Heather Havrilesky

One of the first honest, moving and funny portrayals of a solid marriage I have ever read.” —Jessica Grose, The New York Times

A Best Book of 2022 from The New Yorker and Chicago Tribune

An illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky

If falling in love is the peak of human experience, then marriage is the slow descent down that mountain, on a trail built from conflict, compromise, and nagging doubts. Considering the limited economic advantages to marriage, the deluge of other mate options a swipe away, and the fact that almost half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce anyway, why do so many of us still chain ourselves to one human being for life?

In Foreverland, Heather Havrilesky illustrates the delights, aggravations, and sublime calamities of her marriage over the span of fifteen years, charting an unpredictable course from meeting her one true love to slowly learning just how much energy is required to keep that love aflame. This refreshingly honest portrait of a marriage reveals that our relationships are not simply “happy” or “unhappy,” but something much murkier—at once unsavory, taxing, and deeply satisfying. With tales of fumbled proposals, harrowing suburban migrations, external temptations, and the bewildering insults of growing older, Foreverland is a work of rare candor and insight. Havrilesky traces a path from daydreaming about forever for the first time to understanding what a tedious, glorious drag forever can be.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

On the Divine Tedium of Marriage

An illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky If falling in love is the peak of human experience, then marriage is the slow descent down that mountain, on a trail built from conflict, compromise, and nagging doubts. Considering the limited economic advantages to marriage, the deluge of other mate options a swipe away, and the fact that almost half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce anyway, why do so many of us still chain ourselves to one human being for life? In Foreverland, Heather Havrilesky illustrates the delights, aggravations, and sublime calamities of her marriage over the span of fifteen years, charting an unpredictable course from meeting her one true love to slowly learning just how much energy is required to keep that love aflame. This refreshingly honest portrait of a marriage reveals that our relationships are not simply "happy" or "unhappy," but something much murkier--at once unsavory, taxing, and deeply satisfying. With tales of fumbled proposals, harrowing suburban migrations, external temptations, and the bewildering insults of growing older, Foreverland is a work of rare candor and insight. Havrilesky traces a path from daydreaming about forever for the first time to understanding what a tedious, glorious drag forever can be. Heather Havrilesky writes the popular Ask Polly advice column on Substack and is the author of What If This Were Enough?, How to Be a Person in the World, and Disaster Preparedness. She has written for the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, and NPR's All Things Considered, among others, and also maintains the Ask Molly newsletter, written by Polly's evil twin. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs.

Foreverland

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Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea" by Erin Morgenstern is a fantasy novel about a graduate student who discovers a mysterious book that leads him into an ancient, underground world of lost cities, myths, and love stories. The book features an intricate narrative about the power of storytelling, with interweaving tales and symbols of keys, bees, and swords. It's written by the same author as "The Night Circus" (as noted on the cover) and features a similar dreamy, atmospheric writing style. The cover shows an archway made of stone or brick with what appears to be a ship's silhouette against a dark blue background, hinting at the maritime and architectural themes within the story.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel

New York Times bestseller Named a best book of the year by The Guardian, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues--a bee, a key, and a sword--that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians--it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose--in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

The Starless Sea

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Josh Gross

The African Queen 
citizen kane
gone with the wind 
it’s wonderful life 
King Kong 
the Maltese falcon 
North by northeast 
the Philadelphia story 
Rosemary’s baby 
Shane
Star Wars 
Sunset boulevard
West side story 
the Wizard of Oz

Final Scenes from Your Favorite Motion Pictures

A collection of the last scenes--in words and pictures--of sixty of America's favorite movies captures the emotional pre-fade out moments of such classics as Gone with the Wind, The African Queen, The Wizard of Oz, E.T., and others. Original.

The Last Word

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach Third edition 

Cam Higgins

Bo Davis always lends a pow, no matter where he happens to be. So when he meets lost. Pup on his first ever beach trip, immediately sets out to help! but when that Piske  Seagull gets in the way, can the pups grow into their beach paws and still have a paw-some adventure?

Bo takes his first car trip to a dog beach, where he helps a lost pup reunite with his humans.

Beach Paws

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A. Sewell

Lisa Church

Arthur Pober

Black Beauty is a novel by Anna Sewell that tells the life story of a kind and noble horse, highlighting his experiences with various owners, both kind and cruel. Through his journey, the book teaches lessons about compassion, kindness, and the humane treatment of animals.

An abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.

Classic Starts: Black Beauty

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Meet Bo Davis. He’s a good dog with a heart of gold. Both lives on lively farm along with his loving family, a cast of boneyard characters and plenty of puppy adventures.

Meet the loveable and rambunctious puppy, Bo Davis, in this first book of the Good Dog series! When Bo loses something important, his search takes him all over the farm. Springtime has arrived at the Davis Family Farm! Spring showers lead to muddy hijinks for a young pup named Bo. But when Bo loses his dog tag, he gets serious and enlists all of his barnyard pals to help him find it. From horse stalls to chicken coops to grazing fields and beyond, Bo’s adventure takes him all over the farm, introducing a cast of friends and frenemies. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Good Dog chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

Home Is Where the Heart Is

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Adam Wallace

Thanksgiving time is here again, but there is a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky Bird before the school play has begun?

A New York Times Bestseller! From the bestselling How to Catch series comes a festive turkey tale!
A turkey is running loose in a school right before a Thanksgiving play. Can YOU help catch it? Follow along as students turn their school upside down trying to catch the turkey, ending with a twist that ensures no turkeys are harmed (or eaten!). Start a new Thanksgiving tradition with this hilariously zany children's picture book that combines STEAM concepts and traps with a silly story and fun illustrations!
Thanksgiving time is here again,
but there's a turkey on the run!
Can you catch this tricky bird
before the school play has begun?
Also in the How to Catch Series:How to Catch a UnicornHow to Catch the Easter BunnyHow to Catch an ElfHow to Catch a MonsterHow to Catch a Leprechaunand more!

How to Catch a Turkey

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Dan Gutman

Miss Daisy, who teaches second grade, doesn’t know how to add or subtract. Not only that, she doesn’t know how to read or write either. She is the dumbest teacher in the history of the world!

With more than 31 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

In the first My Weird School book ever, second-grade teacher Miss Daisy is in over her head at Ella Mentary School. She doesn't even know how to add or subtract!

But the students, like A.J. and his friends, have other things on their minds. Principal Klutz has promised their class that if they read a million pages in books, they can turn the school into a video-game arcade for one whole night!

Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Dan Gutman's insanely popular My Weird School series has something for everyone. Don't miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and the gang!

Start at the very beginning of this hit chapter book series with My Weird School #1: Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

My Weird School #1: Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

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Mary Pope Osborne

Brrr! Jack and Annie are in batting suits when the magic treehouse whisks them back to the ice age. They meet cave people and woolly mammoths. Will Jack and Annie make it back to the treehouse before they freeze ? or will they be Sabertooth’s dinner?

The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie on a mission to the Ice Age where they encounter Cro-Magnons, cave bears, sabertooth tigers, and woolly mammoths.

Sunset of the Sabertooth

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Jack and Annie blast off and the magic treehouse for a mission on the moon and the future maybe the mysterious man can help as well. They complete their task before the air and their oxygen tanks run out and why is the mouse acting so strange?

The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magician's spell.

Midnight on the Moon

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Three…two..one.Blast OFF!
The magic tree has whisked Jack and any of them to the moon in the future their mission? To find the last “M” thing that will free Morgan from the spell. Can they do it before the air and oxygen things run out? Will the mysterious moonman help them? And why is Peanut the Mouse acting so strange? 

Jack and Annie are on the run! When the magic treehouse whisks them to the Amazon river they dodge killer ants and vampire bats. It’s not long before they get hopelessly lost. Will they be able to find their way back to the treehouse? Or are Jack and Annie stuck in the rainforest forever?

Jack and Annie journey back in time to a South American rain forest to search for new clues to the whereabouts of Morgan le Fay. Simultaneous.

Afternoon on the Amazon

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When the moody family drops anchor on “Artichoke” Island, they are greeted by the mysterious cap’n weevil, a  one-eyed buccaneer with a scraggly beard and a treasure map. before you can say “Davy Jone’s locker” stink and Judy racing in search of gold, but they are not the only salty dogs looking for loot can scurvy, stink and mad molly beat out in their rivals? not unless they can find the hidden clues crack  the secret codes and solve the tricky puzzle before time runs out!
Asarrr!

The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt

Elise Broach

James is going away. What will Marvin do without him?

The Miniature World of Marvin and James

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It was a great catch…. until Barry dropped the ball. But did anyone see?

The Hit-Away Kid

Tracey West

Rise of the earth dragon 

Snatched up by a royal soldier and carried away to the castle, 8-year-old Drake trains along with three other children to become Dragon Masters who must discover their assigned dragons' special powers. By the best-selling author of the Hiro's Quest series. Simultaneous.

Rise of the Earth Dragon

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Tui T. Sutherland

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

a Graphic Novel

The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the fourth graphic novel adaptation!

In the shadows, trouble is brewing . . .

When Starflight is stolen by his own tribe, he hopes to at least discover some of the long-held NightWing secrets -- what magical powers they really have, who they're allied with in the war, and where they've been living all this time.

But the truth about Starflight's tribe is more terrible than he ever imagined: Not only do the NightWings live in a dark, miserable place, but they've imprisoned several innocent RainWings there, too. Stranded and alone, Starflight only wants to get back to his friends. But the fate of two kingdoms now rests in his talons, and with no one to save him, Starflight will have to find a way to be brave . . . before it's too late.

Wings of Fire The Dark Secret

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Kate DiCamillo

Mr. Watson and Mrs. Watson have a porcine wonder named Mercy. Every Saturday mercy and Mr. Watson go for a ride and Mr. Watson‘s convertible but one Saturday things take a surprising turn and a certain someone ends up behind the wheel.

The New York Times best-selling porcine wonder finds herself behind the wheel in this hilarious adventure available in paperback.

Mr. and Mrs. Watson's porcine wonder, Mercy, loves nothing more than a ride in the car. It takes a fair amount of nudging and bribing and a "You are such a good sport, darling" to get the portly pig out of the driver's seat, but once the convertible is on the road, Mercy loves the feel of the wind tickling her ears and the sun on her snout. One day the Watsons' motoring ritual takes an unexpected turn, however, when their elderly neighbor Baby Lincoln pops up in the backseat in hopes of some "folly and adventure" -- and in the chaos that ensues, an exuberant Mercy ends up behind the wheel! Soon there's a policeman on her tail, a struggle for the brake, and a blissfully airborne Mercy. Of course, it's nothing that an extra helping of buttered toast can't fix!

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride

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Mr. And Mrs. Watson have a pig named Mercy.

Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results.

Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise

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James Patterson

Steven Butler

Richard Watson

A Middle School Story

Dog Diaries is the first book written by a dog AND a #1 New York Times bestseller! When mischievous mutt, Junior, causes a Turkey Day disaster, getting out of the doghouse will take a Christmas miracle! Are you ready for a festive adventure? Join me, Junior on the most PAWSOME, most BARKTASTIC journey through the HOWLIDAY SEASON. You'll read all about: FANGSGIVING, CRITTER-MESS and the mysterious SAINT LICK. Why strange humans called CAROL come and howl at the front door. And why SHINY TREES suddenly sprout inside your kennel! This will be the best holiday EVER! As long as the Mom-Lady doesn't find out what I did to the Fangsgiving turkey. You can keep a SECRET, right? This hilarious, illustrated MIDDLE SCHOOL spin-off about a dog and his boy is perfect for younger readers!

Dog Diaries: Happy Howlidays

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WALL. E lives alone on future Earth. But his life of exploring the planet and discovering treasure changes forever when a cute robot, EVE, leads him across the galaxy on a quest to save the world!

WALL. E

Alyssa Satin Capucilli

There is soft, powder snow everywhere! It is the perfect day for snow angels, sledding, and snuggling up with someone you love. Woof!





Biscuit loves playing in the snow!

There is soft, powdery snow everywhere! It's the perfect day for snow angels, sledding, and snuggling up with someone you love. Woof!

Biscuit's Snowy Day

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Kathryn Heling

Deborah Hembrook

Mouse can turn CUP in to. PUP. Open this book and take a look! 

A Phonics Reader

A little mouse zooms about changing letters- for example, substituting P for C to change a Cup into a Pup. A beginning reader rhyming extravaganza that emphasizes initial sound substitution.

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Home Is Where the Heart Is

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