Michael's Picks

Michael is co-owner of Split Rock Books. He leads the history book club and is the only person here who reads sports books. He also reads a lot of great graphic novels, literary fiction, cultural studies/current affairs. (Biography by Heidi)

The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud By Kuniko Tsurita, Ryan Holmberg (Translated by) Cover Image

The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud (Paperback)

By Kuniko Tsurita, Ryan Holmberg (Translated by)
$29.95
ISBN: 9781770463981
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Drawn and Quarterly - July 7th, 2020
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Wendy, Master of Art By Walter Scott Cover Image

Wendy, Master of Art (Paperback)

By Walter Scott
$24.95
ISBN: 9781770463998
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Published: Drawn and Quarterly - June 16th, 2020
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation By Brenda Wineapple Cover Image

The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation (Paperback)

By Brenda Wineapple
$20.00
ISBN: 9780812987911
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - May 19th, 2020
Michael Kohlhaas By Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Hofmann (Translated by) Cover Image

Michael Kohlhaas (Paperback)

By Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Hofmann (Translated by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780811228343
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Published: New Directions - March 31st, 2020
The Corner That Held Them By Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (Introduction by) Cover Image

The Corner That Held Them (Paperback)

By Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (Introduction by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781681373874
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Published: NYRB Classics - September 10th, 2019
K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches By Tyler Kepner Cover Image

K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches (Paperback)

By Tyler Kepner
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101970850
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Published: Anchor - March 3rd, 2020
Ghost Wall: A Novel By Sarah Moss Cover Image

Ghost Wall: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Moss
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250234957
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Published: Picador - December 31st, 2019
The Man Without Talent By YOSHIHARU TSUGE, Ryan Holmberg (Translated by) Cover Image

The Man Without Talent (Paperback)

By YOSHIHARU TSUGE, Ryan Holmberg (Translated by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781681374437
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Published: New York Review Comics - January 28th, 2020
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World By Anand Giridharadas Cover Image

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Paperback)

By Anand Giridharadas
$17.00
ISBN: 9781101972670
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - October 1st, 2019
The Long Ships By Frans G. Bengtsson, Michael Chabon (Introduction by), Michael Meyer (Translated by) Cover Image

The Long Ships (Paperback)

By Frans G. Bengtsson, Michael Chabon (Introduction by), Michael Meyer (Translated by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781590173466
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Published: NYRB Classics - July 6th, 2010
A Journal of the Plague Year (Modern Library Classics) By Daniel Defoe, Jason Goodwin (Introduction by) Cover Image

A Journal of the Plague Year (Modern Library Classics) (Paperback)

By Daniel Defoe, Jason Goodwin (Introduction by)
$11.00
ISBN: 9780375757891
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Published: Modern Library - November 13th, 2001
Underland: A Deep Time Journey By Robert Macfarlane Cover Image

Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Hardcover)

By Robert Macfarlane
$27.95
ISBN: 9780393242140
Availability: Available to Order - shipping times vary
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 4th, 2019
That Time of Year By Marie Ndiaye, Jordan Stump (Translator) Cover Image

That Time of Year (Hardcover)

By Marie Ndiaye, Jordan Stump (Translator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781931883917
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Published: Two Lines Press - September 8th, 2020
From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Cover Image

From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation (Paperback)

By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
$17.95
ISBN: 9781608465620
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Published: Haymarket Books - February 23rd, 2016
Telephone: A Novel By Percival Everett Cover Image

Telephone: A Novel (Paperback)

By Percival Everett
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450222
Availability: Available to Order - shipping times vary
Published: Graywolf Press - May 5th, 2020
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us By Rachel Louise Snyder Cover Image

No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us (Paperback)

By Rachel Louise Snyder
$18.00
ISBN: 9781635570984
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - June 9th, 2020
Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil By Susan Neiman Cover Image

Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (Paperback)

By Susan Neiman
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250750112
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Published: Picador - September 8th, 2020
Please Don't Step On My JNCO Jeans By Noah Van Sciver Cover Image

Please Don't Step On My JNCO Jeans (Paperback)

By Noah Van Sciver
$14.99
ISBN: 9781683963752
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Published: Fantagraphics - November 3rd, 2020
Vesper Flights By Helen MacDonald Cover Image

Vesper Flights (Hardcover)

By Helen MacDonald
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802128812
Availability: Available to Order - shipping times vary
Published: Grove Press - August 25th, 2020
The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War By David Nasaw Cover Image

The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War (Hardcover)

By David Nasaw
$35.00
Difficult to find
ISBN: 9781594206733
Published: Penguin Press - September 15th, 2020
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving By David J. Silverman Cover Image

This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving (Paperback)

By David J. Silverman
$20.00
ISBN: 9781632869258
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - October 13th, 2020
One Story By Gipi Cover Image

One Story (Hardcover)

By Gipi
$22.99
Difficult to find
ISBN: 9781683963196
Published: Fantagraphics - July 28th, 2020