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This week's new releases offer wide-ranging thrills and deeper explorations of family, love, war, and trauma. There's humor, heart, and a bit of razzmatazz. Magic palaces, mysteries, and secret signs in fields and flowers. What about crop circles? We've got those too...
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River of the Gods
Two men search for the "Holy Grail of exploration" in 19th century East Africa - the source of the Nile. Burton and Speke couldn't be more different in temperament, personality, or experience, and for Millard, this is the crux of their legendary adventure. She moves things along swiftly and with vivid detail, and steps back to show readers the full impact of this trip within a larger perspective. I read this in two sittings, and fans of her first book River of Doubt, will find much to enjoy here. ~ Dana
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“[A] rich collection of essays . . . Mooallem has a real knack for evoking places, people, and emotions, and the individuals he writes about put a human face on larger issues such as climate change and conservation." --Publisher's Weekly
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“The 10 stories in this daring, wide-ranging debut collection from Shipstead (after the novel Great Circle) resonate as they leap across time and space . . . demonstrates a remarkable ability to interlace the events of ordinary life with a mythological sense of preordained destruction." -- Publisher's Weekly
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Two men set out in secret to create intricate crop circles in rural England in this clever novel about the futility of war, classism, and the ability to overcome trauma and combat power.
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Through a series of essays and graphics, Cindy House grapples with issues of addiction, motherhood, and how to reconcile the darkness of her past. "Fresh, funny, and fearless" -- Bill Clegg.
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Science and art intertwine in this wild head-trip of a novel. When a young author agrees to ghostwrite a physicist's memoir, events ensue that leaves everything unstable, including the narrator's sanity.
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Experience a Tibetan family's journey through exile, loss, and displacement, in this meditation on familial connections and ancestral lands."Achingly beautiful" -- Booklist.
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Cover of the Week
We loved the linocut look of this cover for Ma and Me, our pick for this week's favorite cover. With reviews calling it "luminous," "exquisite," and "evocative," this story of love, war, generational trauma, and the experience of queer immigrants sounds like it lives up to our first impressions.
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Christopher Moore returns to mean streets of 1947 San Francisco in this spoofy noir, with a side of supernatural elements and slapstick humor. Gravitas lurks within the characterizations and contemporary references, as Moore warns in his author's note. (Sequel to Noir.)
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Highly anticipated by just about every listicle (EW, Lit Hub, Harper's Bazaar, & more), this book asks, "What if you could vacation in your past?" Emotionally resonant with plenty of 90's nostalgia.
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In a long forgotten sub-basement of a storage facility, a biohazard alarm softly beeps... then all hell breaks loose. In the course of one night, nothing less than the fate of the world hangs on the shoulders of two security guards and one government operative. You can use all the adjectives on this one: thrilling, hilarious, suspenseful, icky, horrific, and yes, even a bit romantic. I am so freakin' excited this is finally in trade paperback. ~ Dana
I highly recommend the audiobook, too - the reader is amazing.
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The feminist gothic ghost story you didn't know you wanted, where the women are cursed to die on their wedding night unless they put art above marriage. "Delightfully eerie" says Publisher's Weekly.
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Adventure in a magical palace, where rooms come and go and hide their secrets from everyone but Olia. Danger, magic, and truth await. (Ages 8-12)
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History, mystery, and a love of nature combine in this tale family, friendship, and discovering one's place in the world. (Ages 8-12)
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The Secret Signs of Nature
Discover the wonder of nature and learn to read the hidden signs waiting in the gardens, meadows, seas, and skies. Beautifully illustrated and full of incredible detail, learn over 200 tips for exploring the natural world. Perfect to get those kiddos outside during summer vacation!
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SNOWBOUND BOOK CLUB
Our May selection is here! Bonny picked this one, has gave it a rave review:
"What a delightful & imaginative book! I totally got lost in the detailed, dreamlike descriptions. It was like being in an Escher picture. This book has some truly beautiful world building--I loved it!"
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What We're Reading
Curious about what's on our personal shelves? Check out our staff picks & recommendations!
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