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WORDS
A very young girl explores the meaning and power of the words all around her.
THE PUPPY PROPHET
About to die of old age, a dog named Daisy has her canine friends draw near to keep her company and ask her questions about life, morality, purpose, and community—which...
CELEBRATING COMFY, COZY FOODS FROM NORTH AMERICA
Recipes centered around various themes, versatile seasoning mixes, suggestions, and conversion tables—all tied together by a combination of personal anecdotes and references to various literary and movie franchises.
This timely ode to immigrant women’s strength puts a face to those who fled Cuba for the US during Castro’s revolution. Ana Hebra Flaster shares the traumas and triumphs of...
A FONDNESS FOR TRUTH
The third book in the Swiss-set Polizei Bern series finds detectives Linder and Donatelli investigating a suspected hate crime.
THE ENDLESS SPHERE OF TIME
Photographs that traverse woods, mountains, skies, and ruins are accompanied by poetry.
GONE TO GROUND
A teen from an impoverished barrio fights to save his younger brother from gang violence and his neighborhood from a devastating “urban renewal” project.
LIGHTNING BUGS AND ALIENS
A thirteen-year-old boy feels safe until he sees someone get blown up, triggering a self-evaluating and adventurous journey.
A CUP OF TEA ON THE COMMODE
An intimate look at the challenges and joys of a son's devotion to his mother in her final years.
An insightful, well-researched, and empathetic roadmap for fostering healthy relationships between children, their body images, and food.
MARRIAGE AND HANGING
An engrossing historical mystery about a Protestant minister in 19th century New England who is accused of impregnating and murdering a young cotton mill worker.
THE SANTA BOOK
The story reimagines Santa Claus not as a singular, mythical figure but as a communal role that anyone can adopt, inviting young readers to participate in the real magic of...
THE C. R. PATTERSON AND SONS COMPANY
A recounting of the story of a Black American automobile company that operated in Ohio around the turn of the twentieth century—the first such company anywhere in America.
ME POWER
Academic LaNysha Adams promotes self-knowledge as the key to tapping into “the limitness power that resides within”.
WHAT THEY COULDN’T TAKE
A harrowing yet defiantly inspiring first-person account of survival and escape from familial sex trafficking.
A former Catholic details the spiritual journey that led her back into the fold.
VESSELS OF WRATH
Circa 1963, the police chief in a small town is convinced his neighbor's apparent suicide was actually murder, but his attempts to investigate the case get tangled in national, local,...
LAST LIAR STANDING
After losing her memory in a car accident Veronica Kwan has to try and piece her life together. Why is she seemingly miles away from home and who killed the...
FOR THE MINDS AND WILLS OF MEN
An insurance agent chases a stolen painting in 1950s New York and in so doing encounters a world of post-war paranoia, cold war conspiracy and wild artists.
THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE
A collection of personal and historical stories by Lenape Indian elder Chief Quiet Thunder, THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE is an expansive chronicle of the wisdom, traditions, and culture of a Native...