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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Cover Image

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels (Hardcover)

By Jon Meacham
$30.00
ISBN: 9780399589812
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House - May 8th, 2018
Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits Cover Image

Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits (Hardcover)

By Reese Witherspoon
$35.00
ISBN: 9781501166273
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Atria Books - September 18th, 2018
Nashville: Scenes from the New American South Cover Image

Nashville: Scenes from the New American South (Hardcover)

By Ann Patchett, Heidi Ross, Jon Meacham (Foreword by)
$35.00
ISBN: 9780062821447
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Design - November 13th, 2018
Unsheltered: A Novel Cover Image

Unsheltered: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$29.99
ISBN: 9780062684561
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper - October 16th, 2018
Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Cover Image

Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Hardcover)

By Louise Penny
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250066206
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Minotaur Books - November 27th, 2018
Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Cover Image

Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents (Hardcover)

By Pete Souza
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316421829
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown and Company - October 16th, 2018
CIRCE Cover Image

CIRCE (Hardcover)

By Madeline Miller
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316556347
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown and Company - April 10th, 2018
In Pieces Cover Image

In Pieces (Hardcover)

By Sally Field
$29.00
ISBN: 9781538763025
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grand Central Publishing - September 18th, 2018
Warlight: A novel Cover Image

Warlight: A novel (Hardcover)

By Michael Ondaatje
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525521198
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Knopf - May 8th, 2018
Florida Cover Image

Florida (Hardcover)

By Lauren Groff
$27.00
ISBN: 9781594634512
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Riverhead Books - June 5th, 2018
A Murder in Music City: Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man Cover Image

A Murder in Music City: Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man (Paperback)

By Michael Bishop, Richard Walter (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781633883451
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Prometheus Books - September 5th, 2017
Anatomy of a Miracle: A Novel* Cover Image

Anatomy of a Miracle: A Novel* (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Miles
$27.00
ISBN: 9780553447583
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Published: Hogarth - March 13th, 2018
My Father's Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company Cover Image

My Father's Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company (Hardcover)

By Cal Turner, Rob Simbeck (With)
$28.00
ISBN: 9781478992981
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Center Street - May 22nd, 2018
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel (Hardcover)

By Tayari Jones
$26.95
ISBN: 9781616208776
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Published: Algonquin Books - February 6th, 2018
Brass: A Novel Cover Image

Brass: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Xhenet Aliu
$27.00
ISBN: 9780399590245
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House - January 23rd, 2018
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Cover Image

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing (Hardcover)

By Daniel H. Pink
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735210622
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Published: Riverhead Books - January 9th, 2018
Annie Leibovitz at Work Cover Image

Annie Leibovitz at Work (Hardcover)

By Annie Leibovitz
$49.95
ISBN: 9780714878294
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Phaidon Press - November 5th, 2018
A Place for Us: A Novel Cover Image

A Place for Us: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Fatima Farheen Mirza
$27.00
ISBN: 9781524763558
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: SJP for Hogarth - June 12th, 2018
Virgil Wander Cover Image

Virgil Wander (Hardcover)

By Leif Enger
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802128782
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press - October 2nd, 2018
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South Cover Image

The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South (Paperback)

By John T. Edge
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143111016
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - February 6th, 2018