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19F Macm SMP Griffin The Great Alone A Novel by Kristin Hannah In Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature. #1 New York Times Instant Bestseller (February 2018) A People Book of the Week" Buzzfeed's "Most Anticipated Women's Fiction Reads of 2018" Seattle Times's "Books to Look Forward to in 2018" Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, has little choice but to go along, daring to St. Martin's Press hope this new land promises her family a better future. Strict On Sale: Sep 24/19 In a wild, remote corner of Alaska, the Allbrights find a fiercely independent 5.38 x 8.25 • 608 pages community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days 9781250229533 • $24.50 • pb and the generosity of the locals make up for the newcomers' lack of Fiction / Contemporary Women preparation and dwindling resources. But as winter approaches and darkness descends, Ernt's fragile mental state Notes deteriorates. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. Promotion Author Bio Kristin Hannah is the New York Times bestselling author of novels including Night Road, Firefly Lane, True Colors and Winter Garden . She was born in Southern California and moved to Western Washington when she was eight. A former lawyer, Hannah started writing when she was pregnant and on bed rest for five months. Writing soon became an obsession, and she has been at it ever since. She is the mother of one son and lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. 1 19F Macm SMP Griffin Killing the Rising Sun How America Vanquished World War II Japan by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan. Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, FDR dies in office and Harry Truman ascends to the presidency, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive St. Martin's Press and mounting death toll. Told in the same page-turning style of Killing Lincoln, On Sale: Sep 10/19 Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, Killing Patton, and Killing Reagan, this epic 5.38 x 8.25 • 336 pages saga details the final moments of World War II like never before. Includes 16 maps and 20 black-and-white photographs throughout 9781250237095 • $24.50 • pb Author Bio History / Military / World War Ii Series: Bill O'Reilly's Killing Bill O'Reilly is a trailblazing TV journalist who has experienced unprecedented success on cable news and in writing thirteen national Notes number-one bestselling nonfiction books. There are currently more than 17 million books in the Killing series in print. He lives in Long Island. Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history. He and his wife live in Southern California with their three sons. With Bill Promotion O'Reilly, Martin is the coauthor of the Killing series books, including Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus 2 19F Macm SMP Griffin The Truth About Magic by Atticus From the internationally bestselling author of The Dark Between Stars and Love Her Wild and Instagram sensation comes another romantic and deeply moving collection. The Truth About Magic builds on the pains and joys of romance explored in Love Her Wild and the New York Times bestseller, The Dark Between Stars - heartbreaks and falling in love, looking back and looking inwards - by taking a fresh, awakened journey outward. An adventure into the great unknown. It's about finding ourselves, our purpose, and the simple joys of life. It's about lavender fields, drinking white wine out of oak barrels on vineyards, laughing until you cry, dancing in old barns until the sun comes up, and making love on sandy beaches. The Truth About Magic is a vibrant, transcendent journey into growth, which will leave you energized and eager to explore the wider world. St. Martin's Press Author Bio On Sale: Sep 10/19 5.5 x 8.38 • 240 pages ATTICUS is a storyteller, observer, and the author ofLove Her Wild and The 9781250232793 • $32.50 • CL - With dust jacket Dark Between Stars. Born on the West Coast, he's spent much of his life Poetry / General exploring the world but now calls California his home. He loves the ocean, the desert, and playing with words. Visit him on Instagram @AtticusPoetry. Notes Promotion 3 19F Macm SMP Griffin Heads You Win A Novel by Jeffrey Archer Heads You Win is international #1 bestseller Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious and creative work since Kane and Abel, with a final twist that will shock even his most ardent of fans. Leningrad, Russia, 1968:From an early age it is clear that Alexander Karpenko is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, Alexander and his mother will have to escape Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they have an irreversible choice: board a container ship bound for America or one bound for Great Britain. Alexander leaves the choice to a toss of a coin. In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander's future. During an epic tale, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow Alexander through triumph and defeat as he sets out on parallel lives as Alex in New York and Sasha in London. As this unique story unfolds, both come to realize that to find their destiny they must face the past they left behind as Alexander in St. Martin's Press Russia. On Sale: Sep 10/19 5.38 x 8.25 • 448 pages 9781250236722 • $24.50 • pb Archer, no stranger to sprawling epics, covers three decades in the life of Fiction / Historical Alex/Sasha, working his way to a stunning conclusion that packs a wallop. Typical for an Archer novel, the writing and characterizations are superb, and Notes the book features several plot twists that send the story lines off in surprising new directions. There are a couple of moments, late in the novel, that should make readers' jaws drop - moments so unexpected and surreal that they Promotion require a second reading,just to make sure we really just read what we think we did." - Booklist (starred review Author Bio JEFFREY ARCHER was educated at Oxford University. He served five years as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons and has served twenty- six years as a Member of the House of Lords. Now published in 97 countries and more than 37 languages, all of his novels and short story collections - including Kane & Abel, Only Time Will Tell and This Was a Man - have been international bestsellers. Jeffrey is married with two sons and three grandchildren, and lives in London, Cambridge and Majorca. 4 19F Macm SMP Griffin The Girl from Berlin A Novel by Ronald H. Balson The Girl from Berlin is the winner of the Book Club category for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award. In this new novel, Liam and Catherine come to the aid of an old friend and are drawn into a property dispute in Tuscany that unearths long-buried secrets An old friend calls Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart to his famous Italian restaurant to enlist their help. His aunt is being evicted from her home in the Tuscan hills by a powerful corporation claiming they own the deeds, even though she can produce her own set of deeds to her land. Catherine and Liam's only clue is a bound handwritten manuscript, entirely in German, and hidden in its pages is a story long-forgotten. Ada Baumgarten was born in Berlin in 1918, at the end of the war. The daughter of an accomplished first-chair violinist in the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, and herself a violin prodigy, Ada's life was full of the rich culture of Berlin's interwar society. She formed a deep attachment to her childhood friend Kurt, but they were torn apart by the growing unrest as her Jewish St.

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