Ted Chiang

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story "The Story of Your Life" was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated short stories This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and the temptation of second chances. In the epistolary "Exhalation," an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality. And in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a woman cares for an artificial intelligence over twenty years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Also included are two brand-new stories: "Omphalos" and "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom." In this fantastical and elegant collection, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth--What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human?--and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.

Exhalation

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Maskerade

Groucho Marx

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The comedian describes his life, from his childhood in poverty in New York's Lower East Side to his time working in vaudeville to the adventures of the Marx Brothers in Hollywood

Groucho and Me

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Charlotte Chandler

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Groucho and His Friends

Full of anecdotes and records of Groucho's verbal sparrings with, among others, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Jack Nicholson and George Burns, this text presents an affectionate and authoritative overview of the great man's life and career.

Hello, I Must Be Going

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Liberty Mendez

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

I'll Bake!: Something Delicious for Every Occasion

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Enrique Fernandez

Two lovers struggle to reunite in the shadow of a bloody and magical revolution. A modern parable in the tradition of The 1001 Arabian Nights. "Allow me to tickle your fancies with my tale, a tale woven from the threads of a hundred other tales..." With these words, the masked storyteller begins the epic saga of daring Irvi and beautiful Sian, separated by fate... and of Cobra, the soldier who becomes emperor by a path of blood, rage, and magic... and of Maluuk, the dwarf actor who conjures a revolution. A captivating and timeless story of love, passion, and violence, filled with conflicting motives and opposing heroes, all captured by the vivid color palette and coiling linework of artist Enrique Fernández.

Tales from the Age of the Cobra

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Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

Kristen Gehrman

In 1808 Ghent, eighteen-year-old Constance runs away from an arranged marriage to a much older man and by stealing his clothes, sneaking out of the house disguised as a man, and joining Napoleon's army.

Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady

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Miriam Toews

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

From the bestselling author of Women Talking and All My Puny Sorrows, a compassionate, darkly humorous, and deeply wise new novel about three generations of women. “You're a small thing,” Grandma writes, “and you must learn to fight.” Swiv's Grandma, Elvira, has been fighting all her life. From her upbringing in a strict religious community, she has fought those who wanted to take away her joy, her independence, and her spirit. She has fought to make peace with her loved ones when they have chosen to leave her. And now, even as her health fails, Grandma is fighting for her family: for her daughter, partnerless and in the third term of a pregnancy; and for her granddaughter Swiv, a spirited nine-year-old who has been suspended from school. Cramped together in their Toronto home, on the precipice of extraordinary change, Grandma and Swiv undertake a vital new project, setting out to explain their lives in letters they will never send. Alternating between the exuberant, precocious voice of young Swiv and her irrepressible, tenacious Grandma, Fight Night is a love letter to mothers and grandmothers, and to all the women who are still fighting-painfully, ferociously- for a way to live on their own terms.

Fight Night

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Stephen King

Peter Straub

First trade edition - immaculate condition, book jacket was kept in plastic covering (only removed for photos)

A retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the rural Wisconsin hamlet of Tamarack, Jack Sawyer is called in to assist the local police chief in solving a gruesome series of murders that causes Jack to experience inexplicable waking nightmares and draw him back to the Territories and an encounter with his own hidden past, in the long-awaited sequel to The Talisman. 2,000,000 first printing.

Black House

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Ursula. K Le Guin

A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

A Wizard of Earthsea

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David Oshinsky

Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital

A history of the iconic public hospital on New York City's East Side describes the changes in American medicine from 1730 to modern times as it traces the building's origins as an almshouse and pesthouse to its current status as a revered place of first-class care.

Bellevue

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Lionel Shriver

A Novel

“Ms. Shriver portrays [her characters] with psychological depth and wry humor, dramatizing a subject that’s rarely been exploited in fiction, and pulling off a novel that not only works, but rocks.” —New York Times Book Review From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, a tender, hilarious story of youth and envy, ambition and rock and roll, hero worship and heroism, and, especially, love Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard. When he plays, conundrums seem to solve themselves, brilliant thoughts spring to mind, and couples fall in love. The members of his band, The Derailleurs, are passionately devoted to their guiding spirit, as are all who fall under Checker's spell. But when another drummer, Eaton Striker, hears the prodigy play, he is pulled inexorably into Checker's orbit by a powerful combination of envy and admiration. Soon The Derailleurs, too, are torn apart by latent jealousies that Eaton does his utmost to bring alive.

Checker and the Derailleurs

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Hello, I Must Be Going

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I'll Bake!: Something Delicious for Every Occasion

Enrique Fernandez

Tales from the Age of the Cobra

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Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady

Miriam Toews

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David Oshinsky

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