Story of My People

Written by Edoardo Nesi

Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $19.95

Winner of the 2011 Strega Prize, this blend of essay, social criticism, and memoir is a striking portrait of the effects of globalization on Italy’s declining economy.
 
Starting from his family’s textile factory in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi examines the recent shifts in Italy’s manufacturing industry. Only one generation ago, Prato was... Read more >

That's That
A Memoir
Written by Colin Broderick

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $15.00

How can we know who we are if we do not understand where we came from?
 
Colin Broderick grew up in Northern Ireland during the period of heightened tension and violence known as the Troubles. Broderick's Catholic family lived in County Tyrone --the heart of rebel country. In That’s That, he brings... Read more >

El heroe perdido
Heroes del Olimpo 1
Written by Rick Riordan

Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $10.95

Cuando Jason despierta, sabe que algo va muy mal. Está en un autobús camino de un campamento para chicos problemáticos. Y le acompañan Piper —una muchacha (bastante guapa, por cierto) que dice que es su novia— y el que parece ser su mejor amigo, Leo...
Pero él no recuerda nada: ni...

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A Queer and Pleasant Danger
The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today
Written by Kate Bornstein

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00

The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today 


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Monsters Under Bridges
Pacific Northwest Edition
Text by Rachel Roellke Coddington
Illustrated by Jolby

Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.99

From Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington to Vancouver, BC, this playful picture book introduces misunderstood monsters and the Pacific Northwest bridges they call home. Meet Irving the Noble Vegetarian who lives under the Astoria-Megler Bridge and smells like vegetables and hair gel. Or the Flixies, a group of winged pixie creatures... Read more >

Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter
Growing Up with a Gay Dad
Written by Alison Wearing

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $24.00

A moving memoir about growing up with a gay father in the 1980s, and a tribute to the power of truth, humour, acceptance and familial love.
 
Alison Wearing led a largely carefree childhood until she learned, at the age of 12, that her family was a little more complex than she had...

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David Stark: The Art of the Party

Written by David Stark

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $40.00

Renowned event planner David Stark reveals whimsical, artistic, unexpected designs often created from sustainable, industrial, or low-cost materials to inspire readers—whether planning a wedding, dinner party, or holiday gathering—looking for ideas for their own events.

Twenty-five of David Stark's events are featured—both private celebrations and charitable galas— and showcase how he developed... Read more >

Outlaw Marriages
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00

For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >

Saving the White Lions
One Woman's Battle for Africa's Most Sacred Animal
Written by Linda Tucker
Foreword by Andrew Harvey

Format: Trade Paperback, 374 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $19.95

In this captivating, suspenseful memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting industry, armed only with her indomitable spirit and total devotion.
 
Her story begins in 1991 with a heart-stopping misadventure in the Timbavati Reserve... Read more >

The Complete Stories

Written by Truman Capote

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $23.00

Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as compassionate as they... Read more >

Parecomic
Michael Albert and the Story of Participatory Economics
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Carl Thompson
Introduction by Noam Chomsky

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $18.95

Parecomic is a graphic novel about the system we live in—what’s wrong with it, and how we might be able change it for the better. The recent upsurge in popular protest around the world shows that people are not happy with the state of capitalism and desire an alternative that will...

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Snob Zones
Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate
Written by Lisa Prevost

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $25.95

An exploration of the corrosive effects of overpriced housing, exclusionary zoning, and the flight of the younger population in the Northeast
 
As anyone of moderate income who has wanted to buy a house or condo in the Northeast knows, young couples and families are increasingly being priced out of the market. And...

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The Adaptation Diet
A Three-Step Approach to Control Cortisol, Lose Weight, and Prevent Chronic Disease
Written by Charles A. Moss M.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $21.95

The Adaptation Diet presents a plan clinically proven to lower levels of cortisol, the main stress hormone and a major component of the obesity epidemic.

By reducing excess cortisol, you can:
• Decrease your risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and high blood pressure
• Lose the fat around your... Read more >

Skinned
Selected Poems
Written by Antjie Krog

Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $23.95

One of South Africa’s greatest living poets selects from her most recent poems and also from the poems and the themes that best represent her from across her long career.

Part One of Skinned contains poems about writing, family and love poems. The poems in second part were chosen from a volume... Read more >

Keep It Pithy
Useful Observations in a Tough World
Written by Bill O'Reilly

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $22.00

From the bestselling author of Killing Lincoln and host of Fox News' top show The O'Reilly Factor, the best of Bill O’Reilly’s provocative writing—reflecting his ideas, wisdom, and core values

Bill O’Reilly is one of the most recognized and talked-about journalists of our time. With an unparalleled track record as an author and with the... Read more >

Life Is So Good

Written by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $15.00

One man’s extraordinary journey through the twentieth century and how he learned to read at age 98
 
“Things will be all right. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn’t anything I would change about my life.”—George Dawson
 
In this remarkable book, George... Read more >

La cronica de fuego
Los libros del comienzo (2)
Written by John Stephens

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $10.95

Emma, Kate y Michael acaban de descubrir que, después de diez años desaparecidos, sus padres podrían estar vivos. Magnus el Siniestro, la criatura más cruel que hay en la Tierra, los secuestró porque sabían mucho, incluso demasiado, sobre los Libros de los Orígenes. Ahora los hermanos también han descubierto varias cosas... Read more >

Act of Congress
How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't
Written by Robert G. Kaiser

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.99

An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works—and doesn’t—that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008.

The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken—as...

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The Adaptation Diet
A Three-Step Approach to Control Cortisol, Lose Weight, and Prevent Chronic Disease
Written by Charles A. Moss M.D.

Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $17.95

The Adaptation Diet presents a plan clinically proven to lower levels of cortisol, the main stress hormone and a major component of the obesity epidemic.

By reducing excess cortisol, you can:
• Decrease your risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and high blood pressure
• Lose the fat around your... Read more >

The Alteration

Written by Kingsley Amis
Introduction by William Gibson

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.95

In Kingsley Amis’s virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976 but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and spiritual time ever since Martin Luther was promoted to pope back in the sixteenth century. Stephen the Third, the king of England, has just died, and Mass (Mozart’s... Read more >

The Alteration

Written by Kingsley Amis
Introduction by William Gibson

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.95

In Kingsley Amis’s virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976 but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and spiritual time ever since Martin Luther was promoted to pope back in the sixteenth century. Stephen the Third, the king of England, has just died, and Mass (Mozart’s... Read more >

The American Disease
Why the American economic system is faltering . . . and how the trend can be changed with a minimum of crisis
Written by George C. Lodge

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $17.99

In this provocative study of the "disease" afflicting American industry today, George Lodge, a distinguished professor at the Harvard Business School, reveals the malady as a psychological disorder, characterized by a refusal to face the facts of interdependence in a competitive world; by a reluctance to confront the grave inadequacies in... Read more >

The Baby Name Wizard, Revised 3rd Edition
A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby
Written by Laura Wattenberg

Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $11.99

Yes, your baby’s perfect name is out there.
The trick is finding it.

The perfect baby name will speak to your heart, give your child a great start in life—and maybe even satisfy your relatives.  But you can't expect to just stumble on a name like that in an A to... Read more >

Bad Boy
My Life On and Off the Canvas
Written by Eric Fischl and Michael Stone

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $12.99

In Bad Boy, renowned American artist Eric Fischl has written a penetrating, often searing exploration of his coming of age as an artist, and his search for a fresh narrative style in the highly charged and competitive New York art world in the 1970s and 1980s. With such notorious and controversial... Read more >

THE BASS SAXOPHONE

Written by Josef Skvorecky

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $14.99

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