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Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

W.W.Norton & Company
240 pages
$15


“A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native poets writing today. … Each poem showcases, as Joy Harjo writes in her stirring introduction, ‘that heritage is a living thing, and there can be no heritage without land and the relationships that outline our kinship.’”

-from the publisher

How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

William Morrow
272 pages
$26.99


“… an authentic, warm, and joyful portrait of an American Sweetheart— a Southern Baptist celebutante, first-rate raconteur, and keen observer of the odd side of life whose quirky wit rivals the likes of Amy Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, David Rakoff, and Sarah Vowell.”

-from the publisher

Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

Baker Books
240 pages
$26.99


“If you’re ready to change your narrative, Jon Acuff is here to help. A simple, powerful, and generous book, one that you’ll remember every day for the rest of your life.”

-Seth Godin, author of The Practice

The Family Business: How Ingram Transformed the World of Books

West Margin Press
226 pages
24.99


“A must-read for people in the book business and the world of media, and anyone else who wants to understand how this vastly influential industry really works, this book fascinates with the story of the ways today’s electronic information technologies are transforming the world.”

-from the publisher

Bergman's Island and Other Peoms

Terror House Press
98 pages
$9.95


“In the tradition of Wallace Stevens and other modernist poets, Monday holds a magnifying glass up to our debased society and the quirks of a nation in decline.”

-from the publisher

Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Exile

G.P. Putnam's Sons
384 pages
$28


“Few thriller fans will be able to resist as the author hauls them by their necks down many rough roads while Hayes mows down the opposition. Hood is a master of action.”

Publishers Weekly

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