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Our Picks for February, 2023
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Cold people : a novel
by Tom Rob Smith
A mysterious force captures Earth and gives humanity 30 days to move to Antarctica, where they will be allowed to exist and survive in the planets most extreme environment in the new novel by the best-selling author of Child 44.
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Hungry ghosts : a novel
by Kevin Jared Hosein
After a young man from the poorest part of Trinidad goes missing during the end of British colonialism, a farmhand is offered a generous stipend to become a watchman and determine what happened to the missing man. 100,000 first printing.
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The wise hours : a journey into the wild and secret world of owls
by Miriam Darlington
"Owls have existed for over sixty million years, and in the relatively short time we have shared the planet with these majestic birds they have ignited the human imagination. But even as owls continue to captivate our collective consciousness, celebratedBritish nature writer Miriam Darlington finds herself struck by all she doesn't know about the true nature of these enigmatic creatures. Darlington begins her fieldwork in the British Isles with her teenage son, Benji. As her avian fascination grows, shetravels to France, Serbia, Spain, Finland, and the frosted Lapland borders of the Arctic for rare encounters with the Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Long-eared Owl, Pygmy Owl, Snowy Owl, and more. But when her son develops a mysterious illness, her quest to understand the elusive nature of owls becomes entangled with a search for finding a cure. In The Wise Hours, Darlington watches and listens to the natural world and to the rhythms of her home and family, inviting readers to discover the wonders of owls alongside her while rewilding our imagination with the mystery, fragility, and magnificence of all creatures"
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A spell of good things
by Ayobami Adebayo
The lives of two Nigerians, Eniola, who spends his days running small errands and begging and Wuraola, an exhausted young doctor from a wealthy family, are intertwined when sudden violence shatters them both. 50,000 first printing.
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B.F.F. : a memoir of friendship lost and found
by Christie Tate
The author of the New York Times bestseller Group reflects on her lifelong struggles to sustain female friendship and how the return of an old friend helped her explore the reasons she has avoided attachment.
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Essex dogs
by Dan Jones
A group of unruly archers and men-at-arms land on the beaches of Normandy in 1346 to fight for the throne in the fiction debut of the best-selling New York Times historian behind Powers and Thrones. 60,000 first printing. Maps.
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Stone cold fox
by Rachel Koller Croft
After years of perfecting the art of the con, Bea sets her sights on Collin Case, the heir to one of the countrys wealthiest families, but Collins childhood best friend stands in her way, forcing her to cat-and-mouse game that becomes a matter of life and death. 60,000 first printing.
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The climate book / : The Facts and the Solutions
by Greta Thunberg
Gathering together the wisdom of over 100 experts, the world's leading climate activist arms us with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster, showing there is hope, but only if we listen to the science before it's too late. Illustrations.
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Palo Alto : a history of California, capitalism, and the world
by Malcolm Harris
"In PALO ALTO, the first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, Malcolm Harris examines how and why Northern California evolved in the particular, consequential way it did, tracing the ideologies, technologies, and policies that have been engineered there over the course of 150 years of Anglo settler colonialism, from IQ tests to the "tragedy of the commons," racial genetics, and "broken windows" theory. The Internet and computers, too. It's a story about how a small American suburb became a powerful engine for economic growth and war, and how it came to lead the world into a surprisingly disastrous 21st century"
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End of story
by Kylie Scott
Susie isnt thrilled to discover her exs best friend is her home renovation contractor, but worse still is the discovery of a divorce certificate dated 10 years in the future with both their names on it. Original. 125,000 first printing.
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The sun walks down
by Fiona McFarlane
A new novel tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia.
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Bookworm : a novel
by Robin Yeatman
Saddled with an unhappy marriage and a dead-end job, Victoria meets a man in a caf ̌reading the same best-seller and uses every book shes ever read to find a way for them to be together. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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Oscar wars : a history of Hollywood in gold, sweat, and tears
by Michael Schulman
Chronicling the remarkable, sprawling history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas that have played out on the stage and off camera, this entertaining exploration of the Oscars features a star-studded cast of some of the most powerful Hollywood players of today and yesterday. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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I have some questions for you
by Rebecca Makkai
A successful film professor returns to teach at her alma mater and becomes determined to investigate a closed murder case in the new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers.
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It's one of us : a novel
by J. T. Ellison
A successful interior designer who keeps failing in her quest to conceive is shocked when she learns that a suspect in a recent murder investigation is her husband's son from a long-ago donation to a sperm bank. 100,000 first printing.
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The writing retreat : a novel
by Julia Bartz
While attending a month-long writing retreat at the estate of a feminist horror writer who issues a life-changing challenge, Alex, determined to win this seemingly impossible contest, ignores the strange happenings around her until the disappearance of a fellow writer leads her on a desperate search for the truth.
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Murder your employer : the McMasters guide to homicide
by Rupert Holmes
Preparing you for an education youll never forget, this introduction to The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of homicidal arts, follows students as they prepare for graduation by getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live. Illustrations.
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Best served hot
by Amanda Elliot
A social media restaurant reviewer with a large following butts heads with a smarmy, social-media-averse society boy who snagged her dream job when video of her confronting him for his outdated opinions goes viral. Original. 45,000 first printing.
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A country you can leave : a novel
by Asale Angel-Ajani
A young woman navigates what it means to be the Black, biracial daughter of a fiery, Russian mother when the pair find themselves homeless again and at a mobile home park in the California desert. 50,000 first printing.
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A day of fallen night
by Samantha Shannon
With the younger generation questioning the Priorys purpose since wyrms havent appeared since the Nameless One, Tunuva Melim, a sister of the Priory, finds her calling when humankind needs protection after a new age of terror and violence is ushered in. 300,000 first printing.
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The neighbor favor
by Kristina Forest
Enlisting the help of her new neighbor to find a date for her sister's wedding, not realizing he is her favorite fantasy author - the very same one who ghosted her months ago - aspiring children's book author Lily Greene finds this simple favor between them becoming anything but. Original.
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Homestead
by Melinda Moustakis
From National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and Flannery O'Connor Award comes a debut novel set in 1950s Alaska, about the turbulent marriage of two unlikely homesteaders.
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Black candle women
by Diane Marie Brown
Follows four generations of the Montrose family, who have been living with a curse that leaves any person they fall in love with dead, stemming back to a Voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans French Quarter. 150,000 first printing.
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Your driver is waiting : a novel
by Priya Guns
For the first time ever, Damani, who drives for an app, starts dating a white girl with money, but when their romance intensifies and she finally lets her guard down, her girlfriend does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events.
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The angel maker : a novel
by Alex North
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future.
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