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Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1

Doug Moench · DC Comics
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe villainous Bane breaks the Bat in one of the most popular and well-known Batman tales! The inmates of Arkham Asylum have broken free and Batman must push himself to the limits to re-apprehend the Joker, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Killer Croc and more. Pushed...
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A Fall of Marigolds

Susan Meissner · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 370
Format: Paperback

A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away....September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved...
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The Secret to Hummingbird Cake

Celeste Fletcher McHale · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 297
Format: Print book

"Why won't you just tell me what's in that cake?" I'd been trying to get Laine's recipe for years. We all had. When all else fails, turn to the divine taste of hummingbird cake. In the South you always say "yes, ma'am" and "no, ma'am." You know everybody's...
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Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts

David Pogue · St Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

New York Times BestsellerDid you know that can you scroll a Web page just by tapping the space bar? How do you recover photos you've deleted by accident? What can you do if your cell phone's battery is dead by dinnertime each day? When it comes to technology, there's no driver's ed class...
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League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth

Mark Fainaru-Wada · Three Rivers Press
Pages: 413
Format: Print book

"PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO NOT SUSTAIN FREQUENT REPETITIVE BLOWS TO THE BRAIN ON A REGULAR BASIS."So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on concussions in America's most popular sport. That judgment, implausible even to a casual...
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Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science

Tracy Cutchlow · Pear Press; Spi edition
Format: Print book

"The coolest--and easiest--book for new parents" --Parents magazineYou could read 34 parenting books on sleep, eating, potty training, discipline, and brain development. Or you could read Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science. Tracy Cutchlow cuts to the chase,...
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This One Summer

Mariko Tamaki · First Second, 2014. ©2014
Pages: 317
Format: Paperback

A New York Times bestsellerA 2015 Caldecott Honor BookA 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor BookEvery summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It's their getaway, their refuge. Rosie's friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. But this...
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The book of speculation

Erika Swyler · St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Pages: 339
Format: Print book

"Dazzling...[a] quirky, raucous, and bewitching family saga." --Sara Gruen, author of Water for ElephantsSimon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone in a house that is slowly crumbling toward the Long Island Sound. His parents are long dead. His mother, a circus mermaid who made...
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UnDivided

Neal Shusterman · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

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The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul

Danielle LaPorte · Sounds True; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Your bucket list. Quarterly objectives. Strategic plans. Big dreams. Goals. Lots of goals and plans to achieve those goals-no matter what. Except.   Youre not chasing the goal itself, youre actually chasing the feeling that you hope achieving that goal will give you.   Which means we have...
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Moth to a Flame

Ashley Antoinette · Urban Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In the little city of Flint, MI, the good die young and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters. With reign over the city's drug trade, Benjamin Atkins made sure that his precious daughter, Raven, was secluded from the grit that the city had to offer. But when Raven's...
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Twelve Days of Christmas: A Christmas Novel

Debbie Macomber · Random House Large Print
Pages: 280
Format: Large print book

Continuing in a festive annual tradition, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber returns with a new original holiday novel full of romance and cheer - and the magical prospect of finding love in even the most guarded hearts. Friendly and bubbly, Julia Padden likes nearly...
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Saveur: The New Classics Cookbook: More than 1,000 of the world's best recipes for today's kitchen

Saveur magazine The editors of · Weldon Owen; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the editors of America's favorite culinary magazine, Saveur: The New Classics Cookbook features more than 1000 well-curated global recipes in an essential collection for home cooks everywhere. This masterful selection celebrates the brand's authority, heritage, and depth...
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Mexico: The Cookbook

Margarita Carrillo Arronte · Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Best SellerA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Cookbook (Fall 2014) "All my life I have wanted to travel through Mexico to learn authentic recipes from each region and now I don't have to - Margarita has done it for me!" - Eva LongoriaThe first truly comprehensive...
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Rand McNally 2016 Road Atlas

Rand McNally and Company. · Rand McNally
Format: Map

The Rand McNally Road Atlas is the most trusted and best-selling US atlas on the market. This updated North American atlas contains maps of every U.S. state and Canadian province, an overview map of Mexico, and detailed inset maps of over 350 cities and 20 U.S. national parks. Road construction...
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