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Contents
Dear Parents and Educators,
We are grateful that books continue to reach readers around the world thanks to your efforts.
This catalog contains a collection of titles from the Penguin Random House family of publishers,
carefully chosen to support your children and students. In these pages, you will find everything you
need to fill your home or school library, meet curriculum guidelines, and cultivate a love of reading
both in and out of the classroom. Penguin Random House and its nearly 250 independent publishing
imprints strive to create stories and share ideas that educate, entertain, and inspire students and
educators. With that goal in mind, we are excited to share a few of the titles we have selected for
this catalog!
Books offer a window into the past to help us understand the impact it has on our lives today.
Centuries ago, Sun Tzu put calligraphy brush to scroll to write The Art of War, which is still a seminal
text that schools assign as mandatory reading. Dreams of My Father, now adapted for young readers
with an educator guide, is Barack Obama’s personal account of being a young Black man asking
questions about self-discovery and belonging. Toni Morrison called this important, compelling
work “quite extraordinary.” Both titles are profound works, that offer powerful frameworks for
understanding ourselves.
One of the fastest growing areas of publishing is Graphic Novels; they help reluctant readers
find their passion for literature and inspire avid readers to explore new art forms. Two incredible
examples are The Curie Society and The Life of Frederick Douglass, which bring the lives of some of
history’s most important figures to life. For those who prefer classic graphic novels, the brand new
international edition of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s masterpiece, Watchmen, now includes an
educator guide along with additional bonus material and sketches.
With all of the challenges facing readers today, Social Emotional Learning is more important than
ever. Penguin Random House offers a wide variety of SEL titles for readers of all ages. National
Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson’s timely middle-grade novel, Harbor Me, celebrates the
healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. And bestselling novel The Line
Tender is an exploration on searching for meaning after unspeakable loss. These books, and other
SEL titles, seek to normalize having difficult conversations, finding safe spaces, and exploring
individual and group identities in a safe, yet impactful way.
We hope the titles in this catalog give you the tools you need to reach your readers. We love hearing
from you and hope you will let us know about the particular challenges you’re facing, the resources
you need, and the books that are resonating with your children and your students. Thank you for all
that you do to inspire and foster a love of learning. Happy reading!
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Kara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun is a magnificent new novel from the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro—
author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. As
Ishiguro’s first novel since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, this tells the story
of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place
in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those
who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her.
Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the
eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what
does it mean to love? In its award citation in 2017, the Nobel committee described Ishiguro’s
books as “novels of great emotional force” and said he has “uncovered the abyss beneath
our illusory sense of connection with the world.”
Instructions for Dancing
Nicola Yoon
Evie Thomas doesn’t believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs
one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a
vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love
stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening,
she finds herself at La Brea Dance studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy
named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy
is to say yes to everything—including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he’s
only just met. Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak
have taught her anything, it’s that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance
around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life
and love. In the end, is love worth the risk?
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Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall
Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experi-
ence. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior
of Umuofia in the late 1800s, this explores one man’s futile resistance to the devaluing of his
Igbo traditions by British political and religious forces and his despair as his community
capitulates to the powerful new order.
WINNER 2007 Man Booker International Prize
Before We Were ree
Julia Alvarez
By Anita de la Torre’s 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated from the
Dominican Republic to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and
the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected
opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita
overcomes her fears and flies to freedom. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an
unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott shares the innocence of girlhood and the warmth of sisterhood in this
charming tale of four sisters. In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish
Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy are responsible for keeping a home while
their father is off to war. Their story transcends time—making this novel endure as a classic
piece of American literature that has captivated generations of readers with their charm,
innocence, and wistful insights.
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
As teenagers at a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love amidst military
dictatorship: Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu departs for America, where Obinze cannot join
her in post-9/11 America. Fifteen years later, they reignite their shared passion and face the
toughest decisions of their lives. Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender,
spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today’s
hyper-globalized world.
WINNER 2013 National Book Critics Circle Awards
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How to Set a ire and Wy
Jesse Ball
Lucia’s father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she’s living in a ga-
rage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. And now she’s been kicked out of school—again. Making
her way through the world with only a book, a Zippo lighter, a pocketful of stolen licorice, a
biting wit, and the striking intelligence that she tries to hide, Lucia spends her days riding the
bus to visit her mother and following the only rule that makes any sense to her: Don’t do
things you aren’t proud of. But when she discovers that her new school has a secret Arson
Club, she’s willing to do anything to be a part of it. As Lucia’s fascination with the Arson Club
grows, her story becomes one of misguided friendship and, ultimately, destruction.
Thirteen Reasons Wy
Jay Asher
A Netflix television series. Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package
with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded
by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life.
Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.
Mosquitoland
David Arnold
Mim Malone is not okay. Her parents got divorced, her father and new stepmom dragged her
from where her mom is sick Ohio to Mississippi, and her new therapist prescribed her power-
ful, mind-numbing antipsychotic drugs. She ditches her new life and hops a northbound
Greyhound bus to her real home and real mother, meeting a ragtag group of fellow wanderers
along the way. As she embarks on her odyssey, Mim must confront her demons, redefining
her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.
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Anonymous
Beowulf is one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, composed in
England before the Norman Conquest. As a social document this great epic poem is invalu-
able—reflecting a feudal world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. As a
work of art, it is unique. Beowulf rings with beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for
a thousand years. The noble simplicity of Beowulf’s anonymous AngloSaxon singer is
recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.
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The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small,
southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their
daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their
racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same south-
ern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband
knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the
fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their
own daughters’ storylines intersect?
City of Thieves
David Benio
From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and
co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage,
survival—and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis’ brutal
siege of Leningrad, instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their
own lives by securing a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s
wedding cake.
WINNER IMPAC Dublin Literar Award
The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. So she ventured out from the safety
of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bum-
bling magician Schmendrick and the indomitable Molly Grue, the unicorn learns all about the
joys and sorrows of life and love before meeting her destiny in the castle of a despondent
monarch—and confronting the creature that would drive her kind to extinction...
Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie
J.M. Barrie’s beloved classic recounts the thrilling adventures of the three Darling children,
enticed from their London home by the magically exuberant Peter Pan. Peter, Wendy, Captain
Hook, the lost boys, and Tinker Bell have filled the hearts of children ever since Barrie’s play
first opened in London in 1904 and became an immediate sensation. Now this funny, haunt-
ing modern myth is presented with Bedford’s wonderful illustrations, which first appeared in
the author’s own day, have long been out of print, and have never been equaled.
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Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
The visionary author’s masterpiece pulls us—along with her Black female hero—through time
to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy
then and now. Dana, a modern black woman, is transported from her California home to the
antebellum South, where she has been summoned to save the drowning Rufus, the white son
of a plantation owner. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and
each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre is penniless and plain, but full of courage and spirit, enduring incredible hardship
to secure her position as a governess in the household of Mr. Rochester. But Rochester’s past
holds a terrible secret that could threaten any hope of happiness with Jane. An unconven-
tional love story that broadened the scope of romantic fiction, Jane Eyre is ultimately the tale
of one woman’s fight to claim her independence and self-respect in a society that has no
place for her.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne
Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings
are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to
a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. While exploring
his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different
from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
Lovely War
Julie Berr
They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be
architect turned soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan
with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by the goddess Aphrodite,
who must spin the tale or face judgment on Mount Olympus, is filled with hope and heart-
break, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it’s no match
for the transcendent power of Love.
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The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
The bestselling coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, taught in schools and universi-
ties, and translated around the world from the winner of the 2018 PEN/Nabokov Award for
Achievement in International Literature. The remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young
Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told
in a series of heartbreaking and deeply joyous vignettes Sandra Cisneros’ masterpiece is a
classic story of childhood and self-discovery.
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and
suicide. In a departure from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine’s
desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation.
The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the
trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel.
Loosing My Espanish
H.G. Carrillo
Oscar Delossantos is about to lose his job as a teacher at a Jesuit high school in Chicago.
Rather than go quietly, he embarks on a valiant last history lesson that chronicles the flight
from Cuba of his makeshift extended family. Evoking the struggle between nostalgia and
the realities of the Cuban Revolution with both grit and lyricism, he inspires his students
with an altogether dazzling reinterpretation of the CubanAmerican experience. By turns
heartbreaking, funny, and brilliantly inventive, Loosing My Espanish is a singular debut.
The Stranger
Albert Camus
In the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian
beach, Camus explored what he called “the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.”
Meursault attends his mother’s funeral. Later he kills an Arab man in French Algiers, who was
involved in a conflict with a friend. Meursault is tried and sentenced to death. The story is
divided into two parts, presenting Meursault’s first-person narrative view before and after
the murder respectively. First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.
WINNER 1957 Nobel Prize
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
Abi Daré
The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who
longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself.
The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about
the power of fighting for your dreams. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in
her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born
into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself—and help other girls like her do
the same.
Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge Danticat
Claire Limyè LanmèClaire of the Sea Light—is born into love and tragedy in Ville Rose,
Haiti. Claire’s mother died in childbirth, and her father, Nozias, wonders if he should give
away his young daughter to a local shopkeeper, who lost a child of her own, to give Claire a
chance at a better life. But on the night of Claire’s seventh birthday, when at last he makes the
wrenching decision to do so, she disappears. As the people of Ville Rose look for her, painful
secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed within the community, whose
individual stories connect to Claire, to her parents, and to the town itself.
House of Salt and Sorrows
Erin A. Craig
In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor
with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills
the grand halls now that four of the girls’ lives have been cut short. Each death was more
tragic than the last—the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge. When
Annaleigh’s involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it’s
a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family—before it claims her next. House
of Salt and Sorrows is a spellbinding novel filled with magic and the rustle of gossamer skirts
down long, dark hallways.
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
This is a bracingly original vision of the world of slavery, written with the narrative force of a
great adventure. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage and is determined to escape the
only home he’s ever known by mastering his magical gift. Driven by the author’s bold imagi-
nation and striking ability to bring readers deep into the interior lives of his brilliantly ren-
dered characters, The Water Dancer is the story of America’s oldest struggle—the struggle to
tell the truth—from one of our most exciting thinkers and beautiful writers.
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Color Me In
Natasha Díaz
Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never
thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she
relocates to her mom’s family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the
first time. Only when Nevaeh stumbles upon a secret from her mom’s past, finds herself
falling in love, and sees firsthand the prejudice her family faces does she begin to realize she
has her own voice.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
Oscar is a sweet ghetto nerd who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most
of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants due to the curse that has haunted
Oscar’s family for generations from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-
American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vi-
sion of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity
to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.
WINNER National Book Critics Circle Awards
WINNER IMPAC Dublin Literar Award
WINNER Pulitzer Prize (iction)
We Were Here
Matt de la Peña
When Miguel was sent to Juvi, the judge sent him to a group home and had him write in a
journal. But Miguel didn’t bet on meeting Rondell or Mong or on any of what happened after
they broke out. He only thought about Mexico and getting to the border to where he could
start over. Migel learns that running away is the quickest path right back to what you’re run-
ning from. We Were Here follows a journey of self-discovery by a boy who is trying to forgive
himself in an unforgiving world.
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Craig Davidson
Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls—a seedy but magical, slightly haunted placeJake Baker
spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult
artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of
siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the “Saturday Night Ghost
Club.” But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may
ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined. The Saturday Night Ghost
Club is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory
and storytelling.
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As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the
Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Narrated in turn by each of the
family members—including Addie herself—as well as others the novel ranges in mood, from
dark comedy to the deepest pathos. Considered one of the most influential novels in
American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic.
No One Here Is Lonely
Sarah Everett
Eden has always had two loves: her best friend, Lacey, and her crush, Will. And then, almost
simultaneously, she loses them both. Will to a car accident and Lacey to the inevitable
growing up and growing apart. Before he died, Will set up an account with In Good Company,
a service that uploads voices and emails and creates a digital companion that can be called
anytime, day or night. Eden falls into a relationship with “Will” until Lacey’s off-limits twin
Oliver emerges. Can Eden say goodbye to Will in order to be with Oliver? Sarah Everett deftly
captures the heartbreak of losing your best friend and discovering love in the unlikeliest
of places.
Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel
The bestselling phenomenon and inspiration for the award-winning film. Earthy, magical,
and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant
romance and bittersweet wit. Little Tita is born early after violently weeping while Mama Elena
chops onions. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to
be a master chef, using cooking to express herself and sharing recipes with readers along
the way.
WINNER YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
A milestone in American literature and winner of the National Book Award, this passionate
and witty tour de force established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The
nameless narrator describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a
Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York, becoming the chief spokesman
of the Harlem branch of “the Brotherhood,” and retreating amid violence and confusion to the
basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.
WINNER 1953 National Book Awards
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Love in the ime of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
The international bestseller and modern literary classic by Nobel Prize-winning author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately
in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a doctor, Florentino is devastated. As he
rises in his business career he reserves his heart for Fermina throughout 622 affairs. Her
husband dies at last, Florentino attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days
after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
WINNER 1982 Nobel Prize
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to
get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, Bayardo
San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to
name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago
Nasar for dishonoring their sister. The more that is learned, the less is understood, as an
entire society is put on trial.
WINNER 1982 Nobel Prize
A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, A Lesson Before Dying is a deep and com-
passionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black
youth on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. Together they come to understand the
heroism of resisting. From the critically acclaimed author of A Gathering of Old Men and
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
WINNER National Book Critics Circle Awards
WINNER YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
The Sound and the ur
William Faulkner
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featuring a new covers. The Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featur-
ing some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the
manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black
servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character’s voices
and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner’s masterpiece and one of the greatest
novels of the twentieth century.
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The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
A major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. Despite the tumor-
shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything
but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist
named Augustus suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is completely
rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the
funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954 with
its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Critically acclaimed, it became a cult favorite
among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the
Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth,
a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies
has established itself as a true classic.
How to Make riends with the Dark
Kathleen Glasgow
Tiger’s life changed with a simple phone call. Her mother has died. That’s when darkness
descended on her otherwise average life. Tiger’s mother never talked about her father, and
with no grandparents or aunts or uncles, her world is packed into a suitcase and moved to
a foster home. And another. And another. Until hope surfaces in the shape of . . . a sister?
Sometimes family comes in forms you don’t recognize. But can Tiger learn to make friends
with the darkness before it swallows her whole?
Grendel
John Gardner
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf,
tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This classic and much lauded
retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the
war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic. This is the book William Gass called “one of
the finest of our contemporary fictions.”
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That Was Then, This Is Now
S. E. Hinton
Another classic from the author of the internationally bestselling The Outsiders. Continue
celebrating 50 years of The Outsiders by reading this companion novel. That Was Then, This is
Now is S. E. Hinton’s moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and
the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart.
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In seventeenth-century Boston, Hester Prynne shoulders the scorn of her fellow Puritan
townsfolk for bearing a child out of wedlock. For her refusal to name the father of her daugh-
ter Pearl, Hester is made to wear a scarlet “A” stitched conspicuously upon her dress. But
though she bears the stigma of the shame her peers would confer upon her, others feel the
guilt for her transgression more acutely—notably the pious Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale,
the confessor with whom Hester and Pearl’s destinies are intimately bound.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-ime
Mark Haddon
A national bestseller. Christopher is autistic and superbly logical. At 15 his world falls apart
when he finds his neighbor’s dog impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the
killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer. But the investigation leads
him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution
of his parents’ marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn
into the workings of Christopher’s mind.
WINNER YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
WINNER ALA Best Books for Young Adults
urtles All the Way Down
John Green
It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way
Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan
fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence
within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. John Green shares Aza’s story with
shattering, unflinching clarity.
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The Odyssey
Homer
Odysseus’ reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and
natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a
timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. In the myths and legends
retold here, Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer’s original in a bold,
contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its
sheer lyrical mastery.
The Iiad
Homer
Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wres-
tling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction. Combining
the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to
this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer’s poetry, and
evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad’s mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi
calls “an astonishing performance.”
Were the Dead Sit Talking
Brandon Hobson
With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster
care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Se-
quoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep
below the surface—that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth
staying with the Troutts. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American
backgrounds and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah’s feel-
ings towards Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts
threaten to undo them both.
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Published in 1967, S. E. Hinton’s novel was an immediate phenomenon. Today, with more than
eight million copies sold, The Outsiders continues to resonate with its powerful portrait of the
bonds and boundaries of friendship. In Ponyboy’s world there are two types of people: Socs,
the rich society kids who get away with anything, and greasers, like Ponyboy, who aren’t so
lucky. Ponyboy can count on a few things: his older brothers, his friends, and trouble with
Socs that beat up greasers. At least until the night things go too far.
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The urn of the Screw
Henr James
A chilling ghost story, wrought with tantalising ambiguity, Henry James’s The Turn of the
Screw tells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two
orphans. The Turn of the Screw is James’s great masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and
unbearable tension and has influenced subsequent ghost stories and films such as The
Innocents, starring Deborah Kerr, and The Others, starring Nicole Kidman.
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel
The Remains of the Day comes a devastating novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss. Kathy
is a young woman and for the first time she looks back at her shared past with Ruth and
Tommy at their exclusive boarding school and understands just what it is that makes them
special—and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Suspenseful, moving,
beautifully atmospheric, Never Let Me Go is modern classic.
WINNER 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Kite Runner
Kaled Hosseini
The #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel is an unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the
unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant. The Kite Runner
transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction.
A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and
the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love,
their sacrifices, their lies.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Kaled Hosseini
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and
Laila are brought together by war, loss and fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers
in Kabul, they form a bond that will alter the course the lives of the next generation. With
heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman’s love for her family can
move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even
the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.
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All of Us with Wings
Michelle Ruiz Keil
17-year-old Xochi is alone in San Francisco, running from her painful past when she accepts
a position as Pallas’s live-in governess and quickly finds her place in the tight-knit household.
But on the night of the Vernal Equinox, they accidentally summon a pair of ancient beings
bound to avenge the wrongs of Xochi’s past. She would do anything to preserve her new life,
but with the creatures determined to exact vengeance on those who’ve hurt her, no one is
safe—not the family Xochi’s chosen, nor the one she left behind.
East Goes West
Younghill Kang
Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with
nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic
Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates, businessmen, students, and
indigents. Struggling to support his studies, he travels throughout the United States and
Canada, becoming by turns a traveling salesman, a domestic worker, and a farmer, and ob-
serving along the way the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth
century. Part picaresque adventure, part shrewd social commentary, East Goes West casts a
sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation. It is a masterpiece not only of
Asian American literature but also of American literature.
The Metamorphosis
ranz Kaa
The Metamorphosis is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as
one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and
universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor
Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect.
Mister Pip
Lloyd Jones
This vivid, poetic, beautifully written novel set on a small Pacific island ravaged by civil war
was the winner of the Commonwealth Prize. On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by
war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to
stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out
the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s
classic Great Expectations.
WINNER 2007 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize in the UK
WINNER 2007 ALA Notable Book
WINNER 2008 YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
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Passing
Nella Larsen
Irene Redfield’s enviable life in Harlem begins to slip the day she encounters Clare Kendry,
a childhood friend with whom she had lost touch. Clare—light-skinned, beautiful, and charm-
ing—tells Irene how she began passing for white. Irene is thrown into a panic, terrified of the
consequences of Clare’s dangerous behavior. And when Clare witnesses the vibrancy and
energy of the community she left behind, her burning desire to come back threatens to
shatter her careful deception.
The Jungle Books
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling’s beloved collection of short stories about a boy raised by wolves who learns
the Laws of the Jungle. Mowgli, lost in the deep jungle as a child, is adopted into a family of
wolves. Hunted by Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, Mowgli runs with the wolf pack under the
protection of Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the brown bear who teaches wolf cubs
the Laws of the Jungle. Mowgli evolves from a man-cub to a compassionate human who at
last returns to join—perhaps to lead—his own kind.
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl’s journey towards healing and the
transforming power of love, from the award-winning author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964 South
Carolina, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, who, with her fierce-hearted
black “stand-in mother,” Rosaleen, escape to a town that holds the secret to her mother’s
past. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story that women will share and
pass on to their daughters for years to come.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ken Kesey
An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, this is one of the
defining works of the 1960s. In this classic novel, Randle Patrick McMurphy is a boisterous,
brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into a mental hospital and rallies the other patients
by challenging the dictatorship of Nurse Ratched. But this defiance soon develops into an
all-out war between two relentless opponents: Nurse Ratched, backed by the full power of
authority, and McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will.
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The Art of Losing
Lizzy Mason
At a party Harley discovers her boyfriend, Mike, cheating with her sister, Audrey. When
Mike drunkenly attempts to drive Audrey home, he crashes his car, leaving Audrey in a coma.
Harley is left with guilt, grief, and the realization that Mike has a drinking problem. So it’s a
surprise that she reconnects with Raf, a neighbor and childhood friend recently out of rehab.
As Audrey recovers, Harley sees a path forward with Raf’s help—one guided by honesty,
forgiveness, and redemption.
The Far Away Brothers (Adapted for Young Adults)
Lauren Marham
As 17-year-olds in El Salvador, identical twins Ernesto and Raúl separately flee the country
when Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of the MS13 gang. The twins journey north and fall
into the hands of immigration authorities before finally making it to the custody of their older
brother in California. While navigating a new school in a new language, struggling to pay off
their mounting coyote debt, and anxiously waiting for their day in immigration court, Raúl
and Ernesto carve out a life for themselves.
Luck of the itanic
Stacey Lee
Acrobat Valora Luck has two things: a ticket for the Titanic and a dream of leaving England
behind to make a life for herself as a circus performer in New York. Much to her surprise
though, she’s turned away at the gangway; apparently, Chinese aren’t allowed into America.
But, desperate to get on the ship, Val stows away to find two other Titanic passengers: her
twin brother Jamie and an influential circus owner for whom Val hopes to audition. Then one
night the unthinkable happens, and suddenly Val’s dreams of a new life are crushed under
the weight of the only thing that matters: survival.
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
Thi Diem Thuy Le
This acclaimed novel reveals the life of a Vietnamese family in America through the knowing
eyes of a child finding her place and voice in a new country. In 1978 six refugees—a girl, her
father, and four “uncles”—are pulled from the sea to begin a new life in San Diego. In the
child’s imagination, the world is transmuted into an unearthly realm: she sees everything
intensely, hears the distress calls of inanimate objects, and waits for her mother to join her.
But life loses none of its strangeness when the family is reunited. As the girl grows, her
matter-of-fact innocence eddies increasingly around opaque and ghostly traumas: the
cataclysm that engulfed her homeland, the memory of a brother who drowned and, most
inescapable, her father’s hopeless rage.
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy
A major motion picture starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi SmitMcPhee, Robert Duvall, and
Charlize Theron. The searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son’s fight to survive.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Their destination is the coast,
although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a
pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they
are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
WINNER 2007 Pulitzer Prize
No Countr for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
A major motion picturing starring Javier Bardem, John Brolin, and Tommy Lee Jones. At
the TexasMexico border, Llewellyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by dead men.
A load of heroin and $2 million in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he
sets off a chain reaction of violence that not even the law can contain. As Moss tries to evade
his pursuers, McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens
its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as
this morning’s headlines.
Deacon King Kong
James McBride
In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into
the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his
pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project’s drug dealer at point-blank range. The
reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at
the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride’s funny, moving novel and his first since his
National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King
Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us.
So Long, See You Tomorrow
William Maell
In this magically evocative novel, William Maxwell explores the enigmatic gravity of the past,
which compels us to keep explaining it even as it makes liars out of us every time we try. On a
winter morning in the 1920s, a shot rings out on a farm in rural Illinois. A man named Lloyd
Wilson has been killed. And the tenuous friendship between two lonely teenagers—one privi-
leged yet neglected, the other a troubled farm boy—has been shattered. Fifty years later, one
of those boys—now a grown man—tries to reconstruct the events that led up to the murder. In
doing so, he is inevitably drawn back to his lost friend Cletus, who has the misfortune of being
the son of Wilson’s killer and who in the months before witnessed things that Maxwell’s nar-
rator can only guess at.
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Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s masterpiece and New York Times Bestseller: Milkman Dead
was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt
at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As she follows Milkman from his
rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, Morrison introduces an entire cast of strivers
and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.
WINNER 1993 Nobel Prize
WINNER 1997 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Beloved
Toni Morrison
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stares unflinchingly into the
abyss of slavery. Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but 18 years later she is still not
free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where hideous things
happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless
and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and
suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.
WINNER 1988 Pulitzer Prize
WINNER 1993 Nobel Prize
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
After receiving a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin, Noemí heads to High Place, a
distant house in the Mexican countryside. Noemí is an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous
debutante, more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough,
smart, and not afraid: not of her cousin’s new English husband, a stranger who is both men-
acing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems fascinated by Noemí;
and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemí’s dreams with visions of blood
and doom. As Noemí begins to unearth stories of violence and madness, she is slowly drawn
into a terrifying yet seductive world—a world that may be impossible to escape.
One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus
A television series. On Monday afternoon, five students walk into detention. Before the end
of detention Simon is murdered. On Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all
four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder.
Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose? Everyone has secrets,
right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them. And don’t miss the sequel,
One of Us is Next!
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Little ires Everhere
Celeste Ng
From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You. When old family friends of the
Richardsons attempt to adopt a ChineseAmerican baby, a custody battle erupts that dra-
matically divides the town—and puts enigmatic artist and single mother Mia Warren and
rule-follower Elena Richardson on opposing sides. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight
of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the
danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
Only Child
Rhiannon Navin
Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear
gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the school, and in a
matter of minutes he will take nineteen lives and irrevocably change the fabric of this close-
knit community. While Zach’s mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter’s par-
ents, holding them responsible for their son’s actions, Zach retreats into the healing world of
books and art. Armed with his new insights, and the optimism and stubbornness only a child
could have, Zach becomes determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal
truths of love and compassion they need to pull them through their darkest hour.
145th Street: Short Stories
Walter Dean Myers
On Harlem’s 145th Street, things happen that don’t happen anywhere else in the world. Get to
know Big Joe, who’s throwing his own funeral while he’s here to enjoy it, and everyone’s in-
vited. Meet Kitty and Mack, teens with a love story more real than anything they’ve ever
known. Follow Monkeyman, the quietest kid on the block and the last person you’d expect the
Tigros gang to target. And don’t miss the block party of the year—the whole neighborhood will
be there. From danger and despair to hilarity and joy, literary legend Walter Dean Myers cap-
tures every mood and every beat of life in this vibrant Harlem. This twentieth-anniversary
edition of Myers’s work features brand-new content, including historical information about
Harlem’s rich past, an immersive map of the neighborhood’s iconic landmarks, and touching
tributes from authors, artists, and literary legends.
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s lyrical first novel and New York Times Bestseller, a poignant
reflection on a young Black girl’s struggles with beauty in the 1940s. Mocked by other
children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, Pecola Breedlove
yearns for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. But
her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination
of our obsession with beauty and conformity.
WINNER 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Animal Farm
George Orell
George Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden
society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. A farm is taken over by its overworked,
mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a para-
dise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric
fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from
revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
1984
George Orell
Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry
of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its
own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think
for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching... A startling
and haunting vision of the world, 1984 is so powerful that it is completely convincing from
start to finish.
There There
Tommy Orange
There There is a relentlessly-paced multigenerational story about violence and recovery,
memory and identity, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its
people. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left
behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle’s death and
has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle’s memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield
has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through
YouTube videos and has come to the powwow to dance in public for the very first time.
An unforgettable debut, destined to become required reading in schools and universities.
All the Bright Paces
Jennifer Niven
A Netflix film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith. The New York Times bestselling love
story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge. Theodore Finch is
fascinated by death, looking for ways to kill himself and something to keep him alive.
Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape
her grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet it’s unclear
who saves whom. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s shrinks.
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
14 of Edger Allan Poe’s richest tales, including “The Pit and the Pendulum,” an reimagining of
Inquisition tortures; “The TellTale Heart,” which delves into the complex nature of a murder-
er’s guilt; “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Poe’s tour de force about a family doomed by an
ancient curse; and “The Purloined Letter” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” pioneering
detective stories featuring a logical investigator with a poetic soul. Also included is Poe’s only
full-length novel, Narrative of A. Gordon Pym.
Pony
R. J. Palacio
Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three horsemen who arrive unannounced
to take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his
companion, Mittenwool, who happens to be a ghost. But when a pony shows up at his door,
Silas knows what he has to do. He will set out on a perilous journey across a vast American
landscape to find his father—a journey that will ultimately connect him with his past and
future, and the unfathomable mysteries of the world around him. R.J. Palacio spins a harrow-
ing yet distinctly beautiful tale about the power of love and the connections that bind us
across the expanses of distance and time. For young readers who love the poignant depth of
The Yearling or Because of Winn-Dixie, and adult fans of True Grit or the lean, searing prose of
Cormac McCarthy, this is one of those rare books for readers of all ages with the makings of
a modern classic.
Were the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
For years, rumors of Kya Clark, the Marsh Girl, have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the
North Carolina coast. When handsome Chase Andrews is found dead in 1969, the locals
immediately suspect Kya. An exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-
age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever
shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent
secrets that nature keeps.
Wen the Emperor Was Divine
Julie Otsuka
From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic, this commanding
debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps that is both a haunting evo-
cation of a family in wartime and a resonant lesson for our times. On a sunny day in Berkeley,
California, in 1942, a woman sees a sign in a post office window, returns to her home, and
matter-of-factly begins to pack her family’s possessions. Like thousands of other Japanese
Americans they have been reclassified, virtually overnight, as enemy aliens and are about
to be uprooted from their home and sent to a dusty internment camp in the Utah desert.
In this lean and devastatingly evocative first novel, Julie Otsuka tells their story from five
flawlessly realized points of view and conveys the exact emotional texture of their experience:
the thin-walled barracks and barbed-wire fences, the omnipresent fear and loneliness, the
unheralded feats of heroism.
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Patron Saints of Nothing
Randy Ribay
Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before
heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino
cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte’s war on drugs, and no one in the
family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real
story. Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to
reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth—and the
part he played in it. As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning
portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.
All Quiet on the Western ront
Erich Maria Remarque
Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful,
enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into
pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after
year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly
pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other—if only
he can come out of the war alive.
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Ernesto Quiñonez
When Julio, a young Puerto RicanEcuadorian boy in Spanish Harlem, hears that Taina, a
fifteen-year-old girl from his church, is pregnant, and that both mother and daughter insist
that she is a virgin, he decides to believe them. His staunch yet unrequited loyalty to Taina
soon unleashes a whirlpool of emotions that bring Julio to question his parents, his religion,
and even the basic building blocks of modern science. Yet the lengths Julio goes to to defend
Taina’s purity will thrust him into the girl’s murky past, bring his loved ones into his chaotic
love affair, and uncover a family secret that will not leave him unscathed. Taina is a sweeping
story that delivers a subtle yet poignant critique of Latino cultural norms and society,
disguised within an absorbing, magical narrative.
In Search of Lost ime Volume I Swann’s Way
Marcel Proust
In Swann’s Way, the themes of Proust’s masterpiece are introduced, and the narrator’s
childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most memorably in the evocation of the famous
maternal good-night kiss. The recollection of the narrator’s love for Swann’s daughter
Gilberte leads to an account of Swann’s passion for Odette and the rise of the nouveaux
riches Verdurins. For this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised
the late Terence Kilmartin’s acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s translation to take
into account the new definitive French editions of Á la recherché du temps perdu (the final
volume of these new editions was published by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade in 1989).
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Push (Revised)
Sapphire
A new 25th anniversary edition of the instant classic that inspired the major motion picture
and Sundance Film Festival winner Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, whose
power and ferocity influenced a generation of writers. Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-
year-old, has up until now been invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who
batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just one more of Harlem’s casualties.
But when Precious, pregnant with a second child by her father, meets a determined and
radical teacher, we follow her on a journey of education and enlightenment as she learns not
only how to write about her life, but how to make it truly her own for the first time.
We Are Not from Here
Jenny Torres Sanchez
Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens
have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they’ve grown up in and
the dangers that surround them. When those threats become all too real, the trio knows they
have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home.
Crossing from Guatemala through Mexico, they follow the route of La Bestia, the perilous
train system that might deliver them to a better life—if they are lucky enough to survive the
journey. With nothing but the bags on their backs and desperation drumming through their
hearts, Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña know there is no turning back, despite the unknown that
awaits them. And the darkness that seems to follow wherever they go. An epic journey of
danger, resilience, heartache, and hope.
Written in the Stars
Aisha Saeed
Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: You may choose
what you want to be when you grow up, but we will choose your husband. Dating, even a
friendship with a boy, is forbidden. So when Naila falls in love with Saif, a PakistaniAmerican
classmate, her livid parents insist on a family vacation Pakistan where Naila must meet the a
suitor her parents want her to marry. Naila is aghast. Her only hope of escape is Saif, who
swore he would do anything for her.
We Cast a Shadow
Maurice Carlos Run
At Dr. Nzinga’s Clinic, you can get your lips thinned, your skin bleached, and your nose
narrowed to liberate you from the confines of being born in a black body. In this near-future
southern city plagued by police violence, more are choosing this experimental procedure.
A father who wants the best for his biracial son with a black birthmark will do anything to
protect his son, even if he destroys his family in the process.
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Stargirl
Jerr Spinelli
This beloved celebration of individuality is a movie on Disney+. A modern-day classic and
New York Times bestseller from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli. When Stargirl first arrives,
her classmates are enchanted. But then her classmates turn on her for being different, Leo
urges the shunned Stargirl to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. This is a
celebration of nonconformity: a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the
thrill of first love. Don’t miss the sequel, Love, Stargirl.
WINNER 2001 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Dead Wednesday
Jerr Spinelli
Worm Tarnauer has spent most of eighth grade living down to his nickname. He prefers to be
out of sight, underground. He walked the world unseen. He’s happy to let his best friend,
Eddie, lead the way and rule the day. And this dayDead Wednesday—is going to be awe-
some. The school thinks assigning each eighth grader the name of a teenager who died in
the past year and having them don black shirts and become “invisible” will make them
contemplate their own mortality. Yeah, sure. The kids know that being invisible to teachers
really means you can get away with anything. It’s a day to go wild! But Worm didn’t count on
Becca Finch (17, car crash). Letting this girl into his head is about to change everything.
Jerry Spinelli tells the story of the unexpected, heartbreaking, hilarious, truly epic day when
Worm Tarnauer discovers his own life.
The Elephant in the Room
Holly Goldberg Sloan
It’s been almost a year since Sila’s mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping
to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United
States. The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to withstand. But things change
when Sila accompanies her mechanic father outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There,
behind an enormous stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won
the state lottery. Their new alliance leads to the rescue of a circus elephant named Veda, and
then to a friendship with an unusual boy named Mateo, proving that comfort and hope come
in the most unlikely of places. A moving story of family separation and the importance of the
connection between animals and humans, this novel has the enormous heart and uplifting
humor that readers have come to expect from the beloved author of Counting by 7s.
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys
It’s 1945 in East Prussia. World War II is drawing to a close as Russian forces overtake the
Germans, and thousands of refugees are on a frantic trek toward freedom. As Joana, Emilia,
and Florian’s paths converge en route to the Wilhelm Gustloff—the former cruise ship that
promises each character’s salvation and future just beyond the Baltic Sea—the three are
forced by circumstance to unite, and with each step toward safety, their strength, courage,
and trust in each other are tested.
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Dear Martin
Nic Stone
Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to
the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighborhood
behind, he can’t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates.
Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. Then Justyce goes
driving with his best friend, and their loud music sparks the fury of a white off-duty cop beside
them. In the media fallout, Justyce comes under attack.
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
One of Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck’s most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the
Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl promises a better life for his
impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed the pearl arouses in his neighbors,
and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy.
This classic novella illustrates the fall from innocence experienced by people who believe
that wealth erases all problems.
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression
chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm
family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land
of California. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s
fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel probes into the very
nature of equality and justice.
WINNER Pulitzer Prize (iction)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression. George is “small
and quick and dark of face”; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child.
Laborers in California’s vegetable fields, they hustle work until they can own an acre of land
and a shack of their own. When their dream seems to be within their grasp, George cannot
guard Lennie from a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie’s unswerving
obedience to the things George taught him.
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The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim
sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call them-
selves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their
spirits and money. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often
tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters.
Gulliver’s ravels
Jonathan Swift
The shipwrecked Lemuel Gulliver wakes on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose
height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encoun-
ters—with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms, and the brutish
Yahoos—give him bitter insights into human behavior. Jonathan Swift’s satire views mankind
as a diminished, magnified, and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromis-
ing reflection of ourselves.
Black Ships Before roy
Rosemar Sutcli
For Greek myth fans, those who can’t get enough of the D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, and
readers who have aged out of Rick Riordan, this classroom staple and mythology classic is
perfect for learning about the ancient myths! Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the
greatest adventure stories of all time and Rosemary Sutcliff’s retelling of the classic saga
embodies all of the astonishing drama, romance, and intrigue of ancient Greece.
WINNER 1994 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Jackpot
Nic Stone
Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas ‘n’ Go, who after school
and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells
a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she
—with some assistance from her popular and wildly rich classmate Zan—can find the ticket
holder who hasn’t claimed the prize. But what happens when have and have-nots collide? Will
this investigative duo unite...or divide? Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of
Dear Martin and Odd One Out, creates two unforgettable characters in one hard-hitting
story about class, money—both too little and too much—and how you make your own luck in
the world.
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Born Behind Bars
Padma Venkatraman
Kabir has been in jail since the day he was born, because his mom is serving time for a crime
she didn’t commit. He’s never met his dad, so the only family he’s got are their cellmates, and
the only place he feels the least bit free is in the classroom, where his kind teacher regales
him with stories of the wonders of the outside world. Then one day a new warden arrives and
announces Kabir is too old to stay. He gets handed over to a long-lost “uncle” who unfortu-
nately turns out to be a fraud, and intends to sell Kabir. So Kabir does the only thing he can
—run away as fast as his legs will take him. How does a boy with nowhere to go and no
connections make his way? Fortunately, he befriends Rani, another street kid, and she takes
him under her wing. But plotting their next move is hard—and fraught with danger—in a world
that cares little for homeless, low caste children. This is not the world Kabir dreamed of—but
he’s discovered he’s not the type to give up. Kabir is ready to show the world that he—and his
mother—deserve a place in it.
Flipped
Wendelin Van Draanen
The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. She says: “My Bryce.
Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and
social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade, just as he’s thinking there’s more to her than
meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. They are each learning to look
beyond the surface of people, both figuring out who they are, who they want to be, and who
they want to be with.
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Mark wain
Tom Canty is a child of the London slums; Edward Tudor is heir to the throne of England. Just
how insubstantial this difference is becomes clear when a chance encounter leads to an
exchange of roles, with the pauper caught up in the folly of the royal court, and the prince
wandering, horror-stricken, through the lower depths of society. Mark Twain fashioned both
a scathing attack on social hypocrisy and an irresistible comedy.
The Adventures of Hucleberr inn
Mark wain
Desperate to escape his abusive father, Huck Finn fakes his death and embarks on a
vagabond life rafting down the Mississippi River with his slave friend Jim. Their travels bring
them into contact with rascals, ruffians, and law-abiding citizens who would as soon see Jim
returned to his owners and Huck to his Pa. Huck and Jim forge a bond that protects them
from the prejudices and bigotry of their time and place, and a society whose rules and
regulations seem as perplexing as they are inflexible.
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker
A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the
lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as
girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time,
distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to
God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich
and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The
Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of
women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery.
Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker’s epic carries readers on a
spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love.
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written
when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family’s history that
began before he was born—a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam—and serves as a
doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable
revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and
her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. This is as much
about the power of telling one’s own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being
heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between dis-
parate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are.
The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important
debut novel of many years.
Slaughterhouse-ive
Kurt Vonnegut
40 years after its initial publication, Slaughterhouse-Five remains Kurt’s most beloved,
impactful work—often assigned by college and high school reading and writing classes. It is a
contemporary Pilgram’s Progress with a hero named curiously enough Billy Pilgrim, who
serves as a chaplain’s assistant in the Second World War, becomes an optometrist after the
war, is kidnapped by a flying saucer from the planet Tralfamadore on his daughter’s wedding
night. And so on.
Candide
rancois Voltaire
Theo Cuffe’s marvelous translation of Voltaire’s satirical masterpiece. With its vibrant new
translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire’s masterpiece belongs in
the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place
in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the naïve Candide, who doggedly
believes that “all is for the best” even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair.
Controversial and entertaining, Candide is a book that is vitally relevant today in our world
pervaded by—as Candide would say—“the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by
no means well.
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Oscar Wilde
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and his life of evil excesses. Though Dorian’s hedonistic indulgences leave no blemish on his
ageless features, the painted portrait imbued with his soul proves a living catalogue of
corruption, revealing in its every new line and lesion the manifold sins he has committed.
Desperate to hide the physical evidence of his unregenerate spirit, Dorian will stop at nothing
to keep his picture’s existence a secret.
The Nickel Boys
Colson Witehead
Set in the early 1960s in a segregated Tallahassee, the young, deeply principled Elwood Curtis
makes an innocent mistake that lands him in a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Acad-
emy, where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials steal
food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear “out back.” Stunned to find
himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold on to Dr. King’s ringing assertion:
“Throw us in jail and we will still love you.” His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive
—that the world is crooked and the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The
tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercus-
sions will echo down the decades. The Nickel Boys is a devastating, riveting narrative that
showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers.
Sag Harbor
Colson Witehead
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel
Boys: a hilarious and supremely original novel set in the Hamptons in the 1980s, “a tender-
hearted coming-of-age story fused with a sharp look at the intersections of race and class”
(The New York Times). Benji Cooper is one of the few Black students at an elite prep school in
Manhattan. But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag Harbor, where a small
community of Black professionals have built a world of their own. The summer of ’85 won’t be
without its usual trials and tribulations, of course. Benji will be tested by contests big and
small, by his misshapen haircut (which seems to have a will of its own), by the New Coke
Tragedy, and by his secret Lite FM addiction. But maybe, just maybe, this summer might be
one for the ages.
The Once and uture King
T. H. Wite
T. H. White’s masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic, and a poignant
story of adventure, romance, and magic that has enchanted readers for generations. Once
upon a time, a young boy called Wart was tutored by the magician Merlyn for a future he
couldn’t imagine. A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights, love a
legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values. A future that would see
him crowned and known for all time.
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Everthing, Everthing
Nicola Yoon
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist—now a major
motion picture starring Amandla Stenberg as Maddy and Nick Robinson as Olly. What if
you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the
sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl
who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and
becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken.
ranly in Love
David Yoon
This smart, romantic, and totally original coming-of-age YA contemporary debut about
a KoreanAmerican teen falling in (and out) of love is perfect for fans of The Sun is Also a
Star, Eleanor & Park, and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Two friends. One fake dating
scheme. What could possibly go wrong? In this moving novel, debut author David
Yoon takes on the question of who am I? with a result that is humorous, heartfelt, and
ultimately unforgettable.
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Richard Wright
Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tor-
tured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes
from custody and flees into the city’s sewer system. This is the devastating premise of this
scorching novel, a masterpiece that Richard Wright was unable to publish in his lifetime. Writ-
ten between his landmark books Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945), at the height of his
creative powers, it would eventually see publication only in drastically condensed and trun-
cated form in the posthumous collection Eight Men (1961). Now, for the first time, by special
arrangement with the author’s estate, the full text of this incendiary novel about race and vi-
olence in America, the work that meant more to Wright than any other (“I have never written
anything in my life that stemmed more from sheer inspiration”), is published in the form that
he intended, complete with his companion essay, “Memories of My Grandmother.” Malcolm
Wright, the author’s grandson, contributes an afterword.
If You Come Softly
Jacqueline Woodson
A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambas-
sador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson. Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin.
That is, when he’s in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he’s going to be attending a
fancy prep school in Manhattan, and Black teenage boys don’t exactly fit in there. So it’s a
surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock,
and after that they know they fit together—even though she’s Jewish and he’s Black. Their
worlds are so different, but to them that’s not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has
to get in their way.
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The Beautiful Strugle (Adapted for Young Adults)
Ta-Nehisi Coates
As a child, TaNehisi Coates was seen by his father, Paul, as too sensitive and lacking
focus. Paul Coates was a Vietnam vet who’d been part of the Black Panthers and was
dedicated to reading and publishing the history of African civilization. When it came to his
sons, he was committed to raising proud Black men equipped to deal with a racist society,
during a turbulent period in the collapsing city of Baltimore where they lived. Coates details
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and the dynamics of his extended family, including his brother “Big Bill,” who was on a very
different path than TaNehisi. Coates also tells of his struggles at school and with girls,
making this a timely story to which many readers will relate.
Yes to Life
Viktor E. ranl
Eleven months after his liberation after he was liberated from the Nazi concentration
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would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience,
and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity. Published here for
the very first time in English, Frankl’s words resonate as strongly today—as the world faces
a coronavirus pandemic, social isolation, and great economic uncertainty—as they did in
1946. He offers an insightful exploration of the maxim “Live as if you were living for the
second time,” and he unfolds his basic conviction that every crisis contains opportunity.
Despite the unspeakable horrors of the camps, Frankl learned from the strength of his
fellow inmates that it is always possible to “say yes to life”—a profound and timeless lesson
for us all.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
What does “feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of this personal,
eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-viewed TEDx talk of the same name—by
the award-winning author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. With humor and levity,
Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century. She shines a light
not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviors that
marginalize women around the world.
The Soul of a Woman
Isabel Allende
“When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,” begins Isabel Allende.
As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small
children without “resources or voice.” Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined
to fight for the life her mother couldn’t have. As a young woman coming of age in the late
1960s, she rode the first wave of feminism. So what feeds the soul of all women—and femi-
nists—today? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be
connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these
fronts, there is much work to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will “light the torch of our
daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our
mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.”
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Nujood Ali
This is the true story of the 10-year-old girl who, with the help of woman lawyer Chandha
Nasser, won a divorce from the man she was forced to marry, defying both Yemeni customs
and her own family. She tells of her husband’s abuse until she slipped away during an errand
and took a taxi to the court building. In Yemen there is a conspiracy of silence about how
almost 50% of girls are married under the legal age. Now Nujood gives other young girls the
courage to stand up to their society’s customs.
uesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom reconnected with his mentor and college professor Morrie in the last months of
the older man’s life to receive wisdom the way he did when he was younger. Knowing he was
dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in
college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class:” lessons in how to live.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch
shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.
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Laurie Halse Anderson
Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about,
and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how
little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published
twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as
timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action
woven between deeply personal stories from her life.
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?
Moustafa Bayoumi
An eye-opening look at how young Arab- and Muslim- Americans are forging lives for
themselves in a country that often mistakes them for the enemy. Moustafa Bayoumi moves
beyond stereotypes and clichés to reveal their often unseen struggles, from being subjected
to government surveillance to the indignities of workplace discrimination. Through it all,
these young men and women persevere through triumphs and setbacks as they help weave
the tapestry of a new society that is, at its heart, purely American.
WINNER Arab American Book Award
The ire Next ime
James Baldwin
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation
and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful
evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the conse-
quences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It
consists of two letters, on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort
Black and white Americans to attack the terrible legacy of racism.
I Know Wy the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou shone a light on the hardships of the rural South with vivid prose that captured
the very dust of the landscape and the deepest despair of residents victimized by Jim Crow-
era oppression. And yet, against this backdrop, she explored the depth of family strength and
wisdom—the very essence of her own perseverance and transcendence—through the words
of her larger-than-life grandmother, brother, and mother. This is a remarkable testimony to
the resilience of the human spirit.
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Bonnie and Clyde
Karen Blumenthal
Immortalized in movies, songs, and pop culture references, Bonnie and Clyde are remem-
bered mostly for their storied romance and tragic deaths. But what was life really like for Clyde
Barrow and Bonnie Parker in the early 1930s? How did two dirt-poor teens from west Texas
morph from vicious outlaws to legendary couple? Award-winning author Karen Blumenthal
devoted months to tracing the footsteps of Bonnie and Clyde, unearthing new information
and debunking many persistent myths.
A Few Seconds of Radiant ilmstrip
Kevin Brockmeier
At age twelve, Kevin Brockmeier is ready to become a different person: not the boy he has
always been—the one who cries too easily and laughs too easily, who lives in an otherland of
sparkling daydreams and imaginary catastrophes—but someone else altogether. Over the
course of one school year—seventh grade—he sets out in search of himself. Along the way,
he happens into his first kiss at a church party, struggles to understand why some of his
old friends bully him, becomes the talk of the entire school thanks to his Halloween costume,
and booby-traps his lunch to deter a thief. With the same deep feeling and oddly dreamlike
precision that are the hallmarks of his fiction, the acclaimed novelist now explores the dream
of his own past and recovers the person he used to be.
A Long Way Home
Saroo Brierley
An award-winning motion picture starring Dev Patel, Priyanka Bose, Nicole Kidman, and
Rooney Mara. 5-year-old Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India and survived alone on the
Calcutta streets before being adopted by an Australian couple. Despite his gratitude, Brierley
always wondered about his origins. Eventually he found familar Google Earth images and set
off to find his family. A moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph
against incredible odds that celebrates hope.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo
As India begins to prosper, the residents of Annawadi, a makeshift settlement near the Mum-
bai airport, are electric with hope. Even the poorest among them feel themselves inching
closer to good lives. But when Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy, suppressed
tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy escalate. As the true contours of
an unequal, desperately competitive market city are revealed, so too are the resilience and
ingenuity of the people of Annawadi.
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The Line Becomes a River
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For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a
Mexican immigrant, raised him in the Southwest scrublands. When an immigrant friend travels
to Mexico to visit his dying mother and does not return, Cantú discovers that the border has
migrated with him, and now he must know the whole story. Searing and unforgettable, The
Line Becomes a River goes behind the headlines, making urgent and personal the violence
our border wreaks on both sides of the line.
Quiet
Susan Cain
One-third of the people we know are introverts. Quiet has the power to permanently change
how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves. Susan Cain explores
research on the biology and psychology of temperament and outlines practical skills that can
benefit nearly all of us, including how to network if you hate small talk, how to modulate your
personality according to circumstance, and how to empower introverted children.
A Walk in the Woods
Bill Brson
Bestselling Bill Bryson is back with a hilarious and unpredictable adventure from the
Appalachian Trail, which covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic
mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the
trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a
couple of bears. Already a classic, this will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least
a comfortable chair to sit and read in).
The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown
The portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one
extraordinary young man’s personal quest for self-respect and acceptance, set against the
mid 1930s when tens of millions lost their livelihoods and hope was elusive. Joe Rantz’s story
is emblematic of his generation’s movement from individual hopelessness and despair—from
being literally without home or security of any sort—through the terrible trials and harsh
realities of the decade, to victory.
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
At every stage of his life, TaNehisi Coates has sought in history answers to the mysteries that
surrounded him—most urgently, the mystery of race, an abstract concept that put the safety
of him and the people he loved the most, including his son, in constant jeopardy. In a mix of
lyrical personal narrative, reimagined history, essayistic argument, and reportage he provides
a thrillingly illuminating new framework for understanding race: its history, our contemporary
dilemma, and where we go from here.
AWARD 2015 National Book Award
Monkey King
Wu Cheng’en
A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Sun Wukong, or Monkey King, is
one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. But when he raids Heaven’s Or-
chard of Immortal Peaches and gorges himself on the elixirs of the gods, the Buddha pins
him beneath a mountain, freeing him only for a chance to redeem himself: He is to protect the
pious monk Tripitaka on his fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist
sutras. Joined by two other fallen immortalsPigsy, a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears,
and Sandy, a depressive man-eating river-sand monsterMonkey King undergoes eighty-
one trials: doing battle with all manner of dragons, wizards, and femmes fatales; navigating
the perils of FireCloud Cave, the River of Flowing Sand, and the WaterCrystal Palace; and
being serially captured, lacquered, sauteed, steamed, and liquefied, but always hatching an
ingenious plan to get himself and his fellow pilgrims out of their latest jam. With this new
translation, the irrepressible rogue hero of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese
literature has the potential to vault, with his signature cloud-somersault and unerring sense
for fun, into the hearts of millions.
In Cold Blood
ruman Capote
The most famous true crime novel of all time and one of the first non-fiction novels ever
written; In Cold Blood is the bestseller that haunted its author long after he finished writing it.
As Capote reconstructs the murder of four members of the Clutter family and the investiga-
tion that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing
suspense and astonishing empathy. This is a work that transcends its moment, yielding
poignant insights into the nature of American violence.
Family in Six Tones
Lan Cao
In 1975, thirteen-year-old Lan Cao boarded an airplane in Saigon and got off in a world
where she faced hosts she had not met before, a language she didn’t speak, and food she
didn’t recognize, with the faint hope that she would be able to go home soon. Lan fought her
way through confusion, and racism, to become a successful lawyer and novelist. Four
decades later, she faced the biggest challenge in her life: raising her daughter Harlan—half
Vietnamese by birth and 100 percent American teenager by inclination. In their lyrical joint
memoir, told in alternating voices, mother and daughter cross ages and ethnicities to tackle
the hardest questions about assimilation, aspiration, and family. Through explosive fights
and painful setbacks, mother and daughter search for a way to accept the past and face
the future together.
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Robin DiAngelo
Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white
fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors includ-
ing argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial
equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration,
DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we
can do to engage more constructively.
Evicted
Matthew Desmond
Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. Today most poor
renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has
become ordinary, especially for single mothers. Desmond provides a ground-level view of
one of this urgent issue. As families are forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more
dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of inequality—and to people’s
determination and intelligence in the face of hardship.
WINNER 2017 Pulitzer Prize (Non-iction)
Taking Flight: rom War Orphan to Star Ballerina
Michaela DePrince
Michaela DePrince was born in war-torn Sierra Leone and sent to the orphanage, where she
was tormented as a “devil child” for a skin condition called vitilgo that makes her skin appear
spotted. But she is now the youngest principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. In
this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela, with the help of her adoptive
mother Elaine, shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in west Africa to becoming one of
ballet’s most exciting rising stars.
The Beautiful Strugle
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Coates grew up in the crack-and-blood-soaked 1980’s in America’s murder capital, Baltimore,
with a highly eccentric father: Paul Coates, a larger-than-life Vietnam Vet, Black Panther, and
polygamous Afrocentric scholar whose mission was to sprint his rambunctious brood across
the deadly minefield of adolescence and into college. This is the story of a family of daring
improvisers, the myths that sustained them in a dark age, and the eternal struggle for peace
between fathers and sons.
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unny in Farsi
iroozeh Dumas
For fans of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this New York Times bestseller chronicles the American
journey of Dumas’s wonderfully engaging family. In a series of deftly drawn scenes, we watch
the family grapple with American English (hot dogs and hush puppies?), American traditions
(Thanksgiving turkey that tastes like nothing?), and American culture (Bob Hope on televi-
sion?). Above all, this is an unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family
love. It is a book that will leave us all laughing—without an accent.
WINNER School Librar Journal Adult Books for Young Adults
Walk Toward the Rising Sun
Ger Duany
In 1980s Sudan, Ger Duany’s village was attacked by the North Sudanese military, death took
his loved ones away, and being a child soldier was not what he thought it would be. In 1990s
America, he sought refuge without his family. It wasn’t long before he was thrown into the
spotlight for basketball, modeling, and acting. Yet he battled the effects of PTSD, resisted the
siren call of the excesses of fame, and endured racism. Amid fame, trauma, and the memory
of home, can this lost boy find himself?
This Is Wat I Know About Art
Kimberly Drew
Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today’s leading activ-
ists and artists. In this installment, arts writer and co-editor of Black Futures Kimberly Drew
shows us that art and protest are inextricably linked. Drawing on her personal experience
through art toward activism, Drew challenges us to create space for the change that we want
to see in the world. Because there really is so much more space than we think.
Narrative of the Life of rederick Douglass
rederick Douglass
Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It
was a crime punishable by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of
slavery every recorded. Written more than a century and a half ago by this AfricanAmerican
who went on to become a famous orator and leader of his people, this timeless classic still
speaks directly to our age. It is a record of savagery and inhumanity that goes far to explain
why America still suffers from the great injustices of the past.
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Anne rank
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable
diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent
testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a 13-year-old Jewish
girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding in the secret annex of
an old office building for two years until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo.
ranci’s War
ranci Rabinek Epstein
The engrossing memoir of a spirited and glamorous young fashion designer who survived
World War ll, with an afterword by her daughter, Helen Epstein. In the summer of 1942, 22-year-
old Franci Rabine arrived at Terezin, a concentration camp in Prague. She lied to Dr. Mengele
at an Auschwitz selection, saying she was an electrician, an occupation that both endangered
and saved her life. This is her intense, candid, and sometimes funny account of those dark
years, with the women prisoners in her tight-knit circle of friends.
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
The updated edition of the book that has changed millions of lives with its insights into the
growth mindset. World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck intro-
duces us to the power of mindset by showing how success is influenced by how we think
about our talents and abilities. She also expands the concept beyond the individual, applying
it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those
you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.
Laughing Without an Accent
iroozeh Dumas
New York Times bestselling author Dumas mines her rich Persian heritage, sharing stories
both tender and humorous on being a citizen of the world, on her well-meaning family, and
on amusing cultural conundrums, all told with insights into the universality of the human
condition. With dry wit and a bold spirit, Dumas puts her own unique mark on the themes of
family, community, and tradition. Droll and moving, this shows how our differences can unite
us—and provides indelible proof that Dumas is a humorist of the highest order.
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Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand
#1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Unbroken. A universal underdog story about
the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend. Seabiscuit was one of the most
electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the
world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a
surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse
with the sad tail.
Ordinar Hazards
Niki Grimes
Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father,
Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster
family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a
piece of paper late one night and discovered the magic and impact of writing. In this accessi-
ble and inspiring memoir , Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the
hazards of her life.
Bronx Masquerade
Niki Grimes
When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, his classmates clamor
to read their poems aloud too. Soon they’re having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one,
the 18 students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation. Through
the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about
themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind
the eyes, beyond the masquerade.
Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
In the 1920s, the richest people in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma
after oil was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off.
In this last remnant of the Wild West, a former Texas Ranger named Tom White put together
an undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau, to
unravel the mystery. The team infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage they began
to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
FINALIST 2017 National Book Award
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Brian Jay Jones
Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. His work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods
of our own children. Theodor Geisel, however, was a complicated man, who introduced
generations to the wonders of reading while teaching young people about empathy and how
to treat others well. Coming right off the heels of his multiple book-of-the-month and -year
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as a master biographer of the creative geniuses of our times.
Between wo Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad
At twenty-two-years old Suleika was diagnosed with leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of
survival. When Suleika finally walked out of the hospital—after three and a half years of chemo,
a clinical trial, and a bone marrow transplant—she was, according to the doctors, “cured.” But
as she would soon learn, a cure is not where the work of healing ends; it’s where it begins.
Suleika embarked—with her new best friend, Oscar, a scruffy terrier mutt—on a 100-day,
15,000-mile road trip across the country. She set out to meet some of the strangers who had
written to her during her years in the hospital: a teenage girl in Florida also recovering from
cancer; a teacher in California grieving the death of her son; a death row inmate in Texas who
had also spent years confined in a room. What she learned on this trip is that the divide between
the sick and the well doesn’t really exist. It is porous, and the vast majority of us will travel back
and forth between these realms throughout our lives. Between Two Kingdoms is a profound
chronicle of survivorship and a fierce, inspiring exploration of what it means to begin again.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs
Despite being born into slavery, Linda Brent enjoys a happy childhood—until the deaths of
her parents and kind mistress leave her an orphan and the property of the lascivious Dr. Flint.
When he threatens to sell her children unless she submits to unwaned advances, Linda
hatches a desperate plan to escape, working to secure her children’s freedom as well as her
own. Using the character Linda Brent to narrate her own life story, Harriet Ann Jacobs reveals
the unparalleled struggles of an enslaved woman.
Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)
Laura Hillenbrand
On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean,
leaving young lieutenant Louis Zamperini struggling to a life raft. As a teenager, he had
channeled his defiance into running, a talent that carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But
when war came, he became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight.
Zamperini would respond to desperation with ingenuity, suffering with hope and humor,
brutality with rebellion.
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The Stor of My Life
Helen Keller
When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf.
Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps
—with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan—is one of the great stories of human
courage and dedication. Completely devoid of self-pity, yet full of love and compassion for
others, this deeply moving memoir offers an unforgettable portrait of one of the outstanding
women of the twentieth century.
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she’d never seen before, 18-year-old Susanna
Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years
in the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele—
Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles—as for its progressive methods of
treating those who could afford its sanctuary. A clear-sighted, unflinching document that
gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness
and recovery.
WINNER YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
Wen Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
At the age of 36, on the verge of a completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon,
Paul Kalanithi’s health began to falter: he had stage four lung cancer, widely disseminated.
With incredible literary quality, philosophical acuity, and medical authority, he approaches
the questions raised by facing mortality from the dual perspective of the neurosurgeon who
spent a decade meeting patients in the twilight between life and death, and the terminally ill
patient who suddenly found himself living in that liminality.
Man and His Symbols
C. G. Jung
Here, Jung examines the full world of the unconscious, whose language he believed to be
the symbols constantly revealed in dreams. Convinced that dreams offer practical advice,
sent from the unconscious to the conscious self, Jung felt that self-understanding would
lead to a full and productive life. Thus, the reader will gain new insights into himself from this
thoughtful volume, which also illustrates symbols throughout history.
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into
the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, Christopher Johnson McCandless’
decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unfor-
gettable story of Into the Wild. Krakauer brings McCandless’s uncompromising pilgrimage
out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young
man are illuminated with a rare understanding.
WINNER YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston
In her award-winning book The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston explores how the
fierce and wily women warriors of her mother’s tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of
female oppression out of which they come. Kingston’s sense of self emerges in the mystifying
gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she
forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new under-
standing of her family’s past and her own present.
WINNER 1976 National Book Critics Circle Awards
WINNER 1978 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Wy We Can’t Wait
Martin Luther King
In this remarkable book, Dr. King recounts the struggle for civil rights in segregated
Birmingham, Alabama, assessing the work to be done beyond Birmingham to bring about full
equality for African Americans. He offers an eloquent and penetrating analysis of the events
and pressures that propelled the Civil Rights movement from lunch counter sit-ins and prayer
marches to the forefront of American consciousness. Since its publication in the 1960s, Why
We Can’t Wait has been an indisputable classic.
How to Be an Antiracist
Iram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial
justice in America—but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of
thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think
about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building
it. In this book, Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science,
bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism.
How to Be an Antiracist is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness
of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society.
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The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Widely acknowledged as Machiavelli’s defining work, The Prince is an innovative and rich
treatise marked by his political theories and the principles of leadership. Based upon his own
experiences witnessing “the actions of great men” and the often immoral aspects that come
with power, Machiavelli encouraged ambition amongst leaders—which was a break from the
philosophy of other contemporary thinkers. The Prince identifies the aims of powerful lead-
ers, which can help to justify the use of largely immoral means in their methods.
Winter Pasture
Li Juan
Li Juan and her mother own a small convenience store in the Altai Mountains in Northwestern
China, where she writes about her life among grasslands and snowy peaks. To her neighbors’
surprise, Li decides to join a family of Kazakh herders as they take their 30 boisterous camels,
500 sheep and over 100 cattle and horses to pasture for the winter. In the signature style that
made her an international sensation, Li Juan transcends the travel memoir genre to deliver
an indelible and immersive reading experience on every page.
Half the Sk
Nicholas D. Kristof
From Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, a passionate call to arms
against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in
the developing world. Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies
in unleashing women’s potential. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experi-
ence, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope.
WINNER 2009 Dayton Literar Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
An Academy Award in Literature winner. A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-
distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt.
Everest, saw nothing that “suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.” He was
wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer’s—
in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer’s epic
account of the May 1996 disaster.
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This
is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come true. Her luminous
tale offers a fascinating portrait of the IranIraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare
glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. It is a work of great passion
and poetic beauty, written with a startlingly original voice.
The Other Wes Moore
Wes Moore
Two boys named Wes Moore lived in the same neighborhood of the same American city.
One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and a top young busi-
ness leader—the other is serving a life sentence in prison. Through an unlikely friendship, the
two Wes’s discovered all of the similarities in their stories, and also the dramatic points of
inflection—involving incidents of sudden violence, luck, uninformed choices, and powerful
mentors—where their stories fatefully diverged.
Born to Run
Christopher McDougall
Isolated by Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the
ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning
journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets.
He takes readers from Harvard science labs to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks
across North America, where ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally,
to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America’s best ultra-runners against
the tribe.
Chinese Cinderella
Adeline Yen Mah
Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate
triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline’s powerful family considers her bad luck
after her mother dies giving birth to her. When her father remarries Adeline and her siblings
are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are
spoiled. Though Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for the love
of her family.
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Dreams from My Father
Barack Obama
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a
white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It
takes former President Barack Obama from New York, where learns that his father has been
killed in a car accident to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his
mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family,
confronts the bitter truth of his father’s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
Born a Crime
revor Noah
Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, is one of comedy’s brightest voices. He
was born a crime, the son of a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at a time when
such a union was punishable by five years in prison. This is the story of a mischievous young
boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he
was never supposed to exist. These interwoven stories are equally the story of Trevor’s fear-
less, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—a woman determined to save her son from the
cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that ultimately threatens her own life.
Left for Dead
Peter Nelson
For fans of sea battles and war stories like Unbroken, this is the true story of 11-year-old Hunter,
who helps to bring closure to the survivors of the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and
helps exonerate the ship’s captain fifty years later. The United States Navy did not know the
ship was missing and scapegoated the captain for the disaster. Hunter’s history fair project
on the Indianapolis soon became a crusade to restore the captain’s good name and the honor
of the men who served under him.
WINNER 2003 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
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Sonia Nazario
Adapted for young people, this is the true story of Enrique, a teenager from Honduras, who
sets out on a journey, braving hardship and peril, to find his mother, who had no choice but to
leave him when he was a child and go to the United States in search of work. Enrique’s story
will bring to light the daily struggles of migrants, legal and otherwise, and the complicated
choices they face simply trying to survive and provide for the basic needs of their families.
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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Irene Gut Opdyke
Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, In My Hands has become a profound testament to individ-
ual courage. When the war began, Irene Gut was just seventeen: a student nurse, a Polish
patriot, a good Catholic girl. Forced to work in a German officers’ dining hall, she learns how
to fight back. Irene eavesdropped on the Germans’ plans. She smuggled people out of the
work camp. And she hid twelve Jews in the basement of a Nazi major’s home. To deliver her
friends from evil, this young woman did whatever it took—even the impossible.
FINALIST PEN USA West Award for iction
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers
Michelle Obama
Michelle Robinson was born on the South Side of Chicago. From her modest beginnings, she
would become Michelle Obama, the inspiring and powerful First Lady of the United States,
when her husband, Barack Obama, was elected the forty-fourth president. In this volume
she shares her views on how all young people can help themselves as well as help others,
no matter their status in life. She asks readers to realize that no one is perfect, and that the
process of becoming is what matters, as finding yourself is ever evolving. In telling her story
with boldness, she asks young readers: Who are you, and what do you want to become?
Becoming
Michelle Obama
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites
readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood
on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of mother-
hood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty
and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private,
telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms.
WINNER NCP Image Award for Outstanding Literar Work
Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults)
Barack Obama
A revealing portrait of a young Black man asking questions about self-discovery and belong-
ing—long before he became one of the most important voices in America. This unique edition
includes a new introduction from the author, full-color photo insert, and family tree. The son
of a white American mother and a Black Kenyan father, Obama was born in Hawaii and lived
in Indonesia. Told through the lens of his relationships with his family—the mother and
grandparents who raised him, the father he knows more as a myth than as a man, and the
extended family in Kenya he meets for the first timeObama confronts the complicated truth
of his father’s life and legacy and comes to embrace his divided heritage. On his journey to
adulthood from a humble background, he forges his own path through trial and error while
staying connected to his roots. Barack Obama is determined to lead a life of purpose, service,
and authenticity. This powerful memoir will inspire readers to examine both where they come
from and where they are capable of going.
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Salt in My Soul
Mallor Smith
Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of three, Mallory Smith was determined to “live
happy,” a mantra she followed until her death. Mallory worked hard to make the most of the
limited time she had, graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford, becoming a CF advocate,
and embarking on a career as a writer. Mallory recorded her thoughts and observations,
including the struggles and feelings she found too personal to share during her life, for
more than ten years, leaving instructions for her mother to publish her work posthumously.
She hoped that her writing would offer insight to people living with, or loving someone with,
chronic illness.
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders
In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic
Russian short stories he’s been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious
Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov,
Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction
works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches
each of these stories technically yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative
functions; why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock virtues a
writer must foster. For the process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is as much a craft as it is
a quality of openness and a willingness to see the world through new eyes.
An Ordinar Man
Paul Rusesabagina
Readers who were moved and horrified by Hotel Rwanda will respond even more intensely
to Paul Rusesabagina’s unforgettable autobiography. As Rwanda was thrown into chaos
during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles
Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off
their would-be killers with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man,
he tells the story of his childhood and retraces his accidental path to heroism.
Hunger of Memor
Richard Rodriguez
Hunger of Memory is the story of MexicanAmerican Richard Rodriguez, who begins his
schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his
university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum. Here is the
poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and
academic success with a painful alienation—from his past, his parents, his culture—and so
describes the high price of “making it” in middle-class America.
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John Steinbeck
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines
with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the
way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American
loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.
Outcasts United
Warren St. John
This young-people’s version of the adult bestseller, Outcasts United: An American Town, a
Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference, is a complex and inspirational
story about the Fugees, a youth soccer team in Clarkston, Georgia, made up of diverse
refugees from around the world, and their formidable female coach, Luma Mufleh.
The Duel
Judith St. George
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr led parallel lives. Both were orphaned at an early age,
were brilliant students who studied law in college, were young staff officers under General
George Washington, and became war heroes before serving in the newly formed US govern-
ment. Why did they each other in a duel that ended with death for one and shame for the
other? This lively biography, told in alternating chapters, brings to life complex men.
A Paradise Built in Hell
Rebecca Solnit
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit,
is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy
reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work
that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of al-
truism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster’s grief and disruption and
considers their implications for everyday life.
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
David reuer
Melding history with reportage and memoir, Treuer traces the Native American tribes’ distinc-
tive cultures from first contact, exploring how the depredations of each era spawned new
modes of survival: the devastating seizures of land, forced assimilation of their children at
government-run boarding schools, conscription in the US military, and the pull of urban
life brought Indians into the mainstream. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is the essential,
intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era.
Walden and Civil Disobedience
Henr David Thoreau
In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden
Pond in Massachusetts. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity,
Thoreau reaped from the land both physically and mentally, and pursued truth in the quiet of
nature. In Walden, he explains how separating oneself from the world of men can truly awaken
the sleeping self. These simple but profound musings have inspired many to embrace his
philosophy of individualism and love of nature.
Wild
Cherl Strayed
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s
death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with
nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or
training, driven only by blind will, she would hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert
through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone.
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
Bran Stevenson
In this very personal work—adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New York Times
calls “as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so”—renowned lawyer
and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully
imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom as the founder of the Equal Justice
Initiative. Stevenson’s story is one of working to protect basic human rights for the most
vulnerable people in American society. Through this adaptation, young people of today will
find themselves called to action and compassion in the pursuit of justice.
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MALCOLM X
In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X,
the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life
and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and
limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-
white citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues
of our own time. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America.
Educated
Tara Westover
An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist
family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. Born to survivalists, Tara Westover
was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated that there was no
one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older
brother became violent. When another brother got into college, Tara’s quest for knowledge led
her to Harvard and Cambridge University.
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reedom Summer For Young People
Bruce Watson
In the summer of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over, the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent over 700 college students to Mississippi to help Black
Americans already battling for democracy, their dignity and the right to vote. The campaign
was called “Freedom Summer.” But on the evening after volunteers arrived, three young civil
rights workers went missing, presumed victims of the Ku Klux Klan. In the days and weeks that
followed, volunteers and local black activists faced intimidation, threats, and violence from
white people who didn’t believe African Americans should have the right to vote.
Beautiful Countr
Qian Julie Wang
In Chinese the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet
when seven-year-old Qian arrives in 1994, she finds the roads paved not with gold, but
instead crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her
family is considered illegal. In New York City, Qian’s parents work in sweatshops and sushi
factories. Her mother, her sole confidant, is too sick to get out of bed, but going to the doctor
isn’t an option. And most distressing of all to the outgoing and precocious Qian: the number
one rule in America is that she must go unnoticed, or risk losing everything. Searing and
unforgettable, Beautiful Country is memoir at its best. Channeling her childhood perspective,
Wang illuminates an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of
invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light.
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Be Mindful and Stress Less
Gina Biegel
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The Motorcycle Diaries
Ernesto Che Guevara
The Motorcycle Diaries is Che Guevara’s diary of his journey to discover the continent of
Latin America while still a medical student, setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton
motorcycle together with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist. It captures, arguably as
much as any book ever written, the exuberance and joy of one person’s youthful belief in
the possibilities of humankind tending towards justice, peace and happiness. After the
release in 2004 of the exhilarating film of the same title, directed by Walter Salles, the book
became a New York Times and international bestseller. This edition includes a new intro-
duction by Walter Salles and an array of new material that was assembled for the 2004
edition coinciding with the release of the film, including 24 pages of previously unpublished
photos taken by Che, notes and comments by his wife, Aleida Guevara March, and an
extensive introduction by the distinguished Cuban author, Cintio Vitier.
How to Be a Stoic
Robert Dobbin
How can we cope when life’s events seem beyond our control? These words of consola-
tion and inspiration from the three great Stoic philosophersEpictetus, Seneca and
Marcus Aurelius—offer ancient wisdom on how to face life’s adversities and live well in the
world. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed
the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and
revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched
lives—and upended them. Now Penguin brings you a new set of the acclaimed Great Ideas,
a curated library of selections from the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and
visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
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Pure Invention
Matt Alt
In the 1970s and ‘80s, Japan seemed to exist in some near future, soaring on the superior
technology of Sony and Toyota while the West struggled to catch up. Then a catastrophic
1990 stock-market crash ushered in the “lost decades” of deep recession and social dysfunc-
tion. The end of the boom times should have plunged Japan into irrelevance, but that’s pre-
cisely when its cultural clout soared—when, once again, Japan got to the future a little ahead
of the rest of us. Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and entertainment empires
like Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits. Artfully packaged, dangerously cute, and
dizzyingly fun, these products made Japan the forge of the world’s fantasies, and gave us new
tools for coping with trying times.
How Iceland Changed the World
Egill Bjarnason
The history of Iceland began 1,200 years ago, when a frustrated Viking captain and his useless
navigator ran aground in the middle of the North Atlantic. Suddenly, the island was no longer
just a layover for the Arctic tern. Instead, it became a nation whose diplomats and musicians,
sailors and soldiers, volcanoes and flowers, quietly altered the globe forever. How Iceland
Changed the World takes readers on a tour of history, showing them how Iceland played a
pivotal role in events as diverse as the French Revolution, the Moon Landing, and the founda-
tion of Israel. Again and again, one humble nation has found itself at the frontline of historic
events, shaping the world as we know it, How Iceland Changed the World paints a lively
picture of just it all happened.
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
Jennifer Armstrong
In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt to become
the first team of explorers to cross Antarctica from one side to the other. Five months later
and still 100 miles from land, their ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice.
WINNER 2000 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
wilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum
From the US to Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege while different forms of
authoritarianism are on the rise. In Twilight of Democracy, prize-winning historian Anne Ap-
plebaum argues that we should not be surprised by this change: there is an inherent appeal
to political systems with radically simple beliefs, especially when they benefit the loyal to the
exclusion of everyone else. Describing politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and others who
have abandoned democratic ideals in the UK, US, Spain, Poland, and Hungary, Applebaum
reveals the patterns that link the new advocates of illiberalism and charts how they use con-
spiracy theory, political polarization, social media, and nostalgia to change their societies.
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Three Ordinar Girls
im Brady
May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it’s
entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of
Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen
who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad. In telling this
true story through the lens of a fearlessly unique trio of freedom fighters, Tim Brady offers a
little-known perspective of the Dutch resistance during the war. Of lives under threat; of how
these courageous young women became involved in the underground; and of how their
dedication evolved into dangerous, life-threatening missions on behalf of Dutch patriots—
regardless of the consequences.
Central America’s Forgotten Histor
Aviva Chomsk
At the center of the current immigration debate are migrants from Central America fleeing
poverty, corruption, and violence in search of refuge in the United States. In Central America’s
Forgotten History, Aviva Chomsky answers the urgent question “How did we get here?”
Centering the centuries-long intertwined histories of US expansion and Indigenous and
Central American struggles against inequality and oppression, Chomsky highlights the
pernicious cycle of colonial and neocolonial development policies that promote cultures of
violence and forgetting without any accountability or restorative reparations. Chomsky also
examines how and why histories and memories are suppressed, and the impact of losing
historical memory. Only by erasing history can we claim that Central American countries
created their own poverty and violence, while the United States’ enjoyment and profit from
their bananas, coffee, mining, clothing, and export of arms are simply unrelated curiosities.
Conquistadores
Fernando Cerantes
In Conquistadores, acclaimed Mexican historian Fernando Cervantes—himself a descendent
of one of the conquistadors—cuts through the layers of myth and fiction to help us better
understand the context that gave rise to the conquistadors’ actions. Drawing upon previously
untapped primary sources that include diaries, letters, chronicles, and polemical treatises,
Cervantes immerses us in the late-medieval, imperialist, religious world of 16th-century
Spain, a world as unfamiliar to us as the Indigenous peoples of the New World were to the
conquistadors themselves. His thought-provoking, illuminating account reframes the story
of the Spanish conquest of the New World and the half-century that irrevocably altered the
course of history.
Xuanzang
Benjamin Brose
In the fall of 629, Xuanzang (600-662), a twenty-nine-year-old Buddhist monk, left China to
begin an epic pilgrimage across the country, through the deserts of Central Asia, and into
India. Over the course of nearly seventeen years, he walked thousands of miles and visited
hundreds of Buddhist monasteries and monuments. He studied with the leading teachers of
his day and compiled a written account of his travels that remains a priceless record of pre-
modern Indian history, religion, and culture. This transmission of Indian Buddhist teachings
to China, made possible by Xuanzang’s unparalleled vision and erudition, was a landmark
moment in the history of East Asian Buddhism.
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Lifting as We Climb
Evette Dionne
For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-open-
ing book that tells the important, overlooked story of Black women as a force in the suffrage
movement—when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle.
Women of color, especially African American women, were fighting for their right to vote and
to be treated as full, equal citizens of the United States.
Collapse
Jared Diamond
In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the PulitzerPrize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author
explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the
conditions for the collapse of civilization. Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of
catastrophe, and weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating
historical-cultural narratives.
Che Guevara Reader
David Deutschmann
Widely revered as a true revolutionary, this collection of writings from Ernesto “Che” Guevara
highlight his principled politics and praxis in the fight against capitalism and US imperialism.
Incisive speeches, critical essays, and personal letters not only serve as a primer of the
Cuban revolutionary movement, but also analyze the importance of practicing international
solidarity, reflect on violent resistance, and explicate the dangerous failures of capitalism.
Accompanied by an extensive bibliography of Guevara’s writing, a timeline of his life, and an
all-encompassing glossary of individuals, organizations, and publications.
Until the World Shatters
Daniel Combs
In Myanmar, where civil war, repressive government, and the $40 billion a year jade industry
have shaped life for decades, everyone is fighting for their own version of the truth. In the
bustling city of Yangon we meet Phoe Wa, a young photojournalist pursuing his dream at a
time when the government is jailing reporters and nationalist voices are on the rise. In
Myanmar’s far north, we meet Bum Tsit who is caught between the insurgent army his family
supports and the business and military leaders his career depends on. His attempt to get
rich quickly leads him to Myanmar’s biggest, worst kept secret: the connection between the
jade industry and the longest running war in the world. Until the World Shatters weaves Phoe
Wa and Bum Tsit’s stories to reveal a larger portrait of Myanmar’s history, politics, and people
in a time and place where public trust has disappeared.
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The Family Romanov:
Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Candace Fleming
When Tsar Nicholas II inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. Along with his
reclusive wife Alexandra and their four daughters and only son, a hemophiliac, the Romanovs
buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World War I raged outside their door
and political unrest grew.
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The Square and the Tower
Niall Ferguson
Throughout history, hierarchies housed in high towers have claimed to rule, but often real
power has resided in the networks in the town square below. From the cults of ancient Rome
to the founding fathers to Facebook, The Square and the Tower tells the story of the rise, fall,
and rise of networks, and shows how network theory can transform our understanding of
both the past and the present.
The Pursuit of Power
Richard J. Evans
Richard Evans, master chronicler of the Third Reich, returns with a lively new addition to the
acclaimed Penguin History of Europe series, covering the period from the fall of Napoleon to
the outbreak of World War I. A 99-year period of enormous social and political change,
Evans’s absorbing narrative traverses the crumbling of Spanish, Ottoman, and Mughal em-
pires and the rise of British imperial ambition, violent revolution in Spain, and the unification
of both Germany and Italy.
Cafe Europa Revisited
Slavenka Drakulic
An immigrant with a parrot in Stockholm, a photo of a girl in Lviv, a sculpture of Alexander the
Great in Skopje, a memorial ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the Soviet–led army inva-
sion of Prague: these are a few glimpses of life in Eastern Europe today. Three decades after
the Velvet Revolution, Slavenka Drakulic, the author of Cafe Europa and A Guided Tour of the
Museum Of Communism, takes a look at what has changed and what has remained the same
in the region in her daring new essay collection. These pieces of political reportage dive into
the reality of a Europe still deeply divided by totalitarianism and democracy.
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On Grand Strate
John Lewis Gaddis
For almost two decades, Yale students have competed for admission each year to the
“Studies in Grand Strategy” seminar taught by John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy, and Charles
Hill. Its purpose has been to prepare future leaders for responsibilities they will face, through
lessons drawn from history and the classics. Now, PulitzerPrize winning historian Gaddis has
distilled that teaching into a succinct, sharp, and transformational book, surveying statecraft
from Xerxes of Persia to Franklin D. Roosevelt and beyond.
The Silk Roads
Peter rankopan
It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade
and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures, and religions, and it was the appetites
for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. Peter Frankopan
realigns the world, orienting us eastward, and illuminating how even the rise of the West five
hundred years ago resulted from its efforts to gain access to and control of these Eurasian
trading networks.
Man’s Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition
Viktor E. ranl
Man’s Search for Meaning has long riveted readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death
camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. This new YA edition brings a beloved classic to a
new generation of readers, offering a universal tribute to coping with suffering and finding
one’s purpose. A Young Reader’s Edition will help readers ages 12-18 grasp Frankl’s enduring
lessons on perseverance and strength with clarity and depth.
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor E. ranl
Viktor Frankl’s riveting account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps, and his insight-
ful exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of the worst adversity, has offered
solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. At the heart
of Frankl’s theory is a conviction that the primary human drive is the discovery and pursuit of
what the individual finds meaningful.
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The Lost City of Z
David Grann
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in
search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to
find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece of
narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s
quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest explora-
tion mystery of the twentieth century.
As Long as Grass Grows
Dina Gilio-Witaker
Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and
activist Dina GilioWhitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food
and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leader-
ship of Indigenous women in this centuries-long struggle.
The uture Is Histor
Masha Gessen
In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be
the dawn of democracy. Gessen charts their paths against the machinations of the regime
that would crush them all, and against the war it waged on understanding itself, which
ensured the unobstructed reemergence of the old Soviet order in the form of today’s terrify-
ing and seemingly unstoppable mafia state.
The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis
Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis
Gaddis explains not just what happened butwhy—from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and
the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban
Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev.
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Carnage and Culture
Victor Davis Hanson
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times—from Salamis, where out-
numbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico to the
Tet offensiveVictor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most
lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world.
The 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones
The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if
we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing
a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric
and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is
sometimes referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s
very origin.The 1619 Project tells this new origin story, placing the consequences of slavery and
the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story we tell ourselves about who we
are as a country. Orchestrated by the editors of The New York Times Magazine, led by MacArthur
“genius” and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole HannahJones, this collection of essays
shows how the tendrils of 1619—of slavery and resistance to slavery—reach into every part of
our contemporary culutre, from voting, housing and healthcare, to the way we sing and dance,
the way we tell stories, and the way we worship. Interstitial works of flash fiction and poetry
bring the history to life through the imaginative interpretations of some of our greatest writers.
Latin America Diaries
Ernesto Che Guevara
This sequel to The Motorcycle Diaries includes letters, poetry, and journalism that document
young Ernesto Guevara’s second Latin American journey following his graduation from
medical school in 1953. After traveling through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Central America,
Ernesto witnesses the 1954 US-inspired coup in Guatemala. He flees to Mexico where he
encounters Fidel Castro, marking the beginning of a political partnership that profoundly
changes the world. Includes a foreword by Alberto Granado, Che’s companion on his first
adventures in Latin America on a vintage Norton motorcycle, and features poems written by
young Ernesto inspired by his experiences along with facsimiles of pages from his diary.
The Histor of Pilosophy
A. C. Grayling
The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some
of the most creative minds in history. But not since the long-popular classic Bertrand Russell’s
A History of Western Philosophy, published in 1945, has there been a comprehensive and
entertaining single-volume history of this great, intellectual, world-shaping journey. With
characteristic clarity and elegance, A. C. Grayling takes the reader from the worldviews and
moralities before the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates through Christianity’s cap-
ture of the European mind, from the Renaissance and Enlightenment on to Mill, Nietzsche,
Sartre and, finally, philosophy today. Bringing together these many threads that all too often
run parallel, he surveys in tandem the great philosophical traditions of India, China and the
PersianArabic world.
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Will Hunt
In elegant and graceful prose, Hunt cures us of our “surface chauvinism,” opening our eyes
to the planet’s hidden dimension. He reveals how the subterranean landscape gave shape
to our most basic beliefs and guided how we think about ourselves as humans. At bottom,
Underground is a meditation on the allure of darkness, the power of mystery, and our eternal
desire to connect with what we cannot see.
Hiroshima
John Hersey
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city.
This book, John Hersey’s journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told
through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document
has become a classic “that stirs the conscience of humanity”.
Escape from Camp 14
Blaine Harden
The heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a
North Korean prison camp to have escaped. In Escape from Camp 14, Blaine Harden unlocks
the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state through the story of Shin’s shock-
ing imprisonment and his astounding getaway. Escape from Camp 14 offers an unequalled
inside account of one of the world’s darkest nations. It is a tale of endurance and courage,
survival and hope.
21 Lessons for the 21st Centur
Yuval Noah Harari
As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, as hacking becomes a tactic of
war, and as the world feels more polarized than ever, Yuval Noah Harari addresses the challenge
of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important
questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive. Here he invites readers to consider
values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty.
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The Pantagenets
Dan Jones
The first Plantagenet king inherited a broken, blood-soaked realm from the Normans and
transformed it into an empire that would stretch at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In
this epic narrative history, Dan Jones makes the case that the Tudors have nothing on their
immediate predecessors, the hot-blooded, courageous, and conniving Plantagenets.
The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson
It’s the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the
world. But lacking the infrastructure-garbage removal, clean water, sewers-necessary to
support its rapidly expanding population, the city has become the perfect breeding ground
for a terrifying disease no one knows how to cure. As the cholera outbreak takes hold, a
physician and a local curate are spurred to action—and ultimately solve the most pressing
medical riddle of their time.
Enemy of All Mankind
Steven Johnson
Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly
popular—and wildly inaccurate—reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government
offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. How did this unlikely
pirate and his notorious crime end up playing a key role in the birth of multinational
capitalism? Enemy of All Mankind deftly traces the path from a single struck match to a
global conflagration.
The Last Duel (Movie ie-In)
Eric Jager
Now a major motion picture starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Adam Driver. In the midst
of the devastating Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Jean de Carrouges, a
Norman knight fresh from combat in Scotland, returns home to yet another deadly threat. His
wife, Marguerite, has accused squire Jacques Le Gris of rape. A deadlocked court decrees a
“trial by combat” between the two men that also leaves Marguerite’s fate in the balance. For
if her husband loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. The Last Duel is at
once a moving human drama, a captivating true crime story, and an engrossing work of
historical intrigue with themes that echo powerfully centuries later.
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The Power of Strangers
Joe Keohane
In The Power of Strangers, with the help of sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, theo-
logians, philosophers, and political scientists, Joe Keohane sets out on a journey to discover
why we don’t talk to strangers, and what happens when we do. He learns that while we’re wired
to sometimes fear, distrust, and even hate them, people and societies that have learned to
connect with strangers have benefited immensely. Digging into a growing body of cutting-
edge research on the surprising social and psychological benefits that come from talking to
strangers, Keohane finds that even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness,
and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening
our sense of belonging. And all the while, Keohane gathers practical tips from experts on how
to talk to strangers, and tries them out himself in the wild, to awkward, entertaining, and
frequently poignant effect.
Four Hundred Souls
Iram X. Kendi
2019 marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first captive Africans in Virginia—and
also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, founding
director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, and Keisha N. Blain, associate
professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American
Intellectual History Society. They’ve gathered together ninety Black writers from all disci-
plines to tell one of history’s great epics: the journey of African Americans from 1619 to the
present. With lyrical interludes from ten poets, eighty writers take on a five-year period of that
four-hundred-year span, exploring their periods through a variety of techniques: historical
essays, short stories, personal vignettes, and fiery polemic. This comprehensive, dynamic,
single-volume work is an essential historical keepsake.
The Face of Battle
John Keegan
Master military historian John Keegan’s groundbreaking analysis of combat and warfare.
The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of
individuals at the “point of maximum danger.” Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric
and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John
Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians.
Eiel’s Tower for Young People
Jill Jonnes
France, with its long history of sophistication and cultivation and a new republican govern-
ment, presented the Eiffel Tower, the world’s tallest structure, crafted from eighteen thousand
pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets, as a symbol of national pride and engineering
superiority. With historical photos throughout, outsized personalities, squabbling artists, and
a sprinkling of royalty, this dramatic history opens a window to a piece of the past that is an
unforgettable portrait of a unique moment in history.
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Gods of War
James Lacey
Any meeting of genius may create sparks, but when military geniuses meet, their confrontations
play out upon a vast panorama of states or civilizations at war, wielding the full destructive
power of a mighty nation’s armies. Gods of War is the first single-volume, in-depth examina-
tion of the most celebrated military rivalries of all time, and of the rare, world-changing battles
in which these great commanders in history matched themselves against true equals. From
Caesar and Pompey deciding the fate of the Roman Republic, to Rommel and Montgomery
and Patton meeting in battle after battle as Hitler strove for European domination, these
match-ups and their corresponding strategies are among the most memorable in history.
Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’sInto Thin Airand Sebastian Junger’sThe Perfect Stormcomes
a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a
great historical mystery–and make history themselves. In 1991 John Chatterton and Richie
Kohler found a World War II German U-boat, its ruined interior a macabre wasteland of twisted
metal, tangled wires, and human bones–all buried under decades of accumulated sediment
sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey. Over the next six years their dives grew more daring,
and each realized that he was hunting more than the identities of a lost U-boat and its
nameless crew.
The Basque Histor of the World
Mark Kurlansk
Straddling a small corner of Spain and France in a land that is marked on no maps except
their own, the Basques are a puzzling contradiction—they are Europe’s oldest nation without
ever having been a country. Mark Kurlansky’s passion for the Basque people and his exuber-
ant eye for detail shine throughout this fascinating book. Like Cod, The Basque History of the
World, blends human stories with economic, political, literary, and culinary history into a rich
and heroic tale.
Without You, There Is No Us
Suki Kim
It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the
students sent to construction fields—except for the 270 students at Pyongyang University of
Science and Technology (PUST), a prisonlike complex where portraits of Kim Il-sung and
Kim Jong-il look on impassively from the walls of every room, and where Suki Kim has
accepted a job teaching English. Over the next six months, she will live under the watchful
eye of the regime.
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Karen Levine
Fumiko Ishioka wanted to find a way to make the suffering of Holocaust victims real to her
Japanese students. So she asked a museum director at Auschwitz to send her an artifact to
display at her Tokyo Holocause education center. In March 2000, a suitcase arrived with Hana
Brady written on the outside. Children who saw the suitcase on display were full of questions
and Fumiko was determined to find out about Hana’s fate.
The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson
In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the
British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an
intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country
home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon
is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London.
Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some
released only recentlyLarson provides a new lens on London’s darkest year through the
day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family.
The Devil in the Wite City
Erik Larson
ThisNew York Timesbestseller intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair and the cun-
ning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous
research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder
of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.
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Dead Wake
Erik Larson
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as
an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record num-
ber of children and infants. As U20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an
array of forces both grand and achingly small—hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret,
and more—all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history.
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War: How Conflict Shaped Us
Margaret MacMillan
Margaret MacMillan looks at the ways in which war has shaped human history and how, in
turn, changes in political organization, technology, or ideologies have affected how and why
we fight. The book considers such much-debated and controversial issues as when war first
started; whether human nature dooms us to fight each other; why war has been described
as the most organized of all human activities and how it has forced us to become still more
organized; how warriors are made and why are they almost always men; and how we try to
control war. Drawing on lessons from a sweep of history, from classical history to modern
warfare, and from all parts of the globe, MacMillan reveals the many faces of war—the way it
shapes our past, our future, our views of the world, and our very conception of ourselves.
A Histor of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor
The history of humanity is one of invention and innovation, as we have continually created
new things to use, to admire, or leave our mark on the world. In this groundbreaking book, Neil
MacGregor turns to objects that previous civilizations have left behind to paint a portrait of
mankind’s evolution, focusing on unexpected turning points.
The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches
Brian MacArthur
Emmeline Pankhurst agitates for the right to vote; Adolf Hitler rises to power; John F. Kennedy
calls Americans to action; and Barack Obama contemplates the meaning of America. The
speeches contained inThe Penguin Book of Modern Speeches are some of the most extraor-
dinary and memorable of the modern age.
999
Heather Dune Macadam
On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women, many of them
teenagers, boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Believing they were going to work in a factory
for a few months, they were eager to report for government service and left their parents’
homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Instead, the young
women were sent to Auschwitz. Only a few would survive. Now acclaimed author Heather
Dune Macadam reveals their stories to create an important addition to Holocaust literature
and women’s history.
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Sweetness and Power
Sidney W. Mintz
In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed
sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it
changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consump-
tion of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar’s origins as a “slave” crop grown in
Europe’s tropical colonies with is use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as
a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat.
Uprooted
Albert Marrin
Just 75 years ago, the American government did something that most would consider un-
thinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than
their ancestry and kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. Today,
America is still filled with racial tension, and personal liberty in wartime is as relevant a topic
as ever. Exploring this monumental mistake will shed as bright a light on current events as it
does on the past for today’s students.
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1493 for Young People
Charles Mann
1493 for Young People provides tools for wrestling with the most pressing issues of today,
whether in the classroom or at home. Along with Howard Zinn’s A Young People’s History of
the United States and Jared Diamond’s The Third Chimpanzee for Young People among other
titles, this is a book that will empower young people as they wrestle with a changing world.
1491 (Second Edition)
Charles C. Mann
A groundbreaking exploration of the newest scientific findings that completely alters our
understanding of what North America was like before Columbus arrived.
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Bushido
Inazo Nitobe
The first book of its kind, Bushido, The Soul of Japan, first published in 1905, brings the rich
ethics and traditions of the samurai to a Western audience. Never before had anyone explained
the life of the samurai in English, nor had anyone traced how this code has shaped the
character of the Japanese people. Nitobe explains all aspects of samurai life, from sword
training to cultural education. History buffs and anyone interested in this unique culture will
enjoy this thorough and engaging account of a warrior’s code from a time long past.
The Last Million
David Nasaw
In May 1945, German forces surrendered to the Allied powers, putting an end to World War II
in Europe. But the aftershocks of global military conflict did not cease with the German capit-
ulation. Millions of lost and homeless concentration camp survivors, POWs, slave laborers,
political prisoners, and Nazi collaborators in flight from the Red Army overwhelmed Germany.
There remained more than a million displaced persons left behind in Germany who refused to
go home or had no homes to return to. The international community could not agree on the
fate of the Last Million, and after a year of debate and inaction, the International Refugee
Organization was created to resettle them in lands suffering from postwar labor shortages.
By 1952, the Last Million were scattered around the world. Here for the first time, aclaimed
historian David Nasaw illuminates their incredible history and, with profound contemporary
resonance, shows us that it is our history as well.
Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign
to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard. Anyone who despairs of the
individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless moun-
taineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance
encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school.
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Voices of Histor
Simon Sebag Montefiore
In this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a jour-
ney from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some speeches are heroic and inspiring;
some diabolical and atrocious. Some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling.
The speakers themselves vary from empresses and conquerors to rock stars, novelists and
sportsmen, dreamers and killers, from Churchill and Elizabeth I to Stalin and Genghis Khan,
and from Michelle Obama and Cleopatra to Ronald Reagan, Nehru, and Muhammad Ali.
Voices of History spans centuries, continents, and cultures. In the accessible and gripping
style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these seventy speeches are essential
reading and how they enlighten our past, enrich our present, and inspire—as well as hold
warnings for—our future.
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Unsung
Schomburg Center
This is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg
Center, a world-renowned cultural institution documenting Black life in America and world-
wide. Unsung places well-known documents by abolitionists alongside lesser-known life stories
and overlooked or previously uncelebrated accounts of the everyday lives and activism that
were central in the slavery era, but that are mostly excised from today’s master accounts. It
draws from the Schomburg’s rich holdings in order to lead a dynamic discussion of slavery,
rebellion, resistance, and anti-slavery protest.
D-Day Girls
Sarah Rose
The dramatic, untold history of the heroic women recruited by Britain’s elite spy agency
to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II. To “set Europe ablaze,” in the words of
Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in
everything from demolition to sharpshooting, was forced to do something unprecedented:
recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become
saboteurs in France.
Geniuses at War
David A. Price
Planning the invasion of Normandy, the Allies knew that decoding the communications of the
Nazi high command was imperative for its success. But standing in their way was an encryp-
tion machine they called Tunny (British English for “tuna”), which was vastly more difficult to
crack than the infamous Enigma cipher. Alan Turing, the Enigma codebreaker, brought in a
maverick English working-class engineer named Tommy Flowers who devised the ingenious
plan to build a machine that would calculate at breathtaking speed and break the code
in nearly real time. Together with the pioneering mathematician Max Newman, Flowers and
his team produced Colossus, the world’s first digital electronic computer, the machine that
would help bring the war to an end.
In the Heart of the Sea
Nathaniel Pilbrick
In 1820, the whaleshipEssexwas rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale, leaving the
desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. Nathaniel Philbrick uses
little-known documents and vivid details about the Nantucket whaling tradition to reveal the
chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster.
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Deborah Tannen
Long before she was the acclaimed author of a groundbreaking book about women and men,
and praised by Oliver Sacks as having “a novelist’s ear for the way people speak,” Deborah
Tannen was a little girl who adored her father. He handed her a journal he kept when he was
young—and showed her another he said she could have after his death, all for the account of
his life she promised him she’d write. In this memoir, Deborah fulfills her promise to her father,
embarking on the poignant, yet perilous, quest to piece together the puzzle of her father’s life.
As Deborah comes to better understand her father’s—and her own—relationship to Judaism,
she also uncovers aspects of her father’s life she would never have imagined. Finding My
Father is a memoir of Eli Tannen’s life and the ways it reflects the near century that he lived.
But even more than that, it’s about a daughter’s struggle to see her father clearly, to know him
more deeply, and to tell a more truthful story about her family and herself.
The State of the World Atlas
Dan Smith
The State of the World Atlas is an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global
trends, highlighting the international scope and complexity of many challenges facing the
humanity today. With a bold new design, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on
international trade and migration, the globalization of work, aging and new health risks (up to
and including the COVID19 pandemic), food and water, energy resources and consumption,
literacy, gender equality, wars and peacekeeping, and more. And for the newest edition, spe-
cial attention has been brought to the way that all of these issues are affected by the ongoing
climate crisis. Fascinating, troubling, and surprising, this is an important resource for anyone
who seeks to better understand the world around them.
The Penguin State of the Middle East Atlas
Dan Smith
From the author of The Penguin State of the World Atlas, an essential tool for understanding
the modern Middle East. The Middle East is in a constant state of change, and understanding
it has never been more important. Dan Smith unravels the history of the Middle East from
the Ottoman Empire to the present day. With the acute and fair-minded analysis, Smith
highlights key issues and maps their global implications to explain why the Middle East has
become, and will remain, the focal point of foreign policy. This is the primer readers need to
understand the ongoing conflicts in the region.
Coeeland
Augustine Sedgewick
Coffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world—one of
the most valuable commodities in the history of global capitalism, the leading source of
the world’s most popular drug, and perhaps the most widespread word on the planet.
Augustine Sedgewick’s Coffeeland tells the hidden and surprising story of how this came
to be, tracing coffee’s five-hundred-year transformation from a mysterious Muslim ritual
into an everyday necessity.
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Genghis Kan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
A magnificently researched New York Times bestseller revisionist history of Genghis Khan and
his legacy, arguing that rather than a brutal barbarian, Khan was one of the most progressive
leaders in world history who joined East and West and brought about the “Global Awakening”
that led to the Renaissance.
Horizontal Vertigo
Juan Villoro
The title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes that led Mexicans to build their
capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur,
Juan Villoro wanders through Mexico City seemingly without a plan, describing people,
places, and things while brilliantly drawing connections among them. In so doing he reveals,
in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of the city’s cultural, political, and
social history: from indigenous antiquity to the Aztec period, from the Spanish conquest to
Mexico City today—one of the world’s leading cultural and financial centers.
Midnight’s Borders
Suchitra Vijayan
In this stunning work of narrative reportage—featuring over 40 original photographs—we
hear from those in India whose stories are never told: from children playing a cricket match
in no-man’s-land, to an elderly man living in complete darkness after sealing off his home
from the floodlit border; from a woman who fought to keep a military bunker off of her land,
to those living abroad who can no longer find their family history in India. With profound
empathy and a novelistic eye for detail, Vijayan brings us face to face with the brutal legacy
of colonialism, state violence, and government corruption. The result is a gripping, urgent
dispatch from a modern India in crisis, and the full and vivid portrait of the country we’ve
long been missing.
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has provided leaders with essential
tactical and management advice. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a
touchstone in the West for achieving success, whether on the battlefield or in business. This
Vintage Classics edition features a brilliant translation by Peter Harris, first published by
Everyman’s Library in 2018. Alongside the pithy and powerful ancient text, Harris includes an
illuminating introduction on the warrior-philosopher Sun Tzu and the role of The Art of War
in history and today, extracts from the cannon of classical Chinese commentators, and a
chrology of Chinese dynasties.
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The Mosquito
imothy C. Winegard
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What
does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of
Popes for millennia? The answer to all of these questions is the mosquito. Timothy Winegard
takes us on a fascinating and delightful journey through the annals of human history, show-
ing us just how much we owe our existence to the lowly mosquito.
Metropolis
Ben Wilson
During the two hundred millennia we’ve been on the planet, nothing has shaped us more
profoundly than the city. In a fascinating narrative that ranges through cities famous and
forgotten, acclaimed historian Ben Wilson tells the glorious story of how urban living has al-
lowed human culture to flourish. Beginning with Uruk, the world’s first city, he shows that
cities created such a blossoming of human endeavor—new professions, new forms of art,
worship, and trade—that they kick-started civilization itself. Despite outbreaks of plague and
war, and outlasting empires, the city endured and new cities sprang up to capture the inimi-
table energy of human beings together. Page turning and irresistible, Metropolis is a history
of cities that is also a history of how humanity lives.
The Penguin Histor of Latin America
Edwin Williamson
Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story
from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New
World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day,
looking in detail at Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, and gives an overview of the
cultural developments that have made Latin America a source of fascination for the world.
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Isabel Wilkerson
Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s
lives and behavior and each country’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and
Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civiliza-
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood’s best-loved novel has taken the world by storm again. Riding high
on bestseller lists for months and the basis for Hulu’s Emmy and Golden Globe
Award-winning smash hit series, The Handmaid’s Tale is everywhere—and it’s primed for a
stunning new graphic novel adaptation. The story is iconic: In the Republic of Gilead, a
Handmaid named Offred lives in the home of the Commander, to the purpose that she
become pregnant with his child. Stripped of her most basic freedoms, (work, property, her
own name), Offred remembers a different time, not so long ago, when she was valuable for
more than her viable ovaries, when she was mother to a daughter she could keep, and
when she and her husband lived and loved as equals. Darkly prescient, scathingly sarcastic,
and eminently frightening, The Handmaid’s Tale has only gained relevance since it was orig-
inally published, and remains one of the most powerful, widely read stories of our times.
This illustrated edition is a must-have for Atwood’s growing legions of fans.
The Kite Runner Graphic Novel
Kaled Hosseini
The perennial bestseller-now available as a sensational new graphic novel. Since its
publication in 2003, nearly 7 million readers have discovered The Kite Runner. Through
Khaled Hosseini’s brilliant writing, a previously unknown part of the world was brought to
vivid life for readers. Now, in this beautifully illustrated graphic novel adaptation, Hosseini
brings his compelling story to a new generation of readers.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Deluxe Ilustrated Edition)
John Boyne
Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings
are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move
to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall
fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the
distance. But Bruno decides there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the
eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circum-
stances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has
devastating consequences.
Sea Prayer
Kaled Hosseini
A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to
the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his
son, on the eve of their journey. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the
war, and of that city’s swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to
write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy
whose body washed up on the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay
tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi’s, who have been splintered and forced from home
by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR
(the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief
efforts to help refugees around the globe.
Huda F Are You?
Huda Fahmy
Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim pop-
ulation. But Huda doesn’t fit in—when everyone is Muslim, there’s no Muslim clique like there
was in her last town, and Huda’s not a sporty hijabi or a fashionista hijabi or a gamer hijabi.
She’s just Huda, and she’s not sure what that means. She tries on all kinds of identities and
friends, but nothing fits quite right. Until she realizes she can get back to the basics.
The Curie Society
Heather Einhorn
An action-adventure original graphic novel, The Curie Society follows a team of young women
recruited by an elite secret society—originally founded by Marie Curie—with the mission of
supporting the most brilliant female scientists in the world. The heroines of the Curie Society
use their smarts, gumption, and cutting-edge technology to protect the world from rogue
scientists with nefarious plans. Readers can follow recruits Simone, Taj, and Maya as they
decipher secret codes, clone extinct animals, develop autonomous robots, and go on high-
stakes missions.
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A Map of Home
Randa Jarrar
From America to the Middle East and back again—the sparkling story of one girl’s childhood,
by an exciting new voice in literary fiction. In this fresh, funny, and fearless debut novel, Randa
Jarrar chronicles the coming-of-age of Nidali, one of the most unique and irrepressible
narrators in contemporary fiction. Born in 1970s Boston to an EgyptianGreek mother and a
Palestinian father, the rebellious Nidali—whose name is a feminization of the word “strug-
gle”—soon moves to a very different life in Kuwait. There the family leads a mildly eccentric
middle-class existence until the Iraqi invasion drives them first to Egypt and then to Texas.
This critically acclaimed debut novel is set to capture the hearts of everyone who has ever
wondered what their own map of home might look like.
Here
Richard McGuire
Richard McGuire’s first series of “spot” drawings debuted in The New Yorker in February 2005
for the magazine’s 80th anniversary issue. Spot drawings, scattered among the magazine’s
text, had been a long-running feature of The New Yorker, and over the years, many artists
had contributed them. But McGuire’s drawings were something altogether new: deceptively
simple images that imbued the series with movement and narrative, telling their own unex-
pected stories.
Legend: the Graphic Novel
Marie Lu
Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a
military prodigy. Born into the slums of the Republic’s Lake Sector, fifteen-year-old Day is the
country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives are not as sinister as they often they seem.
One day June’s brother is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Now, Day is in a
race for his family’s survival, while June tries desperately to avenge her brother’s death. And
the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together and the lengths their
country will go to in order to keep its secrets.
The Metamorphosis: The Ilustrated Edition
Peter Kuper
Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a kinetic illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafka’s
The Metamorphosis. Kuper’s electric drawings—where American cartooning meets German
expressionism—bring Kafka’s prose to vivid life, reviving the original story’s humor and poi-
gnancy in a way that will surprise and delight readers of Kafka and graphic novels alike.
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Watchmen: International Edition
Alan Moore
Popularly cited as the point where comics came of age, Watchmen is universally regarded as
one of the greatest graphic novels ever created.
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Sydney Padua
A unique take on the unrealized invention of the computer in the 1830s by the eccentric poly-
math Charles Babbage and his accomplice, the daughter of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace. When
Ada translated her friend Babbage’s plans for the “Difference Engine,” her lengthy footnotes
contained the first appearance of the general computing theory—one hundred years before
an actual computer was built. Sadly, Lovelace died of cancer a few years after publishing the
paper, and Babbage never built any of his machines. But now Sydney Padua gives us an alter-
nate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage do build the Difference Engine, and then use it to
build runaway economic models, battle the scourge of spelling errors, explore the wilder realms
of mathematics, and, of course, fight crime. With extensive footnotes, historical curiosities,
and never-before-seen diagrams of Babbage’s mechanical, steam-powered computer.
Fly by Night
Tara O’Connor
In this environmental-thriller graphic novel with a supernatural twist, Dee must find out what
happened to her missing twin. An amazing mystery filled with strange creatures, high school
drama, and family, this darkly illustrated book shows us that monsters are all around us.
The Magic ish
rung Le Nguyen
Tién and his mother come from different cultures—she’s an immigrant from Vietnam still
struggling to learn English; he’s been raised in America—but through the fairy tales he checks
out from the local library, those differences are erased. But though Tién’s mother’s under-
standing of the language of her adopted homeland continues to improve as they read her
tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores together, there’s one conversation that still
eludes Tién—how to come out to her and his father. Is there even a way to explain what he’s
going through in Vietnamese? And without one, how will his parents ever accept him? This
beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family, and to the power of
stories in bringing us together even when we don’t know the right words.
“Beautiful, unique.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A lyrical masterpiece.” —BuzzFeed
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Nathan Page
Brothers. Detectives. Witches? Meet Pete and Alastair Montague in the first installment of a
new graphic novel duology that is the Hardy Boys meets Paper Girls.
Rusty Brown
Chris Ware
Rusty Brown is a fully interactive, full-color articulation of the time-space interrelationships of
three complete consciousnesses in the first half of a single midwestern American day and the
tiny piece of human grit about which they involuntarily orbit. A sprawling, special snowflake
accumulation of the biggest themes and the smallest moments of life, Rusty Brown literately
and literally aims at nothing less than the coalescence of one half of all of existence into a
single museum-quality picture story, expertly arranged to present the most convincingly in-
effable and empathetic illusion of experience for both life-curious readers and traditional
fans of standard reality. From childhood to old age, no frozen plotline is left unthawed in the
entangled stories of a child who awakens without superpowers, a teen who matures into a
paternal despot, a father who stores his emotional regrets on the surface of Mars and a late-
middle-aged woman who seeks the love of only one other person on planet Earth.
My Brother’s Husband, Volumes 1 & 2
Gengoroh Tagame
Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki,
father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their
doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the
widower of Yaichi’s estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji’s past, and
the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and
heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it’s been
affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it
and prejudices against it. (Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga, and reads
back to front and right to left.)
WINNER 2018 Eisner Awards
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Long acclaimed around the world, Upton Sinclair’s 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle
remains a powerful book even today. Not many works of literature can boast that their
publication brought about actual social and labor change, but that’s just what The Jungle did,
as it led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. In today’s society, where labor
and safety of the food we eat remain key concerns for all, Sinclair’s shocking story still
resonates. Bringing new life and energy to this classic work, adapter and illustrator Kristina
Gehrmann takes Sinclair’s prose and transforms it through pen and ink, allowing you to
discover (or rediscover) this book and see it from a whole new perspective.
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Witchlight
Jessi Zabarsk
Love—loss—witches—this YA fantasy graphic novel has it all! This thoughtful, emotional story
will entrance you with its moving story and organic artwork. Witchlight is a wonderful queer
adventure filled with friendship, family, falling in love, and dealing with the hardest bits of your
past all along the way.
Coming Back
Jessi Zabarsk
Everyone in their village has magic in their bones, and Preet is the strongest of them all. With-
out any power of her own, how can Valissa ever be worthy of Preet’s love? When their home is
attacked, Valissa has a chance to prove herself, but that means leaving Preet behind. On her
own for the first time Preet breaks the village’s most sacred laws, and is rejected from the only
home she’s ever known and sent into a new world. Divided by different paths, insecurities, and
distance, will Valissa and Preet be able to find their way back to each other?
Uglies: Shay’s Stor (Graphic Novel)
Scott Westerfeld
The New York Times calls the Uglies series “A superb piece of popular art.” Now the Uglies
series goes visual in graphic novel form, joining other YA graphic novel success stories such
as Twilight and The Warriors that are based on popular prose novel series. Uglies: Shay’s
Story is set in our own dystopian future and stars the “frenemies” Shay and Tally, as well as
all the major characters from the novels.
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Original Sisters
Anita Kunz
A
stunning collection of more than 150 color portraits of groundbreaking women through-
out history—many unsung or forgotten—by one of the best illustrators working today.
From the internationally acclaimed artist, Anita Kunz, a stunning collection of portraits of
ground-breaking womenJoan of Arc, Josephine Baker, Greta Thunberg, Misty Copeland,
and many more history-making women whose names have been forgotten and are finally
being brought to light. With a foreword by Roxane Gay.
Original Sisters was born from the COVID19 quarantine. In early March 2020, locked down
in her home-studio in Toronto and longing for inspiration, artist Anita Kunz started research-
ing women on the Internet. She wasn’t sure what she was looking for, but she soon found an
array of astonishing people who had done amazing things—some of whom she had heard
of, but most of whom she had not. And then she began to paint their pictures and write
down their stories. The result is a jaw-dropping feat of historic and artistic research. The
wide variety of lives, occupations, time periods, and achievements is absolutely mind-bending.
This is not only a breathtaking art book. Original Sisters also recounts a secret history that
must be told so that it is a secret no more.
“This book, as a whole, offers the reader possibility and promise … You will be introduced
to many of these women for the first time, because history is rarely kind to women until it
is forced to be. You will learn about artists and activists, rulers and rebels.” Roxane Gay,
from the foreword
The Complete Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-
comic-strips.
Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large
and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between
private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school
years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming—
both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland.
It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young
life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of
growing up.
Edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with
raw humor and hard-earned wisdom—Persepolis is a stunning work from one of the most
highly regarded, singularly talented graphic artists at work today.”
“You’ve never seen anything like Persepolis—the intimacy of a memoir, the irresistibility
of a comic book, and the political depth of the conflict between fundamentalism and
democracy. Marjane Satrapi may have given us a new genre.” Gloria Steinem
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March: Book One
John Lewis
March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights,
meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and
segre-gation. Rooted in Lewis’ personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the
broader civil rights movement.
Making Our Way Home
Blair Imani
Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of Black Americans left the South
and spread across the nation in search of a better life—a migration that sparked stunning
demographic and cultural changes in twentieth-century America. Through gripping and ac-
cessible historical narrative paired with illustrations, author and activist Blair Imani examines
the largely overlooked impact of the Great Migration and how it affected—and continues
to affectBlack identity and America as a whole. Making Our Way Home shows how these
influences shaped America’s workforce and wealth distribution by featuring the stories of
notable people and events, relevant data, and family histories. The experiences of prominent
figures such as James Baldwin, Fannie Lou Hamer, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X),
Ella Baker, and others are woven into the larger historical and cultural narratives of the Great
Migration to create a truly singular record of this powerful journey.
Anne rank’s Diar: The Graphic Adaptation
Anne rank
Adapted by Ari Folman, illustrated by David Polonsky, and authorized by the Anne Frank
Foundation in Basel, this is the first graphic edition of The Diary and includes extensive
quotation directly from the definitive edition. It remains faithful to the original, while the
stunning illustrations interpret and add layers of visual meaning and immediacy to this
classic work of Holocaust literature.
Dancing at the Pity Party
yler Feder
From before her mother’s first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the
funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward, when she must try to make sense of her life as a mother-
less daughter, Tyler Feder tells her story in this graphic novel that is full of piercing—but also
often funny—details. She shares the important post-death firsts, such as celebrating holidays
without her mom, the utter despair of cleaning out her mom’s closet, ending old traditions
and starting new ones, and the sting of having the “I’ve got to tell Mom about this” instinct
and not being able to act on it. This memoir, bracingly candid and sweetly humorous, is for
anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it.
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Maus I: A Surivor’s Tale
Art Spiegelman
A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus
recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews
drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale,
weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an
aston-ishing retelling of one of history’s most unspeakable tragedies.
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I Am Gandhi
Brad Meltzer
As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to
accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through quiet, peaceful protest.
He used his methods in South Africa and India, where he led a nonviolent revolution that
freed his country from British rule. Through his calm, steady heroism, Gandhi changed the
lives of millions and inspired civil rights movements all over the world, proving that the
smallest of us can be the most powerful. Galvanized by Gandhi’s example of gentle, peaceful
activism, New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer asked his friends in the comic book
world to help him make a difference by creating this philanthropic graphic novel. This extraor-
dinary biography is a glorious team effort that truly exemplifies Gandhi’s selflessness and
love for humanity.
March: Book Three
John Lewis
By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has penetrated deep into the American con-sci-
ousness, and as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is
guiding the tip of the spear. Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the
nation to confront its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more
intense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, and death.
WINNER 2017 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
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John Lewis
After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever
to changing the world through nonviolence—but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a
bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before. Faced with
beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the movement’s young
activists place their lives on the line while internal conflicts threaten to tear them apart.
WINNER 2016 Eisner Awards
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The Life of rederick Douglass
David F. Walker
Comic book writer and filmmaker David F. Walker joins with the art team of Damon Smyth and
Marissa Louise to bring the long, exciting, and influential life of Douglass to life in comic book
form. Taking you from Douglass’s life as a young slave through his forbidden education to his
escape and growing prominence as a speaker, abolitionist, and influential cultural figure
during the Civil War and beyond, The Life of Frederick Douglass presents a complete illustrated
portrait of the man who stood up and spoke out for freedom and equality. Along the way,
special features provide additional background on the history of slavery in the United States,
the development of photography (which would play a key role in the spread of Douglass’s
image and influence), and the Civil War. Told from Douglass’s point of view and based on
his own writings, The Life of Frederick Douglass provides an up-close-and-personal look at a
history-making American who was larger than life.
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence
and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star
Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father’s
— and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order
of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was
rounded up and shipped to one of ten “relocation centers,” hundreds or thousands of miles
from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is
Takei’s firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing
up under legalized racism, his mother’s hard choices, his father’s faith in democracy, and the
way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.
Maus II: A Surivor’s Tale
Art Spiegelman
The second installment of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel acclaimed as “the most
affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and
“the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker).
WINNER 1992 Pulitzer Prize
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Dan rey
If you had the chance to look one year into the future, would you?
For Ben Boyce and Adhi Chaudry, the answer is unequivocally yes. And they’re betting ev-
erything that you’ll say yes, too. Welcome to The Future: a computer that connects to the
internet one year from now, so you can see who you’ll be dating, where you’ll be working,
even whether or not you’ll be alive in the year to come. By forming a startup to deliver this
revolutionary technology to the world, Ben and Adhi have made their wildest, most impos-
sible dream a reality. Once Silicon Valley outsiders, they’re now its hottest commodity.
The device can predict everything perfectly—from stock market spikes and sports scores to
political scandals and corporate takeovers—allowing them to chase down success and
fame while staying one step ahead of the competition. But the future their device foretells
is not the bright one they imagined.
Ambition. Greed. Jealousy. And, perhaps, an apocalypse. The question is . . . can they stop it?
Told through emails, texts, transcripts, and blog posts, this bleeding-edge tech thriller
chronicles the costs of innovation and asks how far you’d go to protect the ones you love—
even from themselves.
Beasts of Prey
Ayana Gray
Sixteen-year-old Koffi is a beastkeeper at the Night Zoo, a menagerie of Eshōzan’s most
fearsome and magical creatures. The job is dangerous but as an indentured servant,
Koffi has little other choice if she hopes to one day pay off her family’s debt and earn their
freedom.
Seventeen-year-old Ekon is the second son of the wealthy and well-respected Okojo family.
Born to succeed, he is all-but guaranteed a spot on the prestigious Yaba warrior group
alongside his older brother.
But on the night of Ekon’s final rites of passage for warriorship the Night Zoo erupts into
flames, and both Koffi’s and Ekon’s lives are sent into a tailspin. Seeing Koffi escape the Zoo
and her contract, Ekon sets off to stop her when they both come face to face with the
Shetani—a vicious demon-like monster that has plagued the city for decades. Neither ex-
pects what happens next. Koffi’s hidden fire magic emerges causing the Shetani to flee,
leaving Ekon stunned as Koffi flees next.
Disgraced for his inability to capture Koffi and desperate to prove himself by an act of valor
that will allow him to finally join the Yaba warriors, Ekon has one choice—to find Koffi and
with her fire magic, hunt down the Shetani. And Koffi—to capture the Shetani for the Zoo,
thereby absolving her debt and freeing her family from their indentured servitude.
With neither telling the other the truth, two find each other once more to strike a tenuous
alliance and set off into the forbidden jungle where the Shetani lives but the longer they
search, the less clear it becomes whether they’re hunting, or being hunted.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Gala
Douglas Adams
Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is
plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition ofThe
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxywho, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-
work actor. Together, this dynamic pair began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of
fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally
out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod’s girlfriend; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant,
and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed
with the disappearance of all the pens he’s bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why
are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!
The uture of Us
Jay Asher
What if you could see how your life would unfold—just by clicking a button? It’s 1996, and less
than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Emma just got her
first computer and an America Online CDROM. Josh is her best friend. They power up and
log on—and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future. Everybody wonders
what their destiny will be. Josh and Emma are about to find out.
The Electric Kingdom
David Arnold
When a deadly Fly Flu sweeps the globe, it leaves a shell of the world that once was. Among
the survivors are eighteen-year-old Nico and her dog, on a voyage devised by Nico’s father
to find a mythical portal; a young artist named Kit, raised in an old abandoned cinema; and
the enigmatic Deliverer, who lives Life after Life in an attempt to put the world back together.
As swarms of infected Flies roam the earth, these few survivors navigate the woods of
post-apocalyptic New England, meeting others along the way, each on their own quest to
find life and love in a world gone dark. The Electric Kingdom is a sweeping exploration of art,
storytelling, eternal life, and above all, a testament to the notion that even in an exterminated
world, one person might find beauty in another.
Girl Gone Viral
Arin Ahmadi
For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch:
Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can’t code
her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday, leaving only a cryptic
note, Opal tried desperately to find him. And when he never turned up, she enrolled at a
boarding school for technical prodigies and tried to forget.What begins as a small data hack
to win a contest spirals out of control when seventeen year-old Opal goes viral, digging her
deeper into a hole of lies, hacks, and manipulation. How far will Opal go for the answers—or is
it the attention—she’s wanted for years?
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Foundation
Isaac Asimov
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. Only Hari
Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future—a dark
age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve
knowledge and save humanity, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire—both scientists
and scholars—and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a
beacon of hope for future generations. He calls this sanctuary the Foundation. But soon the
fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the
receding Empire. And mankind’s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to
the barbarians and live as slaves—or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction.
The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood
In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates
have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a
totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile
women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s
commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name,
Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous
warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense,The Handmaid’s Taleis a modern classic.
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
In The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood weaves together strands of gothic suspense,
romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative. The novel begins with the
mysterious death—a possible suicide—of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945.
Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the
dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealthy, eccentric family’s history. Intertwined
with Iris’s account are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous, in
which two illicit lovers amuse each other by spinning a tale of a blind killer on a distant planet.
These richly layered stories-within-stories gradually illuminate the secrets that have long
haunted the Chase family, coming together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist.
WINNER 2000 Man Booker Prize
I, Robot
Isaac Asimov
I, Robot, the first and most widely read book in Asimov’s Robot series, forever changed
the world’s perception of artificial intelligence. Here are stories of robots gone mad, of
mind-reading robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who
secretly run the world—all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that
has become Asimov’s trademark. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot
from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant
future—a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
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Providence
Max Barr
The video changed everything. Before that, we could believe that we were safe. Afterward, we
knew better. Seven years after first contact, Providence Five launches. It is an enormous and
deadly warship, built to protect humanity from its greatest ever threat. On board is a crew of
just four—tasked with reporting the war’s progress to a global audience by way of social me-
dia. But while pursuing the enemy across space, Gilly, Talia, Anders, and Jackson confront the
unthinkable: their communications are cut, their ship decreasingly trustworthy and effective.
To survive, they must win a fight that is suddenly and terrifyingly real.
The Here and Now
Ann Brashares
Prenna James lives in modern-day suburban NYC, but she comes from a different time—
a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and
leaving the world in ruins. Prenna does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the
plague that will one day ravage the earth. But everything changes when Prenna falls for her
classmate Ethan Jarves: a love that is absolutely forbidden.
London Calling
Edward Bloor
Martin Conway comes from a family filled with heroes and disgraces. His grandfather was a
statesman who worked at the US Embassy in London during WWII. His father is an alcoholic
who left his family. His sister is an overachieving Ivy League graduate. And Martin? Martin is
stuck in between—floundering. But during the summer after 7th grade, Martin meets a boy
who will change his life forever. Jimmy Harker appears one night with a deceptively simple
question: Will you help? This is a truly remarkable and deeply affecting novel about fathers
and sons, heroes and scapegoats. About finding a way to live with faith and honor and
integrity. And about having an answer to the question: What did you do to help?
Empress of a Thousand Skies
Rhoda Belleza
Rhee, also known as Crown Princess Rhiannon Ta’an, is the sole surviving heir to a powerful
dynasty. She’ll stop at nothing to avenge her family and claim her throne. Rhoda Belleza
crafts a powerful saga of vengeance, warfare, and the true meaning of legacy in this exhila-
rating debut. For fans of Pierce Brown and Firefly comes an epic sci-fi fantasy, hailed as “an
important and relevant novel” by The New York Times.
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Max Brooks
The #1New York Timesbestselling author ofWorld War Zreinvents the Bigfoot legend with a
thriller that blends fact and fiction, natural and supernatural—human and beast. When
Max Brooks first came across the news story, he dismissed it as just another piece of tabloid
clickbait. “Bigfoot Destroys Town.” Come on. Then he stumbled upon victim Kate Holland’s
journals, recovered from the wreckage—her day-by-day, firsthand account of what happened.
A hoax? Maybe. The ranger who found the carnage sure seems to be convinced, though. In
these pages, Max has faithfully reproduced Kate’s account, interspered with his interviews
and commentary on the attack, and on the Bigfoot legend itself—leaving it to the reader to
decide whether her tale is truth or fiction. A chilling experience from bestselling author Max
Brooks, Devolution is a Bigfoot story like none you’ve seen before.
A Poenix irst Must Burn
Patrice Caldwell
Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia But-
ler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and
gender nonconforming individuals. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from
folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and
betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex and true-to-life
characters in which you cannot help but see yourself reflected. Witches and scientists, sisters
and lovers, priestesses and rebels: the heroines of A Phoenix First Must Burn shine brightly.
You will never forget them.
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
A New York Times bestseller. Red Rising is the story of a society in a desolate future, driven by
class conflict and shaken by the tremors of an impending revolution. But more than that, it’s
the story of Darrow—a secret revolutionary who is inspired not only by a longing for social
justice, but by lost love.
World War Z
Max Brooks
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the
urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors, traveled across
the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once
teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the
planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-
to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the
result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth
of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society
through the plague years.
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Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered.
Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam
Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit
them—for a price. Until something goes wrong. . . .
Matched
Ally Condie
Cassia has always trusted the Society’s choices. And when her best friend appears on the
Matching screen, she is certain he’s the one—until she sees another face flash for an instant
before the screen fades to black. Now she is faced with impossible choices: between Xander
and Ky, between the only life she’s ever known and a path no has dared to follow . . . between
perfection and the truth.
Ready Payer One
Ernest Cline
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when
he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles,
based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them
will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. The race is on—and the only way
to survive is to win.
Armada
Ernest Cline
It’s just another day of high school for Zack Lightman. Then he glances out his classroom
window and spots the flying saucer. The UFO he’s staring at is straight out of the videogame
he plays every night, called Armada—in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth
from alien invaders.
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Pilip K. Dick
By 2021, the World War had killed millions. Those who remained coveted any living creature,
and for people who couldn’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae:
horses, birds, cats, sheep. . . They even built humans. Rick Deckard is an officially sanctioned
bounty hunter whose job is to find rogue androids, and to retire them. But cornered, androids
tended to fight back, with deadly results.
Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
Aren Elys Dayton
Today our bodies define us. We color our hair; tattoo our skin; pierce our ears, brows, noses.
We lift weights, run miles, break records. We are flesh and blood and bone. Tomorrow has
different rules. The future is no longer about who we are—it’s about who we want to be. If
you can dream it, you can be it. Science will make us smarter, healthier, flawless in every way.
Our future is boundless. This is a story that begins tomorrow. It’s a story about us. It’s a story
about who comes after us. And it’s a story about perfection. Because perfection has a way
of getting ugly.
Seeker
Aren Elys Dayton
The night Quin Kincaid takes her Oath, she will become what she has trained to be her entire
life. She will become a Seeker. This is her legacy, and it is an honor. As a Seeker, Quin will fight
beside her two closest companions, Shinobu and John, to protect the weak and the wronged.
Together they will stand for light in a shadowy world. And she’ll be with the boy she loves—
who’s also her best friend. But the night Quin takes her Oath, everything changes. Being a
Seeker is not what she thought. Her family is not what she thought. Even the boy she loves is
not who she thought. And now it’s too late to walk away.
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Book One)
James Dashner
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded
by boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround
them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out and no one’s ever made it
through alive. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying:
Remember. Survive. Run.
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green
Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples
with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicaliza-
tion; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration
spring for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. The beginning of an
exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now.
The Door That Led to Were
Sally Gardner
In this fast-paced young adult mystery, Printz Honor winner Sally Gardner brings London to
life as she explores crime, poverty, and ignorance over the span of almost two centuries, as a
young man is given the opportunity to go back in time in order to make sense of the present.
Tales of wo Panets
John reeman
Galvanized by his conversations with writers and activists around the world, Freeman engaged
with some of today’s most eloquent storytellers, many of whom hail from the places under the
most acute stress—from the capital of Burundi to Bangkok, Thailand. The response has been
extraordinary. Margaret Atwood conjures with a dystopian future in a remarkable poem.
Lauren Groff whisks us to Florida; Edwidge Danticat to Haiti; Tahmima Anam to Bangladesh;
Yasmine El Rashidi to Egypt, while Eka Kurniawan brings us to Indonesia, Chinelo Okparanta
to Nigeria, and Anuradha Roy to the Himalayas in the wake of floods, dam building, and
drought. This is a literary all-points bulletin of fiction, essays, poems, and reportage about the
most important crisis of our times.
Brain Jack
Brian Falkner
In a dystopian near-future, neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on
a headset, and it’s the Internet at the speed of thought. For teen hacker Sam Wilson, a head-
set is a must. But as he masters the new technology, he has a terrifying realization. If anything
on his computer is vulnerable to an attack, what happens when his mind is linked to the
system? Could consciousness itself be hacked?
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The Resisters
Gish Jen
The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica, a country surveilled by one “Aunt
Nettie,” a Big Brother that is part artificial intelligence, part internet, and oddly human—even
funny. The people: divided. The “angel-fair” Netted have jobs, and, what with the country half
underwater, literally occupy the high ground. The Surplus live on swampland if they’re lucky,
on water if they’re not. Provocative, moving, and yet paradoxically buoyant, The Resisters is
the story of one family struggling to maintain their humanity in circumstances that threaten
their every value—indeed, their very existence. It is Gish Jen at her most irresistible, her most
insightful, and her most electrifying.
Dune
rank Herbert
A major motion picture directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin,
Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista,
Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling. Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph
of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.A stunning
blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula
Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest
epic in science fiction.
Starship roopers
Robert A. Heinlein
In Robert A. Heinlein’s controversial bestseller, a recruit of the future goes through the tough-
est boot camp in the Universe—and into battle against mankind’s most alarming enemy.
Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that
he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could
have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in
the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone
in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready
to finish the job.
Your Robot Dog Will Die
Arin Greenwood
When a global canine genetic experiment goes awry mass hysteria ensues and the species is
systematically euthanized. The company creates replacements for “man’s best friend” and
studies them on Dog Island, where 17-year-old Nano Miller was born and raised But one day
she makes a discovery that upends everything she’s taken for granted: a living puppy that
miraculously wags its tail.
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Iluminae
Amie Kaufman
Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics,
military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a
heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the cour-
age of everyday heroes.
Aurora Rising
Amie Kaufman
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their
first missions. Star pupil Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora JieLin
O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two
centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth.
Aetherbound
E.K. Johnston
Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space
station, E. K. Johnston’s latest is story of survival and self-determination. Pendt Harland’s
family sees her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser when her genes reveal an
undesirable mutation. But if she plays her cards right she might have a chance to do much
more than survive. During a space-station layover, Pendt escapes and forms a lucky bond
with the Brannick twins, the teenage heirs of the powerful family that owns the station.
Against all odds, the trio hatches a long-shot scheme to take over the station and thwart the
destinies they never wished for.
Goddess in the Machine
Lora Beth Johnson
When Andra wakes up, she’s in a hot, dirty cave, it’s the year 3102, and everyone keeps calling
her Goddess. When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected
to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists are dead.
She’ll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back
to Earth. Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. Four years ago, the
sleeping Goddess’s glass coffin disappeared from the palace, and Zhade devoted himself to
finding it. Now he’s hoping the Goddess will be the key to taking his rightful place on the
throne—if he can get her to play her part, that is. Because if his people realize she doesn’t
actually have the power to save their dying planet, they’ll kill her. A smart, thrilling sci-fi
adventure, perfect for fans of Renegades and Aurora Rising..
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Nowhere on Earth
Nick Lake
Sixteen-year-old Emily is on the run. Between her parents and the trouble she’s recently got-
ten into at school, she has more than enough reason to get away. But when she finds a little
boy named Aidan wandering in the woods, she knows she needs to help him find his way
home. But getting home is no easy matter, especially when Emily finds out that Aidan isn’t
even from Earth. When their plane crashes into the side of a snowy mountain, it’s up to Emily
to ensure Aidan and their pilot, Bob, make it off the mountain alive. Pursued by government
forces who want to capture Aidan, the unlikely team of three trek across the freezing land-
scape, learning more about each other, and about life, than they ever thought possible.
“I love Nick Lake’s writing. I would read anything he wrote—grocery list, email, etc.—because
his writing, always, is so real and brave. He takes on subjects other writers might avoid, and
he writes the hell out of them.” —New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven on Nick Lake
Steel Crow Saga
Paul Krueger
Four destinies collide in a unique fantasy world of war and wonders, where empire is won with
enchanted steel and magical animal companions fight alongside their masters in battle. A
soldier with a curse, a prince with a debt, a detective with a grudge, and a thief with a broken
heart.This band of rogues and royals should all be enemies, but they unite for a common
purpose: to defeat an unstoppable killer who defies the laws of magic. In this battle, they will
forge unexpected bonds of friendship and love that will change their lives—and begin to
change the world.
LIFEL1K3 (Lifelike)
Jay Kristo
On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in
the scrap. 17-year-old Eve isn’t looking for trouble—she’s too busy looking over her shoulder.
The robot gladiator she spent months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, she’s
on the local gangster’s wanted list, and the only thing keeping her grandpa alive is the money
she just lost to the bookies. Worst of all, she’s discovered she can somehow destroy machines
with the power of her mind, and a bunch of puritanical fanatics are building a coffin her size
because of it. The problem is, Eve has had a worse day—one that lingers in the cybernetic
implant where her memories used to be. Her discovery of a handsome android named
Ezekiel—called a “Lifelike” because they resemble humans—will bring her world crashing
down and make her question whether her entire life is a lie.
Vitro
Jessica Kour
On a remote island in the Pacific, Corpus scientists have taken test tube embryos and given
them life. These beings—the Vitros—have knowledge and abilities most humans can only
dream of. But they also have one enormous flaw. Sophie Crue is determined to get to Skin
Island and find her mother, a scientist who left Sophie behind years ago. She enlists a charter
pilot Jim Julien to take her there. But once on the island, Sophie and Jim encounter more than
they bargained for, including a charming, brilliant Vitro named Nicholas and an innocent,
newly awoken one named Lux.In a race for their lives, Sophie and Jim are about to discover
what happens when science stretches too far beyond its reach.
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Gamer Girl
Mari Mancusi
Maddy’s life couldn’t get much worse. Her parents split and now she’s stuck in a small town
and at a new school. Most of the time, she retreats into her manga art, but when she gets into
the Fields of Fantasy online computer game, she knows she’s found the one place she can be
herself. But can Maddy escape her real-life problems altogether, or will she have to find a way
to make her real world just as amazing as her virtual one?
Legend
Marie Lu
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually
at war with its neighbors. From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross
paths—until the day June’s brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect.
Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family’s survival, while
June seeks to avenge Metias’s death.
No Safety in Numbers
Dayna Lorentz
A biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. At
first nobody knows if it’s even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined,
people start getting sick, supplies start running low, and there’s no way out. Among the
hundreds of trapped shoppers are four teens. These four different narrators, each with their
own stories, must cope in unique, surprising manners, changing in ways they wouldn’t have
predicted, trying to find solace, safety, and escape at a time when the adults are behaving
badly. This is a gripping look at people and how they can—and must—change under the most
dire of circumstances.
Satellite
Nick Lake
He’s going to a place he’s never been before: home. Moon 2 is a space station that orbits
approximately 250 miles above Earth. It’s also the only home that fifteen-year-old Leo and
two other teens have ever known. Born and raised on Moon 2, Leo and the twins, Orion and
Libra, are finally old enough and strong enough to endure the dangerous trip to Earth. They’ve
been “parented” by teams of astronauts since birth and have run countless drills to ready
themselves for every conceivable difficulty they might face on the flight. But has anything
really prepared them for life on terra firma?
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The Keeper of the Mist
Rachel Neumeier
Keri has been struggling to run her family bakery since her mother passed away. Now the
father she barely knew—the Lord of Nimmira—has died, and ancient magic has decreed that
she will take his place as the new Lady. The powerful position has never been so dangerous:
the magical mists that hide Nimmira from its vicious, land-hungry neighbors have failed.
Now Keri’s people are visible to strangers for the first time in generations. Meanwhile, half
brothers with their own eyes on the crown make life within the House just as perilous as the
world outside. Thrust into the spotlight after a lifetime of avoiding it, Keri must find the will to
lead—or lose everything.
ireborne
Rosaria Munda
Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving every-
one a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders. Now they are both rising stars
in the new regime. But everything changes when survivors from the old regime surface, bent
on reclaiming the city.With war on the horizon and his relationship with Annie changing fast,
Lee must choose to kill the only family he has left or to betray everything he’s come to believe
in. And Annie must decide whether to protect the boy she loves or step up to be the champion
her city needs. From debut author Rosaria Munda comes a gripping adventure that calls into
question which matters most: the family you were born into, or the one you’ve chosen.
Burning Midnight
Will McIntosh
No one knows where the brilliant-colored spheres came from. Sully is a sphere dealer at a flea
market. It doesn’t pay muchAlex Holliday’s stores have muscled out most of the indepen-
dent sellers—but it helps him and his mom make the rent. When Sully meets Hunter, a girl
with a natural talent for finding spheres, the two start searching together. One day they find a
Gold—a color no one has ever seen. There’s no question the Gold is priceless, but what does it
actually do? None of them is aware of it yet, but the fate of the world rests on this little golden
orb. Because all the world fights over the spheres, but no one knows where they come from,
what their powers are, or why they’re here.
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse,Station
Eleventells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic
group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything
for art and humanity.
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War Girls
Tochi Onyebuchi
The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unliv-
able. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky. In a war-torn Nigeria,
battles are fought using flying, deadly mechs and soldiers are outfitted with bionic limbs and
artificial organs meant to protect them from the harsh, radiation-heavy climate. Across the
nation, as the years-long civil war wages on, survival becomes the only way of life. Two sisters,
Onyii and Ify, dream of more. Their lives have been marked by violence and political unrest.
Still, they dream of peace, of hope, of a future together. And they’re willing to fight an entire
war to get there. Acclaimed author, Tochi Onyebuchi, has written an immersive, action-packed,
deeply personal novel perfect for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Marie Lu, and Paolo Bacigalupi.
Wo Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor
Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R. R. Martin! An
award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy
Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. A woman who has
survived the annihilation of her village wanders into the desert, hoping to die. Instead, she
gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand. Gripped by the certainty
that her daughter is different—special—she names her Onyesonwu, which means “Who fears
death?” in an ancient language. Even as a child, she manifests the beginnings of a remark-
able and unique magic. As she grows, so do her abilities, and during an inadvertent visit to the
spirit realm, she learns something terrifying: someone powerful is trying to kill her. Desperate
to elude her would-be murderer and to understand her own nature, she embarks on a journey
in which she grapples with nature, tradition, history, true love, and the spiritual mysteries of
her culture, and ultimately learns why she was given the name she bears: Who Fears Death.
Akata Witch
Nnedi Okorafor
Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African,
but she’s albino. She’s a terrific athlete, but can’t go out into the sun to play soccer. There
seems to be no place where she fits. And then she discovers something amazing-she is a
“free agent,” with latent magical power. Soon she’s part of a quartet of magic students, study-
ing the visible and invisible, learning to change reality. But will it be enough to help them
when they are asked to catch a career criminal who knows magic too?
A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik
Every sorcerer has a gift: a talent for transformation, a taste for combat magic. And
mastering their gifts in a unique magical academy means a chance of being invited into
the enclaves, the world’s magical elite. El Higgins’ talent is for mass destruction: Someday,
she could level mountains or destroy untold millions with her power, and this dark talent has
alienated her from others. She protects herself from the scorn of the other magicians with her
mordant wit and defiant spirit. But she also hopes that one day she will join a prestigious
enclave, and that means ingratiating herself with the powerful and the privileged. That includes
Orion Lake: rich, beloved, and the most celebrated magician of his generation. But what she
comes to learn about Orion opens her eyes to some shocking truths about both herself, the
school, and their world. It’s always been El against the world—but now she may be the only
one who can save it. With flawless mastery, Novik creates a heroine for the ages in El—a
character so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she is sure to live on in hearts and
minds for generations to come.
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Nemesis
Brendan Reichs
Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood.
But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing just outside her tiny Idaho hometown—alone,
unhurt, and with all evidence of the horrifying crime erased. The planet has a bigger prob-
lemThe Anvil, an enormous asteroid threatening all life on Earth, leaves little room for two
troubled teens. Yet on her sixteenth birthday, as she cowers in her bedroom, hoping not to die
for the fifth time, Min has had enough. She vows to discover what is happening in Fire Lake
and uncovers a lifetime of lies: a vast conspiracy involving the sixty-four students of her
sophomore class, one that may be even more sinister than the murders.
Wilder Girls
Ror Power
It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since
the Tox hit and pulled Hetty’s life out from under her. It started slow. First the teachers died
one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign.
Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the
girls don’t dare wander outside the school’s fence. But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do
anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine. And when she does, Hetty learns
that there’s more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.
The ransall Saga
Gar Paulsen
Mark’s solo camping trip in the desert turns into a terrifying and thrilling odyssey when a
mysterious beam of light transports him to another time on what appears to be another
planet. As Mark searches for a pathway back to his own time on Earth, he must make a new
life in a new world.
Inling
Kenneth Oppel
The Rylance family is stuck. Dad’s got writer’s block. Ethan promised to illustrate a group
project at school—even though he can’t draw. Sarah’s still pining for a puppy. And they all miss
Mom.Enter Inkling. Inkling begins life in Mr. Rylance’s sketchbook. But one night the ink of his
drawings runs together—and then leaps off the page! This small burst of creativity is about to
change everything.
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Zodiac
Romina Russell
At the dawn of time, there were 13 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy. Now only 12 remain. Rhoma
Grace is a 16-year-old student from House Cancer with an unusual way of reading the stars—
she looks up at the stars and makes up stories. When a violent blast strikes the moons of
Cancer, sending its ocean planet off-kilter and killing thousands of citizens—including its
beloved GuardianRho is more surprised than anyone when she is named the House’s new
leader. Then, when more Houses fall victim to freak weather catastrophes, Rho starts seeing
a pattern in the stars. She suspects Ophiuchus—the exiled 13th Guardian of Zodiac legend—
has returned to exact his revenge across the Galaxy. But who will believe anything Rho says?
Whom can She trust? And how can she convince twelve worlds to unite as one Zodiac?
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Rigs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered inMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable
novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.
Across the Universe
Beth Revis
Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the spaceship Godspeed. She has left her
boyfriend, friends—and planet—behind to join her parents as a member of Project Ark Ship.
Amy and her parents believe they will wake on a new planet, CentauriEarth, three hundred
years in the future. But fifty years beforeGodspeed’s scheduled landing, cryo chamber 42 is
mysteriously unplugged, and Amy is violently woken from her frozen slumber. Someone tried
to murder her. Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense.
Ashlords
Scott Reintgen
Every year since the Ashlords were gifted phoenix horses by their gods, they’ve raced them.
First into battle, then on great hunts, and finally for the pure sport of seeing who rode the
fastest. Centuries of blood and fire carved their competition into a more modern spectacle:
The Races. In this year’s Races, eleven riders will compete, but three of them have more to
lose than the rest—a champion’s daughter, a scholarship entrant, and a revolutionary’s son.
Who will attain their own dream of glory? Or will they all flame out in defeat?
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Hullmetal Girls
Emily Skrutskie
Aisha UnHaad would do anything for her family. When her brother contracts a plague she
volunteers to become a Scela, a mechanically enhanced soldier sworn to protect and serve
the governing body of the Fleet, the collective of starships they call home. Key Tanaka
awakens in a Scela body with only hazy memories of her life before. She knows she’s from the
privileged end of the Fleet, but she has no recollection of why she chose to give up a life of
luxury to become a hulking cyborg soldier. In a unit of new recruits vying for top placement,
Aisha’s and Key’s paths collide, and the two must learn to work together. With violence
brewing and dark secrets surfacing, Aisha and Key find themselves questioning their loyal-
ties. They will have to put aside their differences, though, if they want to keep humanity from
tearing itself apart.
Bonds of Brass
Emily Skrutskie
Ettian Nassun’s life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded. He’s spent
seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy
and becoming the best pilot in his class. Even better, he’s met Gal Veres—his exasperating
and infuriatingly enticing roommate who’s made the Academy feel like a new home. But when
dozens of classmates spring an assassination plot on Gal, a devastating secret comes to light:
Gal is the heir to the Umber Empire. Ettian barely manages to save his best friend and flee the
compromised Academy unscathed, rattled both that Gal stands to inherit the empire that
broke him and that there are still people willing to fight back against Umber rule. As they piece
together a way to deliver Gal safely to his throne, Ettian finds himself torn in half by an impos-
sible choice. Does he save Gal and trust that his goodness could transform the empire? Or
does he throw his lot in with the brewing rebellion and fight to take back what’s rightfully theirs?
Alive
Scott Sigler
A #1 New York Times bestseller. For fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising
comes a gripping sci-fi adventure in which a group of teenagers wake up in a mysterious
corridor with no knowledge of who they are or how they got trapped. Their only hope lies with
an indomitable young woman who must lead them not only to answers but to survival.
Skard
Brandon Sanderson
From Brandon Sanderson, the number one New York Times best-selling author of the
Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally best-selling Mistborn series,
comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a
dangerous world at war for humanity’s future.
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The Wave
Todd Strasser
The Waveis based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto,
California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic
movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross
introduces a “new” system to his students. And before long “The Wave,” with its rules of
“strength through discipline, community, and action,” sweeps from the classroom through
the entire school. And as most of the students join the movement, Laurie Saunders and David
Collins recognize the frightening momentum of “The Wave” and realize they must stop it
before it’s too late.
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison—a writer so orig-
inal he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer andSnow
Crashis such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in
between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.
Meme
Aaron Starmer
Cole Weston—former friend, former boyfriend—has become dangerous and erratic. Some-
thing needs to be done. Getting rid of Cole is practically a public service. So high school
seniors Holly Morse, Grayson Hobbs, Logan Bailey, and Meeka Miller devise a plan. Kill Cole.
Bury him in the woods behind Meeka’s house. Bury him deep, deep in the ground along with
four old cell phones, wiped except for their video confession as insurance that no one will ever
betray the group. Everything is perfect, until the meme appears. It’s a screenshot from their
confession... a confession that’s supposed to be entombed in the cold Vermont dirt with Cole.
Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith
In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed
an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want
to do two things.unny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves
together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of
recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.
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Andy Weir
Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined
and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun,
Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling
author Andy Weir.
wenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
Prompted by disturbing reports of an enormous sea monster, marine biologist Pierre Aronnax
joins an expedition to find and destroy it. After barely surviving an attack on the creature, the
voyagers discover that their quarry is in fact a remarkably advanced submarine, the Nautilus.
Its creator, Captain Nemo, is driven by a thirst for knowledge and by a hatred of civilization—
and he refuses to let his “guests” leave. As Aronnax and his companions plot to escape, they
are taken on a whirlwind tour of undersea marvels, including volcanoes, a giant squid, and the
ruins of Atlantis. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is just as gripping and fantastical
a read as it was a century and a half ago, when Jules Verne first imagined traveling beyond the
bounds of the possible.
Slated
Teri Terr
Kyla’s memory has been erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost forever.
She’s been slated. The government claims that she was a terrorist and they are giving her a
second chance—if she plays by their rules. But scenes from the past haunt her as she tries to
adjust to a new life, family, and school, leaving her unsettled. Who is she really? And if only
criminals are meant to be slated, why are so many other teens disappearing? As she and her
friend Ben seek answers, Kyla is torn between the need to know more and her instinct for
self-preservation.
An Ember in the Ashes
Sabaa Tahir
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and
bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones. It is in this brutal world, inspired
by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out
an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire.
But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange
for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them
from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s fin-
est soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies
are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.
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The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate
the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed,
spreads over the ruined planet. The novel’s hero is trapped in what is left of London, despair-
ing at the destruction of human civilization, when he discovers that life on Earth is more resil-
ient than he had imagined.
The ime Machine
H. G. Wells
The first great novel to imagine time travel, H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine (1895) follows its
narrator on an incredible journey that takes him eventually to the earth’s last moments.
When a Victorian scientist invents a machine that allows him to travel to the year A.D. 802,701,
he encounters a highly evolved society of people called Eloi, for whom suffering has appar-
ently been replaced by refinement and harmony. First impressions are misleading, however,
and his discovery of the Eloi’s true relationship to the brutish Morlocks who lurk in tunnels
beneath them leads him to a horrifying insight into the fate of mankind and its roots in his
own time.
The Martian: Classroom Edition
Andy Weir
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing
on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he stead-
fastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness
be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? Includes Classroom appropriate
language, discussion questions, activities, and Q&A with Andy Weir.
Project Hail Mar
Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission-and if he fails, human-
ity and the earth itself will perish. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland
realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship,
it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level
threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-
years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only
Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival.
A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based
thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.
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Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zao
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming ro-
bots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn’t matter that
the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concu-
bine-pilot, it’s to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister’s death. But when
she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare kind of female pilot
who can sacrifice males to power up Chrysalises instead. To tame her frightening yet valuable
mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest male pilot in Huaxia, yet feared
and ostracized for killing his father and brothers. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power,
she will not cower so easily. She will take over instead, then leverage their combined strength
to force her society to stop failing its women and girls. Or die trying.
The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the
3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it’s
the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them.
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change.
With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political
science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet’s
slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to
work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do
to achieve this profoundly important goal.
He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understand-
ing of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas
in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current
technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are
needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete,
practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that
governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our
employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise.
As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we
follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.
Scene of the Crime
HP Newquist
From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of Chocolate, The Human Body, and From
Here to There, comes an all new nonfiction deep dive into forensic science. What is
evidence and how do investigators gather it? How do you determine how long a body has
been dead? Do fingerprints differ from person to person? How did some of the world’s great
fictional detectives, like Sherlock Holmes, further the study of forensics? Packed with lively
photos, classroom activities, and engaging prose, budding private eyes and scientists will
be eager to find the answers to these and other questions in HP Newquist’s latest, and
to learn about everything from the world’s first autopsy in Ancient Rome to the role that
DNA plays in solving crimes along the way.
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The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman
Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the
world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of
northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska’s Kachemak
Bay, Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage,
form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It’s what we love about them.
As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all.
Our Bigest Experiment
Alice Bell
Traversing science, politics, and technology, Our Biggest Experiment shines a spotlight on
the little-known scientists who sounded the alarm to reveal the history behind the defining
story of our age: the climate crisis. Our Biggest Experiment recounts how the world became
addicted to fossil fuels, how we discovered that electricity could be a savior, and how renew-
able energy is far from a twentieth-century discovery. Bell cuts through complicated jargon
and jumbles of numbers to show how we’re getting to grips with what is now the defining
issue of our time. The message she relays is ultimately hopeful; harnessing the ingenuity
and intelligence that has driven the history of climate change research can result in a more
sustainable and bearable future for humanity.
Born ree
Joy Adamson
Joy Adamson’s story of a lion cub in transition between the captivity in which she is raised
and the fearsome wild to which she is returned captures the abilities of both humans and
animals to cross the seemingly unbridgeable gap between their radically different worlds.
Especially now, at a time when the sanctity of the wild and its inhabitants is increasingly
threatened by human development and natural disaster, Adamson’s remarkable tale is an
idyll, and a model, to return to again and again.
Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams
A look at the expeditions taken to Madagascar, Indonesia, New Zealand, Brazil, China, Chile,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mauritius to find and report on some of the most
endangered species around the world such as the komodo dragon, northern white rhinoc-
eros, mountain gorilla, kakapo, baiji dolphin, and the rodrigues fruit bat and the efforts being
made to save these animals.
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Secrets of Mental Math
Arthur Benjamin
These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of
numbers. Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get
ready to amaze your friends—and yourself—with incredible calculations you never thought
you could master, as renowned “mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin shares his techniques for
lightning-quick calculations and amazing number tricks. This book will teach you to do math
in your head faster than you ever thought possible, dramatically improve your memory for
numbers, and—maybe for the first time—make mathematics fun.
The Body
Bill Brson
Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us
through the human body—how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortu-
nately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells
since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, The Body will lead
you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As
Bill Bryson writes, “We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost
entirely for granted.” The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous,
compulsively readable facts and information.
How I Killed Puto and Wy It Had It Coming
Mike Brown
The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the
sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery
of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more
planet to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited a firestorm of controversy that culminated in
the demotion of Pluto from real planet to the newly coined category of “dwarf” planet.
Suddenly Brown was receiving hate mail from schoolchildren and being bombarded by TV
reporters—all because of the discovery he had spent years searching for. A heartfelt and
personal journey filled with both humor and drama, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It
Coming is the book for anyone, young or old, who has ever imagined exploring the universe.
The Poisoner’s Handbook
Deborah Blum
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder,The Poisoner’s
Handbookis a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York,
poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany
Hall-controlled coroner’s office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment
of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever.
Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their
trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become
the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.
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Puses and Minuses
Stefan Buijsman
We live in the age of big data, our lives are increasingly governed by algorithms, and we’re
constantly faced with a barrage of statistics. But what might be less obvious is how math
factors into your daily life, and what memorizing all of those formulae in school had to do with
it. Stefan Buijsman is beginning to change that through his research into the way we learn
math. Plusses and Minuses is based in the countless ways that math is engrained in our daily
lives, and shows readers how math can actually be used to make problems easier to solve.
Taking readers on a journey around the world to visit societies that have developed without
the use of math, and back into history to learn how and why various disciples of mathematics
were invented, Buijsman shows the vital importance of math, and how a better understand-
ing of mathematics will give us a better understanding of the world as a whole.
We Have No Idea
Jorge Cham
It turns out the universe is full of weird things that don’t make any sense. But Cham and
Whiteson make a compelling case that the questions we can’t answer are as interesting as
the ones we can. This fully illustrated introduction to the biggest mysteries in physics also
helpfully demystifies many complicated things we do know about, from quarks and neutrinos
to gravitational waves and exploding black holes. With equal doses of humor and delight,
Cham and Whiteson invite us to see the universe as a possibly boundless expanse of
uncharted territory that’s still ours to explore.
requently Asked Questions about the Universe
Jorge Cham
Physics professor Daniel Whiteson and scientist-turned-cartoonist Jorge Cham are experts
at explaining science in ways we can all understand, in their books and on their popular
podcast, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. With their signature blend of humor and
oh-nowI-get-it clarity, Jorge and Daniel offer short, accessible, and lighthearted answers to
some of the most common, most outrageous and most profound questions about the universe
they’ve received. This witty, entertaining, and fully illustrated book is an essential trouble-
shooting guide for the perplexing aspects of reality, big and small, from the invisible particles
that make up your body to the identical version of you currently reading this exact sentence
in the corner of some other galaxy. If the universe came with an FAQ, this would be it.
Something Deeply Hidden
Sean Carroll
Something Deeply Hidden begins with the news that physics is in a crisis. Academics discour-
age students from working on the “dead end” of quantum foundations. Putting his professional
reputation on the line, Carroll says that crisis can now come to an end. We just have to accept
that there is more than one of us in the universe. There are many, many Sean Carrolls. Many
of every one of us.
The Holy Grail of modern physics is reconciling quantum mechanics with Einstein’s general
relativity, his theory of curved spacetime. Carroll argues that our refusal to face up to the
mysteries of quantum mechanics has blinded us, and that spacetime and gravity naturally
emerge from a deeper reality called the wave function. No book for a popular audience has
attempted to make this radical argument. We’re on the threshold of a new way of understand-
ing the cosmos.
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The Third Chimpanzee for Young People
Jared Diamond
At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior
that distinguished us from other animals, eventually creating language, art, religion, bicycles,
spacecraft, and nuclear weapons—all within a heartbeat of evolutionary time. Now, faced with
the threat of nuclear weapons and the effects of climate change, it seems our innate tenden-
cies for violence and invention have led us to a crucial fork in our road. Where did these traits
come from? Are they part of our species immutable destiny? Or is there hope for our species’
future if we change? With fascinating facts and his unparalleled readability, Diamond intended
his book to improve the world that today’s young people will inherit. Triangle Square’s The
Third Chimpanzee for Young People is for them and the future they’ll help build.
Immune
Pilipp Dettmer
What, exactly, IS your immune system? Second only to the human brain in its complexity, it is
one of the oldest and most critical facets of life on Earth. Without it, you would die within days.
In Immune, Philipp Dettmer, the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube,
takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. Each
chapter delves into an element of the immune system, including defenses like antibodies and
inflammation as well as threats like bacteria, allergies and cancer, as Dettmer reveals why
boosting your immune system is actually nonsense, how parasites sneak their way past your
body’s defenses, how viruses work, and what goes on in your wounds when you cut yourself.
The Origin of Species
Charles Darin
Charles Darwin’s classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of
science, and continues to transform our views of the world. Few other books have created
such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin’s theory that species
derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of
each species is heightened by the “survival of the fittest” stirred up popular debate to fever
pitch. Its acceptance revolutionized the course of science.
Global Weirdness
Climate Central
Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of climate change.
Illustrated throughout with clarifying graphics, Global Weirdness enlarges our understanding
of how climate change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the incontrovertible facts we
need to make informed decisions about the future of the planet, and of humankind.
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Junk Raft
Marcus Eriksen
A scientist, activist, and inveterate adventurer, Eriksen and his co-navigator, Joel Paschal,
construct a “junk raft” made of plastic trash and set themselves adrift from Los Angeles to
Hawaii. As Eriksen recounts his struggles to keep afloat, he immerses readers in the deep
history of the plastic pollution crisis and the movement that has arisen to combat it. Mean-
while, the plastics industry fights against any changes that would affect its lucrative status
quo, instead defending poorly designed products and deflecting responsibility for the harm
they cause. Junk Raft provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message:
it’s within our power to change the throw-away culture for the sake of our planet.
Facing the Wave
Gretel Ehrlich
A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich
felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to bear
witness, listen to survivors, and experience their terror and exhilaration in villages and towns
where all shelter and hope seemed lost. In an eloquent narrative that blends strong report-
age, poetic observation, and deeply felt reflection, she takes us into the upside-down world of
northeastern Japan, where nothing is certain and where the boundaries between living and
dying have been erased by water.
The Brain
David Eagleman
Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the myste-
rious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions?
Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means
to be human? In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of
extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings,
robotics, and the search for immortality. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells
and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to
see in there: you. This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain
shapes your life.
Thinking Machines
Luke Dormehl
A fascinating look at Artificial Intelligence, from its humble Cold War beginnings to the daz-
zling future that is just around the corner. In Thinking Machines, technology journalist Luke
Dormehl takes you through the history of AI and how it makes up the foundations of the
machines that think for us today. Furthermore, Dormehl speculates on the incredible—and
possibly terrifying—future that’s much closer than many would imagine. This remarkable
book will invite you to marvel at what now seems commonplace and to dream about a future
in which the scope of humanity may need to broaden itself to include intelligent machines.
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The Omega Principle
Paul Greenberg
By the bestselling author of Four Fish and American Catch, an eye-opening investigation of
the history, science, and business behind omega-3 fatty acids, the “miracle compound” whose
story is intertwined with human health and the future of our planet. Rigorously reported and
winningly told, The Omega Principle is a powerful argument for a more deliberate and
forward-thinking relationship to the food we eat and the oceans that sustain us.
Extreme Medicine
Kevin Fong
Through astonishing accounts of extraordinary events and pioneering medicine, Fong illus-
trates the sheer audacity of medical practice at extreme limits, where human life is balanced
on a knife’s edge. Extreme Medicine is a gripping debut about the science of healing, but also
about exploration in its broadest sense—and about how, by probing the very limits of our
biology, we may ultimately return with a better appreciation of how our bodies work, of what
life is, and what it means to be human.
ive Days at Memorial
Sheri ink
In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink
reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of
those who struggled mightily to survive and maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck
and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose
to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several of those caregivers faced
criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten
their deaths. Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting,bringing the
reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying
form of health care rationing.In a voice at once involving and fair, masterful and intimate,
Fink exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are
for the impact of large-scale disasters—and how we can do better.
The uture We Choose
Christiana igueres
InThe Future We Choose, Christiana Figueres and Tom RivettCarnac—who led negotiations
for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015—have written a cautionary
but optimistic book about the world’s changing climate and the fate of humanity. The authors
outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be
like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will
be like to live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. They argue for confronting the climate
crisis head-on, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options
and tells us what governments, corporations, and each of us can and must do to fend off disaster.
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The Stor of Science: Newton at the Center
Joy Hakim
Students will watch as Copernicus’s systematic observations place the sun at the center of
our universe—to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achieve-
ments and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing
Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and Earth’s place in
the universe set the stage for modern physics, astronomy, mathematics, and chemistry.
The Stor of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension
Joy Hakim
Students will look over Albert Einstein’s shoulder as he and his colleagues develop a new kind
of physics. It leads in two directions: to knowledge of the vast universe and its future (insights
build on Einstein’s theories of relativity), and to an understanding of the astonishingly small
subatomic world (the realm of quantum physics). Students will learn why relativity and quan-
tum theory revolutionized our world and led to the most important ideas in modern science,
maybe of all time.
The Stor of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way
Joy Hakim
Readers will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. They will meet the
world’s first astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists and explore the lives and ideas of
such famous people as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Brahmagupta, alKhwarizmi, Fibonacci,
Ptolemy, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Hakim will introduce them to Aristotle—one
of the greatest philosophers of all time—whose scientific ideas dominated much of the world
for eighteen centuries.
Until the End of ime
Brian Greene
Until the End of Time is Brian Greene’s new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to under-
stand it. Greene takes us on a journey across time, from our most refined understanding of
the universe’s beginning, to the closest science can take us to the very end. He explores how
life and mind emerged from the initial chaos, and how our minds, in coming to understand
their own impermanence, seek in different ways to give meaning to experience: in narrative,
myth, religion, creative expression, science, the quest for truth, and our longing for the eternal.
Through a series of nested stories that explain distinct but interwoven layers of reality—from
quantum mechanics to consciousness to black holesGreene provides us with a clearer
sense of how we came to be, a finer picture of where we are now, and a firmer understanding
of where we are headed.
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking
Hawking not only unraveled some of the universe’s greatest mysteries but also believed
science plays a critical role in fixing problems here on Earth. Now, as we face immense chal-
lenges on our planet—including climate change, the threat of nuclear war, and the development
of artificial intelligence—he turns his attention to the most urgent issues facing us.
Drawdown
Paul Hawken
The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research
by leading scientists and policymakers around the world. These measures promise cascading
benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being—giving us every reason to see
this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great
Jessie Hartland
A quick yet comprehensive read, this graphic biography illuminates an entrepreneurial life
in both words and images—from Steve’s adoption and childhood spent tinkering, to dropping
out of college and traveling around India, to founding Apple and inventing the ipod and
other devices, to transforming the music industry, to co-founding Pixar Animation, to his
untimely death.
Wat the Eyes Don’t See
Mona Hanna-Attisha
Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona HannaAttisha, alongside a team of researchers,
parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were
being exposed to lead in their tap water—and then battled her own government and a brutal
backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t
See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic
indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself—
an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family’s activist roots inspired her pursuit
of justice.
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The Wondrous Workings of Panet Earth
Rachel Ignotofsk
Making earth science accessible and entertaining through art, maps, and infographics, The
Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth explains how our planet works—and how we can protect
it—from its diverse ecosystems and their inhabitants, to the levels of ecology, the importance
of biodiversity, the cycles of nature, and more. Science- and nature-loving readers of all ages
will delight in this utterly charming guide to our amazing home.
Women in Science
Rachel Ignotofsk
Women in Science highlights notable women’s contributions to various scientific fields to
inspire readers young and old. A fascinating collection full of striking, singular art, the book
features 50 profiles and illustrated portraits of women in STEM from the ancient to the mod-
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equipment and rates of women currently working in STEM fields.
Moby-Duck
Donovan Hohn
When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at
sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and
read up on Arctic science and geography.Moby-Duckis a journey into the heart of the sea
and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst
weather imaginable.
A Brief Histor of ime
Stephen Hawking
Told in language we can all understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms
of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,” of the big bang and a bigger
God—where the possibilites are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and pro-
found imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very
heart of creation.
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The Big Ones
Lucy Jones
Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes—they stem from the same forces that
give our planet life. It is only when these forces exceed our ability to withstand them that they
become disasters. Together they have shaped our cities and their architecture; elevated lead-
ers and toppled governments; influenced the way we think, feel, fight, unite, and pray. The
history of natural disasters is a history of ourselves.With population in hazardous regions
growing and temperatures around the world rising, the impacts of natural disasters are
greater than ever before. The Big Ones is more than just a work of history or science; it is a call
to action. With this energizing and exhaustively researched book, Dr. Jones offers a look at
our past, readying us to face down the Big Ones in our future.
How We Got to Now
Steven Johnson
In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries,
tracing facets of modern life from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to
their unintended historical consequences.In his trademark style, Johnson examines unexpected
connections between seemingly unrelated fields: how the invention of air-conditioning
enabled the largest migration of human beings in the history of the species—to cities such as
Dubai or Phoenix, which would otherwise be virtually uninhabitable; how pendulum clocks
helped trigger the industrial revolution; and how clean water made it possible to manufacture
computer chips. How We Got to Now is the story of collaborative networks building the
modern world, written in the provocative, informative, and engaging style that has earned
Johnson fans around the globe.
The Contamination of the Earth
rancois Jarrige
Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has been accompanied by the
spread of industrial pollution. As our capacities for production and our aptitude for consump-
tion have increased, so have their byproducts—chemical contamination from fertilizers and
pesticides, diesel emissions, oil spills, a vast “plastic continent” found floating in the ocean.
The Contamination of the Earth offers a social and political history of industrial pollution,
mapping its trajectories over three centuries, from the toxic wastes of early tanneries to the
fossil fuel energy regime of the twentieth century.
The Stor of More
Hope Jahren
Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, a passionate teacher, and one of
the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. In The Story of More, she illuminates
the link between human habits and our imperiled planet. In concise, highly readable chap-
ters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to
large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences
of global warming—from superstorms to rising sea levels—and the actions that we all can take
to fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of global change and a lively, personal
narrative, The Story of More is the essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an
indelible impact on everyone who reads it.
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Living in the Anthropocene
John W. Kress
Although we arrived only recently in Earth’s timeline, humans are driving major changes to
the planet’s ecosystems. Even now, the basic requirements for human life—air, water, shelter,
food, nature, and culture—are rapidly transforming the planet as billions of people compete
for resources. These changes have become so noticeable on a global scale that scientists
believe we are living in a new chapter in Earth’s story: the Anthropocene, or Age of Humans.
Living in the Anthropocene: Earth in the Age of Humansis a vital look at this era. The book
contextualizes the Anthropocene by presenting paleontological, historical, and contempo-
rary views of various human effects on Earth.
Vacation Guide to the Solar System
Olivia Koski
Packed with full color illustrations and real-world science,Vacation Guideto the Solar Systemis
the must-have planning guide for the curious spaceadventurer, covering all of the essentials
for your next voyage, how to get there,and what to do when you arrive. Perfect for fans ofNeil
deGrasse Tyson’sAstrophysics for People in a Hurry, this tongue-in-cheek reference guide is
an imaginative exploration intothe “What if” of space travel, sharing fascinating facts about
space, theplanets in our solar system, and even some moons!
Suriving the Extremes
Kenneth Kamler
A true-life scientific thriller no reader will forget,Surviving the Extremestakes us to the farthest
reaches of the earth as well as into the uncharted territory within the human body, spirit, and
brain. Divided into six sections—jungle, high seas, desert, underwater, high altitude, and
outer space—this book uses firsthand testimony and documented accounts to investigate
the science of what a body goes through and explains why people survive.
Pysics of the Impossible
Michio Kaku
Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships—the stuff of science
fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of
Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling
author Michio Kaku takes an informed, serious, and often surprising look at what our current
understanding of the universe’s physical laws may permit in the near and distant future.
Entertaining, informative, and imaginative, Physics of the Impossible probes the very limits
of human ingenuity and scientific possibility.
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Black Gold
Albert Marrin
Thick and slippery, crude oil has an evil smell. Yet without it, life as we live it today would be
impossible. Oil fuels our engines, heats our homes, and powers the machines that make the
everyday things we take for granted, from shopping bags to computers to medical equip-
ment. Nations throughout the last century have gone to war over it. Indeed, oil influences
every aspect of modern life. It helps shape the history, society, politics, and economy of every
nation on earth. Nations throughout the last century have gone to war over it. It helps shape
the history, society, politics, and economy of every nation on earth. This riveting book explores
what oil is and the role this precious resource has played in America and the world.
Improbable Destinies
Jonathan B. Losos
Jonathan Losos reveals what the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology can tell us
about one of the greatest ongoing debates in science. He takes us around the globe to meet
the researchers who are solving the deepest mysteries of life on Earth through their work in
experimental evolutionary science. Losos himself is one of the leaders in this exciting new
field, and he illustrates how experiments with guppies, fruit flies, bacteria, foxes, and field
mice, along with his own work with anole lizards on Caribbean islands, are rewinding the tape
of life to reveal just how rapid and predictable evolution can be. Improbable Destinies will
change the way we think and talk about evolution. Losos’s insights into natural selection and
evolutionary change have far-reaching applications for protecting ecosystems, securing our
food supply, and fighting off harmful viruses and bacteria. This compelling narrative offers a
new way of understanding ourselves and our role in the natural world and the cosmos.
This Is Your Brain on Music
Daniel J. Levitin
In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J.
Levitinexplores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we
listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain. Taking on prominent thinkers who argue
that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is
fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. Drawing on the latest
research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen.
Napoleon’s Buttons
Penny Le Couteur
Napoleon’s Buttonsis the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have
greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early
exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted
in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined
what we now eat, drink, and wear.
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Kiss My Math
Danica McKellar
The New York Times bestselling math workbook from actress and math genius Danica McKellar
that teaches seventh to ninth grade girls how to conquer pre-algebra! Stepping up not only
the math but the sass and style, McKellar helps math-phobic teenagers moving up into high
school chill out and finally “get” negative numbers, variables, absolute values, exponents, and
more. As she did so effectively in Math Doesn’t Suck, McKellar uses personality quizzes,
reader polls, real-life testimonials, and stories from her own life—in addition to clear instruc-
tion, helpful tips, and practice problems—revealing why pre-algebra is easier, more relevant,
and more glamorous than girls think.
Hot X: Algebra Exposed!
Danica McKellar
Algebra: The word alone has been known to strike fear in the hearts of even the best students,
but help is here! With her two earlier books, Math Doesn’t Suck and Kiss My Math, actress and
math genius Danica McKellar shattered the “math nerd” stereotype and empowered girls to
conquer middle-school math and pre-algebra. Hot X: Algebra Exposed shows high schoolers
how to master algebra topics like square roots, polynomials, quadratic equations, word prob-
lems, and more. In addition to fun extras like personality quizzes, reader polls, and boy-crazy
confessionals.
Girls Get Cures
Danica McKellar
Hollywood actress and math whiz Danica McKellar has completely shattered the “math nerd”
stereotype. For years, she’s been showing girls how to feel confident and ace their math
classes—with style! With Girls Get Curves, she applies her winning techniques to high school
geometry, giving readers the tools they need to feel great and totally “get” everything from
congruent triangles to theorems, and more. With Danica as a coach, girls everywhere can
stop hiding from their homework and watch their scores rise!
How to Give Up Pastic
Will McCallum
How to Give Up Plasticis a straightforward guide to eliminating plastic from your life. Going
room by room through your home and workplace, Greenpeace activist Will McCallum teaches
you how to spot disposable plastic items and find plastic-free, sustainable alternatives to
each one. From carrying a reusable straw, to catching microfibers when you wash your
clothes, to throwing plastic-free parties, you’ll learn new and intuitive ways to reduce plastic
waste. And by arming you with a wealth of facts about global plastic consumption and anec-
dotes from activists fighting plastic around the world, you’ll also learn how to advocate to
businesses and leaders in your community and across the country to commit to eliminating
disposable plastics for good.
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The Road to Reality
Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only
comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. From the very
first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest
application of infinity in physics,The Road to Realitycarefully explores the movement of the
smallest atomic particles and reaches into the vastness of intergalactic space. Here, Penrose
examines the mathematical foundations of the physical universe, exposing the underlying
beauty of physics and giving us one the most important works in modern science writing.
Chemistr Made Simple
John T. Moore
Chemistry helps us understand not only the world around us, but also our own bodies.
Chemistry Made Simple makes it fun. Each chapter has practice problems with complete
solutions that reinforce learning. A glossary of chemical terms, the modern periodic table,
and detailed illustrations throughout make this the best introduction to one of the most
studied of all sciences.
The Drunkard’s Walk
Leonard Modinow
With the born storyteller’s command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow
vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and
how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls
are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the true nature of chance and revealing the
psychological illusions that cause us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow gives us the
tools we need to make more informed decisions. From the classroom to the courtroom and
from financial markets to supermarkets, Mlodinow’s intriguing and illuminating look at how
randomness, chance, and probability affect our daily lives will intrigue, awe, and inspire.
Math Doesn’t Suck
Danica McKellar
Research continues to prove that it is in middle school when math scores begin to drop—
especially for girls—in large part due to the relentless social conditioning that tells girls they
“can’t do” math, and that math is “uncool.” Young girls today need strong female role models
to embrace the idea that it’s okay to be smart! The book features real-world examples, step-
by-step instruction, and engaging stories of Danica’s own childhood struggles in math (and
stardom). It even includes a Math Horoscope section, Math Personality Quizzes, and RealLife
Testimonials—ultimately revealing why math is easier and cooler than readers think.
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The Order of ime
Carlo Rovelli
We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it remains.
We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by
clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where
at the most fundamental level time disappears. He explains how the theory of quantum
gravity attempts to understand and give meaning to the resulting extreme landscape of this
timeless world. Weaving together ideas from philosophy, science and literature, he suggests
that our perception of the flow of time depends on our perspective, better understood start-
ing from the structure of our brain and emotions than from the physical universe.
Spying on Wales
Nick Pyenson
Full of rich storytelling and scientific discovery, Spying on Whales spans the ancient past to
an uncertain future—all to better understand the most enigmatic creatures on Earth. Nick
Pyenson’s research has given us the answers to some of our biggest questions about whales.
He takes us deep inside the Smithsonian’s unparalleled fossil collections, to frigid Antarctic
waters, and to the arid desert in Chile, where scientists race against time to document the
largest fossil whale site ever found. Full of rich storytelling and scientific discovery, Spying on
Whales spans the ancient past to an uncertain future—all to better understand the most
enigmatic creatures on Earth.
The Hot Zone
Richard Preston
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the
suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are
dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the
outbreak of this exotic “hot” virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising
account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their “crashes” into the human race.
Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is
scarier than fiction.
The Demon in the reezer
Richard Preston
InThe Demon in the Freezer,his first nonfiction book sinceThe Hot Zone,a #1New York Times
bestseller, Richard Preston takes us into the heart of Usamriid, the United States Army Medical
Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, once the headquarters of
the U.S. biological weapons program and now the epicenter of national biodefense.
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Pight of the Living Dead
Matt Simon
In The Plight of the Living Dead, science journalist Matt Simon documents his journey through
the bizarre evolutionary history of mind control. Along the way, he visits a lab where scientists
infect ants with zombifying fungi, joins the search for kamikaze crickets in the hills of New
Mexico, and travels to Israel to meet the wasp that stings cockroaches in the brain before
leading them to their doom.
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake
When we think of fungi, most of us think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting
bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on
which we live, and the ways we think, feel and behave.
In Entangled Life Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an
exhilarating change of perspective. Sheldrake’s vivid exploration takes us from yeast to
psychedelics, to the fungi that range for miles underground and are the largest organisms on
the planet, to those that link plants together in complex networks known as the ‘Wood Wide
Web’, to those that infiltrate and manipulate insect bodies with devastating precision. By
examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—
and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works.
Cosmos
Carl Sagan
The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, Cosmos is a magnifi-
cent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces
today’s knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and
philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way.
Seven Brief Lessons on Pysics
Carlo Rovelli
This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains
Einstein’s general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes,
the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful
world. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophi-
cal scientific guide. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches
of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds.
The book celebrates the joy of discovery. “Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with
the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world,” Rovelli writes.
“And it’s breathtaking.”
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The Sirens of Mars
Sarah Stewart Johnson
In this beautifully observed, deeply personal book, Georgetown scientist Sarah Stewart
Johnson tells the story of how she and other researchers have scoured Mars for signs of life,
transforming the planet from a distant point of light into a world of its own. Here, with poetic
precision, she interlaces her own personal journey—as a female scientist and a mother—with
tales of other seekers, from Percival Lowell, who was convinced that a utopian society existed
on Mars, to Audouin Dollfus, who tried to carry out astronomical observations from a
stratospheric balloon. In the process, she shows how the story of Mars is also a story about
Earth: this other world has been our mirror, our foil, a telltale reflection of our own anxieties
and yearnings.
Empathetic and evocative, The Sirens of Mars offers an unlikely natural history of a place
where no human has ever set foot, while providing a vivid portrait of our quest to defy our
isolation in the cosmos.
Eat Like a ish
Bren Smith
In the face of apocalyptic climate change, a former fisherman shares a bold and hopeful new
vision for saving the planet: farming the ocean. Here Bren Smith—pioneer of regenerative
ocean agriculture—introduces the world to a groundbreaking solution to the global climate
crisis. A genre-defining “climate memoir,” Eat Like a Fish interweaves Smith’s own life—from
sailing the high seas aboard commercial fishing trawlers to developing new forms of ocean
farming to surfing the frontiers of the food movement—with actionable food policy and
practical advice on ocean farming. Written with the humor and swagger of a fisherman telling
a late-night tale, it is a powerful story of environmental renewal, and a must-read guide to
saving our oceans and feeding the world.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Sloot
As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is
inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth
of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.HeLa
cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the
atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and
gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains
virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar
Matt Simon
The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar, a jaunt through evolution’s most unbelievable,
most ingenious solutions to the problems of everyday life. Join Wired science writer Matt
Simon as he introduces you to the creatures that have it figured out, the ones that joust with
their mustaches or choke sharks to death with snot, all in a wild struggle to survive.
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Dierence
Greta Thunberg
No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time.
Collecting her speeches that have made history across the globe, from the United Nations to
mass street protests, her book is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect
the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.
God’s Hotel
Victoria Sweet
San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant
of the HotelDieu (God’s hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and
rock musicians, professors and thieves ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for
two months and stayed for twenty years. Laguna Honda, relatively low-tech but human-paced,
gave Sweet the opportunity to practice a kind of attentive medicine that has almost vanished.
Gradually, the place transformed the way she understood her work. Alongside the modern
view of the body as a machine to be fixed, her extraordinary patients evoked an older idea, of
the body as a garden to be tended. God’s Hotel tells their story and the story of the hospital
itself, which, as efficiency experts, politicians, and architects descended, determined to turn
it into a modern “health care facility,” revealed its own surprising truths about the essence,
cost, and value of caring for the body and the soul.
Headstrong
Rachel Swaby
Headstrong delivers a powerful, global, and engaging response. Covering Nobel Prize winners
and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence
our every day, Rachel Swaby’s vibrant profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and
illustrate how each one’s ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement
through the research and discovery for which they’re best known. This fascinating tour
reveals 52 women at their best—while encouraging and inspiring a new generation of girls to
put on their lab coats.
Chasing the Moon
Robert Stone
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed the nation spend twenty billion dollars to land a
man on the Moon before the end of the decade.Based on eyewitness accounts and newly
discovered archival material,Chasing the Moonreveals for the first time the unknown stories
of the fascinating individuals whose imaginative work across several decades culminated in
America’s momentous achievement. More than a story of engineers and astronauts, the moon
landing—grew out of the dreams of science fiction writers, filmmakers, military geniuses, and
rule-breaking scientists.
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The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
#1 New York Times bestseller with a new afterword. It is worse, much worse, than you think.
If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely
scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies,
climate wars and economic devastation. The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the
near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it—the ways
that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in
the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress.
The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was
brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it
now belongs to a single generation—today’s.
utureface (Adapted for Young Readers)
Alex Wagner
Who are my people? Where am I from? With a Burmese mother and a white American father,
Alex Wagner grew up thinking of herself as a “futureface”—an example of what the mixed-race
future of America would look like. Her father’s ancestors immigrated to the United States
from Ireland and Luxembourg. Her mother fled Burma—now Myanmar—with her family in the
1960s. When Alex learns that her ancestry might be more mysterious than she believed, she
becomes obsessed with learning everything there is to know about her ethnic and racial
history. Her journey takes her from Burma to Luxembourg, from birth records written on
banana leaves to high-tech genetic labs and online ancestry profiles. Through a blend of
history, science, and sociology, Alex tries to solve the mysteries of her family and what it
means to be American. What makes us think of certain people as “us” and others as “them”?
In a time of conflict over who we are as a country, she tries to find the story where we all belong.
The Climate Report
U.S. Global Change Research Program
To hide its dramatic findings, the government released its mandated Climate Assessment
Report on Black Friday while everyone was out shopping. Melville House is rushing the report
into print—including all its charts, graphs, and illustrations—to broadcast its meticulous and
devastating findings about the causes and impact of global warming.
Our House Is on ire
Greta Thunberg
When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her
little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speak-
ing, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and
searching for answers, her parents discovered what was at the heart of Greta’s distress: her
imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet. Steered by Greta’s determination to understand
the truth and generate change, they began to see the deep connections between their own
suffering and the planet’s. Written by a remarkable family and told through the voice of an
iconoclastic mother, Our House Is on Fire is the story of how they fought their problems at
home by taking global action. And it is the story of how Greta decided to go on strike from
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She Has Her Mother’s Laugh
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Award-winning, New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents an original
perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a
crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed to answer it.
The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. People translated their
old notions about heredity into a language of genes. As the technology for studying genes
became cheaper, millions of people ordered genetic tests to link themselves to missing
parents, to distant ancestors, to ethnic identities . . .
Weaving historical and current scientific research, his own experience with his daughters, and
the kind of original reporting expected from one of the world’s best science journalists, Zimmer
unpacks urgent bioethical quandaries arising from new biomedical technologies but also long-
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Dr. Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of what’s coming next—from robot swarms to nuclear
fusion powered-toasters. By weaving their own research, interviews with the scientists who
are making these advances happen, and Zach’s trademark comics, the Weinersmiths investi-
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way. To this end, Soonish investigates ten different emerging fields, from programmable
matter to augmented reality, from space elevators to robotic construction, to show us the
amazing world we will have, you know, soonish.
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Lajos Egri
As in the bestselling The Art of Dramatic Writing, still considered one of the most essential
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his highly acclaimed Egri Method of Creative Writing and shows how to apply it to all fiction
formats—novels, short stories, and screenplays.
Grounded in Egri’s assertion that “Every type of creative writing depends upon the credibility
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Verbal Advantage
Charles Harrington Elster
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100 Successful College Application Essays
The Harard Independent
The Largest Collection of Successful College Application Essays Available in One Volume.
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Gnne’s Grammar
N.M. Gnne
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Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps,
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Alan Gelb
Writing a memorable personal statement can seem like an overwhelming project for a young
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Word Smart includes over 1,400 words and definitions that will help teenagers and adults
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Grammar makes a lasting impression on friends, co-workers, and teachers, but learning
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Gar Provost
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The Disintegrating Student
Jeannine Jannot
Jeannine Jannot, Ph.D. draws on twenty years of experience in this empowering must-read
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Barbara Oaley
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Rafe Esquith
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Jennifer L. Eberhardt
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Taylor Mali
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Bettina Love
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Savage Inequalities
Jonathan Kozol
In 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education
system. For two years, he visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to
Washington, D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals,
superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. In Savage
Inequalities, Kozol delivers a searing examination of the extremes of wealth and poverty and
calls into question the reality of equal opportunity in our nation’s schools.
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Creative Schools
Ken Robinson
Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED
Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization’s history. In Creative Schools,
the internationally recognized leader on creativity and human potential focuses on one of
the most critical issues of our time: how to transform the nation’s troubled educational
system. Filled with anecdotes, observations and recommendations from professionals on the
front line of transformative education, case histories, and groundbreaking research
—and written with Robinson’s trademark wit and engaging style—Creative Schools will
inspire teachers, parents, and policy makers alike to rethink the real nature and purpose
of education.
How The Other Half Learns
Robert Pondiscio
The promise of public education is excellence for all. But that promise has seldom been kept
for low-income children of color in America. In How the Other Half Learns, teacher and educa-
tion journalist Robert Pondiscio focuses on Success Academy, the network of controversial
charter schools in New York City founded by Eva Moskowitz, who has created something
unprecedented in American education: a way for large numbers of engaged and ambitious
low-income families of color to get an education for their children that equals and even
exceeds what wealthy families take for granted.
Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversar Edition
Mar Pipher
In 1994, Reviving Ophelia was published, and it shone a much-needed spotlight on the prob-
lems faced by adolescent girls. The book became iconic and helped to reframe the national
conversation about what author Mary Pipher called “a girl-poisoning culture” surrounding
adolescents. Fast forward to today, and adolescent girls and the parents, teachers, and coun-
selors who care about them find themselves confronting many of the same challenges
Pipher wrote about originally as well as new ones specific to today.
How to Win at College
Cal Newport
How can you graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume,
gain access to the best post-college opportunities, and still have a life? Based on interviews
with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How
to Win at College presents seventy-five simple rules that will rocket you to the top of your
class. Proving you can be successful and still have time for fun, How to Win at College is the
must-have guide for making the most of these four important years—and getting and edge
on life after graduation.
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The Gatekeepers
Jacques Steinberg
In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an
unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan
University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer
Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country.
The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places
in the nation’s most elite colleges.
Teach, Breathe, Learn
Meena Srinivasan
InTeach, Breathe, Learn, Meena Srinivasan highlights how mindfulness can be an effective
tool in the classroom. What makes this book truly unique is her perspective as a classroom
teacher, wrestling daily with the conditions about which she writes.
Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)
Peter M. Senge
Completely updated and revised—with more than 100 pages of new material—for the first time
since its initial publication in 2000, Schools That Learn collects the wisdom and experiences
of educators, administrators, and parents across the country on how to strengthen and
rebuild our schools for the 21st century.
You, Your Child, and School
Ken Robinson
One of the world’s most influential educators, Robinson has had countless conversations
with parents about the dilemmas they face. In this important new book, he offers clear princi-
ples and practical advice on how to support your child through the K12 education system, or
outside it if you choose to homeschool or un-school.
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Learning by Heart
Tony Wagner
One of the world’s top experts on education delivers an uplifting memoir on his own personal
failures and successes as he sought to become a good learner and teacher. After struggling
in both roles, he learned to create meaningful learning experiences despite the constraints
of conventional schooling—initially for himself and then for his students—based on under-
standing each student’s real interests and strengthening his or her intrinsic motivations.
Wagner’s story sheds light on critical issues facing parents and educators today, and reminds
us that trial and error, resilience, and respect for the individual, are at the very heart of all
teaching and learning.
Read All About It!
Jim release
From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to Maniac Magee, sci-fi to op-ed, “Casey at
the Bat” to a moving true story about the reunion of two Holocaust survivors, this wonderfully
diverse collection of excerpts from newspapers, magazines, and books has been created by
Jim Trelease especially to turn young people on to the many pleasures of reading.
Prepared
Diane Tavenner
An educator and mother, Diane Tavenner founded the first Summit school in 2003. Summit
Public Schools has won national recognition because ninety-nine percent of Summit stu-
dents get into a four-year college, and Summit students finish college at twice the national
average. But in a radical departure from the environments created by the college admissions
arms race, Summit students aren’t focused on competing with their classmates for rankings
or test scores. Instead, they spend their days solving real-world problems and developing the
skills of self-direction, collaboration, and reflection, all of which prepare them to succeed in
college, thrive in today’s workplace, and lead a secure and fulfilled life.
The Self-Driven Child
William Stixrud
Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps kids gripped by anxiety or struggling to learn.
Ned is a motivational coach who runs an elite tutoring service. Together they discovered that
the best antidote to stress is to give kids more of a sense of control over their lives. But this
doesn’t mean giving up your authority as a parent. In this groundbreaking book they reveal
how you can actively help your child to sculpt a brain that is resilient, and ready to take on new
challenges.
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The War for Kindness
Jamil Zaki
In this groundbreaking book, Jamil Zaki lays out an entirely new theory of empathy. He argues
that empathy is not a fixed trait—something we’re either born with or not—but a skill we can
learn. We can dial our empathy up or down depending on our circumstances. And we can
permanently strengthen it through intentional effort.
Wat Colleges Don’t Tell You
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Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
For the savvy parents of today’s college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in
the college admissions process, this book reveals 272 little-known secrets to help parents get
their kids into the school of their dreams. Based on the controversial insider information
Elizabeth WissnerGross has gleaned from working as a highly successful packager of high
school students and from interviews with heads of admission at the nation’s top colleges, this
book empowers parents by decoding the admissions process.
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The Knowledge Gap
Natalie Wexler
It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled
across a hidden explanation for our country’s frustrating lack of progress when it comes
to providing every child with a quality education. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff’s The
Prize and Dana Goldstein’s The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and
compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education
system—one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of
which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware.
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