Chronicle Books, 2023-09-05 00:00:00. jigsaw puzzles. Read and resist with this 500-piece puzzle featuring books that have been banned in the US and abroad. The Banned Books Puzzle features art from Jane Mount, the brilliant brain behind the Bibliophile series. With over 65 banned books colorfully illustrated, this puzzle comes..... More
Princeton University Press, October 2025. Hardcover. A major reexamination of the life, art, and legacy of a self-taught American master Grandma Moses: A Good Day's Work repositions Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses (1860-1961) as a multidimensional force in American art, whose beloved recollections of rural life earned her a distinctive..... More
Celadon Books, October 2021. Hardcover. **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has..... More
Harry N. Abrams, January 2018. Hardcover. Edited by award-winner Sara Jane Boyers, the picture book Life Doesn't Frighten Me features the work of two legendary artists--poet Maya Angelou and artist Jean Michel Basquiat--"a powerful exploration of emotion and its expression through the careful blend of words and art" (School Library..... More
Vintage, September 2007. Trade Paperback. Emma features one of Jane Austen's most unforgettable characters, an irresistible yet misguided young woman who must learn not to meddle with others' hearts--and in the process learn how to understand her own. With a new introduction by Jennifer Egan. Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse comfortably dominates..... More
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, September 2007. Trade Paperback. Mansfield Park is the novel that featured Jane Austen's own favorite among her heroines--the modest, unassuming, but quietly determined Fanny Price. "Never did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values."--Virginia Woolf With a new introduction by Lauren..... More
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, September 2007. Trade Paperback. In its marvelously perceptive portrayal of two young lovestruck women, Sense and Sensibility proves that Jane Austen's novels, along with their perfection of form and tone, are full of strong feeling. With a new introduction by Sandra Cisneros. Its two heroines--so utterly..... More
Vintage, November 2012. Trade Paperback. The first fully annotated edition of Jane Austen's beloved classic, presenting the complete text alongside comprehensive, detailed annotations--now revised and expanded with hundreds of new notes and illustrations. A sheer delight for Jane Austen fans, The Annotated Pride and Prejudice contains the complete text of..... More
Grand Central Publishing, June 2022. Trade Paperback. MOST ANTICIPATED by Bustle - "Sci-Fi Thriller" recommendation from Buzzfeed - An Indie Next Pick In this stunning follow-up to Hollow Kingdom and Seattle Times/Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller?, the animal kingdom's "favorite apocalyptic hero"is back with a renewed sense of hope for..... More
Greystone Books, September 2013. Trade Paperback. With humor and opinions aplenty, a woman embarks on an unconventional quest to see if she is meant to be a nun. Just as Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent in mid-life to find out whether she is "nun material", her long-term partner..... More
Europa Editions, January 2015. Trade Paperback. The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at every turn, as they explore THE HOLLOW LAND. Everyday challenges give a daring edge to this rural work and play. There..... More
Europa Editions, October 2009. Trade Paperback. Second in the Old Filth trilogy. "An astute, subtle depiction of marriage . . . absolutely wonderful" (The Washington Post). Acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, Old Filth is a lyrical novel that recalls the fully lived life of Sir Edward Feathers. The Man in..... More
Europa Editions, April 2025. Trade Paperback. "A masterpiece of storytelling."--The Dallas Morning News Sir Edward Feathers has had a brilliant career, from his early days as a lawyer in Southeast Asia, where he earned the nickname Old Filth (FILTH being an acronym for Failed In London Try Hong Kong) to..... More
Europa Editions, April 2016. Trade Paperback. "Pure delight . . . One perfect story after another" from the Whitbread Award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (The Sunday Telegraph). From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose Old Filth trilogy cemented her status as one of England's greatest living novelists, comes a...... More
Mariner Books Classics, April 2010. Trade Paperback. World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall's account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Dr. Goodall's adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey suggested that..... More
Beach Lane Books, November 2023. Hardcover. Discover the true story of the race between two paleontologists to find the best dinosaur fossils in this fascinating, fast-paced nonfiction picture book. Who will win the Bone Wars? Did you know that many of the dinosaur skeletons you see in museums are rooted..... More
Grand Central Publishing, September 2025. Hardcover. "Make Jane Commissioner... Leavy has a voice demanding to be heard--and Major League Baseball should listen."-- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A New York Times bestselling biographer and lifelong baseball devotee takes readers on an epic journey through the game that baseball has become-- a...... More
Vintage, December 2024. Trade Paperback. ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 10 BEST MYSTERY NOVELS OF 2024 - A witty and thought-provoking mystery that reimagines the spy story to explore the nature of relationships in a digital age: the follow-up to Jane Pek's "thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction," The..... More
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, September 2005. Trade Paperback. "Totally compelling...fsacinating....Sweeps the reader along...Jane Smiley is a true storyteller." THE WASHINGTON POST A magnificent novel of fourteenth-century Greenland, here is a rich and fascinating detail about the day-to-day lives--the joys and innumerble hardships--of a remarkable people. It is also the compelling..... More
Penguin Books, February 2010. Trade Paperback. The wide-ranging and delightful history of celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth- century America At no other time in history has there been more curiosity or concern about the food we eat-and genetically modified foods..... More
Golden Books, January 2015. Hardcover. In one of the most beloved Little Golden Books of all time, Fuzzy Duckling learns to count and explores a busy farm! A perfect gift for your Easter baskets. Early one morning, a small fuzzy duckling goes for a walk around the farm. Who will..... More
Random House Disney, November 2002. Hardcover. The original Little Golden Book from the 1940s featuring Walt Disney's Cinderella is back! This enchanting fairy tale is beautifully rendered with vintage artwork bringing Cinderella and her cruel stepsisters to life. More
Clarion Books, May 2004. Trade Paperback. Dragons are trained to fight to the death, and two determined teens help free them in this spellbinding saga. Training a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for fifteen-year-old Jakkin. More
Tachyon Publications, November 2017. Trade Paperback. 2018 World Fantasy Award winner "The best book I've read in a long time." --Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course. In Jane Yolen's first full collection in more than ten years discover..... More
Tachyon Publications, October 2020. Trade Paperback. 2021 Locus Award Finalist In the newest volume of her World Fantasy Award-winning short story collections, beloved author Jane Yolen's dark side has fully emerged. Her vivid, startling, and thrilling tales and poems of the supernatural--from icy-hearted witches to sometimes-innocent shapeshifters--reveal a classic storyteller..... More
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