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Dreaming by the Book

By Elaine Scarry

A pathbreaking work about the way literature teaches us to use our imagination....

Housewife Superstar!

By Danielle Wood

The life, advice, and many marriages of a ninety-something Tasmanian domestic...

The Unwinding

By George Packer

A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political...

Zibaldone: Fin & Lady: A Novel The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics:
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Zibaldone

By Giacomo Leopardi; Edited by Michael Caesar and Franco D'Intino; Translated from the Italian by Kathleen Baldwin, Richard Dixon, David Gibbons, Ann Goldstein, Gerard Slowey, Martin Thom, Pamela Williams

A groundbreaking translation of the epic work of one of the great minds of...

Fin & Lady

By Cathleen Schine

From the author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport, a wise, clever story...

The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics

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Mr. Penumbra`s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel Poems 1962-2012: My Husband and My Wives: A Gay Man`s Odyssey
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L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

By Robin Sloan

A gleeful and exhilarating tale of global conspiracy, complex code-breaking,...

L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner

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It is the astonishment of Louise Glück’s poetry that it resists collection....

Lambda Literary Award - Nominee

My Husband and My Wives

By Charles Rowan Beye

My Husband and My Wives: A Gay’s Man’s Odyssey is the memoir of a man looking...

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Robert Anasi is the author of The Gloves: A Boxing Chronicle (North Point Press, 2002). His work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times,...

Christian Wiman

Christian Wiman is the author of many previous books, including Every Riven Thing (FSG, 2010), winner of the Ambassador Book Award in poetry, and Stolen Air:...

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Robin Sloan grew up in Michigan and now splits his time between San Francisco and the Internet.
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Meet Oliver Burkeman as he reads from his new book The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking.

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