Monthly Archives: August 2021

The author of the New York Times bestseller This Tender Land returns with a powerful prequel to his acclaimed Cork O’Connor series—a book about fathers and sons, long-simmering conflicts in a small Minnesota town, and the events that echo through youth and shape our lives forever. Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota’s Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O’Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork ...

Witchy Reservations – Stephanie Damore

August 31, 2021

Mystery

From USA Today Bestselling author Stephanie Damore comes a new paranormal cozy mystery series that explores magic, mystery, and what it means to be family. It’s been nearly 13 years since Angelica Nightingale had her heart broken. Packing up her life, she left her hometown and vowed never to return. Except now, a family emergency has called her back home, and quite frankly, she’d rather be anywhere but there. But when her aunt raises her wand to cure a friend and he ends up dead, ...

The Molecule of More – Daniel Z. Lieberman

August 30, 2021

Non-Fiction

Why are we obsessed with the things we want only to be bored when we get them? Why is addiction perfectly logical to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to indifference? Why are some people die-hard liberals and others hardcore conservatives? Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out? The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, ...

Waiting for the Night Song – Julie Carrick Dalton

August 30, 2021

Thriller

A CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, and Parade Most Anticipated 2021 book, Waiting for the Night Song is a compelling novel about friendships forged in childhood magic and ruptured by the high price of secrets that leave you forever changed. Cadie Kessler has spent decades trying to cover up one truth. One moment. But deep down, didn’t she always know her secret would surface? An urgent message from her long-estranged best friend Daniela Garcia brings Cadie, now a forestry researcher, back to her childhood home. There, ...

The Reckoning: Our Nation’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal – Mary L. Trump

August 29, 2021

Society

America is suffering from PTSD—The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps us begin the healing process. For four years, Donald J. Trump inflicted an onslaught of overlapping and interconnected traumas upon the American people, targeting anyone he perceived as being an “other” or an enemy. Women were discounted and derided, the sick were dismissed as weak and unworthy of help, immigrants and minorities were demonized and discriminated against, and money was elevated above all else. In short, he transformed our country into a macro version ...

New Moon Astrology: Lunar Cycle Mastery, How to Say “I Told You So” & Spiritual Energy Meditations – Angela Grace

August 29, 2021

Non-Fiction

Are you fascinated by the moon & its potential power but don’t know how to harness its secrets? Want to easily understand the different moon phases & the way each of them affects your life? Do you finally want to stop wasting time & see what actually works for you? If so, then it’s no coincidence that you stumbled upon these words. You see, using the moon phases to your advantage doesn’t have to be difficult, even if you feel like you’ve tried every other ...

Christian Marriage Devotional for Couples: A 52-Week Bible Study for Better Communication and a Stronger Connection with Your Spouse and Growing Family – Teri Reeves

August 29, 2021

Inspiration

Strengthen your marriage and reconnect with God with this simple guided system… Teri Reeves has been married for ten years and after having four kids, she understands how marriage can feel like a rollercoaster, with ups and downs. In this focused and impactful devotional, she’s sharing practical tips rooted in Biblical principles to help you and your partner build a Christ-centered marriage with better communication and a stronger connection. By setting aside just one hour each week to work through each topic, you can ensure ...

Chasing the Boogeyman – Richard Chizmar

August 28, 2021

Horror

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature “thrilling, page-turning” (Michael Koryta, author of How It Happened) prose to this story of small-town evil that combines the storytelling of Stephen King with the true-crime suspense of Michelle McNamara. In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins ...

When Money Talks: A History of Coins and Numismatics – Frank L. Holt

August 28, 2021

History

Coinage–it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else we still use in everyday life has a history quite like it. Look around at all the things that would bewilder a Greek, Roman, or Renaissance ancestor; then, dig into your purse or pocket for that one artifact that they would immediately recognize as part of their world. Historian Frank L. Holt takes us on a lively journey through the history of numismatics, the study of coins–one of the oldest and ...

They’ll Never Catch Us – Jessica Goodman

August 27, 2021

Young Adult

From rising star Jessica Goodman, author of They Wish They Were Us, comes a new fast-paced thriller about two sisters vying for the top spot on their cross-country team—until a teammate’s disappearance throws their lives off course. “An utter page-turner. Goodman’s voice is razor-sharp and keenly precise. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn!” —Tiffany D. Jackson NYT Bestselling Author of White Smoke and Grown Stella and Ellie Steckler are only a year apart, but their different personalities make their relationship complicated. Stella is single-minded, driven, and she keeps to herself. Cross-country running is ...

Crystals For The Mind: 27 Crystals, Stones, and Gems for Anxiety and Stress – Allegra Grant

August 27, 2021

Non-Fiction

A few years ago, emboldened by a few glasses of red wine, I stumbled into a crystal shop for the first time. I picked up a rock that looked interesting to me, and my whole life changed in a hundred ways. Since that day I found my first crystal, I’ve devoted thousands of hours to researching the phenomenon I was personally experiencing. I’ve talked to experts. I’ve researched what the ancient sages and mystics taught us. But most importantly, I tried everything myself. And my ...

The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West – Megan Kate Nelson

August 26, 2021

History

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History A dramatic, riveting, and “fresh look at a region typically obscured in accounts of the Civil War. American history buffs will relish this entertaining and eye-opening portrait” (Publishers Weekly). Megan Kate Nelson “expands our understanding of how the Civil War affected Indigenous peoples and helped to shape the nation” (Library Journal, starred review), reframing the era as one of national conflict—involving not just the North and South, but also the West. Against the backdrop of this larger series of ...

Trial, Error, and Success: 10 Insights into Realistic Knowledge, Thinking, and Emotional Intelligence – Sima Dimitrijev and Maryann Karinch

August 26, 2021

Business

We make wrong decisions by “fast thinking,” to use Daniel Kahneman’s terminology from his book “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” It happens when we rely on what we know rather well and fit it like a square peg in a round hole. Trial, Error, and Success shows how “slow thinking” comes naturally for skeptical minds. A focus on differences between knowledge from the past and reality is all it takes to avoid overgeneralization traps. Using real-life examples, this engaging read shows how to create new knowledge ...

Blind Tiger – Sandra Brown

August 25, 2021

Historical

With a “knack for romantic tension and page-turning suspense, this one is a winner.” The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas (Booklist, starred review). Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble . . ...