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National treasure : how the Declaration of Independence made America / by Michael Auslin.
"Quiet and politically untested, Thomas Jefferson was not the obvious choice to draft a statement of principles explaining why the American colonies were breaking ties with the King of England. His soaring rhetoric would inspire generations of Americans t…
The fallen : the lost girls of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries and a legacy of silence / Louise Brangan.
"Everyone familiar with Ireland’s history has heard of the Magdalene Laundries, places where “fallen” women were sent for reform, but few understand that the Laundries were part of a larger carceral system in Ireland. There were prisons, but also asylums,…
Backtalker : an American memoir / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw.
"It is not very often that someone comes along and permanently reshapes the way Americans think about two of the most important issues of the day. In this case: race and gender. But that is what Kimberlé Crenshaw did when she articulated two concepts that…
The Parisian chapter : a novel / Janet Skeslien Charles.
"Paris, 1995: It’s been five years since Lily Jacobsen and her best friend Mary Louise arrived in Paris from their small town of Froid, Montana. Determined to establish themselves as artists, they shared a tiny walkup and survived on brie and baguettes. B…
Five weeks in the country : a novel / Francine Prose.
"In the summer of 1857, when British newspapers warned of an approaching comet about to destroy the earth, an unusual-looking stranger arrived at Charles Dickens's home, Gad's Hill, in the countryside outside London. Dickens had met Hans Christian Anderse…
And so it is... : a memoir of acceptance and hope / Jamie Lynn Sigler
"Jamie Lynn Sigler is both the girl-next-door and a superstar. Tapped at the young age of sixteen to star as Meadow Soprano, daughter of mob boss Tony Soprano, by the time the series ended in 2007, Jamie, then twenty-five, suffered from an eating disorder…
Your desired future : the five essential steps that take you where you want to go / Henry Cloud.
"In this big think book, Dr. Henry Cloud focuses on how you can move from your current state (here) to a desired future state (there) using intentional actions, practices, and structured strategies that every successful endeavor must contain. Introducing…
Ghost stories : a memoir / Siri Hustvedt.
"Ghost Stories is an intimate meditation on grief, memory, and enduring love, written after the death of Siri Hustvedt’s husband, Paul Auster. The book includes personal, never-before-seen writing by Auster—letters and notes to Siri and his last unfinishe…
Chasing the clouds away : a novel / Debbie Macomber.
"Maisy Gallagher has her own dreams, but when her father passes away, she selflessly sets them aside to help her family. Despite knowing it was the right thing to do, she can't help but wish for the road not taken. Chase Furst, the hardened heir to a fina…
Freeze fresh meal prep : 160 meal starters and make-ahead dishes for the freezer / Crystal Schmidt.
"Crystal Schmidt, best-selling author of Freeze Fresh, offers a unique approach to meal prep, with 160 recipes for complete meals as well as meal starters-dishes that can be partially prepared and frozen, then combined with pantry ingredients to make a co…
Platform decay / Martha Wells.
"Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good. After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know. Including human children. Ugh. This ma…
Enormous wings : a novel / Laurie Frankel.
"At seventy-seven, Pepper Mills is too old to be a stranger in a strange land. She didn't choose the Vista View Retirement Community of Austin, Texas-that would be her three grown children-but when she grudgingly moves in, she not only makes new friends, …
A long and speaking silence / Nghi Vo.
"Every story begins somewhere. On the banks of the Ya-lé River, the town of Luntien gathers to celebrate the start of the rainy season, but the celebration is marred by the arrival of refugees from the sea. Everyone has a story about the foreigners newly …
The girl with a thousand faces / Sunyi Dean.
"When Mercy Chan washes up on the shores of Hong Kong with no family, no money, and no memories, the only refuge she finds is the infamous, ghost-infested slum of Kowloon Walled City. Since then, she has rebuilt her life, working for the local triad as a …
Death's daughter / S.A. Barnes.
"After a lifetime of chaos, Jocasta has finally found her home with good friends, great classes, even a messy situationship with her former TA—a normal life. Well, as normal a life as the only child of Death can have. She’s always refused to embrace her…
Rules for the summer / Meghan Quinn
"He clicked "yes" on a dare. She bought a failing candy shop. Now they're neighbors for the summer--and neither is ready for what comes next. Renley Gossage has one shot to prove she's more than Cape Meril's favorite cautionary tale: restore her favorite …
A founding mother : a novel of Abigail Adams / Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie.
"In the heart of revolutionary Boston, Abigail Adams raises her children amid riots, blockades, and the outbreak of war. While her husband, John Adams, rises from country lawyer to nation-builder, often away for years at a time, Abigail builds her own ind…
The hill : a novel / Harriet Clark.
"After her mother is sentenced to life in a hilltop prison, Suzanna vows to return to the hill forever. An unexpectedly funny and deeply moving novel about the many ways we punish and return to each other. Suzanna Klein was a baby when her mother got up …
Shadow strike / Brad Taylor.
"After its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability pummeled, a rogue group of Iranian regime officials create a brazen plot to strike back at their hated enemies once and for all. The first step is the assassination of the Israeli prime minist…
Good joy, bad joy : a novel / Mikki Brammer.
"From the bestselling author of The Collected Regrets of Clover comes a vibrant, heartfelt novel about friendship over the decades, self-discovery, and what it means to have a life well-lived. Break the rules. Find your joy. For over eighty years, Joy Bri…
How to cheat your own death : a novel / Kristen Perrin.
"Some secrets are deadlier than others. 1968: Frances Adams is loving her new London life, and she’s stepped into a world of glamour thanks to her new friend, Vera Huntington--a magnetic socialite as mysterious as she is provocative. Vera dances around Lo…
The language of liars / S. L. Huang.
"In his training as a spy, Ro was warned: you will always be living a lie. Jumping into a Star Eater's mind in the first place requires a moment of perfect psychic connection, and he has studied all his life to comprehend their species. Admires them, resp…
The dream atlas : an interactive guide to dreamwork / Fiona Cook ; illustrated by Kathleen Neeley.
"Throughout history and in cultures around the globe, humans have looked to their dreams for creative inspiration as well as spiritual and practical insight. The Dream Atlas immerses readers in this time-honored tradition, offering clear strategies for es…
Clawed and dangerous : a Mrs. Murphy Mystery. Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrated by Michael Gellatly.
"The leaves have fallen in Crozet, Virginia, and with a sudden downpour of cold rain, autumn gloom has settled. But Harry and her best friend, Susan, are determined to cheer up the town, and with the help of a kind local doctor, they just might succeed. N…
Fair chase : a novel / Travis Mulhauser.
"There hasn’t been a gray wolf in Michigan’s lower peninsula in over 100 years, but when one migrates onto the Sawbrook family’s vast acreage, the small community of Cutler finds itself in the throes of a panic. A trail of mutilated chickens and barn cats…
The Emerson circle : the Concord radicals who reinvented the world / Bruce Nichols.
"In the 1840s, America was a land of utopian promise, and nowhere captured this spirit of possibility better than Concord, Massachusetts. At the heart of this intellectual and cultural revolution was Ralph Waldo Emerson, a national celebrity who brought t…
Selling opportunity : the story of Mary Kay / Mary Lisa Gavenas.
"The only woman in Forbes' Greatest Business Stories of All Time and the first woman to chair a company on the New York Stock Exchange, Mary Kay Ash has a life story that reads like a Barbara Taylor Bradford novel Growing up in Depression-era Texas, Mary …
An arcane study of stars / Sydney J Shields.
"When Claudia Jolicoeur is rejected from Cygnus University, a devilish stranger named Dorian appears in her nightmares and offers her a bargain: he will get her into Cygnus if she learns how to free him from a prison of stars. He takes a bite of her soul …
John of John / Douglas Stuart.
"Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry back home to the Isle of Harris to find that little has changed except for him. He returns to the windswept croft and the two pillars of his childhood: …
Break room. by Miye Lee ; translated by Sandy Joosun Lee.
"Eight unsuspecting people receive an invitation to participate in a new reality show called Break Room. But what starts as an opportunity for fame is quickly revealed to be something far more unsettling when they learn how they were chosen--voted in by t…
The duke : a novel / Anna Cowan.
"A sapphic regency romance about the duke who fears nothing... until the woman she never forgot walks through the door and brings her to her knees. - Set in a world of powerful female nobles and the women who love them... Kate, Duke of Howard, is known th…
Ghost town : a novel / Tom Perrotta.
"Jimmy Perrini lives in 1970s suburban New Jersey, a few miles from Manhattan, but a world apart. At the end of eighth grade, after tragedy strikes, Jimmy finds himself lost in a fog of grief that alienates him from friends and family, drifting instead in…
We burned so bright / TJ Klune.
"Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they've experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world. Now, the world is ending for real. A rogue black hole is coming for Earth an…
Just a busy season : essays on motherhood, an unexpected comedy / Taylor Wolfe.
""It's just a busy season," we say to ourselves after a chaotic morning (that we've had every day for the past three years). It turns out that season is actually just life, and here Taylor Wolfe explores the funny and dark side of all a busy life can enta…
This is not about running : a memoir / Mary Cain.
"Few women have ever run 800 meters in under two minutes. Even fewer people have taken on running’s abusive training culture and won. Mary Cain has done both. She emerged as a running phenom at age 12, a straight-A student obsessed with Greco-Roman mytho…
The secret war against hate : American resistance to antisemitism and white supremacy / Steven J. Ross.
"Americans today like to believe that the end of World War II brought a new era of tolerance in the United States. But antisemitism and racism went up--not down--after the war's end. Violence broke out in cities across the country, and the number of organ…
The rough side of the mountain : a memoir / Keisha Lance Bottoms.
"Long before Keisha Lance Bottoms rose to prominence in politics, she was a daddy’s girl from the west side of Atlanta—the baby of her family, who did well in school, though she talked too much in class; an outgoing kid who dreamed of growing up to be ele…
The madness pill : one doctor's quest to understand schizophrenia / Justin Garson.
"In the 1950s, the field of psychiatry had nothing to show for itself. While polio was being cured, antibiotics were being discovered, and cancer research was developing, the mental health world had no wins. Asylums were full and nobody had figured out ho…
Out law / Jim Butcher.
The past comes back in a big way for Chicago's only professional wizard. In a city that's just beginning to recover from the devastation caused by the Battle of Chicago, Harry Dresden is finally pulling himself together as well. He's ensconced in his own …
The Calamity Club : a novel / by Kathryn Stockett.
"Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable 'big girls' at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her sp…
The dark frontier : unlocking the secrets of the deep sea / By Jeffrey Marlow.
"The deep sea is one of our last frontiers. For most of human history, it was a vast, dark, and unknown realm that invoked awe and terror. Now, one thing we do know it is that it is critically important and central to the future of life on this planet. In…
Small boat / Vincent Delecroix ; translated by Helen Stevenson
"In November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the UK capsized in the English Channel, causing the deaths of 27 people on board. Despite receiving numerous calls for help, the French authorities wrongly told the migrants they we…
Into the blue : a love story / Emma Brodie.
"In the summer of 2000, AJ Graves dreams of writing for Saturday Night Live; instead, she’s stuck working in a video rental store, with slim odds of escaping her small Massachusetts town. Then in walks Noah Drew, the enigmatic and intense scion of the Dre…
Cat on a hot tin woof / Spencer Quinn.
"Chet the dog is less than enthusiastic about the Little Detective Agency’s next case. Chet and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, have been hired to find a missing person—only the missing person is a cat. Miss Kitty, an internet sensation, has disappea…
Duty, honor, country, and life : a tribute to the American spirit / Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy Retired)
"Admiral McRaven’s famous 2014 'Make Your Bed' speech at the University of Texas went viral with over 150 million views. Now, for the first time ever, comes a collection of his other speeches and writings that will inspire and motivate young and old reade…
Gather : Black food, nourishment, and the art of togetherness / Ashanté M. Reese.
"Food justice is defined as the understanding that our food system is unequal and that something needs to be done about it. But how can we create a world where everyone has enough? What does it mean to truly nourish ourselves and our communities? In Gath…
Muskism : a guide for the perplexed / Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff.
"Everyone’s got an Elon take. He’s a messiah. A menace; a genius; a clown. The verdicts differ, but they share one theme: they treat him as an individual. Muskism argues otherwise. Elon Musk isn’t a glitch in the system—he is the system. His worldview pr…
How to start : discovering your life's work / Jodi Kantor.
"Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jodi Kantor expands on her triumphant Columbia University commencement address, tackling the question, 'How, in this environment, is anyone supposed to find and start their life’s work?'...Jodi Kantor’s groundbreaking re…
Drownproof : eight life lessons to keep your head above water / Andy Stumpf, US Navy Seal (Ret.) ; foreword by Jocko Willink.
"A motivational guide to success and leadership based on the author's experience as a Navy SEAL. Drawing from his extensive military career, renowned Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf shares his hard-earned wisdom by reflecting on his own journey and offering advice…
Where the earth meets the sky : a story of penguins, people, and place in Antarctica / Louise K. Blight.
"Where the Earth Meets the Sky is a chronicle of Louise’s time working in the most isolated place in the world. With just one other human being and two thousand penguins for company, this remote Antarctic laboratory allowed her not only to advance the stu…
I choose me : chasing joy, finding purpose & embracing reinvention / Jennie Garth
"Jennie Garth is best known for playing the iconic role of Kelly Taylor in the hit television series “Beverly Hills, 90210.” Now in her 50s, she invites readers into the real story of growing up on screen, facing Hollywood’s impossible beauty standards, a…
Beyond inheritance : our ever-mutating cells and a new understanding of health / Roxanne Khamsi.
"Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and vitality. The common misconception is that this molecular blueprint stays the same throughout our lives. In reality, the genetic makeup of our cells is continuously mutating, fro…
A soldier's wife : my mother, the marvelous Mrs. Marilyn A. Underwood / Blair Underwood with Ylonda Gault
"Born in Buffalo, New York, Marilyn Ann Scales Underwood dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. Moving to New York City to study at the Traphagen School of Fashion, she became an assistant designer and eventually returned to her hometown where she began …
Paradox : a novel / Douglas Preston & Aletheia Preston.
"When a reclusive man is found dead under grisly circumstances in the Colorado wilderness, CBI Agent Frankie Cash and Eagle County Sheriff Jim Colcord, whom we met in...Extinction, team up again on their most enigmatic and dangerous case yet. Their invest…
Mad Mabel : a novel / by Sally Hepworth.
"There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years--longer than anyone else. Asid…
The antiquarian's object of desire / India Holton.
"When two history professors and best friends are forced to fake hate to protect their reputations, chaos ensues....Magical-antiques experts Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling have been best friends forever, although lately each has begun secretly wishing …
Last night in Brooklyn : a novel / Xochitl Gonzalez.
"At twenty-six, Alicia Canales Forten feels smothered by her future. She's in a long-distance relationship, living at home with her mother’s beliefs, saving up for her wedding to a future doctor. But after Alicia ventures out one night in the neighborhood…
For the love of the grind : a memoir / Sara Hall.
"Sara Hall has been a fixture atop American distance running for more than two decades: first as a national high school champion, then as an NCAA star at Stanford University, and later, as the only pro runner to ever win U.S. titles in the mile and the ma…
Where the music had to go : how Bob Dylan and the Beatles changed each other -- and the world / Jim Windolf.
"From Dylan’s initial dismissal of the Beatles as being for “teenyboppers” to his realization that they were “pointing the direction where music had to go”—and from the Beatles’ obsessive spinning of early Dylan records to their impromptu renditions of fi…
The Queen and her presidents : the hidden hand that shaped history / Susan Page.
"No American or foreign leader has met with as many sitting presidents as Queen Elizabeth II. Her Royal Majesty’s seventy-year reign witnessed the highs and lows of the close and crucial alliance between the U.S. and the U.K., from the Suez crisis to Brex…
Monsters in the archives : my year of fear with Stephen King / Caroline Bicks.
"After Caroline Bicks was named the University of Maineʼs inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, she became the first scholar to be granted extended access by King to his private archives, a treasure trove of manuscripts that document the legendar…
A deadly episode : a novel / Anthony Horowitz.
"Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne is dead. Or, rather, the actor playing him in the film adaptation of The Word is Murder is. Rising star David Caine has been stabbed, and it seems that everyone on the set had a motive. Caine had just fired his P…
Small town girls : a writer's memoir / Jayne Anne Phillips.
"Jayne Anne Phillips grew up in the small town of Buckhannon, West Virginia. The distinctly American landscape of Appalachia—dense with forests and small churches, rich in history and misunderstandings—has been the great setting for her fiction, even as s…
What ever happened to Eddy Crane? : a memoir and an investigation / Kate Crane.
"One night when Kate Crane was twelve, her father called to say he was on his way home from his trucking business. He never showed up. Kate and her family were left stunned, with no explanation or resolution on the horizon. Twenty years later, now a journ…
Screen people : how we entertained ourselves into a state of emergency / Megan Garber.
"Whether it’s our reality-television-star President or our expertly curated Instagram feeds, the line between fact and fiction—between what’s real and what’s fabricated for entertainment—has never been more blurred. Screen People explores what happens whe…
Death by chocolate ladyfingers / Sarah Graves.
"As the sun sets on summer in Eastport, local celebrations are in full swing—and Jake and Ellie have their hands full supplying the most decadent of desserts for extended family gatherings, class reunions, and other catered events. The organizers for East…
Lidie : the further travels and adventures of Lidie Newton / Jane Smiley.
"Christmas, 1857. America’s future is precarious; civil war looms on the horizon. After her abolitionist husband is murdered in the lawless Kansas Territory, Lidie Newton returns, in mourning, to her hometown of Quincy, Illinois. But her sisters have litt…
Ghosts of Sicily : the true story of the naval intelligence agents who courted the mob to fight Nazis in America and the battlefields of Italy / Mark Harmon.
"It's 1942, and New York City is at war. German U-boats are sinking ships just miles offshore, and Washington, DC, is convinced that waterfront spies are providing intelligence targeting the ships. To thwart the threat, the Office of Naval Intelligence re…
A woman's place : a novel / Danielle Steel.
"In April 1912, twenty-three-year-old Lady Victoria Oldbrooke is traveling with her beloved father from England on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. But when the ship strikes an iceberg and lifeboats are lowered with women and children first, Lord Alfred …
When we see you again / Rachel Goldberg-Polin.
"On the morning of October 7th, 2023, Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s beloved twenty-three-year-old son, Hersh, was stolen from a music festival billed as a celebration of unity and love—and, in that moment, her life was forever separated into The Before and The …
A room in Bombay : a memoir / Manil Suri.
"Indian American author Manil Suri grew up in a large crumbling apartment in Bombay (now Mumbai) which his parents, who were Hindu, shared with three Muslim families. Their single room, at times a refuge from the religious and territorial tensions pervadi…
The westerners : mythmaking and belonging on the American frontier / Megan Kate Nelson.
"The Westerners tells two richly detailed and interwoven stories. The first reveals the captivating lives of women and men moving through the American West—Indigenous peoples, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Canadian and Asian immigrants—in the 19…
How to deal with your (  ) so your kids don't have to* : an encyclopedia for ditching your emotional baggage / Eli Hardwood, MA, LPC
"Because our kids can feel what we don’t heal. Are you determined to parent differently than you were raised? Ready to break cycles, heal old wounds, and give your children the emotionally close relationship you always wanted? This is your roadmap. Why Th…
Thistlemarsh / Moorea Corrigan.
"Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the very foolish, or the very determined, who held out hope for their return. In the wake of World War I, the world is a decidedly unmagical place for …
Dogs, boys, and other things I’ve cried about : a memoir / by Isabel Klee.
"A Jersey girl by birth, Isabel Klee had always wanted to live in New York City. At age 20, she got her chance, ditching her college upstate and moving into a grungy basement apartment in Manhattan. Dog-obsessed since childhood, her first post-grad job wa…
Invasive species : a novel / Ellery Adams.
"Something's not right in Cold Harbor--more so than usual. While this sleepy small town has seen its fair share of monsters in cheating husbands and leering bosses, none are as hungry as Mrs. Smith. The mysterious resident has finally emerged from her cru…
Love, finally : untangling the knot between mothers, daughters, and food / Geneen Roth ; foreword By Anne Lamot.
"For nearly four decades, Geneen Roth has been a trusted and beloved voice, guiding women on how to give up dieting, end compulsive eating, and tune into their intuition. Her books have sold millions of copies and her workshops have months-long waiting li…
The madness of believing : a memoir from inside Alex Jones's conspiracy machine / Josh Owens.
"At twenty-four-years old, Josh Owens dropped out of film school when a job offer arrived from the very world that had already begun to warp his sense of reality. After years of being pulled in by Alex Jones’s magnetic persona and anti-establishment defia…
The future is peace : a shared journey across the Holy Land / Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
"Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon forged a bond of brotherhood when the world expected them to be enemies. Both have lost family to the conflict. Both have known the bitterness of righteous anger. Yet, they chose a different path. In The …
The lumber baron's wife : a novel / Lynn Austin.
"1873. After a devastating loss, Hannah Wagner never imagined she'd leave her comfortable home for the harsh, unfamiliar wilderness near Lake Michigan. But when Henry Abernathy--a friend of her husband, John--offers them a fresh start in a booming lumber …
The caretaker : a novel / Marcus Kliewer.
"EXCITING OPPORTUNITY: Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY. Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention—it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all—vaguely ominous. Bu…
The mountains we call home : the book woman's legacy : a novel / Kim Michele Richardson.
"In this standalone and companion novel to the The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series, our heroine for the ages, legendary book woman, Cussy Lovett, returns home. A powerful testament of strength, survival, and the magic of the printed word, The Mount…
Through mom's eyes : simple wisdom from mothers who raised extraordinary humans / Sheinelle Jones
"When Sheinelle Jones launched "Through Mom's Eyes," a recurring Today show segment interviewing celebrities' mothers about raising successful kids, she had an ulterior motive--she wanted to bring all their wisdom to bear on raising her own three children…
Morsel / Carter Keane.
"Lou did what the children of parents with backbreaking, poorly paying jobs are supposed to do: pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office gig with coworkers who won’t stop talking about their multilevel marketing scheme disguised as sel…
Japanese gothic : a novel / Kylie Lee Baker.
"October, 2026: Lee Turner doesn’t remember how or why he killed his college roommate. The details are blurred and bloody. All he knows is he has to flee New York and go to the one place that might offer refuge—his father’s new home in Japan, a house hidd…
The edge of space-time : particles, poetry, and the cosmic dream boogie / Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
"In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shared with her audience an abiding sense of wonder at the cosmos, while imagining a world without the entrenched injustice that plagues her fiel…
Concrete botany : the ecology of plants in the age of human disturbance / Joey Santore.
"The choices of modern civilization have led to a f***ed-up planet, scraped bare and covered in concrete and invasive species. We’ve wiped out entire ecosystems, moved invasive plants to new continents where they don’t belong, and, in a few hundred years,…
Self-help from the middle ages : what the seven deadly sins can teach us about living / Peter Jones
"Peter Jones was teaching medieval history at a university in Siberia when his third icy winter there plunged him into a dark place. Luckily, he knew something few of us know– that for all its reputation for darkness and superstition, the Middle Ages were…
Extra sauce : the good, the bad, and the onions : a memoir / Zahra Tangorra.
"At twenty-two years old, Zahra Tangorra was trying on adulthood and attempting to find herself when a harrowing near-death experience stopped her in her tracks. It felt like a twisted version of a second chance. Who am I? she asked herself. What do I lov…
The violence : my family's Colombian War / Adriana E. Ramírez.
"When presumed president-elect Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, champion of the working class and harbinger of a new era of progressive social change, is assassinated on the eve of Colombia’s 1948 presidential election, the capital is plunged into bloodshed. So begi…
Homesick nomad : settling into an untethered life / Brianna Madia.
"Brianna Madia is renowned for her honest and enthralling accounts of life in the wilderness, finding her own way by rejecting society’s expectations, so what happens when she falls in love and has to reset the boundaries of her fierce independence? Home…
Secure : the revolutionary guide to creating a secure life / Amir Levine, MD.
"Amir Levine, MD, coauthor of the groundbreaking, multimillion-copy international bestseller Attached, presents a bold new promise-that anyone can learn to create a secure life-and offers practical cutting-edge tools to achieve it"-- Provided by publisher…
Go gentle : a novel / Maria Semple.
"Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcee, she lives amongst friends and culture on New York's Upper West Side, and works for the ultra-wealthy and secretive Lockwood family as a private ethics tutor for their tween boys. Her…
RFK Jr. : the fall and rise / Isabel Vincent
"Born into one of the most storied families in American history, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was fourteen years old when his father was assassinated. He has since spent his life grappling with the weight of his family’s legacy. Like his martyred father, RFK Jr.…
The Lost Cities of El Norte : Coronado's quest, the unconquered West, and the birth of American Indian resistance / Peter Stark.
"In 1540, the grandest exploring expedition ever assembled in the Americas paraded north from the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, a glittering column of 2,000 men heading into the unknown. Their destination was El Norte Misterioso—The Mysterious …
Famesick : a memoir / Lena Dunham.
"For the last decade, as she’s spent countless hours in doctor’s waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunham’s body has felt, as she puts it, "like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight…
Last branch standing : a potentially surprising, occacionally witty journey inside today's Supreme Court / Sarah Isgur.
"A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court in the "Roberts era," revealing what we get wrong about the nine justices (and what they eat for lunch) and the right way to fix a Court in crisis-from the popular ABC news pundit and wi…
Keep it simple y'all : every day / Matthew Bounds with Lukas Volge ; photographs by Jim Henkens.
"With his delicious and doable recipes, Matthew Bounds proves that the comfort of a home cooked meal is easier than you think. In Keep It Simple Y’all: Every Day, Matthew is back with a brand-new set of easy-to-follow recipes for every occasion, delivered…
Start with yourself : a new vision for work & life / Emma Grede.
"Based on the factors of her early life—she’s the child of a working-class single mother and grew up in a rough neighborhood in East London and dropped out of high school—you’d never guess that Emma Grede would go on to become one of America’s richest sel…
Waiting for dawn : living with uncertainty / Marisa Renee Lee.
"Lee guides you through the hard times that arise unexpectedly and disrupt your life for indeterminate periods. Uncertainty and fear impact how you interact with the world and understand your place in it. You manage the loneliness and isolation by convinc…
Rasputin : the downfall of the Romanovs / Antony Beevor.
"When Russia’s Dowager Empress was pregnant with the future Tsar, she dreamed that a peasant would one day kill her son. The idea terrified her, and for the rest of her days she ‘lived under the pressure of the prophecy’. Did the prophecy come true with t…
The subtle art of folding space / John Chu.
"Ellie's universe--and this one--is falling apart. Her ailing mother is in a coma; her sister, Chris, accuses her of being insufficiently Chinese between assassination attempts; and a shadowy cabal of engineers is trying to hijack the skunkworks, the mach…
Death times seven / Anne Perry and Victoria Zackheim.
"1913: Junior attorney Daniel Pitt must step in for his friend, fellow attorney Toby Kitteridge, whose parents have been brutally attacked. Toby’s mother is dead and his father, a village vicar, is barely alive. With Toby returning to the family home in r…
A terrible intimacy : interracial life in the slaveholding South / Melvin Patrick Ely.
"A white man hosts a wedding party for his Black servant and finds himself charged with a criminal offense; an overseer ends up dead after getting drunk with a slave; two men, one poor and white and the other enslaved, team up to plot a murder. A Terrible…
Last one out : a novel / Jane Harper.
"Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise…
Leave your mess at home : a novel / Tolani Akinola.
"The Longe siblings are really botching their parents’ American Dream. Sola Longe, eldest daughter, estranged from the family, is secretly back home in Chicago for the first time in a decade. She’s a newly single and recently disgraced influencer trying t…
The faith of beasts / James S. A. Corey.
"The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran's command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered. Dafyd Alkhor, highest among their human captives…
Hope rises : a thriller / David Baldacci.
"Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on the road to revenge after becoming an informant for the FBI against a global criminal operation headed up by Victoria Steers. Steers has ripped everything Nash held dear away from him. He has not…
The patchwork players / Jennifer Chiaverini.
"Acclaimed TV actress Julia Merchaud almost can't believe her good fortune. Her beloved historical drama, A Patchwork Life, revived her career and made stars of several younger actors. But Julia's happiness turns to dismay when she learns that the hit sho…
Cherry baby / Rainbow Rowell.
"Everybody knows that Cherry's husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie . . . Almost nobody knows that he isn't coming home. Tom is the creator of Thursday--a semi-autobiographical webcomic that's become an international phenomenon. Semi-autobiographi…
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…
West of wicked / Nikki St Crowe.
"No one is safe on the Yellow Brick Road. Dorothy Gale doesn't know where she came from. At the age of five, she was dropped on Em and Henry's doorstep while a terrible storm rolled across the Kansas prairie. Now as an adult, Dorothy has made the most of …
Korean messiah : Kim Il Sung and the Christian roots of North Korea's personality cult / Jonathan Cheng.
"A landmark history of North Korea, told through the rise of the Kim Dynasty and its surprising ties to American Christianity--a spectacular, penetrating account of a world like no other. North Korea. The Hermit Kingdom. For eight decades, it has marched …
Attention : writing on life, art, and the world / Anne Enright.
From one of our most distinguished literary voices, a defining essay collection blending personal reflection with urgent political writing and wide-ranging cultural criticism.
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 Rolling Stones : the biography / Bob Spitz.
"All great music is a threat. What left is there to say about The Rolling Stones? A hell of a lot, it turns out. Bob Spitz has brought his indefatigable energy and five decades of experiences in the fields and hollows of rock ‘n’ roll to bear on his five-…
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…
Evidence of the extraordinary : discoveries from the series the Proof is out there® / Miguel Sancho
"In recent years the assumed existence of UFOs/UAPs, the widespread acceptance of government interference in the truth, and reconsideration of a litany of other inexplicable phenomena has gone from whispers at the edges of polite discussion to the very ce…
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…
Where the water meets the sky : a novel / Diane Les Becquets
"On a night in January, on the Garden Peninsula of Michigan, a farmhouse burns to the ground. A young child makes it out and flees into the woods with a book of matches in her hand. Ten years later, Abby, a lover of birds and the natural world, returns to…
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…
The First Lady next door : a memoir of Iceland, identity, and unexpected adventure / Eliza Reid
"What if finding your voice matters most when you feel out of place? In early 2016, Eliza Reid's biggest daily goals were modest but meaningful: showering without one of her four kids bursting into the bathroom, juggling clients without dropping a deadlin…
It wasn't meant to be perfect : a memoir / Gaelynn Lea.
"Gaelynn Lea was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Her parents were loving, cash-strapped theater kids, and she grew up racing about in her first electric wheelchair, having adventures with her siblings, and handing out playbills at her parents' dinner t…
I belong to me : a survivor's guide to recovery and hope after religious trauma / Tia Levings
"Indoctrinated from early childhood to obey, conform, and want what others wanted for her, Tia Levings learned love and acceptance meant being someone other than herself. After years of abuse in a violent marriage and high-control religion, Tia Levings es…
Come eat : 100 nourishing recipes to eat every day / Melissa Ben-Ishay ; photography by Ashley Sears
"At Melissa Ben-Ishay’s house, mealtimes are filled with nutritious dishes that satisfy everyone at the table—without sacrificing time. In Come Eat, Melissa invites you to pull up a chair to enjoy the delicious recipes her busy family loves (even the pick…
This vast enterprise : a new history of Lewis & Clark / Craig Fehrman
"In 1806, when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return from their journey—having led the Corps of Discovery across eight thousand miles of rapids, mountains, forests, and ravines—they bring an incredible tale starring themselves as courageous explorers,…
Organ speak : what it really means to listen to our bodies / Giulia Enders ; illustrations by Jill Enders ; translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch.
"In a world that is becoming ever louder and more complex, sometimes the best perspective is to look inward—at our own physicality. For thousands of years, our bodies have faced challenges and found their own unique ways to overcome them. What can we lear…
Happiness included : Jan Brady and beyond / Eve Plumb ; with Marcia Wilkie.
"Eve Plumb’s six decades as a TV and stage actress reads like a veritable history of the golden age of TV. Her long career began when a talent agent in her Los Angeles neighborhood suggested that the six year old audition for a national TV commercial. She…
From life itself : Turkey, Istanbul, and a neighborhood in the age of Erdoğan / Suzy Hansen.
"One neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on a city, country, region, and world in a state of upheaval. Karagumruk, an Istanbul neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and a massive influx of…
Mother Earth is our elder : a northern indigenous path toward sustainable living / Katlia
"The Dene in Canada’s North West territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling environmental racism on the front lines of historical environmental protests, to innovating sustainable resources, to living a balanced life throu…
The fullness of time : marking the day by birdsong, blooms, shadows, and stars / Cathy Haynes
"Most of us live fully digitized lives, staring at screens and tracking our data. We think of time as the relentless march of abstract, identical hours that control the shape of our days. But what might we gain from exploring the forgotten art of sensing …
Edmonia : a novel of a boundary-breaking American sculptress / Brianne Baker.
"At the age of 8, orphaned, precocious Wildfire seems fated to a life of toil selling her handmade crafts to Niagara Falls tourists alongside her Ojibwe aunts. But Wildfire’s older half-brother, Samuel, has been making other plans for his gifted sibling. …
Some like it fudgy / Nancy Coco
"As a gesture of goodwill, Allie is bringing a tray of assorted fudge to her new husband’s ex-wife, Melonie. But she finds Melonie’s body on the floor of her photography studio—where a remote-controlled camera keeps snapping picture after picture. In one,…
In the spirit of French murder / Colleen Cambridge.
"Tabitha has enjoyed an entertaining afternoon in Julia’s kitchen, but her return home is a bit jarring. As she arrives at her grandfather’s rue de l’Universitémansion, a woman bursts out the door babbling about messages from spirits and a warning Grand-p…