoirs The Life and Loves of a He Devil and So Me, comes a charming debut novel set in an idyllic Irish village where a bumbling investigator has to sort through decades of gossip and secrets to solve a mysterious crime.

The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama but when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of Tommy Burke--a former lover of two different inhabitants--the village's dark past begins to unravel. As the frustrated sergeant PJ Collins struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret.

In this darkly comic, touching, and at times heartbreaking novel, perfect for fans of J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of loveable characters, and explore--with searing honesty--the complexities and contradictions that make us human.

Holding

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Jonathan Franzen

Enid Lambert begins to worry about her husband when he starts to withdraw and lose himself in negativity and depression as he faces Parkinson's disease. Winner of the National Book Award. Reprint. 500,000 first printing.

The Corrections

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Jonathan Evison

From one of America’s greatest, most creative novelists comes Again and Again, a poignant and endlessly surprising story about love lost, found, and redeemed Eugene “Geno” Miles is living out his final days in a nursing home, bored, curmudgeonly, and struggling to connect with his new nursing assistant, Angel, who is understandably skeptical of Geno’s insistence on having lived not just one life but many—all the way back to medieval Spain, where, as a petty thief, he first lucked upon true love only to lose it, and spend the next thousand years trying to recapture it. Who is Geno? A lonely old man clinging to his delusions and rehearsing his fantasies, or a legitimate anomaly, a thousand-year-old man who continues to search for the love he lost so long ago? As Angel comes to learn the truth about Geno, so, too, does the reader, and as his miraculous story comes to a head, so does the biggest truth of all: that love—timeless, often elusive—is sometimes right in front of us.

Again and Again

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Original Title “Horseman, Pass By”

Cheryl Jamison

Bill Jamison

Cooking with Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue

Presents more than four hundred regional recipes for cooking on a charcoal grill, water smoker, or wood-burning pit, including sauces, rubs, marinades, appetizers, side dishes, desserts, and drinks, with tips on cooking techniques.

Smoke and Spice, Updated and Expanded 3rd Edition

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Terry McMillan

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author…“Remember Getting to Happy, Waiting to Exhale, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back? Well, you won’t likely forget Terry McMillan’s Who Asked You? either” (Raleigh News & Observer). Betty Jean already has her hands full when her grown daughter leaves her two young sons in her care. In between dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams—BJ still manages to hold down a job delivering room service at a hotel. Her son Dexter is about to be paroled from prison; Quentin, the family success, can’t be bothered to lend a hand; and taking care of two lively grandsons is the last thing BJ thinks she needs. But who asked her?

Who Asked You?

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Terry Shames

A Samuel Craddock Mystery

Investigating the murder of an old friend in a rural Texas town overrun by secrets and pettiness, former police chief Samuel Craddock encounters numerous suspects, from land-seeking neighbors and a vengeful daughter to a fortune-hunting grandson and a spying stranger. Original. A first novel.

A Killing at Cotton Hill

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Sarah Addison Allen

Quiet Josey Cirrini's peaceful life caring for her elderly mother is turned upside down when Della Lee Baker, a confident and bold waitress fleeing an abusive boyfriend, decides to hide out in Josey's home.

The Sugar Queen

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Laurel Randolph

Easy Recipes for Fast and Healthy Meals

With [this book], you'll explore an inspiring variety of healthy, easy-to-make pressure cooker recipes-- from savory breakfasts to hearty stews to decadent desserts, and more. Packed with nutritious, family-friendly pressure cooker recipes-- plus vegetarian, gluten-free, and Paleo-friendly options-- [this book] is your go-to guide for fuss-free, all-in-one cooking.

The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook

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Alexis Mersel

Great Recipes to Make for Any Meal in Your Electric Pressure Cooker

From nutritious breakfasts to decadent desserts, Everyday Instant Pot --authorized by Instant Pot--presents a go-to collection of delicious, well-tested recipes for anytime cooking with an electric pressure cooker. 

The Instant Pot has become an instant classic, a must-have item for home cooks everywhere. Everyday Instant Pot presents an indispensable collection of well-curated recipes that are easy to follow and yield delicious, consistent results. From comforting classics like One-Pot Bolognese, French Dip Sandwiches, and Texas Beef Chili, to lighter fare such as chicken braised with citrus and olives, gingery salmon, and zesty and bright wild rice salad, you''ll find plenty of inspiration for getting the most out of your pressure cooker.

The well-tested recipes include all the basics--like yogurt, eggs, jam, rice, beans--as well as dishes for every meal of the day. You''ll learn the fundamentals and benefits of cooking various cuts of meat--such as pork shoulder, chicken thighs, or beef chuck--in an Instant Pot. Along with a basic cooking method for each cut as well as a selection of flavor profiles--such as Korean, Mexican, Indian, Thai, and Mediterranean--that work well with it and suggestions for serving. With this comprehensive "building block" approach, and collection of inspiring recipes to draw on, you''ll become an Instant Pot expert in no time.

Recipe List:

Breakfast & Basics:
Breakfast Quinoa
Steel-Cut Oats (w/ variations: apple cinnamon; chocolate; banana maple)
Yogurt
Hard/soft-boiled eggs
Baked Eggs with Spinach & Ham
Jam
Baked French Toast
Prosciutto, Potato & White Cheddar Frittata
Rice (white rice; brown rice; wild rice)
Hummus
Polenta
Creamy Mashed Potatoes (buttermilk; Cheddar; horseradish, sour cream; Irish-style)
White beans; Black beans; Chickpeas; Lentils
Chicken stock; Vegetable stock; Beef stock
Bone broth

Main Dishes:
Beef
Maple-Bourbon Short Ribs
Korean-Style Sesame Short Ribs
BBQ Brisket Sandwiches
French Dip Sandwiches
Beef & Broccoli
Barbacoa Tacos
Meatballs & Tomato Sauce (with Spaghetti Squash)
One-Pot Pasta with Bolognese

Pork
Five-Spice Pork Ribs
Pulled Pork & Green Chile Tamales
Sweet & Spicy Mexican Chile Carnitas (with salsa verde)
Beer (or cider) Braised Pork Sausages (serve with mashed potatoes)
Jambalaya with Andouille Sausage

Poultry
Thai Green Chicken Curry
Burmese-Style Noodles with Chicken & Coconut
Pulled Chicken Sliders (with kale & cabbage slaw)
Chicken Adobo Burrito Bowls
Butter Chicken with Cauliflower & Brown Rice
Braised Chicken with Fennel, Oranges & Olives
Turkey Breasts and Stuffing

Fish & Vegetarian
Braised Salmon with Lemon & Ginger
Indian Fish Curry
Chorizo & Seafood Paella
Risotto (lemon & basil; artichoke & spinach)
Cheddar & Gruyere Mac-n-Cheese
Artichokes Stuffed with Bread Crumbs & Pancetta
Zesty Wild Rice Salad
Vegetable Ragout

Soups & Stews
Chicken Pho with Lemongrass & Bok Choy
Smoky Seafood Chowder
Lentil & Vegetable Dahl
Curried Cauliflower Soup
Fully Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Tom Ka Soup
Pork Ramen
Chicken-Tortilla Soup
White Bean Cassoulet with Sausage & Bacon
Texas Beef Chili
Pot Roast/Boeuf Bourguignon

Dessert
Salted Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Pots de Crème
Coconut Rice Pudding with Toasted Pistachios
Meyer Lemon-Gingersnap Cheesecake
Apple-Cinnamon & Raisin Bread Pudding
Coffee Crème Brulée
Fudge Brownie Cake

 

Everyday Instant Pot

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Ausma Zehanat Khan

Despite their many differences, Detective Rachel Getty trusts her boss, Esa Khattak, implicitly. But she's still uneasy at Khattak's tight-lipped secrecy when he asks her to look into Christopher Drayton's death. Drayton's apparently accidental fall from a cliff doesn't seem to warrant a police investigation, particularly not from Rachel and Khattak's team, which handles minority-sensitive cases. But when she learns that Drayton may have been living under an assumed name, Rachel begins to understand why Khattak is tip-toeing around this case. It soon comes to light that Drayton may have been a war criminal with ties to the Srebrenica massacre of 1995. If that's true, any number of people might have had reason to help Drayton to his death, and a murder investigation could have far-reaching ripples throughout the community. But as Rachel and Khattak dig deeper into the life and death of Christopher Drayton, every question seems to lead only to more questions, with no easy answers. Had the specters of Srebrenica returned to haunt Drayton at the end, or had he been keeping secrets of an entirely different nature? Or, after all, did a man just fall to his death from the Bluffs? In her spellbinding debut The Unquiet Dead, Ausma Zehanat Khan has written a complex and provocative story of loss, redemption, and the cost of justice that will linger with readers long after turning the final page.

The Unquiet Dead

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Camilla Läckberg

Steven T. Murray

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The first novel in Camilla LÄckberg's bestselling Swedish mystery series set in a small fishing village.

The Ice Princess

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Mary Ann Shaffer

Annie Barrows

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. “Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love “I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. . . . As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all. Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever. Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of finding connection in the most surprising ways. Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society “A jewel . . . Poignant and keenly observed, Guernsey is a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends.”—People “A book-lover’s delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times “A sparkling epistolary novel radiating wit, lightly worn erudition and written with great assurance and aplomb.”—The Sunday Times (London) “Cooked perfectly à point: subtle and elegant in flavour, yet emotionally satisfying to the finish.”—The Times (London)

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