Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
Accident
Chris Pavone
Feverishly paging through a disturbing anonymous manuscript that she believes has world-changing potential, New York literary agent Isabel Reed catches the attentions of Copenhagen veteran station chief Hayden Gray, who resolves to keep the book’s secrets from being exposed.
Bark
Lorrie Moore
A collection of eight short stories includes “Debarking,” in which a recently divorced man struggles to hold himself together as the United States prepares to invade Iraq; and “Foes,” in which a political argument at a Georgetown fundraiser goes awry.
Be Careful What You Wish For
Jeffrey Archer
While Harry Clifton and his wife Emma race to discover the fate of their son after a terrible car accident, Don Pedro Martinez plots to install a puppet chairman at the Barrington Shipping Company and Jessica’s nuptials are sabotaged by a poisonous friend.
Black Horizon
James Grippando
When their honeymoon is cut short by a drilling explosion in Cuban waters, Jack Swyteck, an attorney, represents a client whose husband was on the rig, while his wife, a CIA operative, goes deep undercover until both of their assignments dangerously intersect.
Blossom Street Brides
Debbie Macomber
Two downtrodden customers at Lydia Hoffman’s yarn store find the courage to start over, including Lauren, who pursues a bold relationship after despairing of her career-focused boyfriend; and Bethanne, who chooses between a loving ex and her long-distance husband.
Bone Deep
Randy Wayne White
Doc Ford journeys to the part of Central Florida known as Bone Valley where he and Tomlinson confront a cutthroat subculture of black-marketers and a ruthless multi-billion-dollar phosphate industry that hides murder victims among its bone remains.
Cairo Affair
Olen Steinhauer
The assassination of an American diplomat in Hungary places Cairo-based CIA agent Stan Bertolli in love with Sophie Kohl, the victim’s wife, and places an Egyptian intelligence agent and an American analyst at the mercy of a dangerous political game of shifting allegiances.
City of Darkness and Light
Rhys Bowen
Agreeing to flee New York City when her husband Daniel is targeted by a gang for his part in a high-profile arrest, Molly travels to Paris to stay with art-student friends whose disappearances are tied to the murder of a renowned Impressionist artist.
Daring Ladies of Lowell
Kate Alcott
Moving to the mill city of Lowell in 1832 to escape farm life, young Alice is disillusioned by the local factory’s harsh working conditions and struggles to advocate on the workers’ behalf while recklessly falling in love with the mill owner’s handsome eldest son.
Divorce Papers
Susan Rieger
A romantic comedy told through emails, letters, transcripts, and articles follows a lively divorce through the eyes of cynical young law associate Sophie Diehl, who represents a humiliated woman throughout a separation from her ambitious doctor husband.
Evening Stars
Susan Mallery
While nurse Nina Wentworth–torn between two very different men–struggles to leave Blackberry Island, her sister Averil returns, complicating things even further until their reckless mother makes a shocking discovery that changes everything.
Headmaster’s Wife
Thomas Christopher Greene
Found wandering naked and mentally traumatized in Central Park, the headmaster of an elite boarding school imparts a story that is shaped by complicated memories, the evolution of a loving relationship, and a tragedy he cannot comprehend.
Night in Shanghai
Nicole Mones
Touring Shanghai in 1936 as part of a black jazz orchestra, Thomas Greene meets Song Yuhua, translator for one of Japan’s biggest crime bosses, and, although their relationship is forbidden, together through friendship and love they weather the Japanese invasion together.
NYPD Red 2
James Patterson & Marshall Karp
After being called to a horrible crime scene in Central Park involving a brutally murdered woman on a carousel, Zach and Kylie, detectives with the elite NYPD Red, must uncover the killer while public pressure builds and personal and professional secrets hang in the balance.
Outcast Dead
Elly Griffiths
While on a dig at Norwich Castle, forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of Mother Hook, a serial killer who was executed in 1867 for the murder of five children, while DCI Harry Nelson investigates a serial child-abductor called the Childminder.
Roosevelt’s Beast
Louis Bayard
A dramatic reimagining of the ill-fated 1914 Amazon expedition shared by the 26th President and his son, Kermit, documents their struggles with hunger and malaria before being captured by an Amazonian tribe that requires them to hunt a mysterious beast.
Safe with Me
Amy Hatvany
After their 15-year-old daughter Maddie survives a transplant, Olivia is bound to her abusive husband now more than ever, while Maddie, terrified of her father’s increasing rage, re-enters the real world only to find it more complicated than the isolation she had been so eager to escape.
Shotgun Lovesongs
Nickolas Butler
Sharing a childhood in small-town Wisconsin before going their separate ways with careers and families, Hank, Leland, Kip and Ronny are reunited during a visit marked by culture clashes, respective pursuits of meaning and a woman who inspires passion in each of them.
Stone Cold
C. J. Box
Investigating allegations about a hit man who lives a life of wealth and secrecy on a remote Wyoming ranch, Joe Pickett, still officially a game warden but now mostly a troubleshooter for the governor, discovers a ruthless killer and a disturbing person from his past at the ranch.
Tempting Fate
Jane Green
Struggling with a fatalistic view about aging and friends who desperately cling to youth, Gabby recklessly forges a long-distance friendship with a younger man in spite of her happy family life and finds the relationship threatening everyone she loves.
Trident Deception
Rick Campbell
When a Trident ballistic missile submarine, the USS Kentucky, unknowingly receives false orders from rogue Mossad agents to launch a nuclear attack on Iran, a single senior officer races against time to assemble an intercept team and prevent the attack.
Troop
Nick Cutter
Leading a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness–to an island off of Prince Edward Island–for a traditional weekend camping trip, scoutmaster Tim Riggs encounters a disturbing, voraciously hungry intruder in the woods who infects the troop with a bioengineered disease.
Undead Pool
Kim Harrison
When strange magic attacks Cincinnati and the Hollows, shattering the truce between the Inderlanders and humans, witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan must stop this dark necromancy before an all-out supernatural war breaks out.
Why Kings Confess
C. S. Harris
Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the death of a doctor who was on a spy mission for Napoleon in one of London’s most notorious slums, and soon finds himself at odds with the ruthless daughter of Marie Antoinette, who is determined to retake the French crown.
Wives of Los Alamos
Tarashea Nesbit
A World War II era tale told in the collective voices of the wives of the team who created the atom bomb traces their struggles to adapt and raise children in a rugged military town in New Mexico where everything their husbands are doing is an intense secret.
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
A sequel to The Way of Kings finds Dalinar leading the human armies into an escalating war with the Parshendi, while Shalland and Jasnah search for a mythical city to secure humanity’s survival and Kaladin struggles to master his Windrunner powers.
NONFICTION
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
Peter Stark
Drawing on original source material, this gripping true story documents the three-year expedition, from 1810 to 1813, to establish Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Blood Will Out: The True Story of A Murder, A Mystery, and A Masquerade
Walter Kirn
Describes the author’s fifteen-year relationship with eccentric New Yorker Clark Rockefeller, his discovery that Rockefeller was a serial imposter and murderer, and how his old friend’s murder trial made him face hard truths about himself.
Cooking Light Global Kitchen: The World’s Most Delicious Dishes Made Easy
David Joachim
Presents over 150 recipes from around the world to help cooks of any level easily prepare a variety of international and ethnic meals including Mexican chile rellenos, homemade Italian pasta, Thai sticky rice and Egyptian koshari.
Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters
Diane Jacobs
Documents the intertwined stories of America’s second First Lady and her two sisters, tracing their colonial childhoods, eyewitness roles in the American Revolution, and adult influence on the country’s early history.
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
Julia Angwin
An investigative journalist offers a revealing look at how the government, private companies, and criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data, and discusses results from a number of experiments she conducted to try and protect herself.
Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
Michio Kaku
A survey of current research into the human mind reveals how top international laboratories have innovated unique technologies for recording profound mental capabilities and enabling controversial opportunities in the field of cognition enhancement.
House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World’s Most Powerful Address
Michael Gross
Presents a portrait of the nouveau-riche area of Central Park’s southwest rim and how its high-profile, international residents are redefining the meaning of affluence in today’s world.
How to Be the World’s Smartest Traveler (And Save Time, Money, and Hassle)
Christopher Elliott
Combining recommendations and real-life case histories, an expert traveler and consumer advocate provides detailed travel advice on airlines, car rentals, staying connected, resolving complaints, vacation rentals, and passports and visas.
Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
Carol Wall
Describes how a period of transition in the journalist author’s life marked by her empty nest, a recent illness and her aging parents led her to forge a deep friendship with a gifted Kenyan gardener with whom she transformed her yard and shared long-buried secrets.
Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT
Debbie Stier
On a quest for SAT mastery, the author, taking the SAT seven times and sampling test-prep methods, shares her hard-won knowledge as she reviews Kaplan and Kumon, Cogmed brain-training exercises and $1000 tutors, in this informative and entertaining guide.
Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup – and One Family’s Quest for the Sweetest Harvest
Douglas Whynott
Provides an overview of a year in the life of a New England family as they harvest their maple syrup crop, describing the threatened agricultural art, from the sugarhouse to a sugarbush, replete with tales of a black market and a syrup heist.
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Even When It Is Off Base, Unfair, Poorly Delivered, and, Frankly, You’re Not In the Mood)
Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen
The authors combine the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical advice to explain how to turn feedback into productive listening and learning.
Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball
John Feinstein
Explores the secretive inner-workings of the minor leagues through the stories of eight men who are living on the cusp of the dream–some who have tasted major league success and some who have toiled for long careers.
You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About
Dave Barry
The humorist explores the twin mysteries of parenthood and families, considering topics ranging from family trips and accompanying his daughter to a Justin Bieber concert to bat mitzvah parties and planning one’s funeral.
Published on March 19, 2014.
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