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The grand Sophy

Georgette Heyer · Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: eBook

When Lady Ombersley agrees to take in her young niece, no one expects Sophy, who sweeps in and immediately takes the ton by storm. Sophy discovers that her aunt's family is in desperate need of her talent for setting everything right: Ceclia is in love with a poet, Charles has tyrannical...
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A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS

Robert F Worth · Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to tyranny, corruption, and economic decay. From Egypt to Yemen, a generation of young Arabs insisted on a new ethos of common citizenship. Five years later, their utopian aspirations have taken on a darker...
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Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway

Susan Jeffers · Ballantine Books; 20th Anniversary edition
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback

THE PHENOMENAL CLASSIC THAT HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF MILLIONSAre you afraid of making decisions . . . asking your boss for a raise . . . leaving an unfulfilling relationship . . . facing the future? Whatever your fear, here is your chance to push through it once and for all. In this enduring...
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But maybe we're wrong : thinking about the present as if it were the past.

Charles Klosterman · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

"But What If We re Wrong? " visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about...
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Marie KondoÌ„ · Ten Speed
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover

This #1 New York Times best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still...
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What I Know For Sure

Oprah Winfrey · Flatiron Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show - the highest-rated program of its kind, launched her own television network, become the nation's...
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American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

Taya Kyle · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss--and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legendIn early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband...
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Secrets She Kept

Cathy Gohlke · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

All her life, Hannah Sterling longed for a close relationship with her estranged mother. Following Lieselotte's death, Hannah determines to unlock the secrets of her mother's mysterious past and is shocked to discover a grandfather living in Germany.Thirty years earlier, Lieselotte's...
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But Enough About Me: A Memoir

Burt Reynolds · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 302
Format: Print book

Scandalous, sentimental, frank, and sincere - the ultimate inside account of a television and film icon.Burt Reynolds has been a Hollywood leading man for six decades, known for his legendary performances, sex-symbol status, and storied Hollywood romances. In his long career of stardom,...
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The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

Kate Andersen Brower · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President's Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight...
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The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin · Bantam
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * THE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HISTORY OF WESTEROS AND THE LANDS BEYOND * WITH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF ALL-NEW MATERIAL FROM GEORGE R. R. MARTINIf the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin's masterwork - the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time...
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The Best Homemade Kids' Lunches on the Planet: Make Lunches Your Kids Will Love with More Than 200 Deliciously Nutritious Meal Ideas

Laura Fuentes · Fair Winds Press
Format: Kindle Edition

The 200 complete lunchbox recipes in this book are adorable and inspiring, and just as much a joy to make as they are to eat!,
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Extreme Prey

John Sandford · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 406
Format: Print book

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford. After the events in Gathering Prey, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation - no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor...
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Darkfever

Karen Marie Moning · Dell; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens. When her sister...
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1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History

Jay Winik · Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Pages: 639
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Jay Winik brings to life in gripping detail the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt.It was not inevitable that World War II would end as it did, or that...
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