Edited by MELVIN MCLEOD

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Containing writings that are variously wise, witty, heartfelt, and profound, this is the fourth volume in an annual series that brings together the year’s most notable literature inspired by Buddhist philosophy and practice. Selected by the editors of the Shambhala Sun, North America’s leading Buddhist-inspired magazine, the pieces in this anthology offer an entertaining mix of writing styles and reflect on a wide range of issues from a Buddhist point of view. The collection includes writings by the Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard, Dzongsar Khyentse, Diana Mukpo, Thich Nhat Hanh, Charles Johnson, Susan Piver, bell hooks, John Tarrant, Natalie Goldberg, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Thinley Norbu, Karen Maezen Miller, Pema Chodron, and Norman Fischer, among others.

The A-Z of Modern Architecture

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The incredible, indispensable TASCHEN encyclopedia of architecture Unlike most architecture encyclopedias, which tend to concentrate more on buildings and floor plans than their designers, this tome puts the architects in the spotlight, profiling individuals so that readers can get a clear overview of their bodies of work. Each architect’s entry features a portrait, quote, and short biography as well as a description of important works, historical context, and general approach; illustrations include numerous drawings, photographs, and floor plans. The book’s A to Z entries cover not only architects but also groups, movements, and styles from the 18th to the 21st centuries. With 600 entries, 5200 illustrations, and a glossary of architectural terms, The A to Z of Modern Architecture is a comprehensive resource that no architecture profession, fan, or student should be without.

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: Sixth Edition

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“Bollywood, gangsta, big hair and D’oh (a la Homer Simpson) are among the 3,000 new words in this latest edition of the renowned dictionary. The two-volume set offers over 33% of the complete Oxford English Dictionary, with over a half million definitions, the same emphasis on etymology and the evolving usage of a word through history.” Publishers Weekly

by ARTHUR GOLDWAG

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by SUNSHINE O’DONNELL

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A debut novel about a young girl at the center of the secret world of professional mourners, where women are trained extensively and paid handsomely to attend the funerals of strangers.

Mem is a wailer, a professional mourner hired to cry at funerals. One of the few remaining American girls in this secret, illegal profession, Mem hails from a long line of mourners, including her mother, a legendary master wailer hired for the most important funerals in her hometown of Philadelphia.

Though Mem is to eventually become a renowned wailer herself, she at first struggles with her calling. She is a girl who cannot make herself cry, and though her mother loves her fiercely, she must use ancient, emotionally abusive, cultlike rituals to train Mem to weep. When Mem emerges as the greatest wailer that the profession has ever seen, her infamy brings with it unwanted attention, especially from the authorities.

Interweaving poetic prose and artifacts spanning six thousand years and seven continents, Open Me is an utterly original novel about mothers and daughters, dark underworlds, and the play between fact and fiction.

by STEVE ALMOND

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Do Me proves that smart and sexy aren’t mutually exclusive terms. This scintillating collection gathers the hottest, funniest, and most richly imagined explorations of sex by some the finest contemporary writers in the history of the award-winning literary journal Tin House — Denis Johnson, Miranda July, Steve Almond, Francine Prose, Elissa Schappell, and others — who explore sex from all angles: first moves, break-ups, blind gay cruises, furry conventions, married sex, bad sex, and more. The pieces include personal essays, travel writing, and short stories that range from the realist tradition to narratives thoroughly unbound by convention. In bold, vibrant prose, the writers find what’s funny in sex, what’s eccentric, and what is so conventional that it’s erotic in its own right. This engaging, indispensable collection is manna for any reader demanding food for the brain as well as the libido.