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"I am happily and completely under the spell of The&#160;Witches of Thistle Grove&#160;series."&mdash;Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation"The only flaw in Lana Harper's magical, whimsical, sexy-as-hell The Witches of Thistle Grove series is that I can't set up shop in Thistle Grove myself right this second! These books truly do cast a spell."&mdash;Erin Sterling, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Hex&ldquo;Clever, fiery, and so much fun. From Bad to Cursed is a sharply written romp with wicked imagination. It's pure magic.&rdquo;&mdash;Rachel Harrison, author of Cackle&ldquo;Atmospheric and lush, this captivating story ignites the senses. The magic lends itself to big, cinematic scenes, while conflicts about familial expectations and mental health struggles ground the story with realness. The romantic relationship is emotionally rich and deliciously sexy. Issa&rsquo;s wry first-person narrative effortlessly ties together the mystery, fantasy, and romance elements.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus, starred review&ldquo;These books are intensely queer, honest, and essentially kind. I adore them so."&mdash;Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of That Ain't Witchcraft&ldquo;With a fresh, fun voice, Harper brilliantly blends romance, mystery, and magic. Series fans will not be disappointed.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly

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* "Lilting, intimate-feeling lines by Woodson capture a delicious sense of autonomy and possibility shared &ldquo;In Brooklyn/ in the summer/ not so long ago,&rdquo; when &ldquo;the minute/ school ended, us kids were free as air.&rdquo; Pencil and digital art centers blue skies and city landscapes as Espinosa draws children of varying ages and skin tones bursting from the doors of a school, with 1970s clothing details that are right on the mark. . . . They also engage in camaraderie and community care, comforting each other after scrapes, noticing each other&rsquo;s gifts, and sharing an ice cream truck&rsquo;s bounty. . . . Affirming the strengths of shared experiences and power drawn from collective appreciation, the creators show how a childhood can engender joy that follows 'everywhere I&rsquo;d ever go.'&rdquo; --Publishers Weekly, starred review

The World Belonged to Us

Praise for Steeped to Death: &ldquo;Gretchen Rue proves she can concoct a clever tea mystery filled with warmth and whimsy.&rdquo;&mdash;Laura Childs, New York Times bestselling author&#160;&ldquo;A story that will fit you to a &ldquo;tea&rdquo; from page one, Gretchen Rue has crafted a cozy that will warm your heart, keep you reading late into the night, and leave you wishing for a little magic of your own. Don&rsquo;t miss this one!&rdquo;&mdash;Paige Shelton, New York Times bestselling author &ldquo;A fantastic series debut, this twisty mystery has all the cozy goodness &ndash; baked goods, enchanted tea blends, a bookstore, a fat orange cat, a charming small town full of quirky characters, and a witchy heroine who&rsquo;s funny, smart, and strong . Just my cup of tea!&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Bailey Cates, New York Times bestselling author of the Magical Bakery Mysteries. &ldquo;Inheriting a mansion and a tea shop sounds like a dream come true...but inheriting the witchy powers that come with them? Count me in! From the first page to the last, Steeped to Death puts the cozy in cozy mystery. I can't wait to revisit Raven Creek to see what's in store for our intrepid heroine and her cast of quirky shop owner friends.&rdquo;&mdash;Tamara Berry, author of the Eleanor Wilde mysteries&ldquo;Steeped to Death by Gretchen Rue blends all the ingredients of a classic cozy mystery &ndash; a tea shop and bookstore in a charming small town, a cat companion, delicious descriptions of tea and baked goods, a hint of romance, and a savvy heroine &ndash; into a delightful brew. Also infused with a bit of magic, this series debut will appeal to anyone who enjoys sipping a cup of tea beside a cozy fire and solving the mystery along with the intrepid protagonist.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library Mysteries and the Booklover's B&B Mysteries

Steeped to Death

Praise for A Christmas Candy Killing:&#160;&ldquo;Clever characters, mouth-watering chocolates, and an amateur sleuth who won&rsquo;t take no for an answer. This delightful cozy has it all, but watch out before you reach for that tempting piece of candy. It may be the last thing that lingers on your tongue.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&mdash;J.C. Eaton, award-winning author of The Sophie Kimball Mysteries, The Wine Trail Mysteries and the Marcie Rayner Mysteries&#160;&ldquo;Set in a small town in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, A Christmas Candy Killing, is a sweet treat of a mystery. The murder mystery bookshop offers specialty chocolates named after famous poisons, a sweet pup named Watson, and the twin proprietors all make for a fun read an and intriguing who-dun-it.&rdquo;&mdash;Nancy J. Parra, USA Today bestselling author of the Wine Country Mysteries&ldquo;A Christmas Candy Killing draws you in from the first page with its murderous chocolate delights and keeps you guessing until the very end. Twin sisters Alex and Hanna are sleuths you&rsquo;ll be rooting for in this festive debut set in a charming Montana bookshop where veronal vanilla creams and murder are on the menu!&rdquo;&mdash;Ellie Alexander, author of the Bakeshop Mystery series &ldquo;In this delightful cozy debut set in a small Montana town, Alex Wright, co-owner of Murder and Mayhem: Killer Chocolates and Bookshop, investigates the murder of a Sleuth Book Club member who was poisoned by her very own chocolates.&rdquo;&mdash;Marilyn Levinson/Allison Brook, author of the Haunted Library series.

A Christmas Candy Killing

Praise for American Afterlife:&ldquo;American Afterlife is a taut, gripping, and prescient exploration of survival and clinging to humanity in the wake of natural disaster, rendered to harrowing perfection by one of our finest writers.&rdquo;&mdash;Jeff Zentner, Morris Award-winning author of The Serpent King and In the Wild Light&ldquo;A deep dive into a hauntingly familiar world that explores the depths of human resilience, and the strength of the underdog.&rdquo;&mdash;Mindy McGinnis, New York Times Bestselling Author of Not A Drop To Drink

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American Afterlife

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Deracination

Accolades for Aida SalazarThe Moon WithinFour starred reviews: Kirkus, SLJ, PW, BookPageBest Books of 2019: Kirkus, NPR&rsquo;s Book Concierge, SLJ, NYPL, Center for Multicultural Children&rsquo;s Literature&#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;2020 Indie Next List&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;ALA 2020 Rainbow Book List &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Charlotte Huck Recommended Book &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;International Latino Book Award (MG fiction) winner &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Golden Poppy Award winner &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Am&eacute;ricas Award honor &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;NCTE 2020 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Nerdy Book Award for Poetry &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Lincoln Nebraska City Libraries Top 100 Novels for Youth &#160;Land of the CranesThree starred reviews: Kirkus, PW, SLJBest Books of 2020: Kirkus, SLJ, NYPL (Top 10), BookPage&#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Book Expo Buzz pick &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;John and Patricia Beatty Award winner &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Charlotte Huck Award honor &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Jane Addams Peace Association honor &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Vermont Golden Dome Book List &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;ALA RISE: Feminist Book List

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&ldquo;In The Nineties, Klosterman examines the social, political and cultural history of the era with his signature wit. It&rsquo;s a fascinating trip down memory lane.&rdquo; &mdash;Time &ldquo;An engaging, nuanced and literate take on the alternately dynamic and diffident decade.&rdquo; &mdash;Washington Post&ldquo;Serving up the moments and meanings of a modern decade in a few hundred pages is no easy task, but Chuck Klosterman has managed to boil a hearty stew of insight. . . . [Klosterman is] a master of smooth setups and downbeat finishes.&rdquo; &mdash;USA Today  &ldquo;[Klosterman is] Generation X&rsquo;s definitive chronicler of culture.&rdquo; &mdash;GQ&ldquo;From one of our great chroniclers of pop culture comes this entertaining romp through the twilight years of the twentieth century. . . . Roving across flashpoints in movies, music, and politics, Klosterman captures a world where apathy was the defining tone, art was experiencing a seismic shift, and celebrity culture was on the eve of a digital explosion.&rdquo; &mdash;Esquire &ldquo;Simultaneously a deep and light sprint through the decade that doesn&rsquo;t just namecheck people and bands and movies, but burrows under as to why they were important then. And what that means today. . . . Klosterman zips in and around the entirety of the decade, and even readers who were up on pop culture at the time will be reminded of things they haven&rsquo;t thought about in two or more decades. . . . If you came of age in the &rsquo;90s, you will love The Nineties. If not, it&rsquo;s a singularly wonderful analytical and historical book of a time not so long ago.&rdquo; &mdash;Houston Press&ldquo;Leave it to Chuck Klosterman to examine the decade in a fresh, unpredictable way that avoids nostalgia and easy generalizations. . . . Klosterman&rsquo;s text is never anything less than wise, challenging and winningly idiosyncratic.&rdquo; &mdash;Pittsburgh Post-Gazette&ldquo;An informative, endlessly entertaining look back at the 1990s. . . . What [Klosterman] always succeeds at is conveying an anecdote, oddity, or thought exercise about the decade that you immediately want to share with a friend.&rdquo; &mdash;BuzzFeed&ldquo;Always an astute cultural observer and a fan of deep dives into any subject, Klosterman is focused here on a decade in American life that he says is often portrayed as &lsquo;a low-risk grunge cartoon&rsquo; . . . Klosterman&rsquo;s gift is seizing on those moments that any Gen Xer can readily recall and pulling the strings a bit to put it in some kind of historical perspective.&rdquo; &mdash;Associated Press&ldquo;Klosterman&rsquo;s remarkable book made me rethink my decade and rethink myself.&rdquo; &mdash;Airmail &#160; &ldquo;The nineties continue to fascinate, especially with a wonderful guide like Chuck Klosterman.&rdquo; &mdash;Toronto Star&ldquo;A book that you&rsquo;ll read in about two days, but then want to re-read to make sure you didn&rsquo;t miss anything.&rdquo; &mdash;Fatherly&ldquo;[The Nineties] attempts a comprehensive analysis of the texture of the 1990s&mdash;&lsquo;the feeling of the era.&rsquo; Perhaps no cultural critic is better suited for this task than Klosterman. . . . By immersing himself in the objectivity furnished by the past, Klosterman opens a critical space wherein we can consider the present.&rdquo; &mdash;SPIN&ldquo;Klosterman zooms in on the interplay between the titular decade&rsquo;s opposing generations&mdash;Generation X and Baby Boomers&mdash;and puts the era&rsquo;s technological transformations in their rightful historical contexts. . . . His greatest service here is his resistance to assign sharp edges where there is only an underwhelming, fuzzy consensus.&rdquo; &mdash;Vulture, &ldquo;49 Books We Can&rsquo;t Wait to Read in 2022&rdquo;&ldquo;Klosterman is far too ambitious to merely let readers wallow in nostalgia and instead looks at the &rsquo;90s by applying the accessible style of cultural criticism that has been his brand during a career that has now spanned 12 books. The Nineties examines everything from pop culture (Ross and Rachel) to politics (Ross Perot and Ralph Nader), as well as the Information Age&rsquo;s age of innocence when the internet was looming out there somewhere, waiting to happen and transform society.&rdquo; &mdash;San Francisco Chronicle&ldquo;[T]he 1990s is about the arrival of new media technologies that would upend our lives in endless ways large and small. . . . Klosterman&rsquo;s take on all of this often is insightful, prompting the reader to think about what the internet and social media have done to our brains, to our sense of selves, to our physical environments. . . . [A]n entertaining tour. Klosterman skillfully analyzes Gen-X touchstones like Quentin Tarantino and &lsquo;Seinfeld,&rsquo; Nirvana and Garth Brooks.&rdquo; &mdash;The Oregonian&ldquo;Wonderfully researched, compellingly written, and often very funny, this is a superb reassessment of an underappreciated decade from a stupendously gifted essayist.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist (starred review)&ldquo;An entertaining journey through the last decade of the 20th&#160;century. . . . [Klosterman] brings the decade to vivid new life. . . . As in his previous books of cultural criticism, Klosterman delivers a multifaceted portrait that&rsquo;s both fun and insightful. A fascinating examination of a period still remembered by most, refreshingly free of unnecessary mythmaking.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus (starred review)&ldquo;There&rsquo;s not much missing from this delightful collection of quotes and culture from the era that most find difficult to define. . . . With humor and history (supported by articles, TV news segments, advertisements, and interviews), Klosterman&rsquo;s volume is the perfect guide for millennials who wear vintage t-shirts ironically. From politics to Prozac, a fascinating exploration of Generation X from the perspective of those who lived it and witnessed it. Readers will be raiding closets for mom jeans and drawers for scrunchies after reading this nostalgia-inducing book.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal (starred review)&ldquo;The Nineties Is a fun and funny romp through a decade just now distant enough to be viewed in historical relief. Chuck Klosterman is old enough to have grown up in the old order of culture and politics that began to tremble, and eventually collapse, during the 1990s; he&rsquo;s young enough to be immersed fully in the new societal currents that began in those years and define us now. For all the delight Klosterman takes in his narrative excursions, his sketches of the Bill Clinton years evoke melancholy. For a moment, it seemed plausible that a young new president could play usher to a post-Cold War era of humane and rational politics. For now, at least, we must recall the 1990s as the soil in which our contemporary politics of contempt, paranoia, alienation, and violence blossomed.&rdquo; &mdash;John Harris, founding editor, Politico&ldquo;The Nineties is a fascinating, wholly original exploration of a bewilderingly bygone time, written by one of our wisest, wryest cultural critics. Who else could pull Quentin Tarantino, college football, and Alan Greenspan&mdash;not to mention Tiger Woods, Dick Morris, and Reality Bites&mdash;into a coherent examination of a world about to undergo a paradigm shift?&rdquo; &mdash;Louisa Thomas, staff writer, The New Yorker&ldquo;This might be the book Chuck Klosterman was born to write: a witty and unpredictable history of the decade that just won't go away. From OJ to AOL to the GOP, he has a theory about everything, and a story about&#160;how all of it fits together.&rdquo; &mdash;Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels&ldquo;Chuck Klosterman has done something remarkable and, to be honest, frightening. He's hacked his way through the great clutter of our information age, where we know everything but understand nothing, to arrive at a magical oasis of reckoning and recognition, to discover a fact that's been hiding in plain sight, the only fact that matters anymore, really, namely this: the 1990s were the last decade of the United States of America, as a functioning cohesive society and as an idea. Buy this book right now, not because of the smart history it unspools, although that's a delight, but because of the window it gives you into the future.&rdquo; &mdash;Wright Thompson, author of Pappyland

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Spice Kitchen: Healthy Latin and Caribbean Cuisine

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The Stuart Constitution

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Basic Automotive Service & Systems Classroom Manual and Shop Manual

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Portrait of a College

Vox's Top Fall Books Not to Miss &bull; A holiday gift guide pick from The Boston Globe, Mental Floss, and Paste&ldquo;Major Labels [is] ecumenical and all-embracing. . . . [Sanneh] has a subtle and flexible style, and great powers of distillation. . . . The best thing about Sanneh may be that he subtly makes you question your beliefs.&rdquo; &mdash;New York Times  &ldquo;Sanneh brings a contagious zeal for genres and cross-fertilizations to artists and records that are now playlists for an increasingly diverse America.&rdquo; &mdash;Oprah Daily  &ldquo;Mr. Sanneh, a staff writer for the New Yorker, gets high marks both for his encyclopedic knowledge and his breadth of taste. He also writes like an angel, making Major Labels one of the best books of its kind in decades.&rdquo; &mdash;Wall Street Journal  &ldquo;For readers who love it all, there&rsquo;s Kelefa Sanneh&rsquo;s Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres, which covers everything from disco to pop to rap music, all explored with sparkling wit and enthusiasm. Sanneh, a staff writer for the New Yorker, is not only on the music beat, but he&rsquo;s an&#160;active fan&#160;(his essay there recently about&#160;growing up punk&#160;is not to be missed) and it shows in this immensely engaging book.&rdquo; &mdash;Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe &ldquo;As a guide to the erosion of fervent musical loyalties that seems to be under way, few could have better credentials than the New Yorker staff writer Kelefa Sanneh, who has published a delightfully provocative new book, Major Labels.&rdquo; &mdash;The Atlantic&ldquo;Full of clear, concise writing about Boy George and George Strait, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys, Kacey Musgraves and Casey Kasem . . . If you need a clear explanation of how Detroit techno and Chicago house helped give birth to British rave culture, it&rsquo;s here, as are pithy insights on familiar superstars . . . a formidable feat of cogent analysis.&rdquo; &mdash;Philadelphia Inquirer &ldquo;One of the most essential writers of music criticism working today. . . . Sanneh is an ideal guide for this journey, with a purist&rsquo;s depth of knowledge and a gourmand&rsquo;s indiscriminate love of the medium . . . perfectly fascinating.&rdquo; &mdash;Vox&ldquo;Kelefa Sanneh has achieved the impossible. Major Labels somehow manages to unspool everything you need to know about 50 years of music, but more impressively, he makes you care about all of it. Even the stuff you don&rsquo;t care about. It&rsquo;s funny, it&rsquo;s personal and as a piece of writing, the book borders on poetry.&rdquo; &mdash;David Letterman&ldquo;A beautifully observed history of the last 50 years of music. It f****ing rules, and I recommend it without reservation.&rdquo; &mdash;Tom Breihan, Stereogum&ldquo;A charming stroll through our sometimes useful, sometimes debilitating compartmentalizing of sounds. The point is not another survey of familiar classics, but rather, a far more ambitious consideration of how styles fuse and expand&mdash;in ways audiences often aren&rsquo;t comfortable accepting.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune Fall Book Preview&ldquo;An essential document from an inimitable critic.&rdquo; &mdash;Vulture &ldquo;This is quite simply a perfect book for any music lover and an ideal primer on the last 50 years of popular music in the United States. It&rsquo;s written not in the voice of a music critic but that of a deeply engaged and passionate listener . . . A thoroughly enjoyable and perceptive book that champions the art of popular music.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal (starred review)&ldquo;[A] thrilling debut . . .&#160;Equally fascinating are Sanneh&rsquo;s insights into the way race has shaped music, particularly in the overlapping worlds of R&B and rock &rsquo;n&rsquo; roll. This remarkable achievement will be a joy to music lovers, no matter what they prefer to listen to.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly (starred review)&ldquo;Kelefa Sanneh takes a very ambitious swing with this deep dive into a half century of American music . . . As both an engine of commerce and the driving force behind myriad cultural shifts, popular music has shaped American society in ways we can only begin understand. But it would be hard to find a better guide than Sanneh to help us try.&rdquo; &mdash;LitHub   &ldquo;There have been many attempts at explaining the modern trajectory of pop music, but Major Labels is quite possibly the best version I've ever read. Kelefa&#160;Sanneh is pure talent: an engaging, efficient writer with insightful observations and an openness&#160;of mind other critics only pretend to possess. I'm sure other people will attempt to publish books like this in the future, but they probably don't need to. They should just read this one.&rdquo; &mdash;Chuck Klosterman &#160; &ldquo;Kelefa Sanneh is somehow able to stand back and give the most clearheaded thoughts about the Big Picture while also diving in for the entertaining, memorable detail. Major Labels is a completely enjoyable history that told me a thousand things I didn&rsquo;t know and&mdash;one of the book&rsquo;s great pleasures&mdash;made me see lots of musicians I thought I knew, or half-knew, in a whole new light.&rdquo; &mdash;Ira Glass, host of This American Life &#160; &ldquo;A lively, heartfelt exploration of the many worlds of popular music. . . . Throughout, the author shows himself to be a master of the mot juste . . . but it&rsquo;s clear that he&rsquo;s listened to just about everything with ears and mind wide open. A pleasure&mdash;and an education&mdash;for any music fan.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus (starred review) &#160; &ldquo;Major Labels is the most elegant history of popular music ever written. That may sound like faint praise to those who want their pop criticism to channel raw passion, yet passion comes in many forms. Sanneh not only delivers a coolly dazzling overview of the battlefields of genre but also revels open-heartedly in the music itself, his taste unbound by dogma or prejudice. The operative word is keen: zealous in spirit, exact in execution, ferociously acute from the first sentence to the last.&rdquo; &mdash;Alex Ross, music critic of The New Yorker and author of Wagnerism

A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Major Labels

&ldquo;A blockbuster! Cold Fear grabs you on the first page and never lets go.&#160;A brilliant blend of procedural mystery and geopolitical thriller, this book offers up&#160;truly rich and compelling characters, nonstop plotting, and surprises every few chapters.&#160;This is,&#160;hands down,&#160;one of the best crime novels of the year. And on top of that, I now know Reykjav&iacute;k like a natural born resident!&rdquo;&mdash;Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of Hunting TimePraise for Steel Fear&ldquo;Sensationally good&mdash;an instant classic, maybe an instant legend. Steel Fear takes all the strengths of a traditional thriller and makes them as modern as tomorrow.&rdquo;&mdash;#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child&ldquo;An absolutely amazing thriller! Steel Fear comes in hot and never slows down. Exciting, action-packed, and twisty from stem to stern. This will be one of the hottest books of the summer!&rdquo;&mdash;#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor&ldquo;Steel Fear is deadly good, a five-star scorcher from first page to last. The enigmatic and mysterious Finn is the next big thriller superstar.&rdquo;&mdash;#1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais&ldquo;An edge-of-your-seat thriller with an original and engaging premise . . . Like speeding down a slalom course, once you get going there&rsquo;s no stopping. This one is not to be missed.&rdquo;&mdash;New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry

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