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1 of 40 titles
72 Hours of You
Hyperion
Sydney Hoffman can tell when someone has less than 72 hours to live, and it’s left her sarcastic, cynical and alone. Until she meets Peter, who changes everything she believes about life—and death. In her tragically romantic debut, Darianne Schramm weaves a heartwarming, heart-wrenching, life-affirming love story you'll laugh through, cry through, and absolutely never forget.
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2 of 40 titles
America’s Founding Myths…And What REALLY Happened!
Barefoot Books
Have you ever wondered… Did Christopher Columbus REALLY discover America? What REALLY happened at the first Thanksgiving? Did Paul Revere REALLY shout, “The British are coming!”? This hilariously bold, infographic picture book pulls back the curtain on these well-known myths to find out what REALLY happened and where these stories we’ve heard over and over again came from.
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3 of 40 titles
The Beverly Hills Housewife: Hockney’s Californian Muse and the World Beyond the Pool
Thames & Hudson
The Beverly Hills Housewife offers a panoramic view of 1960s Los Angeles and Californian culture through the eyes of artist and subject: the youthful fascination of David Hockney and the seasoned gaze of enigmatic socialite Betty Freeman.
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4 of 40 titles
The Big Day: Saying I Do Only To Discover I Didn’t
She Writes Press
A funny, unflinching look at love, marriage and the complicated question are we ever ready for marriage?
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5 of 40 titles
The Book Tour: A Lack of Alibi
Top Shelf Productions
“There’s no evidence you didn’t do it.” Door-to-door encyclopedia salesman Mortimer arrives in the city in a hurry. He wants to get home in time for his daughter’s sports day, but first he needs to make a sale. All that’s stopping him is a murderer on the loose, the police declaring him their prime suspect…and a lack of alibi. After rave reviews for his graphic novel The Book Tour, internationally renowned cartoonist Andi Watson returns with another bewildering escapade of deadpan disaster, a stand-alone sequel packed with even more twists.
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6 of 40 titles
The Boy Behind the Wardrobe: How C.S. Lewis Grew Up to Create Narnia
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
A lonely, imaginative boy, immersed in words and stories, becomes the world-renowned author of The Chronicles of Narnia in this captivating picture book biography of C.S. Lewis. From debut author Suzanne Poulter Harris and illustrator Mira Miroslavova.
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7 of 40 titles
Depression Cooking: Feeding Yourself When It All Feels Too Hard
ECW Press
Nurturing yourself during times of depression, disability, and crisis is a powerful and life-affirming act, and learning to do so with self-compassion is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. Enter: Depression Cooking, a food memoir peppered with recipes and depression-focused methods for cooking and eating.
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8 of 40 titles
Doing Something New: A Prayer for Beginnings
IVP Kids
From award-winning author Mitali Perkins comes a comforting children’s book that helps kids navigate change with courage, faith, and hope. Guided by the wisdom of the Beatitudes and paired with joyful illustrations by Colombian artist Andrés Landazábal, this uplifting story reminds children that Jesus is with them through every new season.
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Dream Girl Disaster
Top Shelf Productions
Jo and Susie are best friends. Helen and Susie are also best friends. Helen and Jo, however... well, let's just say things can quickly get out of hand when the two are in the same room... or the same set, shooting Susie's action-movie project for film school. As the lead actress, Helen is nailing it, while Jo is struggling to come up with music for the film. But when Jo’s nights fill with eerily vivid dreams that transport her into the story alongside Helen's gruff heroine, she wakes up full of tunes. Is there something more than just hatred between Jo and Helen? What will Susie think about all this? Will they be able to finish the film before the tension on set becomes explosive? Or are these three dream girls headed for disaster?
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10 of 40 titles
The Epic Battle
Zonderkidz
Peter, Mary, and Hank follow a red X to Mt. Tabor, where a scroll sends them back to Deborah’s time as she prepares Israel for battle. While they’re swept into the conflict, a present-day threat targets Great-Uncle Solomon’s museum, the ancient map, and a mysterious figure called The Collector.
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11 of 40 titles
The Epistles to the Thessalonians
Word for World Bible Comics
This graphic novel presents every word, chapter-and-verse, of both Epistles to the Thessalonians from the New Testament, within their historical, cultural and geographical context. The unabridged story is illustrated in a bold contemporary style but remains faithful to the biblical text. Featuring the best-selling modern Bible translation, the NIV. With glossy full-color pages and a matte laminated cover.
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12 of 40 titles
Everything She Wanted
Sugar Shack Books/Pownal Street Press
Caught between Mr. Right and Mr. Right Now, an ambitious young South Asian woman navigates desire, cultural pressure, and ambition as she learns that having it all might mean choosing herself first.
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13 of 40 titles
Forevr
Top Shelf Productions
Brenda’s mom is dying—but not for long. Like millions of others, she’s uploaded her consciousness to the groundbreaking new app Forevr, which allows the surviving family members to chat with her on their screens for a very reasonable monthly fee. Now Brenda’s dad doesn’t have to be alone…while Brenda and her girlfriend focus on building their careers as wilderness survival influencers. But when this very modern family sets out on a camping trip, their tensions and tech addictions build to an explosive climax whose consequences may last…forever.
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14 of 40 titles
The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past
Cato Institute
Trying to imagine the preindustrial past might conjure an idyllic country village with residents merrily dancing around maypoles. Yet such rose-colored views of history bear no resemblance to reality. The preindustrial world was more gruesome than modern minds can fathom—The Grim Old Days indulges the reader’s morbid curiosity about history with shocking facts meticulously laid out in grotesque detail.
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15 of 40 titles
The Haunting of Lavender House
Park Row Books
A crumbling home surrounded by lavender fields. A decades-long curse. A nightmare from Croatian folklore with a thirst for blood. The Lost Apothecary meets The Hacienda in this multigenerational, haunting gothic saga set on the Adriatic Sea.
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16 of 40 titles
Home Time: Twelve Days
Top Shelf Productions
Talking peaches, magic tea, frightening wildlife, and more—the award-winning fantasy epic graphic novel that critics called “an intoxicating and visually stunning Australian Narnia” is now collected into a single massive volume!
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Idle in Provence: A Brief History of Thyme
Harper Select
Eric Idle turns a crumbling shack in Provence—no water, road, or electricity—into a fifty-year love affair with family, friendship, and absurdity. Warm, witty, and unmistakably Idle, this hilarious memoir blends comic disasters, Monty Python stories, and joyful celebration of life in the south of France.
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18 of 40 titles
Kodi: A Place to Call Home
Top Shelf Productions
After being reunited, Katya and Kodi are settling into their fast-paced new life together in the city. But as Katya starts to fall behind in school and Kodi struggles to find his place in this noisy new world, everything is put at risk by a greedy zookeeper who aims to break them up for good. Now, Katya and her unusual family must venture back into the wild, face their fears, and learn to trust new friends, as they fight to find a place to belong.
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19 of 40 titles
Life Out of Order
Hanover Square Press
The long-awaited new novel from multi-million copy bestselling author of THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, charting the epic and often treacherous life of Alba DeTamble, who's inherited her father's time-traveling abilities.
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20 of 40 titles
The Many Private Lives of Missy Cooke
Hanover Square Press
From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes her most poignant and timely novel yet—the story of a tech titan’s daughter, who, in the face of family crisis, must step into her own power to redefine a legacy.
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21 of 40 titles
Nomad
She Writes Press
After a personal rupture sends her off course, a woman retreats to a remote ranch in the American Southwest, drawn by isolation and wide-open land. As the desert asserts its own rules and an unexpected presence unsettles her solitude, she’s forced to confront what the wild demands in return. Nomad is an atmospheric novel about risk, endurance, and the thin line between escape and reckoning.
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22 of 40 titles
Off Course
Keylight Books
For fans of Tessa Bailey comes a steamy debut sports romance following an Olympic downhill skier and the sexy risk-taking ski mountaineer she hires to train her for a new event. But when their chemistry threatens to disrupt her carefully planned life, will she stick with her schedule or let her life veer off course in the name of love?
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23 of 40 titles
Ortiz’s War: The Allies’ Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France
Harper Horizon
Peter J. Ortiz was a Marine, OSS operative, and one of the Allies’ most daring agents in occupied France. In Ortiz’s War, Katie Sanders and Nicholas Reynolds bring to life the astonishing true story of the legendary commando who armed the French Resistance, battled the Nazis behind enemy lines, and became a symbol of courage in World War II.
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24 of 40 titles
The Paradox Club
Hyperion Avenue / Disney Publishing Worldwide
The Paradox Club is a lightning-paced mystery about a brilliant yet troubled young woman who discovers that her late father’s research is tied to a dangerous and powerful secret society. NYT bestselling author Charlie Lovett blends scientific intrigue and buried histories into a novel perfect for readers who love intellectual puzzles and revelations that upend everything we think we know.
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25 of 40 titles
Peck & Peck
Scribner
The megabestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry returns with a delightful story about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck of New York City.
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The Poetry of Poo: And Other Fairly Gross Things No One Ever Seems to Write Poetry About
Sleeping Bear Press
Nothing gets kids giggling like a fart joke—and this collection of poetry has enough to satisfy any silly student! With hilarious poems and illustrations that kids will love—and that some adults might find downright cringeworthy—this clever title also introduces young readers to different forms of poetry and encourages them to write some of their own.
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Return to Sleepy Hollow
IDW Publishing
Ichabod Crane is a man of science and, despite his indisputable brush with the supernatural, has built a name for himself debunking claims of the occult across the world. However, when he receives a frantic letter urging him to return to Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod must reunite with his now estranged love, Katrina Van Tassel, to investigate a string of strange, unexplainable murders–—residents who died tangled in roots, decorated in flowers, or blanketed in soil. The pair unearth tales of possessed townsfolk and the Tree of the Dead and together they will uncover the truth of Sleepy Hollow’s origins and the roots that connect them all.
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28 of 40 titles
The Roman Holiday Rule
Haven
Lexi heads to Rome with a detailed itinerary and her late mother’s final painting for a festival—only to find the artwork coming to life in unexpected ways. Architect Mark swears off tourists, but a playful photo challenge with Lexi sparks chemistry he can’t ignore. As magic and mishaps unfold, they must decide if love can outlast a holiday.
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29 of 40 titles
Santiago and Great Bear: A Friendship Written in the Stars
Free Spirit Publishing
After moving from the city to the quiet countryside, surrounded by stars, Santiago feels lonely and misses his friends. When he wishes on Great Bear, the constellation becomes his companion. But Great Bear cannot stay forever. With creativity and courage, Santiago helps his friend return to the sky. Though sad, he discovers resilience, hope, and the joy of new friendships.
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30 of 40 titles
Spiritual Belonging: 40 Faith Leaders Reimagine Community, Connection, and Belief
Behrman House
An energetic generation of spiritual leaders is reviving religion in the United States. They are creating enterprising grassroots organizations that have brought forth new expressions of belief and belonging for people who continue to long for deeper engagement in spiritual life and practice. Spiritual Belonging: How 40 Faith Leaders Are Reimagining Community, Connection, and Belief spotlights these exciting new leaders and the communities they are creating, shining light on innovative paths forward for those yearning for more connection and meaning in their lives.
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31 of 40 titles
Star Trek: 60th Anniversary Special–The Deluxe Edition
IDW Publishing
Join Starfleet’s finest across every era in this monumental, must-have collector’s edition honoring 60 years of Star Trek storytelling. This deluxe volume assembles the milestone Star Trek #400 and Star Trek #500 issues—each packed with star-spanning adventure and franchise-defining moments—plus an all-new 60th Anniversary Special featuring never-before-seen tales from the creative minds behind your favorite characters and captains including Mike McMahan, Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker, Meghan Camarena, Dana Gould, Ryan North, Chris Fenoglio, Christopher Cantwell, David Baker, and David Gerrold. With art by the Escorza Brothers, Mari Rolin, Megan Levens, Derek Charm, Mike and Laura Allred, Isaac Sánchez, Michael Gaydos, Nicole Goux, and JP Buzio. From Kirk to Picard, Janeway to Burnham, Seven to Sisko, this celebration unites generations of heroes in a single, oversized keepsake worthy of any captain’s ready room. Rare stories, legendary creators, and the promise of the final frontier—all in one stellar edition.
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Star Trek: The Last Starship, Vol. 1
IDW Publishing
A Galaxy Shattered. A Legend Reborn. A New Frontier Begins. After the cataclysmic Burn brings warp travel to a standstill and shatters centuries of unity, the dream of the United Federation of Planets collapses almost overnight. Worlds are cut off. Civilizations tumble. Chaos fills the void where hope once thrived. Out of this cosmic wreckage rises an unlikely beacon: the U.S.S. Omega a lone vessel crewed by survivors navigating a lawless, uncharted Galaxy nearly 300 years after the fall. With no Federation to guide them, they must carve out a path through the ruins—facing warlords, scavengers, and the raw unknown.
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Strangebrew Apothecary
Hanover Square Press
LEGENDS & LATTES meets THE LOST APOTHECARY in this debut adventure fantasy following a potion maker who must hide her powers under the cover of a crew of conmen, only to lean on each other for comfort, safety, and even love.
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A Suitcase Full: A Story of Starting New and Carrying Home in Your Heart
Free Spirit Publishing
A Suitcase Full explores themes of the immigrant experience, home, identity, and the power of family. Based on the author's childhood, a young girl flees Iran with her family, traveling the globe and starting new. A classroom project prompts her to honor her journey as well as her beloved grandmother in Iran.
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35 of 40 titles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla
IDW Publishing
Long before the organization was corrupted by Shredder, the Foot Clan’s original purpose was to save Japan from kaiju! Now, Godzilla and its fellow monsters have reappeared. Not only is the Foot not prepared to stop them…it would seem Shredder himself is behind the attacks! The villainous ninja is attempting to use the kaiju to create a new mutagen—one that would give his henchman a massive upgrade—and only four mutant teenage turtles stand between these new monsters and total chaos!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder, Vol. 1
IDW Publishing
One of the most terrifying villains in the history of comics is back—and more deadly than ever! Why is he here and what path will he take? Find out as the Shredder gets his own series!
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37 of 40 titles
A Time of Witches
Hanover Square Press
Two women, bound by blood and betrayal, must break silence across centuries—or be silenced forever, in the dazzling new novel by New York Times bestselling author Madeline Martin.
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The Twilight Zone: Stories from the Fifth Dimension
IDW Publishing
Return to the Twilight Zone in this all-new anthology series featuring stories by some of the best creators in comics today! Each issue is a new tale in the vein of the iconic original television series that’s captivated audiences for over 60 years. And like the show, these stories will be revealed in terrifying black and white! These stand-alone 22-page stories are a spiritual sixth season of the original show. All-star creative teams tell the tales of billionaires, scientists, families, and knights as they journey to island paradises, bitter battlefields, and the farthest reaches of outer space.
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39 of 40 titles
The Unheld
Hyperion Avenue / Disney Publishing Worldwide
Startling monsters and occult oddities abound in The Unheld, a chilling horror Western about a girl who journeys across the haunted Montana Territory to rescue her father from an otherworldly creature. With this assured, atmospheric debut, author Luke Larkin marks his arrival in the genre and proves the American frontier still harbors untapped stories in its shadows.
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The Wildes #4: The Islands
Sleeping Bear Press
New York Times bestselling author Roland Smith delivers the next installment of his bestselling series! Starring siblings who accompany their parents (scientists who work to save endangered species) on trips around the world, The Islands takes them on a harrowing Galapagos Islands adventure.
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