Summer Survival Supplies (AKA the End-of-Summer Warehouse Sale)

by Will Wlizlo
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It’s hard to believe that we’re about to trade summer for fall. That we’re swapping late-into-the-night heat for crisp breezes, green grass for brown leaves. The Milkweed Editions warehouse is in a state of flux, too.

Inspired by the old saying, “If you love something, let it go,” we’re offering ten of our favorite paperbacks at the handsome price of $10 during our end-of-summer warehouse sale (which lasts until the end of August).

The Arriviste by James Wallenstein
Neil Fox—formerly an ambitious venture capitalist, currently a principled reclus—laments the suburbanization of his Long Island neighborhood. That all changes, though, with the advent of a new neighbor, an impromptu ride in an Alfa Romeo, and a bottle of booze.
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Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben
Trailblazing activist, environmentalist, and brilliant writer Bill McKibben presents “true stories of living lightly on the earth” from the Adirondack Mountains, India, and Brazil.
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The Village on Horseback by Jesse Ball
A breakout, experimental collection of short fiction and poetry, The Village on Horseback is a compact book of voyages to be taken on voyages—whether to the lecture hall, the unexplored crannies of your mind, or the moon.
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Orion You Came and Took All My Marbles by Kira Henehan
Dive into the off-kilter world of Finley, an investigator of indiscernible origins and prowess. Her assignment: the mysterious Professor Uppal and his puppets. The objective: impossible to say.
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The Farther Shore by Matthew Eck
When a small unit of American soldiers stationed in Somalia is separated from their command and left for dead, their only option is to keep moving, in hope that they will escape the marauding gangs and clansmen who rule the city.
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Rock Island Line by David Rhodes
After the death of his parents, July Montgomery flees his Iowa hometown. During his exodus, July stows away on the Rock Island railroad line, makes a new home in an underground rail station, and meets a young woman who will spur him to confront his past.
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Toward the Livable City edited by Emlie Buchwald
A lively book about the possibility of enjoying urban and suburban life, Toward the Livable City collects diverse perspectives on how to nurture thriving, forward-thinking cities.
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Being Caribou by Karsten Heuer
While following a herd of 123,000 caribou across 1,000 miles of Arctic wilderness, Heuer and his wife discover what is at stake in the debate over oil drilling—and what we all can learn from the wild experience of migration.
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The Windows of Brimnes by Bill Holm
Gazing west from a fisherman’s cottage in northern Iceland, surrounded by little more than the sound of the sea and the birds beyond his windows, Bill Holm considers America, which he sees betraying the ideals of liberty and freedom that animated its founding.
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The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag
In the high Altai Mountains of northern Mongolia, a young shepherd boy watches his people’s ancient way of life collide with the inescapable influence of the outside world.
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