Wendy

Name: Wendy (She/Her/Hers)

Favorite Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Cooking Literature, Politics

Favorite Books: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner, Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson, Notches by Peter Bowen, Dune by Frank Herbert, The Making of a Chef by Michael Ruhlan

 

 

 

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Acid for the Children: A Memoir By Flea, Patti Smith (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Flea, Patti Smith (Foreword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781455530533
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 5th, 2019

With "virtuosic vulnerability" (The Atlantic), the iconic bassist and Red Hot Chili peppers co-founder pens a love letter to a youth spent wild in Los Angeles in his raw and riveting coming-of-age memoir.


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The Blaze By Chad Dundas Cover Image
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780399176098
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - January 21st, 2020

"In Dundas' assured hands, one man's search for answers makes for a lyrical, riveting meditation on memory."--EW

One man knows the connection between two extraordinary acts of arson, fifteen years apart, in his Montana hometown--if only he could remember it.


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A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith By Timothy Egan Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9780735225237
Published: Viking - October 15th, 2019

From "the world's greatest tour guide," a deeply-researched, captivating journey through the rich history of Christianity and the winding paths of the French and Italian countryside that will feed mind, body, and soul (New York Times).


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The Body: A Guide for Occupants By Bill Bryson Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780385539302
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Published: Doubleday - October 15th, 2019

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD

"Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." The Washington Post


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SLAY By Brittney Morris Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781534445420
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 24th, 2019

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019!
“Gripping and timely.” —People
“The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that’ll keep you down for the count.


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The Long Call: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel (Matthew Venn series #1) By Ann Cleeves Cover Image
$28.99
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ISBN: 9781250204448
Published: Minotaur Books - September 3rd, 2019

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
NOW A BRITBOX SERIES STARRING BEN ALDRIDGE AND PEARL MACKIE

The Long Call from Ann Cleeves—bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—introduces the first in the stunning Matthew Venn series.


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The Chestnut Man: A Mystery Novel By Soren Sveistrup Cover Image
$28.99
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ISBN: 9780062895363
Published: Harper - September 3rd, 2019

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

If you find one, he's already found you ....

From the creator of The Killing, “a full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson” (A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window).


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FKA USA: A Novel By Reed King Cover Image
$27.99
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ISBN: 9781250108890
Published: Flatiron Books - June 18th, 2019

“Mr. King looks at all our upcoming problems, and imagines a local reaction to each one. The result is often funny, usually sardonic, and always imaginative, what with all the mole rats, flesh drones, dimeheads, and especially ‘The Grifter’s Guide to the Territories FKA USA,’ a notable addition to the line of imaginary authorities.”
The Wall Street Journal


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Hotbox: Inside Catering, the Food World's Riskiest Business By Matt Lee, Ted Lee Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9781627792615
Published: Henry Holt and Co. - April 9th, 2019

Matt Lee and Ted Lee take on the competitive, wild world of high-end catering, exposing the secrets of a food business few home cooks or restaurant chefs ever experience.


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Sweeney on the Rocks By Allen Morris Jones Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781632460837
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Published: Ig Publishing - April 23rd, 2019

Ted Sweeney. Affable everyman in small town Montana. Tailgate hung on with baling wire, owner of his own business. Ten minutes ago, his biggest worry had been how to pay for the engagement ring rattling around in his pocket. But that was before he came home to find a corpse tidily arranged in his favorite recliner, his "old pal of a piece of furniture." Is it a warning or a setup or what?


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A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do: A Novel By Pete Fromm Cover Image
$26.00
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ISBN: 9781640091771
Published: Counterpoint - May 7th, 2019

A big–hearted novel “about the grace of friends and family, the true depth and patience of love, and the impossible privilege of what it means to be a father” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You).


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Dear Edward: A Novel By Ann Napolitano Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781984854780
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Published: The Dial Press - January 6th, 2020

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “Make sure you have tissues handy when you read [this] sure-footed tearjerker” (NPR) about a young boy who must learn to go on after surviving tragedy, from the author of the Oprah’s Book Club pick Hello Beautiful.


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The Herd: A Novel By Andrea Bartz Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9781984826367
Published: Ballantine Books - March 24th, 2020

Why did the founder of a glamorous coworking space for women disappear? Her best friends will risk everything to uncover the truth in this “propulsive thriller” (Marie Claire) from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here.


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The Tenant By Katrine Engberg Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982127572
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Published: Gallery/Scout Press - January 14th, 2020

Selected as a Most Anticipated title by People, Parade, Bustle, CrimeReads, She Reads, and more!

An electrifying work of literary suspense from internationally bestselling author Katrine Engberg, The Tenant—heralded as a “stunning debut” by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs—follows two Copenh


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This Tender Land: A Novel By William Kent Krueger Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9781476749297
Published: Atria Books - September 3rd, 2019

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade

A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace.


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The Boy from the Woods By Harlan Coben Cover Image
$29.00
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ISBN: 9781538748145
Published: Grand Central Publishing - March 17th, 2020

A man with a mysterious past must find a missing teenage girl in this shocking thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away.

Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past.


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Be Not Far from Me By Mindy McGinnis Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062561626
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - March 3rd, 2020

Hatchet meets Wild in this harrowing YA survival story about a teenage girl’s attempt to endure the impossible, from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Female of the Species, Mindy McGinnis.