Book Stew

Zeyn Joukhadar, author of The Thirty Names of Night, discusses the importance of featuring the journeys of queer, trans, Muslim, and immigrant characters in his books. Delving into the lives of queer and trans ancestors, Zeyn connects us to people in our pasts who were always there but often erased. A novel about finding community for survival, for care, and for love, The Thirty Names of Night "is a feat" (R.O. Kwon).

The author of the “vivid and urgent…important and timely” (The New York Times Book Review) debut The Map of Salt and Stars returns with this remarkably moving and lyrical novel following three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts.

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Walter Isaacson — biographer of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Eintein, and Ben Franklin — discusses the life and career of scientist Jennifer Doudna, cocreator or CRISPR and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

'Tis the season to be jolly—and creative— with this Christmas-inspired rock-painting kit. Inside, kids will find 6 rocks (3 white rocks, and 3 gray), 6 paint pots, 2 paintbrushes, and a 32-page, full-color, easy-to-follow instruction guide on how to paint super-cute snowmen, Santas, snow globes, and more on the included rocks. Painted rocks make fabulous gifts and wonderful holiday decorations, so get in the holiday spirit and start creating!

The Force is strong in this kit, and you can summon it right to your hand! Crochet 10 characters from the Rebels and the Empire, put one on each finger, and then let the battle begin! The kit contains an 80-page instruction book with step-by-step directions and full-color photos, a crochet hook, safety eyes, stuffing, a metal tapestry needle, and all the yarn you'll need to create Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker puppets. Create the rest of the characters with yarn of your choice, and you might just save the galaxy!

Use materials foraged from the great outdoors to create visually inspiring art, gifts, decorations, and home accessories. This collection of 52 clever ideas is packed with small, no-fuss projects that are demonstrated using step-by-step photography—one engaging project for each week of the year. Find inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, and use stones, twigs, leaves, seeds, flowers, and other items to add your own special touch to each piece.

In Explore the Human Body, a fascinating three-dimensional presentation allows in-depth, hands-on exploration of the most amazing machine in the world—you. This unique “model” can be deconstructed and rebuilt layer by layer, system by system, just by turning the page, so the reader can see how each part of the body is connected to the others. The complexities of the human body can be daunting, particularly for children, so by combining a 3-D model with informative text and pictures, Explore the Human Body helps children understand how all the major systems of the body work together to enable us to breathe, move, and interact with the world around us.

Jane Austen's stories of clever women, elusive love, and social mores have struck a chord with millions of fans who consider her work compelling, heartwarming, and essential. Adapted time and again for screen and stage, these enduring classics remain as enjoyable as ever, and are the perfect addition to every home library. This collector's edition includes all six of Austen's completed novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. New readers will be enchanted once they open the genuine leather cover, see the specially designed endpapers, and read these brilliant stories, while readers familiar with Austen's genius will enjoy the introduction from an acclaimed Austen scholar that provides background and context for the works they've always loved.

Discover new realms of thought and fantasy in this exclusively selected boxed set! Four special-edition Word Cloud Classics are included: The Wizard of Oz, The Wind in the Willows and Other Stories, Hans Christian Andersen Tales, and Aesop's Fables. Readers will be proud to display these works on their bookshelf when not reading folktales and detecting morals set forth by our ancestors—and the hot-air balloon cruising across the spines is sure to provoke many an interesting conversation.

Find new friendships in literature with this exclusively selected boxed set! Four special-edition Word Cloud Classics are included: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and The Secret Garden. Readers will be proud to display these works on their bookshelf when not following Alice down the rabbit hole, growing up with Anne in Avonlea, suffering through life's dramas with the March sisters, or discovering secret hideaways with Mary and Colin—and the montage of flowers spread across the spines is sure to provoke many an interesting conversation.