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Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminist...

The dazzling, heartfelt memoir of a trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City - until she re...

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" inv...

This interactive book features layered die cut pages throughout to introduce toddlers to diggers and how they work. Diggers are so exciting! Childr...

The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adventurous motorists braved the primitive roads and uncertain terrai...

A Direct Road From Iowa's Capital To Her Beautiful Lake Country The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adven...

The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adventurous motorists braved the primitive roads and uncertain terrai...

Here's Your Menu! How and What You Will Eat on MarsThe focus is the food, food supply and the methods and machinery that will need to be developed ...

A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art An eloquent and intimate debut memoir about navigating the gap between expectation and reality in modern m...

WINNER OF THE ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews I Was Their ...

How to Give Social Media a Reality Check The world is full of books about how to be rich. This is not one of them. Today, many of us are feeling th...

H.H. Nininger’s Classic Find a Falling Star, Revisited & Expanded In the early 20th century, the science of meteorites was at a low ebb. Then,...

Twenty metres below water, the oceanographer François Sarano came face to face with a five-and-a-half metre great white shark. Seduced by the gentl...

The Epic Contest for North America There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus "discovers" a strange continent...

Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardWinner of the 2019 Royal Socie...

From relish trays and Old Fashioned cocktails to prime rib and fried fish, supper clubs are a quintessential part of midwestern dining culture. In ...

A memoir of political violence across Iowa mixed with a variety of horror stories from punk sub-culture to Iowa gangsters to the politics of the Io...

Everything You Need to Know about Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told) An inclusive and essential new resource for reproductive health - ...

Trees in Magic, Folklore and Traditional Remedies There is more folklore, mythology and magic associated with our trees and forests than with any o...

Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storie...

The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monst...

Meditations After an Attempted Murder From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal accou...

Learn all about the traditions of Kwanzaa in this board book from the Celebrate the World series, which highlights special occasions and holidays a...

The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar The uniquely inspiring story of a beloved neighborhood bar that united the communities it served. Coogan's...