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TitleJust Pursuit
AuthorCoates, Laura
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781982173777
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages272
Title StatusAS
This instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning author of How to Be an Antiracist) in this “compelling collection of engaging, well-written, keenly observed vignettes from [Laura Coates’s] years as a lawyer with the US Department of Justice” (The New York Times Book Review).
TitleDon't Let It Get You Down
AuthorNolan, Savala
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781982137281
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages208
Title StatusAS
A “brutal, beautifully rendered” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society’s most charged, politicized, and intractable polar spaces—between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat.
TitleJanesville
AuthorGoldstein, Amy
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Political Science
ISBN-139781501102264
US Price$17
CDN Price$23
Pages368
Title StatusAS
* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize​ * 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017 * An Economist Best Book of 2017 * A Business Insider Best Book of 2017 *

“A gripping story of psychological defeat and resilience” (Bob Woodward, The Washington Post)—an intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class.
TitleThe Last Slave Ship
AuthorRaines, Ben
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1History
ISBN-139781982136154
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages304
Title StatusAS
The “enlightening” (The Guardian) true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors’ founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day—by the journalist who discovered the ship’s remains.
TitleLet's Talk About Hard Things
AuthorSale, Anna
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Psychology
ISBN-139781501190261
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages304
Title StatusAS
From the host of the popular WNYC podcast Death, Sex, & Money, Let’s Talk About Hard Things is “like a good conversation with a friend” (The New Yorker) where “no topic is off-limits when it comes to creating meaningful connection” (Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone).
TitleThe Library Book
AuthorOrlean, Susan
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1History
ISBN-139781476740195
US Price$20
CDN Price$27
Pages336
Title StatusAS
Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post).
TitleOur Kids
AuthorPutnam, Robert D.
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Political Science
ISBN-139781476769905
US Price$19.99
CDN Price$26.99
Pages400
Title StatusAS
A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.
TitleThe Pioneers
AuthorMcCullough, David
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1History
ISBN-139781501168703
US Price$19.99
CDN Price$26.99
Pages352
Title StatusAS
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country.
TitleRace Against Time
AuthorMitchell, Jerry
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1History
ISBN-139781451645149
US Price$20
CDN Price$27
Pages448
Title StatusAS
“For almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil rights movement. This book is his amazing story. Thanks to him, and to courageous prosecutors, witnesses, and FBI agents, justice finally prevailed.” —John Grisham, author of The Guardians
TitleThe Rope
AuthorTresniowski, Alex
Sub-Imprint37 INK
FormatPaperback
Category 1History
ISBN-139781982114039
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages336
Title StatusBO
From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski comes a “compelling” (The Guardian) and “riveting” (The New York Times Book Review) true-crime thriller recounting the 1910 murder of ten-year-old Marie Smith, the dawn of modern criminal detection, and the launch of the NAACP.