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The book witch : a novel / Meg Shaffer.
"Rainy March is a proud, third-generation Book Witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary. With her magical umbrella and feline familiar, she jumps in and out of novels to fix malicious alterations and rogue heroes like a mod…
Transcription : a novel / Ben Lerner.
"The narrator of Ben Lerner’s new novel has traveled to Providence, Rhode Island, where he is to conduct what will be the final published interview with Thomas, his ninety-year-old mentor and the father of his college friend Max. Thomas is a giant in the …
Yesteryear : a novel / Caro Claire Burke.
"Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade…
Starstruck : a journalist's pursuit of a fugitive pop star, her diabolical maestro, and their teenage sex cult / Christopher McDougall
"In 2000, an international manhunt was underway for Mexican superstar Gloria Trevi, her manager Sergio Andrade, and the young girls in their entourage. They had gone on the run after Trevi and Andrade were accused of the abuse and rape of the girls in the…
Intimate Audrey : an authorized biography / Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Wendy Holden.
"To those who appreciate her work and legacy, Audrey Hepburn was many things. She was a child survivor of the Second World War. She was a fashion icon who made the little black dress the symbol of elegance that it is today. She played a runaway princess, …
The girls trip / Ally Condie.
"Hope, Ash, and Caro met at an online book club. Over the past two years, they’ve been there for each other in every way—except in person. When each of their lives reach a crossroads, they decide to meet in real life at the gorgeous Sonnet Resort at Eden …
Mutiny : the rise and revolt of the college-educated working class / Noam Scheiber.
"In recent years, young college grads have faced an alarming reality: crushing debt, unemployment, and jobs below their qualifications. They are frustrated that the time and money they invested in a degree have failed to bring about the opportunities they…
The take : a novel / Kelly Yang.
"Maggie Wang, a broke young Asian American writer, needs a lifeline. Ingrid Parker, a veteran white Hollywood producer with her career on the edge, offers an irresistible deal: $3 million for ten experimental medical sessions to reverse her aging, using M…
Love by the book : a novel / Jessica George.
"Remy is lucky. Her debut novel, based on her three best friends, became an instant bestseller when it was released, and her agent and publisher are clamoring for a follow-up. But just as Remy’s creative inspiration seems to leave her, so too do her frien…
Planet Money : a guide to the economic forces that shape your life / Alex Mayyasi, and the hosts of NPR's Planet Money.
"For their first-ever book, longtime contributor Alex Mayyasi and the hosts of NPR's Planet Money present brand new stories and insights gathered from more than a decade of reporting that reveal ways AI might help you or replace you, demystify dating mark…
Thank you, teachers : true stories from America's teachers, our last line of defense and our first line of hope / James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney.
"Teachers are the heroes we too often forget to thank. And we need heroes more than ever. From across the country, from kindergarten to high school, from public, private, religious, or military schools, teachers tell us: What it takes to teach kids day in…
London falling : a mysterious death in a gilded city and a family's search for truth / Patrick Radden Keefe.
"In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain’s spy agency, captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury tower on the bank of the river Thames. At 2:2…
Honest motherhood : on losing my mind and finding myself / Libby Ward.
"When Libby Ward became a mother at twenty-six, she thought she was prepared. Determined to give her kids a childhood different from her own, she clung to the world’s “shoulds” like her children’s future depended on it. That was her first mistake. A coup…
Joyful, anyway / Kate Bowler.
"You can’t always be happy, but you can be joyful, anyway. We live in a culture convinced that chasing happiness will optimize our bodies, our minds, our relationships, our lives. But in the meantime, bad news usually stays bad: illness, chronic pain, gr…
Black out loud : the revolutionary history of Black comedy from vaudeville to '90s sitcoms / Geoff Bennett.
"Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden era for Black comedy, highlighted by the surge of iconic sitcoms that redefined television and left a lasting cultural imprint. Shows lik…
Who's the favorite? : the loving, messy realities of sibling relationships / Catherine Carr.
"For many people, relationships with brothers and sisters last a lifetime, spanning decades. Sibling relationships precede friendships or romances and outlast most connections to parents. Eighty percent of us have brothers and sisters who share our DNA an…
This land is your land : a road trip through U.S. history / Beverly Gage.
"Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our history. From the birth of the n…
The new perimenopause : an evidence-based guide to surviving the zone of chaos and feeling like yourself again / Mary Claire Haver, MD.
"I’m just not feeling like myself! This is the battle cry of the perimenopausal woman. Though menstrual cycle changes and the emotional rollercoaster that accompanies them are the hallmarks of the transition to menopause, many women with regular periods …
In trees : an exploration / Robert Moor.
"One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home—unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long, globe-spanning adventure of intellectual and spiritual transformation. Pursuing the hidden wisdom of trees, he scales to the v…
Honey in the wound : a novel / Jiyoung Han.
"A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother’s voice compels the truth from any tongue. A granddaughter divines secrets in others’ dreams. These women are all of one lineage—a Korean family split across decades and borders by Japanese imperialism…
Harbor pointe / Irene Hannon.
"As a principal dancer with a prestigious New York ballet company, Devyn Lee is far from her hometown of Hope Harbor on the Oregon coast. But when a family emergency compels her to return, her visit turns into an extended stay after complications arise. …
The oracle's daughter : the rise and fall of an American cult / Harrison Hill.
"On a cool fall night in 1999, twenty-six-year-old Sarah Green crept out of her house, retrieved a backpack from its hiding place, and ran for her life. She was escaping not just the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps, a paramilitary religiou…
Like, follow, subscribe : influencer kids and the cost of a childhood online / Fortesa Latifi.
"What is it like to grow up with a camera in your face 24/7? To have your childhood moments sold as 'content' to millions online? What happens when someone who works in a largely unregulated multi-billion-dollar industry sells away their childhood and has…
Labor : one woman's work / Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari.
"Dr. Mary Afsari takes us on a deeply personal and transformative journey through her life as an ob-gyn. Set against the vivid backdrops of Portland, Oregon, and Shiraz, Iran, this powerful memoir intertwines the complexities of her professional life with…
Revenge prey / John Sandford.
"Leonard Summers—not his real name—is on the run. A former high-ranking Russian intelligence officer who defected to the U.S. after providing critical information about Russian spies in U.S. government service, Leonard, his wife Martha, and son Bernard ha…
My dear you : stories / Rachel Khong.
"The characters in My Dear You find themselves facing extraordinary choices in scenarios that range from the everyday to the absurd: The U.S. government injects all citizens with a drug that makes them see everyone else as members of their own race and ge…
American fantasy : a novel / Emma Straub.
"When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous, nineties-era boy band and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them since childhood. Feeling slightly out of place amid t…
I came back for you : a novel / by Kate White.
"Ten years after her daughter, Melanie, was murdered, Bree Winter is finally moving on with a new love, a new home, and a new beginning. Then a deathbed confession from the convicted killer throws Bree's life into a tailspin all over again. He readily con…
Truffle trouble / Amanda Flower.
"Summer is finally upon the village of Harvest, Ohio, nestled in picturesque Amish Country, and folks are abuzz over their very own Bailey King’s upcoming June wedding. The Amish Candy shop owner and star of TV’s Bailey’s Amish Sweets is marrying Holmes C…
Returning : a search for home across three centuries / Nicholas Lemann.
"Nick Lemann grew up always thinking he wanted to be Jack Burden, the ever-curious young reporter in Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning All the King's Men, who gets ineluctably drawn into the powerful web of southern Governor Willie Stark. Like h…
The geomagician / Jennifer Mandula.
"When a Victorian fossil hunter discovers a baby pterodactyl, she vows to protect him, with the help of a fellow scholar--her former fiancâe"--Provided by publisher.
What to make of a life : cliffs, fog, fire and the self-knowledge imperative / Jim Collins.
"What to make of a life? It is a question we all wrestle with more than once: How do we find our way in the world? How do we make it past the cliffs, significant events that can radically change a life? How do we keep the inner fire burning bright, long …
The wanderers : a story of exile, survival, and unexpected love in the shadow of World War II / Daniela Gerson.
"Daniela Gerson and her wife, Talia Inlender, met at a picnic in Los Angeles, not knowing that 75 years earlier, their grandparents had left homes only blocks away from each other in a small Polish town, and fled east to Ukraine. The Gersons and the Inlen…
Arsenio : a memoir / Arsenio Hall with Alan Eisenstock.
"Arsenio Hall holds a uniquely prominent place in American culture—celebrated late-night host and comedic actor, famed for starring roles in the cultural touchstones Coming to America and Harlem Nights. Now, he pulls back the curtain and takes us to a di…
The last woman of Warsaw : a novel / Judy Batalion.
"1938: Fanny Zelshinsky is a sophisticated, modern daughter of the city’s Jewish elite who wants nothing more than to be recognized as a legitimate artist by her family, her radical professor whom she idolizes, and the world at large. And all while she wo…
The ending writes itself : a novel / Evelyn Clarke.
"Arthur Fletch, one of the world’s bestselling novelists, is a reclusive genius known for his iconic protagonists and fiendish twists. When six struggling authors are invited to spend a weekend on his private Scottish island, they arrive to discover a sho…
Rites of the Starling. Devney Perry.
"Calandra’s five kingdoms are on the verge of destruction. The crux migration is coming. And in the wake of a devastating attack, I’ve been separated from the man who owns my heart. ​I’m lost. Terrified. Homesick. Hunted by monsters, driven to exhaustion…
Darkology : blackface and the American way of entertainment / Rhae Lynn Barnes.
"Never before has the disturbing story of blackface and its piercing reflection of American society been so comprehensively told. With Darkology, Princeton historian Rhae Lynn Barnes meticulously unravels the complex, subterranean, and all-too-often expun…
A kingdom and a village : a one-thousand-year history of Moscow / Simon Morrison.
"The city of Moscow stands at the center of a nation comprising eleven percent of the globe’s landmass, 11 time zones, and nearly 150 million people, some 13 million of whom live in the capital. In A Kingdom and a Village, acclaimed historian Simon Morris…
Project Maven : a marine colonel, his team, and the dawn of AI warfare / Katrina Manson.
"In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the P…
When the forest breathes : renewal and resilience in the natural world / Suzanne Simard.
"Raised in a family of loggers committed to sensible forest stewardship, trailblazing ecologist Suzanne Simard has watched as timber companies leave forests at higher risk for wildfires, water crises, and plant and animal extinction. But her research has …
The news from Dublin : stories / Colm Tóibín.
"Celebrated as “his generation’s most gifted writer of love’s complicated, contradictory power” (Los Angeles Times), Colm Tóibín is a master of short fiction as well as the novel, able to summon an extraordinary intensity of emotion in a brief tale. The e…
Meet me in Italy / Brenda Novak.
"In the wake of her debut novel's breakout success--and a very painful public divorce--Charlotte Williams-Jackson has something to prove. With her second novel overdue, she's scrambling to hold it childhood wasn't as it seemed--and she has a tween half-si…
Starside : a novel / Alex Aster.
"Hundreds of years ago, a brutal war split a land in two. Starside is the realm of magic and immortals--the descendants of the gods, living in a power-rich paradise. Stormside is where mortals fight for scraps of that magic. Every fifty years, the gates …
Tell me where it hurts : the new science of pain and how to heal / Rachel Zoffness.
"Leading pain expert Dr. Rachel Zoffness bridges the gap between medicine and psychology to get to the heart of understanding—and treating—pain—it’s The Body Keeps the Score for chronic pain. Every one of us will experience pain, be it back pain, the pain…
Bad seeds / Mary Monroe.
"The daughter of a hardworking restaurant owner, Louise Brooks always sees the best in people—and in helping them no matter how difficult her own life gets. She’s lived through tragic loss and working in the family business, even after enduring a failed m…
The moonlight runner : a novel / Karen Robards.
"Ireland, 1918. In a world brutalized by the Great War and devastated by the Spanish flu, twenty-two-year-old Rynn Carmichael is suddenly pulled into the war of independence when Donal O’Reilly, the boy she has loved for most of her life, takes up gunrunn…
Who needs friends : an unscientific examination of male friendship across America / Andrew McCarthy
"“You don’t really have any friends, do you, Dad?” A seemingly innocuous, if direct, question from Andrew McCarthy’s son left him reeling. McCarthy did have friends, but like so many other men, the necessities of modern adult life had forced his friendshi…
Family lies / Karen Rose.
"As an infant, Kit McKittrick's foster sister Akiko was abandoned at a firehouse. Now 32, Akiko has received an unsettling phone call from a woman who says that she knew her birth mother but refuses to divulge any details except in person. Akiko is nervou…
True color : the strange and spectacular quest to define color - from azure to zinc pink / Kory Stamper.
"An irresistibly wry, culturally rich exploration of color and how it shapes our world-from the leading lexicographer of our time"--Provided by publisher.
Upward bound : a novel / Woody Brown.
"Upward Bound is not a place anyone dreams of spending their days. The dreary adult daycare center for Los Angeles’s disabled community is, for many of its clients and staff, a place of last resort. This includes Carlos, a young aide who lost his mother a…
Still here : life together on the long way home / Mary Beth Chapman, Steven Curtis Chapman ; with Lawrence Kimbrough.
"Everybody knows the music. Everybody knows, as well, their tragedy. But what makes the Chapmans so remarkable--Steven Curtis and Mary Beth--is that the same endurance their relationship embodies can be true of each of ours as well. Still Here is their ta…
How to be okay when nothing is okay : tips and tricks that kept me alive, happy, and creative in spite of myself / Jenny Lawson.
"Jenny Lawson is full of contradictions. She’s a celebrated author but battles self-doubt, paralysis, and anxiety. She’s an award-winning humorist but struggles with treatment-resistant depression. The questions people most often ask her are, "How do you …
Phases : a memoir / Brandy with Gerrick Kennedy
"The iconic, multiplatinum, Grammy Award®-winning performer Brandy brings us a raw, intimate portrait of her life, charting her journey from Mississippi churches to Hollywood spotlights. From the moment she first sang at church in McComb, Mississippi, Bra…
Wisdom untethered : the time for questions / Michael A. Singer.
"In Wisdom Untethered: The Time for Questions, Michael A. Singer offers direct answers to life’s deepest challenges: how to find peace amid chaos, how to handle the mind’s endless chatter, how to let go of emotional pain, and how to live from the vast awa…
The meaning of your life : finding purpose in an age of emptiness / Arthur C. Brooks.
A science-backed guide exploring how modern life diminishes meaning, offering strategies to discover purpose through philosophy, faith traditions, and consciousness exploration.
A suit or a suitcase : poems / Maggie Smith.
"Within Maggie Smith's new collection, poems turn over the strange relationships between the body and the mind, the self and the world. With her signature tenderness and clarity of observation, and with stunning swoops of imagination, Smith considers--and…
Kutchinsky's egg : a family's story of obsession, love, and loss / Serena Kutchinsky.
"A riveting, heart-stopping family memoir that blends art, obsession, and love as the author searches for the spectacular jeweled egg that consumed her father's dreams-and spelled her family's downfall. When she was eleven years old, Serena Kutchinsky's l…
Let's get cooking : everyday meals, tipsy favorites and comfort food cravings / Remi Cruz Parsons ; photography by Jennifer Chong.
"Remi Cruz, social media star behind the multi-platform Cooking with Remi, shares her first cookbook, filled with flavorful and accessible recipes for having fun in the kitchen no matter your skill level. Growing up in a Korean American household in South…
The adjunct : a novel / Maria Adelmann.
"From the acclaimed author of How to Be Eaten, a fresh take on the campus novel that follows an adjunct professor gigging her way through academia's poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser whose new novel might be about her. Meet S…
How a little becomes a lot : the art of small changes for a more meaningful life / Eric Zimmer.
"More than 30 years ago, Eric Zimmer faced a life-altering battle with heroin addiction that left him homeless and facing prison--a turning point that sparked his search to understand how profound change happens, and how we can chart sustainable paths for…
Beneath : a novel / Ariel Sullivan.
"Hundreds of years before the Illum ruled supreme, humanity risked everything to rebuild after a devastating war in this explosive dystopian romance and prequel to Conform. Twenty-three-year-old Sasha Cadell knows time is running out in the underground ci…
The final storm / Fern Michaels
"In her award-winning wildlife photographs, Charlotte Gray captures all the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Far better to focus on breathtaking landscapes than to turn the lens on her own painful childhood and the uncaring mother she left behind i…
My grandfather, the master detective / Masateru Konishi ; translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
"He’s not your average Grandpa. As a lover of classic crime stories, it’s no surprise that schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your typical twenty-seven-year-old. Solving them is another matter, though. For that, she turns …
Son of nobody : a novel / Yann Martel.
Son of Nobody is a "retelling of the Trojan War from the perspective of two commoners: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar. The Psoad is an Ancient Greek epic in free verse that follows a goatherd’s son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family…
Seven sisters : captives and rebels in revolutionary Europe's first family / Veronica Buckley.
"'Others make war; you, happy Austria, marry.' For three centuries, the astute positioning of their many princesses and princes had kept the Habsburgs at the peak of European power. By 1764, after a generation of costly war, confronted by shaken alliance…
Ohana style : food from Hawai'i, for your family / Sheldon Simeon with Garrett Snyder ; photographs by Kevin Miyazaki.
"Sheldon Simeon’s food joyfully reflects Hawai’i’s flavors and cooking styles, a mixture of island influences including Native Hawai’ian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and other cuisines. With creative plant-based spins (like swapping o…
Almost life : a novel / Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Coeur in Paris, 1978. Erica is a student, relishing her first summer abroad before beginning university at home in England. Laure is studying for her PhD at the Sorbonne, drinking and smoking far too much, a…
A feather and a fork : 125 intertribal dishes from an indigenous food warrior / by Crystal Wahpepah with Amy Paige Condon ; foreward by Tommy Orange.
"Chef Crystal Wahpepah has used her growing platform to tell the little-known history of Oakland’s tight-knit Native American communities, which were relocated from reservations across the country to the San Francisco Bay area in the 1950s. Crystal’s powe…
American Han : a novel / Lisa Lee.
"Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s, Jane Kim and her brother, Kevin, dutifully embodied the model minority myth as their parents demanded: both stellar tennis players and academically gifted, they worked hard to make their parents prou…
The beheading game : a novel / Rebecca Lehmann.
"The Beheading Game begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn’s beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously laid to rest in a makeshift coffin, her head wrapped in linen at her knees. Discarded by King Henry VIII for being unable to give him a m…
I sleep in my kitchen : comfort food recipes from my Palestinian American home / Mariam Daud with Emily Timberlake ; photographs by Jim Henkens.
"Mariam Daud has built a devoted following by sharing beautifully prepared, comforting meals that feel both timeless and entirely her own. In I Sleep in My Kitchen, she offers a collection of the recipes that have shaped her life—dishes that carry the fla…
Vanished in the crowd / Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.
"New York is busier than ever as two million visitors come to the city to witness the Hudson-Fulton celebration in 1909, marking the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the Hudson River. Parades, exhibitions, carnivals, and a marvelous displa…
A woman's work : reclaiming the radical history of mothering / Elinor Cleghorn.
"Mothers make history. But what it has meant for mothers to do the physical and emotional work of mothering has, for centuries, been neglected in the stories of the past. Patriarchal control of motherhood has relegated the acts of growing, birthing, nurtu…
The stimulated mind : future-proof your brain from dementia and stay sharp at any age / Dr. Tommy Wood ; illustrations by Alex Stewart.
"The most important part of the body, especially as we age, is our brain. So why aren’t we taking the health of our brain as seriously as our heart and achy joints, particularly when people are struggling to focus every day, and dementia and Alzheimer’s c…
The dreadfuls / A. Rae Dunlap.
"London, 1888. Committed to the Whitechapel Hall Reform School for "incurable delinquency," Adelaide "Dell" Morton is a precocious, defiant misfit. She's also a voracious reader of the sordid, sensationally popular Penny dreadful stories. In a stroke of l…
This kingdom will not kill me / Ilona Andrews.
"When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy, and naked in a gutter, it doesn't take her long to recognize Kair Toren, a city she knows intimately from the pages of the famously unfinished dark fantasy series she's been obsessively reading and re-reading while wait…
The shock of the light : a novel / Lori Inglis Hall.
"Twins Tessa and Theo are roots of the same tree, in tune with one another’s every thought and desire. As World War II takes hold across Europe, both are eager to do their part. Theo is recruited by the RAF and disappears into the skies, while Tessa jumps…
The keeper : a novel / Tana French.
"On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead in the river. In a close-knit small town, a death like this isn’t …
The antique hunter's murder at the castle : a novel / C.L. Miller.
"Hot on the heels of an art forger, a member of the Lockwood Antique Hunter's Agency disappears while investigating an isolated castle deep in Scottish countryside. Freya and Aunt Carole race to her last known location and arrive in the wintry, snow-cover…
A day of judgment / Charles Todd.
"July, 1921: England is suffering a heatwave and the coast of Northumberland, just across the border from Scotland, is filled with holiday-makers bird watching and enjoying the beaches. Pilgrims also come to visit the home of Saints Cuthbert and Aiden—the…
Daughter of Egypt : a novel / Marie Benedict.
"Known for her "delightful blend of historical fiction and suspense" (People), New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, returns with a sweeping tale of a young woman who unearths the truth about a forgotten Pharaoh-rewriting both of their legacie…
Python's kiss : stories / Louise Erdrich.
"It was as though I was chosen—marked out by the python’s kiss for wisdom or maybe sorrow. Or perhaps, I think now, a sense of the ridiculous in extremes of experience. Also, I hoped for a long life. Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich’s ma…
Love thy stranger : how the teachings of Jesus transformed the moral conscience of the West / Bart D. Ehrman.
"From the...author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus' most radical commandment-a new kind of altruism-tracing how the extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives.When we donate mon…
9 months that count forever : how your pregnancy diet shapes your baby's future / Jessie Inchauspe.
"Most pregnant women are told: "Eat whatever you normally eat. Your baby will get what he needs from you." But science tells a different story: your diet during pregnancy shapes your baby’s health for life. And somehow, no one has told you the rules—until…
How flowers made our world : the story of nature's revolutionaries / David George Haskell ; with illustrations by Lucy Smith.
"An exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today. We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don't get the credit they deserve. We admire them for their aesthetics, no…
Reparenting the inner child : the new science of our oldest wounds and how to heal them / Dr. Nicole LePera.
"As adults, we often fall into patterns that feel irrational or out of character—shutting down, lashing out, people-pleasing, or self-sabotaging. Beneath those reactions lies our inner child, a younger part of us still trying to get its needs met the only…
Hotwired : how the hidden power of heat makes us stronger /  Bill Gifford.
"What if the key to thriving in a hotter world isn’t avoiding the heat—but harnessing it? In Hotwired...Bill Gifford takes readers on a fascinating exploration of the power of heat to improve our performance and our health. Combining cutting-edge science…
Life: a love story : a novel / Elizabeth Berg.
"As ninety-two-year-old Florence 'Flo' Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman who grew up next door to her, describing the items Flo is leaving Ruthie in her will. But as it goes on, telling surprising stories about tho…
Wolf worm / T. Kingfisher.
"Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator—but she is only able to follow her dream because of her father’s reputation as a renowned scientist. Such is the lot in life for a woman in science in 1899. And after his death, she is left without work, …
Stand / Cory Booker.
"We are living through a time of crisis. The problems we face grow more serious, while our divisions continue to widen. But our history overflows with people who used the power of our foundational virtues to overcome impossible obstacles. In Stand, Senato…
Life on the bridge : linking my world to yours as an autistic therapist / Kaelynn Partlow.
"You've heard from autistic authors. You've heard from therapists. Now hear from one extraordinary young woman who's both. Experience autism from the inside out through a rare fusion of professional skill and personal understanding. Reshape what you know …
Honeysuckle : a novel / Bar Fridman-Tell.
"Once upon a time, on the edge between meadow and forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. In exchange for being left in peace, his sister made him a playmate-Daye, a girl woven from flowers and words. And for the first tim…
The night we met / Abby Jimenez.
"For Larissa, it came when choosing who to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great friends, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging br…
Sisters in yellow / Mieko Kawakami ; translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio.
"Rising star Mieko Kawakami reaches new heights in this pacy, thrilling novel, a Japanese Breaking Bad, in which a group of friends fight for freedom, independence, and survival in Tokyo of the 1990s, a world rapidly dividing into haves and have-nots. All…
Under water / Tara Menon.
"An intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events. When Marissa loses her mother at five, the most intimate relationship of her life begins. Whisked across the globe to Thailand by…
Good writing : 36 ways to improve your sentences / Neal Allen and Anne Lamott.
"Two writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script. These essential rules for persuasive l…
Innamorata : book one of the House of Teeth duology / Ava Reid.
"Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy. A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic. But …
Faithful of heart / Tracie Peterson.
"When dedicated philanthropist Judith Stanford receives a summons from her estranged grandfather ordering her to come to Minneapolis to prove herself worthy of his inheritance, she is hesitant but can't ignore the potential of her grandfather's fortune to…
The Information State : politics in the age of total control / Jacob Siegel.
"The Information State is an incisive examination of how we reached the point where anything that contradicts the dominant narrative can be labeled dangerous disinformation. Tablet contributor Jacob Siegel charts how the technological infrastructure built…
The survivor / Andrew Reid.
"A hijacked New York subway train, an anonymous killer, and a young man trapped by his hidden past converge in a breathless, breathtaking thriller Do not turn off your phone Do not get off the train I know who you really are Fired and walked out by securi…
Seasons of glass & iron : stories / Amal El-Mohtar.
"With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales…
Children of strife / Adrian Tchaikovsky.
"After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain is about to rediscover one such world, and an ark…
Stay alive : Berlin, 1939-1945 / Ian Buruma.
"In 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war broke out with Poland in September, what was most striking at first was …
Open space : from earth to eternity--the global race to explore and conquer the cosmos / by David Ariosto.
"In 2024, the Odysseus lander touched down near the south pole of the Moon. It was the first lunar landing by Americans in more than half a century—and the first ever by a private company. 'Odie' embodied the ambitions of a new genera­tion of space entrep…
Chain of ideas : the origins of our authoritarian age / Ibram X. Kendi.
"Recall the words chanted in Charlottesville, Virginia: 'You will not replace us!' Recall the string of mass shooters across the globe—in Oslo, Christchurch, Buffalo, El Paso, and Pittsburgh—who claimed their crimes were a defense against 'White genocide.…
Bloodlust : a novel / Sandra Brown.
"Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder to two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as Oz. Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dea…
The last titans : how Churchill and de Gaulle saved their nations and transformed the world / Richard Vinen.
"Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle were thrown together by war. They incarnated the resistance of Britain and France to the existential threat from Nazi Germany, and their ultimate victory over Hitler has ensured their achievements will never be for…
Judy Blume : a life / Mark Oppenheimer.
"To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics—including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Deenie; and Summer Sisters—touched the lives of tens of millions of reader…
Life or death / Andrea Kane.
"Who killed Ryan McKay’s cousin? In suburban Westchester County, just outside the frenetic pace of New York City, a deadly murder occurs. After a violent struggle, FBI agent Shane Walsh is dead and his wife, Caitlin, has vanished. At the urging of a myste…
The girls before : a novel / Kate Alice Marshall.
"From the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods, No One Can Know, and A Killing Cold, a new novel about a search & rescue expert, a kidnapped woman, and the lost girls who haunt them both. There is a girl in a basement. The door has stopped opening…
What happened that night : a novel / Nicci French.
"Tyler Green, convicted of murdering his friend Leo at a student house party in 1993, has been released after almost three decades in prison. He has always protested his innocence. On a warm evening in London, Tyler summons eight of his university friends…
Mistakes were made / Lucy Score.
"He's looking for the perfect wife. She's looking for the perfect one-night stand. Literary agent Zoey Moody doesn't like small town life, but here she is: exiled from Manhattan's publishing scene and trapped in a tiny Pennsylvania town with her BFF and …
Death at a firefly tea / Laura Childs.
"As fireflies dazzle like tiny glowing lanterns, tea maven Theodosia hosts an elegant evening tea on the patio of the Tangled Rose B and B. But in this gentle darkness an intruder has made their way in and slipped deadly drugs into the baked Alaska of Mrs…
Nothing is impossible with God : eleven heroes. One God. Endless lessons in overcoming / Shannon Bream.
"If your life doesn't look the way you expected, that doesn't mean God can't use you. The Christian life often doesn’t feel like the stained-glass images we remember from childhood—happy, holy, hopeful. But God never promised that we won’t have trouble. R…
Reality in ruins : how conspiracy theory became an American evangelical crisis / Jared Stacy.
"Conspiracy theories are at the root of the most pressing political problems of our time, yet their influence cuts just as personal. Suspicion has fractured families, communities, churches, and our very social fabric, as one person’s fact is another’s fak…
You did nothing wrong : a novel / CG Drews.
"Single mother Elodie's life has become a fairy tale. She's met Bren, equal parts Golden retriever--devoted and sinfully handsome. He's whisked her and her autistic son, Jude, to the crumbling family house he's renovating. She has a new husband, a new hou…
Bounce forward : 21 tools to live a life beyond limits / Amy Purdy.
"When Amy Purdy was nineteen years old, a bout with bacterial meningitis took her legs below the knee, seemingly dashed her hopes of becoming a professional snowboarder, and nearly killed her. Fighting her way back from the brink of death, she not only we…
What stays and what goes : organize with intention and create space for grace / Faith Roberson.
"Professional organizer Faith Roberson invites readers to embark on a journey of self-discovery through the art of home organization. Forget the traditional tidying trends you’ve seen before—Roberson’s innovative approach to 'soul work' goes deeper, askin…
Revenge for the sixties : Sam Alito and the triumph of the conservative legal movement / Peter S. Canellos.
"When the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, the landmark case overturning Roe v. Wade, it marked a turning point in the lives of millions of Americans. It was also the culmination of a decades-long movement whose grievances were …
Into the wood chipper : a whistleblower's account of how the Trump administration shredded USAID / Nicholas Enrich ; with a foreword by Atul Gawande.
"Nicholas Enrich had finally achieved his lifelong dream: becoming USAID’s lead official for global health. But that dream turned out to be a nightmare in the tumultuous time after President Trump’s second inauguration. In the months that followed, USAID…
How to build a haunted house : the history of a cultural obsession / Caitlin Blackwell Baines.
"What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved? Barring the possibility of a looming afterlife, what are the particular features, contexts, and histories that lend a …
Chasing freedom : coming of age at the end of empire / Simukai Chigudu.
Simukai Chigudu grew up in the shadow of Africa’s struggles for liberation. As he navigates the tangled threads of personal and political history, he is guided by one central question: What does it mean to be truly free? Chigudu’s father fought in a guer…
What mattered most : a memoir / Ty Henderson with David Ritz
"Ty Herndon may be most known for his beautiful country songs, but behind the music Herndon's own life could be the subject of a classic country ballad. His career began as a member of the band The Tennessee River Boys—the band that would later become Dia…
You're in good company : the art of friendship, motherhood, and showing up / Ashlee Crumb, Coffee + Crumbs.
"You're in Good Company, by Ashlee Gadd and the writers of Coffee + Crumbs, is a heartfelt collection of stories celebrating the unique roles that friendship, food, and hospitality play within the context of motherhood. They say it takes a village to rai…