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New Nonfiction
About Time:
A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
(W.W. Norton & Co.)
by David Rooney
hardcover
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"The measurement of time is a convenience, a jailor, a tyrannical device... Rooney’s delightful and discursive work anatomizes that tyranny. Page after page offers up instances of time’s ubiquity and its mercurial power to get into the interstices of the everyday."
― Jonathan Meades
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New Fiction
Address Unknown
(Ecco)
by Kathrine Kressman Taylor
paperback
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“That this short, fleeting story has lasted so long is not only because of its artistic achievement, and not only because, written in 1938, it astonishingly anticipated the horror that was yet to come. It is because its prescience is not confined to its time. It saw into our own future too.”
-- Jonathan Freedland
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New Kids Nonfiction
Adventure Starts at Bedtime: 30 Real-Life Stories of Daring and Danger
(Laurence King Publishing)
written by
Ness Knight
illustrated by Qu Lan
hardcover
(ages 5-7)
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Travel back in time and across thousands of miles to escape quicksand, survive a desert storm, and reach the summit of Everest with this diverse collection of real-life stories from men and women from past and present.
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New Nonfiction
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
(Bloomsbury)
by Tom Standage
hardcover
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“Standage... delivers a brisk and entertaining history of personal transportation... Full of easy-to-understand history lessons and technical explanations, this is a well-informed look at how innovation, when properly guided, can pave the way to a brighter future.”
―Publishers Weekly
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New Fiction
Sisters
(Riverhead Books)
by Daisy Johnson
paperback
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“Johnson... brings her nuanced sense of menace and intimate understanding of the perils of loving too much to this latest entry in her developing canon of dark places where the unspeakable speaks and speaks. A subtle book that brings to bear all its author’s prodigious skill. A must read.”
—Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
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New Middle Reader
Ikenga
(Viking)
by Nnedi Okorafor
paperback
(ages 10-12)
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“This wonderfully fresh superhero origin story offers a look into the shadowy, inexplicable powers that are suddenly in the hands of an ordinary child... Okorafor has created unique, multifaceted characters that will have young readers hoping for Nnamdi’s next adventure.”
—School Library Journal
(starred review)
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New Nonfiction
How I Became
a Tree
(Yale University Press)
by Sumana Roy
hardcover
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“...Roy has written... a radiant and wondrous book, which roots and branches in complex, provocative ways, helping us recognize trees for the ‘strange strangers’ they are, companion-citizens with which we think and remember... but also alien beings that draw love, hate, indifference, and even lust from us humans.”
—Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
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New Fiction
The King of
Infinite Space
(G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
by Lyndsay Faye
hardcover
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"Shakespeare devotees will be impressed at the variations Faye introduces to the play’s plotline, and Faye’s considerable descriptive gifts are on ample display... Fans and newcomers alike will delight in Faye’s remarkable achievement."
—Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
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New Picture Book
The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess
(Holiday House)
by Tom Gauld
hardcover
(ages 4-8)
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"A marvelous journey... Gauld’s crisp, clear art, along with captivating small details in backgrounds and endpapers, add richness to the narrative... Gauld’s fairy tale feels both timeless and completely new; utterly fresh, yet like a story heard long ago and finally found again. Enchanting."
—Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
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