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Weather Girl
A TV meteorologist and a sports reporter scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this electrifying romance from the author of The Ex Talk. Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist. Her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale,…
Read MoreThe Trees
An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone Percival Everett’s The Trees is a page-turner that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected…
Read MoreThe Tomb of Hercules
When she gets the chance to prove that a tomb containing the remains of the legendary hero Hercules exists, American archaeologist Nina Wilde journeys across the world, from New York to Botswana, to solve an ancient mystery while staying one step ahead of her enemies. Original.
Read MoreThe Urge
An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction–a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives–by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself Even after a decades-long opioid overdose crisis, intense controversy still rages over the fundamental nature of addiction and the best way to treat…
Read MoreThe Small Book
Describes the theories behind Rational Recovery and provides guidelines for the recovering individual
Read MoreThe Stars, Like Dust
The first book in the Galactic Empire series, the spectacular precursor to the classic Foundation series, by one of history’s most influential writers of science fiction, Isaac Asimov His name was Biron Farrill and he was a student at the University of Earth. A native of one of the helpless Nebular Kingdoms, he saw his…
Read MoreStray Dogs
From the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of De Niro’s Game and Beirut Hellfire Society, a riveting, cosmopolitan collection of stories set in places around the world. In Montreal, a failed photographer’s surprise encounter with Sophia Loren leads to a revelation about his dead mother. In Baghdad, a translator is held captive while facilitating work on…
Read MoreReturn to Atlantis
When three ancient statues, which could tap into a colossal energy source, are stolen and her husband Eddie is accused of murder, archaeologist Nina Wilde must piece together a puzzle to prove Eddie’s innocence and save the world.
Read MoreRun Towards the Danger
“Sarah Polley tells us the truth, even when it feels razor sharp–even when it feels dangerous. These brilliant essays urge us, by example, towards the examined life, the life worth living, and give us a jolt of energy to muster the courage and compassion needed to live it.” –Miriam Toews, bestselling author of Women Talking…
Read MorePebble in the Sky
The third and final book in the Galactic Empire series, the spectacular precursor to the classic Foundation series, by one of history’s most influential writers of science fiction, Isaac Asimov After years of bitter struggle, Trantor had at last completed its work–its Galactic Empire ruled all 200 million planets of the Galaxy . . .…
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