HARDCOVER FICTION
Every Day is For the Thief by Teju Cole
For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Michael Ondaatje, this is new fiction from Teju Cole, whose critically acclaimed debut, Open City was the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A young Nigerian living in New York City goes home to Lagos for a short visit, finding a city both familiar and strange. In a city dense with story, the unnamed narrator moves through a mosaic of life, hoping to find inspiration for his own. In spare, precise prose that sees humanity everywhere, interwoven with original photos by the author, this book, originally published in Nigeria in 2007, is a wholly original work of fiction.
Falling Out of Time by David Grossman
Grossman has created a genre-defying drama–part play, part prose, pure poetry–to tell the story of bereaved parents setting out to reach their lost children. Can death be overcome by an intensity of speech or memory? Is it possible, even for a fleeting moment, to call to the dead and free them from their death?
The Land of Steady Habits by Ted Thompson
Anders Hill, entering his early sixties and seemingly ensconced in the “land of steady habits”–a nickname for the affluent, morally strict hamlets of Connecticut that dot his commuter rail line–abandons his career and family for a new condo and a new life. Stripped of the comforts of his previous identity, Anders turns up at a holiday party full of his ex-wife’s friends and is surprised to find that the very world he rejected may be one he needs.
PAPERBACK FICTION
A Fairy Tale by Jonas T. Bengtsson
“In a Europe without borders, where social norms have become fragile, a son must confront the sins of his father and grandfather, and invent new strategies for survival. Spanning the mid-1980s to early-twenty-first-century in Copenhagen, this coming-of-age novel examines what it means to be a stranger in the modern world, and how, for better or for worse, a father’s legacy is never passed on in any predictable fashion.”
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge.
Death by Neil GaimanFrom the pages of award winning writer Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comes fan-favorite character Death in a collection of her solo adventures!
HARDCOVER NON-FICTION
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success & Creating a Life of Well-being, Wisdom & Wonder by Arianna Huffington
In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today’s world.
Arianna Huffington will be at the store on Friday, Apr 11 at 3PM speaking & signing copies of Thrive. In order to have a copy of the book signed, you must purchase a ticket for the event. A ticket gains you access to the signing line & a copy of the book that you will receive at the signing table on the day of the event. The speaking portion of the event is free & open to the public.
Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line by Michael Gibney
In this urgent and unique book, chef Michael Gibney uses twenty-four hours to animate the intricate camaraderie and culinary choreography in an upscale New York restaurant kitchen. Here readers will find all the details, in rapid-fire succession, of what it takes to deliver an exceptional plate of food–the journey to excellence by way of exhaustion.
The Unlikely Settler by Lipika Pelham
“Holy pajamas was I pulled into this book! Lipika Pelham’s experience as the Bangladeshi wife of a Jewish Englishman living with their family in Jerusalem offers a fresh, objective, and very human perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The history of both cultures is well represented, as are the ramifications of the political decisions that shifted entire populations. Her writing is vivid and her storytelling as straightforward as you’d expect from someone who wrote for the BBC. This book will appeal to anyone interested in gaining more understanding of the tense situation in the Middle East, and will particularly appeal to parents faced with raising their children in a culture that is not their own. Five stars!” – Julie, Bookseller
How About Never – Is Never Good For You?: My Life in Cartoons by Bob Mankoff
People tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because he is also a cartoonist at the magazine he actually has two of the best jobs in the world. With the help of myriad images and his funniest, most beloved cartoons, he traces his love of the craft all the way back to his childhood, when he started doing funny drawings at the age of eight. After meeting his mother, we follow his unlikely stints as a high-school basketball star, draft dodger, and sociology grad student. Throughout How About Never–Is Never Good for You?, we see his commitment to the motto “Anything worth saying is worth saying funny.”
YOUTH
The Strange and Beautiful Sorros of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
The Teen Press Corps’ April YA Buzz Book! Ava — in all other ways a normal girl — is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others.
Lately Lily: The Adventures of a Traveling Girl written & illustrated by Micah Player
In this heartfelt picture book, a world-traveling girl with boundless curiosity—goes on enviable adventures with her best friend Zeborah, traveling by plane, train, boat, and even by camel.
President Taft is Stuck in the Bath written by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
George Washington crossed the Delaware in the dead of night. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. And President William Howard Taft, a man of great stature – well, he got stuck in a bathtub. Now how did he get unstuck? Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Chris Van Dusen bring their full comedic weight to this legendary story, imagining a parade of clueless cabinet members advising the exasperated president, leading up to a hugely satisfying, hilarious finale.
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