MPS Fall 2013

I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love By Nancy Tillman, Nancy Tillman (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Nancy Tillman, Nancy Tillman (Illustrator)
$18.99
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ISBN: 9780312553685
Published: Feiwel & Friends - August 27th, 2013

There are things about you quite unlike any other.Things always known by your father or mother.So if you decide to be different one day,no worries… I’d know you anyway.Every
child is special and unique, but every child also loves to dream of
being something different. Bestselling author and artist Nancy Tillman
has created another heartfelt masterpiece celebrating the joys of
imagination, and the comfort of always knowing that "you are loved."


The Dwarf in the Drawer: A Mischievous Parody By L. van King, Chuck Gonzales (Illustrator) Cover Image
By L. van King, Chuck Gonzales (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781250041432
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Square Fish - October 1st, 2013

I’m the Dwarf in the Drawer,And I lived here before...Before that darn elf--That insufferable bore! Book and plush gift set!It’s
the most wonderful time of the year! The time when tiny elves spy on
all the little children and then go dancing off to tattle to Santa.
…What? That doesn’t sound wonderful to you?Right. The Dwarf in the Drawer doesn’t think so either. Why does that dim-witted elf show up every December?In the tradition of Goodnight iPad and Runaway Mummy,
this is a hilarious parody of Santa’s elvish spy—and a story that will
make us all take another look at the true meaning of Christmas.


Toilet: How It Works By David Macaulay, Sheila Keenan (With) Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781596437807
Published: David Macaulay Studio - September 10th, 2013

Everyone knows what a toilet is for, right? But what exactly happens after you flush? Where does our waste go, and how is it made safe? With his unique blend of informative text and illustration, David Macaulay takes readers on a tour of the bathroom and the sewer system, from the familiar family toilet to the mysterious municipal water treatment plant.


Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel By Robin Sloan Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250037756
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Published: Picador - September 24th, 2013

“A book about passion—for books, for history, for the future...There is nothing about Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore that I didn’t love.”—Cory Doctorow

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco Web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few and never seem to buy anything; instead, they “check out” obscure volumes from strange corners of the store. Clay concludes the store must be a front for something larger and engineers a complex analysis of the clientele’s behavior with the help of his variously talented friends. But when they bring their findings to Mr. Penumbra, they discover the bookstore’s secrets extend far beyond its walls.

Rendered with irresistible brio and dazzling intelligence, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is exactly what it sounds like: an establishment you have to enter and will never want to leave.


How I Came to Sparkle Again: A Novel By Kaya McLaren Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250000743
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - October 1st, 2013

Jill Anthony spent her youth in the ski town of Sparkle, Colorado, but more than a decade has passed since she left. When a devastating tragedy, coupled with the worst kind of betrayal, makes her want to run away, the only place she knows to go is home: Sparkle.

Lisa Carlucci looks in the mirror one morning and realizes that she no longer wants to treat her body like a Holiday Inn. She’s going to hold out for love. The only problem is, love might come in the form of her ski-bum best friend, who lives next door with his ski-bum friends in a trailer known as “The Kennel.”

Cassie Jones, at age ten, has lost her mother and no longer believes in anything. Her only solace comes from the messages she believes her deceased mother is sending her through the heart-shaped rocks they once collected in the streams and hills of Sparkle.

Three people at the crossroads of heartbreak and healing. Three lives that will be changed one winter in Sparkle, Colorado. One tender, funny, tear-jerking novel you won’t soon forget.


A Hundred Flowers: A Novel By Gail Tsukiyama Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250022547
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - August 27th, 2013

China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in
society: “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought
contend.” Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying’s
husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety
or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his
sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for
writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor
camp for “reeducation.” A year later, still missing
his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old
kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in
the distance. But Tao slips and tumbles thirty feet to the courtyard
below, badly breaking his leg.  As Kai Ying
struggles to hold her small family together in the face of this
shattering reminder of her husband’s absence, other members of the
household must face their own guilty secrets and strive to find peace in
a world where the old sense of order is falling.


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