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New releases are here! 📚✨

This week’s shelf is bringing stories of history, family, culture, creativity, and community. ❤️📖

Freedom to Read tells the story of teacher Mary Peake and the legacy of the Emancipation Oak 🌳, while A Moment in the Sun explores Black Manhattan before the Civil War. The Black Shield offers an intimate look at family, policing, and power, and The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State takes a critical look at technology, government, and the future. 🧠🏙️

For younger readers, Anansi and the Talking Cloth brings a vibrant new Anansi story rooted in kente cloth and community, while The Brunch Shift celebrates working parents and the imagination shared between a mother and daughter. 🕷️🧵🥞

Plus new fiction, poetry, memoir, and more! Come see what’s new at Source. 📚✨

New releases are here! 📚✨

We’ve got some great new reads hitting the shelves this week, from history and biography to fiction, politics, math, and books for younger readers. 📖

Mahalia Jackson’s story gets a fresh look in Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher, while Jean Toomer explores the life and work of an important American literary figure in Jean Toomer: Waiting for a New America. 🎶📚

For something completely different, check out Who Got Game? Football by Derrick Barnes and John John Bajet 🏈, The Language of Mathematics by Raúl Rojas ➕, and I Punched an Alien and Now We’re in Couples Therapy by Kimberly Lemming 👽❤️.

And for our younger readers, The Bridges by Tom Percival is a beautiful celebration of the power of books and reading. 🌉📖

Come see what’s new at Source! ❤️

📚 New Release Tuesday is here, Source Readers!

We’ve got a really good mix on the new release shelf this week.

For the little readers, You Can Move Mountains: The Artful Life of Painter Bob Ross by Richard Ho and illustrated by Daniel Miyares brings Bob Ross’s life and creative philosophy to a new generation, while Poppy’s Family Recipes by Lauren Semmer follows Poppy and her Granddad as they cook together and share family traditions.

For those looking to dig a little deeper, Searching for Jane Crow by Talitha L. LeFlouria examines the long history of the criminalization and incarceration of Black women and girls. Nationalism: A World History by Eric Storm takes a global look at how nationalism developed and continues to shape politics and culture.

There’s also My Beloved Other by Nick Abadzis and Angela Watson, a memoir exploring love, race, and optimism through their experiences as a biracial couple and their family histories.

And if you’re looking for something a little more fun, An Illustrated Guide to Tacos and Burritos combines comics, stories, recipes, and plenty of food history. Plus, Would You Rather? Silver: Nostalgia Edition gives seniors a chance to spark memories, laughter, and conversation with nostalgia-filled questions. 🌮😂

For history and social commentary, The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made by Calvin Schermerhorn traces the history of racial wealth inequality through the experiences of seven Black families. And The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood by William Whyte looks at nine centuries of university life through the buildings, materials, and physical spaces that shaped it.

And that’s only a few of what’s waiting for you.

Come by Source Booksellers, browse the new releases, and find something you didn’t know you were looking for. 📖❤️