Books on the Park

Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating (Hardcover)

By Moira Weigel

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ISBN: 9780374182533

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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - May 17th, 2016

“Does anyone date anymore?” Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older generations have scolded them: That’s not the way to find true love.

The Inventors: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Peter Selgin, Lidia Yuknavitch (Introduction by)

$18.95

ISBN: 9780989360470

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Published: Hawthorne Books - March 29th, 2016

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Fall, 1970. At the start of eighth grade, Peter Selgin fell in love with the young teacher who'd arrived from Oxford in Frye boots, with long hair, and a passion for his students that was intense and unorthodox. The son of an emotionally remote inventor, Peter was also a twin with a burning need to feel unique.

Rock, Paper, Scissors (Danish Women Writers) (Paperback)

By Naja Marie Aidt, K. E. Semmel (Translator)

$16.95

ISBN: 9781940953168

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Published: Open Letter - August 11th, 2015

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"The emotions unleashed in this tale . . . are painfully universal. Yet you know exactly where in the universe you are. This is the hallmark of great short stories, from Chekhov's portraits of discontented Russians to Joyce's struggling Dubliners."--Radhika Jones, Time

The Complete Wimmen's Comix (Hardcover)

By Trina Robbins (Editor)

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ISBN: 9781606998984

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Published: Fantagraphics - March 7th, 2016

This two-volume, slipcased set collects two decades of the groundbreaking underground/alternative anthology Wimmen’s Comix.

How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life (Hardcover)

By Heather Havrilesky

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ISBN: 9780385540391

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Published: Doubleday - July 12th, 2016

*A New York Times Love and Relationships bestseller*

For readers of Cheryl Strayed and Anne Lamott, a collection of brand new, impassioned, and inspiring letters by the author of the beloved advice column Ask Polly, featured weekly on New York Magazine's The Cut

Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus (Hardcover)

By Chester Brown

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ISBN: 9781770462342

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Published: Drawn and Quarterly - April 12th, 2016

The idiosyncratic master Chester Brown continues his thoughts on sex work

Something Will Happen, You'll See (Paperback)

By Christos Ikonomou, Karen Emmerich (Translated by)

$18.00

ISBN: 9780914671350

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Published: Archipelago - March 15th, 2016

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Ikonomou's stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis--laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes.

Lab Girl (Hardcover)

By Hope Jahren

$26.95

ISBN: 9781101874936

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Published: Knopf - April 5th, 2016

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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
A New York Times 2016 Notable Book
National Best Seller
Named one of TIME magazine’s "100 Most Influential People"
An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016
A Washington Post Best Memoir of 2016
A TIME and Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016

Dear Jenny, We Are All Find (Paperback)

By Jenny Zhang

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ISBN: 9780985118204

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Published: Octopus Books - March 6th, 2012

Poetry. Asian American Studies. Jenny Zhang's poems broadcast themselves with a surrealist anxiety. 'Can't I be my own dream?' she asks. The answer is always yes and always no. With dizzying energy and intelligence, Zhang forages through familial, global, and even anatomical configurations vainly outlining an identity that manifests only to shift and move restlessly on.