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Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated
C. Frank Brockman · Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar Maple, whose foliage blazes red and yellow in autumn. North America's trees rank among nature's most awesome creations. This... |
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Naked Greed
Stuart Woods · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The outstanding new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington isn't one to turn away in the face of danger, so when he witnesses a tricky situation underway, he jumps in to lend a hand. He never expected, though, that this favor would lead... |
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Y is for Yesterday
Sue Grafton · Marian Wood Books/Putnam
Pages: 483
Format: eBook
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Of #1 New York Times-bestselling author Sue Grafton, NPR's Maureen Corrigan said, "Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters." With only one letter left, Grafton's many devoted readers will share that sentiment.The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey... |
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An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
DANIEL MENDELSOHN · Knopf
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning memoirist and critic, and bestselling author of The Lost: a deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading--and reliving--Homer's epic masterpiece. When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate Odyssey seminar... |
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The Which Way Tree
Elizabeth Crook · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to avenge her mother's death"When I began to read this book its unique voice appealed to me immediately. Elizabeth Crook has written a beautiful novel with wonderful characters." --Robert... |
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Everything Under: A Novel
DAISY JOHNSON · Graywolf Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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An eerie, watery reimagining of the Oedipus myth set on the canals of Oxford, from the author of FenThe dictionary doesn't contain every word. Gretel, a lexicographer by trade, knows this better than most. She grew up on a houseboat with her mother, wandering the canals of Oxford and speaking... |
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Zoe's Tale
John Scalzi · Tor
Pages: 335
Format: eBook
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How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall.... |
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Faith: A Journey For All
JIMMY CARTER · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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President Jimmy Carter contemplates faith, how it has sustained him in happiness and disappointment, and how we may find it in our own lives as it shapes our belief in religious freedom, moral politics, and how we relate to one another.All his life, President Jimmy Carter has been a courageous... |
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Texas: A Novel
James A Michener · Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages: 1096
Format: Print book
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Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener's monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America's most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely drawn... |
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Give Me Your Hand
MEGAN ABBOTT · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 339
Format: Hardcover
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A life-changing secret destroys an unlikely friendship in this "magnetic" (Meg Wolitzer) psychological thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me. Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school... |
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Rich People Problems: A Novel
Kevin Kwan · Doubleday
Pages: 416
Format: eBook
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Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes... |
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The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups
Leonard Sax · Basic Books
Pages: 287
Format: eBook
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Physician, psychologist, and author Leonard Sax presents data documenting a dramatic decline in the achievement and psychological health of American children. But there is hope. Sax shows how parents can help their kids by reasserting their authority--by limiting time with screens, by encouraging... |
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