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The Emissary
Yoko Tawada’s new novel is a breathtakingly light-hearted meditation on mortality and fully displays what Rivka Galchen has called her “brilliant, shimmering, magnificent strangeness”
Read MoreThe Goodbye Year
As a handful of parents and their children face the all-important senior year of high school–an intense time of change for the kids and their soon-to-be-empty-nest parents–the cracks beneath the surface of their seemingly perfect lives begin to appear.
Read MoreZen Flesh Zen Bones
When Zen Flesh, Zen Bones was published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire generation of readers who were just beginning to experiment with Zen. Over the years it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. Its popularity is as high today as ever. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones is a…
Read MoreDays at the Morisaki Bookshop
Sandy recommends this book because: it’s a comforting, beautiful book that hits all the right beats to make you feel like you’ve walked into a warm, welcoming place. The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself–a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships,…
Read MoreTurning Thirty
Turning thirty isn’t a big deal. It’s fine, even. And Reese is totally fine and can totally turn thirty without freaking out. Well, she’s going to freak out, but not because she’s turning thirty. At her birthday party, Reese meets Felix, and she’s immediately captivated by him. (But she’s drunk, so that doesn’t count, right?)…
Read MoreThat’s Not My Rocket
Babies and toddlers with love exploring the textured patches in this delightful addition to the best-selling touchy-feely series. The bold illustrations and tactile patches are specially designed to develop sensory and language development.
Read MoreWholesome Bowls
All the whole food nourishment you need in one bowl! Wholesome Bowls are the delicious answer to eating mindfully and well. The nearly 90 recipes included in this book are packed with nourishment, providing healthy, balanced and easy meals in a bowl. Many of the recipes are vegan or vegetarian, or can easily be adapted…
Read MoreExcavations
In this laugh-out-loud hilarious novel set over a summer in sun-drenched Greece, four incompatible women digging into the past may just find the answers to their futures. On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact. It’s a piece of history that definitely shouldn’t…
Read MoreToday I Will Fly
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends./DIVDIV Today, I Will Fly! is the funny introduction to the characters. Piggie is determined to fly. But Gerald the elephant knows that’s impossible–isn’t it?
Read MoreUnseen
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Karin Slaughter’s novels featuring detective Will Trent are utterly riveting and masterfully drawn. Her latest thriller, Unseen, pits detectives, lovers, and enemies against one another in an unforgettable standoff between righteous courage and deepest evil. Will Trent is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent whose latest case has him posing as…
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