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The author grew up listening to his storytelling grandfather, who was a great source of wisdom. “There was always a sense of purpose with his stories,” recalls Banh, “that they must be kept preserved, leaves pressed between pages, to hold together the promise of the cycle of life.” Little did he know at the time […]
THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2017 Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Likes 58 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2017 New York Times Bestseller National Book Award Finalist Greed, depravity, […]
by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a […]
Aaron Merry is a SoCal native whose mom’s sudden abandonment of the family left him cynical about love. When his Christmas-obsessed older brother, Casey, suffers a brutal breakup with his longtime girlfriend, Aaron agrees to accompany him on a last-minute, 12-day trip to Winter Wonderland, an island off Alaska with a year-round Christmas theme. Meanwhile, […]
by Amy Tan ; illustrated by Amy Tan ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2024 An ebullient nature lover’s paean to birds. A charming bird journey with the bestselling author. In his introduction to Tan’s “nature journal,” David Allen Sibley, the acclaimed ornithologist, nails the spirit of this book: a “collection of delightfully quirky, thoughtful, and […]
by David Baldacci ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 12, 2024 Fast-moving excitement with a satisfying finish. The feds must protect an accused criminal and an orphaned girl. Maybe you’ve met him before as protagonist of The 6:20 Man (2022): Ex-Army Ranger Travis Devine, who’d had the dubious fortune to tangle with “the girl on the train,” […]
by Liane Moriarty ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 10, 2024 A fresh, funny, ambitious, and nuanced take on some of our oldest existential questions. Cannot wait for the TV series. Likes 12 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller What would you do if you knew when you were going to die? In the first […]
by Liz Moore ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2024 “Don’t go into the woods” takes on unsettling new meaning in Moore’s blend of domestic drama and crime novel. Likes 15 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Many years after her older brother, Bear, went missing, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from the same sleepaway […]
by Melania Trump ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 8, 2024 A slick, vacuous glimpse into the former first lady’s White House years. A carefully curated personal portrait. First ladies’ roles have evolved significantly in recent decades. Their memoirs typically reflect a spectrum of ambition and interests, offering insights into their values and personal lives. Melania Trump, […]
by Timothy Snyder ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 17, 2024 An incisive, urgently relevant analysis of—and call to action on—America’s foundational ideal. An examination of how the U.S. can revitalize its commitment to freedom. In this ambitious study, Snyder, author of On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom, and other books, explores how American freedom might be […]