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Boys Keep Swinging: A Memoir
Jake Shears · Atria Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run, Patti Smith's Just Kids, and Carrie Brownstein's Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, the lead singer of the multiplatinum-selling band Scissor Sisters explores his evolution as a young artist: coming of age in the Pacific Northwest... |
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Why Bad Governments Happen to Good People
Danny Katch · Haymarket Books
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
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The election of Donald Trump has sent the United States and the world into uncharted waters, with a bigoted, petty man-child at the head of the planet's most powerful empire. Danny Katch indicts the hollowness of the US political system that led to Trump's rise and puts forward... |
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The Children of Jocasta
Natalie Haynes · Europa Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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Thebes is a city in mourning, still reeling from a devastating attack of plague that invaded every home and left the survivors devastated and fearful. This is the Thebes that Jocasta has known her entire life, a city ruled by a king -- her husband-to-be.Jocasta struggles through this miserable... |
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The Art of Southern Charm
Patricia Altschul · Diversion Publishing
Pages: 250
Format: Print book
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Fan-favorite Bravolebrity Patricia Altschul from the primetime show, Southern Charm, finally brings fans of the show her opus on etiquette and living a glamorous champagne Southern lifestyle (on a beer budget) . From how to throw the best party, to how to dress for an event, to how to handle... |
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Calypso
David Sedaris · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 273
Format: eBook
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David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast,... |
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McGlue: A Novella
Ottessa Moshfegh · Penguin Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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The debut novella from one of contemporary fiction's most exciting young voices, now in a new edition.Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of name or situation or orientation--he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. Intolerable... |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Thomas S Hischak · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 430
Format: Hardcover
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What do Babes in Arms, Beau Geste, Gunga Din, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Only Angels Have Wings, and Young Mr. Lincoln all have in common? They are all classic films released in the same year, but none of them received Academy Award nominations for best picture. Why? In that same year,... |
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Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement
Carl Cederstrom · OR Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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In these pages, the authors of the widely-acclaimed Wellness Syndrome throw themselves headlong into the techniques of self-optimization, a burgeoning movement that seeks to transcend the limits placed on us as mere humans, whether the feebleness of our bodies or our mental incapacities.... |
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Red Birds
Mohammed Hanif · Grove Press, Black Cat
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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An American pilot crash lands in the desert and finds himself on the outskirts of the very camp he was supposed to bomb. After days spent wandering and hallucinating from dehydration, Major Ellie is rescued by one of the camp's residents, a teenager named Momo, whose entrepreneurial money-making... |
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Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On
Gary Soto · Red Hen Press
Pages: 141
Format: Paperback
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Prolific writer Gary Soto introduces the beauty of the much neglected literary form, the "proverb." His proverbs are quirky, fun, urban and enlightening for all ages. Some people might consider the literary genre of proverbs to be stodgy or out of date, perhaps pretentious and irrelevant... |
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Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story
Steven Curtis Chapman · Flemming H Revell
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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For decades, Steven Curtis Chapman's music and message have brought hope and inspiration to millions around the world. Now, for the first time, Steven openly shares the experiences that have shaped him, his faith, and his music in a life that has included incredible highs and faith-shaking... |
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When You Least Expect It: Essays on Living without a Five-Year Plan
JEN GLANTZ · Atria Books
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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One New York City millennial shares her journey of finding her dream career and true love, all while juggling a truly unique job as the world's only professional bridesmaid in this hilarious memoir that "will be relatable to anyone looking for love or just trying to figure things... |
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So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister
ANNA AKANA · Ballantine Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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From Internet sensation Anna Akana comes a candid and poignant collection of essays about love, loss, and chasing adulthood. In 2007, Anna Akana lost her teen sister, Kristina, to suicide. In the months that followed, she realized that the one thing helping her process her grief and begin... |
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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth: And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Thomas Morris · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its grisly weirdness. A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century is just one of many strange tales that have long lain undiscovered... |
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