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A Nation of Immigrants

By John F. Kennedy
Harper Perennial Modern Classics | October 16, 2018 | 128 pages
“In this book, President Kennedy tells us what immigrants have done for America, and what America has done for its immigrants. It is one of the dramatic success stories of world history.... It can stand as a testament to a cause President Kennedy cherished, and which we should carry on.” —... More Info
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Forty-five

By Frieda Hughes
Harper Perennial | October 16, 2018 | 128 pages
The daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes looks back on forty-five years of loves, losses, pain, hope and joy in this revealing and poignant poetry collection—first time in paperback. “Hughes writes about tragedy with [Sylvia] Plath-like wit.”—Entertainment Weekly Breaking forty-five... More Info
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Reckless Daughter

By David Yaffe
Harper Perennial | October 2, 2018 | 448 pages
The definitive biography of unmistakable Canadian voice. A national bestseller, now in paperback. With an inimitable sound and unmistakable voice, Joni Mitchell is one of the most iconic performers and storytellers of any generation. Reckless Daughter tells the remarkable, heart-wrenching story of... More Info
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That's My Baby

By Frances Itani
Harper Perennial | September 25, 2018 | 368 pages
A new Deseronto novel from the internationally bestselling author of Tell and Deafening At the end of Frances Itani’s Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, Tell, a baby is adopted by a young Deseronto couple who are coming to terms with the end of the Great War. Eighteen years on, the baby, Hanora,... More Info
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Logical Family

By Armistead Maupin
Harper Perennial | September 4, 2018 | 336 pages
"A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family. Maupin is one of America’s finest storytellers."—Neil Gaiman "I fell in love with Maupin’s effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Logical Family is a must... More Info
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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

By Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics | July 28, 2009 | 208 pages
Half an hour after swallowing the drug I became aware of a slow dance of golden lights . . . Among the most profound explorations of the effects of mind-expanding drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in which Aldous Huxley, author... More Info
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A Medieval Family

By Frances Gies,  Joseph Gies
Harper Perennial | August 4, 1999 | 432 pages
The Paston family of Norfolk, England, has long been known to medieval scholars for its large collection of personal correspondence, which has survived five centuries. Until now, however, they have remained virtually unknown to the general reading public.  More Info
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WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE

By Joseph Gies,  Frances Gies
Harper Perennial | October 16, 1991 | 272 pages
Correcting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice  More Info
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Dead Reckoning

By Ken McGoogan
Harper Perennial | September 11, 2018 | 448 pages
With this book—his most ambitious yet—Ken McGoogan delivers a vivid, comprehensive recasting of Arctic-exploration history. Dead Reckoning challenges the conventional narrative, which emerged out of Victorian England and focused almost exclusively on Royal Navy officers. By integrating... More Info
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Twenty Letters to a Friend

By Alliluyeva, Svetlana
Harper Perennial | June 21, 2016 | 304 pages
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In this riveting, New York Times-bestselling memoir—first published by Harper in 1967—Svetlana Alliluyeva, subject of Rosemary Sullivan’s critically acclaimed biography, Stalin’s Daughter, describes the surreal experience of growing up in the Kremlin in the shadow of her father, Joseph... More Info
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The Child Finder

By Rene Denfeld
Harper Perennial | August 7, 2018 | 288 pages
A haunting, richly atmospheric, and deeply suspenseful novel from the acclaimed author of The Enchanted about an investigator who must use her unique insights to find a missing little girl. "Where are you, Madison Culver? Flying with the angels, a silver speck on a wing? Are you dreaming, buried... More Info
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The Lightkeeper's Daughters

By Jean E. Pendziwol
Harper Perennial | July 3, 2018 | 336 pages
A Toronto Star bestseller * A Globe and Mail bestseller * A New York Post "must-read" book The Light Between Oceans meets The Language of Flowers in this beautiful debut novel by an acclaimed Canadian children’s author. Elizabeth's eyes have failed. She can no longer read the books she loves or... More Info
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Any Man

By Amber Tamblyn
Harper Perennial | June 26, 2018 | 304 pages
“An explosive, shapeshifting piece of literary real estate, Amber Tamblyn’s arresting debut offers a scathing portrait of American celebrity culture and the way in which it transmutes human tragedy into a vicious circus; victims are forgotten as likes and shares swirl, and ‘news’ becomes a... More Info
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90s Bitch

By Allison Yarrow
Harper Perennial | June 19, 2018 | 416 pages
To understand how we got here, we have to rewind the VHS tape. 90s Bitch tells the real story of women and girls in the 1990s, exploring how they were maligned by the media, vilified by popular culture, and objectified in the marketplace. Trailblazing women like Hillary Clinton, Anita Hill, Marcia... More Info
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Hunger

By Roxane Gay
Harper Perennial | June 12, 2018 | 320 pages
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. “I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was... More Info
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Everybody's Son

By Thrity Umrigar
Harper Perennial | June 5, 2018 | 352 pages
The bestselling, critically acclaimed author of The Space Between Us and The World We Found deftly explores issues of race, class, privilege, and power and asks us to consider uncomfortable moral questions in this probing, ambitious, emotionally wrenching novel of two families—one black, one... More Info
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Not That Bad

By Roxane Gay
Harper Perennial | May 1, 2018 | 368 pages
Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on. “Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your sharpest... More Info
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Mockingbird Songs

By Wayne Flynt
Harper Perennial | May 1, 2018 | 240 pages
An indelible portrait of one of the most famous and beloved authors in the canon of American literature—a collection of letters between Harper Lee and one of her closest friends that reveals the famously private writer as never before, in her own words. The violent racism of the American South... More Info
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Anxiety for Beginners

By Eleanor Morgan
Harper Perennial | May 1, 2018 | 384 pages
When Eleanor Morgan published a first-person account of her struggles with anxiety as part of the online series the VICE Guide to Mental Health, the response was staggering. Within four days, the article was read by five million people in fifteen countries, prompted tens of thousands of reader... More Info
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Brave New World

By Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics | January 19, 2010 | 384 pages
The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's legendary vision of a world of tomorrow utterly transformed. In Huxley's darkly satiric yet chillingly prescient imagining of a "utopian" future, humans are genetically designed and pharmaceutically... More Info
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Lean on Pete movie tie-in

By Willy Vlautin
Harper Perennial | September 12, 2017 | 304 pages
Willy Vlautin's award-winning novel follows the story of a newly orphaned fifteen-year old-boy struggling to make his way to a long lost aunt, who just might give him a home—now a major motion picture starring Chloë Sevigny (American Horror Story), Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) and Travis... More Info
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I'll Take You There

By Wally Lamb
Harper Perennial | November 21, 2017 | 272 pages
In this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women, Wally Lamb—author of numerous New York Times bestselling novels including She’s Come Undone, I Know This Much is True, and We Are Water—weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's life and the trio... More Info
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The Library at the Edge of the World

By Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Harper Perennial | November 14, 2017 | 352 pages
In the bestselling tradition of Fannie Flagg and Jenny Colgan comes Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s U.S. debut about a local librarian who must find a way to rebuild her community and her own life in this touching, enchanting novel set on Ireland’s stunning West Coast. As she drives her mobile library... More Info
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Labyrinths

By Catrine Clay
Harper Perennial | November 7, 2017 | 432 pages
A sensational, eye-opening account of Emma Jung’s complex marriage to Carl Gustav Jung and the hitherto unknown role she played in the early years of the psychoanalytic movement. Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict... More Info
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Wench

By Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 384 pages
Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s enchanting and unforgettable novel, based on little-known fact, combines the narrative allure of Cane River by Lalita Tademy and the moral complexities of Edward P. Jones’s The Known World as it tells the story of four black enslaved women in the years preceding the Civil... More Info
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Dust Tracks on a Road

By Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 336 pages
From Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography—now available in a limited Olive Edition. First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston’s candid, funny,... More Info
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The Known World

By Edward P. Jones
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 544 pages
From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction—now available in a limited Olive Edition. The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former... More Info
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Devil in the Grove

By Gilbert King
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 544 pages
* Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction * Nominated for a 2013 Edgar Award * Book of the Year (Non-fiction, 2012) The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor From acclaimed, prize-winning author Gilbert King comes this gripping true story of racism, murder, rape, and the law—a... More Info
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How to Be Black

By Baratunde Thurston
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 336 pages
New York Times Bestseller Baratunde Thurston’s comedic memoir chronicles his coming-of-blackness and offers practical advice on everything from “How to Be the Black Friend” to “How to Be the (Next) Black President”—now available in a limited Olive Edition. Have you ever been called... More Info
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Victory

By Linda Hirshman
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 544 pages
In the vein of Taylor Branch’s classic Parting of the Waters, Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit Linda Hirshman delivers the enthralling, groundbreaking story of the gay rights movement, revealing how a dedicated and resourceful minority changed America forever—now available in a limited... More Info
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Mister Monkey

By Francine Prose
Harper Perennial | October 17, 2017 | 304 pages
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brilliantly observant story that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children’s musical. Mister Monkey—a screwball children’s... More Info
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The Wangs vs. the World

By Jade Chang
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 416 pages
A “firecracker of a debut” that “knowingly and refreshingly breaks every unwritten rule of the Asian-American family saga” (Newsday), this is one of the year’s most hotly anticipated debuts. Readers will fall in love with the Wangs, a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that... More Info
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Bad Feminist

By Roxane Gay
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 384 pages
New York Times Bestseller From Roxane Gay comes this collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation—now available in a limited Olive Edition. “Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was... More Info
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Lady Killers

By Tori Telfer
Harper Perennial | October 10, 2017 | 336 pages
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The Muse

By Jessie Burton
Harper Perennial | August 1, 2017 | 416 pages
From the million-copy-selling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women—a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London and a bohemian in 1930s Spain—and the powerful mystery that links them together July 1967, Mayfair, London—a painting left... More Info
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Tribe

By Sebastian Junger
Harper Perennial | June 20, 2017 | 192 pages
Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the many challenges today’s returning veterans face in modern society There are ancient tribal behaviours—loyalty, interdependency, cooperation—that flourish in... More Info
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The Mandibles

By Lionel Shriver
Harper Perennial | June 20, 2017 | 432 pages
From Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, comes a striking new novel about family, money and global economic crisis The year is 2029, and nothing is as it should be. The very essence... More Info
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The Summer Guest

By Alison Anderson
Harper Perennial | May 23, 2017 | 400 pages
The translator of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Alison Anderson, delivers a remarkable literary novel—with a stunning conclusion—inspired by historical events, in which a diary weaves together the lives of three women: a dying doctor who befriends Anton Chekhov in the late 19th century, a... More Info
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Smoke

By Dan Vyleta
Harper Perennial | June 6, 2017 | 448 pages
“Dan Vyleta has conjured a rich and surprising counter-history, an England saturated with a substance so potent and evocative it vaults instantly into the pantheon that includes the dust of Philip Pullman, the soma of George Orwell and the opium of Amitav Ghosh. Smoke is enthralling.” —Robin... More Info
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Away with Words

By Joseph Berkowitz
Harper Perennial | June 13, 2017 | 336 pages
Fast Company reporter Joe Berkowitz investigates the bizarre and hilarious world of pun competitions from the Punderdome 3000 in Brooklyn to the World competition in Austin. When Joe Berkowitz witnessed his first Punderdome competition, it felt wrong in the best way. Something impossible seemed to... More Info
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The Sense of Wonder

By Rachel Carson
Harper Perennial | May 30, 2017 | 112 pages
Featuring stunning new photographs, many in color, and an updated design, this special reissue of Rachel Carson's award-winning classic--originally published by Harper & Row in 1965--encourages sharing the miracle of nature with children.  More Info
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Tenth Anniversary Edition

By Barbara Kingsolver,  Camille Kingsolver,  Steven L. Hopp,  Lily Hopp Kingsolver
Harper Perennial | May 2, 2017 | 432 pages
A beautiful deluxe trade paperback edition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Barbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestseller, which describes her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain. Since its publication in 2007,... More Info
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The Jane Austen Project

By Kathleen A. Flynn
Harper Perennial | May 2, 2017 | 384 pages
Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this engrossing debut novel offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors: two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a suspected unpublished novel. London, 1815: Two... More Info
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The Bridge Ladies

By Betsy Lerner
Harper Perennial | May 2, 2017 | 320 pages
A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to... More Info
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A Good Death

By Sandra Martin
Harper Perennial | May 2, 2017 | 432 pages
We can’t avoid death, but the prospect is a lot less terrifying since the Supreme Court of Canada legalized physician-assisted death. Competent adults suffering grievously from intolerable medical conditions will have the right to ask for a doctor’s help in ending their lives. That much is... More Info
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This Is Not My Life

By Diane Schoemperlen
Harper Perennial | May 2, 2017 | 368 pages
“Never once in my life had I dreamed of being in bed with a convicted killer.” For almost six turbulent years, award-winning writer Diane Schoemperlen was involved with a prison inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. The relationship surprised no one more than her. How do you... More Info
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Canada

By Richard Ford
Harper Perennial | May 2, 2017 | 432 pages
"First, I’ll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later.” So begins Canada, the unforgettable story of Dell Parsons, a young man forced by catastrophic circumstances to reconcile himself to a world rendered unrecognizable. Spirited across the Montana... More Info
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The Killing Game

By Mark Bourrie
Harper Perennial | May 2, 2017 | 304 pages
On January 21, 2015, a pro-ISIS Twitter account reported that John Maguire, a twenty-three-year-old university dropout from the Ottawa Valley town of Kemptville, had been killed fighting Kurds in the Syrian city of Kobani. A few weeks before, Maguire had appeared in a YouTube video threatening... More Info
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The Illegal

By Lawrence Hill
Harper Perennial | April 25, 2017 | 400 pages
#1 national bestseller by the author of The Book of Negroes Winner of the CBC’s Canada Reads Longlisted for the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award A CBC, Globe and Mail, and National Post Best Book of the Year Winner of the CBC Canada Reads competition, Maclean’s calls The Illegal “a... More Info
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Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All

By Jonas Jonasson,  Rachel Willson-Broyles
Harper Perennial | April 25, 2017 | 312 pages
A madcap new novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author Jonas Jonasson, author of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden A GANGSTER, A VICAR AND A RECEPTIONIST WALK INTO A BAR . . . Killer-for-hire Anders is fresh out of prison and trying... More Info
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