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Our Picks for November, 2021 |
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Still life
by Sarah Winman
In 1944 Tuscany, as Allied troops advance, a young English soldier has a chance encounter with a middle-aged art historian with whom he finds a kindred spirit and who sets him off on a course of events that will shape his life for the next four decades.
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Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe
by Jorge Cham
You’ve got questions: about space, time, gravity, and your odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole, and all the answers you need are right here. Illustrations.
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The family
by Naomi Krupitsky
Pushing against the boundaries of society’s expectations and fighting to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship, Sofia Colicchio and Antonia Russo, who live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community until Antonia’s father disappears, find their loyalty tested on one fateful night.
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How to marry Keanu Reeves in 90 days
by K. M. Jackson
"Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot. What?! How could the world's perfect boyfriend and forever bachelor, Keanu not realize that making a move like this could potentially be devastating to the equilibrium of...well...everything! Not to mention he's never come face to face with the person who could potentially be his true soulmate -- her. Desperate to convince Keanu to call off the wedding, Lu and her ride-or-die BFF Truman Erikson take awild road trip to search for the elusive Keanu so that Lu can fulfill her dream of meeting her forever crush and confess her undying love. From New York to Los Angeles, Lu and True get into all sorts of sticky and romantic situations, mimicking scenes from some of the most memorable Keanu blockbusters. Will Lu be able to find Keanu and convince him she's the one for him? Or maybe she'll discover true love has been by her side all along.."
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The correspondents : six women writers who went to war
by Judith Mackrell
Following six remarkable woman as their lives and careers intertwine, this riveting, untold history of a group of heroic women reporters who revolutionized the narrative of World War II reveals how they were forced to fight for the right to work on equal terms with men. Illustrations.
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A certain appeal
by Vanessa King
"A sparkling contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in the tantalizing world of New York City burlesque, perfect for fans of The Kiss Quotient and The Roommate"
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The sentence : a novel
by Louise Erdrich
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author presents an unusual novel in which a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store’s most annoying customer. 150,000 first printing.
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Never
by Ken Follett
Navigating terrorist attacks, illegal arms trading and smear campaigns, Pauline Green, the country’s first women president, is caught in a complex web of alliances with the most powerful counties that are being orchestrated by the enemy, and only those with the most elite skills can stop the inevitable.
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Five Tuesdays in Winter
by Lily King
With Writers & Lovers and Euphoria, Lily King's books catapulted onto bestseller and best-of-the-year lists across the country, further cementing her reputation as one of the most "brilliant" (NYTBR), "wildly talented" (Chicago Tribune), and beloved authors in contemporary fiction. Now, for the first time, King collects ten of her finest short stories-half published in leading literary magazines and half brand new-opening fresh realms of discovery for fans and new readers alike. Told in the intimate voices of uniquely endearing characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, moments of jolting violence and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface, a neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students hired to housesit, a girl's loss of innocence in her summer job becomes a catalyst for strength and confidence, and a proud nonagenarian rages helplessly in his granddaughter's hospital room. Romantic, hopeful, brutally raw, and unsparingly honest, some even slipping slyly into the surreal, these stories are, above all, about King's enduring subject of love"
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Just haven't met you yet
by Sophie Cousens
"From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year comes a heartwarming and hilarious tale that asks: What if you picked up the wrong suitcase and fell head over heels for its mystery owner?"
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Led Zeppelin : The Biography
by Bob Spitz
Separating fact from fiction, which is sometimes astonishing and somethings disturbing, the award-winning biographer brings the band’s artistic journey to full and vivid life, showing how the 60s became the 70s, and how innocence became decadence as they took things to an entirely new level. Illustrations.
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Our first civil war : patriots and loyalists in the Revolution
by H. W. Brands
A best-selling historian presents a dramatic narrative of the American Revolution that reminds us that before America could win its revolution against Britain, the Patriots had to win a bitter civil war against family, neighbors and friends. Illustrations.
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The last king of America : the misunderstood reign of George III
by Andrew Roberts
The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating—and will completely change the way readers and historians view his reign and legacy. Illustrations. Maps.
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My Body
by Emily Ratajkowski
In this personal exploration of feminism, sexuality and power, of men’s treatment of women and women’s rationalizations for accepting that treatment, the acclaimed model and actress presents essays that chronicle moments of her life while investigation culture’s fetishization of girls and female beauty. 250,000 first printing.
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The 1619 Project : a new origin story
by Nikole Hannah-Jones
This ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began on the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery reimagines if our national narrative actually started in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of 20-30 enslaved people from Africa.
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Noor
by Nnedi Okorafor
When everything goes wrong on a trip to the local market, AO, a woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations, must race against time across the deserts of Northern Nigeria with a Fulani herdsman named DNA in a world where everything is streamed.
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Termination shock : a novel
by Neal Stephenson
In a near-future world plagued by superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, heat waves, and deadly pandemics, one man has a big idea for reversing global warming despite the possible consequences for the planet and all of humanity. 250,000 first printing.
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All the Feels
by Olivia Dade
After his involvement in a bar fight, a fading TV star winds up under the care of a former ER therapist who finds herself falling hard for him in the new novel from the author of Spoiler Alert. Original
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Bittman bread : no-knead whole-grain baking for every day
by Mark Bittman
A former food columnist and author of more than 30 books presents simple, no-knead bread recipes for every taste and grain—including baguettes, hearty seeded loaves, sandwich bread, soft pretzels, cinnamon rolls, focaccia, pizza, waffles, and much more. 40,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Love in the Big City
by Sang Young Park
When his female best friend and roommate, Jaehee, leaves him to settle down, Young, a cynical gay man living in the lonely city of Seoul, tries to make sense of his life and his relationships as he finds himself torn between two very different men.
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These Precious Days : Essays
by Ann Patchett
Turning her writer’s eye on her own experiences, the brilliant author transforms the private into the universal, providing us all a way to look at our own worlds anew, and reminds how fleeting and enigmatic life can be. 150,000 first printing.
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Grains for every season : rethinking our way with grains
by Joshua McFadden
The James Beard Award-winning author behind Six Seasons presents 200 recipes for salads, soups, pastas, pizzas and desserts all made from, and organized by, different grains including Meat Loaf with Barley and Mushrooms and Peanut Butter-Barley Cookies. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Blood in the Water : A True Story of Small-town Revenge
by Silver Donald Cameron
A masterfully told true story, perfect for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours: a brutal murder in a small Nova Scotia fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the very nature of good and evil.
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Ex Libris
by Matt Madden
Ex Libris revolves around a character trapped in a room with nothing but a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they peruse covers, read stories and fragments of stories, they begin to suspect that the comics contain hidden messages and... a threat. Fiction and reality blur; sanity and madness become increasingly intertwined as the reader becomes convinced the key to their predicament is to be found between the panels of the strange books.
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Harsh times : a novel
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Describes the international conspiracies and conflicting interests during the Cold War that led the CIA to assist in perpetrating a coup in Guatemala in 1954 in the new novel from the Nobel Prize in Literature Award-winning author. 75,000 first printing.
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Wish you were here : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
With everything perfectly on track, Diana O’Toole finds things going off the rails when she is quarantined during her dream vacation in the Galapagos due to a virus, forcing her to reevaluate herself and her life when she makes a connection with a local family.
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Small things like these
by Claire Keegan
In a small Irish town in 1985, coal merchant and family man, Bill Furlong, while delivering an order to the local convent, makes a discovery that forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
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The Postmistress of Paris
by Meg Waite Clayton
As German tanks roll across the border and into Paris, an American heiress joins the resistance and becomes known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding and uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety. 75,000 first printing.
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Flying blind : the 737 MAX tragedy and the fall of Boeing
by Peter Robison
A behind-the-scenes look at how cost-cutting, toxic workplaces and cutthroat management at Boeing contributed to one of the worst disasters in modern aviation history as the company raced to beat their competition.
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