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Royal City, Vol. 1-3

“In his most ambitious and most personal project to date, JEFF LEMIRE spins the captivating and engaging story of a family from the small factory town of ROYAL CITY and the ghosts that haunt them.
In a return to the literary and thematic territory of Lemire’s breakthrough graphic novel ESSEX COUNTY, ROYAL CITY follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. Patrick is quickly drawn back into the dramas of his two adult s...

We Have Always Lived in The Castle

By Shirley Jackson

“Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly...

Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch: 30 Daring Designs to Celebrate Strong Women

“Trailblazing women take center stage in Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch, a collection of stylish patterns and capsule biographies that celebrates some of our favorite lady heroes. 

Feminism is back in the spotlight, and powerful women, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Malala Yousafzai to Gloria Steinem and Michelle Obama, have inspired a whole new generation to smash the patriarchy.

With an introduction on the rise of modern feminism, and instructions on the basics of cross-stitch, this book features...

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

By Emily M. Danforth

“When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they’ll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.

But that relief doesn’t last, and Cam is soon forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well en...

On This Day

“Ex Philadelphia Police Sergeant, Brant Discher, now a small-town cop, doubts the validity of a local ‘suicide case’. He suspects the self-inflicted death of a young, Middle Eastern man has been staged to look like something it is not. Compelled to go rogue, he uncovers the makings of a masterfully complex and sinister plot. With every turn, it seems to go deeper than even he could imagine.

On This Day explores a hive of dormant terrorists secretively and methodically deployed through a manip...

My Lovely Wife in The Psych Ward

By Mark Lukach

“A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love.

Mark and Giulia’s life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was twenty-seven, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well-adjusted; the...

Leah on the Offbeat (Isaiah’s Review)

“When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually right on the beat – but real life is a little harder to manage. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends she’s bisexual, not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.

So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high and it’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the peopl...

The Little Prince

By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures.” -goodreads

Published: 1943 (Original French), 2000 (English Tra...

Fruits Basket Another: Volume 2

By Natsuki Tayaka

“Fan-favorite Fruits Basket is back with more Sohma-filled adventures! Except this time, it’s set in the same world, ten years later. Find out more in this new volume!
School’s no longer an endless pit of anxiety and solitary lunches for Sawa thanks to the Sohmas. She’s joined the student council and made new friends who don’t abandon her no matter how painfully awkward or useless she is-they don’t even get angry when she screws up or starts blabbering gibberish! Though soci...

Tokyo Tarareba Girls: Volumes 1-3

By Akiko Higashimura

“I spent all my time wondering ‘what if,’ then one day I woke up and I was 33.” She’s not that bad-looking, but before she knew it, Rinko was thirty-something and single. She wants to be married by the time the Tokyo Olympics roll around in six years, but…that might be easier said than done! The new series by Akiko Higashimura erupts with sharp opinions on girls and tons of laughs!!” – Volume 1 Summary posted on goodreads

Published: 2014 (original Japanese), 2017 (Englis...