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New YA novel from local author Paul Willis New YA novel from local author Paul Willis

All in a Garden Green
Willis, Paul

With her family, thirteen-year-old Erica Pickins moves to Hengrave Hall, a sixteenth-century English manor house. While exploring with her new friend Pedro, Erica walks through a chamber door…into the Year of Our Lord 1578.

 

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Twelve Steps Without God
Vartabedian, David

Musician David Vartabedian’s personal journey from criminal and convict to a mentor and inspiration for thousands provides the background to this guide written for those suffering from addiction but who are often reluctant to embark on a recovery couched in terms of religion.

 

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Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter

We have added books to this list as new books have been published and older titles have come back into stock.

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: Adapted for YA
Kendi, Ibram X

White Fragility:Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
DiAngelo, Robin

Stamped from the Beginning
Kendi, Ibram X

Begin Again: James Baldwin's American and Its Urgent Lessons for Today
Glaude, Eddie S.

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity
Channing Brown, Austin

The Nickel Boys
Whitehead, Colson

How to Be an Antiracist
Kendi, Ibram X.

Our Time Is Now
Abrams, Stacy

Between the World and Me
Coates, Ta-Nehisi

The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir
Coates, Ta-Nehisi

The Hate U Give
Thomas, Angie

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Wilkerson, Isabel

The Fire Next Time
Baldwin, James

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Baldwin, James

Notes of a Native Son
Baldwin, James

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou, Maya

 

 

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What’s New?

Rudolfo Anaya, dean of Chicano literature

Rudolfo Anaya has died at his home in Albuquerque. He was 82. Anaya was the author of Bless Me, Ultima and many other books set in his native New Mexico.

Bless Me, Ultima
Anaya, Rudolfo

We remember meeting him at the Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival in 2004 on the occasion of his being awarded the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. A charming man. Read the obituary in the Los Angeles Times here.

Welcome back!

by Jennifer Sammet and Hank Pitcher
Sullivan Goss, 2020.

The first comprehensive monograph on the work of this major Santa Barbara landscape artist.

Just out!

Every week many new books are published. Don’t miss out. These lists of newly-published books are updated every Tuesday.

New Hardcover Fiction

New Hardcover Non-Fiction

New Paperback Fiction

New Paperback Non-Fiction