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Series: Emma in the Night A Novel Hardcover Wendy Walker 9781250141439 $37.99 FICTION Aug 08, 2017

"Both twisted and twisty, this smart psychological thriller sets a new standard for unreliable narrators." –Booklist, Starred ReviewOne night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: fifteen-year-old Cass and seventeen-year-old Emma. Three years later, Cass returns, without her sister Emma. Her story is one of kidnapping and betrayal, of a mysterious island where the two were held. But to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter, something doesn't add up. Looking deep within this dysfunctional family Dr. Winter uncovers a life where bounda... + Read More
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Series: Emma in the Night Paperback Wendy Walker 9781250164902 $24.99 FICTION Aug 08, 2017

One night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: fifteen-year-old Cass and seventeen-year-old Emma. Three years later, Cass returns, without her sister Emma. Her story is one of kidnapping and betrayal, of a mysterious island where the two were held. But to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter, something doesn't add up. Looking deep within this dysfunctional family Dr. Winter uncovers a life where boundaries were violated and a narcissistic parent held sway. And where one sister's return might just be the beginning of the crime.
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Series: The Hidden Light of Northern Fires A Novel Hardcover Daren Wang 9781250122353 $37.99 FICTION Aug 29, 2017

"Splendid—a distinctive clear-eyed perspective on a fresh corner of the Civil War." —Charles Frazier,New York Times bestselling author ofCold Mountain"A wise and timely book." —Ron Rash,New York Times bestselling author ofSerenaRooted in the history of the only secessionist town north of the Mason Dixon Line, Daren Wang'sThe Hidden Light of Northern Fires tells a story of redemption amidst a war that tore families and the country apart.Mary Willis has always been an outcast, an abolitionist in a town of bounty hunters and anti-Union farmers. Af... + Read More
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Series: In Death Secrets in Death An Eve Dallas Novel Hardcover J. D. Robb 9781250123152 $36.00 FICTION Sep 05, 2017

InSecrets in Death the #1New York Times bestselling series by J.D. Robb continues: Lt. Eve Dallas must separate rumors from reality when a woman who traffics in other people’s secrets is silenced.The chic Manhattan nightspotDu Vin is not the kind of place Eve Dallas would usually patronize, and it’s not the kind of bar where a lot of blood gets spilled. But that’s exactly what happens one cold February evening.The mortally wounded woman is Larinda Mars, a self-described “social information reporter,” or as most people would call it, a professio... + Read More
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Series: Tell Tale Stories Hardcover Jeffrey Archer 9781250066923 $32.99 FICTION Oct 24, 2017

Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories was published, Jeffrey Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited, brand-new collection TELL TALE, giving us a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited during the past ten years.Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find outWho Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy inA Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the ori... + Read More
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Series: The Kardashians An American Drama Hardcover Jerry Oppenheimer 9781250087140 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 19, 2017

From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofCrazy Rich comes a blockbuster unauthorized biography of one of the most famous and ubiquitous family dynasties in contemporary culture:The Kardashians.Secrets and scandals of the Kardashians, so closely held that not even hard core fans have heard about them, are finally exposed inNew York Timesbestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer's forensic dissection of the infamous reality TV clan. From the curious life of patriarch Robert Kardashian, whose family meatpacking business was tainted by scandal, to “mo... + Read More
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Series: One Thousand White Women The Vengeance of Mothers The Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill: A Novel Hardcover Jim Fergus 9781250093424 $37.99 FICTION Sep 12, 2017

The stunning sequel to the award-winning novelOne Thousand White Women:A Novel."Clever and satisfying...Fergus is a superb writer [and] the characters are as real as any pioneer women who braved the rigors of westering." —The Denver Post"A gripping tale, a history lesson infused with both sadness at the violence perpetuated against the Cheyenne and awe at the endurance of this remarkable group of women." —Booklist, starred review9 March 1876My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less ... + Read More
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Series: Bored and Brilliant How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self Hardcover Manoush Zomorodi 9781250124951 $33.00 SELF-HELP Sep 05, 2017

"Bored and Brilliant shows the fascinating side of boredom. Manoush Zomorodi investigates cutting-edge research as well as compelling (and often funny) real-life examples to demonstrate that boredom is actually a crucial tool for making our lives happier, more productive, and more creative. What’s more, the book is crammed with practical exercises for anyone who wants to reclaim the power of spacing out – deleting the Two Dots app, for instance, or having a photo-free day, or taking a 'fakecation'." —Gretchen Rubin, author of #1 New ... + Read More
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Series: Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart The Trust A Novel Hardcover Ronald H. Balson 9781250127440 $37.99 FICTION Sep 19, 2017

“A thrilling, action-filled suspense novel.... Those who loved Balson’s other books likeOnce We Were Brothers andKarolina’s Twinswill love this latest entry.” —The Huffington PostThe Trust, from Ronald H. Balson, the international bestselling author ofOnce We Were Brothers, finds private investigator Liam Taggart returning to his childhood home for an uncle's funeral, only to discover his death might not have been natural.When his uncle dies, Liam Taggart reluctantly returns to his childhood home in Northern Ireland for the funeral—a home he le... + Read More
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Series: Nevernight Chronicle Godsgrave Book Two of the Nevernight Chronicle Hardcover Jay Kristoff 9781250073037 $38.50 FICTION Sep 05, 2017

The second thrilling installment of the award-winning Nevernight Chronicle, from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff.In a land where three suns almost never set, a ruthless assassin continues her quest for vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she’... + Read More
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Series: Virtue Falls The Woman Who Couldn't Scream A Novel Hardcover Christina Dodd 9781250028488 $38.99 FICTION Sep 05, 2017

FromNew York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd comes the next riveting novel in the Virtue Falls series,The Woman Who Couldn't ScreamMerida Falcon is a world-class beauty, a trophy wife who seems to have it all…except she has no voice.For nine bitter years, Merida lived to serve her wealthy elderly husband, never leaving his side, always doing his bidding…On his death, Merida vanishes…and reappears in Virtue Falls with a new name, a new look, and a plot to take revenge on the man who loved her, betrayed her and walked away, leaving her si... + Read More
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Series: The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs A Novel Hardcover Janet Peery 9781250125088 $37.99 FICTION Sep 19, 2017

Winner of the Library of Virginia's Emyl Jenkins Sexton Literary Award for Fiction!"A brilliantly moving and unforgettable novel." - Jill McCorkle, author of Life After LifeJanet Peery’s first novel,The River Beyond the World, was a National Book Award finalist in 1996. Acclaimed for her gorgeous writing and clear-eyed gaze into the hearts of people, Peery now returns with her second novel,The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs.On a summer evening in the blue-collar town of Amicus, Kansas, the Campbell family gathers for a birthday dinner for their ail... + Read More
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Series: Delta Force Novel Execute Authority A Delta Force Novel Hardcover Dalton Fury 9781250120489 $37.99 FICTION Sep 05, 2017

The explosive conclusion to theNew York Timesbestselling series.In Dalton Fury'sExecute Authority, Kolt “Racer” Raynor and his Delta Force squadron are in Greece, providing VIP security for the newly elected—and deeply controversial—American president on his desperate mission to hold the NATO alliance together.Then, the unimaginable happens. Just as the president is arriving, an assassin’s bullet takes the life of the Greek prime minister. The president is safe, but Raynor recognizes the killer—Rasim Miric—by his grisly signature: a bullet thro... + Read More
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Series: The Evolved Eater A Quest to Eat Better, Live Better, and Change the World Hardcover Nick Taranto 9781250122117 $34.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 06, 2018

From the co-founder of Plated, the home delivery food service, an inspirational business title that is a call-to-arms and investigation into the industrial American food complex.In early 2012, Nick Taranto was twenty-seven years old, recently married, and fresh out of the Marine Corps. He moved back to New York City, started working on Wall Street, and put on twenty pounds in under six months. He was pasty, overweight, and depressed – and he knew there had to be a better way to eat (and live).The Evolved Eater chronicles his quest to change how... + Read More
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Series: The Mafia's President Nixon and the Mob Hardcover Don Fulsom 9781250119407 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 14, 2017

The first-ever full account of Nixon's extensive ties to the American Mafia, from a veteran White House reporter.Unbeknownst to most people even now, the election of 1968 placed the patron saint of the Mafia in the White House. In other words, Richard Nixon would go on to not only lead a criminal presidency; he would be totally indebted to our nation’s top mobsters.By 1969, thanks in large part to his long-time campaign manager and political advisor Murray Chotiner, a lawyer who specialized in representing mobsters, Nixon had participated in se... + Read More
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Series: If All the Seas Were Ink A Memoir Hardcover Ilana Kurshan 9781250121264 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 05, 2017

**WINNER of the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the 2018 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature****2018 Natan Book Award Finalist****Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies **The Wall Street Journal:"There is humor and heartbreak in these pages...Ms. Kurshan immerses herself in the demands of daily Talmud study and allows the words of ancient scholars to transform the patterns of her own life."The Jewish Standard:“Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive, original."The Jerusalem Post:... + Read More
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Series: Queen Branwen Dark Winds Rising A Novel Hardcover Mark Noce 9781250072634 $34.99 FICTION Dec 05, 2017

Mark Noce returns to Medieval Wales withDark Winds Rising, his second book about the Braveheart-like Queen Branwen in this epic historical series.Three years after uniting the Welsh to defeat the Saxons and settling down with her true love, Artagan, Queen Branwen finds her world once again turned upside down as Pictish raiders harry the shores of her kingdom. Rallying her people once more, she must face her most dangerous foe yet, the Queen of the Picts. Ruthless and cunning, the Pictish Queen turns the Welsh against each other in a bloody civi... + Read More
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Series: How the French Saved America Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution Hardcover Tom Shachtman 9781250080875 $38.99 HISTORY Sep 12, 2017

Americans today have a love/hate relationship with France, but inHow the French Saved America Tom Shachtman shows that without France, there might not be a United States of America.To the rebelling colonies, French assistance made the difference between looming defeat and eventual triumph. Even before theDeclaration of Independence was issued, King Louis XVI and French foreign minister Vergennes were aiding the rebels. After theDeclaration, that assistance broadened to include wages for our troops; guns, cannon, and ammunition; engineering exp... + Read More
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Series: The New Wild West Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown Hardcover Blaire Briody 9781250064929 $38.99 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 26, 2017

Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations—until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn’t seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised them six-figure salaries and demanded no prior experience.But for every person chasing the American dream, there is a darker side—reports of violence and sexual assault skyrocketed, schools overflowed, and housing prices soared. Real estate is such a hot com... + Read More
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Series: A Taste of Paris A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food Hardcover David Downie 9781250082930 $39.99 COOKING Sep 26, 2017

A Taste of Parisis a delectable culinary history of the gastronomic capital of the world, written by David Downie, the critically acclaimed author ofParis, Paris and A Passion for Paris.“A joyous romp through time . . . The streets and tables of Paris will never be the same and I could not be more grateful.” —Alice WatersIn his trademark witty and informative style, David Downie embarks on a quest to discover “What is it about the history of Paris that has made it a food lover’s paradise?” Long before Marie Antoinette said, “Let them eat cake... + Read More
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Series: The Death of an Heir Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty Hardcover Philip Jett 9781250111807 $38.99 TRUE CRIME Sep 26, 2017

The Death of an Heiris Philip Jett's chilling true account of the Coors family’s gilded American dream that turned into a nightmare when a meticulously plotted kidnapping went horribly wrong.In the 1950s and 60s, the Coors dynasty reigned over Golden, Colorado, seemingly invincible. When rumblings about labor unions threatened to destabilize the family's brewery, Adolph Coors, Jr., the septuagenarian president of the company, drew a hard line, refusing to budge. They had worked hard for what they had, and no one had a right to take it from them... + Read More
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Series: The Last Chicago Boss My Life with the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club Hardcover Kerrie Droban 9781250105912 $38.99 TRUE CRIME Sep 19, 2017

A legend in the biker community, Peter “Big Pete” James was the most revered gangster in the Outlaw Nation. He first perfected his skills with the Hells Angels, the Outlaws’ chief rival, before persuading thousands of disgruntled members from splintered Outlaws chapters to unite. Together, they formed a powerful criminal syndicate involved in extortion, contract murders, drugs and arms trafficking, money laundering and assassinations. Then a shocking medical diagnosis knocked James sideways, forcing him to face a new life on the outside of the ... + Read More
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Series: Eve Duncan Mind Game A Novel Hardcover Iris Johansen 9781250075857 $38.99 FICTION Oct 24, 2017

With Iris Johansen’s trademark adventure, intrigue, and explosive energy,Mind Gameis a propulsive thriller that’s impossible to put down.Scotland holds a treasure that Jane MacGuire has been hunting for years. But as she scours the Highlands in search of it, she’s plagued by dreams of a girl in danger—dreams she can’t ignore no matter how hard she tries. Who is this girl, and what is she trying to tell Jane? And will Jane figure it out before it’s too late—for her and the mysterious young woman?Things are further complicated when Seth Caleb com... + Read More
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Series: Charley Davidson The Trouble with Twelfth Grave A Novel Hardcover Darynda Jones 9781250147554 $37.99 FICTION Oct 31, 2017

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series,The Trouble with Twelfth Grave.Ever since Reyes Farrow escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley Davidson accidentally trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle. But that’s not the only briny vegetable on her plate. While trying to domesticate the feral being that used to be her husband, s... + Read More
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Series: The Stolen Marriage A Novel Hardcover Diane Chamberlain 9781250087270 $34.99 FICTION Oct 03, 2017

Steeped in history and filled with heart-wrenching twists,The Stolen Marriage is an emotionally captivating novel of secrets, betrayals, prejudice, and forgiveness. It showcases Diane Chamberlain at the top of her talent.One mistake, one fateful night, and Tess DeMello’s life is changed forever.It is 1944. Pregnant, alone, and riddled with guilt, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly gives up her budding career as a nurse and ends her engagement to the love of her life, unable to live a lie. Instead, she turns to the baby’s father for he... + Read More
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Series: Prince A Private View Hardcover Afshin Shahidi 9781250134431 $45.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Oct 24, 2017

Now aNew York Times bestseller!Featuring a foreword by BeyoncÃ© Knowles-Carter.Afshin Shahidi met Prince in 1993 and soon became his cinematographer and later one of the only people allowed to photograph him. He collaborated with Prince longer than any other photographer. Afshin was the only photographer allowed to shoot the legendary 3121 private parties in Los Angeles that became the most sought after invitations in Hollywood; some of those photos are included in this book.Prince: A Private View compiles photographer Afshin Shahidi’s work int... + Read More
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Series: Bounty Hunter 4/3 From the Bronx to Marine Scout Sniper Hardcover Jason Delgado 9781250112002 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 03, 2017

The memoir of Jason Delgado, a US Marine scout sniper and MARSOC's first lead sniper instructor.The fight for Jason Delgado's life and soul began when he was just a boy. He ultimately escaped the death and drugs of a crime-riddled Bronx by way of the United States Marine Corps. However, after earning his way into the esteemed ranks of the service's famed Scout Snipers, Delgado saw that old struggle reignited when he was dumped into the hell of war in Iraq.There Delgado proved not only a participant, but a warrior capable of turning the tide in ... + Read More
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Series: Believe Me My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease Hardcover Yolanda Hadid 9781250121653 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 12, 2017

From the star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills comes an emotional and eye opening behind-the-scenes look at her descent into uncovering the mystery of chronic Lyme disease.In early 2011, Yolanda was struck by mysterious symptoms including brain fog, severe exhaustion, migraines and more. Over the months and years that followed, she went from being an outspoken, multi-tasking, hands-on mother of three, reality TV star, and social butterfly, to a woman who spent most of her time in bed. Yolanda was turned inside out by some of the country’... + Read More
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Series: Memories After My Death The Story of My Father, Joseph "Tommy" Lapid Hardcover Yair Lapid 9781250044013 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 24, 2017

From leading political figure and bestselling Hebrew author Yair Lapid comes a mesmerizing portrait of the author's father, one of modern Israel's leading figures.Memories After My Death is the astonishing true story of Tommy Lapid, a well-loved and controversial Israeli figure who saw the development of the country from all angles over its first sixty years. From seeing his father taken away to a concentration camp to arriving in Tel Aviv at the birth of Israel, Tommy Lapid lived every major incident of Jewish life since the 1930s first-hand.T... + Read More
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Series: Walking Dead Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury Hardcover Jay Bonansinga 9781250058522 $37.99 FICTION Oct 17, 2017

The latest novel in the TV smash hit andNew York Times bestselling Walking Dead series from Jay Bonansinga.To risk everything...She has weathered over four years of the apocalypse. She has done things that she would not have dreamt of doing in her darkest nightmares. But she has survived. And now, she has staked a claim in the plague-ravaged city of Atlanta. It is a safe haven for her people, rising high above the walker-ridden streets, a place of warmth and comfort.But for Lilly Caul, something is missing...She still dreams of her former h... + Read More
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Series: Ageless Soul The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy Hardcover Thomas Moore 9781250135810 $33.99 SELF-HELP Oct 10, 2017

"Beautifully and eloquently written...Thomas Moore convinces us that we age best when we embrace our age, live agelessly, and remember every day to find the endless joy nestled inside our soul." - Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi,New York Times bestselling author ofSuper Brain andSuper GenesThomas Moore is the renowned author ofCare of the Soul,the classic #1New York Times bestseller. In Ageless Soul,Moore reveals a fresh, uplifting, and inspiring path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather embraced and cherished. In Moore’s view, aging is t... + Read More
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Series: John Dies at the End What the Hell Did I Just Read A Novel of Cosmic Horror Hardcover David Wong 9781250040206 $37.99 FICTION Oct 03, 2017

John Dies at the End's "smart take on fear manages to tap into readers' existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next" (Publishers Weekly) andThis Book is Full of Spiders was "unlike any other book of the genre" (Washington Post).Now,New York Timesbestselling author David Wong is back withWhat the Hell Did I Just Read, the third installment of this black-humored thriller series.It's the story "They" don't want you to read. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can... + Read More
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Series: Admissions Life as a Brain Surgeon Hardcover Henry Marsh 9781250127266 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 03, 2017

The 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist,International Bestseller, and a KirkusBest Nonfiction Book of 2017!“Marsh has retired, which means he’s taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections makeAdmissionsan even more introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible.”—The New York Times"Consistently entertaining...Honesty is abundantly apparent here--a quality as rare and commendable in elite surgeons as one suspects it is in memoirists." —The Guardian"Disarmingly frank storytelling...hi... + Read More
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Series: How the Right Lost Its Mind Hardcover Charles J. Sykes 9781250147172 $38.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 03, 2017

"Bracing and immediate."- The Washington PostOnce at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled his rise.InHow the Right Lost Its Mind, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, and deeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came to lose its values. How did a movement that was defined by its belief in limited government, individual liberty, free markets, traditional values, and civility find ... + Read More
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Series: The Fear and the Freedom How the Second World War Changed Us Hardcover Keith Lowe 9781250043955 $41.99 HISTORY Oct 24, 2017

Bestselling historian Keith Lowe'sThe Fear and the Freedom looks at the astonishing innovations that sprang from WWII and how they changed the world.The Fear and the Freedom is Keith Lowe’s follow-up toSavage Continent. While that book painted a picture of Europe in all its horror as WWII was ending,The Fear and the Freedom looks at all that has happened since, focusing on the changes that were brought about because of WWII—simultaneously one of the most catastrophic and most innovative events in history. It killed millions and eradicated empi... + Read More
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Series: Road Dog Life and Reflections from the Road as a Stand-up Comic Hardcover Dov Davidoff 9781250038074 $47.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 31, 2017

Road Dog is comedian, actor, and writer, Dov Davidoff's unflinching memoir told through reflections of twelve months on the road. Davidoff travels across the country from college campuses to local theaters doing stand-up comedy and telling it like it is. He's been known to wax poetic about everything from encounters with large fake breasts, to people who have too many kids, to magnum condoms the size of CD cases. He is hilarious and relatable and will have you laughing at yourself in no time.But there's more to the road dog life than TV feature... + Read More
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Series: Christmas A Biography Hardcover Judith Flanders 9781250118349 $34.99 HISTORY Oct 24, 2017

A critically acclaimedNew York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions. Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, one archbishop was already complaining that his flock was spending the day, not in worship, but in dancing and feasting to excess. By 1616, the playwright Ben Jonson was nostalgically remembering the Christmases of the old days, certain that they had been better then. Other elements of Christmas are ... + Read More
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Series: Voice Lessons A Sisters Story Hardcover Cara Mentzel 9781250105240 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 10, 2017

Voice Lessonsis the story of one younger sister growing up in the shadow of a larger-than-life older sister—looking up to her, wondering how they were alike and how they were different and, ultimately, learning how to live her own life and speak in her own voice on her own terms.As Cara Mentzel, studied, explored, married, gave birth (twice) and eventually became an elementary school teacher, she watched her sister, Idina Menzel, from the wings and gives readers a front row seat to opening night ofRentandWicked, a seat at the Tonys, and a place... + Read More
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Series: Retail's Seismic Shift How to Shift Faster, Respond Better, and Win Customer Loyalty Hardcover Michael Dart 9781250142856 $36.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 31, 2017

In their previous book,The New Rules of Retail, Dart and Lewis predicted nearly every defining characteristic of today’s marketplace. Here, they do the same for the next era, in which retailers will have to be ready for anything.For one hundred years, retail was designed for the car—buildings and mallsto travel to. Now it is designed for the mobile smart device—for consumersto travel with. In a world with an overabundance of material goods, consumer values and the drivers of retail success are being radically redefined. The smartphone has creat... + Read More
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Series: Supernaturals In the Still of the Night The Supernaturals II Hardcover David L. Golemon 9781250103109 $38.99 FICTION Oct 17, 2017

Set in the world ofThe Supernaturals,one of Riffle’s Ten Best Haunted House Books of All Time,In the Still of the Night,a supernatural thriller fromNew York Timesbestselling author of The Event Group series David L. Golemon, will make your Halloween extra spooky this year.Five years ago, the ghost-hunting Supernaturals disbanded after being accused of faking their footage of the haunting at Summer Place. Now, the eccentric, but brilliant, team of scientists and paranormal experts are being asked to join forces once again— this time to save the ... + Read More
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Series: Riding High How I Kissed SoulCycle Goodbye, Co-Founded Flywheel, and Built the Life I Always Wanted Hardcover Ruth Zukerman 9781250127587 $36.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 02, 2018

From the co-founder of Flywheel and SoulCycle comes a story of perseverance and success.“Ruth Zukerman is an inspiration. She somehow had a keen sense that indoor cycling was going to be a huge trend and she wasted no time turning it into a lucrative business. I'm among the legions of Flywheel fans who make Ruth's class part of our regular routine. Her energy, enthusiasm and great playlist keeps us spinning and coming back for more." —KATIE COURICRuth Zukerman is the Queen of Spinning: she put the Soul in SoulCycle and the Fly in Flywheel.Recou... + Read More
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Series: The Burning Time Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London Hardcover Virginia Rounding 9781250040640 $41.99 HISTORY Oct 31, 2017

Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London's most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield had another, more sinister use: the public execution of heretics.The Burning Time is a vivid insight into an era in which what was orthodoxy one year might be dangerous heresy the next. The first martyrs were Catholics, who cleaved to Rome in defiance of Henry VIII'... + Read More
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Series: The Ghost The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton Hardcover Jefferson Morley 9781250080615 $38.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 24, 2017

"The best book ever written about the strangest CIA chief who ever lived." - Tim Weiner, National Book Award-winning author ofLegacy of AshesA revelatory new biography of the sinister, powerful, and paranoid man at the heart of the CIA for more than three tumultuous decades.CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the ... + Read More
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Series: The Reporter's Kitchen Essays Hardcover Jane Kramer 9781250074379 $34.99 COOKING Nov 21, 2017

Jane Kramer started cooking when she started writing. Her first dish, a tinned-tuna curry, was assembled on a tiny stove in her graduate student apartment while she pondered her first writing assignment. From there, whether her travels took her to a tent settlement in the Sahara for an afternoon interview with an old Berber woman toiling over goat stew, or to the great London restaurateur and author Yotam Ottolenghi's Notting Hill apartment, where they assembled a buttered phylo-and-cheese tower called amutabbaq, Jane always returned from the f... + Read More
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Series: In Shock My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope Hardcover Rana Awdish 9781250119216 $36.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 24, 2017

Now aLos Angeles Times BestsellerThe New York Times Book Review:"Awdish's book is the one I wished we were given as assigned reading our first year of medical school, alongside our white coats and stethoscopes...dramatic, engaging and instructive."A riveting first-hand account of a physician who's suddenly a dying patient and her revelation of the horribly misguided standard of care in the medical worldDr. Rana Awdish never imagined that an emergency trip to the hospital would result in hemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her... + Read More
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Series: The Dog Lover Unit Lessons in Courage from the World's K9 Cops Hardcover Rachel Rose 9781250110749 $37.99 PETS Oct 10, 2017

"Enter the intense world of both the dogs and people who form the K9 corps. Every dog has its own unique personality."—Temple Grandin, author ofAnimals in TranslationandAnimals Make us HumanAn acclaimed poet, Rachel Rose never expected to spend her nights careening along for the ride while the police teams search for armed suspects. Yet once she decided to meet the people who devoted their lives to police K9 units, she found herself signing up for the ride-alongs, training runs, and other challenges that these courageous people–and canines–fac... + Read More
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Series: Siren Song My Life in Music Hardcover Seymour Stein 9781250081018 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 12, 2018

The autobiography of America’s greatest living record man: the founder of Sire Records and spotter of rock talent from the Ramones to Madonna.Seymour Stein is America's greatest living record man. Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive, now sixty years in the game, he's still the hippest label head, travelling the globe in search of the next big thing.Since the late fifties, he's been wherever it's happening: Billboard, Tin Pan Alley, The British Invasion, CBGB, Studio 54, Danceteria, the Rock n Roll Hall o... + Read More
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Series: Carter & Lovecraft After the End of the World Hardcover Jonathan L. Howard 9781250060907 $34.99 FICTION Nov 14, 2017

After the End of the World by Jonathan L. Howard brings the H.P. Lovecraft mythos into the twenty-first century.The Unfolded World is a bitter and unfriendly place for Daniel Carter and Emily Lovecraft. In this world, the Cold War never happened because the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1941. In this world the NaziGroÃ?deutschland is the premier superpower, and is not merely tolerated but indulged because, in this world, the Holocaust happened behind the ruins of the Iron Curtain and consumed only Bolsheviks, Communists, and others the West w... + Read More
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Series: No Ego How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results Hardcover Cy Wakeman 9781250144065 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 19, 2017

The New York Timesbestselling author ofReality-Based Leadershiprejects the current fad of "engaging" employees and the emotional drama of "meeting their needs"--returning leadership to leaders and productivity to businesses.For years now, leaders in almost every industry have accepted two completely false assumptions--that change is hard, and that engagement drives results. Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to shield employees from change, involve them in high-level decision-making, and keep them happy with endless “satisfaction su... + Read More
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Series: Alvise Marangon Mysteries The Four Horsemen A Novel Hardcover Gregory Dowling 9781250108548 $38.99 FICTION Oct 10, 2017

Named one of the Top 10 Venice-Inspired Books by Venice Insider!"[An] excellent sequel...Dowling’s lead’s wry sense of humor is a plus." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)The second of two historical thrillers set in 18th century Venice, featuring a tour guide who is drafted as part of the Venetian secret service.Tour guide Alvise Marangon thinks he knows Venice better than ever, but now finds himself ensnared by mysteries as obscure as the city and in many cases just as old. Certain that he is finally about to have his guide’s license revoked... + Read More
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Series: The Beautiful Ones A Novel Hardcover Silvia Moreno-Garcia 9781250099068 $37.99 FICTION Oct 24, 2017

"Truly one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. This sweeping tale of love lost and found is told with old-world elegance and grace with just the right touch of magic." —M.J. Rose,New York Times bestselling authorThe Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a sweeping fantasy of manners set in a world inspired by the belle Ã©poque.In a world of etiquette and polite masks, no one is who they seem to be.Antonina Beaulieu is in the glittering city of Loisail for her first Grand Season, where she will attend balls and mingle among... + Read More
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Series: Gold Dust Woman The Biography of Stevie Nicks Hardcover Stephen Davis 9781250032898 $38.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 21, 2017

ANEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac’s mesmerizing frontwoman.” - People Magazine"Davis is astute and respectful...adept in his literary analysis." -The New York Times Book ReviewStevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At sixty-nine, she's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock ‘n' roller.Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (The Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and... + Read More
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Series: Cavendon Hall Secrets of Cavendon A Novel Hardcover Barbara Taylor Bradford 9781250091451 $36.50 FICTION Nov 21, 2017

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford, comes a striking, breathtaking saga featuring the aristocratic Inghams and the Swann family, who have loyally served them for generations.It’s the summer of 1949, and things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall for years, with very few quarrels, dramas, or upsets between the two families. But since the end of World War II, changes have arrived at Cavendon. A new generation is at the helm, and also at the forefront of new scandal and intrigue. With romance, betrayal, heartbreak, an... + Read More
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Series: The Sniper Mind Eliminate Fear, Deal with Uncertainty, and Make Better Decisions Hardcover David Amerland 9781250113672 $36.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 07, 2017

Snipers are exceptional. The trained sniper is a complex fusion of hard skills such as weapons knowledge, situational awareness, knowledge of ballistics and physics, and soft skills such as emotional stability, empathy, and a stoic acceptance of the hardships associated with a particular set of circumstances. There are countless instances where a single sniper, embarking on a secret mission, would have to improvise, operate beyond any hope of support, and yet still manage to carry out the mission and get back home unharmed even though the enemy... + Read More
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Series: The Mayflower The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America Hardcover Rebecca Fraser 9781250108562 $38.99 HISTORY Nov 07, 2017

From acclaimed historian and biographer Rebecca Fraser comes a vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow family, who traveled to America in search of a new world.“There is nothing sleep-inducing about the chronicle crafted by Ms. Fraser . . . There is more to the Pilgrims’ story—more to American identity and character—than our Thanksgiving rituals and reveries.”—Wall Street JournalThe voyage of theMayflower and the founding of Plymouth Colony is one of the seminal events in world history. But the poorly-equipped group of Engli... + Read More
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Series: History of England Revolution The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo Hardcover Peter Ackroyd 9781250003645 $41.99 HISTORY Oct 10, 2017

The fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England, beginning in 1688 with a revolution and ending in 1815 with a famous victory.InRevolution, Peter Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales ruled in the stead of his mad father, George III, and England was—again—at war with France, a war that would end with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.Late Stuart and Georgian England marked the creation of the great pillars of the English... + Read More
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Series: Alone Lost Overboard in the Indian Ocean Hardcover Brett Archibald 9781250143303 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 07, 2017

"Solitude is terrifying and awe-inspiring inAlone." —The Wall Street JournalIn April 2013, fifty-year-old Brett Archibald was on board a surf-charter boat, making a night-time crossing of the remote Mentawai Strait off Sumatra, Indonesia. In the middle of a storm, ill with severe food poisoning, he blacked out. When he came to, he found himself in the raging sea, sixty miles from shore. As Brett saw the lights of his boat disappearing into the darkness, it became clear that no one had seen him fall, and that no one would hear his shouts for hel... + Read More
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Series: Twilight of Empire The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs Hardcover Greg King 9781250083029 $36.50 HISTORY Nov 14, 2017

On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunting lodge deep in the Vienna Woods. Inside, he found two bodies sprawled on an ornate bed, blood oozing from their mouths. Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary appeared to have shot his seventeen-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera as she slept, sat with the corpse for hours and, when dawn broke, turned the pistol on himself.A century has transformed this bloody scene into romantic tragedy: star-crossed lovers who preferred death together th... + Read More
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Series: The Telescope in the Ice Inventing a New Astronomy at the South Pole Hardcover Mark Bowen 9781137280084 $36.50 SCIENCE Nov 14, 2017

**One ofForbes' 10 Best Astronomy, Physics And Mathematics Books of 2017**"Richly intimate, drawing on Mr. Bowen's long involvement with the IceCube project and its participants...Human emotions are palpable in the author's you-are-there framing." —The Wall Street JournalAlan Lightman: "A masterpiece of storytelling, bringing to life in rich detail not only the world of science but also the men and women who inhabit that world."George Musser, author ofSpooky Action at a Distance: "If you want to know how science really works, this is your book.... + Read More
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Series: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance A Novel Hardcover Ruth Emmie Lang 9781250112040 $34.99 FICTION Nov 14, 2017

"Exquisite and adventurous" —Bustle, "11 New Fiction Books You Need""Told with brains and heart" —Michelle Gable,New York Timesbestselling author ofA Paris Apartment"Bristles with charm and curiosity" —Winston Groom,New York Timesbestselling author ofForrest Gump"A wholly original and superbly crafted work of art,Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance is a masterpiece of the imagination." —Lori Nelson Spielman,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Life ListandSweet Forgiveness"Charlotte's Web for grown-ups who, like Weylyn Grey, have their own s... + Read More