Category: New Books

New Books

New Titles Posted, Oct 2009 (2nd)

Che Guevara
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
The Solitudes (The Aegypt Cycle) by John Crowley
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Calculated Risk by Katherine Neville (Hardbound)
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (RARE Advance Reading Copy)
Hers 3: Brilliant New Fiction by Lesbian Writers
Herotica 5: A New Collection of Women’s Erotic Fiction
Adrienne Rich: Poems – Selected and New, 1950-1974
Pablo Neruda: Antologia esencial (All Spanish)
The Paris Review: Fortieth Anniversary Issue
I Want Candy by Kim Wong Keltner
Second Chance by Jane Green
She Went All The Way by Meg Cabot
Big Boned by Meg Cabot

Men of Tomorrow

The 10 Best of Everything: An Ultimate Guide for Travelers
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes (Hardbound)
Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
International Dictionary of Gastronomy by Guido Gomez de Silva
The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
The Mammoth Book of Secret Codes and Cryptograms
The Top 100 Immunity Boosters by Charlotte Haigh
Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon by Trisha Ziff
Mental Floss: What’s the Difference?
Pornology by Ayn Carrillo-Gailey (Relationships)
Useless Sexual Trivia by Shane Mooney
Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski
Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers by Martin Gardner
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: College
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature by Brian Stableford (HB Rare)

Science Fiction Literature
Back in Stock:

Shaking A Leg: Collected Writings by Angela Carter
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Written On The Body by Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Anything Considered by Peter Mayle
A Good Year by Peter Mayle
Ulysses by James Joyce (Leatherbound, Facsimile of 1922 ed.)
The Best American Erotica 2005 (Edited by Susie Bright)
The New Kings of Nonfiction (Gladwell, Orlean & more)
Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Play Cover)
Playback: From Victrola to MP3… by Mark Coleman (HB)
Worlds Enough & Time: Five Tales of Speculative Fiction by Dan Simmons
More Wandering Stars: Anthology of Jewish Fantasy & SF
The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits
The Ultimate Alien (Clarke, Silverberg, McCaffrey..)
The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore

New Titles Posted, Oct 2009 (1st)

Electric Sheep

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories
McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (Edited by Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Story-Teller: Thirteen Tales by Saki
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (Rackham)
Stories From A Ming Collection: The Art of the Chinese Story-Teller
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem (Hardbound)
Reflections on The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (HB)
Buddha Baby by Kim Wong Keltner
The Big U by Neal Stephenson
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction
Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (Billy Collins)
180 more: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (Billy Collins)

How to Eat

How to Eat: The Pleasure and Principles of Good Food by Nigella Lawson (Hardcover)
Unexplained Phenomena: A Rough Guide Special
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (Hardbound)
The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (3rd Edition)
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose (Hardbound)
The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson
Mental Floss: Genius Instruction Manual
What’s Science Ever Done For Us? (The Simpsons) by Paul Halpern
Eat This! 1,001 Things to Eat Before You Diet by Ian Jackman
Secret Weapons of World War II by William B. Breuer
Was Napoleon Poisoned: and Other Unsolved Mysteries of Royal History
Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
The Art of Creative Nonfiction: Writing and Selling the Literature of Reality
Human Monsters : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World’s Most Vicious Murderers
The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died by Michael Largo
The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism by Karen Armstrong
The Riddles of the Sphinx.. and the Puzzles… by David J. Bodycombe
The James Beard Cookbook (3rd Revised Edition)

Lovecraft
Back in Stock:

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist (HB)
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (Dave Eggers)
The Music of the Primes: Mathematics Mystery
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Hardbound)
Under The Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Girl Anatomy by Rebecca Bloom (Hardbound)
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
The Holy Grail: Its Origins, Secrets & Meaning Revealed
The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest… by A.J. Jacobs
Anime Poster Art: Japan’s Movie House Masterpieces
Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart (Daily Show)
The Short Story: 50 Masterpieces (Edited by Ellen C. Wynn)

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New Titles Posted, Sep 2009 (1st)

Little Birds

Fiction:

The Dream Stealer by Gregory Maguire (Hardbound)
The Gryphon by Nick Bantock (Hardbound)
The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock (Hardbound)
Alexandria by Nick Bantock (Hardbound)
The Best American Erotica 2005 (Edited by Susie Bright)
Red Bird: Poems by Mary Oliver (Hardbound)
For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Hardbound)
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales
New Worlds: An Anthology (Edited by Michael Moorcock)
The Call of the Toad by Gunter Grass
Little Birds: Erotica by Anais Nin
The Mammoth Book of Women’s Erotic Fantasies
The Sleeping Beauty Erotic Trilogy by Anne Rice
Primavera by Francesca Lia Block
Beautiful Boys by Francesca Lia Block
Fluke: Or, I Know Why … by Christopher Moore (Hardbound)
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

Death by PowerPoint

Non-Fiction:

The High Times Reader (Warhol, Burroughs, Zappa, etc)
The Mammoth Book of Dirty, Sick, X-Rated & Politically Incorrect Jokes
The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece (HB)
The New Kings of Nonfiction (Gladwell, Orlean & more)
Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Death by PowerPoint: A Modern Office Survival Guide
Bad vs Worse: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lose-Lose Decisions
Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation
Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art by James Hall
Horror: 100 Best Books (Edited by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman)
Horror: Another 100 Best Books (Edited by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman)
Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts
The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2006
Are You Crazy?: 18 Scientific Quizzes to Test Yourself
The Whole Truth: A Compendium of Myths, Mistakes & Misconceptions
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman

Back in Stock:

Clever Maids: The Secret History of The Grimm Fairy Tales by Valerie Paradiz
Darwin: The Indelible Stamp (HB 4-in-1, Best of Darwin)
The BEST-Case Scenario Handbook: A Parody
Generation X by Douglas Coupland
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Can a Guy Get Pregnant? Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions (HB)
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
1,000 Places To See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List
The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anais Nin

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