Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
12.21
Dustin Thomason
A tale inspired by the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon finds a CDC expert and a Mayan scholar racing against time in the wake a confounding medical mystery and a priceless artifact from the scholar’s lost ancestral home.
Battleborn
Claire Vaye Watkins
A debut collection of ten short works reimagines the mythology of the American West and includes stories of a foreigner’s arrival at a prostitution ranch, a hermit’s attempt to rescue an abused teen, and a woman’s role in a friend’s degrading Vegas encounter.
Chimera
T. C. McCarthy
After the Subterrene War is over, Stan Resnick must clean up all of the escaped Germline soldiers while fighting to keep himself alive and out of prison as he attempts to capture a genetic, one who can tell him everything about an even greater threat.
City of Women
David R. Gillham
Hiding her clandestine activities behind the persona of a model Nazi soldier’s wife at the height of World War II, Sigrid Schroeder dreams of her former Jewish lover and risks everything to hide a mother and two young children who she believes might be her lover’s family.
Coup d’Etat
Harry Turtledove
In the story of an alternate World War II that considers what might have happened if Chamberlain had chosen not to appease Hitler, the Germans fight with England and France to defeat Russia, while the United States struggles in a war against Japan.
Crow’s Landing
Brad Smith
Drawing the attention of a crooked city cop when he fishes up a mysterious steel cylinder linked to an old crime, Virgil Cain finds his boat and the cylinder confiscated and teams up with an attractive single mom to solve a case involving a cache of pure cocaine, a violent dealer and a wild Russian cowboy.
Domestic Affairs
Bridget Siegel
Tapped to work for a Georgia governor’s presidential campaign, fundraiser Olivia Greenley, believing she has landed her dream job beside a candidate of unimpeachable values, unexpectedly falls for the governor and is forced to keep their subsequent affair a secret at all costs.
Don’t Say a Word
Beverly Barton
After the brutal murder of a Chattanooga judge, homicide detective Julia Cass, shocked by this recent killing, teams up with FBI agent Will Brannock to stop a killer who is mutilating his victims and leaving behind a gruesome souvenir.
Empty Glass
J. I. Baker
A tale inspired by true historical events and infamous conspiracy theories follows Los Angeles County Deputy Coroner Ben Fitzgerald’s investigation into the alleged suicide of Marilyn Monroe, whose diary describes a doomed love affair and suggests a high-level cover-up.
In the Shadow of the Banyan
Vaddey Ratner
Her life of privilege in Cambodia shattered by the outbreak of civil war on the streets of Phnom Penh, young Raami endures four years of loss, starvation, and brutal forced labor while clinging to memories of the legends and poems told to her by her father.
Kill You Twice
Chelsea Cain
Struggling to move past his traumatic encounters with serial killer Gretchen Lowell, Archie Sheridan investigates a murder involving a brutally tortured victim before he is contacted by Lowell, who claims to have inside information about the case.
Kingmaker’s Daughter
Philippa Gregory
Presents a tale inspired by the daughters of “Kingmaker” Richard, fifteenth-century Earl of Warwick, who uses his daughters as political pawns before their strategic marriages place them on opposing sides in a royal war that will cost them everyone they love.
Last Victim
Karen Robards
Investigating the murders of two vacationing families in Virginia Beach, FBI agents Ryan Sinclair and Buzz Crane suspect the work of a notorious serial killer and tap the skills of preeminent clinical expert Charlotte Stone, who is also the culprit’s only known survivor.
Line of Fire
Stephen White
Alan Gregory hopes for a quieter life involving his clinical psychology practice only to be thrown into upheaval by a challenging patient, Diane’s imminent emotional collapse and the possible exposure of his involvement in a woman’s suicide.
Painted Bridge
Wendy Wallace
Committed by her husband to a shabby asylum for mentally ill women in 1859 London, Anna Palmer endeavors to prove her sanity to unheeding male doctors and finds allies in a theoretical-science therapist, an equally sane fellow patient, and the asylum proprietor’s bookish daughter.
Peril in Paperback
Kate Carlisle
While attending the 50th birthday party of Grace, a retired founder of a major video game corporation who has turned her Lake Tahoe mansion into a giant fun house, rare books and antiquities expert Brooklyn Wainwright must play a game of cat-and-mouse with a killer when the festivities turn deadly.
Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
In 1957 Barcelona, Daniel Semper and his close friend Fermin Romero de Torres find their lives violently disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city’s dark past.
Scorpion Winter
Andrew Kaplan
When two seemingly unrelated incidents across the globe force former CIA covert operative-turned-freelance spy, code-named Scorpion, to team up with a beautiful woman to stop the assassination of a powerful Ukrainian politician, he is caught in a deadly trap sprung by an unknown enemy.
Second Empress
Michelle Moran
The author draws on primary sources to recreate the wildly promiscuous court of Napoleon Bonaparte through the experiences of his stepdaughter Hortense, his infamous sister Pauline and his freedom-seeking Austrian wife Marie-Louise.
Sneaky Pie for President
Rita Mae Brown
In a story written from Sneaky Pie’s perspective, the intrepid feline sleuth temporarily halts her busy writing career to run for President, a campaign marked by a revolutionary animal-rights agenda and a frisky flock of prospective cabinet members.
Spymasters
W. E. B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth, IV
Tapped by FDR to assist the Allies’ threatened efforts to secure France and build an atomic bomb, OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan and top agent Dick Canidy coordinate a sabotage mission targeting Germany’s aerial torpedo munitions while countering a mole who is leaking Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviets.
That Thing Called Love
Susan Andersen
When globe-trotting photojournalist Jake Bradshaw returns to Razor Bay to claim his young son, he is met with resistance from inn manager Jenny Salazar who, loving Austin as her own, stands in the way of him making up for past mistakes.
Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce
Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.
Vengeance
Benjamin Black
Detective Inspector Hackett and his occasional partner Quirke investigate the suicide of a prominent Irish businessman, but when a second death occurs, Hackett and Quirke uncover evidence of a secret that threatens to destroy other members of Dublin’s elite.
What the Nanny Saw
Fiona Neill
When her privileged employers become the focus of a financial scandal at the height of the economic crash, a trusted nanny finds her loyalties tested by a reporter who taps her as an insider with unique perspectives into what various family members have hidden from each other.
Wild Texas Rose
Jodi Thomas
When he puts 25-year-old Rose McMurray’s life in danger, Texas Ranger Duncan McMurray, who has been her guardian angel since they were children, must somehow, without letting her know, protect her from an outlaw gang determined to kill her.
NONFICTION
Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door
Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon
Drawing on the success of their own church campaign, two pastors help readers learn to value, respect and care for the people who live in their own neighborhoods.
Belly Melt Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Harness Your Body’s Natural Rhythms to Lose Weight for Good!
Prevention
Explains how women can understand and work with their circadian rhythms and other physical cycles to enable weight loss, revealing how to eat, exercise and sleep in accordance with a two-phase plan that addresses issues in chronobiology, hunger hormones and metabolism.
Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger
Ken Perenyi
Ten years after the case was closed by the FBI, an artist with an uncanny ability to mimic the work of the old masters confesses and describes his thirty-year career as a professional art forger.
Desert America: Boom and Bust in the (New) New West
Ruben Martinez
Describes the political and demographic upheaval that has juxtaposed opulent wealth and extreme poverty in the modern American West, from drug addiction epidemics in New Mexico to an exclusive enclave on the Rio Grande in Texas.
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep
David K. Randall
Examines the complex world of sleep and discusses whether or not women sleep differently than men and if killing someone while sleepwalking would count as murder.
Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
John Kelly
Describes the Great Irish Potato Famine that began in 1845 and discusses how the combined forces of bacterial infection, political greed and religious intolerance started a disaster that killed twice as many people as died during the American Civil War.
Gravity’s Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos
Caleb Scharf
An astrobiologist describes the powerful, mysterious holes in the space-time continuum called black holes, explains how they not only suck in everything around them, but also spit back out clouds of matter, and discusses their role in the universe.
How to Find Out Anything: From Extreme Google Searches to Scouring Government Documents, a Guide to Uncovering Anything About Everyone and Everything
Don MacLeod
A master researcher explains how to really use the full power of Google, as well as other little-known online resources to ferret out difficult-to-find information, whether writing a term paper or trying to uncover confidential information.
Independents Rising: Outsider Movements, Third Parties, and the Struggle for a Post-Partisan America
Jacqueline S. Salit
Explores the growing influence of the Independent Party and how it is increasingly challenging the political establishment and shaping elections, tracing its history to offer insight into the views and power of disenfranchised voters and how they can gain greater audiences for their issues.
Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals
Jenny Brown
Traces how the author lost a leg to bone cancer in childhood before connecting with farm animals and questioning her Southern Baptist upbringing to expose what she has learned about slaughterhouse abuses.
Now That’s Funny: Mad Musings of the Man in Charge of Making America Laugh
Andy Simmons
The humor editor of Reader’s Digest presents his most popular and humorous pieces including first-person accounts of taking dancing lessons, overviews of dumb criminals and crazy lawsuits and observations on marriage and fatherhood.
Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton
An award-winning journalist and author of Enemies of the People recounts how her marriages to Peter Jennings and the late Richard Holbrooke were shaped by the beauty and allure of Paris, where the author found enduring love and healing against a backdrop of historical events.
Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success
Madeline Levine
Focusing on views of success and child rearing, a renowned psychologist combines cutting-edge research with thirty years of clinical experience to explain how to shift focus to a parenting style that promotes academic success, a sense of purpose, and meaning in life.
Vintage Cakes: Timeless Recipes for Cupcakes, Flips, Rolls, Layer, Angel, Bundt, Chiffon, and Icebox Cakes for Today’s Sweet Tooth
Julie Richardson
A collection of updated recipes for classic and forgotten cakes features such options as yellow birthday cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, lemon icebox cake with white chocolate cream and eggnog bundt cake with brandy butter glaze.
Published on August 24, 2012.
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