Why Architecture Matters - Paul Goldberger (Yale University Press)

"Architecture begins to matter," writes Paul Goldberger, "when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads." In Why Architecture Matters, he shows us how that works in examples ranging from a small Cape Cod cottage to the vast, flowing Prairie houses of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Guggenheim Bilbao. He eloquently describes the Church of Sant'Ivo in Rome as a work that "embraces the deepest complexities of human imagination."

In his afterword to this new edition, Goldberger addresses the current climate in architectural history and takes a more nuanced look at projects such as Thomas Jefferson's academical village at the University of Virginia and figures including Philip Johnson, whose controversial status has been the topic of much recent discourse. He argues that the emotional impact of great architecture remains vital, even as he welcomes the shift in the field to an increased emphasis on social justice and sustainability.


Finlay Donovan Knocks 'em Dead - Elle Cosimano (Minotaur Books)

"The second entry in Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan series, another bumbling comedy of errors and hilarious, fast-paced mystery, upends the life of a struggling writer and single mother."--Shelf Awareness


A Month in the Country - Michael Holroyd (New York Review of Books)

"Carr's prose is spare, elegant and buoyed with wit; the idyllic countryside and its inhabitants are rendered in affectionate detail." -- Publisher's Weekly


The Maid - Nita Prose (Ballantine Books)

Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her Gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by.

Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter--she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black--but will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late?

A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different--and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.


The Music of Bees - Eileen Garvin (Dutton)

The Music of Bees, for readers of Eleanor Oliphant, Is Completely Fine, follows three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon town, each working through grief and life’s curveballs, who are brought together by happenstance on a local honeybee farm where they find surprising friendship, healing–and maybe even a second chance–just when they least expect it.

Beautifully moving, warm, and uplifting, The Music of Bees is about the power of friendship, compassion in the face of loss, and finding the courage to start over (at any age) when things don’t turn out the way you expect.


When The Stars Go Dark - Paula McLain (Ballantine Books)

Weaving together actual cases of missing persons, trauma theory, and a hint of the metaphysical, this propulsive and deeply affecting novel tells a story of fate, necessary redemption, and what it takes, when the worst happens, to reclaim our lives--and our faith in one another.

From the New York Times, bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes a novel of intertwined destinies and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal?


Mother's Day Gift Guide 2022

Appletree staff have collected gift suggestions for you to consider for Mother’s Day  2022.

To order one of these items, visit us in the store, email us at info@appletree-books.com or call at 216.791.2665. Your selection can be picked up in the store, or delivered if you live in the Heights area.


There Are Moms Way Worse Than You

by Glenn Boozan and Priscilla Witte

For those looking for humor in a serious job

Price: $14.95

Workman Publishing


Embroidery

For the needle worker extraordinaire

Price: $45

Gingko Press


Sweet Paris: Seasonal Recipes from an American Baker in France

By Frank Adrian Barron

For the Francophile

Price: $29.99

Harper Design


Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

For the admirer of strong women

Price: $29

Doubleday Books


The Honeybee Emeralds

by Amy Tector

For the historical fiction “buff”

Price: $17.99

Keylight Books


Peach Blossom Spring

by Melissa Fu

For the admirer of family sagas

Price: $28

Little Brown and Company


Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

by Andrew Morton

For the Anglophile

Price: $18.99

Grand Central Publishing


Around the Board: Boards, Platters, and Plates: Seasonal Cheese and Charcuterie for Year-Round Celebrating

by Emily Delaney

For the casual hostess

Price: $24.99

Alpha Books


Dava Shastri’s Last Day

by Krithana Raymisetti

For those interested in private v. public legacies

Price: $28

Grand Central Publishing


Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love

by Kim Fay

For admirers of lasting female friendship

Price: $24

G.P. Putnam’s Sons


The Picnic: Recipes and Inspiration from Basket to Blanket

by Marnie Hanel, Andrea Slonecker, Jen Stevenson

For “plein air” entertaining

Price: $19.95

Artisan Publishers


Retro, Mid-Fifties Platter

 

Price: $25

 


Pocket Mirror

 

Price $15

 


Pajama Mamas 100 Piece Puzzle

by Anne Bentley

Price: $16.99

Galison


The Cheese Board Deck: 50 Cards for Styling, Spreads, Savory and Sweet

Price: $20

Clarkson Potter Publishers

 


Marbleized Box

Price: $135

 


The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano

by Donna Freitas

For readers interested in motherhood and feminism

Price: $17

Penguin Books


Fifty Place to Practice Yoga Before You Die: Yoga Experts Share the World’s Greatest Destinations

by Chris Santella and Diana Helmuth

For the health and fitness “guru”

Price: $24.99

Abrams Image


The I Hate to Cook Book (50th Anniversary Edition)

by Peg Bracken and Johanna Bracken

A classic, need we say more?

Price: $26

Grand Central Publishing


The Paris Apartment

by Lucy Foley

A new locked room mystery set in a Paris apartment building

Price: $28.99

William Morrow & Company


Zen Artisanal Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle

Price: $48

 


Laura Stoddard Linen Tea Towel

Price: $22

 


Rise and Shine: A Daily Ritual of Yoga, Meditation and Inspiration

Price: $19.99

Hardie Grant Books

 


Indie Best Sellers - April 2022

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Susan, Linda, Nina, & Cokie - Lisa Napoli (Harry N. Abrams)

In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a backwater of male chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on the "women's pages." But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio came along in the 1970s, and the door to serious journalism opened a crack, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hinges.
Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie is journalist Lisa Napoli's captivating account of these four women, their deep and enduring friendships, and the trail they blazed to becoming icons. They had radically different stories. Cokie Roberts was born into a political dynasty, roamed the halls of Congress as a child, and felt a tug toward public service. Susan Stamberg, who had lived in India with her husband who worked for the State Department, was the first woman to anchor a nightly news program and pressed for accommodations to balance work and home life. Linda Wertheimer, the daughter of shopkeepers in New Mexico, fought her way to a scholarship and a spot on-air. And Nina Totenberg, the network's legal affairs correspondent, invented a new way to cover the Supreme Court. Based on extensive interviews and calling on the author's deep connections in news and public radio, Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie will be as beguiling and sharp as its formidable subjects.


The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free - Paulina Bren (Simon & Schuster)

Liberated from home and hearth by World War I, politically enfranchised and ready to work, women arrived to take their place in the dazzling new skyscrapers of Manhattan. But they did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding houses. They wanted what men already had--exclusive residential hotels with maid service, workout rooms, and private dining.

Built in 1927, at the height of the Roaring Twenties, the Barbizon Hotel was designed as a luxurious safe haven for the "Modern Woman" hoping for a career in the arts. Over time, it became the place to stay for any ambitious young woman hoping for fame and fortune. Sylvia Plath fictionalized her time there in The Bell Jar, and, over the years, it's almost 700 tiny rooms with matching floral curtains and bedspreads housed, among many others, Titanic survivor Molly Brown; actresses Grace Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Ali MacGraw, Jaclyn Smith; and writers Joan Didion, Gael Greene, Diane Johnson, Meg Wolitzer. Mademoiselle magazine boarded its summer interns there, as did Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School its students, and the Ford Modeling Agency its young models. Before the hotel's residents were household names, they were young women arriving at the Barbizon with a suitcase and a dream.

Not everyone who passed through the Barbizon's doors was destined for success--for some, it was a story of dashed hopes--but until 1981, when men were finally let in, the Barbizon offered its residents a room of their own and a life without family obligations. It gave women a chance to remake themselves however they pleased; it was the hotel that set them free. No place had existed like it before or has since.