City and town life
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The Festival of Insignificance
$13.99 Add to cart“Slender but weighty. . . . What is moving about this novel is its embrace of what has always driven Kundera, the delicate state of living between being and nothingness.”– Boston Globe
From the intern
- Author: Kundera, Milan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0062356909
- Language: English
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Good Morning, Good Night
$18.99 Read moreCaldecott Honor-winning illustrator Anita Lobel introduces the concept of opposites with search and find elements in this picture book detailing the “rich, warm journey from morning to night” (Publish… [more below]
- Author: Lobel, Anita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1534465944
- Language: English
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How to Find Love in a Bookshop
$17.00 Add to cart“Absolutely delightful.” —People
The enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart Nightingale Books, ne- Author: Henry, Veronica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0735223505
- Language: English
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Remembering
$15.95 Add to cartA poetic novel of despair, hope, and the redemptive power of work deepens an award-winning author’s grand Port Williams literary project.
After losing his hand in an accident, Andy Catlett confronts- Series: Port William
- Author: Berry, Wendell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1582434158
- Language: English
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Best Friends Forever
$18.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes “a smart, witty fairy tale for grownups” (Maureen Corrigan, NPR).
Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That’s what A- Author: Weiner, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 04 2010
- ISBN10: 0743294300
- Language: English
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Malgudi Days
$18.00 Add to cartFour gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan’s centennial
Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Narayan, R. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0143039652
- Language: English
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Skate Park Plans
$8.99 Read moreAvani Patel loves to skateboard. With the nearest skate park an hour away, though, she doesn’t get much chance to sharpen her skills or practice advanced tricks. Then one day, she learns the city coun… [more below]
- Series: Jake Maddox Sports Stories
- Author: Maddox, Jake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669059847
- Language: English
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Where a Nickel Costs a Dime
$16.99 Add to cartWhere a Nickel Costs a Dime captures the hip-hop rhythms and in-your-face intensity of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a downtown Manhattan club where the hottest young poets are finding their fame.
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- Author: Perdomo, Willie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 07 2009
- ISBN10: 0393313832
- Language: English
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The Persian Pickle Club: 20th Anniversary Edition
$18.00 Add to cartIt is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there’s not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the ga
- Author: Dallas, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1250054338
- Language: English
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The Casagrandes Vol. 5: Going Out of Business
$7.99 Add to cartThe Casagrandes return for another collection of great stories!
The Casagrandes’ family run mercado has been a staple in their bustling Great Lakes City neighborhood for years. But when the mercado’s- Series: Loud House #5
- Author: The Loud House Creative Team
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1545810486
- Language: English
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Homer Price
$8.99 Add to cartWelcome to Centerburg Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using no… [more below]
- Author: McCloskey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 28 1976
- ISBN10: 0140309276
- Language: English
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The Book Charmer
$19.00 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins crafts an unforgettable story about a sleepy Southern town, two fiercely independent women, and a truly magical friendship.
Sarah Dove is no ordinary bo- Series: Dove Pond #1
- Author: Hawkins, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1982105542
- Language: English
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The Comet
$17.99 Read moreA picture book touching on the impact of moving away from home that teaches coping skills for kids struggling with relationships and sense of belonging, while also holding space for the places they co… [more below]
- Author: Todd-Stanton, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1838740651
- Language: English
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The Birds of Opulence
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberries and Water Street comes an astonishing new novel. A lyrical exploration of love and loss, The Birds of Opulence centers
- Series: Kentucky Voices
- Author: Wilkinson, Crystal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0813174996
- Language: English
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A Vineyard Summer
$18.00 Add to cartHome. . . . That’s what Martha’s Vineyard is to Annie Sutton now.
After a winter spent writing her latest novel, Annie looks forward to a summer with friends who have become like the family she never
- Series: Vineyard Novel #2
- Author: Stone, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496716647
- Language: English
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Not Without Laughter
$16.00 Add to cartOur greatest African American poet’s award-winning first novel, about a black boy’s coming-of-age in a largely white Kansas town
When first published in 1930, Not Without Laughter established Langsto- Author: Hughes, Langston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0143131869
- Language: English
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Kiyoshi’s Walk
$19.95 Read moreWhere do poems come from? This beautiful picture book about a young aspiring poet and his grandfather shows that the answer lies all around us–if we take the time to look.
After Kiyoshi watches his gr
- Author: Karlins, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1620149583
- Language: English
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Mistletoe and Mr. Right
$14.99 Add to cart“Fresh, fun and romantic.”–SARAH MORGAN, USA Today bestselling author of A Wedding in December
How the moose (almost) stole Christmas.
Lana Montgomery is everything the quirky small town of Moose Sprin
- Series: Moose Springs, Alaska #2
- Author: Morgenthaler, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1492693162
- Language: English
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The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner) Deluxe Wood-Bound Edition
$28.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2024 NEWBERY MEDAL
A New York Times bestseller and Today Show Summer Pick A wild, lyrical, hilarious and beautiful story of a wild dog living and surviving in an urban parkJohannes, a f
- Author: Eggers, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1952119456
- Language: English
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Skip and Loafer Vol. 4
$12.99 Read moreCHAOS AT THE SCHOOL FESTIVAL
Between her class’s musical performance and a dizzying array of committee duties, Mitsumi is determined that her first school festival in Tokyo will be a rousing success!- Series: Skip and Loafer
- Author: Takamatsu, Misaki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1638582033
- Language: English
