Category: New Books

New Books

New Books Posted, August 2014

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Book 4 by Aleister Crowley
The Facts on File Dictionary of Cliches by Christine Ammer (2nd Edition)
Science’s Trickiest Questions by Paul Kuttner
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (A Norton Critical Edition)
Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
The North China Lover by Marguerite Duras
The Duel by Anton Chekhov (Movie Cover)
Seven Japanese Tales by Junichiro Tanizaki
How to Read a French Fry by Russ Parsons
The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend by Sir Thomas Malory, a retelling by Peter Ackroyd
The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir by Bill Hayes
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1998)
Dreammakers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers at Work by Charles Platt
On The Road by Jack Kerouac

 

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The Girls’ Book of Excellence: Even More Ways to Be the Best at Everything (Hardbound)
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta by Mario Vargas Llosa
What Women Want: The Science of Female Shopping by Paco Underhill
God and the Philosophers: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Hardbound)
How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers (Hardbound)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Wizards: Stories of Mischief, Magic and Mayhem
Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places by Ursula K. Le Guin
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection
Widdershins (Newford) by Charles de Lint
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
The Portable James Joyce
The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry by Kathryn & Ross Petras
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

 

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The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Rocks of Ages by Stephen Jay Gould
Don’t Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned
Sperm are from Men, Eggs are from Women by Joe Quirk (Hardbound)
Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
Marx for Beginners by Rius (Comic Book Form)
Introducing Aristotle by Rupert Woodfin and Judy Groves (Comic Book Form)
Introducing Muhammad by Ziauddin Sardar and Zafar Abbas Malik (Comic book form)
Peace for Beginners by Ian Kellas (Comic Book Form)
Bukowski for Beginners by Carlos Polimeni (Comic Book Form)
Peanuts Classics: The Way of the Fussbudget Is Not Easy by Charles M. Schulz (Comics)

New Books Posted, June 2014

Call of Cthulhu

 

Good Benito by Alan Lightman (Einstein’s Dreams, Hardbound)
Slam by Nick Hornby (Hardbound)
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (Hardbound 1st/1st)
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Summerland by Michael Chabon (Hardbound)
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice by A.S. Byatt
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Clumsiest People in Europe, or: Mrs. Mortimer’s Bad-Tempered Guide to the Victorian World (HB)
Poplorica: Popular History of Fads, Mavericks, Inventions…
Why Do Donuts Have Holes: Fascinating Facts About What We Eat and Drink by Don Voorhees.
The Baby Owner’s Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-shooting…
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Baudolino by Umberto Eco (Hardbound)
Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation
The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (Hardbound)

 

How to be a Superhero

 

How to be a Superhero by Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine illustrated by Steve Dillon
Euripides II: The Cyclops and Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris, Helen
Well, DUH! Our Stupid World, and Welcome to It by Bob Fenster
The Book of Horrible Questions by Smith and Doe
Essential Manners for Couples by Peter Post (Hardbound)
The Boss’s Survival Guide by Bob Rosner
Simplexity by Jeffrey Kluger
Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor
The Call of Cthulhu ad Other Dark Tales by H.P. Lovecraft
Organize Yourself! by Ronni Eisenberg with Kate Kelly
Tarot: The Complete Kit

 

Horrible Questions

 

101 Things You Don’t Know About Science….
The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding The World’s Unlikeliest Research (Hardbound)
Duh! The Stupid History of the Human Race (HB)
Satori in Paris and Pic: Two Novels by Jack Kerouac
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Gnomes by Poortvliet/Huygen (Hardbound)
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Physics of Christmas by Roger Highfield (Hardbound)
Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale (True Crime)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel (Hardbound w/ CD)
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (Billy Collins)
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis
Arts & Entertainment’s Trickiest Questions by Paul Kuttner
History’s Trickiest Questions by Paul Kuttner

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