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Another Kind of Dead
Been there. Done that. Evy Stone is a former Dreg Bounty Hunter who died and came back to life with some extraordinary powers. Now all but five people in the world think she is dead again, this time for good -- immolated in a factory fire set specifically for her. Evy and Wyatt, her partner/lover/friend, can no longer trust their former allies, or even the highest echelons of the Triads -- the army of fighters holding back from an unsuspecting public a tide of quarreling, otherworldly creatures -- they can trust only each other. Because when the Triads raided a macabre, monster-filled lab of science experiments and hauled away the remnants, they failed to capture their creator: a brilliant, vampire-obsessed scientist with a wealth of powerful, anti-Dreg weaponry to trade for what he desires most of all -- Evy Stone: alive and well, and the key to his ultimate experiment in mad science.
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Paper Covers Rock
At the beginning of his junior year at a boys' boarding school, 16-year-old Alex is devastated when he fails to save a drowning friend. When questioned, Alex and his friend Glenn, who was also at the river, begin weaving their web of lies. Plagued by guilt, Alex takes refuge in the library, telling his tale in a journal he hides behind Moby-Dick. Caught in the web with Alex and Glenn is their English teacher, Miss Dovecott, fresh out of Princeton, who suspects there's more to what happened at the river when she perceives guilt in Alex's writing for class. She also sees poetic talent in Alex, which she encourages. As Alex responds to her attention, he discovers his true voice, one that goes against the boarding school bravado that Glenn embraces. When Glenn becomes convinced that Miss Dovecott is out to get them, Alex must choose between them.“One of the best young adult books I’ve read in years.” -- Pat Conroy. Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal, and Horn Book. A 2011 National Parenting Publication Award/NAPPA Gold Winner. |
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The Most Dangerous Man in the World
A ringside view of WikiLeaks and the man who is as secretive as the organizations he targets. The Most Dangerous Man in the World is the definitive, journalistic account of a massive global news event that’s changing the face of journalism and the way governments do business.Andrew Fowler is an award-winning investigative journalist and a contributing reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners programs. |
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The Priest
From the most riveting writer to come out of Ireland since John Connolly, the first in a series of Dublin-based thrillers introducing Inspector Mike Mulcahy, who is pitched into a deadly battle with a religion-obsessed serial killer.Drugs specialist Mike Mulcahy is plunged into unfamiliar territory when the daughter of a politician suffers a horrific sex attack. Dragged into the case against his will, Mulcahy becomes convinced there is more to it than a random frenzied sexual assault, especially when he discovers that the weapon used by the attacker to torture the victim was a crucifix. But know-it-all colleagues and politically motivated bosses, eager for a quick, uncontroversial result, ignore his belief that the attack had religious rather than sexual motivations. Sidelined and overruled, Mulcahy sets about his own investigation, but frustrations abound at every turn -- until reporter Siobhan Fallon turns up asking awkward questions. As more young women are attacked and assault turns to murder, Mulcahy and Fallon are drawn into an uneasy alliance, and each step they take hurtles them ever closer to the monstrous killer known only as The Priest and a final showdown that is as explosive as it is unforgettable. |
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Green Eyed Demon
Things to do:1. Rescue sister. 2. Murder grandmother. 3. Don't upset the voodoo priestess. The clock is ticking for Sabina Kane. Her sister has been kidnapped by her grandmother, the Dark Races are on the brink of war, and a mysterious order is manipulating everyone behind the scenes. Working on information provided by an unlikely ally, Sabina and her trusty sidekicks--a sexy mage named Adam Lazarus and Giguhl, a Mischief demon--head to New Orleans to begin the hunt for her sister. Once there, they must contend with belligerent werewolves, magic-wielding vampires and--perhaps most frightening of all--humans. But as much as Sabina is focused on surviving the present, the past won't be ignored. Before she can save those she cares about most, she must save herself from the ghosts of her past. |
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As Lie the Dead
Evangeline Stone, a rogue bounty hunter, never asked for a world divided between darkness and light......or the power to die and live again in someone else’s borrowed body. After a murder plot meant to take her out leaves an entire race of shapeshifters nearly extinct, Evy is gnawed by guilt. So when one of the few survivors of the slaughter enlists her aid, she feels duty-bound to help -- even though protecting a frail, pregnant shifter is the last thing Evy needs, especially with the world going to hell around her. Amid weres, Halfies, gremlins, vamps -- and increasingly outgunned humans -- a war for supremacy is brewing. With shifters demanding justice, her superiors desperate to control her, and an assassin on her trail, Evy discovers a horrifying conspiracy. And she may be the only person in the world who can stop it-unless, of course, her own side gets her first. |
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Bumper Book of Nature
"Simple in the best kind of way, this is a wonderful collection of naturalistic explorations... [A] bible of things you ought to do and know, complete with pretty line drawings of flora and fauna, rules for games, charts of information, and steps on how to explore the great outdoors as children used to do. For adults, this is a warm and homey walk down memory lane, a remembrance of simpler times and the joy of just being outside." -- Library Journal.
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LEGO: A Love Story
There are 62 LEGO bricks for every person in the world, and at age
30, Jonathan Bender realized that he didn’t have a single one of them.
While reconsidering his childhood dream of becoming a Master Model Builder for
The LEGO Group, he discovers the men and women who are skewing the averages
with collections of hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks. What is it about the
ubiquitous, brightly-colored toys that makes them so hard for everyone to put
down. In search of answers and adventure, Jonathan Bender sets out to explore
the quirky world of Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOL) while becoming a builder himself.
In the process he finds his LEGO journey enjoined with a second creative
endeavor—to have a child. His two worlds intertwine as he awaits the
outcome: Will he win a build competition or bring a new fan of LEGO into the
world? Like every really good love story, this one has surprises—and a
happy ending.Jonathan Bender is a contributor to The Onion, has sold humor pieces to the American Comedy Network, and has an extensive background in improvisational comedy. Bender has written for an eclectic list of newspapers and magazines, including the New York Post, Bust, Modern Bride, and Women’s Health. His work has also appeared online at Espn.com, Seriouseats.com, Urbandaddy.com, and MasterCard’s Priceless.com, and he blogs daily for the Kansas City Star. |
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THE MAGE IN BLACK
Sabina Kane doesn't have the best track record when it comes to family. After all, her own grandmother, the leader of the vampire race, just tried to kill her. When she arrives in New York to meet the mage side of her family, the reunion takes the fun out of dysfunctional. On top of that, the Hekate Council wants to use her as a pawn in the brewing war against the vampires. Her mission will take her into the bowels of New York's Black Light district, entangles her in mage politics, and challenges her beliefs about the race she was raised to distrust. And Sabina thought vampires were bloodthirsty.
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A THEORY OF ALL THINGS
A Theory of All Things is the story of a brilliant, fractured family, five grown siblings facing a number of simultaneous crises and haunted by past tragedy, the desertion of a mother and the suicide of a brother. By alternating between their unique voices, the hopes, memories, opinions and plans of each individual member come together to weave a single story of loss, renewal, and love."Quirky, funny and eminently readable." -- Kirkus Reviews "...Leon’s novel touches on very real familial issues yet maintains a playful tone." -- Publishers Weekly Peg Leon’s first novel, Mother Country, was published by Permanent Press in December 2003 and received good reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, and Booklist. The novel was a BookSense 76 pick for February 2004, and was featured on NPR’s "Off the Page." She has a Masters in Literature from University of California at Santa Barbara. |
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STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
In Straight Down the Middle, Josh Karp
takes on a quest of gigantic proportions. An 18 handicap still struggling to
reconcile his adult responsibilities with the needs of the teenager in his
head, Karp sets off to find both his authentic swing and true self, using the
fairways and greens as his Walden Pond. He undertakes a strict regimen of
meditation and spiritual cleansing before playing rounds with the games
mystics, astrophysicists and shamans, hoping to locate that authentic swing and
sorting out the charlatans from the genuine Shiva Irons and Bagger Vances along
the way.Josh Karp is a Chicago-based writer/journalist and teaches journalism at Northwestern University. He has written for Salon, Playboy, TimeOut New York, LA Times, and many other magazines and newspapers. His first book, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, was published in September 2006 by Chicago Review Press. |
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THREE DAYS TO DEAD
When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab in a morgue
- in a stranger's body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there -
her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night she and the other
two members of her Triad were the city's star bounty hunters, mercilessly
cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from
vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened that
not only cost all three of them their lives but also convinced the city's
other Hunters that Evy was a traitor - and she can't remember what it was.Now she's a fugitive, piecing together her memory, trying to deal some serious justice - and discovering that she only has three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation spell wears off. Because in three days Evy will die again - but this time there's no second chance. “Gritty, imaginative, and a terrific read.” -- Patricia Briggs, New York Times Bestselling author of Bone Crossed |
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WORMWOOD, NEVADA
Tyler and Anna Mayfield have just relocated from Nebraska to the sun
scorched desert town of Wormwood, Nevada. They find themselves in a strange
new landscape populated with old school cowboys, alien cultists, meth
dealers, and doomsday prophets. Loneliness and desperation pervade Wormwood,
and when a meteorite lands in the center of town, its fragile existence
begins to unravel as many believe the end of the world is near, while others
simply seek a reason to believe in anything at all.David Oppegaard was a 2008 Bram Stoker Award Finalist for his first novel, The Suicide Collectors. |
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HOLLY’S INBOX
It's her first day as a receptionist at a London investment bank and inexperienced Holly Denham is struggling. How's a working girl supposed to have a love life with a demanding job, crazy friends, a dysfunctional family, and gossipy colleagues? Not to mention that Holly's been keeping a secret from everyone - and the past is about to catch up with her. An affair with a sexy VP heats things up at the office, but when Holly's first flame gets a job at the same company, complications abound and Holly's inbox becomes a daily source of drama, laughter and scandal.Repeatedly compared to Bridget Jones' Diary, www.hollysinbox.com has become a website phenomenon, with thousands of daily visitors from all over the world. This novel tells Holly's story in full, and also includes exclusive extra material not available on the site. “Fantastic.” -- OK! Magazine, 4 stars. Author interview in Entertainment Weekly. |
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A PROPER EDUCATION OF GIRLS
After the death of their mother and sister, twins Lillian and Alice are forced by their authoritarian iron baron father to become curators for his huge personal museum of objects collecting in their mansion. After a brief affair with one of her father’s guests, beautiful Lillian has fallen from grace and has been dispatched to India as the wife of Selwyn Fraser, a limp and ineffectual missionary. Lillian soon discovers that India provides a perfect opportunity to shrug off the oppressions of Victorian society, while back at home Alice becomes more subjugated each day by her father and his like-minded friends. A Proper Education of Girls explores with both humor and vigor the themes of art and nature, science and progress, and femininity and female beauty through the lens of two women trapped in cages set forth by a Victorian society filled with hypocrisy.“A rollicking good time that does not take itself too seriously.” -- Kirkus Reviews. |
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RED-HEADED STEPCHILD
In a world where being of mixed-blood is a major liability, Sabina Kane has the only profession fit for an outcast: assassin. But her latest mission threatens the fragile peace between the vampire and mage races and Sabina must scramble to figure out which side she's on. She's never brought her work home with her--until now.“Brassy, sassy, and hip! Wells' promising debut is a fast-paced trip through a dark and dangerous landscape featuring an unusual take on vampires, mages, faeries, and demons. It hooks you on page one and takes you for a great ride!” -- Kat Richardson, bestselling author of the Greywalker series. |
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I AM A MAN
Weaving together both historical documents and oral history from the end of the 19th century, Pulitzer Prize finalist Starita tells the story of the Ponca Indians and their leader Chief Standing Bear's efforts to achieve justice from an American government that pushed them off their land in its efforts to fulfill Manifest Destiny.“Journalist Starita masterfully portrays the chief’s story in this compelling narrative of injustices finally righted… an engaging yarn, full of drama and sudden revelations.” -- Publishers Weekly. |
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THE SUICIDE COLLECTORS
In a near future where ninety percent of the earth’s population has committed suicide, a man named Norman travels across a wild and dangerous North America in search of a cure."Just when it seems that there are no new plots left to write about, David Oppegaard has come up with a doozy. His The Suicide Collectors takes us to a startling theme we haven't encountered before, with every page a thrilling new surprise." -- Stan Lee, Marvel Comics creator of SPIDERMAN, THE HULK, X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR. “Eloquent prose and haunting characters lift Oppegaard’s astonishing debut…” -- Publishers Weekly (starred review). |
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WASHINGTON IRVING: American Celebrity
In brilliant, meticulous strokes Brian Jay Jones renders Washington Irving in all his flawed splendor - someone who fretted about money and employment, suffered from writer’s block, and doggedly cultivated his reputation. Jones offers as never before a very human portrait of the often contrasting public and private lives of this true American original.“...the definitive Irving biography for the current generation ... In more ways than one, Irving remains a superstar one that Brian Jay Jones does proud.” -- The Providence Journal. “Required reading.” -- New York Post. |
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WHEN CHARLOTTE COMES HOME
Unspoken and unrequited love, loss of life and loss of innocence, facing change and changing times are the elements of this subtle and beautifully written novel of regret and redemption. Winner of the 2007 Minnesota Book Award.
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OAKLAND, JACK LONDON, AND ME
Pen/Hemingway Award Finalist Williamson examines not only the life and work of Jack London, but his own life and attitudes toward the poor, toward London, Oakland, culture, and literature. A blend of autobiography, criticism, scholarship, and polemic, Oakland, Jack London, and Me is an insightful look into one of America’s greatest writers.
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THE MAN IN THE GREY FLANNEL SUIT
Universally acclaimed when it was first published in 1955, The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. Its title - like Catch-22 and Fahrenheit 451 - has become a part of America’s cultural vocabulary. This is Sloan Wilson’s searing indictment of a society that had just begun to lose touch with its citizens.
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WRAPPED IN GEMS
In Wrapped in Gems, jewelry designer Mai Sato-Flores shows readers how to translate the images they find in nature into artfully crafted jewelry. She presents patterns for 40 different wire-wrapped gemstone creations, including necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings that even an inexperienced jewelry maker can follow.
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COOK UP YOUR OWN COOKBOOK
This book-shaped kit provides the guidance needed to create your own family heirloom cookbook. It also includes handy “short-cut” tools and a project timeline for keeping the cookbook author motivated and inspired, whether she’s planning to create a one-of-kind scrapbook or print multiple copies for everyone in the family.
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DAMNATION FALLS
In this Los Angeles Times bestseller and Barry Award winner, “the nature of truth, the minefield of emotions between fathers and sons, and the madness of vengeance converge… Wright captures the rich, earthy essence of the South and wraps up his story with a sweet coda, all the more touching for being understated.” -- Publishers Weekly.
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JETPACK DREAMS: One Man’s Up and Down (but Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was
A hilarious pop-socio-cultural history of the greatest invention that never was, the jetpack, and a participatory journey through the bizarre subculture of jetpack enthusiasts in search of a working model."Reading this book is as fun as zooming through the sky with a rocket on your back. And better yet, you won't break your collarbone doing it." -- A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically. “This snappily written, often funny book should attract dreamers of both sexes and all ages.” -- Publishers Weekly. |