{"title":"The Lost #ShopOurShelf (2025)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn December 2025, quite an unexpected set of books arrived that we weren't able to properly feature. Here is a closer look. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"giovannis-room-2","title":"Giovanni's Room","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn paperback, by James Baldwin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. James Baldwin's brilliant narrative delves into the mystery of loving with a sharp, probing imagination, and he creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56150262775974,"sku":null,"price":789.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0490\/9983\/3510\/files\/giovanni_sroom.jpg?v=1769753628"},{"product_id":"the-birds-and-other-stories","title":"Birds and Other Stories, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn paperback, by Daphne du Maurier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA classic of alienation and horror, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradise of 'Monte Verità' promises immortality, but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer steps out from behind the camera and into his subject's life; a date with a cinema usherette leads to a walk in the cemetery; and a jealous father finds a remedy when three's a crowd . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56150269198502,"sku":null,"price":869.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0490\/9983\/3510\/files\/birdsandotherstories.jpg?v=1769753922"},{"product_id":"of-mice-and-men-1","title":"Of Mice and Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn paperback, by John Steinbeck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey are an unlikely pair: George is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"small and quick and dark of face\";\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"family,\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. 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At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. 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Many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us—the microbiome—build our bodies, protect our health, shape our identities, and grant us incredible abilities. In this astonishing book, Ed Yong takes us on a grand tour through our microbial partners, and introduces us to the scientists on the front lines of discovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYong, whose humor is as evident as his erudition, prompts us to look at ourselves and our animal companions in a new light—less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent multitudes we assuredly are. The microbes in our bodies are part of our immune systems and protect us from disease. Those in cows and termites digest the plants they eat. In the deep oceans, mysterious creatures without mouths or guts depend on microbes for all their energy. 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