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Sarah Vowell presents Unfamiliar Fishes ($25.95). From the author of The Wordy Shipmates and Take the Cannoli comes an examination of Hawaii, the place where Manifest Destiny got a sunburn. With her trademark smart-alecky insights and reporting, Vowell sets out to discover the emblematic history of the 50th state. Sarah Vowell was one of the original contributors to McSweeney’s, also participating in many of the quarterly’s readings and shows. She has been a columnist for Salon, Time, and San Francisco Weekly, and continues to write occasional essays for the opinion page of The New York Times. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Spin, Esquire, and GQ. A popular speaker who lectures frequently across the country, Vowell has made numerous appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In addition, she was the voice of teen superhero Violet Parr in Brad Bird’s Academy Award-winning The Incredibles, a Pixar Animation Studios film. Vowell is the president of the board of 826NYC, a nonprofit tutoring and writing center for students aged six to eighteen in Brooklyn. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Montana, she lives in New York City.