The Wisdom of Psychopaths

You don't have to be crazy to survive...but it helps.

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Blasphemy

Two decades of stories find universal themes in the lives of Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.

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Cow

A loving biography of all things bovine.

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Salad for Dinner

A hearty helping of recipes that will have you excited to eat your leafy greens.

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Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction

An anthology of short stories and poems unveils the world of 21st-century adolescence in Japan.

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Contents May Have Shifted

High-flying tales of life and love from the author of Cowboys Are My Weakness.

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Going Solo

The surprising appeal of living alone.

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Boy21

A novel about broken lives and basketball.

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Freedom's Cap

The story of the U.S. Capitol's renovation during a period of tumult.

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The Disenchantments

Unsure of what to do after high school, a young man decides to tour the Pacific Northwest with his rock band.

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

A lonely boy finds hope in friendship.

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Steve Jobs: Thinking Differently

A new biography of the great innovator is intended for middle-grade readers.

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The Tender Hour of Twilight

A publishing legend's glory days.

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The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Falling head over heels at 30,000 feet.

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On an Irish Island

How a tiny island, cradled by the Atlantic, preserved a language's music.

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The Fault in Our Stars

Two teens stare down death, unafraid to laugh.

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If Grief Could Wait

A Swedish ensemble brings together the sounds of Henry Purcell, Nick Drake, and Leonard Cohen.

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Why We Broke Up

An odd couple falls in, then out of, love.

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Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse

A romance between a young unbeliever and a dedicated churchgoer leads to new questions on both sides.

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Feng Shui: Secrets of Chinese Geomancy

Finding the most auspicious way to live within a place.

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Still Waters

At a remote lake house, a mismatched couple dredges up the past.

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Come Sunday

A collaboration between two jazz greats is a testament to musical devotion.

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The Pledge

In a dystopian future, language is the key to uniting a fractured society.

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Cruelty & Laughter

Surveying an impolite world that talked much about politeness.

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Grant's Final Victory

An examination of the once-mighty general's tumultuous last year, 1884-85.

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Losing It

The history of old age.

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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War

A doomed plan with a momentous legacy.

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All About Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art

A savory guide to mastery of the oven.

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Outlaws Inc.

How the world's most dangerous smugglers supply the black market.

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Bocca

A new vision of Italian cooking built on some extraordinary ingredients.

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May 23: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died on this day in 1934, gunned down in a police ambush on a road in the north Louisiana woods. The Barrow Gang's crime spree was short and small time, but the young "celebrity bandits" were…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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She Left Me the Gun

Emma Brockes' mother Paula escaped from South Africa with a smuggled pistol and a dark secret.  A daughter unravels her family's covert past -- and a suspenseful legal drama -- in this hard-boiled memoir of survival.

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

Expand your memory, puzzle-solving skills, and sense of metaphysical wonder with philosopher Daniel C. Dennett's tasting menu of user-friendly neuroscience and poetic lingual pursuits.

When the Devil Drives

Thespian-turned-P.I. Jasmine Sharp searches for a missing actress and veteran detective Catherine MacLeod tries to solve the case of a murdered one. Their paths intertwine amid the Scottish theater community with uproarious and gory results.