{"title":"Melville House","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"night-in-tehran-9781612199443b","title":"Night in Tehran","description":"Based on historic events, and frighteningly relevant to today's headlines -- a taut thriller about one American diplomat's year of living dangerously in Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the style of Alan Furst, this suspenseful thriller -- based on real events -- places an idealistic American diplomat in a turbulent, US-hating Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. Backed by the CIA, and trailed by a beautiful and engaging French journalist he suspects is a spy, David Weiseman's mission is to ease the Shah of Iran out of power and find the best alternative between the military, religious extremists, and the political ruling class -- many of whom are simultaneously trying to kill him.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817272348752,"sku":"9781612199443B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199443-l.jpg?v=1785864341"},{"product_id":"the-bedlam-cadaver-hunt-and-hooke-bk-3-9781685890957b","title":"The Bedlam Cadaver (Hunt and Hooke, Bk. 3)","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn late 17th Century London rich young women are being kidnapped, then murdered. Harry Hunt, formerly of the Royal Society but now a rich gentleman, is falsely accused. To clear his name, he must rely on his abandoned scientific expertise and battle the full force of the British aristocracy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e1681\u003c\/span\u003e. London cooks in summer heat. Bonfires are lit in protest against the King’s brother, James, heir to the throne but openly Catholic. Rumours abound of a ‘Black Box’, said to conceal proof the King’s illegitimate son is really the rightful heir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a wealthy merchant’s daughter is kidnapped and murdered—even though a ransom was paid—the King orders Harry Hunt of the Royal Society to help investigate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA second woman goes missing: Elizabeth Thynne, England’s richest heiress. Her husband has a ransom letter from the same kidnappers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePressured by powerful men to find the killers and rescue Elizabeth, Harry uncovers a disturbing link to Bethlehem Hospital, better known as Bedlam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut he is falsely accused of the crimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo prove his innocence, he must find the real culprits. Harry’s search takes him from Rotherhithe to Whitehall Palace, and to the house of Sir Peter Lely, the famous portrait-painter, in Covent Garden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd back to Bedlam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has the Monarchy’s future in his hands.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817384317008,"sku":"9781685890957B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890957-l.jpg?v=1785864732"},{"product_id":"ladies-lunch-and-other-stories-9781685891015b","title":"Ladies' Lunch: and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBeloved \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Lore Segal, at 95-years-old, is a national treasure. Working at the height of her powers, in this story collection she turns her gimlet eye and compassionate humor on aging and life in the slow lane.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 new stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family and aging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan the group organize a visit to one of their number in her new, and detested, assisted living situation? Is this a fabulous party with old friends, or a funeral reception? And does who was sleeping with whom, way back when, still matter?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817445658704,"sku":"9781685891015B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891015-l.jpg?v=1785864916"},{"product_id":"kurt-cobain-the-last-interview-and-other-conversations-the-l-9781685890094b","title":"Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)","description":"\u003cb\u003eKurt Cobain burst into American consciousness with a vengeance with the release of \u003ci\u003eNevermind\u003c\/i\u003e, an instant classic that defined a sound and a generation. Three years later, he was dead of suicide, leaving a meteoric career and a cultural influence that would never wane.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain changed American music as few musicians ever have. His instantly identifiable raspy croon, his slash-and-burn guitar playing, and his corrosive and poetic lyrics made him a hero to a generation of lost souls. In interviews Cobain was funny, thoughtful, sarcastic, impassioned, and even kind. This collection of interviews provides a look at a man who was too often misunderstood.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817476427856,"sku":"9781685890094B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890094-l.jpg?v=1785865043"},{"product_id":"rat-city-overcrowding-and-urban-derangement-in-the-rodent-un-9781685890995b","title":"Rat City: Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehind the internet's viral \"Universe 25\" experiment and Robert C. O'Brien's iconic novel, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Frisby and the Secret of NIMH, \u003c\/i\u003ewas one scientist who set out to change the way we view our fellow man — using rats . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Civil War and throughout the twentieth century, cities in northern American states absorbed a huge increase in populations, particularly of immigrants and African Americans from southern states. City governments responded by creating new regulations that were often segregationist — corralling black Americans, for example, into small, increasingly overcrowded neighborhoods, or into high-rise “projects.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe situation intensified after World War II, as rising crime and racial unrest swept the nation, and blame fell on the crowded conditions of city life. The hardest-hit populations were left marginalized and voiceless.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter John B. Calhoun, an ecologist employed by the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of overcrowding on rats. From 1947 to 1977, Calhoun built a series of sprawling habitats in which a rat’s every need was met—except space. The results were cataclysmic. Did a similar fate await our own teeming cities?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRat City\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to tell the story of Calhoun’s experiments, and their extraordinary influence — an enthralling record of urban design and dystopian science. Meticulously researched, it follows Calhoun’s struggle to solve the problem of crowding before America’s cities drain into the behavioral sink. And as the “war on rats” continues around the world, and our post-pandemic society reevaluates the necessity of urban living, the riveting story of \u003ci\u003eRat City\u003c\/i\u003e is more relevant than ever.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817480065104,"sku":"9781685890995B","price":15.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890995-l.jpg?v=1785865056"},{"product_id":"jamie-macgillivray-the-renegade-s-journey-9781685891428b","title":"Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade's Journey","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'It gets under the skin of this extraordinary time in a way that  few historical novels do. Sayles writes superbly about the confusion of  warfare and deals equally well with the horrors of the  plantations...This is a first-rate historical novel told with wit, verve  and a subtle understanding of the mechanics of the genre.' - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"John Sayles is a living master.\" - Jennifer Haigh, author of \u003ci\u003eFaith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spanning 13 years, two continents, several wars, and many smoke-filled and bloody battlefields, John Sayles’s thrilling historical and cinematic epic invites comparison with Diana Gabaldon, George R. R. Martin, Phillippa Gregory, and Charles Dickens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt begins in the highlands of Scotland in 1746, at the Battle of Culloden, the last desperate stand of the Stuart ‘pretender’ to the throne of the Three Kingdoms, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and his rabidly loyal supporters.  Vanquished with his comrades by the forces of the Hanoverian (and Protestant) British crown, the novel’s eponymous hero, Jamie MacGillivray, narrowly escapes a roadside execution only to be recaptured by the victors and shipped to Marshalsea Prison (central to Charles Dickens’s \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e) where he cheats the hangman a second time before being sentenced to transportation and indentured servitude in colonial America \"for the term of his natural life.\"  His travels are paralleled by those of Jenny Ferguson, a poor, village girl swept up on false charges by the English and also sent in chains to the New World.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The novel follows Jamie and Jenny through servitude, revolt, escape, and romantic entanglements -- pawns in a deadly game.  The two continue to cross paths with each other and with some of the leading figures of the era- the devious Lord Lovat, future novelist Henry Fielding, the artist William Hogarth, a young and ambitious George Washington, the doomed General James Wolfe, and the Lenape chief feared throughout the Ohio Valley as Shingas the Terrible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA DELUXE EDITION \u003c\/b\u003ewith a brilliant design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e700 PAGES\u003c\/b\u003e of a thrilling, historical, and cinematic epic!","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817616740432,"sku":"9781685891428B","price":13.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891428-l.jpg?v=1785865654"},{"product_id":"the-absinthe-forger-a-true-story-of-deception-betrayal-and-t-9781685891541b","title":"The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew  up the lucrative black market for vintage bottles of the legendary drink  of artistic renegades, absinthe . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThought to be hallucinogenic and banned globally for a century, absinthe is once again legal and popular. Yet it is still associated with bohemian lifestyles, just as when it was the favorite drink of avant-gardists like Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh and Baudelaire. And today, when vintage, pre-ban bottles are discovered, they can sell for exorbitant prices to private collectors. But such discoveries are increasingly rare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich is why the absinthe demimonde of rich collectors was electrified when a mysterious bon vivant claimed to be in possession of a collection of precious, pre-ban bottles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs his secret tranche of 100-year-old bottles real? And just who is the shadowy person selling them? And what about rumors of another secret cache, hidden away in an Italian palazzo?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJournalist Evan Rail sets out to discover the truth about the enigmatic dealer and the secret stashes. Along the way, he drinks with \u003ci\u003eabsintheurs\u003c\/i\u003e frantically chasing down the pre-bans, visits modern distillers who have seen their status rise from criminal bootleggers to sought-after celebrities, and relates the legendary history of absinthe, from its birth in Switzerland through its coming of age in France, and on to its modern revival.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817746927696,"sku":"9781685891541B","price":15.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891541-l.jpg?v=1785866210"},{"product_id":"death-row-welcomes-you-visiting-hours-in-the-shadow-of-the-e-9781612199283b","title":"Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An eye-opening journey to a place that’s hard to access, rarely seen and shrouded by myths of monsters and abominations. ... \u003ci\u003eDeath Row Welcomes You\u003c\/i\u003e demands that we not look away.\"\u003ci\u003e- New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the vein of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for an Echo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead Man Walking\u003c\/i\u003e, a deeply immersive look at justice in America, told through the interwoven lives of condemned prisoners and the men and women who come to visit them . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2018, after nearly a decade’s hiatus, the state of Tennessee began executing death row inmates, bucking national trends that showed the death penalty in decline. In less than two years, the state put seven men to death, more than any other state but Texas in that time period. It was an execution spree unlike any seen in Tennessee since the 1940s, one only brought to a halt by a global pandemic.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning journalist Steven Hale was the leading reporter on these executions, covering them both locally for the \u003ci\u003eNashville Scene\u003c\/i\u003e alt-weekly and nationally for \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDeath Row Welcomes You\u003c\/i\u003e, Hale traces the lives of condemned prisoners at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution—and the people who come to visit them. What brought them—the visitors and convicted murderers alike—to death row?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe visitors are, for the most part, not activists—or at least they did not start out that way. Nor are they the sort of killer-obsessed death row groupies such settings sometimes attract. In fact, in most cases they are average people whose lives, not to mention their views on the death penalty, were turned upside down by a face-to-face meeting with a death row prisoner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHale’s access to the people that make up that community afforded him a perspective that no other journalist has been granted, largely because Tennessee’s Department of Correction has all but shut off official media access.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining topics that have long fascinated readers—crime, death, and life inside prison—Hale writes with humanity, empathy, and insight earned by befriending death row prisoners . . . and standing witness to their final moments.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817748631632,"sku":"9781612199283B","price":13.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199283-l.jpg?v=1785866219"},{"product_id":"technofeudalism-what-killed-capitalism-9781685891244b","title":"Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a revelatory and pathbreaking work, the #1 international bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig tech has replaced capitalism's twin pillars—markets and profit—with its platforms and rents. With every click and scroll, we labor like serfs to increase its power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to technofeudalism . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or the rise of TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold. Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies after the crash of 2008 went to big tech instead. With it they funded the construction of their private cloud fiefdoms and privatized the internet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTechnofeudalism says Yanis Varoufakis, is the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world, and is the greatest current threat to the liberal individual, to our efforts to avert climate catastrophe—and to democracy itself. It also lies behind the new geopolitical tensions, especially the New Cold War between the United States and China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on stories from Greek myth and pop culture, from Homer to \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, Varoufakis explains this revolutionary transformation: how it enslaves our minds, how it rewrites the rules of global power, and, ultimately, what it will take overthrow it.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817763639376,"sku":"9781685891244B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891244-l.jpg?v=1785866281"},{"product_id":"no-limits-the-inside-story-of-china-s-war-with-the-west-9781685890193b","title":"No Limits: The Inside Story of China's War With the West","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe riveting and mostly untold story about the battle for financial and technological power and mastery between the West and China over the last decade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince China joined the WTO in December 2001, the West has been developing ever closer business and political ties. China's hosting of the Olympic Games and its economic leadership in 2008 as the world faced recession were signs that China's new power and wealth would herald greater global prosperity for all. But that era is over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the cause of this rupture, leading China expert Andrew Small asks and what does it mean for the future? Using his deep access to the leading players in the story, Small dramatizes the intense political battles over the introduction of 5G to show how China and the West have spilt and how those abstract geopolitical rivalries translate into our daily lives—the phones we all use, the hidden wiring of the economy, and who controls it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with extraordinary insider access, Small's story ranges from deep inside the bowels of the Pentagon to Indian Ocean naval bases, and from the boardrooms of the world’s leading technology firms to the Taliban leadership in Kabul. The result is an engaging, lucid and even-handed account of the defining geopolitical issue of our age, and a clarion call for us to recognize the true nature of China’s global ambitions.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817831370832,"sku":"9781685890193B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890193-l.jpg?v=1785866587"},{"product_id":"the-jack-smith-report-9781685892173b","title":"The Jack Smith Report","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe full, unexpurgated final report of special prosecutor Jack Smith, regarding his two-year investigation of Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe evidence from the investigation includes grand jury testimony from   55 witnesses, interviews by Smith’s criminal investigators with over   250 people, photographs, information from electronic devices and online   records—including Trump’s social media account—and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Our work rested upon the fundamental value of our democracy that we exist as ‘a government of laws, and not of men . . .’ Simply put: the Department of Justice’s guiding mandate, which my Office strove to uphold, is that power, politics, influence, status, wealth, fear, and favor should not impede justice under the law . . . My Office had one north star: to follow the facts and law wherever they led. Nothing more and nothing less . . . But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”\u003cbr\u003e    —From Jack Smith’s Cover Letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jack Smith Report\u003c\/i\u003e continues Melville House's \"tradition of publishing pivotal public documents.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817895792720,"sku":"9781685892173B","price":6.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685892173-l.jpg?v=1785866871"},{"product_id":"the-watermark-9781685891916b","title":"The Watermark","description":"\u003cb\u003eA quirky, literary love story like no other, one that veers wildly from contemporary Britain to Soviet Russia to a bizarre but recognizable future, from one of the UK’s hottest young novelists...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel and Jaime: their story isn’t simple. It might not even be their story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugustus Fate, a once-lauded novelist and now renowned recluse, is struggling with his latest creation. But when Jaime and Rachel stumble into his remote cottage, he spies opportunity, imprisoning them inside his novel-in-progress. Now, the fledgling couple must try to find their way back home through a labyrinthine network of novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as they move from Victorian Oxford to a utopian Manchester, a harsh Russian winter to an AI-dominated near-future, so too does the narrative of their relationship change time and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, they must figure out if this relationship of so many presents can have any future at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Watermark\u003c\/i\u003e is a heart-stopping exploration of the narratives we cling to in the course of a life, and the tendency of the world to unravel them. Kaleidoscopic and wildly imaginative, it asks: how can we truly be ourselves, when Fate is pulling the strings?","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817986658384,"sku":"9781685891916B","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891916-l.jpg?v=1785867164"},{"product_id":"hanging-out-the-radical-power-of-killing-time-9781685890780b","title":"Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time","description":"Loneliness is an epidemic; it feels harder than ever to connect with others meaningfully. What can we do to remedy this? Sheila Liming has the answer: we need to hang out more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the introduction of AI and constant Zoom meetings, our lives have become more fractured, digital and chaotic. \u003ci\u003eHanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time\u003c\/i\u003e shows us what we have lost to the frenetic pace of digital life and how to get it back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining personal narrative with pungent analyses of books, movies, and TV shows, Sheila Liming shows us how the new social landscape deadens our connections with others — connections that are vital to both self-care and to a vibrant community. Whether drinking with strangers in a distant city or jamming with musician friends in an abandoned Pittsburgh row house, Liming demonstrates that unstructured social time is the key to a freer, happier sense of self. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHanging Out\u003c\/i\u003e shows how simple acts of casual connection are the glue that binds us together, and how community is the antidote to the disconnection and isolation that dominates contemporary life.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818038202448,"sku":"9781685890780B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890780-l.jpg?v=1785867366"},{"product_id":"shirley-chisholm-the-last-interview-and-other-conversations-9781612198972b","title":"Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)","description":"When Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination in 1972, she became the first Black candidate for a major party's nomination - just four years after she had become the first ever Black woman in Congress. In this collection of interviews stretching from her first major profile to her final interview, this icon of iron will and unshakeable political principle reveals how her disciplined and demanding childhood and the expectations placed on her by the public shaped her into a force of nature and the ultimate people's politician - tirelessly advocating in the halls of government for the poorest and most disadvantaged of the nation.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818113142864,"sku":"9781612198972B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612198972-l.jpg?v=1785867661"},{"product_id":"the-heart-of-it-all-9781685890810b","title":"The Heart of It All","description":"\u003cb\u003eA small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about  how American lives touch each other across divides both real and  imagined...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in failing small town in central Ohio, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of It All\u003c\/i\u003e asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the town’s largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the town’s understanding of itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gorgeous, stirring novel in the classic vein of Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson, Richard Russo, and Kent Haruf, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of It All\u003c\/i\u003e asks the reader to consider an America both divided and bound by its differences.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818477654096,"sku":"9781685890810B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890810-l.jpg?v=1785871881"},{"product_id":"hanging-out-the-radical-power-of-killing-time-9781685890056b","title":"Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA smart and empowering book about the simple art of hanging out ... and of taking back our social lives from the deadening whirl of contemporary life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost every day it seems that our world becomes more fractured, more digital, and more chaotic. Sheila Liming has the answer: we need to hang out more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting with the assumption that play is to children as hanging out is to adults, Liming makes a brilliant case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality. The book asks questions like \u003ci\u003ewhat is hanging out? why is it important? why do we do it? \u003c\/i\u003ehow \u003ci\u003edo we do it? \u003c\/i\u003eand examines the various ways we hang out—in groups, online, at parties, at work.  \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time\u003c\/i\u003e makes an intelligent case for the importance of this most casual of social structures\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand shows us how just getting together can be a potent act of resistance all on its own.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818480144464,"sku":"9781685890056B","price":13.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890056-l.jpg?v=1785871899"},{"product_id":"exurbia-now-the-battleground-of-american-democracy-9781685890896b","title":"Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Focusing  on greater Chicago, Masciotra argues that the exurbs, home to both  monster trucks and liberals, are becoming a key political arena.” \u003ci\u003e- New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe suburbs have become too liberal and diverse for many white American conservatives, so “exurbia”—areas outside the cities and their suburbs—are becoming the staging ground for the radical right extremist insurgency . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond a fanatical devotion to former president Donald Trump, one of the curious things that united the rank and file of the January 6 insurrectionist mob was that many of them were residents of one of America’s fastest growing residential areas: Exurbia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome to the likes of Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ohio’s Jim Jordan, big box retailers, chain restaurants, monster trucks, and megachurches, exurbia is becoming America’s greatest political battleground, more important to American politics than urban or rural America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliant work of political and cultural inquiry, veteran political journalist David Masciotra provides a definitive account of what exurbia is, how it came to be, and how it's transforming American life.  Zooming in outside the greater metropolitan area of Chicago—where Masciotra grew up—he shows how exurbia has become a safe space to fly the MAGA flag and romanticize the mores of the pre-civil rights, pre-feminist, pre-gay rights 1950s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, as Masciotra also shows, reactionary white flight is not the whole story of small-town America. The story often lost is the power and persistence of small-town liberals—people who believe in equality, celebrate diversity, and enroll in movements for justice. Exurbia, as it turns out, is ground zero for the fight over a democracy mightily beleaguered, yet still full of promise, and still worth fighting for. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining interviews, research, and anecdote—and anchored in personal experience—\u003ci\u003eExurbia Now\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a powerful ballad on the state of small-town America, and  provides a sense of the fight for democracy, on the ground, in the heartland.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818682519632,"sku":"9781685890896B","price":13.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890896-l.jpg?v=1785872810"},{"product_id":"disturbing-the-bones-9781685891459b","title":"Disturbing the Bones","description":"\u003cb\u003eA propulsive debut political thriller set in the aftermath of a global nuclear weapons crisis—from the acclaimed filmmaker of \u003ci\u003eThe Fugitive\u003c\/i\u003e and an award-winning journalist . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A knife-edged investigation that morphs into a political thriller about a world on the brink. An ingenious page turner.\" —Michael Mann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA plot to disrupt a global peace summit in Chicago collides with a  civil rights case breakthrough at a mysterious archaeological site . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChicago detective Randall Jenkins has not been back home to the historic Civil Rights hotspot of Cairo, Illinois since the disappearance of his mother, a well-known journalist, several decades ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat all changes the day Dr. Molly Moore, an ambitious young archaeologist in the national spotlight for her groundbreaking high-tech discoveries, uncovers a set of strange bones at a huge 12,000-year-old site at a highway construction project.  With retired military general and contractor William Alexander breathing down her neck to cover up the dig, Molly and Randall soon find themselves in the middle of a wild military conspiracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe detective and archaeologist’s entwined family mysteries suddenly thrust them into the central position as the only people who can ensure the safety of the ongoing Chicago global peace summit. They must take on the rogue general who views any disarmament agreement as a clear and present danger to the United States. The fate of global peace and the lives of Molly and Randall hang in the balance.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818699919440,"sku":"9781685891459B","price":13.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891459-l.jpg?v=1785872898"},{"product_id":"just-thieves-9781612199375b","title":"Just Thieves","description":"A down and dirty gem of a tale—a twisty and twisted crime novel that evokes the worlds of George V. Higgins, Patricia Highsmith, and David Mamet, destined to be a Neo-noir classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRick and Frank are recovering addicts and accomplished house thieves. They do not steal randomly - - they steal according to order, hired by a mysterious handler. The jobs run routinely until they’re tasked with taking a seemingly worthless trophy: an object that generates interest and obsession out of proportion to its apparent value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as the robbery is completed, the two are involved in a freak car accident that sets off a chain of events and Frank disappears with the trophy. As Rick tries to find Frank, he is forced to confront his past, upending both his livelihood and his sense of reality. The narrative builds steadily into a powerful and shocking climax.  Reveling in its con-artistry and double-crosses, Just Thieves is a nail-biting, noirish exploration of the working lives of two unforgettable crooks and the hidden forces that rule and ruin their lives.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818744778832,"sku":"9781612199375B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199375-l.jpg?v=1785873113"},{"product_id":"the-stone-world-9781612199542b","title":"The Stone World","description":"Joel Agee’s hallucinatory first novel begins in a house with a large garden in an unnamed Mexican town in the late 1940s, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist. His world is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \nAnd the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrés who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists such as Frida Kahlo. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \nBut the emigrés long for home — including Peter’s step-father, who wants to return to his native Germany. Going back to Europe may not be safe for any of them yet, however, which gives rise to anguished arguments among Peter’s parents’s and their tight group of friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \nAnd slowly, Peter begins to comprehend that his world may be turned upside down – that he might be forced to take leave of everyone he knows: his best friend, Arón; his father’s friend Sándor, who talks about revolution and performs magic tricks; and Zita, the family’s live-in-maid, who has taught him the consoling mysteries of prayer . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \nSteeped in the magic and myths of childhood — yet haunted by a harsh adult world bedeviled by instability and political turmoil — Joel Agee’s \u003ci\u003eThe Stone World\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable portrait of a family that will inevitably invite comparison with another classic family story, that of his father James Agee’s \u003ci\u003eA Death in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818802647120,"sku":"9781612199542B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199542-l.jpg?v=1785873367"},{"product_id":"the-future-of-songwriting-the-futures-bk-1-9781685891176b","title":"The Future of Songwriting (The Futures, Bk. 1)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An endlessly inventive mind and generosity of spirit that alone should give us hope.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrowing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh meditates on the future of her craft in this wry, existential and passionate addition to Melville House’s new series, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFUTURES\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwriter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs it possible to create music and not show off about it? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can artists establish and refine a following without becoming part of the commercial problem? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd just how many times is it healthy to watch \u003ci\u003eIt's A Wonderful Life\u003c\/i\u003e in 3 weeks?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Songwriting\u003c\/i\u003e, Hersh chooses to interrogate these questions through philosophical dialogue. From in-depth conversations with a comedian friend about the similarities between songs and jokes, via a fruitful visit to Sydney's 'bone museums', to a revelation from an acupuncturist in New Orleans, she delivers a fierce, funny and existential meditation on the art of the song – and its future.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818827288656,"sku":"9781685891176B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891176-l.jpg?v=1785873466"},{"product_id":"taking-down-trump-12-rules-for-prosecuting-donald-trump-by-s-9781685891251b","title":"Taking Down Trump: 12 Rules for Prosecuting Donald Trump by Someone Who Did It Successfully","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An indispensable must-read. This is THE book to read to understand what’s going on in the cases against Trump.” — Joy Reid, MSNBC News anchor and host of The ReidOut \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA former prosecutor provides an essential guide to ensuring that Donald Trump, and other oligarchs of his ilk, no longer beat the rap, and face serious jail time for their crimes . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a half century Donald Trump has evaded justice. Now he finally faces trials for his lies, cons, and misdeeds—but many fear Trump will never face any real consequences.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs our system so broken that some people are now above the law? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Taking Down Trump, Tristan Snell—a former assistant attorney general for New York State who took on and beat Trump in a court of law—argues that Donald Trump can indeed be defeated, and shares his secrets for how to beat him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSnell led New York State’s prosecution of Donald Trump for defrauding hundreds of Trump University students, resulting in Trump having to shell out $25 million to his victims —Trump’s first and only major legal loss to date. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSnell lays out 12 key rules for how to beat Trump—including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow voters and activists hold prosecutors accountable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to stand up to Trump’s public bullying\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to persevere against all the stonewalling and counterattacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to get key figures to cooperate and cough up critical evidence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way, Snell discusses his own experience prosecuting Trump, and observes how prosecutors in the various cases against Trump are exploiting such rules—or not—as well as how Trump’s revolving team of lawyers can be expected to behave, or, more accurately, perform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you’re a concerned citizen, a lawyer or prosecutor, or an activist or advocate, Snell shows how America’s systems can still work to bring even the richest and most powerful to justice, and why those systems are worth preserving and improving. Ultimately, this is a road map for how America can begin to escape the Trump wilderness of fraud and fascism.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818891874384,"sku":"9781685891251B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891251-l.jpg?v=1785873792"},{"product_id":"slime-a-natural-history-9781685890209b","title":"Slime: A Natural History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking, witty, and eloquent exploration of slime that will leave you appreciating the nebulous and neglected sticky stuff that covers our world, inside and out.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlime. The very word seems to ooze oily menace, conjuring up a variety of unpleasant associations: mucous, toxins, reptiles, pollutants, and other unsavory viscous semi-liquid substances. Yet without slime, the natural world would be completely unrecognizable; in fact, life itself as we know it would be impossible\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deft and fascinating book, journalist Susanne Wedlich takes us on a tour of all things slimy, from the most unctuous of science fiction monsters to the biochemical compounds that are the very building blocks of life. Along the way she shows us what slime really means, and why slime is not something to fear, but rather something to ... embrace.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818895773776,"sku":"9781685890209B","price":17.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890209-l.jpg?v=1785873813"},{"product_id":"the-deal-goes-down-9781612199900b","title":"The Deal Goes Down","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA legendary, Edgar-Award winning writer returns, and so does his legendary detective,  with a gripping thriller about marital discord, contract killing, off-piste skiing and the deep state...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ex-private eye Tony Casella lives in the Catskill mountains, a lonely old tough guy whose body can no longer do what it once did.  His wife and son are dead; his daughter barely talks to him;  his bank is in the process of foreclosing on his home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But a chance encounter with a rich young woman on a train changes everything. He is hired to take care of  her superrich, sexual predator husband. That job leads to others and he joins  a small start-up whose mission is to save women from abusive marriages. Provided their spouses are in the top 0.01%. It's a luxury service destined to make great profits.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tony’s problems seem to be over, but are they? An old, angry associate is determined to get his cut of Tony’s earnings, murky government agents start to tail him, and when he is sent to the Austrian alps to kill a Russian oligarch and rescue his American wife, all hell breaks loose… \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Packed with action \u003ci\u003eThe Deal Goes Down\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable portrait of a Lion in Winter who still has a few tricks up his sleeve, from a writer garlanded with awards and critical acclaim and whose novel \u003ci\u003eAmerican Hero\u003c\/i\u003e was made into the classic film, \u003ci\u003eWag the Dog. \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818955804752,"sku":"9781612199900B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199900-l.jpg?v=1785874072"},{"product_id":"revenge-how-donald-trump-weaponized-the-us-department-of-jus-9781685890742b","title":"Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe man the New York State Attorney General credited with inspiring her prosecution of Donald Trump — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e number one bestselling author Michael Cohen — tells the behind-the-scenes story of what can happen to you — and what  really happened to him — when a President who believes himself to be  above the law decides to go after his critics . . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen  Michael Cohen's secret payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels on behalf of  Donald Trump made Cohen look like a liability to the by-then-President  of the United States, the end to their decade-long relationship came  swiftly — with a knock on the door from the FBI. Soon, Cohen would find  himself imprisoned — even though he had plenty of evidence to show he  was innocent of most of the charges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, with the release  of the Steele Dossier, Cohen also found himself battling endless news  reports citing the Dossier's claims that he'd had clandestine dealings  with Russia — reports that only mounted despite his exoneration by the  Mueller Report.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a story now being echoed in recent breaking  news stories about IRS persecution of Trump foes such as former  FBI head James Comey and others, Cohen details — in his inimitable blunt  language, with absolutely no holds barred and naming names — his  attempt to clear his name and tell the truth about Donald Trump.  Chillingly, he also makes clear what happens when you try to speak truth  to power, and the power knows no bounds.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818998698064,"sku":"9781685890742B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890742-l.jpg?v=1785874201"},{"product_id":"starry-field-a-memoir-of-lost-history-9781685890933b","title":"Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant memoir for readers who love \u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e by journalist Margaret Juhae Lee, who sets out on a search for her family’s history lost to the darkness of Korea’s colonial decades, and contends with the shockwaves of violence that followed them over four generations and across continents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret’s grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a criminal, and his granddaughter was determined to figure out why. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarry Field: A Memoir of Lost History \u003c\/i\u003echronicles Chul Ha’s untold story. Combining investigative journalism, oral history, and archival research, Margaret reveals the truth about the grandfather she never knew. What she found is that Lee Chul Ha was not a source of shame; he was a student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for protesting the Japanese government’s colonization of Korea. He was a hero—and eventually honored as a Patriot of South Korea almost 60 years after his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut reclaiming her grandfather’s legacy, in the end, isn’t what Margaret finds the most valuable. It is through the series of three long-form interviews with her grandmother that Margaret finally finds a sense of recognition she’s been missing her entire life. A story of healing old wounds and the reputation of an extraordinary young man, \u003ci\u003eStarry Field\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the tales of two women, generations and oceans apart, who share the desire to build family in someplace called home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarry Field \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together the stories of Margaret’s family against the backdrop of Korea’s tumultuous modern history, with a powerful question at its heart. Can we ever separate ourselves from our family’s past—and if the answer is yes, should we? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20 memorable photographs will be included.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819123773520,"sku":"9781685890933B","price":14.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890933-l.jpg?v=1785874743"},{"product_id":"juliet-the-maniac-9781685891275b","title":"Juliet the Maniac","description":"\u003cb\u003eA  cult-favorite  stylist holds nothing back in this darkly funny,  unromantic look at the  underbelly of coming-of-age and its brutal  trials…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuliet is a typical teenage girl—a little beast.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLingering   just underneath Southern California’s sunny, sandy beach culture, one   young woman struggles to survive herself as she hurtles through the mid   90’s and tries to make sense of her on-and-off relationship with   recovery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuliet  knows she should be poised for success. She  knows her honors English  teacher shouldn’t be changing her grades from  F's to C's out of pity, knows she  shouldn’t be snorting coke and  chain-smoking at the Palms, knows she  shouldn’t be hallucinating  shadowy, Joan-of-Arc-like messages from God.  But there is something  dark and violent inside of her fourteen-year-old  heart that makes it  impossible for Juliet to stop self-destructing. The  two forced  hospitalizations didn’t help her, neither did the outpatient  facility  for gay, depressed art kids—maybe Redwood Trails therapeutic  boarding  school will? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough her Didion-esque lens, Escoria\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures   the brutality of girlhood—its fleeting, toxic friendships, the   monstrous ways anger transforms, and the constant feeling of being close   to normal, but not normal at all.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819158474832,"sku":"9781685891275B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891275-l.jpg?v=1785874845"},{"product_id":"walter-benjamin-stares-at-the-sea-9781685890841b","title":"Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of entrancing literary fables from an underrated master of the form …\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for the fans of David Mitchell, Julio Cortázar and Steven Barthelme are these 15 dreamlike tales.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the fictional universe of C. D. Rose, whose stories seem to be set in some unidentifiable but vaguely Mitteleuropean nation, and likewise have an uncanny sense of timelessness — the time could be some cobblestoned Victorian past era, or the present, or even the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA journalist’s interview with an artist turns into a dizzying  roundelay of memory and image. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Russian brothers, one blind and one  deaf, build an intricate model town during an interminable train ride  across the steppe. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn annotated discography for the works of a long-lost  silent film star turns into a mysterious document of obsession. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree  Russian sailors must find ways to pass the time on a freighter orphaned  in a foreign port. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA forgotten composer enters a nostalgic dream-world  while marking time in a decaying Romanian seaport.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these 19 dreamlike tales, ghosts of the past mingle with the quiddities of modernity in a bewitching stew where lost masterpieces surface with translations in an invisible language, where image and photograph become mystically entwined, and where the very nature of reality takes on a shimmering sense of possibility and illusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every madness is logical to its owner,” one of Rose’s characters says. And it is that line — between logic and madness — that \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin Stares at the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e walks with such assuredness and imagination.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819170533456,"sku":"9781685890841B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890841-l.jpg?v=1785874894"},{"product_id":"northern-heist-ructions-o-hare-bk-4-9781612199030b","title":"Northern Heist (Ructions O'Hare, Bk. 4)","description":"Nobody robs banks in Belfast without the IRA getting a cut -- not even former Provo James 'Ructions' O'Hare. But when word gets around O'Hare may be up to something, the pressure from the IRA begins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nRuctions' trusts his crack squad of former paramilitary compadres, and has full confidence in his audacious plan: To literally empty the biggest bank in Belfast by kidnapping the families of two employees - known as a \"tiger\" kidnapping -- in order to force them to help Ructions and his crew get into the bank's vault.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nBut keeping the plan -- and the money -- from the IRA is another plan entirely, one requiring all Ruction's cunning and skill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn this stunning debut novel, as audacious and well-executed as Ructions' plan to rob the National Bank itself, Richard O'Rawe -- a former IRA bank robber himself - unleashes a story that will shock, surprise and thrill as he takes you on a white-knuckle ride through Belfast's criminal underbelly. Enter the deadly world of tiger kidnappings, kangaroo courts, money laundering, drug deals and double-crosses.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819229810768,"sku":"9781612199030B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199030-l.jpg?v=1785875093"},{"product_id":"antifa-the-anti-fascist-handbook-9781612197036b","title":"Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook","description":"In the wake of tragic events in Charlottesville, VA, and Donald Trump's initial refusal to denounce the white nationalists behind it all, the \"antifa\" opposition movement is suddenly appearing everywhere. But what is it, precisely? And where did it come from? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism - also known as \"antifa.\" Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and ’30s, the antifa movement has suddenly burst into the headlines amidst opposition to the Trump administration and the alt-right. They could be seen in news reports, often clad all in black with balaclavas covering their faces, demonstrating at the presidential inauguration, and on California college campuses protesting far-right speakers, and most recently, on the streets of Charlottesville, VA, protecting, among others, a group of ministers including Cornel West from neo-Nazi violence. (West would later tell reporters, \"The anti-fascists saved our lives.\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimply, antifa aims to deny fascists the opportunity to promote their oppressive politics, and to protect tolerant communities from acts of violence promulgated by fascists. Critics say shutting down political adversaries is anti-democratic; antifa adherents argue that the horrors of fascism must never be allowed the slightest chance to triumph again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a smart and gripping investigation, historian and former Occupy Wall Street organizer Mark Bray provides a detailed survey of the full history of anti-fascism from its origins to the present day - the first transnational history of postwar anti-fascism in English. Based on interviews with anti-fascists from around the world, Antifa details the tactics of the movement and the philosophy behind it, offering insight into the growing but little-understood resistance fighting back against fascism in all its guises.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819894345808,"sku":"9781612197036B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612197036-l.jpg?v=1785877735"},{"product_id":"safety-through-solidarity-a-radical-guide-to-fighting-antise-9781685890919b","title":"Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo activist journalists present a progressive, intersectional approach to the vital question: What can we do about antisemitism?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntisemitism is on the rise today. From synagogue shootings by white nationalists, to right-wing politicians and media figures pushing George Soros conspiracy theories, it’s clear that exclusionary nationalist movements are growing. By spreading division and fear, they put Jews, along with other marginalized groups and multiracial democracy itself, at risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd since the outbreak of war in Gaza, debates around antisemitism have become more polarized and high-stakes than ever. How can we stand in solidarity with Palestinians seeking justice, while also avoiding antisemitism — and resisting those who seek to conflate the two? How do we forge the coalitions across communities that we need, in order to overcome the politics of division and fear?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing personal stories, historical deep-dives, front-line reporting, and interviews with leading change-makers, Burley and Lorber help us break the current impasse to understand how antisemitism works, what’s missing in contemporary debates, and how to build true safety through solidarity, for Jews and all people.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819902767184,"sku":"9781685890919B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890919-l.jpg?v=1785877769"},{"product_id":"every-man-dies-alone-10th-anniversary-edition-9781612198262b","title":"Every Man Dies Alone (10th Anniversary Edition)","description":"Overview not currently available","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819903553616,"sku":"9781612198262B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612198262-l.jpg?v=1785877771"},{"product_id":"devil-s-contract-the-history-of-the-faustian-bargain-9781685891046b","title":"Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain","description":"\u003cb\u003eA devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and beyond . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian  bargain—the exchange of one's soul in return for untold riches and  power—has exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScholar Ed Simon takes us on a historical tour of the Faustian  bargain, from the Bible to blues, and illustrates how the impulse fto sacrifice our principles in exchange for power is present in all kinds of social ills, from colonialism to nuclear warfare, from social media to climate change to AI, and beyond. In doing so, Simon conveys just how much the Faustian bargain shows us about power and evil . . . and ourselves.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819923640400,"sku":"9781685891046B","price":13.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891046-l.jpg?v=1785877849"},{"product_id":"the-journal-i-did-not-keep-new-and-selected-writing-9781685891947b","title":"The Journal I Did Not Keep (New and Selected Writing)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature, as this generous sampler attests.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Segal is a monumental writer, one of the  finest of her generation; this lovely collection is a fine introduction  to her work.\"\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There are many standouts in the collection, but its single greatest   strength is the consistency of Segal’s voice, apparent from the very   first paragraph of the opening piece...\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA DEFINITIVE COLLECTION FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST WRITERS—INCLUDING NEW AND NEVER-BEFORE-COLLECTED WORK \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ewriter comes this essential volume spanning almost six decades. Admired for “a voice unlike any other” (Cynthia Ozick) and a style both “wry and poignant” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), Lore Segal is a master literary stylist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume collects some of her finest work—including new and uncollected writing—and selections from her novels, stories, and essays. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her very first story—which appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1961—to today, Segal’s voice has been unique in contemporary American literature: Hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSegal has often used her own biography as both subject and inspiration: At age ten she was sent on the Kindertransport from Vienna to England to escape the Nazi invasion of Austria; grew up among English foster families; and eventually made her way to the United States. This experience was the impetus for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOther People’s Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, and one that she has revisited throughout her career.\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eFrom that beginning, Segal’s writing has ranged widely across form as well as subject matter. Her flawless prose and light touch belie the rigor and intelligence she brings to her art—qualities that were not missed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reviewer who pointedly observed, “though it was not written by a man . . . Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing The Great American Novel.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith this volume comes a long-awaited career retrospective of an important American Writer.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42821678301264,"sku":"9781685891947B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891947-l.jpg?v=1785884742"},{"product_id":"the-electricity-of-every-living-thing-a-woman-s-walk-in-the-9781612199603b","title":"The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman’s Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e writes a life-affirming exploration of wild landscapes, what it means to be different and, above all, how we can all learn to make peace with our own unquiet minds . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn anticipation of her 38th birthday, Katherine May set out to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path. She wanted time alone, in nature, to understand why she had stopped coping with everyday life; why motherhood had been so overwhelming and isolating; and why the world felt full of expectations she couldn't meet.  She was also reeling from a chance encounter with a voice on the radio that sparked her realisation that she might be autistic. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd so begins a trek along the ruggedly beautiful but difficult path by the sea that takes readers through the alternatingly frustrating, funny, and enlightening experience of re-awakening to the world around us…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Electricity of Every Living Thing\u003c\/i\u003e sees Katherine come to terms with that diagnosis leading her to re-evaluate her life so far — with a much kinder, more forgiving eye. We bear witness to a new understanding that finally allows her to be different rather than simply awkward, arrogant or unfeeling. The physical and psychological journeys of this joyous and inspiring book become inextricably entwined, and as Katherine finds her way across the untameable coast, we learn alongside her how to find our way back to our own true selves.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42821926322256,"sku":"9781612199603B","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199603-l.jpg?v=1785885757"},{"product_id":"cinnamon-girl-pacific-coast-highway-mysteries-bk-2-9781685891152b","title":"Cinnamon Girl (Pacific Coast Highway Mysteries, Bk. 2)","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Evocative, nostalgic, haunting, twisty, and true, Weizmann’s fast paced  and smartly written CINNAMON GIRL is everything there is to love about a  classic PI novel and more … much more.\" — Reed Farrel Coleman, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSLEEPLESS CITY \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Last Songbird\u003c\/i\u003e, Lyft driver-turned-sleuth Adam Zantz returns in a neo-noir dive into the dark side of LA’s rock scene . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Zantz is still driving for Lyft, struggling to make ends meet, when his beloved former piano teacher makes a deathbed request: He wants Zantz to prove his son’s innocence in a decades-earlier murder case.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere doesn’t seem to be much hope of solving such a cold case—until Zantz stumbles onto a test pressing of a never-released vinyl LP. The recording is of a high school garage band lost to the tides of the Paisley Underground, the acid-fueled early ’80s music scene that spawned the Bangles and the Three O'Clock. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDown the psychedelic rabbit hole Adam falls, tracing the band's journey from the middle class garage to the precipice of fame—a twisted tale marked by crooked DJs, elder-scammers, wellness hucksters, a teen cult, and the woman who held the key to the band’s triumph and ruin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne part Raymond Chandler, one part Ziggy Stardust, \u003ci\u003eCinnamon Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis both an indelible, moving portrait of Los .Angeles, and a suspenseful tale of greed, lust, betrayal, and the hidden price of teenage yearning.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42821939691600,"sku":"9781685891152B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891152-l.jpg?v=1785885821"},{"product_id":"a-fool-s-kabbalah-9781685891657b","title":"A Fool's Kabbalah","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the ruins of postwar Europe, the world's leading expert on the Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism goes on a hair-raising journey to recover sacred books stolen by the Nazis . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the Second World War Gershom Scholem, the magisterial scholar of Jewish mysticism, is commissioned by the Hebrew University in what was then British-ruled Palestine to retrieve a lost world. He is sent to sift through the rubble of Europe in search of precious Jewish books stolen by the Nazis or hidden by the Jews themselves in secret places throughout the ravaged continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe search takes him into ruined cities and alien wastelands. The terrible irony of salvaging books that had outlasted the people for whom they’d been written leaves Dr. Scholem longing for the kind of magic that had been the merely theoretical subject of his lamplit studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Stern's \u003ci\u003eA Fool’s Kabbalah\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel featuring numerous real-life historic figures, reimagines Gershom Scholem’s quest and how it sparked in him the desire to realize the legacy of his dear friend, the brilliant philosopher Walter Benjamin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of that legacy was the idea that humor is an essential tool of redemption. In a parallel narrative, Menke Klepfisch, self-styled jester and incorrigible scamp, attempts to subvert, through his antic behavior, the cruelties of the Nazi occupation of his native village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Menke’s efforts collide with the monstrous reality of the Holocaust, we see—in another place and time--evidence that Dr. Scholem, in defiance of his austere reputation, has begun to develop the anarchic characteristics of a clown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fool’s Kabbalah\u003c\/i\u003e intertwines the stories of these 2 quixotic characters, who, though poles apart, complement one another in their tragicomic struggles to oppose the supreme evil of history, using only the weapons of humor and a little magic.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822069485648,"sku":"9781685891657B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891657-l.jpg?v=1785886357"},{"product_id":"leonard-and-hungry-paul-9781612199085b","title":"Leonard and Hungry Paul","description":"In this charming and truly unique debut, popular Irish musician Ronan Hession tells the story of two single, thirty-something men who still live with their parents and who are . . . nice. They take care of their parents and play board games together. They like to read. They take satisfaction from their work. They are resolutely kind. And they realize that none of this is considered . . . normal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonard and Hungry Paul\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two friends struggling to protect their understanding of what’s meaningful in life. It is about the uncelebrated people of this world — the gentle, the meek, the humble. And as they struggle to persevere, the book asks a surprisingly enthralling question: Is it really them against the world, or are they on to something?","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822221004880,"sku":"9781612199085B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612199085-l.jpg?v=1785887006"},{"product_id":"the-dancing-face-9781685891718b","title":"The Dancing Face","description":"\u003cb\u003eA blistering, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice, and possession, as a Black university professor plans a burglary to  “liberate” an African sculpture from a London museum . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniversity lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, the Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention. Which is exactly what he wants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful\"-\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e The Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822325698640,"sku":"9781685891718B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891718-l.jpg?v=1785887478"},{"product_id":"in-defense-of-love-an-argument-9781685891596b","title":"In Defense of Love: An Argument","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Rosenbaum offers a spirited and enjoyable defense of his version of love.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stirring manifesto on love in the modern age, now available for the first time in paperback:  . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a work of ambition and brio, legendary journalist Ron Rosenbaum tackles his hardest topic yet: everyone's favorite four-letter word. He begins by investigating the neuroscience of love, arguing that our understanding of love is imperiled by quantification and algorithms, which distill our behavior into mathematical formulas, our personality into brain-chemical categories, and our curiosity into quiz questions. The very capacity that makes us human, Rosenbaum posits, is being taken over by numbers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo save it, he turns to literature and pop culture, discussing writing about love from a vast range of sources, including Tolstoy novellas, trailblazing Updike manuscripts, David Foster Wallace and Chrissie Hynde. Part of love’s essence is its mystery, says Rosenbaum, and when he eventually finds his own answer to the riddle of love — a happy ending! — it turns up in a completely unexpected place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is more than an examination of the intersection of love with literature and science. It is a celebration of the uncanny and the persistent, the sublime and the ridiculous: the inexorable power of love.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822477480016,"sku":"9781685891596B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891596-l.jpg?v=1785888130"},{"product_id":"a-flat-place-moving-through-empty-landscapes-naming-complex-9781685890247b","title":"A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA surprising and lyrical journey—part memoir, part nature book—meditating on the meaning of \"flatness\" and its literary tradition to find ways to understand ourselves and our trauma in one of nature’s most undervalued wonders.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor readers of Dr. Gabor Maté's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Myth of Normal, \u003c\/i\u003eRobert Macfarlane, G. Sebald's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRings of Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Liptrot's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Outrun\u003c\/i\u003e, and Richard Mabey's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eNature Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes the concept of \"flat\" have an undeservedly bad rap? There are centuries’ worth of adoration for rolling hills and dramatic, mountainous landscapes. In contrast, flat landscapes are forgettable and seemingly unworthy of poetic or artistic attention. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoreen Masud suffers from complex post-traumatic stress disorder: the  product of a profoundly disrupted and unstable childhood. It flattens  her emotions, blanks out parts of her memory, and colours her world with  anxiety. Undertaking a pilgrimage around Britain's flatlands, seeking  solace and belonging, she weaves her impressions of the natural world  with poetry, folklore and history, and with recollections of her own  early life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasud's British-Pakistani heritage makes her a  partial outsider in these landscapes: both coloniser and colonised,  inheritor and dispossessed. Here violence lies beneath the fantasy of  pastoral innocence, and histories of harm are interwoven with nature's  power to heal. Here, as in her own family history, are many stories that  resist the telling. She pursues these paradoxes fearlessly across the  flat, haunted spaces she loves, offering a startlingly strange, vivid  and intimate account of the land beneath her feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasud combines memoir, nature writing, and literary reflection to explore what can be drawn from these powerful places, and to understand her own experience of complex trauma and post-traumatic stress, as well as grief and loss. \u003ci\u003eA Flat Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that drives to the heart of what it means to experience place — bodily and psychologically — and the healing properties of literature and landscape.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822721732688,"sku":"9781685890247B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890247-l.jpg?v=1785889240"},{"product_id":"revenge-how-donald-trump-weaponized-the-us-department-of-jus-9781685890544b","title":"Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics","description":"When Michael Cohen's secret payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels on behalf of Donald Trump made Cohen look like a liability to the by-then-President of the United States, the end to their decade-long relationship came swiftly — with a knock on the door from the FBI. Soon, Cohen would find himself imprisoned — even though he had plenty of evidence to show he was innocent of most of the charges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nMeanwhile, with the release of the Steele Dossier, Cohen also found himself battling endless news reports citing the Dossier's claims that he'd had clandestine dealings with Russia — reports that only mounted despite his exoneration by the Mueller Report.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn a story now being echoed in recent breaking news stories about IRS persecution of Trump foes such as former FBI head James Comey and others, Cohen details — in his inimitable blunt language, with absolutely no holds barred and naming names — his attempt to clear his name and tell the truth about Donald Trump. Chillingly, he also makes clear what happens when you try to speak truth to power, and the power knows no bounds.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42872518344784,"sku":"9781685890544B","price":13.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890544-l.jpg?v=1785890490"},{"product_id":"those-who-should-be-seized-should-be-seized-china-s-relentle-9781685891794b","title":"Those Who Should Be Seized Should Be Seized: China's Relentless Persecution of Uyghurs and Other Ethnic Minorities","description":"\u003cb\u003eA shocking, on-the-ground investigation of the Chinese government’s brutal oppression of its Muslim citizens — the Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and others — from Xinjiang to the streets of New York  and Washington, DC . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning journalist John Beck recounts China's persecution of the predominantly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and its relentless pursuit of the few who escaped beyond its borders. Through intertwined literary narratives combined with snippets of original source material, including official directives and speeches, he pieces together the individual stories of what consecutive American administrations have described as genocide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe narrative moves from China to Kazakhstan, Turkey and the US, incorporating the tensions, discrimination, and occasional violence that characterised life in Xinjiang for decades. But when Xi Jinping is appointed President in 2013, the creeping  repression quickly escalates into a crackdown of unprecedented scope and  severity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeck follows 4 characters: a Kazakh writer and an Uyghur nurse who survived re-education camps before ultimately escaping abroad, a human rights advocate involved in securing their release, and an inadvertent exile spied on by Chinese authorities as his family back home was used as leverage against him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough their stories, the book explores identity, dehumanization, and censorship, the force of literature in dark times, and an all-pervasive apparatus of repression able to exist within miles of the White House.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Beck lived in Istanbul for a number of years, where he was in close contact with the city's Uyghur diaspora and wrote on the crackdown and related issues for publications including \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic.\u003c\/i\u003e Some of that work forms the basis of this book along with further reporting from Almaty, Kazakhstan, Virginia, and New York.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869258518608,"sku":"9781685891794B","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891794-l.jpg?v=1785890535"},{"product_id":"the-evening-shades-9781685891732b","title":"The Evening Shades","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated follow-up to Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Forever, The Evening Shades\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of two lonely people in a small Midwestern town and the dark secrets tormenting them . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne afternoon in the autumn of 1972, a lonely widow in Mt. Gilead, Illinois, makes the impromptu decision to rent out a room in her house to a stranger who has come to town. It is risky—she doesn’t know anything about him. But Edith Green can no longer bear a life lived alone. And Henry Dees is haunted by the past he carries with him from another small town, particularly by the death of a little girl that some people think was his fault.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd slowly, Henry and Edith's suspenseful dance between secrets and trust leads them to start revealing things to each other — and themselves ...","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870367584336,"sku":"9781685891732B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891732-l.jpg?v=1785890547"},{"product_id":"the-100-solution-a-plan-for-solving-climate-change-9781612198385b","title":"The 100% Solution: A Plan for Solving Climate Change","description":"Overview not currently available","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823057571920,"sku":"9781612198385B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781612198385-l.jpg?v=1785890683"},{"product_id":"octavia-e-butler-the-last-interview-and-other-conversations-9781685891053b","title":"Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview and Other Conversations","description":"\u003cb\u003e“I write about people who do extraordinary things. It just turned out that it was called science fiction.” - Octavia E. Butler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctavia E. Butler's work broke innumerable barriers and helped open the field of science fiction to writers and readers it had never had before. As the first Black writer to win the coveted Nebula and Hugo Awards, her courage and vision left a peerless legacy for fans not just of science fiction, but of American literature. In this collection of 10 interviews, 3 of them never published, Butler speaks with candor and openness about her work, her imaginative mission, and the barriers she faced as a Black woman working in a genre dominated by white men. The book features an original introduction by science fiction legend Samuel R. Delany, in which he discusses his personal relation with Butler, providing unparalleled insight into her work and life.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823126777936,"sku":"9781685891053B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891053-l.jpg?v=1785890974"},{"product_id":"reaping-what-she-sows-how-women-are-rebuilding-our-broken-fo-9781685892036b","title":"Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System","description":"\u003cb\u003eA James Beard Award winner celebrates the women heroes who are fighting against the Big Food system—and asks the question: How \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e we eat?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Covid-19 pandemic ripped through global food supply chains, it threatened the livelihoods of farmers, created shortages in supermarkets, and revealed a startling truth to consumers: the food system is broken, and large corporations did the breaking. An idea began to take hold–what if we could return to a time when our needs were met by the farmers in our own communities, rather than a commodity, Big Food system that favors profit above all else?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith in-depth, on-the-ground reporting, Nancy Matsumoto introduces readers to the women changemakers who are building local and regional supply chains, from the maverick farmers, millers, and bakers bringing back local grain economies; the brewers, distillers, and winemakers who are regenerating land and ecosystems; indigenous and diasporic seed savers, and many more changemakers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaping What She Sows\u003c\/i\u003e offers a blueprint for what eating enjoyably, sustainably, and ethically looks like today. Essential for those who are concerned about climate change, their own health, and the lack of choice and transparency in the global food supply chain.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870219669584,"sku":"9781685892036B","price":14.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685892036-l.jpg?v=1785892947"},{"product_id":"the-rebellious-ceo-12-leaders-who-did-it-right-9781685891077b","title":"The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of corporate America's greatest foes shows how 12 CEOs he has known uniquely rejected narrow yardsticks of shareholder value by leading companies to larger models of prosperity and justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of 7 decades Ralph Nader has been Corporate America’s fiercest critic. Supreme Court Justice William Powell singled out Nader in his infamous memo as the “single most effective antagonist of American business… [the] target of his hatred… is corporate power.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now, in a book that will surprise both his fans and critics, Nader profiles a small group of CEOs who he believes performed extraordinarily well as business leaders and civic reformers, some well-known, some not, who should be celebrated as exceptions whose life and career should be a course of emulation and inspiration for students of business, executives and the wider citizenry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis select group of mavericks and iconoclasts — which includes The Body Shop’s Anita Roddick, Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard, Vanguard’s John Bogle and Busboys and Poets' Andy Shallal —give us, Nader writes, “a sense of what might have been and what still could be if business were rigorously framed as a process that was not only about making money and selling things but improving our social and natural world.”","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823789871184,"sku":"9781685891077B","price":14.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685891077-l.jpg?v=1785893926"},{"product_id":"dilf-did-i-leave-feminism-9781685892159b","title":"DILF: Did I Leave Feminism?","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this sharp manifesto, veteran author and activist, Jude Doyle, reunites feminist and trans politics through a common belief: that all people deserve to have the final say about who they are…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jude Doyle began his transition in the summer of 2020, he had a very public career as a feminist—winning awards from women’s organizations, writing for women’s magazines, publishing books on “women’s issues.” Then, after a decade in the movement, he had to walk out in front of the public and tell them he had never been a woman at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoyle offers a seldom-heard and much-needed transmasculine perspective on feminist subjects, drawing together strands of intersectional feminist theory and queer and trans politics to show that all their struggles are the same struggle: The fight for gender-marginalized people to maintain autonomy and full selfhood in a patriarchy that is always eager to hollow us out and use us to further its own agenda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDILF \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a strong rebuke to trans-exclusionary feminists that seek to drive a wedge between gender-marginalized communities. Using interviews, critical analysis, and Doyle’s own personal experience, \u003ci\u003eDILF \u003c\/i\u003eproves that feminism is a vital and necessary tool for breaking free of patriarchal control, whoever you are\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824341389392,"sku":"9781685892159B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685892159-l.jpg?v=1785896162"},{"product_id":"the-perfect-golden-circle-9781685890391b","title":"The Perfect Golden Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003eSummer 1989, deep in the English countryside — during a time of mass unemployment, class war, and rebellion . . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men — Calvert, an ex-soldier traumatized by his experience in the Falklands War, and his affable freind Redbone — set out nightly in a decrepit camper van to undertake an extraordinary project. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Under cover of darkness, they traverse the fields of rural England in secret, forming crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns, painstakingly avoiding damaging the wheat to yield designs so intricate that their overnight appearances inspire awe amongst a mystified public.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And as the summer wears on, and their designs grow ever more ambitious, the two men find that their work has become a cult international sensation—and that an unlikely and beautiful friendship has taken root as the wheat ripens from green to gold. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But as harvest-time beckons—and as media and the authorities begin to take too much interest in their work—Calvert and Redbone have to race against time to finish the most stunning and original crop circle ever conceived: the Honeycomb Double Helix.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Moving and exhilarating, tender and slyly witty, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Golden Circle\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating novel about the futility of war, the descruction of the English countryside, class inequality — ower of beauty to heal trauma and fight power. ","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824390705232,"sku":"9781685890391B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781685890391-l.jpg?v=1785896386"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/collections\/melville-house.oembed","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}