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We have paperback copies of The Buddhist on Death Row available with book plates signed by author David Sheff.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who has become one of America’s most inspiring Buddhist practitioners while locked in a cell on death row.
We have signed first edition, first printing copies available of Filthy Animals, signed on a tip-in page by author Brandon Taylor.
One of the breakout literary stars of 2020, Brandon Taylor has been hailed by Roxane Gay as “a writer who wields his craft in absolutely unforgettable ways.” With Filthy Animals he renews and expands on the promise made in Real Life, training his precise and unsentimental gaze on the tensions among friends and family, lovers and others. Psychologically taut and quietly devastating, Filthy Animals is a tender portrait of the fierce longing for intimacy, the lingering presence of pain, and the desire for love in a world that seems, more often than not, to withhold it.
We have signed first edition, first printing copies available of Dream Girl, signed by author Laura Lippman on a tip-in page specially bound by the publisher.
Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful New York Times bestseller Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of Misery involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.
We have signed first edition, first printing copies available of A Sitting in St. James, signed by author Rita Williams-Garcia on a tip-in page.
This astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork—empathetic, brutal, and entirely human—and essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism.
We have first edition, first printing copies of My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between available with book plates signed by author Mari Andrew.
From New York Times bestselling author Mari Andrew, a collection of essays and illustrations, divided into phases of the sky--twilight, golden hour, night, and dawn--that serves as a loyal companion for life's curveballs.
We have signed first edition, first printing copies available of We Are Inevitable, signed on a tip-in title page by author Gayle Forman.
"No one writes about love like Gayle Forman. Lose yourself in her passionate mash note to rock music, indie bookstores and best of all, the miracles that can happen when you take chances on other people." — E. LOCKHART, #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Again Again
A poignant and uplifting novel about the power of community, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay.
We have signed first edition, first printing copies available of Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty, signed by author Lauren Weisberger on a tip-in page.
From the bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons comes a highly entertaining, sharply observed novel about sisters, their perfect lives . . . and their perfect lies.
We have limited signed first edition, first printing copies available of The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, signed on a tip-in page by author John Green.
"The Anthropocene Reviewed, both in podcast and expanded essay form, is equal parts quirky factoids on quirky topics and elegant memoir in short form, and it is 100% John Green–level honesty and levity, and eye-opening, heart- warming introspection on how we affect each other and the natural world. Rating very human things from Diet Dr. Pepper to the Internet on a scale of one to five stars, this book is for fans of John (and Hank!), for Nerdfighters young and old(er), and for anyone who feels enlivened by seeing the world with both wonder and dismay." - Melinda, Bookshop Santa Cruz Head Book Buyer
We have signed first edition, first printing copies available of Switch, signed on a tip-in page by author A. S. King.
A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.
We have signed first edition, first printing copies available of Fitz and Cleo, signed on a tip-in page by author Jonathan Stutzman and illustrator Heather Fox.
The dynamo team behind Llama Destroys the World invites you to meet the stars of their first graphic novel—Fitz and Cleo! If you’re a fan of Narwhal and Jelly or Owly, get ready to fall head over heels for this brother-and-sister duo.