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Cormac McCarthy's Violent Destinies

Univ Tennessee Press
349 pages
$60


“Indeed, as a good collection should, this one provides both nuance and variety, and the editors focus the spotlight tightly on their themes illuminating McCarthy’s richly productive fiction.”

-Nicholas Monk

Culture on Two Wheels

University of Nebraska Press
366 pages
$50


“I was thrilled at how much this book offered me for understanding the cultural implications of the bicycle. It’s as if someone opened a map, pointed out roads and trails I didn’t know, and sent me out for some two-wheeled exploring.”

-Jimmy Guignard, ISLE

Death Doesn't Bargain

Tor Books
336 pages
$27.99


“To defeat evil, it sometimes takes an even worse evil, and Cameron is willing to do whatever she must to make this right…”

-from the publisher

An Onshore Storm

St. Martin's Press
352 pages
$27.99


“The brilliantly stylish American master of salty-tongued British naval tales.”

Kirkus Reviews

Once Upon A Farm

Thomas Nelson
256 pages
$24.99


“A raw and vulnerable look deeper into Rory’s heart, Once Upon a Farm is filled with powerful stories of love, life, and hope and the insights that one extraordinary, ordinary man in bib overalls has gleamed along the way.”

-from the publisher

Birth & Death of Girl

Spuyten Duyvil
78 pages
$15


“This gorgeous blood narrative allows a reclamation of womb, body, & trauma that is necessary to heal generations past & present.”

-Shawnie Hamer

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