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    Veronica Gerber Bicecci’s debut novel, second book and her first translated into English, Empty Set (Conjunto vacío), has multiple dualities—the verbal and the visual, th

    Boxers and Saints is Gene Luen Yang’s newest two-volume graphic novel showing two opposing perspectives from the Boxer Rebellion.

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    “with lots of action and palace intrigue, the novel is a page turner.”

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    The Fendi Set proffers an extraordinary opportunity for fashion aficionados to see and understand how Kim Jones has created a place for himself and for the heritage brand that he now helms

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    “As impressive for empathetic portraits of individual women as its ambitious scope, The Barbizon should be an essential text on the topic of women’s studies.”

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    Political historians Mike Davis and Jon Wiener chronicle the civil rights movements that emerged in Los Angeles during the 1960s in Set the Night on Fire.

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    The opening pages of Anderson & Low on the Set of James Bond’s Spectre strike the reader with the sheer beauty of images of vast interior spaces.

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    This entirely fresh look at the inner thoughts of our country’s early political titans is both highly engaging and thought provoking, showing the very human side of politi

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    “This petite anthology will have the most seasoned of fashionable folks blushing—especially when one of the fables’ morals hits home in the most uncomfortable and revelatory ways.”

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    Robert Lowell was at the forefront of post WWII American letters, his volumes of poetry The Mills of the Kavanaughs, Life Studies, and Lord Weary’s Castle among the most lauded po

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    “a thing of beauty, and reading it is an experience not to be missed.”

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    It wasn’t just the wild laughs, hilarious parodies, and complete lack of respect for almost anything it wrote about that pushed MAD into the spotlight.

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    Freelance writer Katharine Greider works hard at doing right by her subject, a one hundred and 50-year-old tenement building in New York’s Lower East Side where she and her husband, David Andrews,

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    The 1936 Summer Olympiad marked pivotal moments in history for world athletes and world politics.

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    Anne Katherine is a boundaries expert: what they are, what they do, why you need them, and how to set them.

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    "The best combination of modern and classic Disney in one collection."

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    “Fantagraphics’ series is a real find for even the most casual fan.”

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    “succeeds in capturing the full story behind a notorious murderer’s brazen quest to avoid the death penalty by any means possible.”

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    Swann Dive may have a contemporary setting whose snappy repartée is reminiscent of the comedy-mystery movies of the thirties . . .”

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    “a spy thriller that will raise your blood pressure and set your heart to pounding . . .”

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