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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

By Gabrielle Zevin ,

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Oona Out of Order
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Oona Out of Order

By Margarita Montimore ,

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Stay True: A Memoir
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Stay True

By Hua Hsu ,

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The Nineties: A Book
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The Nineties

By Chuck Klosterman ,

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The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War
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The Free World

By Louis Menand ,

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The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays
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The Wreckage of My Presence

By Casey Wilson ,

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Mina and the Undead
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Mina and the Undead

By Amy McCaw ,

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Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer
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Tacky

By Rax King ,

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Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics
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Rock Me on the Water

By Ronald Brownstein ,

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The Viking Hondbók: Eat, Dress, and Fight Like a Warrior
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The Viking Hondbók

By Kjersti Egerdahl ,

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Can You Sign My Tentacle?: Poems
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Can You Sign My Tentacle?

By Brandon O'Brien ,

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Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
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Alright, Alright, Alright

By Melissa Maerz ,

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Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
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Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything

By Raquel Vasquez Gilliland ,

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Melt With You
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Melt With You

By Addison Moore ,

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The Good Bear
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The Good Bear

By Sarah Lean ,

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Rockstar Games and American History: Promotional Materials and the Construction of Authenticity
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Rockstar Games and American History

By Esther Wright ,

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City at the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Reimagined
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City at the Edge of Forever

By Peter Lunenfeld ,

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The Twenty-One-Year Contract
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The Twenty-One-Year Contract

By L. B. Griffin ,

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Throwback
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Throwback

By Maurene Goo ,

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The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media
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The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media

By Gregory N. Daugherty ,

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Monsters of the Gevaudan: The Making of a Beast
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Monsters of the Gevaudan

By Jay M. Smith ,

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On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
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On Freedom

By Maggie Nelson ,

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The United States of Epic Fails: 52 Crazy Stories and Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught in School
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The United States of Epic Fails

By Bill O'Neill ,

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The Horror Movie Night Cookbook: 60 Deliciously Deadly Recipes Inspired by Iconic Slashers, Zombie Films, Psychological Thrillers, Sci-Fi Spooks, and More
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The Horror Movie Night Cookbook

By Richard S. Sargent , Nevyana Dimitrova (photographer) ,

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Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder
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Perplexing Plots

By David Bordwell ,

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Legacy: The Saga Begins
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Legacy

By Michael Pietrack , Catrina Odom (illustrator) ,

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Encounterism: The Neglected Joys of Being In Person
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Encounterism

By Andy Field ,

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Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons
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Game Wizards

By Jon Peterson ,

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River, Diverted
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River, Diverted

By Jamie Tennant ,

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The Unofficial Hogwarts For The Holidays Cookbook: Pumpkin Pasties, Treacle Tart, and Many More Spellbinding Treats
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The Unofficial Hogwarts For The Holidays Cookbook

By Rita Mock Pike ,

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The Christmas Movie Cookbook: Recipes from Your Favorite Holiday Films
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The Christmas Movie Cookbook

By Julia Rutland ,

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The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Essays
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The Call is Coming from Inside the House

By Allyson McOuat ,

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The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell
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The Monster and the Mirror

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Don't Need No Thought Control: Western Culture in East Germany and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Don't Need No Thought Control

By Gerd Horten ,

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Any God Will Do
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Any God Will Do

By Virginia Konchan ,

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Ghosts of My Life
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Ghosts of My Life

By Mark Fisher ,

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Say Hello to the Bad Guys
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Say Hello to the Bad Guys

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