Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
Blueprints
Barbara Delinksy
The bond between a talented carpenter and her architect daughter is challenged by a career-shifting television network decision, a family death, sudden parenting responsibilities, and changing romantic prospects.
China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan
Feeling incomplete because her unknown birth father cannot walk her down the aisle, Rachel Chu, on the brink of marrying one of Asia’s richest bachelors, is brought into the elite circles of Shanghai by a shocking revelation.
Crazy Mountain Kiss
Keith McCafferty
When the body of a promising young rodeo star is found in the chimney of a cabin, private detective Sean Stranahan is hired by the girl’s mother and teams up with Sheriff Ettinger to investigate the mysterious legends of the Crazy Mountains to catch a killer.
Eight Hundred Grapes
Laura Dave
When her wedding is cancelled after her fiancé reveals a shocking secret, Georgia Ford returns to her family’s Sonoma vineyard, where she expects the comfort of her family and everything familiar, but discovers that her fiancé wasn’t the only one keeping secrets.
Fatal Chapter
Lorna Barrett
When the president of the Stoneham Historical Society is murdered, mystery bookshop owner Tricia Miles, haunted by his enigmatic last words to her, is determined to solve this strange case before someone else becomes history.
Fateful Lightning
Jeff Shaara
A fictional account of the last months of the Civil War, told from the perspectives of participants on both sides, recreates how Commander William T. Sherman conquers the Confederate forces under General Hood during his March to the Sea campaign.
Finders Keepers
Stephen King
After Morris Bellamy discovers that notebooks and money belonging to his favorite author were taken by Pete Saubers, only Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson can rescue the Saubers family from the deranged and vengeful criminal.
Fixer
Joseph Finder
Forced to move to the home of his youth after a career setback, Rick Hoffman begins a laborious renovation only to make a discovery that threatens his life and challenges everything he thought he knew about his late father.
Invasion of Privacy
Christopher Reich
Refusing to believe the official story behind her FBI agent husband’s death, young wife and mother Mary Grant is pitted against a new generation of cutting-edge surveillance technology and the most deadly conspiracy in America.
Love May Fail
Matthew Quick
Escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating husband, Portia Kane returns to the South Jersey home of her youth and resolves to save herself by assisting a beloved English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident.
Luckiest Girl Alive
Jessica Knoll
Grooming herself for an ideal life involving a successful career and a happy marriage, a rising young journalist confronts a violent episode from her past that threatens to unravel everything she has worked to achieve.
Madeleine’s War
Peter Watson
Continuing to serve his country in 1944 by training new resistance fighters, British military officer Matthew Hammond, who lost a lung on the battlefield, falls in love with one of his recruits and is torn about putting her life in danger.
Melody Lingers On
Mary Higgins Clark
When interior designer Lane Harmon assists in redecorating the home of the wife of missing disgraced financier Parker Bennett, she finds herself drawn to Bennett’s family without realizing that her life is in jeopardy.
Nemesis Games
James S. A. Corey
As an intergalactic land rush gets into full swing–causing new alliances, grand acts of violence, and a new human order–James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante must struggle to survive and get back to the only home they have left.
President’s Shadow
Brad Meltzer
Investigating human remains found in the White House’s Rose Garden, Beecher White discovers that the crime was committed as a warning to the president and to reveal dark truths about Beecher’s father’s death.
Radiant Angel
Nelson DeMille
Taking a job with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group, John Corey must track down Vasily Petrov, a Russian colonel posing as a diplomat, when he mysteriously disappears from a Russian oligarch’s party in Southampton.
Rescued
Marta Perry
Judith Wegler’s life is changed after she finds some letters from 1953 in the desk she has inherited from her grandmother, which describe an Amish widow’s struggle to prevent Amish children being forced to attend public schools.
Rocks
Peter Nichols
A tale set around a popular Mediterranean seaside resort follows the story of Gerald and Lulu, two honeymooners who abruptly split in 1948 and live separately for decades until children from their rivaling families fall in love.
Secrets of State
Matthew Palmer
Moving into private intelligence contracting after getting in trouble for speaking his mind, Sam Trainor stumbles on dangerous information about conflicts between India and Pakistan that are escalating into a serious nuclear threat.
Summer Secrets
Jane Green
Years after hard partying and the discovery of the father she never knew ends her only friendships, Cat Coombs achieves sobriety and resolves to make amends to those she has hurt during a revelatory Nantucket summer.
Superfluous Women
Dunn, Carola
Visiting the 1920s English countryside, Daisy and her husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, are challenged to defend the innocence of an old friend when a long-dead body is found in her locked wine cellar.
Tail Gait
Rita Mae Brown
When a popular University of Virginia history professor is found murdered, Harry and her furry entourage disregard the confession of a homeless alum and look for clues in the victim’s research about Virginia’s revolutionary past.
Those Secrets We Keep
Emily Liebert
Tensions mount when three very different women–wife and mother Sloane, Hillary, who cannot conceive a child, and irresponsible Georgina–unite during a three-week-long summer vacation in Lake George, New York.
Truth or Die
James Patterson & Howard Roughan
When his ambitious journalist girlfriend Claire Parker’s latest scoop leads to a violent confrontation, attorney Trevor Mann discovers a shocking secret that governments and terrorist organizations would do anything to possess.
Ultimatum
Dick Wolf
When sensitive NYPD intelligence, including his home address, is released to WikiLeaks, Detective Jeremy Fisk is attacked by mysterious assailants linked to a serial sniper who is using cutting edge drone technology to murder innocent civilians.
Water Knife
Paolo Bacigalupi
Working as an enforcer for a corrupt developer, Angel Velasquez teams up with a hardened journalist and a street-smart Texan to investigate rumors of California’s imminent monopoly on limited water supplies.
NONFICTION
Boy Who Played With Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star
Tom Clynes
Offers an account of child genius Taylor Wilson’s successful quest to build his own nuclear reactor at the age of fourteen, and explores how gifted children can be nurtured to do extraordinary things.
Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least
Jessica Jackley
The co-founder of Kiva, the world’s first online microlending platform for the working poor, shares her inspirational story of becoming an entrepreneur along with business lessons she herself learned from entrepreneurs in the world’s poorest countries.
Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families
Kevin Cook
In a look at how baseball families share our national pastime, the author, whose own father was a minor-league pitcher, takes readers inside the clubhouses, homes and lives of many of the great father-son pairs, revealing that ball-playing families are a lot like our own.
Exhaustion Breakthrough: Unmask the Hidden Reasons You’re Tired and Beat Fatigue for Good
Holly Phillips
A guide to understanding the causes of exhaustion helps readers rule out any underlying illnesses, correct any allergies or hormonal issues, and incorporate lifestyle factors that will improve overall energy.
First to Fly: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American Heroes Who Flew for France in World War I
Charles Bracelen Flood
Tells the story of the daredevil Americans of the Lafayette Escadrille, who flew in French planes, wore French uniforms, and showed the world an American brand of heroism before the United States entered the Great War.
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, The Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
Stephen Witt
Explores the music-piracy revolution and the man who almost single-handedly brought down the industry from a small town in North Carolina, where he leaked thousands of albums with the help of a network of smugglers.
How to Catch a Russian Spy: The True Story of an American Civilian Turned Double Agent
Naveed Jamali & Ellis Henican
The author, a young American amateur and covert double agent who helped the FBI bust a Russian spy in New York, shares his one-of-a-kind story of how a post-college adventure became a real-life U.S. counter-intelligence coup.
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
Julie Lythcott-Haims
A former student dean at Stanford draws on conversations with educators and employers, as well as her own experiences, to expose the detrimental effects of helicopter parenting and present an alternative philosophy for raising self-sufficient young adults.
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg
The acclaimed comedian teams up with a New York University sociologist to explore the nature of modern relationships, evaluating how technology is shaping contemporary relationships and considering the differences between courtships of the past and present.
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
Robert Kurson
Traces the high-stakes quest of John Mattera and John Chatterton to find the lost pirate ship of Joseph Bannister, discussing their teamwork with technology-eschewing Tracy Bowden and the story behind Bannister’s elusive treasure.
Rival Queens: Catherine De’ Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
Nancy Goldstone
Documents the turbulent mother-daughter relationship between Catherine de’ Medici and Marguerite de Valois to explore the court politics, assassinations, espionage, and betrayals that shaped their time.
Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle
Kristen Green
A journalist and native of Prince Edward County reveals how the county defied the law after the Brown v. Board of Education decision by refusing to integrate and closing its public schools for five years, and describes her own family’s role.
Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be
Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter
Demonstrates how to recognize and overcome the emotional and psychological triggers that set off a reaction or a behavior that often is detrimental in order to achieve meaningful and sustained change.
Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You’ll Ever Make
Peter Cappelli
Offers fact-based guidance on the financial risks and benefits of pursuing a college education intended to help parents and students plan and make informed, rational decisions about the value of education options.
Published on June 29, 2015.
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