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Fri, Jul 30
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
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TGIF at the library: House Justice, A Joe DeMarco thriller, with Mike Lawson (Presentation) |
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Sat, Jul 31
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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Mike Lawson signs his latest Joe DeMarco thriller, House Justice (Book-signing) |
 Another anxiously-awaited Joe DeMarco thriller about dirty games in our nation's capital. A congressional leak and an ambitious journalist lead to the exposure, torture and execution of a double agent. The CIA, the Speaker of the House, and someone else — but who? — all have intense personal stakes in the case. Will DeMarco become an unwitting pawn, causing yet another death? House Justice is classic Mike Lawson: fascinating characters, inside-the-beltway intrigue, and a gripping plot packed with surprises.
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Buy a SIGNED copy of House Justice (Joe DeMarco Thriller Book 5) - $24.00
Buy a SIGNED copy of House Secrets (Joe DeMarco Thriller Book 4) - $7.99
Buy a SIGNED copy of House Rules (Joe DeMarco Thriller Book 3) - $7.99
Buy a SIGNED copy of The Second Perimeter (Joe DeMarco Thriller Book 2) - $7.99
Buy a SIGNED copy of The Inside Ring (Joe DeMarco Thriller Book 1) - $6.99
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Fri, Aug 13
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
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TGIF at the Library with Naseem Rakha (Presentation) |
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Sat, Aug 14
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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Naseem Rakha signs her book, The Crying Tree (Book-signing) |
 "Beautifully written, expertly crafted, forcefully rendered. The Crying Tree is a story of redemption, but at its core it is a love story as well, and that is the most powerful story of all," says Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain.
The "crying tree" is a willow, and one grows near the grave of a fifteen-year-old boy, Shep, shot and killed in his family home. After the murder, Shep's mother, Irene, lives week by week for the killer's execution. Those weeks turn into months and then years. Struggling with severe depression, alcoholism, and despair, Irene takes the extraordinary and clandestine step of writing to her son's killer in prison. Then Irene receives the notice that she had craved for so long - the execution will occur within the month. This announcement shakes the very core of the family. Irene, it turns out, isn't the only one with a shocking secret.
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Buy a SIGNED copy of The Crying Tree - $22.95
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Sun, Aug 15
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve
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"Less is More" Discussion Circle with author Cecile Andrews (Discussion) |
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Sun, Aug 15
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Bookstore
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Cecile Andrews signs her new book, Less Is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness (Book-signing) |
 Less Is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness by Cecile Andrews
Are you as happy as you'd like to be? Do you live in a happy, carefree country? Is global happiness improving? Or is an obsession with wealth de-stabilizing our economy, depleting our planet, and undermining our joy?
Throughout history, a current of wisdom keeps repeating that we could make a different choice: that less can be more. Less is More is a compelling collection of essays by journalists, businesspeople, ministers, and activists who have thought deeply about simplicity. They bring us a new vision of Less: less stuff, less work, less stress, less debt. A life with Less becomes a life of More: more time, more satisfaction, more balance, and more security.
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Buy a SIGNED copy of Less Is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness - $16.95
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Fri, Aug 20
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve
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Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood (Presentation) |
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Sat, Aug 21
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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John Soennichsen signs his new book, Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood (Book-signing) |
 Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood by John Soennichsen
Called "one of the best scientific whodunits of recent years" by Book News, Bretz's Flood tells an exciting story of an epic mystery of the western landscape, and how one maverick geologist, using old-fashioned methods of measurement, observation, and scientific deduction, figured out what everyone else had failed to see, and persevered against the odds to change the course of geologic history.
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Buy a SIGNED copy of Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood - $16.95
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ABFAS June Top 10 Best-Sellers...
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 Improve the air quality, well-being, and health in your home with Himalayan Salt.
When warmed, ancient Himalayan salt improves air quality by enriching negative ions. A Salt Rock Lamp or Natural Salt Candle Holder neutralizes allergens while cleansing, energizing and refreshing. Life in the 21st century can be stressful to mind, body and spirit. Surround yourself with the elegant healing energy of Crystal Salt lamps and candle lamps.
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 What if being eco-friendly was fun, easy, and affordable?
It is! — The future is now!
From natural materials that might otherwise be burned or be landfill, O'Bon creates high-quality office supplies, sporting vibrant designs in vegan-approved inks — and, in the process of putting them in your hands, plants trees, promotes education, and helps kids all over the planet. No, it's not too good to be true -- but it sure is "BON!" (good!)
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African Story-Time a Laughter-Filled Success
 Thank you Sankusem and Icicle Creek Music Center!
Did we laugh harder at Ghanian musician George François' fabulous story-telling, or at ICMC cellist Sally Singer's hilarious sound effects? Here went trickster Anansi plodding through the forest (strum-thrum-strum-thrum); and here went poor tricked lion's head spinning with confusion -- zzzzzz -- how can a cello make that little whirling sound like bees?
Masterful story-telling from a rich oral tradition, together with exposure to the stories within music; we learned about Ghanian traditions, and at the same time, experienced two different cultures and art-forms supporting and complementing one another. Cross-cultural artistic exchange is among the missions of both Sankusem and ICMC. And it was the lively, laughing experience of delighted children on our balcony under the oak leaves.
Thank you, ICMC volunteers and staff, and thank you, generous, talented musicians who donated goodwill and time to our community. Yes, please, we would love to have you back next year; there are so many children in our community still to delight with international and artistic richness.
 Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Janet Stevens
Anansi the trickster is back, as delightfully wicked as ever. Will little Bush Deer, the shyest animal in the forest, finally be the one to teach Anansi a valuable life lesson? Children love the humor in the story and searching for the hidden deer on each page.
Buy Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Janet Stevens - $6.95
 My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou illustrated by photographer Margaret Courtney-Clarke
The enchanting story of an eight-year-old girl named Thandi, her village, her mischievous brother, her best friend--a chicken--and the remarkable mural art of the Ndebele women. "Poet Angelou's impish narrative and Margaret Courtney-Clarke's ravishing photos create an entrancing vision," says Entertainment Weekly.
Buy My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou illustrated by photographer Margaret Courtney-Clarke - $7.99
 Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye and M.H. Lippert, illustrated by Julie Paschkis
In this lively re-telling of a Liberian folk-tale, Mrs. Chicken has to find a very good reason why hungry Mrs. Crocodile should not eat her. A School Library Journal Best Book, CCBC choice, and Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book.
Buy Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by by Won-Ldy Paye and M.H. Lippert, illustrated by Julie Paschkis - $17.95 (hardcover)
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What's New? What's Hot Off The Press? What's Just Been Released in 2010?
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Fiction
 The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn $15.00
From the bestselling author of "What Was Lost" comes a spirited literary mystery about a television anchorman's search for the truth.
Beneath his famously corny on-screen persona, television news anchor Frank Allcroft is haunted by loss: the mysterious hit-and-run that killed his predecessor and friend, Phil, and the ongoing demolition of his architect father's monumental postwar buildings. And then there are the things he can't seem to lose, no matter how hard he tries: his home, for one, on the market for years; and the nagging sense that he will never quite be the son his mother—newly ensconced in an assisted-living center—wanted. As Frank uncovers the shocking truth behind Phil's death, and comes to terms with his domineering father's legacy, it is his beloved young daughter, Mo, who points him toward the future.
Catherine O'Flynn writes in a beautiful prose that alternates between bitter and sweet, comical and tragic. By searching the themes of abandonment, the race of time, and the nature of friendship, the author creates a suspenseful, if untraditional, thriller that leaves you pondering how much of what we know—whether about friends or family—is actually real.
Funny and touching, "The News Where You Are" is a moving exploration of what we do and don't leave behind, proving once more that Catherine O'Flynn's writing "shimmers with dark brilliance," says the Chicago Tribune. Catherine O'Flynn's debut novel, What Was Lost, won the Costa First Novel Award in 2007. She lives in Birmingham, England.
Buy The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn - $15.00
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Fiction
 The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb $15.99
In The Hour I First Believed, Lamb travels well beyond his earlier work and embodies in his fiction myth, psychology, family history stretching back many generations, and the questions of faith that lie at the heart of everyday life. The result is an extraordinary tour de force, at once a meditation on the human condition and an unflinching yet compassionate evocation of character.
The Hour I First Believed is a profound and heart-rending work of fiction. Wally Lamb proves himself a virtuoso storyteller, assembling a variety of voices and an ensemble of characters rich enough to evoke all of humanity.
Buy The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb - $15.99
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Non-Fiction
 Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura & Lisa Ling $26.99
On March 17, 2009, Laura Ling and her colleague, Euna Lee were apprehended by fearsome North Korean soldiers and violently dragged through the forests along the China-North Korea border and across the Tumen River. They had been working on a television project about the human trafficking crisis that China and North Korea have been trying to cover up for years.
Shortly after, the battered and terrified women were brought before North Korea's Supreme Court and were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in notorious gulag-style camps. They were the first Americans ever tried before the court.
Forming half of the story of SOMEWHERE INSIDE, Laura provides a gripping account of struggle at the hands of the North Korean guards, as well as her cunning in being able to befriend some of the guards. For her meals in prison, Laura was given rice mixed with rocks before being subject to rounds of harrowing interrogations. Throughout her five months of imprisonment, Laura experienced the darkest moments of her life as she began to come to terms with the possibility that she might never see her family again.
After hearing of Laura's capture, Laura's sister, world-renowned journalist Lisa Ling, immediately thrust herself into private and public efforts to help secure Laura and Euna's release. She was unrelenting in her mission. Lisa recounts insider conversations with people in the highest levels of government, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, Senator John Kerry, and Governor Bill Richardson, among others. She also shares insights into the balancing of agendas and egos with which she had to juggle.
From opposite ends of the world, Laura and Lisa Ling became an unprecedented channel of communication between North Korea, one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet, and its archenemy, the United States. SOMEWHERE INSIDE is a story of survival, sisterhood and the ignition of a new relationship between two nations that have been at war for more than half a century.
Buy Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura & Lisa Ling - $26.99
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Non-Fiction
 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman $25.99
In 97 Orchard, Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York's Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth century—a city within a city, where Germans, Irish, Italians, and Eastern European Jews attempted to forge a new life. Through the experiences of five families, all of them residents of 97 Orchard Street, she takes readers on a vivid and unforgettable tour, from impossibly cramped tenement apartments down dimly lit stairwells where children played and neighbors socialized, beyond the front stoops where immigrant housewives found respite and company, and out into the hubbub of the dirty, teeming streets.
Ziegelman shows how immigrant cooks brought their ingenuity to the daily task of feeding their families, preserving traditions from home but always ready to improvise. While health officials worried that pushcarts were unsanitary and that pickles made immigrants too excitable to be good citizens, a culinary revolution was taking place in the streets of what had been culturally an English city. Along the East River, German immigrants founded breweries, dispensing their beloved lager in the dozens of beer gardens that opened along the Bowery. Russian Jews opened tea parlors serving blintzes and strudel next door to Romanian nightclubs that specialized in goose pastrami. On the streets, Italian peddlers hawked the cheese-and-tomato pies known as pizzarelli, while Jews sold knishes and squares of halvah. Gradually, as Americans began to explore the immigrant ghetto, they uncovered the array of comestible enticements of their foreign-born neighbors. 97 Orchard charts this exciting process of discovery as it lays bare the roots of our collective culinary heritage.
Buy 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman - $25.99
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Non-Fiction
 The Workout: Core Secrets from Hollywood's #1 Trainer by Gunnar Peterson $16.99
In this groundbreaking book, Gunnar Peterson — fitness guru behind Hollywood A-listers and professional athletes — maps out the optimal get-in-shape program, complete with surefire techniques to help you achieve your best body ever. After more than seventeen years as a personal trainer, Gunnar knows the winning formula behind every fitness success story: motivation, information, variety, and consistency. With specific innovative programs for everyone from the exercise novice to the gym rat who is trying to break out of a fitness rut, The Workout is more than a book — it's your own personal trainer, loaded with inspiration, insider secrets, and fitness expertise on every page.
Buy The Workout: Core Secrets from Hollywood's #1 Trainer by Gunnar Peterson - $16.99
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Non-Fiction
 The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley $26.99
"A delightful and fascinating book, filled with insight and wit, which will make you think twice and cheer up" — Steven Pinker
"A fast-moving, intelligent description of why human life has so consistently improved over the course of history, and a wonderful overview of how human civilization move forward!" — James Watson
"Ridley's enthusiasm for his subject is contagious....He writes with panache, wit, and humor and displays remarkable ingenuity in finding ways to present complicated materials for the lay reader." — Los Angeles Times
"A fascinating tour of the human genome....If you want to catch a glimpse of the biotech century that is now dawning...Genome is an excellent place to start." — Wall Street Journal
"Matt Ridley manages to combine a scholarly approach with a great dash and wit, which puts him well ahead of the field; stimulating and great fun." — Financial Times
Buy The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley - $26.99
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Young Adult
 The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #4) by Michael Scott $18.99
The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
Josh and Sophie are back in San Francisco, but their troubles are far from over. Meanwhile, a drama is unfolding on nearby Alcatraz that threatens to engulf the entire City on the Bay. Michael Scott's fourth Nicholas Flamel novel is the most exciting yet.
Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home, but more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they'll need to protect themselves from the Dark Elders, they've lost Scatty, and they're still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, they now must ask themselves if they can trust Nicholas Flamel. Can they trust anyone?
Perenelle Flamel was able to align herself with the most unlikely of allies. But she wasn't the only one being held on Alcatraz. Behind the prison's bars and protective sigils lurks a menagerie of monsters. Now Machiavelli has come to Alcatraz to loose those monsters on San Francisco. Perenelle struggles powerfully, vowing to protect the city at any cost, but each day she weakens, even with Nicholas back at her side.
With the Codex and the creatures on Alcatraz, Dr. Dee is close to ultimate control. All he needs is to raise the Mother of the Gods from the dead. For that, he'll have to train a necromancer. And the twins of legend would make the perfect pupils. . . .
Michael Scott is an authority on mythology and folklore. You can visit him at www.dillonscott.com. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Buy The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #4) by Michael Scott - $18.99
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Young Adult
 Wanted (Pretty Little Liars Series #8) by Sara Shepard $16.99
In Rosewood, majestic estates sprawl for acres, and Tiffany toggle bracelets dangle from every girl's wrist. But not all that glitters is gold, and the town harbors secrets darker than anyone could imagine—like the truth about what really happened the night Alison DiLaurentis went missing. . . .
Back in middle school, Ali plucked Emily, Hanna, Aria, and Spencer from obscurity and turned them into the beautiful, popular girls everyone wanted to be. Ali was the best friend they ever had. But she also made them do terrible things and taunted them with their worst secrets. Now, three years later, all their questions about Ali have finally been answered and they can put this awful chapter of their lives behind them. Or so they think.
Not every story has a happy ending, especially when four pretty little liars have done so many wicked things. In the dramatic conclusion of Sara Shepard's bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, Emily, Hanna, Aria, and Spencer could get everything they've ever wanted—unless A has one more horrifying twist in store.
Buy Wanted (Pretty Little Liars Series #8) by Sara Shepard - $16.99
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Young Adult
 Love and Peaches (Peaches Series #3) by Jodi Lynn Anderson $8.99
When Murphy chose New York City, she left her first love behind. Now, a summer in Bridgewater means trading subway trains for pickup trucks and facing the boy she turned her back on.
Leeda expects her trip home to be over faster than her new Manhattan boyfriend can hail a cab—until a surprising inheritance saddles her with a huge responsibility.
Birdie's heart led her all the way to Mexico, and heartbreak brings her back to the orchard. But when the Darlington family decides to leave peach trees for palm trees, Birdie gets a crash course in letting go—and learning when to hold on. Together for another juicy summer, carefree Murphy, perfect Leeda, and big-hearted Birdie return to the place that allowed them to bloom. Brimming with all the charm, humor, and heart of Peaches and The Secrets of Peaches, this satisfying conclusion to the series reunites three unlikely best friends for a final sweet farewell.
Buy Love and Peaches (Peaches Series #3) by Jodi Lynn Anderson - $8.99
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Early Grades and Picture Books
 Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Julie Paschkis $16.99
Recommended for ages 4 through 9.
In the seventeenth century, a thirteen-year-old girl questions the accepted wisdom of her time. Working in secret, lest she be accused of witchcraft, she discovers where butterflies really come from.
It's not often that someone is born both a great scientist and a great artist, especially if that someone is a girl in the middle of the 17th century. But Maria Sibylla Merian was. In a time when people thought that butterflies (then called "summer birds") came from the soil magically, Maria collected, watched, and waited with an open mind, documenting with precise watercolors what actually happened. Engle captures the voice of this patient, determined thirteen year-year-old, as she documents metamorphosis.
An inspirational book for young scientists, little girls with big dreams, and anyone who has ever determined to discover the truth for themselves. Young readers will imagine themselves growing up to follow their dreams.
Kirkus Reviews says, "Engle and Paschkis tell Merian's story with emotion and passion, capturing ... the patient precision that Maria must have used to collect her specimens, watching them in secret and then waiting for metamorphosis ... The illustrator's rich, gouache folk-style paintings ... share that joy in the natural world."
Buy Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Julie Paschkis - $16.99
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Sixteen Sizzlin Summer Reads
 Sizzling Sixteen (#16 in the Stephanie Plum series) by Janet Evanovich $27.99
Red-hot bounty hunter Plum and a crew of misfits that include retired hooker Lula, aging bail-jumper Eddie Decooch, and Plum's own hipster granny, have romped their way "through the numbers," garunteeing Evanovich a place on the New York Times bestseller list. The Plum Mysteries are never anything less than entertaining, hilarious, and refreshing in every way.
In book sixteen, Stephanie Plum inherits a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck....
Cousin Vinnie has run up a gambling debt, and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, Connie, and Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs. Along the way they'll hunt down a man wanted for polygamy, a Turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles. Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous Ranger, remain on the scene .With any luck at all, Uncle Pip's lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky—the only question is ... with whom?
Sizzling Sixteen . . . so hot, the pages might spontaneously combust!
Buy Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich - $27.99
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 To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition by Harper Lee $25.00
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition by Harper Lee - $25.00
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 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho $14.99
Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an Alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a meditation on the treasures found within. Lush, evocative, and deeply humane, the story of Santiago is art eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts.
Buy The Alchemist by Paul Coelho - $14.99
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 Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich $25.99
Shadow Tag, the brilliant new novel by Louise Erdrich, is a stunning tour-de-force from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of Love Medicine and Pulitzer-Prize-finalist The Plague of Doves. In the vein of the novels of such contemporaries as Zoe Heller and Susan Minot, Shadow Tag is an intense and heart-wrenching story of a troubled marriage and a family in disarray—and a radical departure from Erdrich's previous acclaimed work.
Buy Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich - $25.99
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 Dragon Haven (Rain Wilds Series #2) by Robin Hobb $27.99
Return to the world of the Liveship Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second installment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.
"A new generation of dragons promises new life and prosperity to the people who live along the Rain Wild River, but they emerge from their cocoons deformed and sickly. Driven away from human settlements and assigned a group of young misfits as their keepers, the dragons make their dangerous way upriver toward a legendary lost haven, the city of Kelsingra. This journey brings dragons, keepers, and other travelers into conflict with a hostile environment and, most dangerous of all, with one another. Hobb's sequel to Dragon Keeper continues the stories of the Wilding girl Thymara, the Bingtown gentlewoman-turned-naturalist Alyse, and the blue queen dragon Sintara. A vividly depicted exotic fantasy background and compelling characters make this a strong, well-written fantasy with broad appeal, particularly to fans of Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels and lovers of dragon lore in general." - Library Journal
Buy Dragon Haven (Rain Wilds Series #2) by Robin Hobb - $27.99
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 So Much for That by Lionel Shriver $25.99
From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World comes a searing, ruthlessly honest new novel about a marriage both stressed and strengthened by the demands of serious illness.
Shep Knacker has long saved for retirement: an idyllic retreat to the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Traffic jams on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be replaced with "talking, thinking, seeing, and being"—and enough sleep. But Shep's wife always has one more reason why now is not quite the right time. Finally Shep announces he's leaving for a Tanzanian island, with or without her. Just returned from a doctor's appointment, Glynis has some news of her own: Shep can't go anywhere because she desperately needs his health insurance....
Buy So Much for That by Lionel Shriver - $25.99
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 Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman $9.99
The state police and FBI are baffled when an old man and a teenage girl are brutally murdered. The blind Navajo Listening Woman speaks of ghosts and of witches. But Lieutenant Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police knows his people as well as he knows cold-blooded killers. His incredible investigation carries him from a dead man's secret to a kidnap scheme, to a conspiracy that stretches back more than one hundred years. Leaphorn arrives at the threshold of a solution—and is greeted with the most violent confrontation of his career.
Buy Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman - $9.99
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 The Rule of Nine (Paul Madriani Series #11) by Steve Martini $26.99
An Old Weatherman dreams of an attack to drive a stake through the heart of the right-wing establishment. Now he's found the money, the ideal weapon, and the professional who knows how to use it. It will be a strike heard round the world.
Meanwhile defense attorney Paul Madriani is still reeling from the trauma of a near nuclear explosion. While federal authorities pressure Madriani to keep the incident quiet, steely-eyed weapons-control expert Cole insists they go public to prevent a similar event in the future. And Madraini is still embroiled with the horrifying assassination linked to a shadowy figure called Liquida — "the Mexecutioner." Madriani and Cole begin to fear that the Old Weatherman and Liquida have joined forces and intend to pull the city — and the country — into a vortex of terror before Madriani and Cole can find answers to the enigma that is "the rule of nine."
Buy The Rule of Nine (Paul Madriani Series #11) by Steve Martini - $26.99
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 A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer $25.99
Lauren Belfer dazzled readers with her debut novel, City of Light, a New York Times notable book of the year. In this highly anticipated follow-up, she deftly captures the uncertainty and spirit, the dreams and hopes, of a nation at war. A sweeping tale of love and betrayal, intrigue and idealism, A Fierce Radiance is an ambitious and deeply engaging novel from an author of immense talent.
Claire Shipley is haunted by the death of her young daughter years ago. She is also an ambitious photojournalist, and in the anxious days after Pearl Harbor, finds herself on top of one of the nation's most important stories—a miraculous new drug they call penicillin. Little does Claire suspect how much the story will change her own life. When a researcher at the institute dies under suspicious circumstances, the stakes become starkly clear: a murder has been committed to obtain these lucrative new drugs. With lives and a new love hanging in the balance, Claire will put herself at the center of danger to find a killer—no matter what price she may have to pay.
Buy A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer - $25.99
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 Supreme Justice by Phillip Margolin $25.99
New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin returns to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., with an exciting thriller about a ghost ship and the President's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. When a Supreme Court justice is mysteriously attacked, investigators uncover a plot involving a woman on death row and rogue intelligence agents. Soon the trio is thrown back into the grip of a deadly, executive danger. With nonstop action, Supreme Justice picks up where Executive Privilege left off, putting readers right back where they were — on the edge of their seats.
Buy Supreme Justice by Phillip Margolin - $25.99
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 Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey $7.99
Life sucks, and then you die. And if you think that's bad, the afterlife isn't pretty either for some of us sinners. But Stark has made it back to earth, and he's ready for revenge. And absolution, and maybe even love. Stark discovers that the road is longer than you'd expect. Resurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse. Darkly twisted, irreverent, and completely hilarious.
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 Running Dark by Jamie Freveletti $24.99
From internationally bestselling author Jamie Freveletti comes a riveting new thriller featuring brilliant biochemist Emma Caldridge. This time there's nowhere to run. . . .
Emma is on mile thirty-six of an ultramarathon when a roadside car bomb explodes. Dazed and disoriented, she regains consciousness after the blast to find a man standing over her with a white plastic injector. She feels the prick of a needle and the rush of medication under her skin, but before she can make a sound, the man is gone.
Meanwhile, Somali pirates have attacked a cruise ship. Intelligence suggests the ship is carrying cargo far more valuable than wealthy passengers—a new biochemical weapon. Emma has the professional expertise needed; but t's a risky job, one she might not survive in her current condition. But when Emma learns that a man who once saved her life is among the hostages, nothing will stop her from getting on board.
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 Dead Men's Dust by Matt Hilton $7.99
Joe Hunter solves problems. Or, as he likes to put it, he's "the weapon sent in when all the planning is done and all that's left is the ass kicking." And as a former military operative and ex—CIA agent, he's good at what he does. But when he's told that his brother—with whom he hasn't been on the best of terms—has disappeared, he learns that everything he's faced before is child's play. With its cinematic pacing, nonstop thrills, and strong, charismatic hero, Dead Men's Dust introduces Matt Hilton as a powerful and irresistible new voice in thriller fiction.
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 Fatally Flaky (Culinary Mystery Series #15) by Diane Mott Davidson $7.99
Bridezilla - and murder - in another delectable novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Revenge, Dark Tort, and Double Shot. It's been a long summer for caterer Goldy Schulz. It's bad enough that the bride from hell wants to switch locations to the Gold Gulch Spa just a scant two days before tying the knot.Then Doc Finn's car tumbles into a ravine. Does this have anything to do with Doc's investigations on the spa? To find out Goldy dons chef's whites and goes undercover at the spa. She may find more than she can handle!
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 Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment by Steve Harvey $23.99
Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years: women who can run a small business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure out what makes men tick. Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships.
Buy Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment by Steve Harvey - $23.99
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 Psychic: My Life in Two Worlds by Sylvia Browne $25.99
At the age of seventy-three, New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne is ready to tell the whole story of her extraordinary life. In Psychic, we meet the woman behind the public figure: from the child receiving her first visits from the spirit world to the teenager doubting her own sanity; from the new mother living through staggering highs and lows to the burgeoning celebrity, and, ultimately, the successful, happily married woman she is today. With candor, warmth, and a great deal of humor, Sylvia Browne has written the singularly captivating tale of a life lived in two worlds, filled equally with harsh earthly realities and mesmerizing spiritual insights.
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