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Nathan W. Pyle · Morrow Gift
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

I feel more attractive.
Honestly, you are.
It's the star damage.
I CRAVE STAR DAMAGE.

Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an adorable and profound universe in pink, blue, green, and purple. Based on the phenomenally popular...

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Incidental Inventions

Elena Ferrante · Europa Editions
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Elena Ferrante is the best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend, now an HBO original series. Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called...
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The Little Book of Big Lies: A Journey into Inner Fitness

Tina Lifford · Amistad
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring and illuminating guide to true self care, from the sage teacher and breakout star of the critically acclaimed drama, Queen Sugar, from Executive Producers Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay for OWN.

Featured on Essence Magazine's Culture List

In all your years of schooling,...

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The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Mona Eltahawy · Beacon Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid.

Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular,...
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Stan Lee's Master Class: Lessons in Drawing, World-Building, Storytelling, Manga, and Digital Comics from the Legendary Co-creator of Spider-Man, The Avengers, and The Incredible Hulk

Stan Lee · Watson-Guptill
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

From the co-creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe and some of the most popular comic book characters of all time comes an in-depth comics drawing instruction book revealing the tools, styles, and techniques of today's top comics artists.

Focusing on topics like anatomy, perspective,...
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JAY-Z: Made in America

Michael Eric Dyson · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER

"Dyson writes with the affection of a fan but the rigor of an academic. ... Using extensive passages from Jay-Z's lyrics, 'Made in America' examines the rapper's role as a poet, an aesthete,...

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Great Society: A New History of the 1960s in America

AMITY SHLAES · Harper
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestsellers The Forgotten Man and Coolidge offers a provocative and conversation-changing look at President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and how its failures reverberate to this day.

In Great Society, Amity Shlaes argues that just as Franklin...

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Ian McKellen: A Biography

Garry O'Connor · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen from an acclaimed biographer

In 2001, Ian McKellen put on the robe and pointed hat of a wizard named Gandalf and won a place in the hearts of Tolkien fans worldwide. Though his role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings introduced...

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The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America

Byron L. Dorgan · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Through the story of Tamara, an abused Native American child, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan describes the plight of many children living on reservations -- and offers hope for the future.

On a winter morning in 1990, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck...

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Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling

Eric Nuzum · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Podcasting is the fast-growing media platform in the world, with currently 650,000 podcasts out there, in 100 languages, and offering over 20 million episodes. And we're only at the beginning. More and more podcasts appear every day, and more and more entrepreneurs, businesses, individuals,...
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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts

Karen Armstrong · Knopf
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of scripture may not be immediately obvious in our secular world, but its misunderstanding...
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The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar's and Everything in Between

Stephanie Butnick · Artisan
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An Unorthodox Guide to Everything Jewish

Deeply knowing, highly entertaining, and just a little bit irreverent, this unputdownable encyclopedia of all things Jewish and Jew-ish covers culture, religion, history, habits, language, and more. Readers will refresh their...
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The Manager Mom Epidemic: How Moms Got Stuck Doing Everything for Their Families and What They Can Do About It

Thomas Phelan · Sourcebooks
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Are you a mom who does it all? This is the book for you.

It's impossible to deny -- most moms continue to do way more household work and childcare than most dads. Working full time, raising kids, cooking dinner, making sure every appointment and activity is lined up and that everyone...

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God's Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era

Michael Medved · Crown Forum
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The national radio host and bestselling author of The American Miracle reveals the happy accidents, bizarre coincidences, and flat-out miracles that continue to shape America's destiny.

"A hopeful message for our troubled times . . . Michael Medved has an eye for a story,...
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One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder

Brian Doyle
Format: Hardcover


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The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom

Toni Morrison · Knopf
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

At once the ideal introduction to Toni Morrison and a lovely and moving keepsake for her devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. With a foreword by Zadie Smith.

"She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truthteller." --Oprah Winfrey

This inspirational...
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Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography

Kate Bennett · Flatiron Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The first behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most enigmatic First Lady in U.S. history

Melania Trump is an enigma. Regardless of your political leanings, she is fascinating -- a First Lady who, in many ways, is the most modern and groundbreaking in recent history....

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