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By Kayleigh Voss | October 22 2018 | First-Year Reading General
A Memoir
978-0-399-59050-4
Biography & Autobiography - Women
Biography & Autobiography - Religious
Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Selected for common reading at:
$28.00 US
Feb 20, 2018
6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Hardcover
352 Pages
Random House
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
A Novel
978-1-5247-6355-8
Fiction - Literary
Fiction - Family Life - General
Fiction - Cultural Heritage
The inaugural acquisition for SJP for Hogarth, A Place for Us is a masterful portrait of a family caught between two cultures, and a resonant story of faith, tradition, identity, and belonging from a gifted young storyteller.
$27.00 US
| $36.00 CAN
Jun 12, 2018
6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Hardcover
400 Pages
SJP for Hogarth
US, Canada, Open Mkt
Losing and Finding Race in America
978-0-14-313138-0
Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
Social Science - Discrimination
"Captivating... [a] heartfelt account of how newcomers carve a space for themselves in the melting pot of America."
--Publishers Weekly
A first-generation immigrant's "intimate, passionate look at race in America" (Viet Thanh Nguyen), an American's journey into the heart of not-whiteness.
$16.00 US
| $22.00 CAN
Aug 28, 2018
5-1/16 x 7-3/4
Paperback
224 Pages
Penguin Books
World
978-0-670-01210-7
Young Adult Nonfiction - Poetry
Young Adult Nonfiction - Girls & Women
Young Adult Nonfiction - Social Topics - Sexual Abuse
A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!
$17.99 US
| $23.99 CAN
Mar 12, 2019
5-1/16 x 7-3/4
Hardcover
304 Pages
Viking Books for Young Readers
Age 14 and up
Grade 9 & Up
US, Canada, Open Mkt
A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
978-1-5247-6284-1
Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists
Social Science - Poverty & Homelessness
Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship
From the founder of the world-renowned nonprofit "charity: water," and one of Fast Company's "most creative people in business," a narrative about redemption, second chances, and the transformative power in all of us.
$27.00 US
| $36.00 CAN
Oct 02, 2018
6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Hardcover
336 Pages
Currency
US, Canada, Open Mkt
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
978-0-399-59085-6
Science - Environmental Science
Medical - Public Health
Social Science - Sociology - Urban
A New York Times Notable Book
$18.00 US
| $24.00 CAN
Feb 05, 2019
5-3/16 x 8
Paperback
384 Pages
One World
US, Canada, Open Mkt
A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging
978-0-8129-8750-8
Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Social Science - Emigration & Immigration
Social Science - Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Selected for common reading at Western Washington University
$18.00 US
| $24.00 CAN
Jan 08, 2019
5-3/16 x 8
Paperback
352 Pages
One World
US, Canada, Open Mkt
My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America
978-1-5247-4245-4
Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Social Science - Sociology - General
Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists
Rooted in his own powerful personal story, twenty-two-year-old Zachary Wood shares his dynamic perspective on free speech, race, and dissenting opinions--in a world that sorely needs to learn to listen.
$16.00 US
| $22.00 CAN
Apr 16, 2019
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
272 Pages
Dutton
US, Canada, Open Mkt
Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South
978-1-59051-860-1
Social Science - Criminology
Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Social Science - Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies
A rare first-person account that combines a journalist's skilled, objective reporting and insightful writing with the raw emotion of a younger brother's heart-felt testimony of what his own family went through for decades after his eldest brother killed a man, pleaded guilty, and received a sentence of life in prison
$25.95 US
| $34.95 CAN
May 29, 2018
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Hardcover
304 Pages
Other Press
World
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