Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
Andrew’s Brain
E. L. Doctorow
A deeply psychological tale by an award-winning author recounts the experiences of Andrew, who confesses to an unknown recipient the memory- and truth-challenging events, loves and tragedies that have led him to a mysterious act.
Ascendant
Drew Chapman
A numbers wizard and career-climbing bond analyst stumbles upon an enormous covert war operation when he notices that U.S. Treasury bonds are being sold off at an extremely high rate, bringing the U.S. military to his front door.
Belle Cora
Phillip Margulies
A tale based on the life and times of the daughter of a New York merchant and notorious madam-turned revered San Francisco dowager finds the orphaned Belle suffering at the hands of a rival cousin before working as a prostitute and transforming herself repeatedly to win the love and life she desires.
Darker Shade of Sweden
John-Henri Holmberg
A collection of seventeen stories includes pieces never before published in English and features contributions by such leading Swedish authors as Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö, Eva Gabrielsson, and Sara Stridsberg.
Dead Man’s Fancy
Keith McCafferty
Stumbling across the dead body of a client while searching for a missing river guide, Sheriff Martha Ettinger, assisted by private detective Sean Stranahan, follow clues that point to an animal rights group and their pagan master.
Death Trade
Jack Higgins
When an Iranian scientist makes a breakthrough in nuclear weapons research only to have the lives of his family threatened if he does not give his technology to the Iranian regime, Sean Dillon, Afghan war hero Sara Gideon, and the rest of their team embark on a daring rescue mission.
Execution
Dick Wolf
After a Mexican assassin leaves behind twenty-three beheaded bodies on the United States border, Detective Cecilia Garza of the Mexican intelligence agency follows him to New York City where she teams up with NYPD Detective Jeremy Fisk to stop this ruthless killer.
Home of the Braised
Julie Hyzy
Preparing for an important state dinner, White House executive chef Olivia Paras discovers that the President’s life is in danger, while her fiancé, Gav, discovers that his friend’s murder is linked to the recent death of the secretary of defense.
Hunting Shadows
Charles Todd
When two murders occur at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire during a society wedding, Inspector Ian Rutledge, as the evidence mounts against a clear suspect, begins to question his own judgment as he follows a hunch related to a dark episode he witnessed during the war.
In the Blood
Lisa Unger
A master manipulator and compulsive liar, Lana Granger, with her trust fund almost depleted, takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke, who, accustomed to controlling the people in his life, threatens to reveal the truth about her involvement in the disappearance of her closest friend.
Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd
Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self.
Kept
James Scott
After her husband and four of her children are brutally murdered in the winter of 1897, midwife Elspeth Howell, along with her surviving son, twelve-year-old Caleb, takes on the frozen wilderness to find the men responsible for shattering their family.
Last Dead Girl
Harry Dolan
Falling in love with a beautiful young law student after a chance encounter on a rainy April night, David is discouraged by a bruise on Jana’s cheek that she refuses to explain and is horrified when he is declared a prime suspect in her subsequent murder.
Lost Lake
Sarah Addison Allen
Seeking solace in a Georgia lakeside cottage with her eccentric 8-year-old daughter, recently widowed Kate wonders if the area’s almost-magical ability for sparking romances has been imagined before experiencing a poignant renewal.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival
Jennifer Chiaverini
Traces the rivalry between Kate Chase, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, and Mary Todd Lincoln, the former of whom becomes the bride of governor William Sprague and one of the most highly regarded women of her day.
On Such a Full Sea
Chang-Rae Lee
In a class-divided future America where urban neighborhoods function as labor colonies for elite charter villages, Fan, a female fish-tank diver, embarks on what becomes a legendary quest to find the man she loves in a region overcome by anarchic forces.
Pagan Lord
Bernard Cornwell
As the Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, prepare to invade England, Uhtred leads a band of outcasts north to recapture his old family home but is soon drawn into the bloodiest battle yet that will decide the fate of the entire English nation.
Polaris Protocol
Brad Taylor
When her investigative journalist brother is kidnapped by a drug cartel, Taskforce operative Jennifer Cahill and her partner, Pike Logan, launch a rescue mission that uncovers a plot involving a GPS hacking program targeting the United States.
Purity of Vengeance
Jussi Adler-Olsen
After new evidence surfaces, Detective Carl Morck and his assistants look into the case of a brothel owner who went missing in the 1980s and discover that numerous other people went missing around the same time, bringing them closer and closer to a charismatic surgeon with a horrifying agenda.
Radiance of Tomorrow
Ishmael Beah
A first novel by the author of A Long Way Gone is an intimate parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone in which two long-time friends return to their ruined home village and struggle to rebuild in the face of violence, scarcity and a corrupt foreign mining company.
River Road
Jayne Anne Krentz
Returning thirteen years after an embarrassing incident from her teens to the hometown of her beloved late aunt, forensic genealogist Lucy Sheridan makes shocking discoveries about her aunt’s death, the disappearance of a cold-blooded local and an attractive former cop.
Robert B. Parker’s Bull River
Robert Knott
Investigating a major bank robbery only to discover its primary suspect severely beaten outside a high-class brothel, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch are forced to rely on a recently captured bandito for clues to a high-stakes Cain-and-Abel vengeance quest.
Rosarito Beach
M. A. Lawson
Moving to San Diego in the aftermath of a notorious case in Miami, brash DEA agent Kay Hamilton is unwittingly embroiled in a personally wrenching, international sting involving the younger brother of Mexico’s most brutal drug lord.
Star for Mrs. Blake
April Smith
Meeting for the first time for a shared pilgrimage to France to visit the graves of their World War I soldier sons, an Irish maid, a chicken farmer’s wife, a Boston socialite, a former tennis star, and a librarian meet a brutally scarred journalist before confronting a shocking secret.
What I Had Before I Had You
Sarah Cornwell
Returning home to Ocean Vista on the Jersey Shore with her teenage daughter and her 9-year-old son Daniel, who has bipolar disorder, Olivia must finally embrace the birthright inherited from her mother Myla, a beautiful and erratic psychic, when Daniel disappears.
Wind Is Not a River
Brian Payton
Desperate to understand the war that claimed the life of his brother, journalist John Easley heads to the Territory of Alaska to investigate the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands, while his wife is forced to reimagine who she is and what she is capable of doing after he disappears.
NONFICTION
Blessing the Hands That Feed Us: What Eating Closer to Home Can Teach Us About Food, Community, and Our Place on Earth
Vicki Robin
Documents the author’s efforts to eat food produced within ten miles of her home, exposing the cause-and-effect consequences of a processed-foods diet while sharing the stories of the farmers she befriended who epitomized the sustainable lifestyle.
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Daniel J. Siegel
Citing profound brain changes that occur throughout adolescence, a guide for parents on how to work with teens in the dynamic transitional years draws on current neurobiology research to share advice for promoting connections and reducing generational conflicts.
Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA
John Rizzo
A chief legal officer with the CIA who helped create and implement counterterrorist operations after September 11 draws on previously undisclosed stories from his long career to illuminate the agency’s inner workings, charting its evolution.
Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
A team of top researchers, scientists, and veterinarians offer a definitive guide to canine behavior, explaining the most effective training methods and offering advice on socialization, housetraining, diet, exercise, and behavioral problems.
Jim Cramer’s Get Rich Carefully
James J. Cramer
Outlines methodical strategies for high-yield, low-risk investing in the recovering economy based on the author’s own mistakes and successes, providing accessible coverage of long-term investing themes, the principles of investor discipline, and more.
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Simon Sinek
An inspirational corporate visionary discusses how to get employees and customers on board with your company’s “why” and cultivate a supportive mentality of trust and commitment in this follow-up to Start with Why.
Love & War: Twenty Years, Three Presidents, Two Daughters & One Louisiana Home
James Carville & Mary Matalin
The politically mismatched authors trace the last twenty years of their relationship in the aftermath of the 1992 presidential campaign, sharing insights into their place in the political life of Washington and their 2008 decision to move their family to New Orleans.
Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
Sue Johnson
A clinical psychologist and expert in couples therapy offers scientific proof of human monogamy and explains how developing and honing the “love sense” will help develop, nourish, and sustain long-lasting, secure relationships.
Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
Catherine Bailey
After opening a room in a wealthy British estate that had been sealed for sixty years, a historian discusses the intrigue surrounding the death of the Ninth Duke of Rutland and why he erased portions of his life from all family records.
Small Move, Big Change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently
Caroline L. Arnold
A guide to focusing one’s self-control on precise behavioral targets to enable meaningful change draws on the author’s own successes and failures as case-study examples of effective “microresolution” practices.
Tomorrow-Land: The 1964-65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America
Joseph Tirella
Explores how the New York World’s Fair embodied the cultural and political changes in New York, the United States, and the world during the decade of the 1960s.
Unremarried Widow
Artis Henderson
Emotionally raw and heartbreakingly honest, an award-winning journalist and essayist traces the difficult process of picking up the pieces of her life after it was shattered by the death of her husband, a Texan solider whose Apache helicopter crashed in Iraq.
Weeknight Wonders: Delicious, Healthy Dinners in 30 Minutes or Less
Ellie Krieger
Shares low-fat, low-cholesterol adaptations of favorite foods that can be readily prepared on busy weeknights and includes such options as Parmesan Chicken Breasts, Goat Cheese Frittata, and a variety of guilt-free desserts.
Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life
Jane Pauley
Filled with real-life stories, the broadcast journalist and host of the “Your Life Calling” segment on the Today show offers practical ideas, inspiration, and motivation for people over fifty longing for “something different” or “something more.”
Published on January 21, 2014.
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