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The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'The Guinevere Deception' casts a surprising spell Princess Guinevere has come to Camelot to wed a stranger: the charismatic King Arthur. With magic clawing at...
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Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: The Booker Prize is shared by the 12 black Brits in 'Girl, Woman, Other' Bernardine Evaristo is the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and...
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad adapted by Peter Kuper
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Graphic adaptation of 'Heart of Darkness' takes on canonical racism, artfully With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear...
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Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: London's 'Mudlark' pulls treasure from the Thames Long heralded as a city treasure herself, expert “mudlarker” Lara Maiklem is uniquely trained in the art of...
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The Movie Musical! by Jeanine Basinger
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'The Movie Musical!' is a symphony in praise of the 'razzmatazz' of the genre Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and...
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The Twenty-ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra by Alex Messenger
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Face-to-face with a grizzly A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old's dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly...
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Space Invaders: A Novel by Nona Fernández
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'Space Invaders' maps pixelated battles onto real-life conflict Space Invaders is the story of a group of childhood friends who, in adulthood, are preoccupied by uneasy...
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The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Lindy West: 'The Witches are Coming' — and they are rightfully angry From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations...
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It's Garry Shandling's Book by Judd Apatow
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: After comic Garry Shandling's death, Judd Apatow found Zen in his diaries Garry Shandling was a singular trailblazer in the comedy world. His two hit...
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