Hello Beach!

Katherine Pryor

Join two young siblings as they explore the wonders of the beach in this charming board book. From splashing in the waves to discovering marine life, every moment is filled with joy and sensory delight. Rhyming text introduces new vocabulary, while beautiful watercolor illustrations bring the world to life. This heartwarming adventure, from the creators of Hello, Garden! and Hello, Rain!, invites young readers to enjoy the magic of nature through sight, sound,

and touch.

Kitty Vs. Kindergarten

Martha Freeman

Kitty loves his so-cozy life - breakfast at 7, supper at 4, the same thing every day. Same is what Kitty likes. But one day he's hauled off to kindergarten, which is not the same at all. New words! New kids! An annoying class pet! What's he doing in kindergarten? And what if he misses supper?

You Are a Sacred Place

Madeleine Jubilee Saito

In her debut collection of visual poems, artist and climate activist Madeleine Jubilee Saito offers a quietly radical message of hope. Framed as a letter in response to a loved one’s pain, this series of ethereal vignettes takes readers on a journey from seemingly inescapable isolation and despair, through grief and rage, toward the hope of community and connection.

Apprentice to the Wild

Kurt Hoelting

Wilderness guide and meditation teacher Kurt Hoelting charts his path starting from his early encounters with wildness and risk on commercial fishing vessels in Alaska. Inspired by his friendship with Gary Snyder, Hoelting founded Inside Passages, guiding kayaking expeditions focused on how the “practice of the wild" informs our inner and outer landscapes. In later essays, he reveals the role of grief as teacher and what it means to become an elder in turbulent times.

Hotshot

River Selby

The fierce debut memoir of a female firefighter that navigates the personal and environmental dangers of wildland firefighting. 

Perfect for fans of Cheryl Strayed and John Vaillant, Hotshot is a work of intimacy and authority, nimbly merging a personal journey of reinvention and self-acceptance with expert insight into the textured history of ecological systems and Indigenous land tending, the modern practices that have led to their imbalance, and the people who fight fire.

Onward, At Last

Kevin Howard



Onward, At Last provides a deep exploration into the virtues that define our lives asking the foundational question: What if our own defining virtues are the root cause of all that afflicts ourselves and our society? 2024 Presidential Election edition, republished 10/4/2024, includes a new chapter of 21 new commentaries called ‘America at the Crossroads’, with a Forward by John Fullerton, Founder of the Capital Institute and Member of the Club of Rome.

The Interpreter

David K. Shipler

Pulitzer prize-winning author David K. Shipler’s fictionalized story of a Vietnamese interpreter, based on his own experiences as a war correspondent, vividly illustrates the Vietnam War from a new perspective.

“Set during the haunting, last days of the Vietnam War, The Interpreter is a nuanced and beautifully written portrait of the inner life of a war correspondent and his unforgettable Vietnamese interpreter.”

—David Ignatius

Milo's Reckoning

Joseph Olshan

Award-winning author Joseph Olshan’s latest novel, Milo’s Reckoning, follows a grieving New York PhD student through an investigation into the death of his mentor, leading him along a trail of dark clues that takes him to Italy and beyond. 

“Olshan’s latest explores the difficulties of truly knowing another person, be it a friend, lover, relative, or icon.The author writes fondly and colorfully of Italy.”

—Kirkus Reviews

Who Killed One the Gun?

Gigi Little

In this cozy noir debut by Powell's bookseller Gigi Little, private eye One the Gun and his right-hand dame Two the True Blue are on the trail of the killer of Five the No Longer Alive. But as the numbers and the clues stack up, One the Gun realizes that today is exactly like yesterday--in fact maybe actually is yesterday--and he's pretty sure that at the end of yesterday he was shot

to death.