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Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan

Shannon Galpin · Thorndike Press Large Print; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

Being inspired to act can take many forms. For some, it's taking a weekend to volunteer. For Shannon Galpin, it meant leaving her career, selling her house, launching a nonprofit and committing her life to advancing education and opportunity for women and girls. Focusing on the war-torn...
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Treasure Hunt

John Lescroart · Dutton Adult
Format: Hardcover

Wyatt Hunt-hero of John Lescroart's New York Times bestseller The Hunt Club—returns with a new protégé, in an intricate, tightly plotted thriller set against San Francisco's glamorous charity circuit Mickey Dade hates deskwork, but that's all he's been...
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Prodigal Son: A Novel

Danielle Steel · Random House Large Print; Lrg edition
Format: Large Print

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTwin boys grow up in the same family, in the same town. Dramatically different, they become bitter enemies, even as children. One good, one bad. One leaves his peaceful hometown, but when all else fails, the prodigal son returns, twenty years later. The reunion...
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Caught

Harlan Coben · Dutton Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense comes a fast-paced, emotion-packed novel about guilt, grief, and our capacity to forgive 17-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college...
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Country: A Novel

Danielle Steel · Random House Large Print
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this rich, involving novel from Danielle Steel, a woman's life catapults from the old to the new, as she learns to seize the moment. COUNTRY Stephanie Adams is a devoted stay-at-home mother, married to a successful lawyer in northern California, in a dead...
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Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World - from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief

Tom Zoellner · Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to futuristic MagLev trains, this is a stirring chronicle of our relationship with rail travel. Tom Zoellner examines the engineering and mechanics of rail as well as how it helped societies evolve. He also looks...
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Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater

Michael Sokolove · Center Point; Lrg edition

Friday Night Lights meets Glee - the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town. Why would the multimillionaire producer of Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon take his limo from Manhattan...
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Too Much Happiness

Alice Munro · Center Point Pub; Lrg edition

An international literary event: Ten new stories from a beloved and award-winning author.This stunning collection of new stories demonstrates once again why Alice Munro is celebrated as a pre-eminent master of the short story. While some of the stories are traditional, set in Alice Munro...
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Fields Of Blood

Karen Armstrong · Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

It is the most persistent myth of our time: religion is the cause of all violence. But history suggests otherwise. Karen Armstrong, former Roman Catholic nun and one of our foremost scholars of religion, speaks out to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed. Religion is as old as humanity:...
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Harvest of Gold

Tessa Afshar · Center Point
Pages: 446
Format: Large Print Hardcover

A hidden message, treachery, opposition, and a God-given success, will lead to an unlikely bounty.The scribe Sarah married Darius, and at times she feels as if she has married the Persian aristocracy too. But there is another thing she did not expect in her marriage - Sarah has grown...
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