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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

Sam Quinones · Bloomsbury Press
Pages: 384
Format: eBook

In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin -- the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer...
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Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari · Penguin Press
Pages: 277
Format: Print book

Now a New York Times BestsellerA hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships,...
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The Can't Cook Book: Recipes for the Absolutely Terrified!

Jessica Seinfeld · Atria Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Deceptively Delicious, an essential collection of more than 100 simple recipes that will transform even the most kitchen-phobic "Can't Cooks" into "Can Cooks."Are you smart enough to dodge a telemarketer yet clueless...
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Girl on a Wire

Gwenda Bond · Amazon Childrens Pub
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

A ballerina, twirling on a wire high above the crowd. Horses, prancing like salsa dancers. Trapeze artists, flying like somersaulting falcons. And magic crackling through the air. Welcome to the Cirque American!Sixteen-year-old Jules Maroni's dream is to follow in her father's footsteps...
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The Things We Keep: A Novel

Sally Hepworth · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 338
Format: Print book

Anna Forster, in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease at only thirty-eight years old, knows that her family is doing what they believe to be best when they take her to Rosalind House, an assisted living facility. She also knows there's just one other resident her age, Luke. What she does...
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Wildlife of the World

DK Publishing · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Wildlife of the World takes you on a journey through some of the most scenic and rich animal habitats - from the Amazon rain forests to the Himalayas, the Sahara to the South Pole - meeting the most important animals in each ecosystem along the way.In Wildlife of the World truly spectacular...
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Ancillary mercy

Ann Leckie · Orbit, 2015. Â2015
Pages: 359
Format: Print book

The stunning conclusion to the trilogy that began with the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Ancillary Justice. For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't...
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America

Glenn Beck · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck.THEIR NAMES ARE FAMILIAR.THEIR STORIES ARE NOT.Everyone has heard of a "Ponzi scheme," but do you know what Charles Ponzi actually did to make his name synonymous with fraud? Credit...
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Every Last Word

Tamara Ireland Stone · Hyperion, 2015.
Pages: 356
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller
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Brady vs Manning: The Untold Story of the Rivalry That Transformed the NFL

Gary Myers · Crown Archtype
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller From Acclaimed sports journalist Gary Myers comes the definitive inside account of the greatest rivalry in NFL historyTom Brady and Peyton Manning are perhaps the two greatest quarterbacks of all time. They are living legends who have come to embody the quarterback...
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