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Clue by Clue (Carmen Sandiego)
Par Catherine Hapka. 2019
Sisters of Sword and Song
Par Rebecca Ross. 2020
Rebecca Ross, acclaimed author of The Queen’s Rising duology, delivers a thrilling new fantasy about the lengths two sisters will…
go for each other. Perfect for fans of Ember in the Ashes, Sky In the Deep, and Court of Fives. After eight years, Evadne will finally be reunited with her older sister, Halcyon, who has been serving in the queen’s army. But when Halcyon unexpectedly appears a day early, Eva knows something is wrong. Halcyon has charged with a heinous crime, and though her life is spared, she is sentenced to 15 years. Suspicious of the charges, brought forth by Halcyon’s army commander, as well as the details of the crime, Eva volunteers to take part of her sister’s sentence. If there’s a way to absolve Halcyon, she’ll find it. But as the sisters begin their sentences, they quickly learn that there are fates worse than death.The Final Diagnosis
Par Arthur Hailey. 1959
The classic medical novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Arthur Hailey takes readers behind the scenes of a great…
hospital Change is in the air when a new board chairman sets out to modernize and expand Three Counties Hospital in Burlington, Pennsylvania--a once venerable institution whose standards have slipped. Dynamic Dr. Kent O'Donnell, a Harvard Medical School-trained surgeon, accepts the board's offer to lead and reform the rundown, disorganized hospital because he wants to make his mark on the world. As medical-board president, O'Donnell faces his greatest challenge in Dr. Joe Pearson, Three Counties' elderly head pathologist. Once an excellent diagnostician, Pearson is now out of touch with the latest research and procedures in laboratory medicine. But if the hospital lets the imperious doctor go, it risks losing an important benefactor's financial support. Arthur Hailey's fascinating, dramatic, and scrupulously researched story reveals both the professional, personal, and romantic aspects of an administrator-surgeon's life, as well as the tragedies and moments of joy that occur every day in a hospital--a place where life often begins and ends.The Capitol Game
Par Brian Haig. 2010
New York Times bestselling author Brian Haig returns with a riveting new thriller about a man caught between the politics…
of big government and the corruption of big business.The Capitol GameIt was the deal of the decade, if not the century. A small, insignificant company on the edge of bankruptcy had discovered an alchemist's dream; a miraculous polymer, that when coated on any vehicle, was the equivalent of 30 inches of steel. With bloody conflicts surging in Iraq and Afghanistan, the polymer promises to save thousands of lives and change the course of both wars. Jack Wiley, a successful Wall Street banker, believes he has a found a dream come true when he mysteriously learns of this miraculous polymer. His plan: enlist the help of the Capitol Group, one of the country's largest and most powerful corporations in a quick, bloodless takeover of the small company that developed the polymer. It seems like a partnership made in heaven...until the Pentagon's investigative service begins nosing around, and the deal turns into a nightmare. Now, Jack's back is up against the wall and he and the Capitol Group find themselves embroiled in the greatest scandal the government and corporate America have ever seen...The Hunted
Par Brian Haig. 2009
New York Times-bestselling author Brian Haig delivers a thriller inspired by a true story about one man running between two…
countries, trying desperately to escape his past. In 1987, Alex Konevitch was thrown out of Moscow University for "indulging his entrepreneurial spirit." But by 1991, he was worth $300 million. On track to become Russia's wealthiest man, he makes one critical mistake: he hires the former deputy director of the KGB to handle his corporate security. And then his world begins to fall apart. Kidnapped, beaten, and forced to relinquish his business and his fortune, Alex and his wife escape to the United States, only to be accused by his own government of stealing millions from his business. With a mob contract out on his life and the FBI hot on his trail, Alex is a desperate man without a country-facing the ultimate sacrifice for the chance to build a new life for himself and his family.Red Clover Inn: A Romance Novel
Par Carla Neggers. 2017
New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers delivers an irresistible story about love, family and finding a place to call…
home.. Marine archaeologist Charlotte Bennett is no stranger to risk, but her dives into sunken wreckage are always meticulously planned. However, being the maid of honor in her cousin Samantha's English wedding gives her a new perspective on her life as a nomad who's given up on romance altogether. Though an encounter with roguish wedding guest Greg Rawlings leaves her unsettled, the other people she meets make a trip to the tranquil town of Knights Bridge, Massachusetts, enticing. Acting on impulse, Charlotte offers to house-sit at Red Clover Inn while Sam and Justin Sloan are away on their honeymoon. The quaint inn isn't open to the public yet and Charlotte will have quiet time to plan her next project. It might also give her a chance to see how her cousin found love and a sense of family. But the peace is immediately disrupted when Greg shows up at the inn. The Diplomatic Security Service agent lives a dangerous life, and he, too, wants to clear his head before his next assignment. Juggling work, raising his two teenage children and nursing a wounded heart has left him jaded, and the last thing he expects is to find himself falling for the willful Charlotte. As the attraction between them flares, Charlotte realizes she might be in too deep. And each of them must decide if they can put love first before it's too late.Pinnacles of Power: A Contemporary Novel of the Church
Par Michael Phillips. 1991
A Christian journalist researching a fast-growing global ministry uncovers a web of deception and scandal in this novel of faith,…
greed, and corruption.Evangelist Jacob Michaels has gained global renown with his successful ministry, Evangelize the World. But when Christian magazine reporter Jackson Maxwell starts researching Michaels and his organization, his questions quickly hit a nerve. Michaels’s ambitious assistant is less than forthcoming about their new development project—or the donations it’s generating. As Evangelize the World is on its way to becoming a global media empire, Jackson pursues the dark secrets beneath its glittering surface. Committed to the truth, and his conviction that God’s representatives must be held accountable, he’s determined to expose a devious scheme no matter the consequences.The Stars Look Down: A Novel
Par Aj Cronin. 2015
This thought-provoking novel of the challenges a coal mining community faces in the early twentieth century is &“the finest work…
Cronin has given his public&” (Kirkus Reviews). First published in 1935, The Stars Look Down tells the story of a North Country mining town as its inhabitants make their way through social and political upheaval. Digging into workers&’ rights, social change, and the relationship between labor and capitalism, the struggles of the novel&’s trifecta of protagonists—politically minded miner David Fenwick, ambitious drifter Joe Gowlan, and frustrated yet meek mining-baron&’s son Arthur Barras—remain compelling and relevant to readers in the twenty-first century. AJ Cronin&’s tale is one of many of the hardships of coal-mining communities during the industrial pre-war, World War I, and interwar periods in Britain, but stands out for its unflinching prose, universal themes, and keen storytelling. The novel was adapted into a 1940 film starring Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick, is a New York Times Critics&’ Pick, and is included in the New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.Daughter: A Novel
Par Claudia Dey. 2023
A searing and hypnotic tour de force about a woman, long caught in her charismatic father's web, who strives to…
make a life—and art—of her own.To be loved by your father is to be loved by God.So says Mona Dean--playwright, actress and daughter to a man famous for one great novel, and in fruitless pursuit of the next, whose needs and insecurities exert an inescapable pull and exact an immeasurable toll on the women of his family: Mona, her sister, her half-sister, their mothers. His infidelity destroyed Mona's childhood, setting her in opposition to a cold, cruel stepmother who, though equally damaged, disdains her for being broken. Then, just as Mona is settling into her life as an adult and fledgling artist, he begins a new affair and takes her into his confidence. Mona delights--painfully, parasitically--in his attention. When he inevitably confesses to his wife, Mona is cast as the agent of disruption, punished for her father's crimes and ejected from the family.Mona&’s tenuous stability is thrown into chaos. Only when she suffers an incalculable loss—one far deeper and more defining than family entanglements—can she begin supplanting absent love with real love. Pushed to the precipice, she must decide how she wants to live, what she most needs to say, and the risks she will take to say it.Claudia Dey chronicles our most intimate lives with penetrating insight and devilish humour. A novel as volatile and far-reaching as its title, Daughter is an obsessive, blazing examination of the forces that drive us to become, to create and to break free.Citizens
Par Meyer Levin. 1940
This 1940 novel of the labor movement offers an unflinching portrait of a Chicago steel strike: “A fine American novel—one…
of the best I ever read” (Ernest Hemingway).For Chicago physician Mitch Wilner, July 4, 1937, began as a typical holiday—a leisurely afternoon at the beach with his wife and young children. But when a peaceful protest erupts in violence, and Mitch sees unarmed steel mill strikers attacked by the local police, he finds himself thrust into the heart of America’s labor struggles.In the days and months that follow, Mitch witnesses the aggressive strike-breaking tactics used by the steel mill companies, the brutality of the authorities, and the blatant corruption of the local government and media. But in the unionists, Mitch discovers a bond that crosses ethnic, class, and racial boundaries, and truly embodies the spirit of the American dream.Inspired by the Memorial Day Massacre of 1937, Citizens looks at some of the darkest days in modern US labor history in a “powerful, photographic novel [that] will catch the imagination of the social minded” (Kirkus Reviews).“One of the best American writers working in the realistic tradition.” —Norman MailerMission of Magic (The Caithan Crusades #2)
Par Julie Dean Smith. 1991
A princess must learn to wield her own magic if she is to save her kingdom—and her own life—from the…
cruel reign of her brother in this fantasy saga.Princess Athaya of Caithe paid dearly for revealing her magical gifts: the loss of loved ones, excommunication from the Church, and a death warrant on her head. She barely escaped the kingdom of Caithe with her life, and yet she is already plotting her return.Despite months of grueling instruction, Athaya is only beginning to grasp the full extent of her talents. Her battle-magic is still unpredictable and her spell path-maps are incomplete. But Athaya is running out of time. While she’s been away training, the Lorngeld continue to suffer under the reign of her brother Durek.Athaya swore she’d abolish the Church’s murderous rite of absolution and legalize the teaching of magic to the Lorngeld. But fulfilling those promises won’t be easy. Though Athaya is aided by a powerful group of wizards, her brother will not rest until she is defeated.Chains of Sand
Par Jemma Wayne. 2016
As war looms, a Londoner decides to move to Israel, as an Israeli at the same time yearns to leave:…
&“Moving, absorbing…a great read.&”—The Times In the heat of an Israeli summer, amid fresh attempts to restart peace talks with the Palestinians, Udi struggles to fill a UK immigration form. At twenty-six, Udi is a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces and has killed five men. He wants a new life, in a new country, and dreams of moving to London. Daniel is twenty-nine, a Londoner, an investment banker, an Arsenal fan, and a Jew. He wants for nothing, yet he too is unable to escape an intangible yearning for something more, and for less. He looks to Israel for the answer. But as the war with Hamas breaks out, Daniel cannot know that the star-crossed love of a Jewish girl and an Arab man in Jerusalem ten years earlier will soon complicate all that he thinks has become clear…Sea Girl: Feminist Folktales from Around the World (Feminist Folktales #3)
Par Ethel Johnston Phelps. 2017
The third volume in this beautifully illustrated anthology features traditional tales of heroic women from China to Canada and beyond.Long…
before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics and presents them with original artwork by designer and illustrator Suki Boynton.Volume three in the series, Sea Girl features an introduction by Daniel Jose Older, the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Saints. In legends from China, Finland, India, Canada, and more, brave heroines encounter monstrous rivers and ogres' nests while outsmarting desperate sharks and hungry tigers. They courageously save families and villages—and, most importantly, they always choose their own fate.The Artificial Anatomy of Parks
Par Kat Gordon. 2015
A young woman is thrust back into the midst of the dysfunctional, secretive family she escaped in this&“heart-piercing psychological drama…a…
stunner&” (Carol Cassella, author of Oxygen).At twenty-one, Tallulah Park lives alone. There's a sink in her bedroom and a strange damp smell that means she wakes up wheezing. It&’s far from luxurious, but it&’s far away from her difficult family. Then she gets the call that her father has had a heart attack. Now she&’s returning to the root of her bad memories: a world of sniping aunts, precocious cousins, emigrant pianists, and lots of gin, all presided over by an unconventional grandmother. A world where no one will answer Tallie&’s questions: Why did Aunt Vivienne loathe Tallie&’s mother? Why is everyone making excuses for her absent father? Who was Uncle Jack and why would no one talk about him? As Tallie struggles to grow into independence, she will learn the hard way about damage and betrayal, that in the end, the worst betrayals are those we inflict on ourselves. &“With heartbreakingly understated prose, Kat Gordon lays out the terrible loneliness of a child at the center of an exploded, secretive family. It is an autopsy of how we love and an exploration of forgiveness.&” —Liza Klaussmann, author of Tigers in Red Weather&“A genuine and sincere expression of a troubled young soul.&”—The Guardian&“A compulsive family drama…an excellent read.&”—Emma Chapman, author of How To Be a Good WifeIn Too Deep
Par Bea Davenport. 2013
Bea Davenport explodes onto the thriller scene with a &“moody, disquieting debut [that] focuses on an unlikely friendship between two…
women&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The window&’s so small I can&’t see what happens next. But what I do know is that Kim is dead. And I know this, too—that I helped to kill her. Kim, my lovely, only, best friend. Five years ago, Maura fled her life and took on a new identity, desperately trying to piece her life back together and escape the dark clouds that plagued her past. Now, a reporter tracks Maura down and persuades her to tell her story, putting her life in danger once again. Layer upon layer of violence and deceit are revealed in Maura&’s story of herself as a small-town young mother trapped in a dysfunctional marriage—and of a newfound friendship with a vibrant outsider. Hidden secrets are uncovered that have been left to settle, for far too long. But in life some things can&’t be left unsaid, and eventually the truth will out, whatever the consequences. &“A tense and suspenseful debut.&”—Margaret Murphy, author of Darkness Falls &“A taut and suspenseful psychological thriller which marks her as a writer to watch and an exciting new voice in crime fiction.&”—But Books Are Better &“One of those compulsive reads that draws you in from the start . . . a clever story.&”—Cleopatra Loves BooksThe Hunter Maiden: Feminist Folktales from Around the World (Feminist Folktales #4)
Par Ethel Johnston Phelps. 2017
The fourth volume in this beautifully illustrated anthology features traditional tales of heroic women from Russia to South Africa and…
beyond.Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics and presents them with original artwork by designer and illustrator Suki Boynton.Volume four in the series, The Hunter Maiden features an introduction by Renee Watson, the New York Times bestselling author of Piecing Me Together. In these eleven adventures, a diverse cast of female protagonists lend their daring and determination to everything from battling evil wizards in Russia to outsmarting tricky demons in South Africa. In the title story, a young member of the Zuni Native American tribe proves her resourcefulness as she confronts cultural double standards and malicious winter spirits.Tatterhood: Feminist Folktales from Around the World (Feminist Folktales #1)
Par Ethel Johnston Phelps. 2016
The first volume in this beautifully illustrated anthology features traditional tales of heroic women from Japan to Scotland and beyond.Long…
before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics and presents them with original artwork by designer and illustrator Suki Boynton.Volume one in the series, Tatterhood features an introduction by Gayle Forman, the New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay. These twelves tales from Japan, Norway, Scotland, Sudan, and more, celebrate the cunning, hard work, and physical strength of their heroines. In these pages, a family of three women teaches a burly man how to wrestle, a girl battles a fearsome bear, and a young mother rescues her village from an elephant's stomach.Owl Song at Dawn
Par Emma Claire Sweeney. 2016
&“Tender and unflinching, a beautifully observed novel about familial love and stoicism in the face of heartbreak.&”—Carys Bray, award-winning author…
of The Museum of You Maeve Maloney is a force to be reckoned with. Despite nearing 80, she keeps Sea View Lodge just as her parents did during Morecambe&’s 1950s heyday. But now only her employees and regular guests recognize the tenderness and heartbreak hidden beneath her spikiness. Until, that is, Vincent shows up. Vincent is the last person Maeve wants to see. He is the only man alive to have known her twin sister, Edie. The nightingale to Maeve&’s crow, the dawn to Maeve&’s dusk, Edie would have set her sights on the stage—all things being equal. But, from birth, things never were. If only Maeve could confront the secret past she shares with Vincent, she might finally see what it means to love and be loved—a lesson that her exuberant yet inexplicable twin may have been trying to teach her all along. Stylist Magazine Top &“Books to Read on a Staycation&” &“Funny, heartbreaking and truly remarkable.&”—Susan Barker, New York Times bestselling author &“I found the novel most poignant and tender in its depiction of disability, without a whiff of sentimentality . . . it crept under my skill and will stay there for a long time.&”—Emma Henderson, Orange Prize-shortlisted author of Grace Williams Says It Loud &“Amazing: fierce, intelligent, compassionate and deeply moving . . . an important and very beautiful book.&”—Edward Hogan, Desmond Elliot Prize-winning author of Blackmoor &“Fresh, poignant and unlike anything else.&”—Jill Dawson, Whitbread and Orange Prize-shortlisted author of The Crime WriterLiminal
Par Roland Schimmelpfennig. 2021
A thrilling, filmic immersion into Berlin's legendary club scene - a skillfully told novel about the fragility of life.Berlin, Görlitzer…
Park: The body of a young woman in a white wedding dress floats in the canal. Who is she, and where does she come from? Suspended drugs investigator Tommy trawls Berlin's clubs and criminal clans to uncover the woman's story.On his odyssey through the city, he meets survivors and fighters, the lost and stranded from all over the world: from the Japanese tattoo master to the Indian fire-eater. Wide awake and dead tired, suspended between a dreamscape and reality, Tommy dives deeper and deeper into the Berlin underworld and into his own past. A breathless noir novel that is as hard-hitting as it is emotional, exploring the fragility of life and our longing for community.PRAISE FOR One Clear, Ice-cold Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century"A highly original and often hypnotic work . . . exactly the type of book that readers in search of striking European voices should embrace" John Boyne (author of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS), Irish Times"A brilliantly kaleidoscopic morality tale"- Eileen Battersby, Financial Times"A magnificent achievement, a novel of terrific originality" - Charlie Connelly, New European"The exhilarating narrative is wonderfully concise, and the imagery is intensely cinematic" - Barry Forshaw, GuardianTranslated from the German by Jamie BullochThe Figurine: The brand NEW novel from the much-loved author of The Island
Par Victoria Hislop. 2023
In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author* Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition…
of cultural treasures and the price people - and countries - will pay to cling on to them.Of all the ancient art that captures the imagination, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of mystery swirls around these statuettes from the Bronze Age and they are highly sought after by collectors - and looters - alike. When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime's generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them?Helena's desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. Their finds fuel her determination to protect the precious fragments recovered from the baked earth - and to understand the origins of her grandfather's collection.Helena's attempt to make amends for some of her grandfather's actions sees her wrestle with the meaning of 'home', both in relation to looted objects of antiquity ... and herself.*Victoria Hislop's One August Night was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller in paperback in the first week of August 2021; Those Who Are Loved was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller in paperback for four weeks in August and September 2020.