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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
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The British Are Coming: The Graphic Edition, Volume 1
by Rick Atkinson
This striking graphic edition adapts the first half of the New York Times bestselling The British Are Coming, the opening volume in Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson's extraordinary trilogy about the American Revolution.
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Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess
by Ben Mezrich
From the bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House comes the cinematic true story about the biggest scandal in modern chess. In September 2022, the unthinkable happened: nineteen-year-old American chess prodigy Hans Niemann defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in a stunning face-to-face match. Within days, Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating--a bombshell allegation that rocked the chess world.
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Cocked & Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution
by Brooke Barbier
In Cocked and Boozy--two of Benjamin Franklin's two hundred terms for drunkenness--public historian Brooke Barbier examines the role that alcohol played in spurring, binding, and winning the American Revolution and how it shaped the nascent United States. Every chapter concludes with an eighteenth-century cocktail recipe made for modern tastes, so readers can participate in their own historic tippling. The intoxicating story begins in 1763 after the end of the French and Indian War and spans until 1800, with the presidential election of Thomas Jefferson. During these nearly four decades, Americans witnessed unprecedented disorder and prodigious growth, and through it all--powering it, in fact--was alcohol. Put simply, drink helped transform British subjects into Americans.
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The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America
by Raphael G. Warnock
Georgia senator Warnock (A Way Out of No Way) lays out a persuasive Christian case for reforming an America divided by cynicism, inequality, and disconnection. He finds the antidote in the biblical book of Isaiah, where God assures the exiled people of Israel that "every mountain and hill shall be brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough places smooth"--a "bold reimagining," in Warnock's view, of a more equitable society. He applies this philosophy to six of America's most pressing issues, including mass incarceration, which perpetuates profound racial and financial inequality, and, according to the author, should be reformed with initiatives that enable "the uplift of all citizens" and laws like 2018's First Step Act, which improved prison conditions and implemented fairer sentencing practices.
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The Dog's Gaze: A Visual History
by Thomas W. Laqueur
From award-winning cultural historian, an enlightening and unique meditation on the presence of dogs in art, from the Paleolithic era to the present, and what our intertwined human-canine relationship reveals about human nature Long before the phrase man's best friend became common parlance, dogs were already standing beside us in art as in life. In The Dog's Gaze, the historian Thomas W. Laqueur invites us to explore why they feature more than any other animal in the ways in which we picture ourselves and our stories.
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Ferris Bueller...You're My Hero: The Story of the World's Most Famous Day Off
by Jason Klamm
Author Jason Klamm takes readers inside John Hughes' creative hot streak--fresh off Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club--as teen angst gave way to slapstick humor, surreal storytelling, and a hero who knew exactly where the camera was. As Ferris Bueller's Day Off celebrates its 40th anniversary, go behind the scenes as Hughes shot over a million feet of film before the movie was even halfway finished, navigated studio panic, and turned controlled chaos into cinematic magic.
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Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America
by Lauren Hough
From The New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing comes an update of John Steinbeck's trip in Travels with Charley, a cross-country journey exploring modern America with Lauren Hough's signature observational wit, searing social commentary, and perspective as someone who knows what it's like to truly exist on the margins in this country.
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No Dumb Questions: And All of Our Dumbest Answers
by Jason Kelce
New Heights hosts Jason and Travis Kelce attempt to tackle some of life's dumbest questions from the 92%ers. Join us on this discovÂery of knowledge as we cover topics like sports, relationships, parenting, gorilla fights, and many more quandaries that man has pondered since he first gazed upon the stars.
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The Secrets of Eaton Square: Sex, Scandal, and Infamy on the Road to Buckingham Palace
by Alexander Larman
Windsor biographer Alexander Larman takes you behind the doors of Eaton Square, London's most sought-after address.In the classic PBS series Upstairs, Downstairs, the aristocratic Bellamy family lived at the fictitious 165 Eaton Place, a grand home in one of London's most beautiful garden squares just minutes from Buckingham Palace.
also available in audio
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Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran
by Yeganeh Torbati
A moving and harrowing portrait of the lives of Iranians across five decades, tracing the promise of the 1979 Iranian revolution, its betrayal by forces of autocracy, and a people's undying spirit of resistance.
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Transcendent: A Memoir
by Laverne Cox
Four-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting childhood trauma, shame, gender identity, her transition, body image issues, her search for romantic love, deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, and ultimately, healing.
also available in audio
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Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence
by Robert G. Parkinson
From an acclaimed historian, a revelatory account of the Declaration of Independence, centered not on the lofty preamble but on the specific grievances that make up the bulk of the document and that offer an entirely new view into the Revolutionary era.
also available in audio
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View from the East Wing: A Memoir
by Jill Biden
Jill Biden became First Lady at a complicated moment in US history, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the shadow of the January 6 insurrection. These were the circumstances under which she set up office in the East Wing, where she hit the ground running. Throughout her husband's presidency, Jill remained a tireless advocate for her causes, including women's health, military families, vaccine awareness, cancer initiatives, and education. She made history as the first-ever First Lady to hold an outside job while her husband was in office, continuing to work as a professor at a nearby community college. Yet all the while, she saw herself as an ordinary woman living an extraordinary life.
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We've Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
by Michael I. Days
A compelling survey of the key revolutionary moments when the promise of America has been fully realized, paying particular attention to the women and people of color history has overlooked. Compiled by journalists Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson as a reminder that America has always been sustained by rebellion and activism.
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What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience
by Mike Pence
In this powerful and inspiring manifesto, New York Times bestselling author and former Vice President Mike Pence pens a 21st-century version of The Conscience of a Conservative. With candid insights after decades as a happy warrior in the movement, Pence convincingly explains why the Republican Party must choose enduring conservative principles over the temptations of big-government populism.
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