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Adult Fiction
Nobody's Empire - Murdoch, Stuart (Author)
The Band - Ma-Kellams, Christine (Author)
A Gorgeous Excitement - Weiner, Cynthia (Author)
Family Family - Frankel, Laurie (Author)
Let's Call Her Barbie - Rosen, Renée (Author)
We Do Not Part - Kang, Han (Author) , Yaewon, E (Translator) , Morris, Paige Aniyah (Translator)
Arts & Entertainment
I Dream of Joni: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots - Alford, Henry (Author)
Biography
Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth): A Memoir - Zusak, Markus (Author)
The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky - Shuster, Simon (Author)
Chapter Books
Bulldozer's Big Rescue (Bulldozer and Friends #1) - Broach, Elise (Author) , Murphy, Kelly (Illustrator)
Graphic Novels
Mixed-Up - Garcia, Kami (Author) , Williams, Brittney (Illustrator)
History
The Holocaust: An Unfinished History - Stone, Dan (Author)
The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century - Steil, Benn (Author)
Homestead
Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty - Beemer, Will (Author) , Sobon, Jack A (Foreword by)
Horror
Thinner - King, Stephen (Author)
Humor
The Modern Bathroom Reader: Fascinating Information for the Perpetually Curious - Wexler, David (Author) , Williams, Emily (Author)
Manga & Adult Graphic Novels
Doctor Doom: Books of Doom - Brubaker, Ed (Author) , Raimondi, Pablo (Illustrator) , Ross, Alex (Not Available)
Middle Readers
Three Tasks for a Dragon - Colfer, Eoin (Author) , Lynch, P J (Illustrator)
Personal Growth
Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There - Sharot, Tali (Author) , Sunstein, Cass R (Author)
Romance
Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Empyrean #3) - Yarros, Rebecca (Author)
Brewing Up a Bad Boy: A Spicy Small Town Second Chance Romance (Original) (Wicked Sisters #3) - Garbera, Katherine (Author)
Give Me Butterflies (Oaks Sisters #1) - Meadows, Jillian (Author)
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Rainfall Market - Yeong-Gwang, You (Author) , Jung, Slin (Translator)
Social Sciences
Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known about Menopause - Watts, Naomi (Author) , Haver, Mary Claire (Foreword by)
Travel
Lonely Planet New England (Travel Guide) (11TH ed.) - St Louis, Regis (Author) , Clark, Gregor (Author) , Gibb, David (Author) , Robinson, Britany (Author) , Vorhees, Mara (Author)
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After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.
Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves--her dragons, her family, her home, andhim.
Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.
They need an army. They need power. They needmagic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find--the truth.
But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.
The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
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"A fresh and fun take on Barbie lore...clever and satisfying." - Shelby Van Pelt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.
When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she's setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.
In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth's vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.
As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels--head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie's fashion--she knows they're working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.
In the decades to come--through soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions-- each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll--she's a legacy.
Includes a Readers Guide and Exclusive Vintage Barbie Photos!
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A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness--with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause
At thirty-six, Naomi Watts had just completed filming King Kong and was trying to start a family when she was told that she was on the brink of menopause. It is estimated that seventy-five million women in the United States are currently dealing with menopause symptoms (dry itchy skin, raging hormones, night sweats), and yet the very word "menopause" continues to be associated with stigma and confusion. With so little information, many women feel unprepared, ashamed, and deeply alone when the time comes.
This is the book Naomi Watts wishes she had when she first started experiencing symptoms. Like sitting down over coffee and having an intimate chat with your girlfriend, Dare I Say It blends funny and poignant stories from Naomi and her friends with advice from doctors, hormone experts, and nutritionists to take the secrecy and shame out of menopause and aging. Answering questions such as: What's hormone therapy and should I be on it? Will I ever sleep again? Will I get myself back? What happened to my libido? Do I need eighteen serums for my aging skin? Whose body is this anyway? Who am I now? Naomi Watts shares the most up-to-date research on how to manage menopause symptoms and tackle the physical and emotional challenges we encounter as we age.
Irreverent, bold, and reassuring, Dare I Say It is the companion every woman needs to embrace the best version of herself as she moves into what can be the most powerful and satisfying period of her life.
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A revelatory new history that reexamines the brutal reality of the Holocaust-and reinterprets the events as a living trauma from which modern society has not yet recovered
One of the most acclaimed books of the year: "Outstanding" (Times Literary Supplement); "Remarkable" (Guardian); "Important and challenging" (Jewish Chronicle); "Deeply haunting" (Telegraph)
The Holocaust is much discussed, much memorialized, and much portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked.
Spanning the entirety of the Holocaust, this sweeping history deepens our understanding. Dan Stone--Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London--reveals how the idea of "industrial murder" is incomplete: many were killed where they lived in the most brutal of ways. He outlines the depth of collaboration across Europe, arguing persuasively that we need to stop thinking of the Holocaust as an exclusively German project. He also considers the nature of trauma the Holocaust engendered, and why Jewish suffering has yet to be fully reckoned with. And he makes clear that the kernel to understanding Nazi thinking and action is genocidal ideology, providing a deep analysis of its origins.
Drawing on decades of research, The Holocaust: An Unfinished History upends much of what we think we know about the Holocaust. Stone draws on Nazi documents, but also on diaries, post-war testimonies, and even fiction, urging that, in our age of increasing nationalism and xenophobia, it is vital that we understand the true history of the Holocaust.
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One of the great lyricists of our time, the lead singer and songwriter for the iconic Glasgow-based band Belle and Sebastian, pens a sensitive and intimate account--his debut novel based on his own youthful experiences--of dark days leading to light and a coming of age through music.
It's the early 1990s in Glasgow, Scotland, and Stephen has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay. Diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease which has robbed him of any prospects of work, friends, or independent living, he moves slowly toward new goals and meets others like him, including Richard, a friend from school, and Carrie, a young woman bedridden for five years. Feeling isolated and alone, they form their own support group, and try to get by with as little money and pain as possible. Since he's been ill, Stephen never feels warm, inspiring Carrie to affectionately call him "The World's Coldest Boy." As the world seems to care less for them, the trio start to care less about fitting in with the world.
Stephen soon discovers he has a talent for writing songs. He awakens to the possibility of a spiritual life that transcends the everyday, and feels a calling for a place that might as well be on the other end of the universe let alone the world. Buoyed by tentative hope, he and Richard leave Glasgow in search of a cure in the mythic warmth and sun of California. As they float between hostels, sofas, and park benches, they discover the trip is life-changing in ways neither expected, and Stephen embraces a new-world reinvention that will change his life forever.
Melodic and captivating, filled with graceful notes, melancholic chords, and witty, thoughtful riffs on life's infinite possibilities and curiosities, Nobody's Empire is a warm and wonderful coming-of-age novel, imbued with Stuart Murdoch's magical lyricism.
