Monthly Archives: May 2022

No lights. No power. No help. During the coldest winter on record, an EMP attack wipes out the nation’s power and cripples the country. As the city spirals into lawless chaos, investigative journalist, twenty-six-year-old Cassandra Drews is forced onto the dangerous streets of Portland to begin the long walk to her parents’ home in Oregon But hypothermia and starvation aren’t the only dangers Cass and her rescue dog, Daisy, face on their perilous trek. Danger is stalking them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. ...

This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future – Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns

May 5, 2022

Society

The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by two New York Times reporters, exposing the deep fissures within both parties as the country approaches a political breaking point. This is the authoritative account of an eighteen-month crisis in American democracy that will be seared into the country’s political memory for decades to come. With stunning, in-the-room detail, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns show how both our political parties confronted a series of national traumas, including the ...

City on Fire – Don Winslow

May 4, 2022

Mystery

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new trilogy. “Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating.” – Stephen King “Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation.” – Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain Two criminal empires together control all of New England. Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and ...

Talk Bookish to Me – Kate Bromley

May 4, 2022

Comedy

A USA Today Best Book of 2021! “Bromley does a deft job at keeping the twists and turns of this reunion realistic and utterly romantic.” —USA Today. Inspiration can come from the most unlikely—and inconvenient—sources. Kara Sullivan’s life is full of love—albeit fictional. As a bestselling romance novelist and influential bookstagrammer, she’s fine with getting her happily-ever-after fix between the covers of a book. But right now? Not only is Kara’s best friend getting married next week—which means big wedding stress—but the deadline for her next novel ...

Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine – Olivia Campbell

May 3, 2022

History

For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the way women receive health care. In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness—a diagnosis could greatly limit their ability to find husbands, jobs or be received in polite ...

Here to Stay: A Workplace Romance (Dating in Dallas Book 1) – Adriana Herrera

May 3, 2022

Romance

“Hot, heartwarming, and hilarious…This is a knockout.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Award-winning, highly-acclaimed author Adriana Herrera delivers the sexy, modern enemies-to-lovers romance you’ve been waiting for. Starting over is more about who you’re with than where you live… Julia del Mar Ortiz is not having the best year. She moved to Dallas with her boyfriend, who ended up ditching her and running back to New York after only a few weeks. Left with a massive—by NYC standards, anyway—apartment and a car lease in the scorching ...

True Biz – Sara Novic

May 2, 2022

Young Adult

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A “tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War. “For those who loved the Oscar-winning film CODA, a boarding school for deaf students is the setting for a kaleidoscope of experiences.”—The Washington Post. ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—Oprah Daily, The Millions, ...

Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch – David Mamet

May 1, 2022

Random

“Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.” The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates. In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West. A broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, RECESSIONAL ...

Investing for Teens: 7 Step System of Beginner’s Stock Market Secrets for Teenagers to Achieve Financial Freedom by Age 21 – J.P. Clarke

May 1, 2022

Non-Fiction

GAIN THE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO STOP MOOCHING MONEY OFF YOUR PARENTS ⚠ Are you thinking about your future and wonder if you will get to live with some financial stability? ⚠ Does the stock market seem a bit scary and complicated to you right now? ⚠ Do you hear all these weird terms and stock market language that makes absolutely no sense to you? ⚠ Do you believe you cannot invest because you don’t have enough money? ⚠ Do you want to ...