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Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie · Orbit
Pages: 409
Format: Paperback

The only novel ever to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards and the first book in Ann Leckie's New York Times bestselling trilogy.
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she was the Justice of Toren...
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The Hills Have Spies

MERCEDES LACKEY · Daw Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In this new series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, Heralds Mags and Amily must continue to protect the realm of Valdemar while raising their children and preparing them to follow in their footsteps. Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife Amily are happily married with three...
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Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

Gretchen Rubin · Broadway Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

New York Times Bestseller Washington Post Bestseller The author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers The Happiness Project and Happier at Home tackles the critical question How do we change Gretchen Rubin s answer through habits Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday...
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Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange

Jon Butterworth · The Experiment
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: a richly conjured world, in map and metaphor, of particle physics

Atom Land brings the impossibly small world of particle physics to life, taking readers on a guided journey...

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Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol

Ann Dowsett Johnston · HarperWave; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

In Drink The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, award-winning journalist Anne Dowsett Johnston combines in-depth research with her own personal story of recovery, and delivers a groundbreaking examination of a shocking yet little recognized epidemic threatening society today...
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Fall from Grace: A Novel

DANIELLE STEEL · Delacorte Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes the gripping story of a woman who loses everything - her husband, her home, her sense of self and safety, and her freedom.

Sydney Wells's perfect life with her wealthy, devoted husband vanishes when he dies suddenly...
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Black & Decker The Complete Photo Guide to Sheds, Barns & Outbuildings: Includes Garages, Gazebos, Shelters and More (Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide)

Editors of Creative Publishing · Creative Publishing international
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

A single blueprint for a garage, gazebo or shed can cost a consumer far more than the cost of this book. With more than 50 detailed plans with complete instructions, this book offers an amazing value for homeowners. More than 1,000 color photos and detailed, step-by-step instructions leave...
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Red Clocks: A Novel

LENI ZUMAS · Lee Boudreaux Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Five women. One question. What is a woman for?

In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. In a small Oregon fishing...
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The Cold Cold Ground

Adrian Mckinty · Seventh Street Books
Format: Paperback

Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks. In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely...
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The Litigators

John Grisham · Doubleday; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The partners at Finley Figg—all two of them—often refer to themselves as a boutique law firm. Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers...
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Wool

Hugh Howey · Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

For suspense-filled, post-apocalyptic thrillers, Wool is more than a self-published ebook phenomenonits the new standard in classic science fiction. In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society...
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In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware · Scout Press, 2015.
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in this suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller from Ruth Ware, author of the forthcoming The Woman in Cabin 10.

Sometimes the only thing to fear...
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The Dressmaker's Handbook of Couture Sewing Techniques: Essential Step-by-Step Techniques for Professional Results

Lynda Maynard · Interweave; Spi edition
Format: Paperback

Packed with professional techniques and tips, The Dressmaker's Handbook of Couture Sewing Techniques takes the mystery out of the sewing and finishing techniques that many dressmakers assume are either extremely difficult or are only for professional fashion designers.Fashion designer...
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Sinful Scottish Laird

Julia London · Harlequin Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

A young widow puts her sexy suitors to the test in New York Times bestselling author Julia London's scintillating return to the idyllic Scottish Highlands.

Widowed and forced to remarry in three years' time or forfeit her son's inheritance, Daisy Bristol, Lady Chatwick, has plenty...

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The Naturalist

Andrew Mayne · Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback

Professor Theo Cray is trained to see patterns where others see chaos. So when mutilated bodies found deep in the Montana woods leave the cops searching blindly for clues, Theo sees something they missed. Something unnatural. Something only he can stop.As a computational biologist, Theo...
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