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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release La Saison: Over 80 seasonal French recipes, from a year in my kitchen Manon Lagrève Current price: $37.50 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Quadrille ISBN: 9781837836116 Pages: 256 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/12/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description Embark on a delightful culinary adventure with Manon Lagrève’s third cookbook, La Saison. This enchanting collection proves that French cuisine can be savored throughout the seasons. Let Manon guide you from her charming London home kitchen to her family's heartwarming kitchen in France, as she celebrates the finest produce each season has to offer. From the crisp, refreshing salads of summer to the soul-warming stews of winter, La Saison is your ticket to a year-round feast of flavours. Each chapter begins with a seasonal tipsheet, showcasing the freshest fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish to inspire your shopping list. Manon’s French heritage and effortless approach to seasonal eating are at the heart of this book, making it easy for you to embrace this philosophy too. Designed for the modern home cook, the recipes blend traditional French flavors with clever shortcuts, ensuring minimal time in the kitchen without compromising on taste. Whether you’re preparing a quick weeknight dinner or a lavish celebratory feast, her recipes are perfect for any occasion. Celebrate your favorite holidays with Manon's delightful creations, from an elegant Easter lunch with cake, to a festive Christmas dinner and seasonal tipple. With over 80 accessible recipes, La Saison will inspire you to replicate the seasonal French way of eating, no matter where you are in the world. About the Author Raised in a small village in Brittany, Manon Lagrève grew up on a farm, where food was celebrated as the core of family life. In 2018 Manon entered The Great British Bake Off, reaching the quarter final. Since then, she has been sharing her creations online and has over 650k followers on Instagram and over 375k followers on TikTok. Manon lives in London with her husband and children. You May Also Like Staff Pick Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook Samin Nosrat Current price: $45.00 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat—and one of America’s most beloved chefs and teachers—125 meticulously tested, flavor-forward, soul-nourishing recipes that bring joy and a sense of communion ... 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release Hunger Choi Jin-Young , Soje (Translator) Current price: $18.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Europa Editions ISBN: 9798889661849 Pages: 208 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Paperback (5/11/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description A word-of-mouth phenomenon turned best-selling cult classic in Korea, Hunger is a visceral, psychologically daring novel that reveals how love and money shape, wound, and consume us. "A feast for the literary senses."--Anton Hur, Judge of the International Booker Prize On an ordinary afternoon, a woman sees her partner murdered in the street. Time freezes. She lifts his body from the pavement, cradles him home, disinfects each inch of skin--and sits down to begin. 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl #8) Matt Dinniman Current price: $32.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Ace ISBN: 9798217190065 Pages: 704 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/12/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition. As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon. Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple. Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles . Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.” Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine. Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do. So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been. Includes part eight of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.” About the Author Matt Dinniman is a writer, artist, and musician (well, he's a bass player) from Gig Harbor, WA. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Praise for A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl #8) “Welcome to your newest obsession…the highly addictive, hilarious series continues to draw in new fans.” – USA Today Praise for the Dungeon Crawler Carl series “Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I'm obsessed…Princess Donut is my queen.” – Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day " Dungeon Crawler Carl is legit awesome." – #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson “A dangerously addicting tale of chaos and mayhem. I’m thoroughly hooked!” – #1 New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart "This series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight." – New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch “[A] comically cosmic adventure series…often laugh-out-loud funny…Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut.” – The Wall Street Journal "This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever. Also for anyone who wants to read a good book. Or maybe anyone who has been outside at night—in their underwear—looking for their cat and wondering 'What's the worst thing that could happen?' Once you start, you won't put it down." - Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series “Dungeon Crawler Carl is the best start to a series I’ve read this year. I wish I’d tried it sooner.” – Will Wight, author of the Cradle series "“When it came time to pick a race, Dinniman and Dungeon Crawler Carl decided he would continue to appear as a human, and that’s what this series has blossomed into, something profoundly and endearingly human.” – Slate "If there's a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl , I haven't read it." - Shirtaloon, author of He Who Fights Monsters “One big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read.”— New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson Other Books in Series Dungeon Crawler Carl Dinniman, Matt Paperback The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4) Dinniman, Matt Hardcover Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) Dinniman, Matt Hardcover The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl #3) Dinniman, Matt Hardcover This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7) Dinniman, Matt Hardcover The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6) Dinniman, Matt Hardcover The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5) Dinniman, Matt Hardcover Staff Pick Dungeon Crawler Carl Dinniman, Matt Hardcover Preorder Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) (Dungeon Crawler Carl (WEBTOON Graphic Novel) #1) Dinniman, Matt Paperback Dungeon Crawler Carl Dinniman, Matt Paperback The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4) Dinniman, Matt Paperback Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) Dinniman, Matt Paperback Preorder Dungeon Crawler Carl: Deluxe Edition Dinniman, Matt Hardcover The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl #3) Dinniman, Matt Paperback Preorder Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) Dinniman, Matt Paperback Preorder Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 2 (Graphic Novel) (Dungeon Crawler Carl (WEBTOON Graphic Novel) #2) Dinniman, Matt Paperback Preorder The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5) Dinniman, Matt Paperback This Inevitable Ruin: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 7 Dinniman, Matt Paperback Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure Dinniman, Matt Paperback You May Also Like Staff Pick Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman Current price: $30.00 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The apocalypse will be televised! 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Staff Pick Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett Current price: $18.99 “Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python.” — San F New Skin: A Novel | Pegasus Books Skip to main content Main navigation Browse Books Browse Books sub-navigation New Releases Pre-Order Now Pre-Order Children's & YA Staff Picks Events Events sub-navigation Hosting an Event Fundraise With Us Upcoming Events About About sub-navigation We Trade Books Store History Partnerships Newsletter Gift Cards Utility Menu Log in Log-in Wishlists Wishlist Cart Cart Main Menu All selections except for books will open in a new window Search type Books Audiobooks Search Search ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release New Skin: A Novel Sarah Wang Current price: $29.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company ISBN: 9780316594523 Pages: 320 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/11/2026) Paperback (Large Print, 5/11/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description A scalding, darkly humorous debut following an enmeshed mother-daughter duo, both best friends and enemies, and the plastic surgery addiction that warps their lives into a perilous spiral   At twenty-six, Linli Feng is still trying to escape her mother Fanny’s orbit. But after three years of estrangement, just when Linli has been accepted into a prestigious graduate program, she is dragged back by Fanny’s latest medical catastrophe and forced to return home.  For decades, Fanny has been addicted to plastic surgery, getting bargain procedures in the basements of LA’s bootleg beauty industry. Now Fanny’s disfigured face is in dangerous revolt, infected and collapsing yet again from black-market injectables.   But even as Linli wades through the wreck of family finances and juggles her mother’s medical care, Fanny has another secret in store. Fanny has won a spot on America’s Beauty Extreme, a reality television competition in which botched plastic surgery addicts compete for reconstructive surgery as riveted audiences tune in. When Linli attempts to rescue Fanny from the sinister subculture that has already claimed her mother’s face, she must at last confront the corrosive reality of the American Dream that is at the fraught heart of their relationship.  About the Author Sarah Wang has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, the London Review of Books, The Nation, The New Republic, Harper’s Bazaar, n+1, and BOMB, among other publications. Wang is a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow, a 2023 MacDowell Fellow, a 2020 Center for Fiction Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow, and the winner of a Barbara Deming Award and a Nelson Algren prize for fiction. She teaches writing at Barnard College and lives in New York City. Praise for New Skin: A Novel “Wang debuts with the spectacular and wrenching story of a woman contending with her mother’s plastic surgery addiction…This bracing tale goes much more than skin deep.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review) “If this terrifying era is going to produce a new canon of American immigration novels—and it should!—Sarah Wang’s New Skin will be one of its indisputable masterpieces, a novel of unique brilliance, so beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking, teeming with a gloriously searing rage but also tenderness.”— Francisco Goldman, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Monkey Boy “Sarah Wang’s New Skin is a marvel. Mirthfully and mercilessly abject, New Skin is a page-turner that feels equal parts cinematic romp and serrated analysis of some of the most important issues of our day: immigration, assimilation, debt, intergenerational suffering, self-immolation, and the possibilities for repair. A truly original debut from a seriously intelligent writer.”— Maggie Nelson, author of Like Love and The Argonauts "New Skin offers a brilliantly dark account of a mother and her daughter locked in a relationship with each other and the wider world that no amount of surgery can cure. Sarah Wang’s novel is intense, engaging, original and hilarious."— Colm Tóibín, New York Times bestselling author of Long Island “New Skin holds almost all of womanhood: impossible beauty standards, the inverted mother–daughter bond, and an adulthood rooted in the endless negotiation between obligation and shared trauma. This dynamite book is unsparing and darkly funny.  It asks why does leaving often mean staying, and why does self-preservation so often become self-destruction?”— Weike Wang, author of Rental House "Horror and coming-of-age genres wildly collide in Sarah Wang’s inventive and brilliant debut novel New Skin.  But her agenda is something more subtle: how do circumstance, culture and character combine to define us? Completely engaging, surprising and beautifully written, I couldn’t stop reading."— Chris Kraus, author of The Four Spent the Day Together "A blistering addition to the cannon of mother-daughter fiction. Out of the intimately known landscape of a mother's face and the estrangement of plastic surgery, Sarah Wang maps new territory for where daring, contemporary writing about family might go next. This is a phenomenal first novel not to be missed."— Idra Novey, author of Take What You Need You May Also Like The Saint of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera Current price: $27.99 WINNER of the Nebula Award for Best Novel | WINNER of the Crawford Award | WINNER of the Ignyte Award for Best Adult Novel | A 2023 New York Times Notable Book | Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel | Finalist for the 2024 Dragon Award for ... There There: A novel Tommy Orange Current price: $30.00 PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. ... Staff Pick Dear Cyborgs: A Novel Eugene Lim Current price: $16.00 One of Vol. 1 Brooklyn's Favorite Fiction Books of 2017, a Literary Hub Staff Favorite Book of 2017, and one of BOMB Magazine's "Looking Back on 2017: Literature" Selections. ... 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release The Foursome: A Novel Christina Baker Kline Current price: $30.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Mariner Books ISBN: 9780063097995 Pages: 384 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/11/2026) Paperback (Large Print, 5/11/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days A book about Eng and Chang Bunker, the famous conjoined twins. The story touches on so many interesting themes, from complicated sibling relationships and dysfunctional families to traditional gender and class roles, slavery, and abolition. Kelly Klein, Reads by the River, Waterford, WI May 2026 Indie Next List Description From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline’s own distant relatives — who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam. When Eng and Chang Bunker arrive in Wilkes County in 1839, they’re not just a curiosity—they’re a sensation. Everyone is eager to learn whether the salacious rumors about them are true. Within months, the twins have opened a general store, bought land, and begun building a plantation. Now, word has it, they’re looking for wives—and in a place that thrives on gossip and legacy, their ambitions set the community on edge. Sarah and Adelaide Yates, daughters of a once-prominent local family brought low by scandal, are drawn into their orbit. Bold, beautiful Adelaide sees in the twins’ fame a chance to reclaim her future. Sarah, quiet and observant, isn’t so sure. When the twins’ lives become entangled with theirs, they must navigate loyalty, longing, and identity in a world where everything—including race, class, and gender—is rigidly defined. Spanning five decades and unfolding against the backdrop of a fractured nation hurtling toward war, The Foursome is both intimate and epic: a story of love and constraint, identity and reinvention. With piercing insight and emotional precision, Kline brings to life a forgotten chapter of American history and the complex, boundary-defying marriages at its center. About the Author Christina Baker Kline is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Orphan Train , The Exiles , and A Piece of the World . Her novels have received the New England Society Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and several bookseller awards, among other prizes. Born in England, she was raised in the American South and Maine. She lives in New York City and in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Praise for The Foursome: A Novel Named One of Oprah Daily’s 24 Best Books of Summer “Remarkable and captivating…Incredibly, the wonderful historical novelist behind Orphan Train is a descendant of the pair, and brings their Civil War-era story to life with vivid detail and rare empathy.” — Oprah Daily “[Kline’s] portrait of Sarah convincingly captures what it would be like to be a woman with few options….[She] skillfully straddles the divide between the rarity of the conjoined brothers and the conventionality of their marriages.” — Star Tribune “Mesmerizing…A gripping story about identity, relationships, prejudice, and more.” — Real Simple "A daring and deeply empathetic tale." — The Millions “Emotionally moving, hard to put down … Written with compassion and sensitivity, [The Foursome] gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the once perceived scandalous lives of the two Yates-Bunker families.“ — Library Journal (starred review) "A riveting and insightful story." — Kirkus (starred review) “Avoiding sensationalism and hewing closely to the historical record, Kline subtly and often poetically documents the small, daily choices that shape these lives. It's remarkable." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Christina Baker Kline has the heart, the wisdom, and the courage to tell the story of these twins and their wives not as some weird relic plucked from America's cabinet of curiosities, but as a great love story: human, awkward, puzzling, complex, battered by time and circumstance, and yet, somehow, enduring." —Alice McDermott, National Book Award winning author of Charming Billy “Christina Baker Kline is a masterful storyteller with an extraordinary subject in The Foursome . Chang and Eng can literally never be apart, which means that their wives—Addie and her sister Sarah—are also held in an impossible proximity to each other. What a wonderful study of intimacy of all kinds, of love and tolerance, of growing together and growing apart. In short, of what it is to be human.” —Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello, Beautiful " The Foursome explores the complexities of marriage, sisterhood, and raising children at a time and place where conformity was the norm and change was just beginning to stir. Kline weaves a beautiful tapestry of love, doubt, identity, and resilience in a world that left little room for differences. I really loved this book." —Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Keeper of Lost Children "The Foursome is a triumph of empathy and imagination, a wildly engaging, morally-complex story made even richer by Christina Baker Kline’s fascinating connection to the real-life Chang and Eng Bunker." —Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins " The Foursome is a breathtaking dive into identity, history and romantic love set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil. Chang and Eng Bunker are conjoined twins who marry Addie and Sallie and build their lives in pre-Civil War North Carolina. Emotional, often raw, the story of two families buffeted by physical impediments and societal constraints is told over decades that bring massive changes that upend their world. This novel is an unforgettable page turner replete with the author's immersive style. The Foursome stands as the jewel in the crown of Christina Baker Kline's dazzling career." —Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The View From Lake Como “Christina Baker Kline has taken the story of the famous 19th century conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker, and their wives the Yates sisters, and transformed this often sensationalized slice of history into a deeply felt, meticulously observed exploration of the mystery of marriage and family that portrays the ways in which good-hearted people can both reflect the prejudices of their era and question them in a community beset by a brutal civil war. I have loved all Kline's books; this beautiful, thought-provoking novel is her best yet. A rare and courageous marvel.” —Alice Elliott Dark, author of Fellowship Point You May Also Like The Saint of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera Current price: $27.99 WINNER of the Nebula Award for Best Novel | WINNER of the Crawford Award | WINNER of the Ignyte Award for Best Adult Novel | A 2023 New York Times Notable Book | Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel | Finalist for the 2024 Dragon Award for ... There There: A novel Tommy Orange Current price: $30.00 PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. ... 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release 2084 (A Novel of Future War) Elliot Ackerman , Admiral James Stavridis, USN Current price: $29.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Penguin Press ISBN: 9780593489895 Pages: 288 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/11/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description “Gripping…Ackerman and Stavridis stage a harrowing global conflict that pits military might against an appetite for justice… equal parts haunting and entertaining.” — Publishers Weekly , starred review A gripping drama and chilling prophecy about the possible path to war for a planet devastated by climate change In their novel 2034 , decorated military officers and award-winning authors Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis imagined a war between the US and China. In their follow-up novel, 2054 , they envisioned a breakdown in American politics fueled by a radical advance in AI. Now they make their boldest, most astonishing, and arguably most necessary leap—imagining the consequences of a climate war. By the year 2084, the world is divided into the equatorial countries that bear the brunt of the climate crisis—led by Nigeria, Brazil, and Indonesia—and wealthier countries like China and the US, beset by their own problems after a series of civil wars. Tensions between the two sets of countries have reached a breaking point, until finally the so-called Reparationist nations of the equator decide that only military force can bring them justice. A fascinating and disturbingly plausible extrapolation from current realities, 2084 , like other classics of the genre such as Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future and Neal Stephenson’s Termination Shock , deploys a global cast of characters, all protecting their interests as the fate of human civilization hangs in the balance. Individuals often seem small in the face of the forces that drive global change, but in the end human agency proves surprisingly decisive. Big doors can swing on small hinges. We have it within ourselves to write a different destiny, if only we can imagine it. About the Author Elliot Ackerman is the author of the novels Sheepdogs , Halcyon , 2034 (coauthor), Red Dress in Black and White , Waiting for Eden , Dark at the Crossing , and Green on Blue , as well as the memoirs The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan and Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning . His books have been nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a Marine veteran who served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. He divides his time between New York City and Washington, DC. Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) , spent more than thirty years in the US Navy, rising to the rank of four-star admiral. He was Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and previously commanded US Southern Command, overseeing military operations through Latin America. At sea, he commanded a Navy destroyer, a destroyer squadron, and an aircraft carrier battle group in combat. He holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he recently served five years as dean. 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Ackerman and Stavridis stage a harrowing global conflict that pits military might against an appetite for justice . . . equal parts haunting and entertaining.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Other Books in Series 2054 (A Novel of Future War) Ackerman, Elliot Paperback 2034 (A Novel of Future War) Ackerman, Elliot Paperback 2054 (A Novel of Future War) Ackerman, Elliot Hardcover 2034 (A Novel of Future War) Ackerman, Elliot Hardcover You May Also Like Staff Pick Old Soul Susan Barker Current price: $29.00 The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative  literary horror novel about one woman’s determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost. ... Staff Pick Jade City (The Green Bone Saga #1) Fonda Lee Current price: $19.99 In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis.  *Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Books Of All Time*  ... 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** Beth Piatote: "distant water" (Poems), with Alex Saum-Pascual Beth Piatote: "distant water" (Poems), with Alex Saum-Pascual Thu, 5/14/2026 - 7:00pm Place: Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley , CA 94704 United States Join us at Pegasus Books Downtown at 7pm on Thurday, May 14th for a reading and craft talk with Bay Area poet, playwright, and Nez Perce scholar Beth Piatote . Piatote will be joined in conversation by poet, scholar, and fellow UC Berkeley professor Alex Saum-Pascual . We'll be celebrating the release of Piatote's beautiful new collection of poems, distant water , from Milkweed Editions. See you there! Piatote is the author of the 2020 short story collection The Beadworkers , which was longlisted for the PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. She is the Director of UC Berkeley’s Arts Research Center.  About the Book : An exquisite debut poetry collection exploring the way Nez Perce language embodies the inseparable connection of land, sound, and spirit. Drawing its title from the Nez Perce word for ocean,  distant water  explores the mysterious process through which language is conveyed from one body to another, moving through waters, kin, memory, and breath. In this meditative, expansive collection, Beth Piatote reveals language as a shared vibration, a life force that sustains an intimate, animate world. Anchored in the Nez Perce homelands of the Northwest, the poems in  distant water  explore sonic and spiritual ecologies, recognizing land and language as living beings with whom we seek a common mode of expression. Here, poetic forms mimic the verb-centered structure of Nez Perce language, showing its capacity to express from a single shared root the movement of a sewing needle, the flow of a river, or the memory of a lost love. Language resonates with the land, in poems that recall the drumbeat pulse of blood, an echo of grief, the sigh of a dying fire, an archive held in the mouth of a crow. Characters and motifs from traditional stories are recast, celebrating their timeless beauty, humor, and wisdom, and remedies imagined for historical wounds borne by the language itself. Inventive and resonant, precise and playful, distant water  is an invitation to enter a vibrant thought world, to dwell in a grammar and sound born of and belonging to Nez Perce homelands and people, a language at once ancient and ever new. About the Author:   BETH PIATOTE is a Nez Perce scholar, playwright, poet, and associate professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include The Beadworkers , which was longlisted for the PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the scholarly monograph Domestic Subjects. Her play, Antíkoni , had its world premiere with Native Voices in Los Angeles in November 2024. Her poems, scholarly essays, and short stories have appeared in multiple journals and anthologies, including American Quarterly , The Kenyon Review , Poetry , World Literature Today , and PMLA . An enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Piatote is devoted to the study of her heritage language of Nez Perce and is an Indigenous language revitalization activist. She lives in Berkeley, California. About the Moderator:   ALEX SAUM-PASCUAL is a digital poet and Associate Professor of Spanish Literature and New Media at the University of California, Berkeley. She’s author of numerous works on digital art and literature in the Spanish-speaking world. Her digital poetry has been exhibited internationally, and is studied in specialized monographs and anthologies. At UC Berkeley, she serves on the Executive Committee of the Center for New Media and co-directs Spanish Studies (Institute of European Studies). She is a board member of the Electronic Literature Organization, series editor of Electronic Literature at Bloomsbury Academic Press, and editor of the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies. Event Related Books & Products New Release Distant Water: Poems Beth Piatote Current price: $18.00 Paperback ISBN: 9781639551682 Publish Date: 5/12/2026 An exquisite debut poetry collection exploring the way Nez Perce language embodies the inseparable connection of land, sound, and spirit. Drawing its title from the Nez Perce word for ocean, distant water explores the mysterious process through which language is conveyed from one body to another... Read More about Distant Water: Poems Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Add to Cart Add to wishlist The Beadworkers: Stories Beth Piatote Current price: $16.95 Paperback ISBN: 9781640094277 Publish Date: 10/13/2020 Beth Piatote's luminous debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the inventive and unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary world Told with humor, subtlety, and spareness, the mixed–genre... 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Pursuant to applicable data protection law, we may be entitled to refuse to act American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed | Pegasus Books Skip to main content Main navigation Browse Books Browse Books sub-navigation New Releases Pre-Order Now Pre-Order Children's & YA Staff Picks Events Events sub-navigation Hosting an Event Fundraise With Us Upcoming Events About About sub-navigation We Trade Books Store History Partnerships Newsletter Gift Cards Utility Menu Log in Log-in Wishlists Wishlist Cart Cart Main Menu All selections except for books will open in a new window Search type Books Audiobooks Search Search ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed Isaac Fitzgerald Current price: $32.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 9780593537794 Pages: 352 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/11/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days You will laugh, you will cry, you will learn. You will enjoy the adventure with Fitzgerald as he debunks myths about our history and our humanity. Rambling and reflecting on the best gifts from his parents: the love of nature and books and the power of prayer. Jeri Kay Thomas, 2 Dandelions Bookshop, Brighton, MI May 2026 Indie Next List Description New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald sets off into the heart of America, following the path of the legendary Johnny Appleseed on an epic journey that both takes him far from home and brings him closer to it. “Rollicking, heartfelt. . . . Made me feel the kind of wonder and hope I’ve been longing for.” —John Green, author of Everything Is Tuberculosis As a child, Isaac Fitzgerald was captivated by Johnny Appleseed, drawn to the legend by family ties, his father’s larger-than-life stories, and a shared restlessness to leave home and discover what lay beyond. In American Rambler, he sets out on a year-long journey to follow Appleseed’s path, walking (okay, sometimes driving, and at one point, even floating downstream) from Massachusetts to Indiana. On this journey, Fitzgerald turns a childhood fascination into a profound reckoning of loss and grief, ritual and faith, grimy gas station bathrooms and scenic apple picking. He is followed by a mysterious creature, camps in hostile environments, trespasses more than once, and is warmed by the generosity of strangers at every turn. A moving blend of memoir, history, and travelogue, American Rambler is at once an ode to the American heartland, a meditation on escaping the breakneck pace of modern life, and a clear-eyed look at the myths—often violent, sometimes hopeful, frequently romanticized—at the very core of American identity and history. About the Author ISAAC FITZGERALD is the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (winner of the New England Book Award). He is also the author of the bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate as well as the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (winner of an IACP Award). He appears frequently on The Today Show, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times , The Atlantic, Esquire , GQ , The Guardian , The Best American Nonrequired Reading , and numerous other publications. He lives with his wife and their two dogs on the North Fork of Long Island. Praise for American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed "Fitzgerald has a gift for intelligent, gimlet-eyed straight shooting, for writing with a bared soul but minimal ego (he does have some ego; he’s a writer after all). In times often defined by cynicism and trolling, he doesn’t seem to have a mean bone in his body. American Rambler isn’t a diagnosis of how America went wrong. It’s a suggestion in practice of how to overcome by putting one foot in front of the other." — The Boston Globe "I'm a huge Johnny Appleseed devotee—so for that (and for many other reasons) I loved this book. It felt like hanging out with a friend. A friend I'd always wished I'd had, but never actually met until these pages. It's not really like any book I've ever read. It meanders and breaks rules—and it works. I'm going for a walk." —Ethan Hawke "Rollicking, heartfelt. . . . Made me feel the kind of wonder and hope I've been longing for." —John Green, author of Everything Is Tuberculosis "It takes a wild man to capture this wild land, and Fitzgerald is on the case. This time around, he brings his immeasurable charm and irrepressible humanism to bear on a genuine American legend, with fantastic results.” —Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad "An immersive walk through our country's forgotten history. Fitzgerald carves out a trail through his own past as he explores the landscapes and lives that shaped a nation." —Tara Westover, author of Educated " American Rambler turns its clear-eyed gaze upon the myths that made us and the connections that sustain us. The spirit of Thoreau accompanies Isaac Fitzgerald on this pilgrimage of restlessness and renewal. . . . Adventure, insight, and abandon all tangle in this compelling account of one man’s meander along the paths of perseverance and discovery." —Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son "What a profound pleasure it is to ramble along with Isaac Fitzgerald as he journeys deep into American history and his own searching heart. This absorbing, rollicking, and tender memoir made me laugh and cry, the way good books always do. Fitzgerald’s candid and clear-eyed portrait of a country, a family, and a life built one step at a time is a beautiful and unforgettable read." —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild "Part history, part travelogue, part meditative yawp, American Rambler is a quest for Johnny Appleseed that becomes a contemporary, warts-and-all portrait of the land he seeded. Isaac Fitzgerald taps into our need to lean on legends—apocryphal or not—in order to understand and justify the way we live now. This book is an absolute joy to read." —Patrick Ryan, author of Buckeye "Told with loving tenderness and frank realness, American Rambler is a brilliant walking tour given by a sage party monk through the life of the man behind an American myth. A breath of fresh air that isn’t always all that fresh, but when it isn’t, it’s a little bit intoxicating. Fitzgerald’s voice is rare for its honesty and generosity, for how much you can feel his love in the writing." —Tommy Orange, author of Wandering Stars "What Fitzgerald learns about himself and the state of the nation is more compelling still, with all their triumphs and tragedies. Blue Highways with hiking boots, and a grand entertainment for travelers real and armchair." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Throughout, Fitzgerald’s elegant prose, restless curiosity, and deep compassion leap off the page. The result is a stirring, singular entry in the American road trip genre." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[Fitzgerald] candidly exposes the tension between myth and reality, revealing how history is often transformed into myths, complete with heroes. . . . American Rambler ultimately becomes less about retracing one legendary man’s footsteps and more about examining the ground beneath them." — Booklist "Fitzgerald is a most excellent tour guide, mix­ing history with anecdote, Chapman’s tangled story with his own somewhat tortured but always fascinating tale." — BookPage Custom Footer Menu Stores SOLANO AVENUE SHATTUCK AVENUE COLLEGE AVENUE Events About Our Events Events Calendar Fundraise With Us About We Trade Books Store History Manifesto More Links Contact Us Shipping Policy Return Policy Social Media Links Footer utility menu Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions ADA Compliance © 2026 Pegasus Books Powered by IndieCommerce Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000 | Pegasus Books Skip to main content Main navigation Browse Books Browse Books sub-navigation New Releases Pre-Order Now Pre-Order Children's & YA Staff Picks Events Events sub-navigation Hosting an Event Fundraise With Us Upcoming Events About About sub-navigation We Trade Books Store History Partnerships Newsletter Gift Cards Utility Menu Log in Log-in Wishlists Wishlist Cart Cart Main Menu All selections except for books will open in a new window Search type Books Audiobooks Search Search ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000 Barry Walters Current price: $35.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Viking ISBN: 9798217059829 Pages: 496 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/11/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description “An excellent history of the queer world’s countless music scenes.” —Emma Alpern, Vulture “An essential book for this moment.” —Rob Sheffield The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life From the underground dancefloors of the Seventies to the global charts of the Nineties, LGBTQ artists and audiences shaped music’s sound, style, and spirit. In Mighty Real , veteran journalist Barry Walters chronicles its LGBTQ history from the Velvet Underground to the 21st century’s dawn as he honors the artists who redefined gender, defied tradition, and dared to challenge sexual norms with the help of a record business that wasn’t as straight as commonly believed. Drawing on his decades as a New York- and San Francisco-based music critic, Walters examines how LGBTQ musicians, music industry executives, and fans reshaped the mainstream. He connects the dots between David Bowie’s dazzling reinventions, Grace Jones’s androgynous glamor, Prince’s boundary-shattering sexuality, and the radical candor of the Indigo Girls to prove they’re all doing the same thing: fighting oppression. With exuberance, insight, and encyclopedic knowledge, Walters brings to life the songs and society that filled dancefloors, bedrooms, and streets as he uncovers yesteryear’s coded LGBTQ messages that paved the way for today’s unabashedly queer hits. Mighty Real is a masterful love letter to the music that liberated generations, and it’s written in a page-turning, personal way that blurs distinctions between chronicle and memoir. This is the rare and revolutionary music history told to help you laugh, cry, and then rally against lingering inequality. About the Author Barry Walters has spent 40 years documenting the intersection of mainstream and LGBTQ culture. He began his career at Th e Village Voice — where he came out publicly in a 1986 Pet Shop Boys review — before becoming a fixture at Spin and Rolling Stone . In 1992, Walters’ work at the San Francisco Examiner made him the first critic to receive an award from The National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association. Throughout the Nineties, he was The Advocate ’s music columnist before a decade’s worth of writing at Out. Along the way, he’s regularly appeared in Entertainment Weekly , NPR, Pitchfork , and other media mainstays. Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester , a 2020 mini-documentary he wrote and co-produced for Amazon Music, won a Clio Award. Praise for Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000 Advance Praise for Mighty Real “An excellent history of the queer world’s countless music scenes.” —Emma Alpern, Vulture “A kaleidoscopic journey through the myriad intersections of music, pop culture, and LGBTQIA+ life, showing how queer creativity has shaped the soundtracks of many lives . . . Timely and necessary, this book is an encyclopedic manifesto of the radical joy and defiance that LGBTQIA+ artists continue to bring.” —Claire Sewell, Library Journal (starred review) “An ebullient love letter to LGBTQ+ and ‘gay friendly’ musicians. . . . Walters evocatively draws out how LGBTQ+ musicians battled oppression in their work even as they navigated a record industry that sought to silence sexual nonconformity while profiting off styles gay musicians made fashionable. It adds up to an impressive and expansive celebration of a rich chapter of music history.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Fascinating and revelatory . . . Uplifting, endlessly entertaining, and informative, [ Mighty Real ] honors decades of influential music-makers, their craft, and ‘the community these nurturing songs give us—especially when we think we’re most alone.’ A knowledgeable, high-spirited tribute to queer music through the ages.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “[A] wondrous journey . . . [Walters] writes thoughtfully and insightfully about the artists and what it is about their material that taps into gay themes and culture . . . A bodacious, playfully addictive history for music lovers one and all, no matter their gender or orientation.” —June Sawyers, Booklist (starred review) “Meticulously researched and entertainingly written, Mighty Real not only navigates the major rivers and minor eddies of queer music from the time of New York’s Stonewall riots into the new millennium, but serves as a memoir for the author, who was exploring his nascent gay sexuality around the era of the book’s opening . . . Absolutely not to be missed by pop culture mavens, LGBTQ+ readers, or anyone who wants to know how the music business finally came out of the closet.” —Thane Tierney, BookPage (starred review) “ Mighty Real is an incredibly real reminder that the people who changed music were often the ones told they didn’t belong.” —Tig Notaro, comic and New York Times bestselling author of I’m Just a Person “Barry Walters has been writing about music from an American queer perspective for five decades. This is his testament: a musical, personal and political history that explores and celebrates the LGBTQ contribution to popular music.” —Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys “Painting a vivid mural of genius and provocation that music lovers—queer or not—will devour, Barry Walters delivers as much energy, heartbreak, and humor as the artists he covers. This treasure trove of queer music history provides the perspective left out of the music magazines I scoured as a kid.” —Jake Shears, Scissor Sisters “In Rolling Stone , back in 1999, Barry Walters’s coverage of Breakdown was the first time one of my albums got a serious review. Here and now, he’s once again bringing the respect and insight that’s often been denied LGBTQ artists. He understands us because he is us.” —Melissa Etheridge “Barry has always been an inspiring guide to music that’s emotionally open and truly inclusive. Mighty Real is a stunning testament to the queer pioneers in pop who made it okay to be gay—and to be boldly, joyfully oneself. Makes me feel mighty real!” —Emmy-winning composer Lisa Coleman, keyboardist for Prince and the Revolution “We’re now at a place in our culture where pop’s queerness is acknowledged and celebrated, where LGBTQ pioneers are given their due, when today’s young pop artists (gay, straight or otherwise) celebrate their queer audiences and queer influences. Barry’s writing did much to help this moment arrive—he was telling these stories from the beginning, and he invented the language for them to be told. Mighty Real is a crucial and essential book for this moment that only he could tell.” —Rob Sheffield, New York Times bestselling author of Heartbreak Is the National Anthem “Witty, incisive, and beautifully written—an illuminating queer reframing of popular music as lived history.” —Rob Epstein, Oscar-winning director of The Times of Harvey Milk “An insightful, can’t-put-it-down chronicle of the music and iconic moments that mattered most to The Snow Child: A Novel | Pegasus Books Skip to main content Main navigation Browse Books Browse Books sub-navigation New Releases Pre-Order Now Pre-Order Children's & YA Staff Picks Events Events sub-navigation Hosting an Event Fundraise With Us Upcoming Events About About sub-navigation We Trade Books Store History Partnerships Newsletter Gift Cards Utility Menu Log in Log-in Wishlists Wishlist Cart Cart Main Menu All selections except for books will open in a new window Search type Books Audiobooks Search Search ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** Staff Pick The Snow Child: A Novel Eowyn Ivey Current price: $19.99 Publish Date: November 6, 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown Paperbacks ISBN: 9780316175661 Pages: 416 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Paperback (11/5/2012) Hardcover (1/31/2012) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Staff Reviews A magical fairytale for a modern reader. I loved this book – it is enigmatic and beautifully written. Snow Child tells the story of an older, childless couple starting over in the harsh conditions of 1920’s Alaska. The story gently transforms their losses and struggles into a tale of love and faith as they come upon a child living alone in the wilderness. Snow Child was shortlisted for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. — Tara This love story, set in Alaska, is really a love story about Alaska. Ivey describes the achingly beautiful landscape without making it seem an easy place to live. Based on an old fairy tale, this is the story of a childless couple who make a snow child one evening only to find a real little girl the next day. As the girl grows through the years, we know that this enchanting story will have the twists that we have come to expect with tales that teach us lessons about life. Friendships, marriage, parenthood, and survival -- all set in an unforgiving but entrancing landscape. I loved it! Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX February 2012 Indie Next List Description In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart—he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone—but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees.  This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them. About the Author Eowyn LeMay Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters. She received her BA in journalism and minor in creative writing through the honors program at Western Washington University, studied creative nonfiction at the University of Alaska Anchorage graduate program, and worked for nearly 10 years as an award-winning reporter at the Frontiersman newspaper. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Snow Child. Praise for The Snow Child: A Novel "If Willa Cather and Gabriel Garcia Marquez had collaborated on a book, THE SNOW CHILD would be it. It is a remarkable accomplishment -- a combination of the most delicate, ethereal, fairytale magic and the harsh realities of homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness in 1918. Stunningly conceived, beautifully told, this story has the intricate fragility of a snowflake and the natural honesty of the dirt beneath your feet, the unnerving reality of a dream in the night. It fascinates, it touches the heart. It gallops along even as it takes time to pause at the wonder of life and the world in which we live. And it will stir you up and stay with you for a long, long time."— Robert Goolrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Reliable Wife "THE SNOW CHILD is enchanting from beginning to end. Ivey breathes life into an old tale and makes it as fresh as the season' s first snow. Simply lovely."— Keith Donohue, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Child "A transporting tale . . . an amazing achievement."— Sena Jeter Naslund, New York Times bestselling author of Ahab's Wife "THE SNOW CHILD is a vivid story of isolation and hope on the Alaska frontier, a narrative of struggle with the elements and the elemental conflict between one's inner demons and dreams, and the miracle of human connection and community in a spectacular, dangerous world. You will not soon forget this story of learning to accept the gifts that fate and love can bring."— Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek "Eowyn Ivey's exquisite debut transports the reader away to a world almost out of time, into a fairytale destined to both chill and delight. Her portrayal of an untamed Alaska is so detailed you can feel the snowflakes on your own eyelashes, even as her characters' desperate quest for, and ultimate redemption by, love will warm your heart."— Melanie Benjamin, author of Alice I Have Been "Magical, yes, but THE SNOW CHILD is also satisfyingly realistic in its depiction of 1920s homestead-era Alaska and the people who settled there, including an older couple bound together by resilient love. Eowyn Ivey's poignant debut novel grabbed me from the very first pages and made me wish we had more genre-defying Alaska novels like this one. Inspired by a fairy tale, it nonetheless contains more depth and truth than so many books set in this land of extremes."— Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of The Spanish Bow "This book is real magic, shot through from cover to cover with the cold, wild beauty of the Alaskan frontier. Eowyn Ivey writes with all the captivating delicacy of the snowfalls she so beautifully describes."— Ali Shaw, author of The Girl with Glass Feet "Long winters come alive in Ivey's novel about 1920s-era homesteaders in Alaska."— Tina Jordan , New York Times You May Also Like Staff Pick Good and Evil and Other Stories Samanta Schweblin Current price: $27.00 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales by Samanta Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist ... 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** Staff Pick Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura) Cecily Wong , Dylan Thuras , Atlas Obscura Current price: $42.50 Publish Date: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company ISBN: 9781523502196 Pages: 448 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (10/11/2021) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Staff Reviews I’m charmed by this book. Reading Gastro Obscura feels like scrolling through my social media feed and being presented with charming food facts from all over the world. Open to any page to find sweet, brief almost-memes about the oldest soup in the world, exotic ant larvae, or the world’s largest seed. — Lin Description A New York Times bestseller, turn to the hidden curiosities of food, which becomes a gateway to fascinating stories about human history, science, art, and tradition—all organized by country, lavishly illustrated, and full of surprises. Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of incredible ingredients, food adventures, and edible wonders. Ready for a beer made from fog in Chile? Sardinia’s “Threads of God” pasta? Egypt’s 2000-year-old egg ovens? But far more than a menu of curious minds delicacies and unexpected dishes, Gastro Obscura reveals food’s central place in our lives as well as our bellies, touching on history–trace the network of ancient Roman fish sauce factories. History—trace the network of ancient Roman fish sauce factories. Culture—picture four million women gathering to make rice pudding.  Travel—scale China’s sacred Mount Hua to reach a tea house.  Festivals—feed wild macaques pyramid of fruit at Thailand’s Monkey Buffet Festival.  And hidden gems that might be right around the corner, like the vending machine in Texas dispensing full sized pecan pies.  “Like a great tapas meal, Gastro Obscura is deep yet snackable, and full of surprises. This is the book for anyone interested in eating, adventure and the human condition.” —Tom Colicchio, chef and activist  “This exquisite guide kept me at the breakfast table until dinner time.” —Kyle Maclachlan, actor and vintner About the Author Cecily Wong is a writer at Atlas Obscura, and the author of the novel Diamond Head, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, recipient of an Elle Readers’ Prize, and voted a best debut of the Brooklyn Book Festival. She lives in New York. Dylan Thuras is the cofounder and creative director of Atlas Obscura, as well as a co-author of Atlas Obscura and The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid. He lives in Rosendale, NY.    Praise for Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura) "[Wong and Thuras'] lavishly photographed volume, more eye-opening than mouthwatering, slakes (and often quells) the armchair gourmand’s appetite. Combing 120 nations and all the continents... they have produced a cabinet of culinary curiosities." —​The New York Times Book Review "You cannot help but be drawn to Gastro Obscura.” —​The New York Times "There’s so much information in this book. If you love food, the photos are beautiful and for me, it really made me feel like on my couch like I was getting back out there and traveling again. That’s why I love this book. They know what they’re doing. These books are always good, they’re filled with facts, you gotta pick it up.” —​bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald on the TODAY Show  "Dylan Thuras and... Cecily Wong pull together some of the most unique, interesting, and incredible festivals, food and drink, and culinary obscurities from around the globe, transporting the reader into parts unknown—both edible and otherwise."—​Smithsonian.com  "[A] colorfully illustrated, totally entertaining tour through global cuisine, particularly the quirky sort." —​ AARP.com  “For the traveler or foodie, this coffee table book can transport them around the world with wonderful stories and photos that will leave their stomachs grumbling—all without ever leaving the couch.”  —​Food 52 "[A]n enticing read for anyone who is curious about the world. Like a five-star hotel’s platter-stacked buffet artfully arranged to please the eye and palate, Gastro Obscura stimulates aplenty, with hundreds of rich morsels to peruse and savor." —​Forbes.com "An incredible celebration of diversity in food" —​Wine Enthusiast  "[An] encyclopedic odyssey... This compendium is a must-have." —​Publishers Weekly, starred review  "[Gastro Obscura is a] hard-to-put-down book... Pick a region, pick a page—you can’t go wrong. Armchair travelers and foodies will be left hungry, nostalgic, more knowledgeable about dishes from all over, and, most importantly, ready to try something different, whether it’s found around the corner or across the world."—​Library Journal  "Irresistible." —Booklist  "A tome to be savored" - Foreward Reviews "[A] casual and fun and yet intelligent treatment of what essentially is a food encyclopedia on the world and its cuisines." —​Nik Sharma, author of The Flavor Equation "This captivating book celebrates the incredible global diversity of food, ingredients, and cooking practices. What could be more important in this moment in time than to be so delightfully engaged in the many ways food cultivates—through sometimes eccentric means!—a profound sense of togetherness.” —Alice Waters, chef and author of We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto   “An ambitious, exciting, and zany anthology of heritage foodways, Gastro Obscura tells the stories no one else is telling. In creating a magnum opus that manages to be simultaneously daring as well as fundamentally delicious, this is a culinary high-wire act of culinary anthropology that delivers on its promise and then some. A must-read for anyone who eats.” —Dan Barber, chef and author of The Third Plate    “This book is an incredible celebration of diversity – the many fascinating ways that humanity has figured out how to feed itself. To me, it is really about preservation, the power and importance of remembering old customs and local traditions in order to help us better understand our world today … and into the future.” —José Andrés, chef, restaurateur, and founder of World Central Kitchen  “Like a great tapas meal, Gastro Obscura is deep yet snackable, and full of surprises. In these pages, you'll find riveting stories of human culture ancient and present, history, climate, mythology, commerce and geography -- all through the lens of that thing you thought you already knew: food.  This is the book for anyone interested in eating, adventure and the human condition.” —Tom Colicchio, chef and activist   “Thumbing through this exquisite guide kept me at the breakfast table until dinner time.” —Kyle Maclachlan, actor and vintner   Other Books in Series Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders Foer, Joshua Hardcover The Atl Memorial Day Weekend Sale - 20% Off All Used Books | Pegasus Books Skip to main content Main navigation Browse Books Browse Books sub-navigation New Releases Pre-Order Now Pre-Order Children's & YA Staff Picks Events Events sub-navigation Hosting an Event Fundraise With Us Upcoming Events About About sub-navigation We Trade Books Store History Partnerships Newsletter Gift Cards Utility Menu Log in Log-in Wishlists Wishlist Cart Cart Main Menu All selections except for books will open in a new window Search type Books Audiobooks Search Search ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release Coyoteland: A Novel Vanessa Hua Current price: $28.99 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN: 9781250395511 Pages: 336 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/12/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description " Coyoteland promises to be as dynamic and explosive a suburban drama as LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE ." — LitHub (MOST ANTICIPATED) "Written with WITH, EMPATHY, and HEART." — Electric Lit (MOST ANTICIPATED) "Totally PROPULSIVE." —Ingrid Rojas Contreras • "A TOUR DE FORCE." —Kirstin Chen • "A tremendous, MESMERIZING gift." —R. O. Kwon • "UNFORGETTABLE." —Jean Kwok • "RIVETING." — Angie Kim From the BESTSELLING author of A River of Stars comes a FUNNY, HEARTFELT novel set in an affluent Bay Area suburb where a Chinese American family moves in and sets off a series of scandals Living in El Nido, a privileged community in the hills east of Berkeley, is supposed to mean you’ve made it. So when Jin Chang moves there with his wife and daughters after years of scraping by, he hopes it will finally be the end of his bad luck. What his family doesn’t know is that he’s bending the rules for one final scheme: to make it big in real estate. Next door, Blair Belle prides herself on her progressive politics. After all, she treats their new nanny, Ana Rodriguez, and her daughter like family—even if she doesn’t know them all that well. But she can’t help but feel skeptical of the new neighbors, especially when she begins to suspect that Jin’s plans might interfere with the Belle’s own luxury development. Jin’s teenage daughter Jane can tell her dad is keeping a secret, but she’s also struggling to navigate El Nido’s cliques. Tasha Washington has always felt isolated, too, as one of the only Black girls at the school. In the wake of a coyote attack, Jane and Tasha bond. Together, they hatch a plot to expose the town’s hypocrisies. The shockwaves will rock their own families. As fire season escalates, and the roaming coyote continues to unleash chaos, the characters become embroiled in a series of scandals that will change El Nido—and their own fates—forever. Urgent, riveting, and deeply heartfelt, full of sharp wit and keen empathy, Coyoteland is at once a delicious suburban drama and an unflinching exploration of our current moment. About the Author Vanessa Hua is the author of the national bestsellers A River of Stars and Forbidden City , as well as Deceit and Other Possibilities , a New York Times Editors’ Choice. A National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, she has also received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, a California Arts Council Fellowship, and a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing, as well as honors from the de Groot Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Asian American Journalists Association, among others. She was a finalist for the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, and the New American Voices Award. Previously, she was an award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle . She has filed stories from China, Burma, South Korea, Ecuador, and Panama, and her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times , The Washington Post , and The Atlantic . She teaches at the Warren Wilson MFA Program and elsewhere. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. Praise for Coyoteland: A Novel "Who among us doesn’t enjoy a messy, layered family drama? Coyoteland promises to be as dynamic and explosive a suburban drama as Little Fires Everywhere ." —LitHub (Most Anticipated) "Written with wit, empathy, and heart, Vanessa Hua gives us a rich suburban drama that forces us to untangle the details of our current world." — Electric Lit (Most Anticipated) "There’s trouble brewing under the pristine surface of an upscale California suburb in this edgy page-turner...Hua illuminates the class and racial tensions of the neighborhood through the relationships of both the older and younger generations. Of course, all of them are on social media, which plays an insidious role in the explosive climax." —Marion Winick, Oprah Daily (Most Anticipated) “Hua's latest novel explores community, resilience, and the power of the natural world...In Coyoteland, Hua deftly explores questions of race and class” —Sona Charaipotra, Publishers Weekly "A standout in the wave of 'dark suburbia' novels coming out of the dystopian realities of the embattled West Coast" — Kirkus "Hua nimbly scrutinizes a community in conflict, deftly exposing performative hypocrisies...Hua writes with scathing clarity about half-truths and corrosive lies, exacerbated by post-pandemic amnesia eliding civility and kindness that inevitably leads to conflagratory altercations." — Booklist "Swift, surprising, and wholly captivating , Coyoteland asks vital questions about race, class, and what it takes to truly belong. In training a discerning eye on one small, close-knit community, Vanessa Hua opens up an entire world . A tour de force from one of my all-time favorite writers, working at the very peak of her talents." —Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit “Vanessa Hua has crafted a riveting, multi-layered novel that brims with humor and insight. With remarkable specificity and striking timeliness, Coyoteland forces us to reckon with the most urgent questions of our moment while illuminating our shared longing for connection within families and communities.” —Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls "With a storyteller’s keen eye and deep empathy, Vanessa Hua turns fire season, real estate gambits, and a prowling coyote into an unforgettable reckoning with power, belonging, and the uneasy compromises behind every claim to home." —Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftover Woman " Coyoteland is the novel to make us remember that we’re all foragers in the wild: humans wanting success and power and love and always wanting home; animals searching for food and survival. This convergence of many souls trying to make their way is a classic novel, in a California that Vanessa Hua limns with delicacy, precision, and the deep knowledge of an iconic place." —Susan Straight, National Book Award finalist and author of Mecca "No one writes like Vanessa Hua. With power, grace, and profound insight, Hua brings to life a community that—like the rest of today’s fraught world, and whether all of its inhabitants acknowledge it or not—is in a state of ongoing crisis. A tremendous, mesmerizing gift from this one-of-a-kind storyteller." —R. O. Kwon, nationally bestselling author of Exhibit "Coyoteland pulses with the urgency of this moment yet guides with an ageless understanding of the human heart. With characters so tenderly drawn they’ll feel like family and struggles so credible you’ll mistake them for your own, this is one you’ll want to devour but which deserves to be savored. Propulsive, engrossing, and wise, it is a perfect homage to the pandemic era." — Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop , a Reese’s Book Club Pick "Vanessa Hua’s writing is clear, forward, totally propulsive, and in The Last Mandarin: A Novel | Pegasus Books Skip to main content Main navigation Browse Books Browse Books sub-navigation New Releases Pre-Order Now Pre-Order Children's & YA Staff Picks Events Events sub-navigation Hosting an Event Fundraise With Us Upcoming Events About About sub-navigation We Trade Books Store History Partnerships Newsletter Gift Cards Utility Menu Log in Log-in Wishlists Wishlist Cart Cart Main Menu All selections except for books will open in a new window Search type Books Audiobooks Search Search ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** New Release The Last Mandarin: A Novel Louise Penny , Mellissa Fung Current price: $30.00 Publish Date: May 12, 2026 Publisher: Minotaur Books ISBN: 9781250412522 Pages: 400 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Hardcover (5/11/2026) CD-Audio (5/11/2026) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Description A gripping thriller about family and power co-written by Louise Penny, #1 bestselling author of the Gamache novels, and Mellissa Fung, an award-winning journalist. A mother and a daughter race against time in this all-too-real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all the way to the White House. Alice Li, a first-generation Chinese American and former food blogger, has long lived in the shadow of her mother, Vivien Li— a Tiananmen Square dissident turned world-renowned human rights activist and passionate advocate for a free and democratic China. When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. As world leaders scramble to respond, Vivien and Alice are called to the White House in hopes Madame Li can interpret the Chinese intentions. But why involve Alice? If China isn’t behind the attack, Vivien warns, someone even more dangerous is pulling the strings. Mother and daughter must join together to overcome their estrangement if they have any hope of preventing global catastrophe. From DC to Ohio to Hong Kong, they work to prevent the next attack, along the way decoding an ancient legend and uncovering a secret language invented by women, for women. The Last Mandarin is an electrifying study of absolute power and voracious greed, political terror and personal conviction. But it is also an intimate examination of choice, of sacrifice, of memory and myths, both cultural and personal. It is the story of a mother and daughter, as well as a compelling international thriller about the precarious balance of power across the world, and within a family. And what happens when both break down. In a world ruled by power, even family can be a weapon. About the Author Louise Penny is the multi-award winning author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels, set in her home province of Québec, Canada. Her books, including State of Terror written with Hillary Rodham Clinton, have sold more than 18 million copies worldwide, topped international bestseller lists, including the New York Times , and been translated into 32 languages. The recipient of both the Order of Canada and l’Ordre national du Québec, her country’s highest civilian honours, her Three Pines Foundation reaches out to those in crisis and offers financial and emotional support, with a special focus on literacy as well as dementia care. Her husband, Michael, died of dementia in 2016. She lives with her Golden Retrievers Muggins and Charlie in a village south of Montréal. Mellissa Fung is a veteran journalist, author, and award-winning filmmaker. She has produced original award-winning documentaries for Al-Jazeera International, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and TV Ontario , among others. She covered the war in Afghanistan, leading to her best-selling first book, Under an Afghan Sky , which chronicled her experience as a hostage after she was kidnapped while on assignment in Kabul in 2008. Since then, Fung has focused on human rights reporting, with a focus on women and children in conflict. She is a frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail, and her work has also appeared in The Huffington Post, The Toronto Star, and on PBS . She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in New York. She was appointed as an officer to the Order of Canada in 2024 for her work with women in conflict. She lives in Toronto with her husband Paul and her scruffy rescue dog, Sammy. Praise for The Last Mandarin: A Novel "[An] intelligent espionage thriller... Penny’s trademark humor mingles well with Fung’s political expertise. The result is an eerily plausible nail-biter."— Publishers Weekly "While the strained relationship between Vivien and her daughter Alice forms the emotional core of the book, readers will be captivated by the race-against-time structure of the story... A treat for Penny’s fans, and a solid political thriller in its own right."— Booklist "Most ambitious..." -- Kirkus Reviews "This book is character-driven and nuanced, with as much attention paid to mother-daughter dynamics and the details of everyday life as is paid to action and intrigue... at once a fast-paced tale of power, greed, terror, and conviction and an introspective examination of the personal and cultural narratives that make people who they are... psychologically nuanced as [is] page-turning."— Library Journal “A rare stand-alone novel and with no Inspector Gamache! The cowritten thriller centers on an estranged Chinese American mother (a Tiananmen Square activist) and daughter who are called upon by the U.S. government to assist during an international crisis apparently sparked by China.” – AARP.com “The tight plotting, recognizable world and complex character relationships make this thriller chillingly relevant and wholly engrossing.”–BookPage “Make no mistake about it, The Last Mandarin is a proper political thriller with all the tension, machinations, and intrigue genre devotees demand, but it’s also—at its core—an intimate story of a mother and daughter navigating the challenging dynamics such a relationship develops over time.”–BOLO Books You May Also Like Staff Pick Old Soul Susan Barker Current price: $29.00 The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative  literary horror novel about one woman’s determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost. ... 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Jade City (The Green Bone Saga #1) Fonda Lee Current price: $30.00 In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kun Mordew (Cities of the Weft #1) | Pegasus Books Skip to main content Main navigation Browse Books Browse Books sub-navigation New Releases Pre-Order Now Pre-Order Children's & YA Staff Picks Events Events sub-navigation Hosting an Event Fundraise With Us Upcoming Events About About sub-navigation We Trade Books Store History Partnerships Newsletter Gift Cards Utility Menu Log in Log-in Wishlists Wishlist Cart Cart Main Menu All selections except for books will open in a new window Search type Books Audiobooks Search Search ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** Staff Pick Mordew (Cities of the Weft #1) Alex Pheby Current price: $19.99 Publish Date: October 18, 2022 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9781250817242 Pages: 624 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Paperback (10/17/2022) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Staff Reviews If you want a little more Living Mud in your Dickens, then have I ever got a book for you! Mordew is an absolutely wild ride that starts in some very downtrodden slums and goes just about everywhere from there. This is the most direct descendant of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast in the technicolor gothic nature of its strangeness that I’ve encountered maybe ever, but Pheby’s telling a story all his own. It’s about power and helplessness and rage, but with two very good gods, one of which can talk. — Sally Description Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy. God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew. In the slums of the sea-battered city, a young boy called Nathan Treeves lives with his parents, eking out a meagre existence by picking treasures from the Living Mud and the half-formed, short-lived creatures it spawns. Until one day his desperate mother sells him to the mysterious Master of Mordew. The Master derives his magical power from feeding on the corpse of God. But Nathan, despite his fear and lowly station, has his own strength—and it is greater than the Master has ever known. Great enough to destroy everything the Master has built. If only Nathan can discover how to use it. So it is that the Master begins to scheme against him—and Nathan has to fight his way through the betrayals, secrets, and vendettas of the city where God was murdered, and darkness reigns. Propulsive, compulsively readable, full of unforgettable characters and a talking dog who wants to be a philosopher, Mordew is an epic fantasy strange, new, and terrifyingly alive . About the Author ALEX PHEBY lives with his wife and two children in Scotland, and teaches at the University of Newcastle. Alex’s second novel, Playthings , was shortlisted for the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize. His third novel, Lucia , was joint winner of the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize. Mordew , the first book in the Cities of the Weft trilogy, was selected as a Book of the Year by The Guardian, The I, Tor.com and Locus . Praise for Mordew (Cities of the Weft #1) “A treat. ... The world of Alex Pheby’s fourth novel is dizzying... a beguiling splicing of Dickensian social satire and rackety steampunk fantasy. Written with combustible verve.” — The Spectator “Beautifully rendered...Immersive, tense, full of action.” — Irish Times “Weird and wonderful, bleak and beautiful...[ Mordew ] is an extraordinarily vivid piece of world-building.” — Sunday Express “Think Great Expectations meets Gormenghast , with a cliffhanger ending that hints at a dynamic sequel.” — Literary Review Other Books in Series Malarkoi: Cities of the Weft, Book 2 Pheby, Alex Paperback Waterblack (Cities of the Weft #3) Pheby, Alex Hardcover Preorder Waterblack (Cities of the Weft #3) Pheby, Alex Paperback Malarkoi: Cities of the Weft, Book 2 Pheby, Alex Hardcover Mordew (Cities of the Weft #1) Pheby, Alex Hardcover Malarkoi (Cities of the Weft #2) Pheby, Alex Compact Disc Malarkoi (Cities of the Weft #2) Pheby, Alex MP3 CD Waterblack (Cities of the Weft #3) Pheby, Alex Compact Disc Waterblack (Cities of the Weft #3) Pheby, Alex MP3 CD You May Also Like The West Passage Jared Pechaček Current price: $28.99 THE LADIES REIGN. 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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.*** Staff Pick Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided Scott Eyman Current price: $20.99 Publish Date: October 22, 2024 Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781982176365 Pages: 432 Language: English You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. QTY Add to wishlist You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Available Formats Paperback (10/21/2024) Library Binding (Large Print, 3/6/2024) Hardcover (10/30/2023) Digital - Audio (Libro.FM) Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days Staff Reviews The presence of Chaplin on the screen and the other reality of Charlie as a not always admirable human being with not the deepest thought processes and, by any standard, alarming predilections, is one of those things film lovers do or don’t face, but it seems fair to say the Little Tramp has become, as Chaplin wished, an archetype (thus he shouldn’t talk: Chaplin did not wish him to speak and to suddenly have a British accent), and the films—like the drawings of Leonardo, or concerts by Mozart—are as timeless as any comedies ever made. Within time, especially within the Great Depression, Chaplin would become “radicalized” (certainly as far as the likes of J. Edgar Hoover or Hedda Hopper were concerned), while circumventing what was considered reasonable sexual conduct, and all of this would come to a head in 1952 when he and his family were returning to America after a trip abroad and the Immigration and Naturalization Service said no.  Eyman’s main focus is on this period of Chaplin’s life and what got him there and what kind of country the United States was during the McCarthy era to shun him. The portrait of Chaplin is kaleidoscopic, drawing from dozens of informed and interesting sources. It is definitely an excellent and probing book, and a worthwhile contribution to the Chaplin shelf. — George Description The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman. Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America , Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times . “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” ( The Economist ). About the Author Scott Eyman is the author or coauthor of eighteen books, including the bestseller  John Wayne  and  Pieces of My Heart  and  You Must Remember This  with actor Robert Wagner. Eyman, formerly the literary critic at  The Palm Beach Post , also writes book reviews for  The Wall Street Journal , and has written for  The New York Times ,  The Washington Post , and the  Chicago Tribune . He and his wife, Lynn, live in West Palm Beach. Praise for Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided ""Fun to read. . . . Eyman is completely sympathetic to Chaplin, and he makes the case that we should be, too." — Louis Menand "Seventy years later, Chaplin’s exile seems even more shocking than when it occurred. . . . In  Charlie Chaplin vs. America  the film historian Scott Eyman. . . . Makes clear how much the government’s crusade cost us all." — Jeremy McCarter "one of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written. . . . A gem of a book." — Leonard Maltin "A brilliant must-read about the epic and turbulent life and times of a cinematic titan." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Charlie Chaplin was an arrogant, combative, narcissistic, over-sexed and unreliable human being; he was also arguably the most brilliant cinematic genius of the 20th century. Scott Eyman captures his greatness and his flaws, and deftly traces the campaign of the FBI and its right-wing allies to destroy him, in a book that resonates with relevance for our own troubled era." — Glenn Frankel, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Shooting Midnight Cowboy "Once upon a time, no one in America was more beloved than comedian and filmmaker Charles Chaplin. Puritanism joined with other reactionary forces to banish him abroad and destroy his brilliant career.  Scott Eyman's powerful book reclaims Chaplin's greatness and deftly autopsies this shameful chapter in our film history, which has echoes in the 'cancel culture' of modern times." — Patrick McGilligan, author of Woody Allen: A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham "A refreshing, almost startling, new look at the great Chaplin. Scott Eyman has sifted all the evidence to be had, curated the most telling points, and presented them in the most insightful and readable manner possible. If you want to know Charles Chaplin in absolutely all his shades and variations, this is the book you need to read."  — James Curtis, author of  Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life "Better than any other biographer that has gone before, Eyman gets underneath Chaplin and explains that complex personality." — San Francisco Chronicle You May Also Like Living in the Present with John Prine Tom Piazza Current price: $27.99 NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Billboard's "Ten Essential Music Books That Make Great Gifts" A vivid, joyful, moving window onto the life and heart of an American icon. ... Staff Pick Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed Ron Rosenbaum Current price: $32.00 In the wake of the recent hit biopic A Complete Unknown, this probing appreciation asks: Do the lyrics of Bob Dylan tell the true story of the ever-changing, ever-radical life and career of the Nobel Prize-winning songwriter? ... 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Date: Mon, 5/18/2026 Time: 7:00pm Place: Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Avenue Berkeley , CA 94707 United States View Event Details about Jazz Stories: Live Tunes & Tales at Pegasus on Solano event May 23 Memorial Day Weekend Sale - 20% Off All Used Books Visit the stores to take 20% off all used and sale books, Saturday through Monday. Date: Sat, 5/23/2026 Time: 10:00am Place: Pegasus Bookstores Berkeley and Oakland , CA United States View Event Details about Memorial Day Weekend Sale - 20% Off All Used Books event May 24 Memorial Day Weekend Sale - 20% Off All Used Books Visit the stores to take 20% off all used and sale books, Saturday through Monday. Date: Sun, 5/24/2026 Time: 10:00am Place: Pegasus Bookstores Berkeley and Oakland , CA United States View Event Details about Memorial Day Weekend Sale - 20% Off All Used Books event May 25 Memorial Day Weekend Sale - 20% Off All Used Books Visit the stores to take 20% off all used and sale books, Saturday through Monday. Date: Mon, 5/25/2026 Time: 10:00am Place: Pegasus Bookstores Berkeley and Oakland , CA United States View Event Details about Memorial Day Weekend Sale - 20% Off All Used Books event May 27 Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Poetry Series Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning poets and writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight th... Date: Wed, 5/27/2026 Time: 7:00pm Place: Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley , CA 94704 United States View Event Details about Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Poetry Series event May 31 2026 Bay Area Book Festival Join Pegasus Books at the 2026 Bay Area Book Festival in Downtown Berkeley on Sunday, May 31st for a day packed with author programming at the David Brower Center, right by Downtown Berkeley BART. ... Date: Sun, 5/31/2026 Time: All Day Place: David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way Berkeley , CA 94704 United States Full Lineup to 2026 Bay Area Book Festival View Event Details about 2026 Bay Area Book Festival event Jun 12 Cynthia Gómez: "Muñeca", with Tamika Thompson Join us at Pegasus Books Downtown at 7pm on Friday, June 12th for a reading and book talk with Cynthia Gómez, Oakland-based author of The Nightmare Box. We'll be celebrating the release of her stu... Date: Fri, 6/12/2026 Time: 7:00pm Place: Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley , CA 94704 United States View Event Details about Cynthia Gómez: "Muñeca", with Tamika Thompson event Jun 15 Jazz Stories: Live Tunes & Tales at Pegasus on Solano Pre-registration required, call 510-525-6888Masks recommended at this event People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy... Date: Mon, 6/15/2026 Time: 7:00pm Place: Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Avenue Berkeley , CA 94707 United States View Event Details about Jazz Stories: Live Tunes & Tales at Pegasus on Solano event Jun 24 Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Poetry Series Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning poets and writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight th...