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in store $10.00
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Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
Hardcover | Mar 2021
on order $28.00
(releases Mar 2 2021)
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Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X Kendi
Hardcover | Feb 2021
on order $32.00
(releases Feb 2 2021)
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Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri
Hardcover | Apr 2021
on order $24.00
(releases Apr 27 2021)
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion
Hardcover | Jan 2021
in store $23.00
(more on order)
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The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman
Hardcover | Apr 2021
on order $15.99
(releases Apr 27 2021)
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My Year Abroad
Chang-rae Lee
Hardcover | Feb 2021
on order $28.00
(releases Feb 2 2021)
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Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott
Hardcover | Mar 2021
on order $20.00
(releases Mar 2 2021)
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The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Hardcover | Mar 2021
on order $27.00
(releases Mar 2 2021)
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World Travel
Anthony Bourdain
Hardcover | Apr 2021
on order $35.00
(releases Apr 20 2021)
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Peaces
Helen Oyeyemi
Hardcover | Apr 2021
on order $27.00
(releases Apr 6 2021)
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We Run the Tides
Vendela Vida
Hardcover | Feb 2021
on order $26.99
(releases Feb 9 2021)

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Current Status
Our Northside storefront remains closed to the public, but we’re shipping, doing contactless deliveries in the neighborhood, and offering curbside pickup. You’re always welcome to come to the door for books or puzzles during pickup hours even if you haven’t ordered ahead. Click here for additional details on shipping, pickup, browsing the website, and more. Thank you for hanging in with us.
 
Winter Pickup/Walkup Schedule:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 4pm–6pm, Saturday 11am–2pm.
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Amanda Gorman!
Available for Preorder
On Our Front Table: Fiction
On Our Front Table: Nonfiction
Wet January
Relations
The Extra Great Outdoors
Policing, Prison, Justice
Views from Appalachia
As Seen on TV
Belt Revivals
Influential Works Returned to Print by Cleveland-Based Belt Publishing
Fervid Ferments
Give and Take Care
Local Authors
(A Partial List)
Lost Art Press
Covington-Based Publisher of Books on Hand-Tool Woodworking
Regional Essentials
Cookbooks We Love
Card Sets