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Mirrorland Mirrorland 
By Johnstone, Carole
2021-04 - Scribner Book Company
9781982136352 Check Our Catalog

"Dark and devious... Beautifully written and plotted with a watchmaker's precision." -- Stephen King

"A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination"--Ruth Ware, author of One by One and The Woman in Cabin 10

With the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power ofRoom, …More

Stargazer: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel Stargazer: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel 
By Hillerman, Anne
2021-04 - Harper
9780062908339 Check Our Catalog

6th book in Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito series

Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars collide in this enthralling entry in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman's Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, set amid the beautiful landscape of the American Southwest.

What begins as a typical day for Officer Bernadette Manuelito--serving a bench warrant, dealing with a herd of cattle …More

The Passenger The Passenger 
By Boschwitz, Ulrich Alexander
Translator Boehm, Philip
Introduction by Aciman, André
2021-04 - Metropolitan Books
9781250317148 Check Our Catalog

Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany

Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and looted, synagogues destroyed. As storm troopers pound on his door, Otto Silbermann, a respected businessman who fought for Germany in the Great War, is forced to sneak out …More

In Her Tracks In Her Tracks 
By Dugoni, Robert
2021-04 - Thomas & Mercer
9781542008372 Check Our Catalog

An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling series.

What family secrets are behind two disappearances? Seattle detective Tracy Crosswhite is determined to uncover the truth in the latest installment of New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni's heart-stopping series.

Returning from an extended leave in her hometown of Cedar Grove, …More

Girl, 11 Girl, 11 
By Clarke, Amy Suiter
2021-04 - Houghton Mifflin
9780358418931 Check Our Catalog

"A masterful, heart-pounding suspense that ushers in an astonishing new voice in crime fiction." 

--Samantha M. Bailey, internationally bestselling author of Woman on the Edge

Elle Castillo once trained as a social worker, supporting young victims of violent crime. Now she hosts a popular true crime podcast that focuses on cold cases of missing and abducted children. …More

The Son of Mr. Suleman The Son of Mr. Suleman 
By Dickey, Eric Jerome
2021-04 - Dutton Books
9781524745233 Check Our Catalog

USA Today 20 Books We Can't Wait to Read Spring Pick

From New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey--named one of USA Today's 100 Black Novelists and Fiction Authors You Should Read--comes his final work: an unflinchingly timely novel about history, hearts, and family.

It's the summer of 2019, and Professor Pi Suleman is a Black man from Memphis …More

Family and Borghesia Family and Borghesia 
By Ginzburg, Natalia
Afterword by Gudas, Erica
Translator Stockman, Beryl
2021-04 - New York Review of Books
9781681375083 Check Our Catalog

Two novellas about domestic life, isolation, and the passing of time by one of the finest Italian writers of the twentieth century.

Carmine, an architect, and Ivana, a translator, lived together long ago and even had a child, but the child died, and their relationship fell apart, and Carmine married Ninetta, and their child is Dod , who Carmine feels is a little dull, and these days …More

All the Children Are Home All the Children Are Home 
By Francis, Patry
2021-04 - Harper
9780063065079 Check Our Catalog

A sweeping saga in the vein of Ask Again, Yes following a foster family through almost a decade of dazzling triumph and wrenching heartbreak--from the author of The Orphans at Race Point.

Set in the late 1950s through 1960s in a small town in Massachusetts, All the Children Are Home follows the Moscatelli family--Dahlia and Louie, foster …More

The 19th Hijacker The 19th Hijacker 
By Reston, James
2021-02 - Republic Book Publishers
9781645720201 Check Our Catalog

Everyone knows what happened on September 11, 2001. But do we really know what was behind this act of war? What was the lure? What was it about the Hamburg cell that appealed to him? What lured this educated son of a successful Lebanese family to the jihadist message of destruction and annihiliation that would result in the death of 3170 Americans? These questions torment Sami Haddad as he …More

Gold in the Air Gold in the Air 
By Heiny, Katherine
2021-04 - Alfred A. Knopf
9780525659341 Check Our Catalog

"You'll have no choice but to stay up reading all night, and then you'll be sad when you've run out of pages. Katherine Heiny's voice is unlike anyone else's, and it's just what the world needs now.

?--J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of Friends and Strangers



A wise, bighearted, boundlessly joyful novel of 
…More

The Emperor's Sword: Another Kingdom Book 3 The Emperor's Sword: Another Kingdom Book 3 
By Klavan, Andrew
2021-03 - Turner
9781684422708 Check Our Catalog

"The Emperor's Sword is a wildly entertaining adventure of overlapping worlds and titanic clashes between fundamentals of good and evil. Klavan's world-building is both amazing and all too plausible." --Joseph Finder, New York Timesbestselling author of Paranoia and House on Fire

"Part swashbuckler, part fantasy, part Romance (in the old sense), …More

When a Stranger Comes to Town When a Stranger Comes to Town 
By Koryta, Michael
2021-04 - Hanover Square Press
9781335141477 Check Our Catalog

"Exceptional... This is the best kind of anthology, consistently excellent and inventive." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

The latest Mystery Writers of America story collection, featuring surprising, page-turning twists on the genre from some of the top bestsellers and award winners in crime fiction

It's been …More

When the Stars Go Dark When the Stars Go Dark 
By McLain, Paula
2021-04 - Ballantine Books
9780593237892 Check Our Catalog

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an atmospheric novel of intertwined destinies and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal?

"A powerhouse of a novel that is guaranteed to keep the reader up all night."--Kristin Hannah, author of …More

The Souvenir Museum: Stories The Souvenir Museum: Stories 
By McCracken, Elizabeth
2021-04 - Ecco Press
9780062971289 Check Our Catalog

A Most Anticipated Book From: OprahMag.com * Refinery 29 * Seattle Times *LitHub * Houston Chronicle * The Millions * Buzzfeed

Award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to …More

Ocean Prey Ocean Prey 
By Sandford, John
2021-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593087022 Check Our Catalog

31st book in Lucas Davenport (Prey) series

Fan-favorite heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces on a deadly maritime case in the remarkable new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author John Sandford.

An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family when he calls in some suspicious behavior from a nearby boat. It's a snazzy craft, slick and outfitted with extra horsepower, and is zipping along …More

The Social Graces The Social Graces 
By Rosen, Renée
2021-04 - Berkley Books
9781984802811 Check Our Catalog

Named one of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Novels by SheReads ? Frolic ?and more

The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in history: Alva Vanderbilt and the Mrs. Astor's notorious battle for control of New York society during the Gilded Age.

1876. In the …More

The Last Night in London The Last Night in London 
By White, Karen
2021-04 - Berkley Books
9780451492012 Check Our Catalog

New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day.

London, 1939. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. When Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an …More

Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold 
By Babalola, Bolu
2021-04 - William Morrow & Company
9780063078499 Check Our Catalog

"Perfection in short story form, I am in love with every single word Bolu Babalola has written. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully."

-- Candice Carty-Williams, international bestselling author of Queenie

A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs to …More

Antiquities Antiquities 
By Ozick, Cynthia
2021-04 - Alfred A. Knopf
9780593318829 Check Our Catalog

From one of our most preeminent writers, a tale that captures the shifting meanings of the past, and how our experience colors those meanings.

Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie, one of the seven elderly trustees of the now defunct (for thirty-four years) Temple Academy for Boys, is preparing a memoir of his days at the school, intertwined with the troubling distractions of present events. As he …More

The Perfect Daughter The Perfect Daughter 
By Palmer, D. J.
2021-04 - St. Martin's Press
9781250267924 Check Our Catalog

A thriller that explores the truth or lies behind a teenage girl's multiple personality disorder, from D.J. Palmer, the author of The New Husband.



Meet Ruby, who speaks with a British accent.


Then there's Chloe, a perfectionist who strives for straight A's in school.

And along comes Eve, who is spiteful …More

Greater Good Greater Good 
By Zahn, Timothy
2021-04 - Del Rey Books
9780593158296 Check Our Catalog

Thrawn and his allies race to save the Chiss Ascendancy from an unseen enemy in the second book in the epic Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

Thrawn's latest triumph still rests newly on his shoulders. He has led the Chiss to victory and brought glory to the House of Mitth, but the true threat to the Ascendancy has not yet been …More

The Devil's Hand: A Thriller The Devil's Hand: A Thriller 
By Carr, Jack
2021-04 - Atria Books
9781982123741 Check Our Catalog

NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

"Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready "--Chris Pratt, star of The Terminal List, coming to Amazon Prime

The fourth thriller in the "so powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written" (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Terminal List series …More

The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees 
By Tallamy, Douglas W.
2021-03 - Timber Press (OR)
9781643260440 Check Our Catalog

"A timely and much needed call to plant, protect, and delight in these diverse, life-giving giants." --David George Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen and The Songs of Trees

With Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York Times bestseller Nature's Best Hope…More

Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story 
By Hirono, Mazie K.
2021-04 - Viking
9781984881601 Check Our Catalog

"One of the finest political memoirs in the history of the genre." --Library Journal, Starred Review

A] sparkling, revelatory memoir." --Oprah Daily

The intimate and inspiring life story of Mazie Hirono, the first Asian-American woman and the only immigrant serving in the U.S. Senate

Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in …More

Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind 
By Metz, Julie
2021-04 - Atria Books
9781982127985 Check Our Catalog

The author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Perfection returns with an unforgettable account of her late mother's childhood in Nazi-occupied Austria and the parallels she sees in present-day America.

To Julie Metz, her mother, Eve, was the quintessential New Yorker. Eve rarely spoke about her childhood and it was difficult to imagine her living anywhere …More

Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward 
By Englander
Afterword by King, Sir David
Foreword by King, Angus
2021-04 - Science Bookshelf
9781733499903 Check Our Catalog

Ice on land is melting, and sea level is rising, both at astonishing rates never seen in recorded history. Are you, your property, investments, and family ready for these unprecedented changes? Read Moving to Higher Ground and...

Learn how Sea Level Rise (SLR) is unstoppable for many centuries due to excess heat already stored in our oceans - and how soon our shorelines …More

Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind 
By Brewer, Judson
2021-03 - Avery Publishing Group
9780593330449 Check Our Catalog

The instant New York Times bestseller

A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits

We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every …More

Permission to Dream Permission to Dream 
By Gardner, Chris
Author Eichler Rivas, MIM
2021-04 - Amistad Press
9780063031562 Check Our Catalog

In the spirit of The Last Lecture, The Secret, and The Alchemist, this small book presents BIG ideas for turning your "one day" into today, including the generational transfer of a dream and a powerful blueprint for a masterpiece life--from the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and major motion picture The Pursuit of …More

The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived 
By McRaven, William H.
2021-04 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538719961 Check Our Catalog

From the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed--a short, inspirational book about the qualities of true, everyday heroes.

THE HERO CODE is Admiral McRaven's ringing tribute to the real, everyday heroes he's met over the years, from battlefields to hospitals to college campuses, who are doing their part to save the world.

When Bill McRaven was …More

Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father 
By Calloway, Donald H., MIC
2020-01 - Marian Press
9781596144316 Check Our Catalog

In the midst of crisis, confusion, and a world at war with the Church, it's time to come home again to our spiritual father, St. Joseph. In this richly researched and lovingly presented program of consecration to St. Joseph, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, brings to life the wonders, the power, and the ceaseless love of St. Joseph, Universal Patron of the Church and the Terror of Demons. …More

Doomed Romance: Broken Hearts, Lost Souls, and Sexual Tumult in Nineteenth-Century America Doomed Romance: Broken Hearts, Lost Souls, and Sexual Tumult in Nineteenth-Century America 
By Heyrman, Christine Leigh
2021-02 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780525655572 Check Our Catalog

From the winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Francis Parkman Prize in History, a lost episode rediscovered after almost two hundred years; a thwarted love triangle of heartbreak--two men and a woman of equal ambition--that exploded in scandal and investigation, set between America's Revolution and its Civil War, revealing an age in subtle and powerful transformation, caught between the fight …More

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty 
By Keefe, Patrick Radden
2021-04 - Doubleday Books
9780385545686 Check Our Catalog

A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of SayNothing

The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions--Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They …More

A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe 
By Krause, Johannes
Author Trappe, Thomas
Translator Waight, Caroline
2021-04 - Random House
9780593229422 Check Our Catalog

"A highly readable, personal guide to the twists and turns in unravelling ancient DNA: Krause and Trappe expertly recount the story of archaeogenetics to reveal how this new field has utterly transformed understanding of our deep past."--Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art



Johannes Krause is the director of the …More

Get Off Your Sugar: 7 Steps to Crush Your Cravings, Rekindle Your Energy, and Fire Up Your Fat-Burning Engine Get Off Your Sugar: 7 Steps to Crush Your Cravings, Rekindle Your Energy, and Fire Up Your Fat-Burning Engine 
By Gioffre, Daryl
2021-01 - Hachette Go
9780738286228 Check Our Catalog

In his first book, Dr. Daryl Gioffre taught us how to fight inflammation by getting off unhealthy, highly acidic foods. Now, he's targeted sugar--because when you break your sugar addiction, you cut out a major contributor to inflammation, brain fog, aging, and chronic disease. You'll go from stress eating to strength eating with Dr. Gioffre's life-changing plan:

Phase 1: Weed--7 …More

The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See 
By Schroeder, Wallace
Selected by Scott, A. O.
Selected by Dargis, Manohla
2019-10 - Universe Publishing(NY)
9780789336576 Check Our Catalog

A collection of reviews for the 1,000 most important, popular, and influential movies of all time.

While critiques of beloved Hollywood milestones from Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles are all included, this book is notably a resource for the modern cinema buff and student. Nowhere else can one find this curated collection of reviews with such …More

The New York Times Cooking No Recipe Recipes The New York Times Cooking No Recipe Recipes 
By Sifton, Sam
2021-03 - Ten Speed Press
9781984858474 Check Our Catalog

The debut cookbook from the popular New York Times website and mobile app NYT Cooking, featuring 100 vividly photographed no-recipe recipes to make weeknight cooking more inspired and delicious.

You don't need a recipe. Really, you don't.

Sam Sifton, founding editor of New York Times Cooking, makes improvisational cooking easier than you think. In this handy book of ideas, Sifton …More

Milk Street: Tuesday Nights Mediterranean: 125 Simple Weeknight Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine Milk Street: Tuesday Nights Mediterranean: 125 Simple Weeknight Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine 
By Kimball, Christopher
2021-04 - Voracious
9780316705998 Check Our Catalog

From the James Beard award-winning Milk Street team, enjoy 125 easy weeknight dinners that bring the flavors of the Mediterranean into your home--with most meals ready in under 45 minutes.

Mediterranean cooking is so much more than olive oil, grilled fish, and just-harvested vegetables. It is a diverse cuisine that encompasses the cultures and traditions of Southern Europe, North …More

The Art of Punch Needle Embroidery The Art of Punch Needle Embroidery 
By Suarez, Marie
2021-03 - Search Press
9781782219026 Check Our Catalog

Discover the delights of punch needle embroidery in this gorgeous practical book, with France's favorite embroiderer and crafter, Marie Suarez.

Punch needle embroidery is a traditional technique that came out of the US in the 19th century and is similar to rug hooking. A strand of thread is pushed through loose-weave fabric, making a 'loop' on the other side. Repeated several times, …More

Make Your Own Living Trust Make Your Own Living Trust 
By Clifford, Denis
2021-03 - NOLO
9781413328400 Check Our Catalog

Save your family time, money, and headaches

Unlike a will, a living trust lets your family bypass probate court--which saves everyone money, delay, and hassle. Whether you are single or part of a couple, Make Your Own Living Trust can help you make a living trust that's valid in your state. Use this book to:

  • decide whether a living trust is right for your family …More

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide World Travel: An Irreverent Guide 
By Bourdain, Anthony
Author Woolever, Laurie
2021-04 - Ecco Press
9780062802798 Check Our Catalog

A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and …More

Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Hannie Schaft and the Oversteegen Sisters, Teenaged Saboteurs and Nazi Assassins Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Hannie Schaft and the Oversteegen Sisters, Teenaged Saboteurs and Nazi Assassins 
By Brady, Tim
2021-02 - Citadel Press
9780806540382 Check Our Catalog

The astonishing true story of three fearless female resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground's most invaluable commodity. Recruited as teenagers, Hannie Schaft, and Dutch sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen fulfilled their harrowing missions as spies, saboteurs, and Nazi assassins with …More

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World 
By Favereau, Marie
2021-04 - Belknap Press
9780674244214 Check Our Catalog

An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them--not just conquerors but also city builders, diplomats, and supple economic thinkers who constructed one of the most influential empires in history.

The Mongols are widely known for one thing: conquest. In the first comprehensive history of the Horde, the western portion of the Mongol empire that arose after the death of …More

The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything 
By Kaku, Michio
2021-04 - Doubleday Books
9780385542746 Check Our Catalog

Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Future of the Mind and The Future of Humanity, tells the story of the greatest quest in all of science.

When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth. Since then, physicists have been placing new forces into …More

Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began 
By Tonelli, Guido
Translator Segre, Erica
Translator Carnell, Simon
2021-04 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374600488 Check Our Catalog

A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the firsttime, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life--drawing on the latest discoveries in physics to explain the seven most significant moments in the creation of the cosmos.

Curiosity and wonderment …More

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