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The Secret History of Twin Peaks

Mark Frost · Flatiron Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

From the co-creator of the landmark television series Twin Peaks comes a novel that deepens the mysteries of that iconic town in ways that not only enrich the original series but readies fans for the upcoming Showtime episodes.
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What She Left Behind

Ellen Marie Wiseman · Kensington
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback

In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty--and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept....
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Forever and Forever: The Courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton

Josi S Kilpack · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 327
Format: Print book

It's 1836, and nineteen-year-old Fanny Appleton, a privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. Like many girls of her day, she enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles. But unlike her peers, Fanny is also...
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The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers

Gillian Tett · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning columnist and journalist Gillian Tett comes a brilliant examination of how our tendency to create functional departments - silos - hinders our work ... and how some people and organizations can break those silos down to unleash innovation.One of the characteristics of industrial...
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World Order

Henry Kissinger · Penguin Books
Pages: 420
Format: Print book

Walter Isaacson, Time:"Dazzling and instructive... [a] magisterial new book."Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era - advising...
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The Last Midwife: A Novel

Sandra Dallas · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

It is 1880 and Gracy Brookens is the only midwife in a small Colorado mining town where she has delivered hundreds, maybe thousands, of babies in her lifetime. The women of Swandyke trust and depend on Gracy, and most couldn't imagine getting through pregnancy and labor without her by their...
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A Sinful Calling

Kimberla Lawson Roby · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 325
Format: Print book

Dillon hadn't been called by anyone. He'd called himself and he wasn't ashamed of it. But no good can come from . . . A SINFUL CALLINGTwo years ago, to everyone's surprise, Dillon Whitfield Black, the secret son of Reverend Curtis Black, boldly moved back home, married a woman named Raven,...
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The Heart of Betrayal

Mary E. Pearson · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape. Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komizar that she has the gift, and the Komizar's interest in Lia is greater than anyone could have foreseen.In...
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Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway

Michael Riedel · Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Pages: 447
Format: Print book

Broadway's most respected (and feared) commentator pulls back the curtain on its stars, its producers, and its mega-hits to reveal all the shocking drama, intrigue, and power plays that happened off stage.Razzle Dazzle is a provocative, no-holds-barred narrative account of the people...
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God's Kingdom: A Novel

Howard Frank Mosher · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

"Earnest and innocent, a bright high school student, Jim grows curious about the unspoken 'trouble in the family' that haunts his father, a small-town newspaper editor, and his grandfather, a raconteur who keeps the Kinnesons' secrets to himself. Layer by layer, tale by tale,...
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