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Book Cover for: The Fake, Zoe Whittall

The Fake

Zoe Whittall
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"As propulsive as The Fake is, Whittall serves damning satire beneath that smooth surface." writes Ryan Porter (@MrRyanPorter) in this starred review of Zoe Whittall's new novel. @HarperCollinsCa https://t.co/dl11CyDBs7 https://t.co/hAOwj7Su3T

Paperback, 2024

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Call Me Bill, Lynette Richards

Call Me Bill

Lynette Richards
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Lynette Richards' debut graphic novel Call Me Bill is "engaging and never preachy, making points about gender expression and identity that fit naturally within the adventure," reviewer Rachel Rosenberg writes. https://t.co/uVpmeLrezo https://t.co/sym9yzG1yo

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Arboreality, Rebecca Campbell

Arboreality

Rebecca Campbell
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Rebecca Campbell's Arboreality is "a startling novella-in-stories [that] anticipates the reformations of what one of Campbell’s stories calls the 'slow apocalypse,'" reviewer Brett Josef Grubisic (@BrettJGrubisic) writes. https://t.co/86ltwfp4nS https://t.co/yydVOHMDuN

Paperback, 2022

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Kinauvit?: What's Your Name? the Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter's Search for Her Grandmother, Norma Dunning

Kinauvit?: What's Your Name? the Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter's Search for Her Grandmother

Norma Dunning
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In Kinauvit?, Norma Dunning "reaches into the past to understand the story of her life, and assembles a rich and multifaceted history told, at long last, by the Inuit themselves," Michelle Cyca writes in this starred review. https://t.co/mLP0cOlhuK https://t.co/IBNPAJNO9C

Hardcover, 2023

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Perfect Sushi, Emily Satoko Seo

The Perfect Sushi

Emily Satoko Seo
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The Perfect Sushi's "message is simple, powerful, and heartfelt, and the ending is a heartwarming moment of pure love.” writes Jaclyn Qua-Hiansen of Emily Satoko Seo's new picture book (Mique Moriuchi, illus.) https://t.co/CDBfNdNzFU @BarefootBooks https://t.co/sihoknVZCu

Hardcover, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, Quinn Slobodian

Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

Quinn Slobodian
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In a starred review of Quinn Slobodian's forthcoming Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy @RaincoastBooks Matthew Behrens writes that this "meticulously researched" book is "a critical wake-up call." https://t.co/QwH0te9286 https://t.co/SOCXNuuD9U

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Garden Wonders: A Guidebook for Little Green Thumbs, Sarah Grindler

Garden Wonders: A Guidebook for Little Green Thumbs

Sarah Grindler
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“It’s sure to encourage kids to go outdoors and get their hands in the soil” writes Caitlyn Paxson in the review of Sarah Grindler's Garden Wonders: A Guidebook for Little Green Thumbs @NimbusPub https://t.co/S2KswJcA8W https://t.co/y3IB8XG5yL

Hardcover, 2023

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted, Jennifer Manuel

The Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted

Jennifer Manuel
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In Jennifer Manuel's The Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted @DMPublishers "we are given the outsider’s view through a reconciliation lens that focuses attention on the lingering legacy of residential schools and cultural genocide." https://t.co/1sGZJAN6at https://t.co/B4MghzAFLl

Paperback, 2023

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: In the Upper Country, Kai Thomas

In the Upper Country

Kai Thomas
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Debut novelist Kai Thomas talked to Wanda Taylor (@wandawriting) about unearthing lesser-known histories in his first book, In the Upper Country. https://t.co/o226AbfZN7 https://t.co/LXiaQntiRq

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Old Gods, Conor Kerr

Old Gods

Conor Kerr
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“Kerr’s work is firmly grounded in the concrete while also celebrating the abstract, especially feelings such as love, whether it’s of other people, of dogs, or of the land.” Review of Conor Kerr's new poetry collection Old Gods. https://t.co/iIlfhgcVj0 @NightwoodEd #PoetryMonth https://t.co/pTusg4YHgW

Paperback, 2023

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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