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Mecca for Murder (The Chester Drum Mysteries #2)
by Stephen MarloweA PI heads from DC to Saudi Arabia to save the life of a client targeted by a hit man. Nothing will stop the beautiful Fawzia Totah and her lover, US Army colonel Lyman Tyler, from boarding a plane for the Middle East to make their pilgrimage to Mecca. So Fawzia hires Washington PI Chester Drum to serve as bodyguard until she&’s safely out of the country. But Lyman&’s wealthy mother, Davisa, doesn&’t want Fawzia to go anywhere safely. The violently bigoted, socially connected woman comes from old Virginia money, and she&’s not about to let this former dancer from Jordan risk her precious Southern reputation. Not only is her son prepared to convert to Islam for the woman he loves, he&’s also already married. When Davisa hires a hit man to track down Fawzia and take her out, Drum has no choice but to follow. However, Davisa&’s motives aren&’t as simple as they first seem—and the road to Mecca has a sudden turn no one will see coming. This is a twisting, fast-paced mystery in the vintage series that &“combined elements of the hard-boiled detective story and the international espionage thriller&” by a recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America&’s lifetime achievement award (The New York Times). Mecca for Murder is the 2nd book in the Chester Drum Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Fallen (The Darkest Hand Trilogy #2)
by Tarn RichardsonAs WWI rages on, a satanic conspiracy threatens to overtake the Vatican—and the world—in this dark historical fantasy series of werewolves and Inquisitors. Before his murder, a desperate priest sends a secret letter to his brother serving in the Italian Army. Now this young soldier carries with him a letter that reveals why terrible satanic rituals are being committed in the heart of the Vatican―and by whom. Drawn into this conspiracy and hunted by agents of The Darkest Hand, old rivals must unite to discover the contents of the letter before it&’s too late. Only the Inquisitor Poldek Tacit can combat the forces of evil and unite those for good. But after spending time in prison as a scapegoat for the crimes of others, Tacit is more feared—and less trusted—than ever.
"Ace" Any Test (Ron Fry's How to Study Program #1)
by Ron FryA practical guide for effective test prep with strategies for improving your performance on any test—from the bestselling How to Study series. Testy on test day? Don&’t stress! &“Ace&” Any Test offers step-by-step strategies you can use in any testing situation, from classroom quizzes to standardized exams such as the SAT. Education advocate and author Ron Fry unlocks every student&’s successful side with preparation strategies such as reading for maximum retention, researching the teacher&’s testing history and preferences, and using those inevitable jitters to psych yourself up and sharpen your focus.
A Final Reckoning
by Susan MoodyA &“frightening . . . page-turner&” of madness, murder, and family secrets from an acclaimed British master of psychological suspense (Booklist Online). Hoping to make peace with a family tragedy, Chantal Frazer has checked in to the Weston Lodge in the Cotswolds. Twenty-three-years before, it was the private country house of wealthy Clio Palliser, a woman convicted of murdering her two sons and her au pair—Chantal&’s sister, Sabine. Only a little boy, a childhood friend of the victims, escaped with his life. What happened that terrible night when the respectable mother went berserk? What happened to Clio herself, who disappeared after her release from an asylum? Among local authorities, fellow guests, and Sabine&’s former boyfriend, Chantal is looking for answers. Soon the dark history of the boutique hotel will give up its secrets. One by one they&’re leading Chantal to the truth—and nearer to someone who&’ll do anything to make sure it remains buried.
Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood
by Terry MasearA heartwarming memoir by &“one of California&’s hardest-working hummingbird rehabilitators . . . will leave the average bird lover agog&” (The Washington Post). Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna&’s hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet in the air, dive 60 miles per hour in a courtship display, hover, and fly backward. When he arrived in rehab caked in road grime, he was so badly injured that he could barely perch. But Terry Masear, one of the busiest hummingbird rehabbers in the country, was determined to save this damaged bird, who seemed oddly familiar. During the four months that Masear worked with Gabriel, she took in 160 other hummingbirds, from a miniature nestling rescued by a bulldog to a fledgling trapped inside a skydiving wind tunnel at Universal CityWalk, and Pepper, a female Anna&’s injured on a film set. During their time together, Pepper and Gabriel formed a special bond and, together, with Terry&’s help, learned to fly again. Woven throughout Gabriel and Pepper&’s stories are those of other colorful birds in a narrative filled with the science and magic surrounding these fascinating creatures. &“This is a book about birds that is actually a book about love, and Masear does us a favor by risking heartbreak every day&” (Los Angeles Times). &“I cannot believe what a gripping read this is.&” —Robin Young, host of NPR&’s Here and Now &“A book that will change forever the way you look at these little birds.&” —Los Angeles Times &“This is a charming and lively summertime read, something for the patio or balcony, glass of iced tea at hand, a hummingbird or two zipping around the azaleas.&” —Dallas Morning News &“I was riveted, charmed, delighted, devastated, profoundly moved, and taken to a magical place few people ever get to glimpse.&” —Stacey O&’Brien, author of Wesley the Owl
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
by Studs TerkelFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War: A masterpiece of modern journalism and &“a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit&” (Saturday Review). In this &“invaluable record&” of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. Featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, artists, striking workers, and Okies, from those who were just kids to those who remember losing a fortune, Hard Times is not only a gold mine of information but a fascinating interplay of memory and fact, revealing how the 1929 stock market crash and its repercussions radically changed the lives of a generation. The voices that speak from the pages of this unique book are as timeless as the lessons they impart (The New York Times). &“Hard Times doesn&’t &‘render&’ the time of the depression—it is that time, its lingo, mood, its tragic and hilarious stories.&” —Arthur Miller &“Wonderful! The American memory, the American way, the American voice. It will resurrect your faith in all of us to read this book.&” —Newsweek &“Open Studs Terkel&’s book to almost any page and rich memories spill out . . . Read a page, any page. Then try to stop.&” —The National Observer
The Radish River Caper: The Chance Purdue Series - Book Five (The Chance Purdue Mysteries #5)
by Ross H. SpencerFrom the author of The Dada Caper: Even an anti-American conspiracy can&’t keep Chicago PI Chance Purdue from falling prey to his personal femme fatale. Private Investigator Chance Purdue and Brandy Alexander work in tandem on a case that finds them traveling to the Illinois town of Radish River. The CIA continues to need help putting a stop to the DADA (Destroy America, Destroy America) Conspiracy, a terrorist organization whose latest plot is completely under wraps, except that it promises immense destruction. Things prove difficult for Chance and Brandy as they do what they can to remain focused on the task at hand. But it&’s hard when distractions from football-playing gorillas, chariot races, copious booze—and especially each other—weave in and out of their lives and keep this case on the back burner. Praise for Ross H. Spencer&’s The Dada Caper &“Parodies of the private‐eye novel come and go. Here is The Dada Caper by Ross H. Spencer. It has every cliché down pat, including rat-tat-tat writing in which paragraphs are seldom more than one sentence. . . . The hero is a private eye who is always tailing the wrong people and hitting the wrong guys. The Dada Caper is wild, shrewd, mad and unexpectedly funny.&” —The New York Times
Plunder of the Sun (Al Colby #2)
by David DodgeThis globe-spanning treasure-hunt adventure is filled with &“action, suspense, and excitement . . . Pure escape&” (San Francisco Chronicle). Al Colby should never have said yes. When asked to smuggle a package from Chile to Peru, he should have run in the other direction. But he needed money, and he wanted the adventure. Now a man is dead, and two beautiful women seem out to seduce Al or kill him—or maybe both. A handful of gunmen, however, definitely aren&’t planning on seducing him first. And it all has something to do with that package, an ancient manuscript that reads like a treasure map . . . From the bestselling author of the classic To Catch a Thief—the basis for the Hitchcock film—this is an entertaining, fast-paced story of international intrigue and danger.
Dee Brown on the Civil War: Grierson's Raid, The Bold Cavaliers, and The Galvanized Yankees
by Dee BrownThree true tales of Civil War combat, as recounted by a #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The acclaimed historian of the American West turns his attention to the country&’s bloody civil conflict, chronicling the exploits of extraordinary soldiers who served in unexpected ways at a pivotal moment in the nation&’s history. Grierson&’s Raid: The definitive work on one of the most astonishing missions of the Civil War&’s early days. For two weeks in the spring of 1862, Col. Benjamin Grierson, a former music teacher, led 1,700 Union cavalry troops on a raid from Tennessee to Louisiana. The improbably successful mission diverted Confederate attention from Grant&’s crossing of the Mississippi and set the stage for the Siege of Vicksburg. General Sherman called it &“the most brilliant expedition of the war.&” The Bold Cavaliers: In 1861, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his brother-in-law Basil Duke put together a group of formidable horsemen, and set to violent work. Morgan&’s Raiders began in their home state, staging attacks, recruiting new soldiers, and intercepting Union telegraphs. Most were imprisoned after unsuccessful incursions into Ohio and Indiana years later, but some Raiders would escape, regroup, and fight again in different conflicts. &“Accurate and frequently exciting&” (Kirkus Reviews). The Galvanized Yankees: The little-known and awe-inspiring true story of a group of captured Confederate soldiers who chose to serve in the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of prisoner of war camps. &“An accurate, interesting, and sometimes thrilling account of an unusual group of men who rendered a valuable service to the nation in a time of great need&” (The New York Times Book Review).
Selected Letters, 1940–1977: Selected Letters 1940-1977 (The\penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection #929)
by Vladimir Nabokov&“Wonderful, compulsively readable, delicious&” personal correspondences, spanning decades in the life and literary career of the author of Lolita (The Washington Post Book World). An icon of twentieth-century literature, Vladimir Nabokov was a novelist, poet, and playwright, whose personal life was a fascinating story in itself. This collection of more than four hundred letters chronicles the author&’s career, recording his struggles in the publishing world, the battles over Lolita, and his relationship with his wife, among other subjects, and gives a surprising look at the personality behind the creator of such classics as Pale Fire and Pnin. &“Dip in anywhere, and delight follows.&” —John Updike
Winston S. Churchill: Youth, 1874–1900 (Winston S. Churchill Biography #1)
by Randolph S. ChurchillThe first volume of this authoritative biography chronicles the prime minister&’s youth from birth to early adulthood: &“An intimate, eloquent testimonial&” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Winston S. Churchill&’s son, Randolph, delivers a vivid, personal portrait of his father in this first part of an eight-volume biography that is widely considered the &“most scholarly study of Churchill in war and peace ever written&” (The New York Times). Told through a rich treasure trove of the Churchill&’s personal letters, this volume covers his life from early childhood to his return to England from an American lecture tour, on the day of Queen Victoria&’s funeral in 1900, in order to embark on his political career. In the opening pages, the account of his birth in 1874 is presented through letters of his family. The subject comes on the scene with his own words in a letter to his mother, written when he was seven. His later letters, as a child, as a schoolboy at Harrow, as a cadet at Sandhurst, and as a subaltern in India, show the development of his mind and character, his ambition and awakening interests, which were to merge into a unique genius destined for world leadership. An astounding narrative of a formidable man coming into his own and the times in which he lived, this portrait is a &“milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement . . . rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age.&” (Andrew Roberts, historian and author of The Storm of War).
Dolci: Italy's Sweets
by Francine SeganA &“swoon-worthy&” illustrated tour of Italian desserts and treats, from the James Beard Award–nominated author of Opera Lover&’s Cookbook (Publishers Weekly). Join food historian Francine Segan on a lavishly illustrated tour of Italy, with more than one hundred recipes for cookies, cakes, pastries, puddings, frozen confections, and more. Drawing from all regions of Italy, Dolci collects recipes from grandmas in remote villages as well as hip young bloggers, world-renowned pastry chefs, and small local cafés. Classics like Cannoli and Zuppa Inglese are featured alongside unique regional favorites like Sweet Rosemary and Chocolate Eggplant. Embellished with bits of history and Italian food lore, this cookbook offers new innovations like an &“updated&” Tiramisù that doesn&’t use raw eggs, unexpected frozen delights like Spumone with Homemade Hazelnut Brittle, an award-winning Parmesan Panna Cotta with Pears, and many other irresistible Italian treats. Rounded out by a chapter on after-dinner drinks, this delectably comprehensive guide offers &“a canon of authentic recipes collected from the people who really use them&” (The Wall Street Journal).
A Case of Curiosities: A Novel
by Allen KurzweilThis tale of an ambitious inventor in France as the Revolution looms is &“brilliantly playful . . . full of lore and lewdness&” (Chicago Tribune). &“A portrait of a young mechanical genius in 18th-century France, delivered along with a gallimaufry of odd and intriguing facts and a rich, lusty picture of society in that time and place.&” —Publishers Weekly In France, on the eve of the Revolution, a young man named Claude Page sets out to become the most ingenious and daring inventor of his time. Over the course of a career filled with violence and passion, Claude learns the arts of enameling and watchmaking from an irascible, defrocked abbé, then apprentices himself to a pornographic bookseller and applies his erotic erudition to the seduction of the wife of an impotent wigmaker. But it is Claude&’s greatest device—a talking mechanical head—that both crowns his career and leads to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette, and far more bizarre. &“Like a joint effort by Henry Fielding and John Barth&” (Chicago Tribune), this &“captivating novel&” (San Francisco Chronicle) marked the debut of one of the finest literary artists of our time. &“A Case of Curiosities . . . really is brilliant. Also witty, learned, ingenious, sly, and bawdy.&” —Entertainment Weekly &“What John Fowles did for the 19th century with The French Lieutenant&’s Woman and Umberto Eco did for the 14th with The Name of the Rose . . . Kurzweil now does for the late 18th century.&” —San Francisco Chronicle
Mapuche
by Caryl FéreyA Mapuche woman in Buenos Aires tries to solve a friend&’s murder in this Prix Landerneau–winning crime novel by the acclaimed French author of Zulu. Twenty-eight-year-old Jana is a Mapuche, one of those indigenous &“people of the earth&” who were dispossessed when the Argentinean constitution turned them into outlaws overnight. A survivor of the Dirty War, Jana is now sculptor of a rare talent. But to make ends meet, she must also prostitute herself down at the docks. Her best friend, Miguel, a.k.a. Paula, is a transvestite who also works the docks. Jana and Miguel are connected, as if by a blood bond—so when Miguel disappears, it shatters Jana&’s fragile world. Then the body of a transvestite is found emasculated at an abandoned port, La Boca. Jana turns to private investigator Rubén Calderón for help and protection. After serving time following the coup d&’état of March 24, 1976, Calderón has been searching for any trace of los desaparecidos—the disappeared—and their odious tormentors. Together, Jana and Rubén will plunge into the corrupt heart of the Argentinean political system on a hunt for a vicious murderer.
Heretics: The Creation of Christianity from the Gnostics to the Modern Church
by Jonathan WrightA lively examination of the heretics who helped Christianity become the world&’s most powerful religion. From Arius, a fourth-century Libyan cleric who doubted the very divinity of Christ, to more successful heretics like Martin Luther and John Calvin, this book charts the history of dissent in the Christian Church. As the author traces the Church&’s attempts at enforcing orthodoxy, from the days of Constantine to the modern Catholic Church&’s lingering conflicts, he argues that heresy—by forcing the Church to continually refine and impose its beliefs—actually helped Christianity to blossom into one of the world&’s most formidable religions. Today, all believers owe it to themselves to grapple with the questions raised by heresy. Can you be a Christian without denouncing heretics? Is it possible that new ideas challenging Church doctrine are destined to become as popular as Luther&’s once-outrageous suggestions of clerical marriage and a priesthood of all believers? A delightfully readable and deeply learned new history, Heretics overturns our assumptions about the role of heresy in a faith that still shapes the world. &“Wright emphasizes the &‘extraordinarily creative role&’ that heresy has played in the evolution of Christianity by helping to &‘define, enliven, and complicate&’ it in dialectical fashion. Among the world&’s great religions, Christianity has been uniquely rich in dissent, Wright argues—especially in its early days, when there was so little agreement among its adherents that one critic compared them to a marsh full of frogs croaking in discord.&” —The New Yorker
The Egyptians: A Radical History of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
by Jack ShenkerThe award-winning journalist and longtime Cairo resident delivers a &“meticulous, passionate study&” of the ongoing battle for contemporary Egypt (The Guardian). On January, 25, 2011, a revolution began in Egypt that succeeded in ousting the country&’s longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak. In The Egyptians, journalist Jack Shenker uncovers the roots of the uprising and explores the country&’s current state, divided between two irreconcilable political orders. Challenging conventional analyses that depict a battle between Islamists and secular forces, The Egyptians illuminates other, equally important fault lines: far-flung communities waging war against transnational corporations, men and women fighting to subvert long-established gender norms, and workers dramatically seizing control of their own factories. Putting the Egyptian revolution in its proper context as an ongoing popular struggle against state authority and economic exclusion, The Egyptians explains why the events since 2011 have proved so threatening to elites both inside Egypt and abroad. As Egypt&’s rulers seek to eliminate all forms of dissent, seeded within the rebellious politics of Egypt&’s young generation are big ideas about democracy, sovereignty, social justice, and resistance that could yet change the world. &“I started reading this and couldn&’t stop. It&’s a remarkable piece of work, and very revealing. A stirring rendition of a people&’s revolution as the popular forces that Shenker vividly depicts carry forward their many and varied struggles, with radical potential that extends far beyond Egypt.&” —Noam Chomsky
Repeat After Me: A Novel
by Rachel DeWoskinA young New Yorker teaches English to a Chinese dissident in this &“heartbreaking and uplifting&” novel of love, loss, and language (Publishers Weekly). Aysha is a twenty-two-year-old plagued by guilt and anxiety ever since her parents&’ divorce. But after suffering severe symptoms, she&’s now focused on recovering and on teaching her English as a Second Language students. Then a young man named Da Ge joins her ESL class. A dissident with a painful past, he has fled China after the Tianenmen Square massacre, and Aysha finds herself falling irresistibly in love, in spite of the language barrier—and often, the emotional barrier—between them. When he asks her to marry him for the sake of a visa, she cannot say no. It is a relationship that will bring both great joy and great sorrow—and will take Aysha to places she never imagined. A winner of the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, this is an insightful and emotional novel by the author of Big Girl Small and the memoir Foreign Babes in Beijing. &“Her writing gleams with beautifully realized descriptions of people, places, and encounters.&” —Time Out
Hearts: Of Surgeons and Transplants, Miracles and Disasters Along the Cardiac Frontier
by Thomas ThompsonPioneer heart surgeons and bitter rivals: The &“thoroughly engrossing&” true story of doctors Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley (The New York Times Book Review). By 1970, the Texas Medical Center in Houston was the leading heart institute in the world, home to the field&’s two most distinguished surgeons: Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey and his young and ambitious disciple, Dr. Denton Arthur Cooley. Their combined mastery in occlusive disease, coronary artery bypass surgery, angioplasty, and heart transplants was unparalleled. For years they worked across the same operating table focused on, and fighting toward, the same lifesaving goals. But what began as a personal friendship and a mutually respectful professional partnership soon deteriorated into a jealous and embittered feud. Though their discord was a cause célèbre among colleagues, it would take award-winning investigative journalist Thomas Thompson to uncover the stunning betrayals and simmering resentments that fueled one of the most famous rivalries in the history of medicine. Weaving the story of DeBakey and Cooley with the stories of patients suffering life-threatening medical conditions, Thompson paints a fascinating portrait of the risks and rewards of cutting-edge science. From devastating tragedies to miraculous breakthroughs, Hearts is a richly detailed and utterly &“compelling&” account of the turmoil and tension behind one of the greatest medical achievements of the twentieth century (Time).
Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism
by Nelson LichtensteinA collection of essays that &“do an incredible job of balancing the wonders and horrors of the force that is Wal-Mart&” (Booklist, starred review). Edited by one of the nation&’s preeminent labor historians, this book marks an ambitious effort to dissect the full extent of Wal-Mart&’s business operations, its social effects, and its role in the United States and world economy. Wal-Mart is based on a spring 2004 conference of leading historians, business analysts, sociologists, and labor leaders that immediately attracted the attention of the national media, drawing profiles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the New York Review of Books. Their contributions are adapted here for a general audience. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad declared itself &“the standard of the world.&” In more recent years, IBM and then Microsoft seemed the template for a new, global information economy. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Wal-Mart had overtaken all rivals as the world-transforming economic institution of our time. Presented in an accessible format and extensively illustrated with charts and graphs, Wal-Mart examines such topics as the giant retailer&’s managerial culture, revolutionary use of technological innovation, and controversial pay and promotional practices to provide the most complete guide yet available to one of America&’s largest companies. &“Like archaeologists who pick over artifacts to understand an ancient society, the scholars here [are] examining Wal-Mart for insights into the very nature of American capitalist culture.&” —The New York Times &“Stimulating perspectives on the world&’s largest corporation.&” —Publishers Weekly
The Year of the Comet
by Sergei LebedevA coming of age novel set in a crumbling Soviet Union by the acclaimed author of Oblivion—&“the best of Russia&’s younger generation of writers&”(The New York Review of Books). As the Soviet Union edges toward collapse, a young boy&’s idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumors of a serial killer haunt the neighborhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing that the once awe-inspiring symbols of power they wear on their helmets have become devoid of meaning. In The Year of the Comet, the acclaimed Russian poet and novelist Sergei Lebedev depicts a vast empire coming apart at the seams, transforming a very public moment into something delicate and personal. With stunning beauty and shattering insight, Lebedev writes about the tenderness of childhood, the legacy of Stalinism, and the growing consciousness of a boy in the world. &“A clear poetic sensibility built to stand against the forces of erasure.&” —The Wall Street Journal &“This gorgeously written, unsettling novel . . . leaves us with a fresh understanding of that towering moment in recent history&” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Disoriental
by Négar DjavadiNational Book Award Finalist: &“A multigenerational epic of the Sadr family&’s life in Iran and their eventual exile . . . Full of surprises&” (The Globe and Mail).Winner of the 2019 Albertine Prize and Lambda Literary Award Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself, as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimiâ is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her, including her formidable great-grandfather Montazemolmolk, with his harem of fifty-two wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them. It is Kimiâ herself—punk-rock aficionado, storyteller extraordinaire, a Scheherazade of our time, and above all a modern woman divided between family traditions and her own &“disorientalization&”—who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel, recipient of numerous literary honors. &“Where initially Disoriental seems focused on Kimiâ&’s father and his pro-democracy activism—first against the Shah, then the Ayatollah Khomeini—this is truly Kimiâ&’s story of disorientation—national, familial and sexual—and finding herself again.&” —The Globe and Mail &“A tour de force of storytelling . . . Djavadi deftly weaves together the history of 20th-century Iran [and] the spellbinding chronicle of her own ancestors. . . . Perfectly blends historical fact with contemporary themes.&” —Library Journal &“Riveting . . . Djavadi is an immensely gifted storyteller, and Kimiâ&’s tale is especially compelling.&” —Booklist (starred review) &“A wonder and a pleasure to read.&” —Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances WINNER 2019 ALBERTINE PRIZE WINNER 2019 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2019 CLMP FIRECRACKER AWARD FINALIST 2019 BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD WINNER LE PRIX DU ROMAN NEWS WINNER STYLE PRIZE WINNER 2016 LIRE BEST DEBUT NOVEL WINNER LA PORTE DORÉE PRIZE ONE OF THE GLOBE & MAIL&’S BEST BOOKS OF 2018
Dead on Arrival (The Pauline Sokol Mysteries #6)
by Lori AvocatoAn insurance fraud investigator goes undercover to expose an aerial ambulance company—only to discover that corruption can kill. Medical insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes to keep her feet firmly on the ground, but her new undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse up in the air. Compelled by her convictions of right and wrong, she takes off in order to investigate a land-and-air ambulance company. They&’ve been doing some rather creative billing, and Pauline needs to go undercover as a nurse—and overcome her fear of flying—to put a stop to their sky-high fraud. But when the company&’s owner is found dead and Pauline starts to receive threatening phone calls, the air suddenly begins to feel safer than the ground. With the help of Jagger, her irritating but undeniably handsome fellow investigator, Pauline needs to solve this case soon. If she doesn&’t, not even a jolt of electricity from the sexy paramedic Dano will be enough to revive her.
The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001–2014
by Carlotta GallA journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides &“an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan&” (Financial Times). Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there right after 9/11, when US special forces helped the Northern Alliance drive the Taliban out of the north and then the south, fighting pitched battles and causing their enemies to flee underground and into Pakistan. Gall knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people—and just how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government and intelligence forces. Combining searing personal accounts of battles and betrayals with moving portraits of the ordinary Afghans who were caught up in the conflict for more than a decade, The Wrong Enemy is a sweeping account of a war brought by American leaders against an enemy they barely understood and could not truly engage.
Breaking the Pattern: The 5 Principles You Need to Remodel Your Life
by Charles PlatkinFrom the author of The Automatic Diet: &“A useful yet fun book that could provide the push you all need to achieve lasting change&” (Shape). Ever get the sense that you&’re reliving the same events, arguments, and frustrations again and again? Does your relationship, job, or diet always begin full of hope, but, somehow, fail to work out in the end? In Breaking the Pattern, nutrition and public health advocate Dr. Charles Platkin synthesizes years of research in psychology, motivation, success, and achievement into the &“The 5 Principles You Need to Remodel Your Life,&” helping readers take action in those areas where they feel stuck or doomed to repeat negative experiences. Through a series of self-reflective exercises, Platkin encourages readers to examine their successes and failures, identifying, analyzing, and finally breaking the very patterns that have kept them from realizing their dreams. By incorporating inspirational quotes and stories throughout the book, Platkin creates a positive, healing environment in which even the most self-doubting reader can gain the support and motivation necessary to begin to change his or her life for the better. &“[Platkin] breaks down five principles necessary to transform your life . . . And he&’s not just spouting theory.&” —The Dallas Morning News &“Breaking the Pattern blends cozy inspiration with a dose of military rigidity.&” —The Denver Post &“A road map for anyone who&’s failed at New Year&’s resolution, or any goal for personal change.&” —San Jose Mercury News
I Am Legend: Richard Matheson's Censored I Am Legend Script (S. F. Masterworks Ser.)
by Richard MathesonWinner of the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award for best vampire novel of the century: the genre-defining classic of horror sci-fi that inspired three films. The population of the entire world has been obliterated by a pandemic of vampire bacteria. Yet somehow, Robert Neville survived. He must now struggle to make sense of what happened and learn to protect himself against the vampires who hunt him nightly. As months of scavenging and hiding turn to years marked by depression and alcoholism, Robert spends his days hunting his tormentors and researching the cause of their affliction. But the more he discovers about the vampires around him, the more he sees the unsettling truth of who is—and who is not—a monster. Richard Matheson&’s I Am Legend has been a major influence on horror literature. In 2012, it was named the best vampire novel of the century by the Horror Writers Association and the Bram Stoker Estate. The novel was adapted to film in 1964 as The Last Man on Earth, in 1971 as Omega Man, and in 2007 as I am Legend, starring Will Smith.