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Portraits of a Life A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades - a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Bri...

How We Served a Revolution A celebrated food writer's expansive, audacious excavation of the development of modern queer identity and food culture....

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - moth...

Sworn Soldier, Book #1 From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of Nettle & Bone , comes What Moves the Dead , a gripping and atmospheric r...

Sworn Soldier, Book #3 The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, myste...

A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens...

Inside the Extraordinary Everyday World of Frequency For readers of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill O'Neill, What the Ear Hears (and Doesn't) is a fas...

Hilarious Texts, Ridiculous Feedback, and Not-So-Subtle Advice from Teenagers From the TikTok creator of "Texts from my College Freshman" comes a c...

A Global History of Food Ketchup seems iconically American, but the word comes from a Southeast Asian anchovy sauce, and today it is made largely f...

Perfect for fans of Practical Magic and The Lager Queen of Minnesota a coming-of-age novel following three generations of witches in the 1960s, thi...

On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds An insightful, personal, and timely exploration into the wonderful world of seeds. ...

A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A WASHINGTON POST BEST FEEL GOOD BOOK OF 2023 For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally b...

The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first centur...

I'm here to remember-all that I have been and all that I will never be again. If you had to pick five people to sum up your life, who would they be...

When Grandma gives you a lemon tree, definitely don't make a face! Care for the tree, and you might be surprised at how new things, and new ideas, ...

In this delightful story, by the author of When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree, a boy is disappointed with his grandfather's gift - until he learns...

Fighting Fire in a Transformed World LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A hotshot firefighter's gripping firsthand account of a record-set...

For readers of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles, an evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century No...

New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye The moon has ...

The author of Hamnet explores sisterly affection and what it means to rediscover your voice - and yourself - in this illustrated storybook. This is...

The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this beautifully illustrated queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes...

In this fierce, glamorous adult fantasy debut, Silvia Moreno-Garcia meets Fonda Lee, with the feverish intensity of R.F. Kuang's Poppy War trilogy....

Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy How the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass in a cultural and personal reclamat...

Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble: set in 192...