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Monday, December 20, 2021
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Christmas is near!
Finish your shopping at Appletree
during our extended hours this week:
Monday, December 20 - Friday, December 24
Open 11am - 6pm
Closed for Christmas
Saturday, December 25 - Sunday, December 26
Monday, December 27 - Tuesday, December 28
Open 11am - 4pm
Closed for Returns, Inventory, & Vacation!
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 - Tuesday, January 18, 2022
We re-open on
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
with regular hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 4pm
Closed Sunday and Monday
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New Historical Thriller
The Fortune Men
(Knopf)
by Nadifa Mohamed
hardcover
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“Searing, affecting and distressingly relevant... manages an intimate presentation of Mattan’s experience... In fictionalizing this story of a lethal miscarriage of justice... Mohamed has crafted a mesmerizing novel that, notwithstanding its historical setting, has disconcerting resonance for the present.”
—Steven W. Beattie,
The Toronto Star
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New Biography
Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny
(Atria Books)
by Ann Marks
hardcover
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"Compelling and richly detailed, this book sheds new and important light on an intriguing photographer and her singular life. A well-researched and incisive biography."
Kirkus Reivews
(starred review)
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New Kids Nonfiction
Pigology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia
(Princeton
Architectural Press)
written by Daisy Bird
illustrated by Camilla Pintonato
hardcover
(ages 6-10)
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"Aspirationally encyclopedic, this survey covers the pig’s evolution, domestication, characteristics, adaptations, importance as a global food source, appearances in myth, and more… An interesting, absorbing browser."
- Kirkus Reviews
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Contemporary Romance
While We Were Dating
(Berkley Books)
by Jasmine Guillory
paperback
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“Jasmine Guillory is the undisputed queen of the modern-day romance, and this novel—in which a budding movie star and the ad guy tasked with making her famous fall hard for one another before encountering life’s many complications—is yet another jewel in her crown.”
—Vogue
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New Nonfiction
A Curious Collection of Dangerous Creatures:
An Illustrated Encyclopedia
(Experiment)
by Sami Bayly
hardcover
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When you think of dangerous animals, what comes to mind—a great white shark, a rattlesnake? What about the hooded pitohui, with its extremely poisonous feathers, or the coffin ray, which electrocutes its prey? Dangerous animals get a bad rap—and they can be pretty scary!—but that’s precisely what makes them remarkable.
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Middle Reader Memoir
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
(Candlewick Press)
by Eugene Yelchin
hardcover
(ages 10+)
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"In this frank, engaging memoir, Yelchin recounts his childhood... as his boyhood self, Yevgeny, perceives and ponders it... At once comical and disquieting, the book is an illuminating introduction to a young life in the former Soviet Union."
—Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
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New Classic
Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter
(Penguin)
edited by
Jessica Harrison
hardcover
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"...this greatest hits compilation also happens to be beautifully published. Inside you’ll find ghosts, miracles, grouchy curmudgeons, and plenty of snow.”
―Daily Mail
(“Books of the Year”)
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New Nonfiction
Murakami T:
The T-Shirts I Love
(Knopf)
by Haruki Murakami
hardcover
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"...part ode, part exhibit that reads with restrained affection for his accidental accumulations...The diaristic entries have the simplicity of a show-and-tell... spare prose offering a material history of his closet... Murakami’s understated love letters to his T-shirts convey how we give life to our things and vice versa."
--Charlene K. Lau,
The Atlantic
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New Graphic Novel
The Legend of Auntie Po
(Kokila)
by Shing Yin Khor
paperback
(ages 10-14)
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“On the surface, this story is the birth of a folktale, but the author explores much deeper topics: grief, family, loyalty, racism, and self-discovery... Watercolors are beautiful and illustrations are clean and simple, conveying a childlike air while tackling serious subject matter.”
--Booklist
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