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From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of...

Book two in Fenella J. Miller's gripping and emotional WWII series.Will her secret destroy her chance at happiness?The phony war is over and Hitler is beginning his rampage through Europe. But back home Barbara Sinclair has troubles of her own. With her wedding to...

SOMETIMES THE GREATEST JOURNEY IS FINDING YOURSELF...Ace on the Hill tells the story of Jayson ("Jay") Zimmerman, an imaginative yet impressionable young man who's more familiar with moving trucks and boxes than the confines of any home. The stakes are even higher when his...

Clare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband's career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected...

From the accomplished memoirist and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario comes a first novel of incredible heart and spirit for every Canadian. The novel follows one girl, Martha, from the Cat Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario who is "stolen" from her family at the...

Ace on the Hill tells the story of Jayson ("Jay") Zimmerman, an imaginative yet impressionable young man who's more familiar with moving trucks and boxes than the confines of any home. The stakes are even higher when his family relocates to suburban Boston in...

"DeConna leaves it to the reader to ponder whether the value of truth always outweighs its cost." -Carolyn Geduld, author of The StruggleJenny Smith, a young journalist, secures a career-making interview with a famous but reclusive author, AJ Kenton. Jenny's time with Mr. Kenton,...

Agnes Grey exposes the harsh working conditions of a young governess who's hired by multiple families, including the overly critical Bloomfields and the delusional Murrays. While on assignment, Agnes endures consistent cruelty, forcing her to look inward for strength and encouragement. Agnes is a...

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Mr. Wright's imagined history of the rise and fall of the sugary drink empire is so robust and recognizable that you might feel nostalgic for the taste of a soda you've never had." - Sam Sacks, The...

In All the Families of the Earth, characters from Abram to Ruth come alive, providing fresh insights for today's challenges. Barbara Laymon's imaginative approach involves behind-the-scenes therapists who counsel biblical figures and journal about their conversations. Informed by Laymon's background as a counselor, the...

Seven marriageable daughters . . . And Lord Zachary Griffin is just the man to help them. After all, what could be more tantalizing than teaching the beautiful Witfeld sisters all the special ways of driving a man into submission--and marriage? And leading exquisite...

Author: William J. MannISBN-10: 1504087682ISBN-13: 9781504087681Publisher: Open Road MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/18/2023Pages: 254Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Abandoned draws back the curtain on the romance of the days when railroads were new, when the country convulsed in war against itself and suffragettes left Victorian decorum aghast at their demands. Violet Fletcher Austin lost the love of her life when her husband...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Oprah Daily and NPR! "Dazzling...Finally free from the book's grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked."-- The...

To keep their family ties strong, the five Reeves sisters meet regularly to give each other a reality check. But explosive family secrets begin to pour out like molten lava, and forever change all they treasure most . . . After a shattering revelation,...

"DeConna leaves it to the reader to ponder whether the value of truth always outweighs its cost." -Carolyn Geduld, author of The StruggleJenny Smith, a young journalist, secures a career-making interview with a famous but reclusive author, AJ Kenton. Jenny's time with Mr. Kenton,...

A seductive new stranger becomes the symbol of everything two married women secretly long for in this richly imagined novel by one of the most distinguished writers of the twentieth century Thirty-four-year-old Grace Fairfax lives a dull, conventional existence with her dull, conventional husband,...

Rusty Blackstone, World Champion Steer Wrestler, gets life-shaking news from his former girlfriend and first love, Jenny. He has a five-year-old son named Todd. Even worse, Jenny is now the ex-wife of Rusty's worst enemy and rodeo nemesis, Warren Weston, who claims Todd as...

In All the Families of the Earth, characters from Abram to Ruth come alive, providing fresh insights for today's challenges. Barbara Laymon's imaginative approach involves behind-the-scenes therapists who counsel biblical figures and journal about their conversations. Informed by Laymon's background as a counselor, the...

Rusty Blackstone, World Champion Steer Wrestler, gets life-shaking news from his former girlfriend and first love, Jenny. He has a five-year-old son named Todd. Even worse, Jenny is now the ex-wife of Rusty's worst enemy and rodeo nemesis, Warren Weston, who claims Todd as...

In the heart of New England, a journey of reflection and healing unfolds. Karol, reeling from the sudden loss of a cherished friend, embarks on an annual vacation to Maine alongside her supportive husband, Kurt. This isn't merely a retreat from the world, but...

An enthralling debut, Above the Fire crystallizes the relationship between a father and son as they survive a winter of isolation. Perfect for fans of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.Laboring under a shared loss, Doug and his...

A freaky tale of isolation and the porous membranes between us, Rebecca Gisler's slim novel renders a collapsing world with equal parts aversion, fascination, and tenderness--for readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Sayaka Murata.At an age when she'd rather be making her own way in...

In 1951 Evelyn Russell, middle-aged wife of a Mississippi sharecropper, uses a spool of thread and finds written on the empty spool the name and address of Paula Tillman, a young cotton mill worker in Maine. Evie writes to Paula, and thus begins a...

When grief weighs like a stone.Francesca's pain is so heavy, she can't breathe. Every lesson she's learned, every loss she's experienced, haunts her waking and sleeping hours. Moving forward isn't the same for everyone but she knows she'll be judged for her choices nonetheless....

A Resurrection in Bonners Ferry is the story of Lawrence Greenwood, a federal parole officer living in Connecticut who has reached a crossroads in his life. He is turning fifty, his marriage to Nilda is in its death throes, and his career is winding...

This summer, escape to the Shores­--a Southern lake town full of elegance and glamour in a story about family traditions, friendship, and a love that can't be denied--for readers of Sunny Hostin's Summer on Sag Harbor Chareese "Reese" Devlin spent every summer of her...

An enthralling debut, Above the Fire crystallizes the relationship between a father and son as they survive a winter of isolation. Perfect for fans of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.Laboring under a shared loss, Doug and his...

A USA Today Bestseller! A propulsive and piercing debut, set ten years before the events of Shakespeare's historic play, about the ambition, power, and fate that define one of literature's most notorious figures: Lady Macbeth. Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household...

Ten-year-old Charlie McCoy and his friends are curious about the fire up at the abandoned house on the outskirts of town. Since the grown-ups aren't saying much, and anything really interesting spoken in shushed tones, the boys may need to do a little digging...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - The winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary award makes her American debut with an epic, multigenerational novel-in-verse about two S疥i families and their quest to stay together across a century of migration, violence, and colonial trauma. "Crystalline prose that...

"McQuestion writes with a sharp eye and a sure voice, and as a reader, I was willing to go wherever she wanted to take me." --Carolyn Parkhurst, author of The Dogs of BabelFree spirit Skyla Plinka has found the love and stability she always...

The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life"A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect....the bravery of All Fours...

2014 Winner--Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award--General FictionWhen Margie Bauer joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1941, she is delighted to be assigned to Manila--the Pearl of the Orient. Though rumors of war circulate, she feels safe--the island is fortified, the airbases are ample, and the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Part of Quindlen's gift is that you don't just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love."--People (A Book of the Week Pick) "[A] quietly revelatory and gently...

Arlene Cameron never wanted kids, yet she gave birth to four. Who does that? The government handing out checks per child must have made those labor pains a little easier. She was a Christian woman who treated her children like the enemy. Could attempted...

A River Divided follows Evelyn, a geneticist and amateur archeologist, who discovers a tomb while vacationing in Israel. Believing she has found the remains of Christ, she attempts to revive the DNA found preserved at the site so that she can clone Him. But...

"A poetic debut which masterfully intertwines themes of familial love, friendship, class, prejudice and trauma with psychological acuity and wit." ─ The 2023 Booker Prize Judges I lived for and loved a bird-heart that summer; I only knew it afterwards. Sunday Forrester does things...

On the day that her youngest child leaves home, Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a matter of hours.The Empty Nest cliche is true.And she does not love her husband Peter at all. Now in her fifties, Alice is appalled to realise that...

In the touching novel A Simple Twist of Fate: Destiny, David Greene's life is changed instantly.His brother, Josh, and sister-in-law, Honey, are killed in a terrible car accident. The only survivor is their three-year-old daughter, Ariel, who was saved by being in her child...

"A vibrant and moving debut that takes to heart our deferred dreams and the value of remaining hopeful."--Diane Marie Brown, author of Black Candle Women How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first...

Sarah and Robert Redman have spent a passionate, carefree weekend at Niagara Falls, celebrating their love for each other. But a horrific accident on their way back to the States propels them into an unknown world-a world that will forever change their way of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Part of Quindlen's gift is that you don't just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love."--People (A Book of the Week Pick) "[A] quietly revelatory and gently...

Will leave you smiling long after you've closed the last page."--Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author of The First Love Cookie ClubSmall towns, rugged cowboy heroes, and passion are a perfect combination when it comes to contemporary romance--just ask the many fans of...

A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate.Structured as a...

As Timothy Dugan makes his way through life, he is beset by a growing list of problems.His girlfriend, a full-time college student, wants to have a baby, he hates his job, and his mother announces that she and his father, long divorced, plan to...

This volume contains Jerome Klapka Jerome's 1919 novel, "All Roads Lead to Calvary". The story revolves around a fisherman MP who gives up his career and mistress when his lowly wife consumes poison. An intriguing and masterful piece of literature, "All Roads Lead to...

Author: Alma Flora AdaISBN-10: 1478868880ISBN-13: 9781478868880Publisher: Reycraft BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2019Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.80h x 11.20w x 0.10dReview Citation(s): School Library Journal 10/18/2019 pg. 1

All that glitters may lead right to his heart...The last thing Cleopatra Knight expects on her business trip to Tokyo is to fall into bed with her arrogant, irresistibly hot boss, Dante Damaso. It's a mistake--a steamy, mind-blowingly satisfying mistake. But a few nights...