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The manicurist's daughter : a memoir / Susan Lieu.
"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her ow…
Black wolf / Juan Gómez-Jurado ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor, Lorenza Garcia.
"Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to see what others miss, able to solve the crimes that baffle all others. The only thing she fears is herself. Antonia is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes to solve t…
Cloistered : my years as a nun / Catherine Coldstream.
"An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered takes the reader deep into the hidden world of a traditional Carmelite monastery as it approaches the third Millennium and tells the story of an intense person…
Forever Barbie : the unauthorized biography of a real doll / M.G. Lord.
"Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie’s impact has been revolutionary. Far from being a toy designed by men to oppress women, she was a toy invented by women to teach women what was expected of them, for better or for worse. Whether tarred-and-glittered…
In sunshine or in shadow / Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles.
New York, 1908: The days are getting longer and warmer in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn't want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she's expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westc…
The dead years / Jeffrey B. Burton.
"A serial killer, dormant for years, reawakens after viewing a Netflix docuseries depicting his string of homicides. The killer is not happy with his portrayal and no one in the cast and crew is safe!...Siblings Cory and Crystal Pratt are still trying to …
Help wanted : a novel / Adelle Waldman.
"Every day at 3:55 a.m., members of Team Movement clock in for their shift at big-box store Town Square in a small upstate New York town. Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the day's truck of merchandise, stock the she…
Struck dead / Andrea Kane.
"When a tragic hit-and-run takes the life of a hardworking family man, multi-millionaire Christopher Hillington becomes the prime suspect, and the whole city of New York alights with speculation as to what happened. But before the NYPD can establish Hilli…
Until August : a novel / Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean ; edited by Cristóbal Pera.
"Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. …
Sun of blood and ruin / Mariely Lares.
"Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there’s a new vigilante in town serving justice. This [novel is a] reimagining of Zorro—featuring a heroic warrior sorceress—[that] weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history two decades …
Riley Thorn and the blast from the past / Lucy Score.
"Riley Thorn and her hot, tattooed, private investigator boyfriend Nick Santiago are all moved in to their new fixer-upper. Not only do they finally have their own place, they also haven't found any new dead bodies on the premises. Yep. It looks like sum…
Great expectations : a novel / by Vinson Cunningham.
"I’d seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the …
Those beyond the wall / Micaiah Johnson.
"In Ashtown, a rough-and-tumble desert community, the Emperor rules with poisoned claws and an iron fist. He can’t show any sign of weakness, as the neighboring Wiley City has spent lifetimes beating down the people of Ashtown and would love nothing more …
Egyptian made : women, work, and the promise of liberation / Leslie T. Chang.
"What happens to the women who choose to work in a country struggling to reconcile a traditional culture with the demands of globalization? In this sharply drawn, immersive portrait of Egyptian society, veteran reporter Leslie T. Chang follows three women…
Shakespeare's sisters : how women wrote the Renaissance / Ramie Targoff.
"Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the mid-sixteenth century into the private lives of four women writers working at a time when women were legally the property of men. Some readers may have heard of Mary Sidney,…
The underground library : a novel / Jennifer Ryan.
"When the new deputy librarian, Juliet Lansdown, finds that Bethnal Green Library isn’t the bustling hub she is expecting, she becomes determined to breathe life back into it. But can she show the men in charge that a woman is up to the task of running th…
The painter's daughters / Emily Howes.
"Peggy and Molly Gainsborough—the daughters of one of England’s most famous portrait artists of the 1700s and the frequent subject of his work—are best friends. They spy on their father as he paints, rankle their mother as she manages the household, and r…
The other valley : a novel / Scott Alexander Howard.
"Sixteen-year-old Odile is an awkward, quiet girl vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns the position, she’ll decide who may cross her town’s heavily guarded borders. On the other side, it’s the same valley, the same town. Except to the eas…
Blessed water / Margot Douaihy.
"Tattooed from her neck to her toes and sporting a gold tooth as sharp as her wisecracks, Sister Holiday struggles to stay on the righteous path. Never one to make things easy for herself, she’s committed to taking her permanent vows with the Sisters of t…
Elevate and dominate : 21 ways to win on and off the field / Deion Sanders ; with Don Yaeger ; foreword by John C. Maxwell.
"A natural-born leader, Deion Sanders demands and expects the best from himself and from those around him, never settling for anything less. Whether it’s dealing with intense pressure, using the competition to his advantage, or navigating personal challen…
The primary solution : rescuing our democracy from the fringes / Nick Troiano.
"Congress has become an unproductive and unaccountable mess. Polls show that only 20 percent of Americans think it’s doing a good job—yet 90 percent of incumbents are reelected. This shocking discrepancy is a natural outcome of our system of party primari…
The Washington book : how to read politics and politicians / Carlos Lozada.
"As a long-time book critic and columnist in Washington, Carlos Lozada dissects all manner of texts: commission reports, political reporting, Supreme Court decisions, and congressional inquiries to understand the controversies animating life in the capita…
It's hard for me to live with me : a memoir / Rex Chapman with Seth Davis.
"He is considered by many the greatest basketball player ever produced by the hoops-crazy state of Kentucky. In two years at the University of Kentucky, he scored over 1,000 points, led the Wildcats to a Sweet Sixteen appearance and was nicknamed 'King Re…
Murder at la Villette / Cara Black.
"Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc doesn’t know that her life is about to be upended. Her ex, Melac, has been hounding her to move their daughter, Chloé, to Brittany. Aimée is fed up with his threats to take her to court and has stopped answering …
Say hello to my little friend : a novel / Jennine Capó Crucet.
"Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes—you can call him Izzy—might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and r…
In the shadow of the Greenbrier : a novel / Emily Matchar.
"Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must …
The dead guy next door / Lucy Score.
"A nice, normal life. Is that too much to ask? For Riley Thorn it is. Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she's diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they're clairvoyant visions. Just …
A good bad boy : Luke Perry and how a generation grew up / Margaret Wappler.
"Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have been other deaths of 90’s stars, but this one hit different. Gen X was reminded of their own inescapabl…
Fruit of the dead : a novel / Rachel Lyon.
This book is a "reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld. Camp counselor Cory Ansel, eig…
Still see you everywhere / Lisa Gardner.
"Frankie Elkin is an expert at finding the missing persons that the rest of the world has forgotten, but even she couldn’t have anticipated this latest request—to locate the long-lost sister of a female serial killer facing execution in three weeks’ time.…
No better time : a novel of the spirited women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion / Sheila Williams.
"In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Dorothy Thom, Spelman graduate, librarian and Francophile, joins the Women’s Army Corps wanting to do her part for the war effort. Longing for adventure, she has one question for the recruiter: …
Daybreak : a novel / Matt Gallagher.
"Thirty-three-year-old Luke 'Pax' Paxton has been out of the US military for almost a decade, adrift in an America he no longer understands, haunted by a mistake made in an unforgiving moment of combat. When an old army friend suggests they travel to Ukra…
Watch where they hide / Tamron Hall ; with T. Shawn Taylor.
"After dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can’t believe that her sister would ever wil…
Finlay Donovan rolls the dice / Elle Cosimano.
"Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They plan a trip to Atlantic City, but odds are—seeing as it’s actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero’s childhood cru…
In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"Unlike most white Americans who can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to step foot on this country’s shores, most African Americans encounter a series of daunting obstacles when trying to trace their fami…
The Blues Brothers : an epic friendship, the rise of improv, and the making of an American film classic / Daniel de Visé.
"'They're not going to catch us,' Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. 'We're on a mission from God.' So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted missi…
The messy life of Jane Tanner / Brenda Novak.
"When your life is chaotic, what’s one more complication? Jane Tanner’s friends are settling down, while she’s been settling for less. She longs for adventure and the big city, but caring for her ailing grandfather means she's shackled to her small town.…
A grave robbery / Deanna Raybourn.
"Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud’s. But when Stoker goes to cut the man…
The return of great powers : Russia, China, and the next world war / Jim Sciutto.
"Powerful nations are determined to assert dominance on the world stage. And as their push for power escalates, a new order will affect everyone across the globe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a part of it, but in reality, this power struggle impacts ev…
All our yesterdays : a novel of Lady Macbeth / Joel H. Morris.
"Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household and granddaughter of a forgotten Scottish king, a young girl carries the guilt of her mother's death and the weight of an unknowable prophecy. When she is married, at fifteen, to the Mormaer of Moray,…
Becoming Madam Secretary / by Staphanie Dray
"Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference. When she’s not working with children in the crowded …
2054 : a novel / Elliot Ackerman ; Admiral James Stavridis.
"It is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that’s held power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in …
Anita de Monte laughs last / Xochitl Gonzalez.
"1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten—certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student…
Happily never after / Lynn Painter.
"Their name? The objectors. Their job? To break off weddings as hired. Their dilemma? They might just be in love with each other. When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her wedding that her fiancae has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call…
What grows in the dark : a novel / Jaq Evans.
"Sixteen years ago, Brigit Weylan’s older sister, Emma, walked into the woods in their small hometown of Ellis Creek. She never walked out. People said she was troubled—in the months leading up to her death, she was convinced there was a monster in those …
I am Rome : a novel of Julius Caesar / Santiago Posteguillo ; translated by Frances Riddle.
"Rome, 77 B.C. The corrupt Senator Dolabella is about to go on trial for his crimes. But Dolabella owns the jury. He’s hired the best lawyers in the city. And he’s very willing to use violence against those who oppose him. In all of Rome, no man dares acc…
Blood money : why the powerful turn a blind eye while China kills Americans / Peter Schweizer.
"It's often said that China is in a cold war with America. The reality is far worse: the war is hot, and the body count is one-sided. China is killing Americans and working aggressively to maximize the carnage while our leaders remain passive and, in some…
The riddles of the sphinx : inheriting the feminist history of the crossword puzzle / Anna Shechtman.
"Combining the soul-baring confessional of 'Brain on Fire' and the addictive storytelling of 'The Queens Gambit', 'The Riddles of the Sphinx' is a renowned puzzle creators compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected s…
The hunter / Tana French.
"It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Irela…
Never too late : a novel / Danielle Steel.
"Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband’s venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also fre…
Waiting for the monsoon / Rod Nordland.
In 2019, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who reported in over 150 countries, many in violent upheaval, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, which gave him the strength to face more personal conflicts, in this unforgettable final dispatch tha…
The tower : a novel / Flora Carr.
"Scotland, 1567. A pregnant Mary, Queen of Scots is dragged out of her palace by rebel lords and imprisoned in the isolated Lochleven Castle, an ancient fortress surrounded by a vast lake. Her infant son and heir, James, has been captured by her enemies. …
Finding Sophie : a novel / Imran Mahmood.
"Two parents, desperate to find their missing daughter, stand accused of murder. How far will they go to find the truth? Someone is guilty. For the last seventeen years, everything Harry and Zara King have done has been for their crown jewel, Sophie, thei…
Women of good fortune : a novel / Sophie Wan.
At a high-society Shanghai wedding, the reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own personal motives and fed up with the way society treats women, forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big day.
Listen for the lie / Amy Tintera.
"After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring …
Double grudge donuts / Ginger Bolton.
"When the Fallingbrook Arts Festival rolls into town weeks before she’s set to tie the knot, Emily expects talent and friendly competition at the week-long summer series to go together like coffee and double fudge. But the fun crumbles fast after a lively…
The house of hidden meanings : a memoir / RuPaul.
"Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and supermogu…
A catered quilting bee / Isis Crawford.
"Quilts, quiet, and delicious food. That’s exactly what Bernie and Libby expect as they build the menu for the Longely Sip and Sew Quilting Circle’s first-ever exhibition hosted at the local library. The eclectic ladies of the group couldn’t appear more h…
Murder at an Irish chipper / Carlene O'Connor.
"Siobhán’s brother Eoin’s new family restaurant, The O’Sullivan Six, is so close to opening—but waiting on the necessary permits plus the heat of July in the village of Kilbane in County Cork is driving everyone a bit mad. Macdara Flannery comes to the re…
Four thousand paws : caring for the dogs of the Iditarod : a veterinarian's story / Lee Morgan.
An intimate account―the first from a trail veterinarian―of the canines who brave the challenges of the Iditarod. Few sporting events attract as much attention, or create as much spectacle, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Each March, despite subzero …
A fire so wild : a novel / Sarah Ruiz-Grossman.
"As a wildfire threatens Berkeley, the city's inhabitants are forced to reckon with the cracks in the lives they've built. Abigail, a wealthy white woman, decides to throw a lavish birthday in a hillside mansion to raise money for the city's newest afford…
Every single secret / Christina Dodd.
"In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company. For she has a mission that drives her—to avenge herself against Gregory Torval, the powerful drug and arms dealer who murdered …
The bezzle / Cory Doctorow.
The year is 2006. Martin Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He spends his downtime on Catalina Island, where sc…
Mona of the manor : a novel / Armistead Maupin.
"When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa—allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfill his wildest dreams—she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, Teddy’s grand, romantic country manor in the…
The great divide : a novel / Cristina Henriquez.
"It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision …
Pelican girls : a novel / Julia Malye.
"Paris, 1720. La Salpêtrière hospital is in crisis: too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across the world, France's colony in the wilds of North America has space to spare and needs families to fill it. So the director of the hospital rounds up ne…
The new couple in 5B : a novel / Lisa Unger.
"Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccably unif…
Leave no trace / A.J. Landau.
"In a daring, brutal act of terrorism, an explosion rocks and topples the Statue of Liberty. Special Agent Michael Walker of the National Park Service is awakened by his boss with that news and sent to New York as the agent-in-charge. Not long after he la…
Zenith man : death, love, and redemption in a Georgia courtroom / McCracken Poston Jr..
"In October 1997, the town of Ringgold in northwest Georgia was shaken by reports of a murder in its midst. A dead woman was found in Alvin Ridley’s house—and even more shockingly, she was the wife no one knew he had. McCracken Poston had been a state re…
Maktub : an inspirational companion to The alchemist / Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
"Each story offers an illuminated path to see life and the lives of our fellow people around the world in new ways, allowing us to tap into universal truths about our collective and individual humanity. As Coelho writes, 'a man who seeks only the light, w…
Grief is for people / Sloane Crosley.
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley’s memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend. How do we live without the ones we love? Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship, and …
The inmate / Freida McFadden.
"There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But none …
Piglet : a novel / Lottie Hazell.
"Outside of a childhood nickname she can’t shake, Piglet’s rather pleased with how her life’s turned out. An up-and-coming cookbook editor at a London publishing house, she’s got lovely, loyal friends and a handsome fiancé, Kit, whose rarefied family she …
The boy who cried bear / Kelley Armstrong.
"Haven's Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it's supposed to be, being that it's a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton already feel at home in their new town, which reminds …
Bye, baby : a novel / Carola Lovering.
"On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks do…
Why we remember : unlocking memory's power to hold on to what matters / Charan Ranganath, PhD.
"A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember, pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath radically reframes the way we think about the everyday act of remembering. Combining accessible…
Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout / Cal Newport.
"Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Ca…
White rural rage : the threat to American democracy / Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman.
"It's an open secret that voters in smaller, less populous states have more electoral power than their urban counterparts, so why are these same voters the most eager to leave behind democratic principles? In Held Hostage, political scientists Thomas Scha…
Medea : a novel / Eilish Quin.
"Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the brutal act of killing her own children to exact vengeance on her deceitful husband, the Argonauts leader Jason, Medea has carved out a singularly infamous niche i…
Life after power : seven presidents and their search for purpose beyond the White House / Jared Cohen.
"Life After Power tells the stories of seven former presidents, from the Founding to today. Each changed history. Each offered lessons about how to decide what to do in the next chapter of life. Thomas Jefferson was the first former president to accompli…
After Annie : a novel / Anna Quindlen.
"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is ove…
Birding to change the world : a memoir / Trish O'Kane.
"In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment. Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative …
American woman / Katie Rogers.
"The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady's role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative--from a White House correspo…
American Negra : a memoir / Natasha S. Alford.
"Alford illustrates the complexity of being multiethnic in Upstate New York and society’s flawed teachings about matters of identity. When she travels to Puerto Rico for the first time, she is the darkest in her family, and navigates shame for not speakin…
The American daughters : a novel / Maurice Carlos Ruffin.
"When Adebimpe is ten, she is sold with her mother Sanite to plantation owner John du Marche. He soon renames her Ady but Sanite never lets her daughter forget who she really is: a person who can read and write and understand numbers. Most importantly, Sa…
Murder in the tea leaves / Laura Childs.
"When Theodosia Browning reads the tea leaves on the set of the movie, Dark Fortunes, things go from spooky to worse. Lights are dimmed, the camera rolls, and red hot sparks fly as the film’s director is murdered in a tricky electrical accident. Or was i…
3 shades of blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the lost empire of cool / James Kaplan.
"The myth of the ’60s depends on the 1950s being the 'before times' of conformity, segregation, straightness—The Lonely Crowd and The Organization Man. This all carries some truth, but it does nothing to explain how, in 1959, America’s great indigenous ar…
Wandering stars : a novel / Tommy Orange.
"Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the …
My name was Eden : a novel / Eleanor Barker-White.
When her daughter Eden, after surviving a drowning incident, comes home from the hospital and starts calling herself Eli, the name she'd reserved for Eden's unborn twin, Lucy knows something's very wrong with Eden as her disturbing behavior escalates.
Parasol against the axe / Helen Oyeyemi.
In this "novel, the Czech capital is a living thing—one that can let you in or spit you out. For reasons of her own, Hero Tojosoa accepts an invitation she was half expected to decline, and finds herself in Prague on a bachelorette weekend hosted by her e…
Murder road / Simone St. James.
"July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the…
Three kinds of lucky / Kim Harrison.
"Petra Grady has known since adolescence that she has no talent for magic--and that's never going to change. But as a sweeper first-class, she's parlayed her rare ability to handle dross--the damaging, magical waste generated by her more talented kin's sp…
Whiskey tender : a memoir / Deborah Jackson Taffa.
"Deborah Jackson Taffa was raised to believe that some sacrifices were necessary to achieve a better life. Her grandparents—citizens of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo tribe—were sent to Indian boarding schools run by white missionaries, while her pa…
Languishing : how to feel alive again in a world that wears you down / Corey Keyes.
"Languishing—the state of mental weariness that erodes our self-esteem, motivation, and sense of meaning—can be easy to brush off as the new normal, especially since indifference is one of its symptoms. It is not a synonym for depression and its attendant…
A smoking bun / Ellie Alexander.
"The mountains are calling in Ashland, Oregon, where pastry chef turned amateur sleuth, Jules Capshaw, is baking up a bevy of spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour. Ramiro’s family is visiting from Spain and Jules can’t wait to ta…
The antique hunter's guide to murder : a novel / C. L. Miller.
"What antique would you kill for? Freya Lockwood is shocked when she learns that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and her estranged mentor, has died under mysterious circumstances. She has spent the last twenty years avoiding her quaint English hometo…
The woman who lowered the boom / David Handler.
"Stewart 'Hoagy' Hoag is walking on cloud nine after a meeting with his editor, Norma Fives, where she predicts his new book is sure to establish him as the next great American author. It has been years since he has even dreamed of such success after a cr…
The great wave : the era of radical disruption and the rise of the outsider / Michiko Kakutani.
"An urgent examination of how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today's world, creating both opportunity and peril--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of the New Y…
Latinoland : a portrait of America's largest and least understood minority / Marie Arana.
LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise 20 percent of the US population, a number that is growing.…
A step past darkness / Vera Kurian.
"There’s something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it’s not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a hor…
Attack from within : how disinformation is sabotaging America / Barbara McQuade.
"American society is more polarized than ever before. We are strategically being pushed apart by disinformation--the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth--and it comes at us from all sides: opportunists on the far right, Russian misinformed soc…
Means of control : How the hidden alliance of tech and government is creating a new American surveillance state / Byron Tau.
"A sweeping exposé of the U.S. government's alliance with data brokers, tech companies, and advertisers, and how their efforts are reshaping surveillance and privacy as we know it. Our modern world is awash in surveillance. Most of us are dimly aware of t…
Beverly Hills spy : the double-agent war hero who helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor / Ronald Drabkin.
"In the spirit of Ben Macintyre's greatest spy nonfiction, the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland--a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars--who flipped to beco…
But you don't look Arab : and other tales of unbelonging / Hala Gorani.
"What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels? How can people find a sense of belonging when they have never felt part of a 'tribe?' And how does a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman who's never lived in the Middle East honor her Arab M…
Normal women : 900 years of making history / Philippa Gregory.
"Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? That the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was started and propelled by women who were protesting a tax on women? Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women…
A sign of her own / Sarah Marsh.
"Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his …
The unit : my life fighting terrorists as one of America's most secret military operatives / Adam Gamal ; with Kelly Kennedy.
"Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, 'the Unit,' as the Department of Defense has asked us to r…
Otter country : an unexpected adventure in the natural world / Miriam Darlington.
"Mysterious, graceful, and ever-clever, otters have captivated our imaginations, despite the fact that few people have encountered one in the wild. In Otter Country, celebrated nature writer Miriam Darlington captures the fascination she’s had for these p…
Riley Thorn and the corpse in the closet / Lucy Score.
"Summer is heating up for reluctant psychic Riley Thorn and her handsome private investigator boyfriend, Nick Santiago. First, her disapproving grandmother arrives determined to make Riley take her powers seriously or face the wrath of 'the Guild.' Then t…
The extinction of Irena Rey : a novel / Jennifer Croft
"Eight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, Gray Eminence. But within days of their arrival, Irena disappear…
The sunlit man / Brandon Sanderson.
"Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next. But now, his powers too depleted t…