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Collecting one of the most popular, beloved, and influential comic strips ever created, this volume and the four preceding it are essential purchases for all libraries.

Scholars and devotees of Hollywood’s Golden Age will enjoy these considerations of important women in film history.

This brief, potent book offers a fresh understanding of diaspora; readers of contemporary poetry will seek it out.

An incredibly helpful guide for beginners, but readers who just want a refresher on crocheting techniques will appreciate this title too.

Speaking to Jew and Gentile, believer and nonbeliver, this poetry collection makes our hungers radiant. Highly recommended.

Based on extensive primary research, this detailed case study will magnetize readers interested in U.S. Civil War history and politics.

Foodie memoirs, an indie rocker's life story, and multiple books that wrestle with racial justice are on offer this month, along with a memoir from The Book Thief author Markus Zusak.

A most moving, memorable memoir that expertly incorporates sensory details. Readers will be able to easily envision de Bastion’s grandfather, his love of music and great talent for it, his strength and resilience during the war, and the power of his music to keep him alive.

With picnics, barbecues, and backyard parties, summer seems made for cooking. Support patrons’ culinary plans with these tasty, wide-ranging suggestions.

Tie dye, potholders, and rock art—the simple, creative pleasures of camp crafts aren’t limited to weeks away at the lakeside. Help readers find summer hobbies with these instructive guides.

The summer edition of Life+Style features outstanding reads across cooking, crafts, fashion, gardening, interior design, self-help, travel, and more.

Four gardening titles to inspire and showcase beauty.

Globe-spanning titles invite readers into gorgeous spaces.

Williams is known globally as a creative force in both interior and garden design and is the author of several books, including Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden. She talks with LJ about making gardens, some of her most beloved sites, and books not to miss.

Librarians and educators will find this thorough and outstanding resource about misinformation highly useful for community activists and students.

Ladies-in-waiting, the only king of Haiti, polar exploration, and JFK top history topics in mid-winter.

Slip into the evocative pleasures of language with stellar works of revelation, confrontation, and grace.

Ranging from performing arts memoirs to craft books to philosophy, this large section of the Book Review featured a number of outstanding titles in the first half of 2024.

Stir up something tasty with guides to getting dinner on the table, explorations of regional foodways, and weekend bake-off inspiration.

From World War II to the Renaissance to 1177 BCE, these works of nonfiction are time machines to the past.

Inspiration blooms in titles covering gardening and interior design, each a redolent invitation to beauty.

Sharks and whales, the planet and plants, trees, astronomy, and volcanoes are just a few of the topics covered in this wide-ranging list, which also includes pets, health, and medicine.

Change, anxiety, happiness, coping—these subjects and more are addressed in books that help readers achieve their best lives.

Explore the varied landscape of social sciences publishing via LJ’s top picks in anthropology, parapsychology, parenting, economics, memoir, and more.

Not to be missed; sure to be one of the best collections of the year.

Essential reading for both general audiences and scholars who are interested in an engaging overview of Japan’s complex history.