Books-By-Mail BOOKLIST

Sep/Oct, 2012

Large Print Best-sellers/Best-selling Authors — Fiction Archer, Jeffrey The Sins of the Father With war between Britain and Germany on the horizon, Harry Clifton has joined the merchant marines to escape long buried family secrets that have just come to light. The very day that Britain declares war on Germany, a U-boat sinks Harry's ship. While recovering on a passing American cruise liner, Harry seizes the chance to escape his tangled past by stealing the identity of an American killed in the explosion. But upon landing in America, he quickly finds how mistaken he was when he — as his taken identity, Tom Bradshaw — is arrested for murder. Without any way of knowing the details of the charges, or of contacting his family across the Atlantic, or of even proving that he is anyone other than Bradshaw, Harry Clifton is trapped behind bars and chained to a past that is far worse than the one he had hoped to escape.

Atkins, Ace Robert Parker’s Lullaby When 14-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother’s murder, he’s not completely convinced that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser: They’re the very characteristics he abides by. Mattie believes the man convicted of the crime is innocent and points Spenser to the drug dealers who she saw carrying her mother away hours before her murder. Neither the Boston PD nor the neighborhood thugs are keen on his dredging up the past, but as Spenser becomes more involved in the case, he starts to realize that Mattie may be onto something.

Barnes, Julian The Sense of an Ending In Barnes' latest, winner of the 2011 Man-Booker Prize, protagonist Tony Webster has lived an average life with an unremarkable career, a quiet divorce, and a calm middle age. Now in his mid-60s, his retirement is thrown into confusion when he's bequeathed a journal that belonged to his brilliant school-friend, Adrian, who committed suicide 40 years earlier at age 22. Though he thought he understood the events of his youth, he's forced to radically revise what he thought he knew about Adrian, his bitter parting with his mysterious first lover Veronica, and must reflect on how he let life pass him by, safely and predictably.

Bass, Jefferson The Inquisitor’s Key Miranda Lovelady, protégé of forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton, is spending the summer helping excavate a newly discovered chamber beneath the spectacular Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France. There she discovers a stone chest inscribed with a stunning claim: inside lie the bones of none other than Jesus of Nazareth. Faced with a case of unimaginable proportions, Miranda summons Brockton for help. Both scientists are skeptical — after all, fake relics abounded during the Middle Ages — but evidence for authenticity looks strong initially, and soon grows stronger. Brockton and Miranda link the bones to the haunting image on the Shroud of Turin, revered by millions as the burial cloth of Christ, and then a laboratory test finds the bones to be 2,000 years old. The finding triggers a deadly tug-of-war between the anthropologists, the Vatican, and a deadly zealot who hopes to use the bones to bring about the Second Coming — and trigger the end of time.

Bell, Ted Phantom Counterspy Alex Hawke must catch a villainous megalomaniac obsessed with horrifying experiments in cyber warfare. The first and most bizarre event nearly becomes a monumental catastrophe when something goes awry at an American theme park, wreaking havoc on visitors looking for nothing more than a sun-splashed holiday. In a different part of the country, a USAF F-15 pilot, escorting another jet in the skies over the Midwest, inexplicably loses control of his plane, endangering the lives of several people and deeply puzzling those following his mission on the ground. Then, in the misty calm of a coastal California evening, the world's premier scientist on the subject of artificial intelligence gets a strange phone call. When he hangs up, he quietly grabs his coat and leaves for an after-dinner stroll from which he never returns. It's up to Hawke and the brilliant former inspector Ambrose Congreve to find out what could possibly be happening. But how does one identify and fight an enemy one can't see? Even these seasoned operatives are mystified. Is there really such a thing as an ultra-intelligent machine, a cyber weapon that can shift the geopolitical balance of power? In a hunt from Palo Alto, California, to the Russian frontier, to Cambridge University and the glistening Mediterranean aboard his newly christened and armed super- yacht Blackhawke, Alex Hawke is joined by the unstoppable Stokely Jones and his ex-CIA buddy Harry Brock as he moves closer to unmasking the scientist behind these extraordinary events, going nose-to- nose with an enemy unlike any he's fought before.

Berry, Steve The Columbus Affair Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan has written hard-hitting articles from hot spots around the world. But when a controversial report from a war-torn region is exposed as a fraud, his professional reputation is ruined. Now he lives in virtual exile — haunted by bad decisions and the shocking truth he can never prove: that his downfall was a deliberate act of sabotage by an unknown enemy. But before Sagan can end his torment with suicide, fate intervenes in the form of an enigmatic stranger with a request that cannot be ignored. Zachariah Simon has the look of a scholar, the soul of a scoundrel, and the zeal of a fanatic. He also has Tom Sagan’s estranged daughter at his mercy. Simon desperately wants something only Sagan can supply: the key to a 500-year-old mystery, a treasure with explosive political significance in the modern world. For both Simon and Sagan the stakes are high, the goal intensely personal, and the consequences of opposing either man potentially catastrophic. On a perilous quest from Florida to Vienna to Prague, and finally to the mountains of Jamaica, the two men square off in a dangerous game. Along the way, both of their lives will be altered — and everything the world knows about Christopher Columbus will change.

Bohjalian, Chris The Sandcastle Girls When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. The First World War is spreading across Europe, and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to refugees. There, Elizabeth becomes friendly with Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. When Armen leaves Aleppo to join the British Army in Egypt, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, and comes to realize that he has fallen in love with the wealthy, young American woman who is so different from the wife he lost. Flash forward to the present, where we meet Laura Petrosian, a novelist living in suburban New York. Although her grandparents’ ornate home was affectionately nicknamed the “Ottoman Annex,” Laura has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought. But when an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a newspaper photo of Laura’s grandmother promoting an exhibit at a Boston museum, Laura embarks on a journey back through her family’s history that reveals love, loss — and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.

Buckley, Christopher They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neo-conservative Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. When Bird fails to uncover an authentic reason to slander the nation, he and Angel put the Washington media machine to work spreading a rumor that the Chinese secret service is working to assassinate the Dalai Lama. Meanwhile in China, mild-mannered President Fa Mengyao and his devoted aide Gang are maneuvering desperately against sinister party hard-liners Minister Lo and General Han. Now Fa and Gang must convince the world that the People's Republic is not out to kill the Dalai Lama, while maintaining Fa's small margin of power in the increasingly militaristic environment of the party. On the home front, Bird must contend with a high-strung wife who entertains Olympic equestrian ambition, as the qualifying competition happens to be taking place in China. Things unravel abroad; Bird and Angel's lie comes dangerously close to reality, and as their relationship rises to a new level, so do mounting tensions between the two countries. Buckley takes on another hot-button political issue in his latest satire.

Burke, Alafair Never Tell Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan townhouse, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, her parents insist that their daughter would never take her own life. Julia's enviable world was more complicated than it seemed. The pressure to excel at Casden was enormous; abuse of prescription drugs ran rampant, and a search of Julia's computer reveals that she was engaged in a dangerous game of cyber bullying. NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher is convinced the case is a suicide, but when the Whitmires use their power to force a criminal investigation, Ellie's resistance causes trouble for her both at work and in her personal life. Then, when the target of Julia's harassment continues to receive death threats, Ellie is forced to acknowledge that Julia may have learned the hard way that some secrets should never be told.

Child, Lincoln The Third Gate Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god-king who united upper and Lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize, Narmer’s crown, might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and Narmer’s, the elusive “double” crown of the united Egypts, supposedly possesses awesome powers. The dig itself is located in one of the most forbidding places on earth, the Sudd, a nearly impassable swamp in northern Sudan. When a series of inexplicable occurrences cause people on the expedition to fear a centuries-old curse, enigmalogist Jeremy Logan is brought onto investigate. Logan must quickly separate truth from legend, and real danger from bizarre and paranormal phenomena, before the crew can find and enter Narmer's tomb.

Clancy, Tom Against all Enemies For years, ex-Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA, making connections, extracting valuable intelligence, and facing off against America's enemies at every turn. When Moore arrives at a rendezvous to take charge of a high- ranking Taliban captive, the meeting takes a horrific turn. A bombing wipes out Moore’s entire team, and as the only survivor, he plunges deeper into the treacherous tribal lands to find the terrorist cell. What he discovers there leads him to a much darker conspiracy in an unexpected part of the globe — the US/Mexico border. Here a drug war rages between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels. The landscape is strewn with bodies, innocents and drug dealers alike, but is there an even deadlier enemy lurking in background? Into this deadly brew, Moore leads a group of specially selected agents whose daring actions reveal shocking answers and uncover an unholy plan — a strike against the very heart of America.

Clark, Marcia Guilt by Degrees Someone has been watching D.A. Rachel Knight — someone who's her equal in brains, but harbors malicious intent. It began when a near-impossible case fell into Rachel's lap, the suspect-less homicide of a homeless man. In the face of courthouse backbiting and a gauzy web of clues, Rachel is determined to deliver justice. She's got back-up: tough-as-nails Detective Bailey Keller. As Rachel and Bailey stir things up, they're shocked to uncover a connection with the vicious murder of an LAPD cop a year earlier. Something tells Rachel someone knows the truth, someone who'd kill to keep it secret.

Collins, Suzanne Catching Fire Every year in Panem, the dystopic nation that exists where the U.S. used to be, the Capitol holds a televised tournament in which two teen "tributes" from each of the surrounding districts fight a gruesome battle to the death. In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, the tributes from impoverished District 12, thwarted the Gamemakers, forcing them to let both teens survive. By winning the annual Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. When the sinister President Snow surprises Katniss with a visit, his hatred for her is palpable. She and Peeta are forced to embark on a requisite Victory Tour, where there are hints of rebellion in several of the districts. There are twists and turns as Katniss faces possible betrayal at every turn.

Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen is a survivor. She has to be; she's representing District 12, in the 74th Hunger Games in the Capitol, the heart of Panem, a new land that rose from the ruins of a post-apocalyptic North America. To punish citizens for an early rebellion, the rulers require each district to provide one girl and one boy, 24 in all, to fight like gladiators in a futuristic arena. The event is broadcast like reality TV, and the winner returns with wealth for his or her district. With clear inspiration from Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and the Greek tale of Theseus, Collins has created a brilliantly imagined dystopia, where the Capitol is rich and the rest of the country is kept in abject poverty, where the poor battle to the death for the amusement of the rich. Hers is a gripping story, and it's no accident that these games are presented as pop culture. Every generation projects its fear: and regardless of its difficult content, this story is an extremely thought-provoking piece of literature, covering subjects such as war, poverty, and death. In Collins’ world, the State of Panem — which needs to keep its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent — may have created the Games, but mindless television is the real danger, the means by which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those who fail to conform.

Collins, Suzanne Mockingjay This concluding volume in the trilogy accomplishes a rare feat, in that it’s the best yet, beautifully orchestrated and intelligent. At the end of Catching Fire, Katniss had been dramatically rescued from the Quarter Quell games; and her fellow tribute, Peeta, presumably taken prisoner by the Capitol. Now the rebels in District 13 want Katniss to be the face of the revolution, a propaganda role she's reluctant to play. Readers get to know better Katniss's sister and mother, and Plutarch Heavensbee, former Head Gamemaker, now rebel filmmaker, directing the circus he hopes will bring down the government, a coup possible precisely because the Capitol's residents are too pampered to mount a defense. 'In return for full bellies and entertainment,' he tells Katniss, explaining a Latin phrase meaning, 'people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.' Finally, there is romantic intrigue involving Katniss, Peeta and Gale, which comes to a resolution that, while it will break some hearts, feels right.

Crais, Robert Taken When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike who soon determine that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world of the professional border kidnappers who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one another — buying, selling, and stealing victims like commodities. Fortunately, the kidnappers don't yet know who the boy is, but when Cole goes undercover to try to buy the two hostages back, he himself is taken and disappears. Now it is up to Pike to retrace Cole's steps, burning through the hard and murderous world of human traffickers … before it is too late.

Cussler, Clive The Jungle For Juan Cabrillo and his multi-talented Oregon crew of anti-terrorists, the latest threat arrives in an ancient package: a 13th century Chinese weapon that provokes fears of terrorist blackmail and global devastation. To pull off their latest mission, the crew of the Oregon must survive the daring rescue a kidnap victim, an Indonesian teenage boy, in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Betrayals, more rescues, and escapes follow as one mysterious man seeks world domination; and for Cabrillo and company, all of these events will come together — leading to the greatest threat against US security that the country has ever known.

Deveraux, Jude Moonlight in the Morning Sparks are flying between Jecca Layton and Dr. Tristan Aldredge. The only problem is Tristan lives in a tiny town in Virginia, and Jecca has a great job and friends in New York. Can they survive the distance? And who will sacrifice the life they’ve created for the one they love? This summer fling between a country boy and a city girl that has the potential to become something more — if only they lived in the same place.

Evanovich, Janet Wicked Business Lizzy Tucker’s once normal life as a pastry chef in Salem, Massachusetts, turns upside down as she battles both sinister forces and an inconvenient attraction to her unnaturally talented but off-limits partner, Diesel. When Harvard University English professor Gilbert Reedy is mysteriously murdered and thrown off his fourth-floor balcony, Lizzy and Diesel take up his 20-year quest for the Luxuria Stone, an ancient relic believed by some to be infused with the power of lust. Following clues contained in a cryptic 19th-century book of sonnets, Lizzy and Diesel tear through Boston catacombs, government buildings, and multimillion- dollar residences, leaving a trail of robbed graves, public disturbances, and spontaneous seduction.

Garrison, Paul Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Command Reformed from his days of assassination and international conspiracy, Paul Janson has a new mission and a new partner. Working with sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he helps other disenchanted covert operatives be rehabilitated and create new lives. He also accepts independent security jobs, but only missions he believes will contribute to the greater good. Janson takes the job to rescue a doctor who has been kidnapped by West African rebels during an ambush of an American oil service boat. At first, it appears that the doctor's life was spared in order to treat the rebels' wounded leader Ferdinand Poe, a beacon of hope against a cruel dictator. But when the mission goes haywire, Janson realizes he's in the middle of something much bigger. The puppet dictator has anonymous backers with designs on the oil reserves of this struggling nation — and Janson may find he's been fighting for the wrong side the whole time.

Goudge, Eileen The Replacement Wife Camille Hart, one of Manhattan’s most sought-after matchmakers, has survived more than her fair share of hardships. Her mother died when she was a young girl, leaving her and her sister with an absentee father. Now in her 40s, she has already survived cancer once, and that battle revealed just how ill-equipped her husband Edward is to be a single parent. So when doctors tell Camille that her cancer is back, and that it’s terminal, she decides to put her matchmaking expertise to the test for one final job. Seeking stability for her children and happiness for her husband, Camille sets out to find the perfect woman to replace her when she’s gone. But what happens when a dying wish becomes a case of “be careful what you wish for”? For Edward and Camille, the stunning conclusion arrives with one last twist of fate that no one saw coming.

Griffin, W.E.B. Covert Warriors There's an unholy alliance building across the Caribbean. Few in the U.S. government want to believe that a Third World country and its dogmatic leader could pose a credible threat, but then why are the Chinese helping to train its special forces, and why are the Russians helping to build a nuclear power plant? Charley Castillo, the retired army colonel and Secret Service agent attached to the President and his men go in to investigate, but they have no idea what they have just gotten themselves into. By the time they finish connecting the dots, they will be on the hit lists of the Kremlin, the Cubans, the Venezuelans, and the drug cartels — and totally out on their own. Whatever happens next, they'll have to do it by themselves.

Higgins, Jack A Devil is Waiting The American President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate him, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a dangerous few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band of anti-terrorist operatives known as the "Prime Minister's private army" are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon. She has her own deep contacts, and linguistic skills, but the more she investigates this deadly new threat, the more she discovers herself in a very dark place indeed. Can Dillon and his colleagues, former assassin Daniel Holley and Sara stop an assassination plot when they don’t even know who will act first to take up the mullah’s challenge?

Johansen, Iris What Doesn’t Kill You Catherine Ling was abandoned on the streets of Hong Kong at age four. Schooled in the art of survival, she traded in the only commodity she had: information. As a teenager, she came under the tutelage of a mysterious man known only as Hu Chang — a skilled apothecary and master poisoner. As a young woman, she was recruited by the CIA and now is one of their most effective operatives. Having lived life in the shadows, Catherine is aware of the wobbly moral compass of her existence and even more aware of just how expendable she is to those she deals with. When her old friend Hu Chang creates something so deadly, and completely untraceable, the chase is on by all of the world’s worst criminals to be the first to get it. With rogue operative John Gallo also on the hunt, Catherine finds herself pitted against a group so villainous and a man so evil that she may not survive the quest to protect those she cares about.

Laurens, Stephanie The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae Headstrong Angelica Cynster is certain she'll recognize her fated husband at first sight. And when her eyes meet those of a mysterious nobleman, she knows beyond a doubt that he's the one. But her heart is soon pounding for an entirely different reason — her hero abducts her! The eighth Earl of Glencrae has no choice but to kidnap Angelica, the one Cynster sister with whom he hadn't wanted to tangle. But to save his castle and his clan, he must persuade her to assist him lay to rest an ancient grudge.

Margolin, Phillip Capitol Murder P.I. Dana Cutler and attorney Brad Miller have overcome more than a few challenges and powerful enemies to see justice done. Now wicked threats old and new are about to bring them together once again. Clarence Little, the convicted serial killer they helped to apprehend, has escaped from death row in Oregon, and Brad receives threatening messages in D.C., where he is working for Senator Jack Carson, a high-ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. First, a body murdered according to Little's M.O., is found in the senator's Georgetown home, and Carson disappears. Then, while Dana is in Oregon digging into Carson's shady background, a terrorist cell is poised to destroy a packed professional football stadium in one of the biggest attacks on American soil. As the senator's personal life begins to dovetail with the cell's plan, Brad and Dana will risk it all again to uncover the truth and save their country.

Morrison, Toni Home Frank Money is an angry, self-loathing veteran of the Korean War who, after traumatic experiences on the front lines, finds himself back in racist America with more than just physical scars. His home may seem alien to him, but he is shocked out of his crippling apathy by the need to rescue his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he’s hated all his life. As Frank revisits his memories from childhood and the war that have left him questioning his sense of self, he discovers a profound courage he had thought he could never possess again. Morrison’s latest encapsulates all the themes that have fueled her fiction: the hold that time past exerts over time present, the hazards of love (and its link to leaving and loss), the possibility of redemption and transcendence.

Oates, Joyce Carol Mudwoman M.R. Neukirchen, is a brilliant academic whose childhood starts in the mudflats of the Black Snake River where she is abandoned in 1965. But by 2002, M.R. has reached the top of the ivory tower. After a full ride to Cornell, and a Ph.D. from Harvard, she is now, at 41, the first female president of another Ivy institution. M.R.’s ambitious plans include upending the patriarchy and increasing diversity on campus, but both prove difficult in the post-9/11 “era of Patriotism” as the U.S. prepares to invade Iraq. M.R.’s identity, idealism, and sanity are all threatened as she wades through obstacles, including sabotaging right-wing colleagues and students. Though she has never considered herself the victim of sexism, M.R. must confront her gender when it becomes the lens through which her leadership is judged. Likewise, the philosophical question she has dedicated her career to answering, (what is the self?), must be turned inward. This psychological thriller explores the high price of repression in the life of a respected university president teetering on the precipice of a nervous breakdown. Like Daphne DuMaurier’s gothic masterwork, Rebecca, Oates’s latest is at once a psychic ghost story and an intimate portrait of a woman cracking the glass ceiling at enormous personal cost. It explores the tension between childhood and adulthood, the real and the imagined, and the “public” and “private” in the life of a highly complex, contemporary woman.

Paretsky, Sara Breakdown Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting vampire raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. The girls include daughters of some of Chicago's most powerful families: the grandfather of one, Chaim Salanter, is among the world's wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is the running for U.S. Senate. For detective V. I. Warshawski, the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to a hostile media campaign against Durango, or to Salanter's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles for answers, she finds herself fighting enemies who are no less terrifying for being all too human.

Quirk, Matthew The 500 Mike Ford is struggling to pay his tuition at Harvard law and settle his incarcerated father’s debt when he’s recruited by Henry Davies, who heads D.C.’s most influential consulting firm. While lobbying policymakers for his new mentor, Davies, Ford learns that the job, despite its six-figure salary, multiple perks, and enticing colleague, Annie Clark, is essentially a con-game in which the Davies Group seeks to solidify influence with the 500 people who wield the real power inside the Beltway. And Ford, who learned cons, grifts, and more from his father, brings a special skill set to the game. Assigned to work on a job to amend a foreign-relations law to benefit a Serbian war criminal, he finagles a recording that indicates the lengths to which Davies will go to achieve its ends, thus embarking on a deadly cat-and-mouse game with his boss, trained killer William Marcus, and Henry Davies himself.

Robb, J.D. Celebrity in Death NYPD lieutenant Eve Dallas doesn’t do glitz, but she has no choice when Hollywood director Mason Roundtree and his wife, Connie Burkette, issue an invitation to dine with the cast of The Icove Agenda. Based on one of Eve’s earlier cases, the movie is wrapping up production, and everyone wants face time with the real Dallas. Everyone except actress K. T. Harris, who plays the part of Eve’s partner, Peabody, but in real life, is just as horrid to Eve as she is to everyone else. So when K. T.’s body is found floating in the penthouse pool, it really isn’t that big of a surprise. The real challenge for Eve will be narrowing down her list of suspects since practically everyone at the party had at least one motive for murder.

Roberts, Nora The Last Boyfriend Owen Montgomery is all about details, and continually keeping on track and on top of things is what makes him so good at his job. Owen’s brother Beckett might be the design genius of Montgomery Family Contractors, and his brother Ryder might be able to build anything, but the family business would be lost without Owen’s gift for making sure that all of the company’s projects, including their current renovation and restoration of the old inn in Boonsboro, run smoothly. Up until now, Owen has planned every aspect of his life, and those plans do not include becoming romantically involved with Avery McTavish. This is the second installment in Roberts’ Inn Boonsboro trilogy.

Roberts, Nora The Witness Daughter of a cold, controlling mother, studious, obedient Elizabeth Fitch’s life and plan for med school unravels one night when she ends up drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive. Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance security systems programmer, her own protection is supplemented by a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. Unfortunately, that seems to be the quickest way to get attention in a tiny southern town. The mystery of Abigail Lowery and her sharp mind, secretive nature, and unromantic viewpoint intrigues police Chief Brooks Gleason, on both a personal and professional level. And while he suspects that Abigail needs protection from something, Gleason is accustomed to two-bit troublemakers, not the powerful and dangerous men who are about to have him in their sights. And Lowery, who has built a life based on security and self-control, is at risk of losing both.

Shaara, Jeff A Blaze of Glory This fictional account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, told from the perspectives of participants on both sides, recreates the April 1862 surprise attack by Confederate forces on the Union Army at Shiloh. With stunning ‘you-are-there’ immediacy, Shaara draws on meticulous research, dramatizes the key actions and decisions of the commanders on both sides: Johnston, Grant, Sherman, Beauregard, and the illustrious Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Here too are the thoughts and voices of the junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the cause. By the end of the first day of fighting, as Grant’s bedraggled forces regroup for could be their last stand, two major events — both totally unexpected — will turn the tide of the battle and perhaps the war itself.

Stabenow, Dana Restless in the Grave Finn Grant’s death in the crash of his small plane in an apparent act of sabotage raises the question: who would want the self-made billionaire dead? About half the population of southwest Alaska, PI Kate Shugak discovers when she goes undercover as a barmaid. Kate’s shrewd and ceaseless prying reveals that the unsavory Grant was involved in blackmail, mail fraud, and embezzlement, all connected to Alaska’s many small airlines. Kate has a casual approach to evidence gathering, and her skill at breaking and entering finds her thrown into a chest freezer, tossed into a Dumpster, and locked inside a freight container while her stalwart and highly intelligent companion, Mutt, who’s half-wolf, half-husky, provides assistance.

Steel, Danielle Betrayal Tallie Jones is a wildly successful Hollywood director with a loving college-aged daughter, Max, and a devoted boyfriend/producer, Hunt. Her assistant, Brigitte, also happens to be her best friend. However, in the course of a routine audit, it becomes clear that Tallie's fortune is being embezzled by someone close to her. As the FBI investigates, she learns that she's also being cheated on. In order to trap the people responsible, she must keep them closer than ever. But by then, it may cost someone their life.

Trollope, Joanna Friday Nights When from her window, Eleanor sees two separate young women struggling with small children; she decides to ask them in. She starts Friday night get-togethers, and what began as a lark soon becomes a ritual, and the circle widens to include six very different women. They range in age from Jules, who is 22 and wants to be a DJ, to Eleanor herself, a retired professional who walks with a stick. They include one wife, three mothers, three singles, and five working women. All of them, variously, value their Friday nights, until one of them meets a man — and the whole dynamic changes. The bonds that have been so closely forged are tested and some of them break. Trollope masterfully shows how work and romance can tip the scales in female friendships. The result is a careful and compelling examination of one man's insidious effect on a group of female friends, as memorable as it is readable.

Tyler, Anne The Beginner’s Goodbye This wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances — in their house, on the roadway, in the market. Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron has spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, independent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly, he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy's unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace. Gradually he discovers, as he works in the family's vanity-publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life, that for this beginner, maybe there is a way of saying goodbye. A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with humor, wisdom, and a penetrating look at human foibles.

Winspear, Jacqueline Elegy for Eddie To the costermongers of Covent Garden, sellers of fruit and vegetables on the streets of London, Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in April, 1933, in a supposed but violent accident, the costers are skeptical about the cause of Eddie's death. But who would want to kill Eddie — and why? Maisie Dobbs' father, Frankie, had been a costermonger, and she has known the men since childhood. She remembers Eddie fondly, and is determined to offer her help. It soon becomes clear that powerful forces are equally determined to prevent her from learning the truth. As Maisie searches for answers in the working-class streets of Lambeth where Eddie lived, the inquiry leads her to a callous press baron, a "has been" politician named Winston Churchill lingering in the hinterlands of power and, most surprisingly, to Douglas Partridge, the husband of her dearest friend, Priscilla. As Maisie uncovers lies and manipulation on a national scale, she must decide whether to risk all to see justice done.

Large Print — Nonfiction Albright, Madeleine Prague Winter Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright presents this moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War. Drawing on her memory, her parents' written reflections, and interviews with contemporaries, and newly-available documents, Albright recounts a tale of these years that is by turns harrowing and inspiring. The book takes readers from the Bohemian capital's thousand-year-old castle to the bomb shelters of London, from the desolate prison ghetto of Terezin to the highest councils of European and American government. This is an intensely personal journey into the past that offers vital lessons for the future. The result is an incisive work filled with tragedy and triumph, informed by Albright’s remarkable life experience and her characteristic candor in speaking hard truths.

Anderson, Greg Breast Cancer: 50 Essential Things You Can Do The author and founder of Cancer Recovery International, a global affiliation of national charities, is also a lung cancer survivor who 27 years ago was told he had 30 days to live. Not only did Anderson survive but his organization went on to study cancer in depth, between 1986 and 2008, interviewing and surveying 16,000 cancer survivors. His holistic approach to cancer recovery is based on six essential strategies: medical treatment, nutrition, attitude, support, exercise, and spirituality. Anderson contends that while conventional treatment should be embraced, women can take other steps that are at least as important. His goal is to help breast cancer victims develop and implement an individual recovery plan, becoming active participants not just in treating illness but also in creating health. This is an important and hopeful vision of breast cancer that views treating the tumor as only one element in a comprehensive action plan to balance and heal body, mind, and spirit.

Araton, Harvey Driving Mr. Yogi Other than starring in Yankee pinstripes, though not at the same time, Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry wouldn't seem to have much in common. The Hall of Fame catcher from the Italian ghetto of St. Louis and the pitcher young enough to be his son, from the Cajun swamp country of Louisiana, might not even seem to speak the same language, unless that language is baseball. Yet the game isn't the focus of this book about the trans-generational bond forged by the two men. This is the story of a younger player and the idol who became his best friend. There is no talk of steroids, or of salaries exponentially inflated since the two played. It's the story of two genuinely likable, admirable athletes, though the nuanced portrait of Berra is pricklier than the cuddly caricature so often depicted. He adheres strictly to routines, from a rigid schedule to his rotation of restaurants and the meals he orders there. Guidry understands Berra well enough to know when to poke fun at him and when to protect him from the attention he most certainly doesn't crave. Other characters play a part including George Steinbrenner, whose alienation of Berra and reconciliation with him proved key in the lives of both. More than a portrait of two unlikely pals, Araton has fashioned a tribute to the days when teams could be considered families, rather than a collection of constantly changing faces.

Arthur, Kay When the Hurt Runs Deep Writing from insights gained not only through her own valleys of deep hurt but also from years counseling others through life’s heartaches, Biblical teacher Arthur demonstrates that pain can be the doorway that leads you to deeper understanding, renewed purpose, and greater intimacy with God. Without glossing over the realities of sorrow, she guides readers through 12 pivotal truths about healing and hurt. These key principles will remind that pain does have purpose, and that there is always hope for the future.

Ashton, Jeff Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony Of the 300-plus cases Veteran Florida prosecutor Ashton has tried during his career, 70 were homicides and all but two ended with a guilty verdict. Now, following his most famous — and last — hearing, Ashton recounts the Casey Anthony murder trial. Accused of killing her daughter, Caylee, Anthony’s case is characterized by circuitous twists and turns. Here Ashton reviews the series of Anthony’s purported lies, including those regarding the mysterious nanny; where Anthony worked; and the sexual abuse suffered at the hands of her father. Ashton discusses the Anthony family’s strange dynamics, the uneven relationship between Anthony and her parents, and her “transformation” and “performances” during the trial. Understandably, Ashton was convinced that the jury would find Anthony guilty and he would be able to retire “on a high note,” but the shocking verdict proved otherwise.

Brinkley, Douglas Cronkite For decades, Walter Cronkite was known as "the most trusted man in America." Yet this very public figure, undoubtedly the 20th century's most revered journalist, was a remarkably private man. Brinkley traces Cronkite's story from his roots in Missouri and Texas, through the Great Depression and World War II, to his coverage of presidential elections, the space program, Vietnam, and the first televised broadcasts of the Olympic Games. Cronkite was the nation's voice for many of the most profound moments in modern American history, including the Kennedy assassination, Apollos 11 and 13, Watergate, the Vietnam War, and the Iran hostage crisis. Perhaps, our era’s most acclaimed author and historian, Brinkley has drawn upon recently disclosed letters, diaries, and other artifacts at the recently opened Cronkite Archive to bring detail and depth to this deeply personal portrait. He also interviewed nearly 200 of Cronkite’s closest friends and colleagues, including Andy Rooney, Leslie Stahl, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer, Ted Turner, Jimmy Buffett, and Morley Safer, using their voices to instill dignity and humanity in this study of one of America’s most beloved and trusted public figures.

Cain, Susan Quiet: the Power of Introverts At least one-third of the people we know are introverts: ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society — from van Gogh’s sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer. Passionately argued, and impressively researched, Cain shows how dramatically modern western society undervalues introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. She questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation, and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extroverts and introverts. Perhaps most inspiring, she introduces readers to successful introverts. Finally, she offers invaluable advice on everything from how to better negotiate differences in introvert-extrovert relationships to how to empower an introverted child to when it makes sense to be a "pretend extrovert." This book has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.

Cassidy, Tina Jackie After O Defined in the public eye by her two high-profile marriages, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis faced a personal crossroads on the eve of 1975. Her relationship with Aristotle Onassis was crumbling while his health was rapidly declining. Her children were nearing adulthood, soon to leave her with an empty nest. Both death and scandal were about to strike yet again. But 1975 would also be a time of incredible growth and personal renaissance, the year in which Jackie reinvented herself and rediscovered talents and passions she had set aside for her roles as wife and mother. Here, acclaimed author and journalist Tina Cassidy explores this prolific yet incredibly daunting year, including Jackie’s part in the campaign to preserve Grand Central Terminal in New York City; her pursuit of a real career, in the editorial department of Viking Press; the death of her second husband; her fraught relationship with his surviving daughter; and the London bombing that almost took her own daughter's life. Cassidy has unearthed new information from archives and original interviews, and reveals intimate stories about the projects and interests of Jackie's earlier years that would lay the foundation for her life beginning in 1975.

Chopra, Deepak & Mlodinow, Leonard War of the Worldviews Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is the product of that encounter and the contentious — but respectful — clash of worldviews that grew along with their friendship. In this collaboration, these two great thinkers battle over the cosmos, evolution and life, the human brain, and God, probing the fundamental questions that define the human experience. How did the universe emerge? What is the nature of time? What is life? Did Darwin go wrong? What makes us human? What is the connection between mind and brain? Is God an illusion? This will fascinate millions of readers of science and spirituality alike, as well as anyone who has ever asked, what does it mean that I am alive?

Cloud, Dr. Henry The Law of Happiness If there is a technique for achieving happiness, it is maintaining a positive attitude. The author and radio host searches the scriptures and laws of human behavior to find common elements of contentment. "When we realize that we are working for God, every task becomes significant and meaningful," he writes. According to Cloud, happy people follow 14 simple principles outlined in his book. His principles are based on the Bible and require acting in faith. Cloud advocates getting the right attitude, forgiving ourselves and others, and then setting and pursuing definite goals. This simple book integrates the Bible into everyday life, especially for those readers looking for calling in life.

Corn, David Showdown Based on interviews with senior administration officials and others close to the Oval Office, a political journalist presents a behind-the-scenes look at Obama's third year, documenting and evaluating the crucial decisions of the president.

Davis, Stephen More Room in a Broken Heart The daughter of publishing mogul Richard L. Simon (co-founder of Simon & Schuster), Carly grew up in a household filled with American royalty, including composer George Gershwin and baseball icon Jackie Robinson. The guests were representative of Carly and her father's two shared interests, music and baseball, the former of which encouraged at least two Simon sisters to enter the music business. Yet beneath the family's star-studded exterior remained many deeply rooted problems, including the Simon parents' infidelities, creating what Carly later described as an "atmosphere of erotica." While music remains the focus of Davis' book, the author pays equal attention to the tabloid-like details of the Simon family's home life, as well as some of Carly's better-known love affairs, including her 9-year marriage to fellow musician James Taylor. Simon's tumultuous marriage to the drug-addicted Taylor — which produced two children but ended in divorce — provides the fodder for much of the latter half of the book. Told in strict chronological fashion, Davis' straightforward reporting is a competent retelling of one woman's successful — though personally troubled — emergence into the 1970s music scene.

Fitzpatrick, Robert Betrayal A poor kid from the slums, Fitzpatrick grew up to become a stellar FBI agent and to challenge the country’s deadliest gangsters. Relentless in his desire to catch and convict Whitey Bulger, Fitzpatrick faced not only Whitey but also corrupt FBI agents, along with political cronies and enablers from Boston to Washington who, in one way or another, blocked his efforts at every step. Even when Fitzpatrick discovered the very organization to which he had sworn allegiance was his biggest obstacle, the agent continued to pursue Whitey and his gang knowing that they were prepared to murder anyone who got in their way.

Gillon, Steven Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation into War In this fascinating account of the first 24 hours after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Gillon manages to capture not only the essence of perhaps the most critical day in 20th century American history; but also the essence of the man who stood at the center of it all — Franklin D. Roosevelt. A brilliant piece of investigative history, Pearl Harbor tells us a great deal about the character of the President who, though unable to walk unaided, brought the United States safely through the two great crises of the modern era, the Great Depression and World War II.

Graham, Billy Nearing Home Billy Graham never expected to reach the age of 92. Nor did he expect that his advancing time on earth would teach him such meaningful lessons, not only about getting older, but also about what it means to our relationship with God. This latest book shares the wisdom that he acquired so unexpectedly about life's transitions and the gift of years. This is a seminal statement from a pastor who has preached to billions.

Jacobs, A.J. Drop Dead Healthy Hospitalized with a freak case of tropical pneumonia, goaded by his wife telling him, “I don’t want to be a widow at 45,” and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as “a python that swallowed a goat,” Jacobs felt compelled to change his ways and get healthy. And he didn’t want only to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far greater: maximal health from head to toe. The task was epic. He consulted an army of experts — sleep consultants and sex clinicians, nutritionists and dermatologists. He subjected himself to dozens of different workouts — from Strollercize classes to Finger Fitness sessions, from bouldering with cavemen to a treadmill desk. And he took in a cartload of diets: raw foods, veganism, high protein, calorie restriction, extreme chewing, and dozens more. He bought gadgets and helmets, earphones and juicers. He poked and he pinched. He counted and he measured. The story of his transformation is not only brilliantly entertaining, but it just may be the healthiest book ever written. It will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your bloodstream. It will alter the contours of your brain, imprinting you with better habits of hygiene and diet. It will move you emotionally and get you moving physically in surprising ways. And it will give you occasion to reflect on the body’s many mysteries and the ultimate pursuit of health: a well-lived life.

Katz, Aaron M.D. Prostate Cancer This comprehensive handbook gives men the vital information they need to effectively navigate every step of dealing with prostate cancer. A newly diagnosed patient faces a mind-numbing array of treatment options, including therapies that carry serious side effects — and determining the right course of action is an overwhelming task. In simple yet scientific terms, this book empowers readers with the tools they need to proactively fight cancer by making the most informed treatment decisions possible. With groundbreaking developments emerging in both conventional and holistic prostate cancer research, founder and director of the Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia University, Dr. Katz guides readers through the new practices and breakthrough treatment options for every stage of the battle, from prevention to post-diagnosis.

Laurie, Piper Learning to Live Out Loud At the age of 17, in the glory days of movie-making, Piper Laurie was living every little girl’s dream. Having been selected by Universal Studios to be a contract star, Piper was removed from her acting class and provided with stylists, chaperones, leading roles, handsome dates, and elevated to the heights of Hollywood. Her beauty was admired by the likes of Ronald Reagan, Howard Hughes, Paul Newman, Tony Curtis, as well as dozens of directors and legions of fans. Her name was emblazoned on marquees across America for hit movies in the 50’s such as Ain’t Misbehavin’. But Piper discovered early on that the little girl’s dream was not her own. Mortified by the shallowness of the roles and movies she was given, she longed for the freedom and fulfillment of her own artistic vision. After years in the studio system, shy Piper found her voice and the courage to burn her contract. It was only after she left the studio culture that she began to star in the TV shows, plays, and films that became the hallmarks of her career: The Glass Menagerie on Broadway, the original Days of Wine and Roses, The Hustler, the iconic Carrie, and Twin Peaks. She grew into a three-time Oscar-nominated actress, an accomplished sculptor, and a director. This memoir is the inspiring tale of Piper’s perseverance to break from tradition and to practice her craft at the highest level. She started life as a withdrawn, mute child who couldn’t find her voice and was transformed into a woman who learned to live out loud by her own rules. This memoir brings us the authentic voice of an elegant, soft-spoken actress.

Lucado, Max Fearless Called by some America's pastor, Lucado offers a timely primer on living fearlessly. The author provides those within the Christian faith (and without) an inspirational can-do appropriate for these turbulent times. Citing key common fears: violence, overwhelming challenges, sickness and other worst-case scenarios, Lucado offers welcome wisdom about those solely internal battles individuals face daily. This resource describes how to empty a heart of fear and fill it with faith instead.

Lustbader, Wendy Life Gets Better From our earliest years, we are told that that the energy and vitality of our youth will be the best time of our lives and that everything that comes after will be a sad decline. But in reality, says Lustbader, youth is not the golden era it is often made out to be. For many, it is a time riddled with anxiety, angst, confusion, and the torture of uncertainty. Conversely, the media often feeds us a vision of growing older as a journey of defeat and diminishment. They are dead wrong, Lustbader counters. She has worked for several decades as a social worker specializing in aging issues, and conducted firsthand research with aging and elderly people in all walks of life. She found they overwhelmingly spoke of the mental and emotional richness they have drawn from aging. She argues that worshiping youth is an error, and shows how self-knowledge, gratitude, recognition of commonalities, relationships, spirituality, generosity, insight, understanding what matters, and self-confidence grow as people age. Dealing with loss becomes easier, hindsight offers new perspective, and other aspects of life become clearer.

Mace, Nancy L. M.A. & Rabins, Peter V. M.D., M.P.H. The 36-Hour Day Originally published in 1981, this was the first book of its kind. Thirty years later, with dozens of other books on the market, it remains the definitive guide for people caring for someone with dementia. Mace, a retired consultant to the Alzheimer's Association who was an assistant in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, and Rabins (Alzheimer disease and related disorders, Johns Hopkins) offer a guide for people caring for someone with dementia. They address evaluation and treatment; behavioral and mood symptoms; independent living, daily care, and medical problems; how to get outside help; family issues, effects of dementia on the caregiver and self-care; tips for children and teens; financial and legal issues, including Medicare and Medicaid (updated for this edition); and research areas. This edition has revised chapters on causes, managing the early stages, and finding appropriate living arrangements when home care is no longer an option, and a new chapter on preventing or delaying cognitive decline. The material on less common causes such as frontotemporal lobar dementia and Lewy body dementia has been expanded.

Macomber, Debbie One Perfect Word Perennial bestselling novelist Macomber reveals in inspiring, moving stories how the simplicity of one perfect word can become profound. When Debbie took the time to intentionally focus on a single word — such as prayer, trust, or surrender — for a whole year, this act changed not only herself, but those around her. For example, the year she chose the word balance, her career moved to a whole new level. The pressures on Debbie to speak, promote, and practically live on the road were overwhelming. It was her yearlong focus on that all-too-difficult word balance that helped her refine her schedule. As you read Debbie’s and others’ stories, you will be inspired to find your own word and will see how one perfect word can make all the difference.

Marr, Andrew The Real Elizabeth Elizabeth II, one of England's longest-reigning monarchs, is an enigma. In public, she confines herself to optimistic pieties and guarded smiles; in private, she is wry, funny, and an excellent mimic. Now, for the first time, one of Britain's leading journalists and historians tells the fascinating story of the real Elizabeth. Born shortly before the Depression, Elizabeth grew up during World War II and became queen because of the shocking abdication of her uncle and early death of her father. Only 25 when she ascended to the throne, she has been at the apex of the British state for nearly six decades. She has entertained numerous world leaders, including every U.S. president since Harry Truman. Brought up to regard family values as sacred, she has seen all but one of her children divorce; her heir, Prince Charles, conduct an adulterous affair before Princess Diana's death; and a steady stream of family secrets poured into the open. Yet she has never failed to carry out her duties, and has never said a word about any of the troubles she has endured. Marr, who enjoys extraordinary access to senior figures at Buckingham Palace, has a revealing essential look at a woman who has managed to remain private to the point of mystery throughout her reign.

Marshall, Garry My Happy Days in Hollywood After a sickly childhood growing up in the Bronx, Garry studied journalism at Northwestern, where he played drums in a band, wrote comedy skits, and 'only dated girls with cars because I didn't have one.' Joining the army, he performed in Korea as a drummer and a comedian. Back in New York, he became a Tonight Show staff writer, heading west in 1961 to do sitcoms. Teaming with Jerry Belson, he churned out scripts for Lucille Ball, Dick Van Dyke, and others: 'In one year my entire family moved to California and I was the only one working.' At age 36, his big breakout came when in 1970; he and Belson coproduced “The Odd Couple,” a critical and popular success. After mounting more TV hits (Happy Days; Laverne & Shirley, which starred his sister Penny; Mork & Mindy), he turned to directing movies (Pretty Woman, Beaches) and acting, including a recurring role on Murphy Brown. Marshall draws the reader in with his disarming manner, detailing early self-doubts as well as later triumphs. The result is an engaging and entertaining blend of honesty and humor, punctuated throughout with insights and anecdotes.

Meyer, Joyce Do Yourself a Favor … Forgive Building on her signature message of using the mind to master difficult emotions, Bible teacher Meyer focuses here on the most destructive one of all: anger. Responsible for broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers, it destroys friendships, marriages, and families, not to mention peace of mind. Anger is especially hard to handle for many who have learned from childhood that "good Christians don't get angry." Meyer argues that properly handled, anger is an alert system that something is wrong and needs to be resolved. In her latest book, she delves into the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger. Joyce explains that forgiving is the only thing that can free one from the terrible turmoil that anger causes to spill over into every part of life. Meyer understands that life will never be fair, but that is not a reason to let anger destroy our well- being and health. This is her guide to navigating that thorny territory and finding true peace. Millard, Candice Destiny of the Republic James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. Then, tragically, on the morning of July 2nd, 1881, four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker named Charles J. Guiteau shot the new chief executive. Garfield did not succumb immediately; he lived for two more months, and, as Millard tells us in this astonishing book, Garfield was not killed by his assassin's bullets, but by his own doctors. The drama of what happened is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The unhinged assassin’s half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power — over his administration, over the nation’s future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet.

Monatlván, Luis Carlos Until Tuesday Returning home after two tours of duty in Iraq, former U.S. Army Captain Luis Carlos Montalvan's physical injuries and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) turn his life into a nightmarish existence. This is his story, but it is also the story of Tuesday, the intelligent, extensively trained but heartbroken golden retriever, who is chosen to become his service dog and constant companion. Much more than a dog story or a personal memoir, this is one of those rare books that enable the reader to come away with a different worldview. With his book, Montalvan leaves his readers with a better understanding of the PTSD-driven reactions of a combat veteran and the valuable and unique role service dogs can fill in that world.

Moody, Raymond M.D. Paranormal After more than four decades of studying death and the possibility of an afterlife, the psychologist and physician Moody still sees endless promise in the fringes of psychological sciences, where he continues to seek answers to what happens to our souls after death.

Morgan, Bill Editor Rub Out the Words William S. Burroughs was one of the 20thcentury’s most iconoclastic literary figures, whose groundbreaking fiction forever altered the shape of American culture. Now, in this collection, editor Morgan takes readers through Burroughs’ correspondence from the early 60s through the mid-70s, in more than 300 letters that document Burroughs’ steady drift away from the Beat circle and that witness an era in which he became the center of a new coterie of creative people who would establish his reputation as an influential cultural leader beyond the literary world. Written to recipients such as Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Timothy Leary, and Burroughs’ son, Billy Burroughs Jr., these letters shed new light on the writer’s controversial artistic process and literary experimentation, as well as his complex personal life.

Mukherjee, Siddhartha The Emperor of All Maladies Oncologist Mukherjee began this book in 2003 while completing a residency and graduate work in cancer immunology. He shapes the narrative as a heroic contest between two adversaries — cancer and the brave patients who fight for their lives, despite horrendous nausea from chemotherapy and other painful effects of the disease treatment. Only since the 1950s have cancer victims had a reasonable chance of surviving and returning to normal life, and even then, surgical treatment often left patients disabled while halting but not stopping the spread of metastatic cancers. In addition, researchers had to consider the effects of radiation destroying healthy tissue and causing leukemia and pernicious anemia. The side effects of both radiation and chemotherapy were frequently deadly. Mukherjee traces the refinement of treatments over the past 50 years and the development of early detection, as well as the growing understanding of the relationship between genetic abnormalities and environmental carcinogens in causing cancers. In 2005, significant advances and progress were noted by the scientific community. "The mortality for nearly every major form of cancer," writes the author "had continuously dropped for 15 straight years." Mukherjee also looks optimistically to the future when the Human Genome Project completes "The Cancer Genome Atlas," which will become "a compendium of every gene mutated in the most common forms of cancer."

Pearse, Emma Sophie Journalist Pearse, shares in this modern Robinson Crusoe tale, the amazing true story of Sophie, an Australian cattle dog who, on a boating trip with her human family, was swept overboard into the Great Barrier Reef. After a fruitless search, the devastated owners reluctantly concluded that their beloved pet had either drowned or been carried off by ocean predators. Unbeknownst to them, little Sophie swam — for up to 24 hours — to remote Keswick Island. Then when food and water grew scarce, exhausted and emaciated Sophie undertook another perilous swim to nearby St. Bees Island, where she survived in the wild for five months. An inspirational story of loyalty and the resilience of the spirit, Sophie offers undeniable proof about the unbreakable bond between humans and our pets — and that if lost, they would do anything to come home to us. This story of her survival and rescue is nothing short of miraculous.

Pillemer, Karl 30 Lessons for Living After a chance encounter with an extraordinary 90-year-old woman, renowned gerontologist Pillemer began to wonder what older people know about life that the rest of us don’t? His quest led him to interview more than 1,000 Americans over the age of 65 to seek their counsel on all the big issues — children, marriage, money, career, aging. Their stories and uncompromisingly honest answers often surprised him. And he found that he consistently heard advice that pointed to these 30 lessons for living. Here he weaves their personal recollections of difficulties overcome and lives well lived into a timeless book filled with the hard-won advice these older Americans wish someone had given them when they were young.

Powell, Colin It Worked for Me The four-star general and former Secretary of State, Colin Powell shares his vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped his legendary public service career. At the heart of Powell's memoir is the "Thirteen Rules" — notes he gathered over the years and that now form the basis of his leadership presentations given throughout the world. Powell's short but sweet rules — among them, "Get mad, then get over it." and "Share credit." — are illustrated by revealing personal stories that introduce and expand upon his principles for effective leadership: conviction, hard work, and, above all, respect for others. Powell combines the insights he has gained serving in the top ranks of the military and in four presidential administrations with the lessons he's learned from his immigrant-family upbringing in the Bronx, his training in the ROTC, and his growth as an Army officer. The result is a powerful portrait of a leader who is reflective, self-effacing, and grateful for the contributions of everyone he works with.

Quindlen, Anna Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake From childhood memories to manic motherhood, to middle age, Quindlen uses the events of her own life to illuminate our own. Along with the downsides of age, she says, can come wisdom, a perspective on life that makes it satisfying and even joyful. Candid, funny, and moving, her latest is filled with the sharp insights and revealing observations that have long confirmed her status as America’s laureate of real life.

Rather, Dan Rather Outspoken Anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, newsman Rather — who has won every prestigious journalism award in his field — has been a working reporter for 64 years. Here, he discusses all the big stories from his decades of reporting. This very personal accounting includes (but is certainly not limited to) his dismissal from CBS, the Abu Ghraib story, the George W. Bush Air National Guard controversy, his coverage of the JFK assassination, the origin of "Hurricane Dan" as well as inside stories about all the top personalities Dan has either interviewed or worked with over his remarkable career.

Rhodes, Richard Hedy’s Folly Hedwig Kiesler, (Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr), may be one of the greatest unsung heroes of 20th century technological progress. An opportunistic Austrian immigrant driven by curiosity and a desire to make it as an actress in the early years of World War II, Hedy worked with avant-garde composer George Antheil to create the technology that we depend upon today for cell phones and GPS: frequency hopping. Though Rhodes presents details about everyone involved in the separate experiences that the two inventors drew upon to make their breakthrough, in his telling, the invention itself takes center stage. Rhodes skillfully weaves together all the disparate parts of the story, from how Hedy learned about Nazi torpedoes to why George’s knowledge of player pianos was key to the invention, in order to create a highly readable genesis of the technology that influences billions of lives every day.

Smith, Sally Bedell Elizabeth the Queen Smith has written a satisfying biography of a woman who is both very private and one of the most famous people in the world. Though the Queen has never given an interview or authorized a biography, the Buckingham Palace staff courteously helped Smith as she interviewed over 200 people who have interacted with the monarch, including both Bush presidents, Lucian Freud, Helen Mirren, and Paul McCartney, as well as lesser-known relatives and friends. Behind all the pomp and circumstance, Smith reminds us, she is a real person, a wife and mother as well as a figurehead. Though we do see glimpses of her humanity through the years, it becomes clear that Elizabeth's position, and her duty to uphold its honor, is who she is at her core — Queen and country always come before wife and mother. Though Smith is clearly a supporter, she does not shy away from showing the blemishes beneath the polished facade, and readers in search of juicy gossip will find plenty of palace intrigue, illicit affairs, breaches of protocol and other drama. What Smith succeeds in, is portraying something of the monarch's personal life through anecdotes that show the Queen's sharp intelligence and dry sense of humor. The results are as informative as they are entertaining.

Teresa, Mother Where There is Love, There is God Love perhaps best summarizes Mother Teresa’s life and message. She sought to be an extension of God’s heart and hands in today’s world. She lived as a missionary of charity, a carrier of God’s love to each person she met, especially those most in need. Yet she did not think that this was a vocation uniquely hers; she believed each person is in some way called to be a carrier of God’s love. Taken largely from her private lessons to her sisters, published here for the first time, Mother Teresa sets us on the path to closer union with God and greater love for our brothers and sisters through practical and timely advice.

Tillman, Marie The Letter: My Journey through Love, Loss & Life In 2003, Pat Tillman, serving in the US Army, hastily wrote a "just in case" letter to his wife, Marie. When he returned on leave before his departure to Afghanistan, he placed the letter on their bedroom dresser. For months it sat there, sealed and ever-present, like a black hole through which Marie knew her stable life would be pulled if she ever had reason to open it. Then, in April 2004, Marie's worst nightmare came true. In the days following his death, it was Pat's letter that kept her going, and it was his words that would help her learn to navigate a world she could no longer share with her husband. In this heartfelt book, Marie talks for the first time about her journey to remake her life after Pat's death. In it, she recalls meeting and falling in love with Pat when they were kids, his harrowing decision to join the army after 9/11, and the devastating day she learned he'd been killed. She describes how she withdrew from the public spotlight to grieve, learning along the way the value of solitude, self-awareness and integrity in the healing process. And, finally, Marie recounts her work to rebuild her life, including founding The Pat Tillman Foundation, an organization established to carry Pat's legacy of leadership, and her decision to step back into the public eye in order to inspire people to live with meaning and purpose. Filled with the lessons Marie learned and the wisdom she gained, this is both a heartrending love story and an inspiring tale for anyone, young or old, whose life has taken an unexpected hard turn — and who struggles to get back on the right path.

Wells, Jeff D.V.M. All My Patients Kick and Bite Veterinarian Wells returns with another collection of warm, humorous tales of the animals he treats and the people who own and care for them. He introduces us to a cross section of critters who come through his office, or who he has to visit. The author deals with dogs and cats, and also sheep, goats, llamas, cattle, horses, donkeys and mules. The stories provides insight into a vet's view of the world: Dealing with the unexpected — llamas who don't want their nails trimmed, teenagers looking to get high on feline distemper vaccine, a herd of Scottish Highland cattle trying to protect a calf from the vet — makes for some high- tension reading. And then there are the owners, reluctant to upset the vet with fears of what might happen. Wells includes tips, perhaps not practical for everyone, but entertaining, how Vicks vapor rub obscures smell and helps ewes adopt, not reject, orphaned lambs. There are also moving stories of difficult births and life-saving efforts in nighttime winter snows in these good-natured, inviting animal tales.

White, Betty Betty & Friends Many of us know that actress Betty White has numerous Emmys (seven, to be exact) and that she is the oldest person to have ever hosted Saturday Night Live, but whom among us would guess that this lifelong animal lover served as the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Commissioner for eight years? In this delightful picture book, White, a trustee of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo since 1974, walks down memory lane with various animal friends. Opening with the history of zoos, she explains the important transition of zoos from collecting animals to conservation. She regales the reader with brief glimpses of tigers, giraffes, whales, gorillas, and more exotic species, such as Komodo dragons — the largest living lizards that will attack prey larger than themselves. As a patron of zoos across America, White recalls fond memories of close encounters with animals: "I found that Gita wasn't the only elephant who liked to have her tongue slapped. I couldn't help wondering where they learned that."

Witkin, Dr. Georgia The Modern Grandparent’s Handbook Grandparents today are healthier, more active, and more youthful and young at heart than their predecessors. Dr. Georgia Witkin, senior editor of Grandparents.com, draws on her experience as a psychiatry professor, therapist, and grandparent to help readers be the best grandparent they can be. They'll learn: How to connect with their grandchild — online and off. How to contribute to their grandchild's emotional development and boost their IQ. The secret hidden stresses of being a grandparent — and how to deal with them. The three things they should never say to their son or daughter-in-laws, and more!

Large Print — Mystery/Suspense/Adventure Albert, Susan Wittig Cat’s Claw Beaton, M.C. Death of a Kingfisher Box, C.J. Force of Nature Brown, Rita Mae The Big Cat Nap Gregson, J.M. Only a Game LaHaye, Tim Thunder of Heaven: The End Series Levinson, Robert A Rhumba in Waltz Time McKinlay, Jenn Death by the Dozen: A Cupcake Bakery Mystery McKinlay, Jenn Due or Die: A Library Lover’s Mystery Palmer, Michael Oath of Office Roker, Al The Talk Show Murders Swanson, Denise Little Shop of Homicide

Large Print — Urban Fiction Dickey, Eric Jerome An Accidental Affair Perrin, Kayla Getting Lucky Large Print — Romance Alexander, Hannah Eye of the Storm Amos, Diane Promise Me Forever Astley, Judy The Look of Love Bretton, Barbara Spells & Stitches Dodd, Christina Betrayal Fielding, Liz Prisoner of the Heart Henley, Virginia The Dark Earl James, Eloisa The Duke is Mine Kenyon, Sherrilyn Born of Silence Macomber, Debbie A Girl Like Janet McAllister, Anne The Night that Changed Everything Putney, Mary Jo No Longer a Gentleman Reece, Colleen L. Music in the Mountains Roberts, Nora Local Hero Warren, Susan May My Foolish Heart Whitney, Phyllis A. Black Amber Whitney, Phyllis A. Seven Tears for Apollo Woods, Sherryl Edge of Forever

Large Print — General Fiction Barbieri, Heather The Cottage at Glass Beach Carlson, Melody River’s Call Dallas, Sandra True Sisters Edgerton, Clyde Raney Hepinstall, Kathy Blue Asylum Sendker, Jan-Philipp The Art of Hearing Heartbeats Sheehan, Jacqueline Picture This Thomas, Jodi The Comforts of Home Wolitzer, Hilma An Available Man

Large Print — Inspirational Fiction Brunstetter, Wanda E. The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club Carr, Robyn Sunrise Point Dunn, Sharon Broken Trust Gabhart, Ann H. Words Spoken True Kingsbury, Karen Loving Kinkade, Thomas A Wandering Heart Kirkpatrick, Jane Where the Lilacs Still Bloom Lewis, Beverly The Fiddler Perrine, Jane Myers The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek Perry, Marta Hannah’s Joy Peterson, Tracie Chasing the Sun Peterson, Tracie Touching the Sky Raney, Deborah After All Reid, Ruth Brush of Angel’s Wings Thomas, Jodi Just Down the Road Tippens, Missy A Family for Faith Vinze, Vicki Not this Time Whitson, Stephanie The Key on the Quilt

Regular Print — Fiction Abbott, Jeff Last Minute Adler, Elizabeth A Place in the Country Amirrezvani, Anita Equal of the Sun Andrews, Mary Kay Spring Fever Archer, Jeffrey Sins of the Father Atkins, Ace Robert B. Parker’s, Lullaby Baldacci, David Innocent Balogh, Mary Proposal Bass, Jefferson The Inquisitor’s Key Berry, Steve The Columbus Affair Bond, Larry Exit Plan Britton, Andrew Operative Brockman, Suzanne Born to Darkness Buckley, Christopher They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? Burke, Alafair Never Tell Carey, Peter Chemistry of Tears Castillo, Linda Gone Missing Cavender, Chris Rest in Pizza Child, Lincoln Third Gate Clark, Marcia Guilt by Degrees Cook, Claire Wallflower in Bloom Dailey, Janet Honor Dallas, Sandra True Sisters Deaver, Jeffery XO Dickey, Eric Jerome An Accidental Affair Dietrich, William Emerald Storm Doherty, P.C. Mysterium Dugoni, Robert Conviction Ellis, David Wrong Man Evanovich, Janet Wicked Business Frank, Dorothea Porch Lights Freeman, Brian Spilled Blood Freemantle, Brian Red Star Burning Furst, Alan Mission to Paris Goolrick, Robert Heading Out to Wonderful Graves, Sarah Dead Level Green, Jane Another Piece of My Heart Haddon, Mark Red House Haines, Carolyn Bonefire of the Vanities Hamilton, Laurell Kiss the Dead Hanif, Mohammed Our Lady of Alice Bharri Harris, Charlaine Deadlocked Hilderbrand, Elin Summerland Irving, John In One Person Jackson, Lisa Afraid to Die Johansen, Iris What Doesn’t Kill You Kane, Andrea Line Between Here and Gone Katzenbach, Jon What Comes Next Kerr, Philip Prague Fatale King, Stephen Wind through the Keyhole Kingsbury, Karen Coming Home Leon, Donna Beastly Things Lindsey, Johanna Let Love Find You Lovesey, Peter Cop to Corpse Lowell, Elizabeth Beautiful Sacrifice Lustbader, Eric Robert Ludlum’s, The Bourne Imperative Mann, Don Hunt the Wolf Mantel, Hilary Bring Up the Bodies Marklund, Liza Last Will McCall Smith, Alexander A Conspiracy of Friends McGarrity, Michael Hard Country McLaughlin, Emma Between You and Me Meacham, Leila Tumbleweeds Michaels, Fern Breaking News Michaels, Fern Tuesday’s Child Modesitt, L.E. Princeps Monroe, Mary Alice Beach House Memories Monroe, Mary God Don’t Make No Mistakes Moriarty, Laura Chaperone Moriarty, Liane Hypnotist’s Love Story Morrison, Mary B. If I Can’t Have You Morrison, Toni Home Page, Katherine Hall Body in the Boudoir Palmer, Diana Courageous Patterson, James 11th Hour Pearson, Ridley Risk Agent Perry, Thomas Poison Flower Quick, Amanda Crystal Gardens Rice, Luanne Little Night Roberts, Nora Witness Roby, Kimberla Lawson The Reverend’s Wife Rollins, James Bloodline Rucka, Greg Alpha Sandford, John Stolen Prey Scottoline, Lisa Come Home Shaara, Jeff Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh Silva, Daniel The Fallen Angel Spillane, Mickey Mike Hammer: Lady, Go Die! Steel, Danielle Friends Forever Tanenbaum, Robert Bad Faith Thayer, Nancy Summer Breeze Theroux, Paul Lower River Thor, Brad Black List Todd, Charles Unmarked Grave Unger, Lisa Heartbroken Walter, Jess Beautiful Ruins Weis, Margaret Rage of the Dragon West, Michael Lee Teeny Bit of Trouble Wilett, Marcia Summer House Woods, Stuart Unnatural Acts

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Beck, Glenn Cowards: What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say

Bleyer, Kevin Me the People, or, One Man’s Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America

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Cassidy, Tina Jackie after O: One Remarkable Year when Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Defied Expectations and Rediscovered her Dreams

Colby, Tanner Some of My Best Friends are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America

Franzen, Jonathan Farther Away: Essays

Harper, Bob The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles of Getting to THIN

O’Neal, Ryan Both of Us: My Life with Farrah

Powell, Colin L. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership

Rather, Dan Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News

Rivers, Joan I Hate Everyone … Starting with Me

Rosenberg, Joel C Implosion: Can American Recover from its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time?

Somers, Suzanne Bombshell: Explosive Medical Secrets that will Redefine Aging

Taraborrelli, Randy After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family, 1968 to Present

Tillman, Marie Letter: My Journey through Love, Loss, and Life

Ventura, Jesse Democrips and Rebloodlicans: No More Gangs in Government

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