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New Fiction
The Cabinet
(Angry Robot)
by Un-Su Kim
paperback
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"Kim deftly juggles... ideas about social roles, purpose, and personal narrative. More of a thought experiment than a thriller... a lighthearted, amusing read that nonetheless dives into some deep philosophical topics."
– Strange Horizons
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New Nonfiction
The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives
of Medieval Manuscripts
(Basic Books)
by Mary Wellesley
hardcover
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“Wellesley draws on her deep scholarly knowledge of medieval manuscripts to weave a captivating tale, told through generations of ‘tremulous hands’ and forgotten artistic geniuses, whose works inform so much of what we know today about the Middle Ages. This is a sensational debut by a wonderfully gifted historian.”
―Dan Jones,
bestselling author
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New Kids Nonfiction
Colossus: The World's Most Amazing Feats of Engineering
(Big Picture Press)
written by
Colin Hynson
illustration by
Giulia Lombardo
hardcover
(ages 8-12)
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Discover the engineering that has led to the most innovative buildings, bridges, and monuments on the planet, from towering skyscrapers to energy-creating dams to underground tunnels miles long. Learn how people have historically turned to engineering to build higher, farther, faster, and greener into the future.
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New Folk Tales
The Fox's Tower
and Other Tales
(Andrews-McMeel)
by Yoon Ha Lee
hardcover
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“...takes on the folktale form in a collection of 25 gorgeous, magical stories, tiny jewels of worldbuilding that tap into mythic themes to feel somehow both ancient and delightfully fresh... The result is breathtaking in its playful grace."
—Publisher’s Weekly
(starred review)
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New Nonfiction
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans,
and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
(Liveright)
by Howard
W. French
hardcover
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“a brilliant reworking of the conventional wisdom about the rise of the Modern World. This deeply researched and elegantly written book rewinds the tape past Christopher Columbus, and shows how the tragic relationship between Africa and Europe, which began in the 15th century, created modernity as we know it.”
―Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello
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New Early Reader Picture Book
The Secret Lives of Dragons
(Flying Eye Books)
by Zoya Agnis and Alexander Utkin
hardcover
(ages 7-9)
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If you thought the world's most famous fire-breathing creatures lived only in myth and fairytale, think again. Dragon researchers will introduce you to amazing beasts from tiny to huge, from sweet to ferocious. Soon you'll be a dragon expert to rival them all!
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New Mystery
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
(Soho Crime)
by Helen Tursten
hardcover
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"...juxtaposes a cozy... tone against the often surprisingly dark nature of Maud’s recollections, which are rife with clever satirical jabs and delicious ironies. This absorbing dive into the mind of a ruthless pragmatist posing as a Swedish Miss Marple will please psychological-thriller fans, once they realize that Maud isn't nearly as cozy as she looks."
—Booklist
(starred review)
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New Nonfiction
The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World
(Rowman & Littlefeld)
by Noah Charney
hardcover
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"takes the reader on an informed and often irreverent journey through art history that spans centuries and continents from Caravaggio to Koons, Courbet to Hirst. With a brisk narrative and a keen sense of humor, he pulls back the curtain and reveals an original perspective that only a writer with Charney's wide range of scholarship can provide."
-- Brent D. Glass, director emeritus, National Museum of American History
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Recent Middle Reader Graphic Novel
City of Secrets
(Viking)
by Victoria Ying
paperback
(ages 8-12)
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'Ying has constructed a thrilling genre-bender . . . full-color illustrations are cinematic in scope, spotlighting the nonstop action."
—Kirkus Reviews
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