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Ghost Wall: A Novel

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Ghost Wall: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Moss
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250234957
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Published: Picador - December 31st, 2019

A teenage girl, Silvie, her parents, and a group of archaeology students are spending their summer vacation recreating the life of Iron Age Britons, foraging for their own food and wearing potato sack-esque couture. It won't take long to read this eerie novel, but I guarantee you'll keep thinking about it long after you've closed it. It's got bog bodies, gorgeous nature writing, and deep explorations of misogyny, abuse, nationalism, and sexuality - all in 160 pages.

Kendall

Mythic World

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Mythic World (Paperback)

By Kerby Rosanes
$15.00
ISBN: 9780593186022
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Published: Plume - March 29th, 2022

A coloring book of mythic detail. Rosanes' art is gorgeous enough to hang in just black and white, but also allows for a ridiculous amount of detailed coloring without the repetition of other detailed coloring books. Bring myths and monsters to life with your own flair! (Particularly great if you, say, happen to be stuck inside with limited mobility)

Stacey

Ordinary Monsters

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Ordinary Monsters: A Novel (The Talents #1) (Hardcover)

By J. M. Miro
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250833662
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Published: Flatiron Books - June 7th, 2022

Ordinary Monsters will satisfy any cravings for a fantasy with a sweeping and complex voice, similar to that of Phillip Pullman, Deborah Harkness, and Susanna Clarke. Suitable for both young and older audiences, the story follows two children with magical abilties who are being hunted by a man made of smoke. It's 1882 in England, and when a detective is recruited to escort them to the mysterious Institute where they'll be safe, all three begin a journey that carries them from London, to Meiji-era Tokyo, and finally to the Institute's eerie estate in Edinburgh. As secrets within the Institute are revealed, the children begin to discover the truth of why they have the abilities that they do, what's really stalking them, and that the worst monsters sometimes bring the sweetest gifts.

Engel

Girlhood

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Girlhood (Paperback)

By Melissa Febos
$18.00
ISBN: 9781635579314
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - May 24th, 2022

For devotees of Machado's In the Dream House and Nelson's The Argonauts, Febos's coming-of-age memoir is also an interpolation of myth, psychoanalysis, and other women's stories. Focusing on the aggressions (against herself and others) that all too often lead to internalized patriarchal values, shame, and learned passivity, she also tells a story of empowerment as she finds herself as a queer woman, dominatrix, and fierce defender of her own sense of agency.

Rachael

Junji Ito's Cat Diary

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Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu Collector's Edition (Hardcover)

By Junji Ito
$24.99
ISBN: 9781646512515
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Published: Kodansha Comics - November 9th, 2021

Junji Ito is one of the foremost names in horror comics - well-known titles include TOMIE and THE ENIGMA OF AMIGARA FAULT - and his horror chops make this nonfiction account of his life with housecats even weirder and funnier. Ideal for the cat-and-horror-lover in your life!

Piera

Bad Mexicans

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Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands (Hardcover)

By Kelly Lytle Hernández
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324004370
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 10th, 2022

Mexico's 1910 revolution involved -- among other conspirators -- a group of dissident journalists who launched attacks from the US while also fighting US imperialism in Mexico.

Sarah

Portrait of a Thief

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Portrait of a Thief: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Grace D. Li
$26.00
ISBN: 9780593184738
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Published: Tiny Reparations Books - April 5th, 2022

Portrait of a Thief is the heist novel with a marvelous and dynamic all-Asian cast that will make you laugh and cry, with stakes that will keep your hands (pleasantly) sweating and your heart racing an unsteady beat. Don't believe me? Weike Wang, author of Chemistry, calls it a "slick, dazzling" read.

Cindy

Grendel

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Grendel (Paperback)

By John Gardner
$14.00
ISBN: 9780679723110
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Published: Vintage - May 14th, 1989

What does it mean to be a monster? In this retelling of Beowulf from Grendel’s POV, we find the creature searching for meaning in a world that never wanted him. Through conversations with dragons and his secretive observations through the roof of the great hall, Grendel tries to determine the meaning of life, if there even is one.                   
Dave
 

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