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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. As a result of her own experience with many kind of loss, Stephanie Ericsson offers an intimate, profoundly touching guide for those in grief, legitimizing the complex and often taboo emotions we all feel when loss transforms our lives. In Companion Through the Darkness, Stephanie Ericsson defines grief as "the constant reawakening that things are now different." Using a very simple format -- which combines excerpts from her own diary writings with brief essays -- she vividly speaks the language of loss and captures the contradictory, wrenching, and chaotic emotions of grief. The book can be opened at any point to chapters no more than a few pages long on such themes as:Abandonment: The sudden state I am forced into. I no longer belong to you. I no longer belong to anyone.Rage: The state I use to survive seemingly moments of intolerable pain.Humor: The backside of agony.Pity: The look on people's faces when they haven't a clue what to say to me.Transition: The moments, strung out over months, when I know I am no longer the woman I was, but not quite the woman I am becoming.The result is compelling, intimate, and heartbreakingly truthful -- a book that promises to be enormously sought-after support and touchstone for all those making their own journey through grief.

Softcover. Condition: Good. From Suzannah Dunn, the critically acclaimed author of The Queen of Subtleties, The Sixth Wife and The Queens Sorrow, comes the tragic, gripping, and intensely moving story of Katherine Howard-the fifth wife of Englands King Henry VIII-and the best friend she nearly took down with her. The Confession of Katherine Howard is masterful historical fiction, ideal for fans of Phillipa Gregory and Allison Weir, bringing to rich, lustrous life the sights and sounds of the royal Tudor court while telling a story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and destiny that will live in the readers memory long after the final page is turned.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Reeling from the loss of her mother, plagued with a bad case of writer's block (and don't even talk about those extra twenty pounds), Renata DeChavannes feels as though everything is just plain wrong. And that was before the tabloids caught her sweetheart, filmmaker Ferg Lauderdale, sharing an intimate squeeze with Hollywood's hottest young tamale.But the granddaughter of the formidable Honora DeChavannes possesses more hell than belle in her backbone-and she's about to reclaim it. Heading south to Honora's home on the Gulf Coast, Renata is determined to stop feeling like a wilted gardenia and emerge as the unstoppable kudzu her beloved grandmother proudly proclaimed she would be. But for that to happen Renata's got to face some not-so-genteel ghosts from her past, discover the truth about the mother she desperately misses, and make peace with the first man who abandoned her and broke her heart: her handsome and distant father.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A remarkable compendium of the worst militarydecisions and the men who made themThe annals of history are littered with horribly bad military leaders. These combat incompetents found amazing ways to ensure their army's defeat. Whether it was a lack of proper planning, miscalculation, ego, bad luck, or just plain stupidity, certain wartime stratagems should never have left the drawing board. Written with wit, intelligence, and eminent readability, How to Lose a Battle pays dubious homage to these momentous and bloody blunders, including:Cannae, 216 B.C.: the bumbling Romans lose 80,000 troops to Hannibal's forces.The Second Crusade: an entire Christian army is slaughtered when it stops for a drink of water.The Battle of Britain: Hitler's dreaded Luftwaffe blows it big-time.Pearl Harbor: more than one warning of the impending attack is there, but nobody listens.How to Lose a Battle includes more than thirty-five chapters worth of astonishing (and avoidable) disasters, both infamous and obscure -- a treasure trove of trivia, history, and jaw-dropping facts about the most costly military missteps ever taken.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Original. She was taught to submit, to obey . . . but she dreamed of an empire.The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen-year-old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth-century Japan, a woman must "kill the self" or her life will be too difficult to bear. In this strict, male-dominated society, women may not even enter the brewery-and repressive tradition demands that Rie turn over her family's business to the inept philanderer she's been forced to marry. She is even expected to raise her husband's children by another woman-a geisha-so that they can eventually run the Omura enterprise.But Rie's pride will not allow her to relinquish what is rightfully hers. With courage, cunning, brilliance, and skill, she is ready to confront every threat that arises before her-from prejudice to treachery to shipwrecks to the insidious schemes of relentless rivals-in her bold determination to forge a magnificent dynasty.and to, impossibly, succeed.An epic and breathtaking saga that spans generations as it sweeps through the heart of a century, Joyce Lebra's The Scent of Sake is a vivid and powerful entry into another world.and an unforgettable portrait of a woman who would not let that world defeat her.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Twelve Times Blessed comes a novel of the breakdown of a family and of healing after a lossGiving advice is what Julianne Ambrose Gillis does for a living-every Sunday she doles it out to clueless people she doesnt know, in a column in her local Wisconsin paper. But when it comes to her personal life, Julie seems to have no insight whatsoever. She has worked hard to keep her marriage fresh and to be a good mother, so its a mystery when Leo, her husband of twenty years, decides to defect from their life together and their three children: Gabe, Caroline and Aury.In his absence, Julie is diagnosed with a serious illness, which drives her children to undertake a dangerous journey to find Leo-before its too late. But what they discover about their father is even more devastating than their mothers deteriorating health.As the known world sinks precariously from view and leaves them all adrift, the Gillis clan must navigate their way through the trenches of love, guilt and betrayal, back to solid ground and a new definition of family.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Lisa EdwardsThis Prada-wearing magazine editor thinks her life is over when her "fabulous" new job turns out to be a deportation to Dublin to launch Colleen magazine. The only saving grace is that her friends aren't there to witness her downward spiral. Might her new boss, the disheveled and moody Jack Devine, save her from a fate worse than hell?Ashling KennedyAshling, Colleen's assistant editor, is an award-winning worrier, increasinglyaware that something fundamental is missing from her life -- apart from a boyfriendand a waistline.Clodagh "Princess" KellyAshling's best friend, Clodagh, lives the domestic dream in a suburban castle.So why, lately, has she had the recurring urge to kiss a frog -- or sleep with afrog, if truth be told?As these three women search for love, success, and happiness, they willdiscover that if you let things simmer under the surface for too long, sooneror later they'll boil over.Discover the Keyes to a Great Read!.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Asperger's Syndrome and Your Child, an informative, empathetic, and comprehensive guide to this elusive condition, answers the most common questions and offers an encouraging outlook for your child's future. Dr. Michael Powers weaves together a compassionate account of everything related to AS, offering such practical advice from getting the right diagnosis to helping your child develop social skills. Infused with voices of real children who offer insights about their own conditions, the book gives perspective on how children live with the disorder. Asperger Syndrome and Your Child is an indispensable book for parents as well as teachers and other professionals who have someone with Asperger Syndrome in their lives.

Softcover. Condition: Good. New York Times and USA Today BestsellerIn this stunning new historical novel inspired by true events, Kim van Alkemade tells the fascinating story of a woman who must choose between revenge and mercy when she encounters the doctor who subjected her to dangerous medical experiments in a New York City Jewish orphanage years before.In 1919, Rachel Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York Citys Lower Eastside. When tragedy strikes, Rachel is separated from her brother Sam and sent to a Jewish orphanage where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research. Subjected to X-ray treatments that leave her disfigured, Rachel suffers years of cruel harassment from the other orphans. But when she turns fifteen, she runs away to Colorado hoping to find the brother she lost and discovers a family she never knew she had.Though Rachel believes shes shut out her painful childhood memories, years later she is confronted with her dark past when she becomes a nurse at Manhattans Old Hebrews Home and her patient is none other than the elderly, cancer-stricken Dr. Solomon. Rachel becomes obsessed with making Dr. Solomon acknowledge, and pay for, her wrongdoing. But each passing hour Rachel spends with the old doctor reveal to Rachel the complexities of her own nature. She realizes that a persons fate-to be one who inflicts harm or one who heals-is not always set in stone.Lush in historical detail, rich in atmosphere and based on true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful, affecting novel of the unexpected choices we are compelled to make that can shape our destinies.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. MICHAEL CRICHTON meets STEPHEN KING at their finest. - Lisa Gardner Joins the ranks of classic paranoid thrillers about human achievement run amok, with STEPHEN KINGs The Stand and MICHAEL CRICHTONs Terminal Man. - Joseph Finder A heart-stopping thriller. A must-read for MICHAEL CRICHTON fans. - Dallas Morning News Matt Richtel has taken his place as an heir to MICHAEL CRICHTON. - Connecticut PostFLIGHT 194 LANDED. SOMETHING LETHAL AWAITS OUTSIDE. THIS IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL, FROM PULITZER-PRIZE WINNER MATT RICHTEL OF THE NEW YORK TIMES.An airplane touches down at a desolate airport in a remote Colorado ski town. Shortly after landing, Dr. Lyle Martin, a world-class infectious disease specialist, is brusquely awakened to shocking news: Everyone not on the plane appears to be dead. The world has gone dark. While they were in the air, a lethal new kind of virus surfaced, threatening mankind's survival, and now Martin-one of the most sought-after virologists on the planet until his career took a precipitous slide-is at the center of the investigation.Moving at lightning pace from the snowbound Rockies to the secret campus of Google X, where unlimited budgets may be producing wonders beyond our capacity to control, Dead on Arrival is a brilliantly imaginative, intricately plotted thriller that draws on Matt Richtel's years of science and technology reporting for the New York Times, and establishes him as one of the premier thriller writers working today.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. In the bestselling tradition of The Dance of Anger, a compassionate and insightful guide that shows women how they can learn to feel good about who they are and what they do.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. From the Back CoverAndrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows Laura has spent nearly her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle, Georgia; she knows Lauras a beloved speech pathologist; she knows Lauras never kept a secret in her life. Andrea knows that Laura is everything she isnt-confident, settled, sure of herself. Feeling listless, with no direction, Andrea, unlike Laura, struggles to find her way.But Andreas certainty is upended when a visit to the mall is shattered by an act of horrifying violence that reveals a new side of Laura-a cool woman who calmly faces down a murderer. It turns out that before Andreas mother was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years shes been hiding from the woman she once was, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now shes been exposed, and nothing will be the same again.To save her mother, Andrea embarks on a desperate journey following the bread crumb trail of her mothers past. Andrea knows that if she cant uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for her mother . . . or her.Product DescriptionNow on Netflix! Starring Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote!Mother. Hero. Liar. Killer. How can you tell when all you have is. Pieces of Her.What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all . . . ?Andrea Oliver knows everything about her mother Laura. Shes knows shes spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Gullaway Island; she knows shes never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows shes never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, dont we?But all that changes when a Saturday afternoon trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years shes been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one will ever find her. But now shes been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again.Twenty-four hours later Laura is in the hospital, shot by an intruder whos spent thirty years trying to track her down and discover what she knows. Andrea is on a desperate journey following the breadcrumbs of her mothers past. And if she cant uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them. . . .ReviewA propulsive, high-stakes thriller rife with intrigue and suspense. - USA TodayThe ever-popular crime novelist is back with another pulse-pounding standalone, this one considering the twisted relationship between a mother and a daughter after the latter realizes she may not know the woman who gave birth to her at all. - Entertainment Weekly on Pieces of Her[Slaughters] talent for writing convincingly flawed yet sympathetic characters is in high relief here. Readers will find themselves totally immersed in the suspenseful, alternating story lines and wont want either of them to end.- Booklist (starred review) on Pieces of HerAll of Slaughters books. are satisfyingly surprising and plausible, but its Slaughters prodigious gifts of characterization that make her stand out among thriller writers. Slaughters satirical touches are as deft as her grimmer renditions of real life. - Washington PostIf youre into mystery thrillers, then youre into Karin Slaughter. - theSkimmEnter the world of Karin Slaughter. Just be forewarned, theres no going back. - Lisa Ko, author of The LeaversBreathtaking. Fiction doesnt get any better than this. - Jeffery DeaverSimply one of the best thriller writers working today. Id follow her anywhere. - Gillian FlynnIts a compelling story that swept me along, unable to resist and unable to stop reading. - Suspense Magazine on Pieces of HerWith an intrigue and suspense-filled plot, Slaughters well-crafted.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Product DescriptionThe dazzling narrator of The Wicked City brings her mesmerizing voice and indomitable spirit to another Jazz Age tale of rumrunners, double crosses, and true love, spanning the Eastern seaboard from Florida to Long Island to Halifax, Nova Scotia.1924. Ginger Kelly wakes up in tranquil Cocoa Beach, Florida, having fled south to safety in the company of disgraced Prohibition agent Oliver Anson Marshall and her newly-orphaned young sister, Patsy. But paradise is short-lived. Marshall is reinstated to the agency with suspicious haste and put to work patrolling for rumrunners on the high seas, from which he promptly disappears. Gin hurries north to rescue him, only to be trapped in an agonizing moral quandary by Marshalls desperate mother.1998. Ella Dommerich has finally settled into her new life in Greenwich Village, inside the same apartment where a certain redheaded flapper lived long ago.and continues to make her presence known. Having quit her ethically problematic job at an accounting firm, cut ties with her unfaithful ex-husband, and begun an epic love affair with Hector, her musician neighbor, Ellas eager to piece together the history of the mysterious Gin Kelly, whose only physical trace is a series of rare vintage photograph cards for which she modeled before she disappeared.Two women, two generations, two urgent quests. But as Ginger and Ella track down their separate quarries with increasing desperation, the mysteries consuming them take on unsettling echoes of each other, and both women will require all their strength and ingenuity to outwit a conspiracy spanning decades.About the AuthorBeatriz Williams is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including Her Last Flight, The Summer Wives, and The Golden Hour, as well as All the Ways We Said Goodbye, cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 1. Product DescriptionFrom the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed sociolinguist to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words.Women and men live in different worlds.made of different words.Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said.Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations.Review[A] refreshing and readable account of the complexities of communication between men and women. - The New York Times Book ReviewA chatty, earnest and endearing book that promises here-and-now rewards. - Los Angeles TimesPeople are telling Tannen that the book is saving their marriages. - Washington PostA novelists ear for the way people speak with a rare power of original analysis. - Oliver SacksUtterly fascinating. . . . A classic in the field. - San Francisco ChronicleFrom the Back CoverWomen and men live in different worlds.made of different words.Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said.Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations.About the AuthorDeborah Tannen is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Her books include the New York Times bestsellers You Just Don't Understand, You're Wearing THAT?, Talking from 9 to 5, and You Were Always Mom's Favorite! She has written for and been featured in numerous major newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, the Washington Post, and Time.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.You Just Don't UnderstandWomen and Men in ConversationBy Tannen, Deborah QuillCopyright 2004 Deborah TannenAll right reserved.ISBN: 0060959622Chapter OneDifferent Words,Different WorldsMany years ago I was married to a man who shouted at me, "I do not give you the right to raise your voice to me, because you are a woman and I am a man." This was frustrating, because I knew it was unfair. But I also knew just what was going on. I ascribed his unfairness to his having grown up in a country where few people thought women and men might have equal rights.Now I am married to a man who is a partner and friend. We come from similar backgrounds and share values and interests. It is a continual source of pleasure to talk to him. It is wonderful to have someone I can tell everything to, someone who understands. But he doesn't always see things as I do, doesn't always react to things as I expect him to. And I often don't under.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Product Description#1 New York Times Bestseller - Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman - Available on Netflix on May 14, 2021"Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing." -Gillian Flynn"Unputdownable." -Stephen King"A dark, twisty confection." -Ruth Ware"Absolutely gripping." -Louise PennyFor readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decades most anticipated debuts, published in forty-one languages around the world and in development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.It isnt paranoia if its really happening . . .Anna Fox lives alone-a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldnt, her world begins to crumble and its shocking secrets are laid bare.What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one-and nothing-is what it seems.Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock.ReviewThe rocket fuel propelling The Woman in the Window, the first stratosphere-ready mystery of 2018, is expertise. . . . Dear other books with unreliable narrators: This one will see you and raise you. - New York Times Book ReviewThe Woman in the Window is a tour de force. A twisting, twisted odyssey inside one womans mind, her illusions, delusions, reality. It left my own mind reeling and my heart pounding. An absolutely gripping thriller. - Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling authorTheres something irresistible about this made-for-the-movies tingler. Finn knows how to pleasurably wind us up. - USA TodaySuperior. - New YorkerAs the plot seizes us, the prose caresses us. . . [Finn] has not only captured, sympathetically, the interior life of a depressed person, but also written a riveting thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last sentence. - Washington PostThe Woman in the Window is one of those rare books that really is unputdownable. The writing is smooth and often remarkable. The way Finn plays off this totally original story against a background of film noir is both delightful and chilling. - Stephen KingAstounding. Thrilling. Lovely and amazing.Finn has created a noir for the new millennium, packed with mesmerizing characters, stunning twists, beautiful writing and a narrator with whom Id love to split a bottle of pinot. Maybe two bottles-Ive got a lot of questions for her. - #1 New York Times bestselling author Gillian FlynnTwisted to the power of max. Hitchcockian suspense with a 21st century twist. - Bestselling author Val McDermidCompelling, wrenching, and gasp-for-breath exciting-I was blown away. - #1 New York Times bestselling author Joe HillA dark, twisty confection with an irresistible film noir premise. Hitchcock would have snapped up the rights in a heartbeat. - New York Times bestselling author Ruth WareThe Woman in the Window is the most riveting thriller Ive read since Gone Girl. A. J. Finn is a bold new talent with the touch of a master. - New York Times bestselling author Tess GerritsenFinns debut lives up to the hype. . . . A riveting and mature first novel that stands out in a crowded genre. - Library Journal [starred review]Gripping, compelling, and utterly intriguing. - Liz Nugent, author of the 2017 BEA Buzz Book Unraveling OliverThe Woman in the Window reads like a classic Hitchcock movie in novel form, in fact I was half expecting a cameo. Dripping with suspense. Creaki.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 4. For more than 40 years, mothers have depended on the wisdomand warmth of Nursing Your Baby. Now authors Karen Pryor and her daughter Gale Pryor have revised and updated their classic guide for today's generation of women. New information includes: Up-to-date studies on health benefits for breastfed infantsand breastfeeding mothers Tips for getting the best start on breastfeeding during thefirst hours, weeks, and months after birth Breastfeeding advice for working mothers Legal rights as a nursing mother Choosing and using a breast pump How fathers and families can support new nursing mothersWith its unique blend of support, science, and research, this classic guide will continue to encourage mothers to nurse their babies as long as they both desire.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Media tie-in. Product DescriptionThe #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of Americas greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as human computers used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the Souths segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when Americas aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sams call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.Even as Virginias Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langleys all-black West Computing group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens.Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASAs greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their countrys future.-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION AWARDReviewMeticulous the depth and detail that are the books strength make it an effective, fact-based rudder with which would-be scientists and their allies can stabilize their flights of fancy. This hardworking, earnest book is the perfect foil for the glamour still to come. - Seattle TimesMuch as Tom Wolfe did in The Right Stuff, Shetterly moves gracefully between the womens lives and the broader sweep of history . . . Shetterly, who grew up in Hampton, blends impressive research with an enormous amount of heart in telling these stories - Boston GlobeRestoring the truth about individuals who were at once black, women and astounding mathematicians, in a world that was constructed to stymie them at every step, is no easy task. Shetterly does it with the depth and detail of a skilled historian and the narrative aplomb of a masterful storyteller. - Bookreporter.comFrom the Back CoverThe #1 New York Times bestsellerNow a Major Motion Picture from Twentieth Century FoxThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of Americas greatest achievements in spaceBefore John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as human computers used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women. Originally math teachers in the Souths segregated public schools, these gifted profess.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Pre-publication 1st Edition. Before the sweet delight of Chocolat, before the heady concoction that is Blackberry Wine, and before the tart pleasures of Five Quarters of the Orange, bestselling author Joanne Harris wrote Sleep, Pale Sister -- a gothic tourde-force that recalls the powerfully dark sensibility of her novel Holy Fools.Originally published in 1994 -- and never before available in the United States -- Sleep, Pale Sister is a hypnotically atmospheric story set in nineteenth century London. When puritanical artist Henry Chester sees delicate child beauty Effie, he makes her his favorite model and, before long, his bride. But Henry, volatile and repressed, is in love with an ideal. Passive, docile, and asexual, the woman he projects onto Effie is far from the woman she really is. And when Effie begins to discover the murderous depths of Henry's hypocrisy, her latent passion will rise to the surface.Sleep, Pale Sister combines the ethereal beauty of a Pre-Raphaelite painting with a chilling high gothic tale and is a testament to Harris's brimming cornucopia of talents.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Sublimely ties together the drama of high school football, gender politics, and the impact of war on a small town in Texas. - Sports IllustratedA 2019 One of the Best Books So Far--Newsweek.comA cross between Friday Night Lights and The Atomic City Girls, When The Men Were Gone is a debut historical novel based on the true story of Tylene Wilson, a woman in 1940's Texas who, in spite of extreme opposition, became a female football coach in order to keep her students from heading off to war.Football is the heartbeat of Brownwood, Texas. Every Friday night for as long as assistant principal Tylene Wilson can remember, the entire town has gathered in the stands, cheering their boys on. Each September brings with it the hope of a good season and a sense of unity and optimism.Now, the war has changed everything. Most of the Brownwood men over 18 and under 45 are off fighting, and in a small town the possibilities are limited. Could this mean a season without football? But no one counted on Tylene, who learned the game at her daddys knee. She knows more about it than most men, so she does the unthinkable, convincing the school to let her take on the job of coach.Faced with extreme opposition-by the press, the community, rival coaches, and referees and even the players themselves-Tylene remains resolute. And when her boys rally around her, she leads the team-and the town-to a Friday night and a subsequent season they will never forget.Based on a true story, When the Men Were Gone is a powerful and vibrant novel of perseverance and personal courage.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Product DescriptionTodd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation.A meticulously wrought puzzle.-New York Times Book ReviewAn intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel.-Peter Lovesey, author of The CircleYoure going to love Todd.-Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyThe first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fictions most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and placeit all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural.ReviewYoure going to love Todd. - Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Inside FlapIt's 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France, there is no peace. Suffering from shell shock, tormented by the mocking, ever-present voice of the young Scot he had executed for refusing to fight, Rutledge plunges into his work to save his sanity. But his first assignment is a case certain to spell disaster, personally and professionally.In Warwickshire, a popular colonel has been murdered, and the main suspect is a decorated war hero and close friend of the Prince of Wales. The case is a political minefield, and no matter what the outcome, Rutledge may not escape with his career intact. But, win or lose, the cost could be even higher: the one witness who could break the case is himself a shell shock victim, teetering on the edge of reality. And in this war-ravaged man, Rutledge sees his own possible future, should he lose grip on his mind.From the Back CoverDont miss the first book in the critically acclaimed Inspector Ian Rutledge seriesIts 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But there is no peace for Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France shell-shocked and tormented by the ever-present voice of the young Scot he had executed for refusing an order. Escaping into his work to save his sanity, Rutledge investigates the murder of a popular colonel in Warwickshire and his alleged killer, a decorated war hero and close friend of the Prince of Wales.The case is a political minefield, and its resolution could mean the end of Rutledges career. Win or lose, the cost may be more than the damaged investigator can bear. For the one witness who can break the case open is, like Rutledge, a war-ravaged victim . . . and his grim, shattered fate could well prove to be the haunted investigators own.About the AuthorCharles Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector IanRutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawfordmysteries, and two stand-alone novels. A mother-and-son writing team, Caroline passed away in August 2021 and Charles lives in Florida.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. A Doctor, A Lawyer, and an Accountant tell You Everything You Need To Know About What Men Want.If you're like most women, you're in the dark about what men really think about love. This enormously helpful book takes you into the heart and mind of the single professional male to show you not only what but how he thinks about dating and being in love, about what turns him on, and what sends him running in the other direction.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. Watermark is a powerful novel about the destructive forces unleashed by ignorance and superstition. Readers will care deeply for the courageous Auda.-New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay PenmanWatermark is a magnificent debut by Vanitha Sankaran-an atmospheric and compelling novel about the search for identity, the power of self-expression, and value of the written word, set during the dark days of the Inquisition in Medieval France. Readers who were captivated by The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease or Geraldine Brookss People of the Book will be enthralled by this thrilling journey to a colorful and dangerous past.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Product DescriptionAward-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco.It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep.Dr. Trisha Raje is San Franciscos most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But thats not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family whos achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules: Never trust an outsider Never do anything to jeopardize your brothers political aspirations And never, ever, defy your familyTrisha is guilty of breaking all three rules. But now she has a chance to redeem herself. So long as she doesnt repeat old mistakes.Up-and-coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and place pedigree above character. He needs the lucrative job the Rajes offer, but he values his pride too much to indulge Trishas arrogance. And then he discovers that shes the only surgeon who can save his sisters life.As the two clash, their assumptions crumble like the spun sugar on one of DJs stunning desserts. But before a future can be savored theres a past to be reckoned with.A family trying to build home in a new land.A man who has never felt at home anywhere.And a choice to be made between the two.ReviewA truly wonderful and joyous book. - Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling authorA profound, unique talent, Sonali Dev grabs the reader by the heart. - Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling authorIdeal for romantics and foodies alike. - BooklistPride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors is a vibrant multicultural feast written with a taste for the true nature of the American stew--not a mush of indecipherable flavors but a celebration of its many ingredients. Sonali Dev is a fresh, unique, and wise voice in womens fiction. - Barbara ONeal, The Art of Inheriting SecretsFrom the Back CoverAward-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco . . .It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep.Dr. Trisha Raje is San Franciscos most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But thats not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family, who have achieved power by making their own nonnegotiable rules:- Never trust an outsider- Never do anything to jeopardize your brothers political aspirations- And never, ever defy your familyTrisha is guilty of breaking all three rules. But now she has a chance to redeem herself. So long as she doesnt repeat her old mistakes.Up-and-coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and who place pedigree above character. He needs the lucrative job the Rajes offer him, but he values his pride too much to indulge Trishas arrogance. And then he discovers that shes the only surgeon who can save his sisters life.As the two clash, their assumptions crumble like the spun sugar on one of DJs stunning desserts. But before they can savor the future, they need to reckon with the past. . . .A family trying to build a home in a new land.A man who has never felt at home anywhere.And a choice to be made between the two.About the AuthorUSA Today Bestselling author Sonali Dev writes Bollywood-style love stories that explore issues faced by women around the world. Sonalis novels have been on Library Journal, NPR, Washington Post, and Kirkuss Best Books of the year lists. She has won the American Library Associations award for best romance, the RT Reviewer Choice Award for best contemporary romance, multiple RT Seals of Excellence, is a RITA finalist, and has been listed for the Dublin Literary Award. Shelf Aware.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 0. Lynne Hinton deftly pens an uplifting tale of hope, faith, and community.-Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author of The Welcome Home Garden ClubHintons writing style is similar to Eudora Weltys: easy, conversational, down-home.-Greensboro News & RecordWelcome to Pie Town! Bestselling author Lynne Hinton-who has delighted readers with her heartwarming tales of faith, food, and friendship-has cooked up a delectable treat for fans of Fannie Flagg, Whitney Otto, Kaye Gibbons, and Jan Karons Mitford booksas well as the dedicated readers of her own popular Hope Springs novels (Friendship Cake, Christmas Cake, et al). The first in a series centered around the inhabitants of a small New Mexico town once renowned for its homemade desserts, Pie Town is the touching and funny tale about the unexpected changes a sleepy little southwestern community undergoes following the arrival of a well-meaning but woefully unprepared priest and a young hitchhiker who looks like big trouble.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Bone-chilling. -Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)One of the best in the series. -Booklist (Starred Review)To save mankinds future, the members of Sigma Force must make a devils bargain as they join forces with their most hated enemy to stop an ancient threat in this gripping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins.Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed, and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one: an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University.Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying secret buried a century ago beneath the National Mall: a cache of bones preserved in amber. The artifact was hidden away by a cabal of scientists-led by Alexander Graham Bell-to protect humankind. But they dared not destroy it, for the object also holds an astonishing promise for the future: the very secret of life after death.Yet nothing stays buried forever. An ancient horror- dormant in the marrow of those preserved bones-is free once more, nursed and developed into a weapon of incalculable strength and malignancy, ready to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting world.To stop its spread, Commander Grayson Pierce of Sigma Force must survive a direct attack on the island of Maui. To be there first has always been the core mission of Sigma Force, a covert team forged to be Americas front line against emerging threats. But this time, even Sigma may not be able to decipher the deadly mystery, one that traces back to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution.With each new discovery, the menace they hunt is changing, growing, spreading-adapting and surviving every attempt to stop it from reconquering a world it once ruled. And each transformation makes it stronger . . . and smarter.Running out of time and options, Commander Grayson Pierce will be forced to make an impossible choice. To eradicate this extinction-level threat and expose those involved, he will have to join forces with Sigmas greatest enemy-the newly resurrected Guild-even if it means sacrificing one of his own.

Softcover. Condition: Good. A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEARI loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie.The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong. - Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient"Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classicsPay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters pasts. They are all clues. -- New York Times Book ReviewA wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party.The bride - The plus one - The best man - The wedding planner - The bridesmaid - The bodyOn an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. Its a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The brides oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.And then someone turns up dead. Who didnt wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Product DescriptionThe #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of Americas greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as human computers used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the Souths segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when Americas aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sams call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.Even as Virginias Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langleys all-black West Computing group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens.Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASAs greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their countrys future.-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION AWARDReviewMeticulous the depth and detail that are the books strength make it an effective, fact-based rudder with which would-be scientists and their allies can stabilize their flights of fancy. This hardworking, earnest book is the perfect foil for the glamour still to come. - Seattle TimesMuch as Tom Wolfe did in The Right Stuff, Shetterly moves gracefully between the womens lives and the broader sweep of history . . . Shetterly, who grew up in Hampton, blends impressive research with an enormous amount of heart in telling these stories - Boston GlobeRestoring the truth about individuals who were at once black, women and astounding mathematicians, in a world that was constructed to stymie them at every step, is no easy task. Shetterly does it with the depth and detail of a skilled historian and the narrative aplomb of a masterful storyteller. - Bookreporter.comAbout the AuthorMargot Lee Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she knew many of the women in her book Hidden Figures. She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant for her research on women in computing. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Softcover. Condition: Good. From the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln.In The Black Tower, Louis Bayard deftly interweaves political intrigue, epic treachery, cover-ups, and conspiracies into a gripping portrait of family redemption-and brings to life an indelible portrait of the mighty and profane Eugne Franois Vidocq, historys legendary investigator.Vidocq. Master of disguise and chief of a newly created plainclothes police force, Vidocq is a man whose name sends terror rippling through the Parisian underworld of 1818-and the inconsequential life of Hector Carpentier is violently shaken when Vidocq storms into it. A former medical student living in his mother's Latin Quarter boardinghouse, Hector finds himself dragged into a dangerous mystery surrounding the fate of the dauphin, the ten-year-old son of King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette presumed to have suffered a cruel death years earlier in Paris's dreaded Temple. But the truth of what happened may be even more shocking-and it will fall to an aimless young man and the most feared detective in Paris to see justice done for a frightened little boy in a black tower . . . no matter what the cost.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Product DescriptionBe careful what you wish for . . .Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesnt suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, retired Seattle crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in whats officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation at the request of none other than the deceased victim himself. In the process Beau learns that just because a long-ago case was solved doesnt mean its over.Caught up in a situation where old actions and grudges can hold dangerous consequences in the present, Beau is forced to operate outside the familiar world of law enforcement. While seeking justice for his frenemy and healing for a long fractured family, he comes face to face with an implacable enemy who has spent decades hiding in plain sight.J. A. Jance is among the best-if not the best-mystery novelists writing today. -Chattanooga Times[Jance] continues to grow in her art. . . .Its no mystery why this writer is a hit. -Seattle TimesFrom the Back CoverBe careful what you wish for . . .Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesnt suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, retiredSeattle crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in whats officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation at the request of none other than the deceased victim himself. In the process Beau learns that just because a long-ago case was solved doesnt mean its over.Caught up in a situation where old actions and grudges can hold dangerous consequences in the present, Beau is forced to operate outside the familiar world of law enforcement. While seeking justice for his frenemy and healing for a long fractured family, he comes face to face with an implacable enemy who has spent decades hiding in plain sight.About the AuthorJ.A. Jance is the New York Times Bestselling author of more than sixty books. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, she and her husband live in the Seattle area with their two longhaired dachshunds, Mary and Jojo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. "A captivating tale of depravity in the Athens of America." -Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the New York Times bestsellers Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in TimeIn late nineteenth-century Boston, home to Herman Melville and Oliver Wendell Holmes, a serial killer preying on children is running loose in the city-a wilderness of ruin caused by the Great Fire of 1872-in this literary historical crime thriller reminiscent of The Devil in the White City.In the early 1870s, local children begin disappearing from the working-class neighborhoods of Boston. Several return home bloody and bruised after being tortured, while others never come back.With the city on edge, authorities believe the abductions are the handiwork of a psychopath, until they discover that their killer-fourteen-year-old Jesse Pomeroy-is barely older than his victims. The criminal investigation that follows sparks a debate among the worlds most revered medical minds, and will have a decades-long impact on the judicial system and medical consciousness.The Wilderness of Ruin is a riveting tale of gruesome murder and depravity. At its heart is a great American city divided by class-a chasm that widens in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1872. Roseanne Montillo brings Gilded Age Boston to glorious life-from the genteel cobblestone streets of Beacon Hill to the squalid, overcrowded tenements of Southie. Here, too, is the writer Herman Melville. Enthralled by the child killers case, he enlists physician Oliver Wendell Holmes to help him understand how it might relate to his own mental instability.With verve and historical detail, Roseanne Montillo explores this case that reverberated through all of Boston society in order to help us understand our modern hunger for the prurient and sensational.The Wilderness of Ruin features more than a dozen black-and-white photographs.