Monthly Archives: December 2020

Meet Gabriel Wolfe. A decorated SAS veteran struggling to overcome his PTSD caused by a botched final mission. Sucked back into government black ops work, he makes mistakes, sure. And he’s not invincible. But he’s tough as nails. And he does what he needs to defeat evil. Whatever the cost. Expect street-fighting, firefights and global locations. Fast cars, strong, beautiful women and truly twisted villains. This boxset gives you the first three novels in the series – over 1,000 pages of “lose-sleep” action.

All That Glitters – Danielle Steel

December 9, 2020

Drama

In Danielle Steel’s dazzling new novel, a young woman must overcome tremendous adversity in her quest to find herself and achieve real happiness. Nicole “Coco” Martin is destined to have it all. As the only child of doting and successful parents, she has been given every opportunity in life. Having inherited her mother’s stunning beauty and creativity, along with her father’s work ethic and diligence, she has the world at her feet. Her graduation from Columbia is fast approaching, and with it the summer job ...

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain – Lisa Feldman Barrett

December 8, 2020

Health

From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a captivating collection of short essays about your brain, in the tradition of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You’ll learn where brains came from, ...

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics – Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann

December 7, 2020

Biography

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend. As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, explore the songs that have defined her journey. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished images from Dolly Parton’s personal and business archives. Mining over 60 years of songwriting, Dolly Parton highlights 175 of her songs and brings readers behind the lyrics. • Packed with never-before-seen photographs and classic memorabilia • Explores personal ...

Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World – Dalai Lama, Franz Alt

December 6, 2020

Society

“This impassioned account is ideal for readers well versed in current climate change activism, especially efforts spearheaded by Greta Thunberg.”—Library Journal From the voice of the beloved world religious leader comes an eye-opening manifesto that empowers the generation of today to step up, take action and save our environment. Saving the climate is our common duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportions and aggravating a water shortage that ...

Tom Clancy Shadow of the Dragon (A Jack Ryan Novel) – Marc Cameron

December 5, 2020

Adventure

A missing Chinese scientist, unexplained noises emanating from under the Arctic ice, and a possible mole in American intelligence are just some of the problems that plague President Jack Ryan in the latest entry in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. Aboard an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean a sonar operator hears an unusual noise coming from the ocean floor. She can’t isolate it and chalks the event up to an anomaly in a newly installed system. Meanwhile, operatives with the Chinese Ministry of State ...

The Emancipation of Evan Walls – Jeffrey Blount

December 4, 2020

Historical

“If you aren’t already ‘woke,’ you will be after reading this book.”—Mary Batten, author of Aliens from Earth EVAN WALLS IS TERRIFIED by the birth of his ﬁrst child because he doesn’t want her to suffer the isolation he had as a child. Seeing his torment, his wife, Izzy, prods him to explain. He tells of being a black child growing up in the racially charged 1960s. Inspired to overcome the racism and class status imposed on blacks, he dreams of a life bigger than that lived ...

Pawsitively Poisonous – Melissa Erin Jackson

December 4, 2020

Mystery

When Amber Blackwood’s best friend Melanie is found dead, clutching a vial of headache tonic from Amber’s curiosity shop, Amber becomes the prime suspect. Determined to find justice for her friend and to clear her own name, she must use her witchy gifts to track down Melanie’s real killer.

Intercepted – Susanna Haymond

December 4, 2020

Romance

Nora is going to Mexico to help finish the construction of an orphanage. While south of the border, Nora disappears without a trace. Airplane pilot and fellow mission volunteer, Anthony Goldburg, is inspired by Nora’s enthusiastic outlook on life. He wonders if something more than friendship could be in their future, but first she must be found. After losing his sister from drugs, Greg Nelson is on a mission – to clear the streets of the vile substance. That’s why he’s DEA. His pain and ...

Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell

December 3, 2020

Historical

ONE OF The New York Times 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year “Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare’s life… here is a novel … so gorgeously written that it transports you.” —The Boston Globe In 1580’s England, during the Black Plague a young Latin tutor falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman in this “exceptional historical novel” (The New Yorker) and best-selling winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Agnes is a ...

The Best of Me – David Sedaris

December 2, 2020

Comedy

“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career—as selected by the author himself, and including a new essay A CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It ...

In a Holidaze – Christina Lauren

December 1, 2020

Romance

One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners. It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the ...