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By: Joshua Cohen
The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cart
2021 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2021 A KIRKUS BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 “
WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION- Author: Cohen, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 22, 2021
- ISBN10: 1681376075
- Language: English
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By: Charles Bukowski
Post Office
$20.99PaperbackAdd to cartCharles Bukowski’s classic roman ? clef, Post Office, captures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age.
Post Office is an account of Bukow
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0061177571
- Language: English
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By: Kerri Maher
The Paris Bookseller
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cart“A love letter to bookstores and libraries.”
The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th centur
—The Boston Globe- Author: Maher, Kerri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593102193
- Language: English
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By: Dorfman, Ariel
The Suicide Museum
$21.99PaperbackRead moreA Best Book of 2023 by The New Yorker
A billionaire Holocaust survivor hires a writer to uncover the truth of Salvador Allende’s death, and they must confront their own dark histories to find a path f- Author: Dorfman, Ariel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1635423899
- Language: English
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By: Bayly, Jaime
Genios, Los
$22.95PaperbackRead moreTwo literary geniuses coexist in the Barcelona of the sixties. Just a few meters separate their apartments, they see each other almost daily. They write about each other, share friendships, party nigh… [more below]
- Author: Bayly, Jaime
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 15 2023
- ISBN10: 8419392243
- Language: Spanish
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By: Marie Benedict
The First Ladies
$30.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe Instant New York Times Bestseller!
A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune–an unlikely friendship that chang- Author: Benedict, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 27, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593743784
- Language: English
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By: Babitz, Eve
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartNo one burned hotter than Eve Babitz. Possessing skin that radiated “its own kind of moral laws,” spectacular teeth, and a figure that was the stuff of legend, she seduced seemingly everyone who was a… [more below]
- Author: Babitz, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 30 2016
- ISBN10: 1681370085
- Language: English
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By: Benjamin Labatut
When We Cease to Understand the World
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartOne of The New York Times Book Review‘s 10 Best Books of 2021
A fictional examination of t
Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature- Author: Labatut, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1681375664
- Language: English
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By: Marie Benedict
The First Ladies
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe Instant New York Times Bestseller!
A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune–an unlikely friendship that chang- Author: Benedict, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 27, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593440285
- Language: English
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My Struggle, Book One
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartA New York Times bestseller, My Struggle: Book 1 introduces American readers to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation that is the provocative and brilli
- Series: My Struggle #1
- Author: Knausgaard, Karl Ove
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 28 2013
- ISBN10: 0374534144
- Language: English
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By: Anna Lee Huber
Sisters of Fortune: A Riveting Historical Novel of the Titanic Based on True History
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartReaders of The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé will be captivated as the USA Today bestselling author expertly weaves real historical figures and events into this vivid, surprising, emotionally powerfu
- Author: Huber, Anna Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 20, 2024
- ISBN10: 1496742699
- Language: English
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By: Hernan Diaz
Fortuna
$27.95PaperbackRead moreEven through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Tog… [more below]
- Author: Diaz, Hernan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 8433901923
- Language: Spanish
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By: Jonathan Coe
Mr. Wilder and Me
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE
“Outstanding.”–Alex Harvey, Los Angeles Review of Books
“Captivating…A delight.”–Malcolm Forbes, Washington Examiner
“A really warm and wonderful and fun and happy bo
- Author: Coe, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798889660019
- Language: English
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By: Eliza Knight
Can’t We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartAward-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 05, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063282909
- Language: English
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Her Lost Words: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends–a mother and daughter–discovering each other and finding themselves along the way, from USA Today bestsellin
- Author: Thornton, Stephanie Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593198425
- Language: English
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By: Ann Mah
Jacqueline in Paris
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Captivating…Mah channels Kennedy and brings postwar Paris to life with exquisite detail and insight.” — People
From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqu
- Author: Mah, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 0062997025
- Language: English
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By: Marie Benedict
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
$29.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick!
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at it- Author: Benedict, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0593414241
- Language: English
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By: Knight, Eliza
Starring Adele Astaire
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartUSA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns as she delves into the life of Adele Astaire, who served up smiles and love both on and off the stage—with and without her also famous brother Fred A
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063209209
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko
$25.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe fascinating life of Starfleet’s celebrated captain, and Bajor’s Emissary of the Prophets, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Benjamin Sisko tells the story of his care- Series: Star Trek Autobiographies
- Author: Attico, Derek Tyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1803366230
- Language: English
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La Cabeza de Mi Padre / My Father’s Head
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartEscribo para soltar el peso de cuarenta a?os rumiando el mito de mi padre, las infinitas versiones de mi padre.
A sus cuarenta a?os, como un road trip, sin m?s referente que una fotograf?a vieja, una h… [more below]- Series: Mapa de Las Lenguas
- Author: Murillo, Alma Delia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 6073814887
- Language: Spanish

















