Kay's Staff Picks


 

Here are some of bookseller Kay's favorite reads...
 

 

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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill Cover Image

Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill (Paperback)

By Candice Millard
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307948786
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Anchor - May 30th, 2017

One of my favorite authors writes about the young Churchill and how he got his start.

— Kay

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Cover Image

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Paperback)

By Candice Millard
$17.00
ISBN: 9780767913737
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Anchor - October 10th, 2006

Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing trip down an unmapped part of the Amazon.

— Kay

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The Girls in the Picture: A Novel Cover Image

The Girls in the Picture: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Melanie Benjamin
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ISBN: 9781101886809
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: Delacorte Press - January 16th, 2018

Early Hollywood featuring Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.

— Kay

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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel Cover Image

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Marra
$18.00
ISBN: 9780770436421
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Hogarth - February 4th, 2014

Life in Chechnya in the 1990s and early 2000s.

— Kay

The Swans of Fifth Avenue: A Novel Cover Image

The Swans of Fifth Avenue: A Novel (Paperback)

By Melanie Benjamin
$17.00
ISBN: 9780345528704
Availability: Backordered
Published: Bantam - October 25th, 2016
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Cover Image

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Paperback)

By Erik Larson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780375725609
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Vintage - February 10th, 2004
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel Cover Image

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel (Paperback)

By Gabrielle Zevin
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616204518
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Algonquin Books - December 2nd, 2014
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Mary Cover Image

Mary (Paperback)

By Janis Cooke Newman
$32.99
ISBN: 9780156033473
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Mariner Books - October 1st, 2007
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On the Night You Were Born (Hardcover)

By Nancy Tillman, Nancy Tillman (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780312346065
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Feiwel & Friends - October 17th, 2006