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Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law

Preet Bharara · Knopf
Pages: 368
Format: eBook

By the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, an important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our society. Using case histories, personal experiences and his own inviting writing and teaching style, Preet Bharara...
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First: Sandra Day O'Connor

Evan Thomas · Random House
Pages: 496
Format: eBook

The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O'Connor's archives - by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas."She's a hero for our time,...
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The Fifth Doctrine

Karen Robards · MIRA
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

With her back against the wall, everything's on the line for Bianca St. Ives. She's either going to save the world - or die trying.It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on master manipulator Bianca St. Ives, but now that they have, it's far from the capture...
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The Light Brigade

Kameron Hurley · Gallery / Saga Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From the Hugo Award­­-winning author of The Stars Are Legion comes a brand-new science fiction thriller about a futuristic war.They said the war would turn us into light. The Light Brigade: it's what soldiers fighting the war against Mars call the ones who come back...different....
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The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery

Mary Cregan · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A graceful and penetrating memoir interweaving the author's descent into depression with a medical and cultural history of this illness.At the age of twenty-seven, married, living in New York, and working in book design, Mary Cregan gives birth to her first child, a daughter she names Anna....
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Celtic Empire

CLIVE CUSSLER · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Clive Cussler, "The Grand Master of Adventure," sends his intrepid heroes Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino on their wildest, boldest mission into the ancient world, unlocking extraordinary secrets and solving hideous crimes. Another fabulous read from the most beloved series from the #1 New York...
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Something Read Something Dead: A Lighthouse Library Mystery

Eva Gates · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

National bestselling author Eva Gates's fifth Lighthouse Library mystery will carry fans of Miranda James and Jenn McKinlay to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.Dark deeds in the Lighthouse Library threaten to send Lucy Richardson's soon-to-be-wed cousin Josie to an early 'til-death-do-us-part.Winter...
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The Near Witch

V. E. Schwab · Titan Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Brand new edition of Victoria Schwab's long out-of-print, stunning debutAll-new deluxe edition of an out-of-print gem, containing in-universe short story "The Ash-Born Boy" and a never-before-seen introduction from V.E. Schwab.The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten...
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Opposite of Always

Justin A. Reynolds · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

"One of the best love stories I've ever read." - Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give"Read this one, reread it, and then hug it to your chest." - Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens...
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The New Me

Halle Butler · Penguin Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

"A dark comedy of female rage" (Catherine Lacey) and a biting satire of life in the American workforce from a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and Granta Best Young American Novelist "Masterfully cringe-inducing. . . [makes] the reader squirm...
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The Wedding Guest (Alex Delaware Series #34)

Jonathan Kellerman · Ballantine Books
Pages: 371
Format: eBook

"Jonathan Kellerman's psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix." - Los Angeles TimesPsychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis unravel a shocking crime at a raucous wedding reception in this gripping psychological thriller from the #1 New York...
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