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  • av Seth Fishman
    117

    ?Innovative.? ?New York Times Book Review?For the four- to eight-year-old who goes nonstop.? ?Philadelphia TribuneThe companion to the popular and award-winning A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars.This captivating and educational picture book from Seth Fishman and Isabel Greenberg introduces young readers to basic facts about energy and the human body. Fun, informative and accessible, Power Up is perfect for classroom and family sharing. A great title to read along with Andrea Beaty's Ada Twist, Scientist and Oliver Jeffers's Here We Are. Did you know there is enough energy in your pinkie finger to power an entire city? And that everything you do?running, jumping, playing, and exploring?uses that same energy inside of you?In the companion to the acclaimed A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, Seth Fishman and Isabel Greenberg explore the relationship between energy and the human body, breaking down complicated concepts into small, child-friendly segments. Seth Fishman's playful text explores the science behind the most energetic kids, while Isabel Greenberg's vibrant illustrations offer plenty for children to explore in multiple readings.Ideal for curious kids and classroom learning, this engaging book is for fans of Elin Kelsey's You Are Stardust and John Scieszka's Science Verse.This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share in the classroom or at home, in particular for children ages 4 to 6.

  • av Beverly Cleary
    247

    In this third and final Mouse novel from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, Ralph heads to school to see what humans do all day . . . and to discover what the "e;S"e; in Ralph S. Mouse stands for!With his rowdy cousins constantly wearing out his motorcycle and the Mountain View Inn manager threatening to take care of the mouse infestation once and for all, Ralph decides it's time to get away for a while. He convinces his human friend Ryan to take him along to school, where Ralph instantly becomes the center of attention. But when Ryan's class decides to see how smart Ralph is by making him run a maze, the usually confident mouse starts to fret. What if he's not as clever as he thought?

  • av JULIA QUINN
    161 - 367

  • - My World Board Book (Spanish edition)
    av Margaret Wise Brown
    121

    This high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom.Dos años después de la publicación de Buenas noches, luna, Margaret Wise Brown y Clement Hurd colaboraron una vez más para crear este compañero ideal del cuento favorito de todos a la hora de dormir. Ahora puedes volver a visitar el acogedor mundo de un conejito y su familia. Las tiernas ilustraciones y el texto poético captan la alegría que siente un niño al explorar las cosas que lo rodean, mientras que el conejito va reconociendo cosas familiares que encuentra a su paso en ?Tu mundo. Mi mundo?. De una de las parejas más populares en el campo de la literatura infantil, nos llega este clásico álbum ilustrado en el cual los buenos días son tan entrañables como las buenos noches. Otros libros escritos por Margaret Wise Brown: Buenas noches, lunaEl conejito andarín Buen día, buenas nochesEl Gran granero rojo

  • - My World (Spanish edition)
    av Margaret Wise Brown
    131

    This high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom.Dos años después de la publicación de Buenas noches, luna, Margaret Wise Brown y Clement Hurd colaboraron una vez más para crear este compañero ideal del cuento favorito de todos a la hora de dormir. Ahora puedes volver a visitar el acogedor mundo de un conejito y su familia. Las tiernas ilustraciones y el texto poético captan la alegría que siente un niño al explorar las cosas que lo rodean, mientras que el conejito va reconociendo cosas familiares que encuentra a su paso en ?Tu mundo. Mi mundo?. De una de las parejas más populares en el campo de la literatura infantil, nos llega este clásico álbum ilustrado en el cual los buenos días son tan entrañables como las buenos noches. Otros libros escritos por Margaret Wise Brown: Buenas noches, lunaEl conejito andarín Buen día, buenas nochesEl Gran granero rojo

  • - A Novel
    av Gilly Macmillan
    124,99

    The Nannykept me in white-knuckled suspense until the very last page. Gilly Macmillans breakout thriller is a dark and twisted version ofDownton Abbeygone very, very wrong. Tess Gerritsen, New York Timesbestselling authorTheNew York Timesbestselling author ofWhat She Knewconjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.Thirty years later, Jo returns to the house and is forced to confront her troubled relationship with her mother. But when human remains are accidentally uncovered in a lake on the estate, Jo begins to question everything she thought she knew.Then an unexpected visitor knocks on the door and Jos world is destroyed again. Desperate to piece together the gaping holes in her memory, Jo must uncover who her nanny really was, why she left, and if she can trust her own motherIn this compulsively readable tale of secrets, lies, and deception, Gilly Macmillan explores the darkest impulses and desires of the human heart. Diabolically clever,The Nannyreminds us that sometimes the truth hurts so much youd rather hear the lie.

  • av Matthew Bogart
    301

  • - A Novel
    av Sean McFate
    117

    McFate just might be the next Tom Clancy, only I think hes even better... The action is non-stop and shuttles back and forth between scary-believable and rollicking good fun. I read High Treason during a six-hour plane ride and the trip went by like the snap of my fingers.James PattersonIn this pulse-pounding action thriller perfect for fans of Brad Thor and David Baldacci, Tom Locke must stop dark forces working to overthrow the presidentEn route to the National Prayer Breakfast, the U.S. vice presidents motorcade is hit in a vicious, expertly planned attack that throws Washington, DC, into chaos. Everyone assumes its terrorists everyone but young FBI agent Jennifer Lin. She is certain that the easy answers here are not the likely ones. . . . Half a world away, former military contractor Tom Locke has his own doubts about what happenedand who did it. He suspects his former employer, Apollo Outcomes. But why would the global private military corporation orchestrate such a brutal strike on U.S. soil?Returning to DC, Locke teams with Lin and discovers that a civil war is secretly brewing in the military-contracting world. A division of one company has gone rogue, led by a power-hungry former colleague of Lockes who may have planned the attack on the vice president himself. But this man couldnt have pulled it off without help from inside the government. The VPs itinerary and route were confidentialwhich means there must be a traitor high up in either the White House or the NSA who is leaking information.But why? And who could be pulling the strings? Radical Islamic terrorists? Or is this a new ploy by Putin to subvert American leadership? Or is someone else behind the attack? Only Locke can get to the bottom of the conspiracyand blow it apart with one bold strike before its too late.High Treason has brutal assassinations, shocking betrayals, even heated gun battles in the shadow of the White House. It had me breathlessfrom the sheer audacity of its storytellingto its breakneck pacing. Its not to be missed!James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Odyssey

  • - A Novel
    av Joyce Maynard
    281

  • - From Allyship to Coalition
    av Emma Dabiri
    197

  • - Recreational Culinary Reference for the Curious and Confused
    av Brette Warshaw
    371

    An Amazon Editors' Holiday 2021 Gift Pick! An Amazon Best of the Month Editors' pick for Cookbooks, Food & WineFrom the creator of the popular What's the Difference? newsletter, a whimsical and practical reference for food nerds and novices alike, covering dozens of culinary topics, that clears up confusion over similar terms, techniques, dishes, and more.Do you know the difference between sweet potatoes and yams? Bourbon and rye? Crumbles, cobblers, and crisps? Most people don't, even a number of home cooks?which is why they turn to Brette Warshaw. Inspired by her hit newsletter What's the Difference?, this irreverent yet informative reference makes clear the differences between things that are often confused in the kitchen, on the plate, behind the bar, and everywhere in between. Featuring 70 percent new material and favorite entries from her website, What's the Difference? covers more than 100 culinary topics, including:All-purpose flour vs. bread flour vs. pastry flourBacon vs. Pancetta vs. Speck vs. Pork BellyCreme Fraiche vs. Sour CreamJams vs. Jellys vs. PreservesBroccolini vs broccoli vs broccoli rabe Caramel vs butterscotch vs dulce de leche vs cajetaFilled with charming illustrations What's the Difference? is essential for anyone who wants to feel more confident in the kitchen and at the table.

  • av Claire Swinarski
    111

    In this heartfelt and accessible middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, a young girl throws herself into solving a local mystery to keep from missing her older sister, who has been sent to an eating disorder treatment facility.Astronomy-obsessed Abby McCourt should be thrilled about the solar eclipse her small town of Moose Junction is about to witness, but shes not. After her older sister Blair was sent away for an eating disorder, Abby has been in a funk.Desperate to dull the pain her sisters absence has left, she teams up with a visiting astronomer to help track down his long-lost telescope. Though this is supposed to take Abbys mind off the distance between her and Blair, what she finds may bring her closer to her sister than she ever thought possible.

  • - A Novel
    av Elisabeth Thomas
    281

    [A] delicious literary Gothic debut. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW,EDITORS' CHOICEMoody and evocative as a fever dream, Catherine House is the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer with each hypnotic step. THE WASHINGTON POSTA Most Anticipated Novel byEntertainment WeeklyNew York magazine CosmopolitanThe AtlanticForbesGood HousekeepingParade Better Homes and GardensHuffPost BuzzfeedNewsweekHarpers BazaarMs.Magazine Woman's Day PopSugar and more!A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students . . . and the dark truth beneath her schools promise of prestige.Trust us, you belong here.Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the worlds best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance comes with a price. Students are required to give the House three yearssummers includedcompletely removed from the outside world. Family, friends, television, music, even their clothing must be left behind. In return, the school promises a future of sublime power and prestige, and that its graduates can become anything or anyone they desire.Among this years incoming class is Ines Murillo, who expects to trade blurry nights of parties, cruel friends, and dangerous men for rigorous intellectual disciplineonly to discover an environment of sanctioned revelry. Even the schools enigmatic director, Viktria, encourages the students to explore, to expand their minds, to find themselves within the formidable iron gates of Catherine. For Ines, it is the closest thing to a home shes ever had. But the Houses strange protocols soon make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. And when tragedy strikes, Ines begins to suspect that the schoolin all its shabby splendor, hallowed history, advanced theories, and controlled decadencemight be hiding a dangerous agenda within the secretive, tightly knit group of students selected to study its most promising and mysterious curriculum.Combining the haunting sophistication and dusky, atmospheric style of Sarah Waters with the unsettling isolation of Kazuo IshigurosNever Let Me Go, Catherine Houseis a devious, deliciously steamy, and suspenseful page-turner with shocking twists and sharp edges that is sure to leave readers breathless.

  • - Taking Flight
    av Julie Murphy
    161

    From Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin, comes the first in a two-book origin story of Faith, a groundbreaking, plus-sized superhero from the Valiant Entertainment comics.Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When shes not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, shes volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove.So far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. Of course, theres also that small matter of recently discovering she can fly.When the fictional world of The Grove crashes into Faiths reality as the show relocates to her town, she cant believe it when TV heroine Dakota Ash takes a romantic interest in her.But her fandom-fueled daydreams arent enough to distract Faith from the fact that first animals, then people, have begun to vanish from the town. Only Faith seems able to connect the dots to a new designer drug infiltrating her high school.But when her investigation puts the people she loves in danger, she will have to confront her hidden past and use her newfound giftsrisking everything to save her friends and beloved town.

  • av Terri Libenson
    357

    A story about being your truest self?and trusting your truest friends?from bestselling author Terri Libenson. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Shannon Hale.Cliques. Crushes. Comics. Middle school!Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don't think she's cool enough. Maybe it's time for a total reinvention. . . .Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out with Emmie, his friends have been giving him a hard time. Why can't he be an artist and play basketball?Don't miss the rest of the Emmie & Friends series: Invisible Emmie, Positively Izzy, Just Jaime, Becoming Brianna, Remarkably Ruby, and You-Niquely You: An Emmie & Friends Interactive Journal!

  • av Lindsey Stoddard
    151

    Find yourself. Find your place. Find your brave. This uplifting tale, which award-winning author Leslie Connor dubbed a perfectly paced journey of the heart is perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.Cyrus Olsons dad is a heroNorthfields former football star and now one of their finest firefighters. Everyone expects Cyrus to follow in his dads record-breaking footsteps, and he wishes they were rightexcept hes never been brave like that. But this year, with the help of a stray dog, a few new friends, a little bit of rhythm, and a lot of nerve, he may just discover that actuallyhe is. Lauded as remarkable by the New York Times Book Review, Lindsey Stoddards heartfelt stories continue to garner critical acclaim, and her latest novel will have fans new and old rooting for Cyrus and Parkers special bond and the courage it helps them both to find.

  • - From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump
    av Robert Dallek
    267

    The award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian considers the vast array of triumphs and failures of Americas modern presidents that paved a path to Donald Trump, offering an understanding of our current moment and hope for a way back to true leadership.The struggle to preserve the Republic has never been easy or without perils. The rise of conflicting political parties, which the founders opposed, and President John Adams Alien and Sedition Acts repressing First Amendment rights made Franklins observation at the conclusion of the Constitutional Conventiona republic, if you can keep itseem prescient.In the twentieth century, America endured numerous struggles: economic depression, World War II, McCarthyism, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Iran-contra scandal, the war in Iraqall of which gave rise to demagogues, as did the growth and reach of mass media. But this wasnt the Founding Fathers vision for our leadership. The resistance to putting a demagogue in the White House survived the anti-Communist agitation of the 1950s and the Vietnam War in the 1960s. But the latter opened the way for Richard Nixons election in 1968 and Watergate, which again tested our democratic institutions and the rule of law. Nixons resignation in August 1974 moved Vice President Gerald Ford, his successor, to declare, My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.But was it? Donald Trumps 2016 election has presented a new challenge. How did past politics and presidential administrations pave the way for this current assault on American democracy? Our nations history provides reassurance that we will restore our better angels to government. Yet it must be considered that earlier administrations and public outlook facilitated the rise of such an un-presidential character as Trump in the first place. In How Did We Get Here?, Robert Dallek considers a century of modern administrations, from Teddy Roosevelt to today, shining a light on the personalities behind the politics and the voters who elected each. His cautionary tale reminds us that the only constant in history is change, but whether for good or ill the choice is Americans to make.

  • av Swati Teerdhala
    161

    Romantic intrigue and electric action fill the gripping sequel to The Tiger at Midnight, a world inspired by ancient Indian history and Hindu mythology. Perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir and Victoria Aveyard. A stolen throne. A lost princess. A rescue mission to take back whats theirs. For Kunal and Esha, finally working together as rebels, the upcoming Sun Mela provides the perfect guise for infiltrating King Vardaans vicious court. Kunal returns to his role as dedicated soldier, while Esha uses her new role as adviser to Prince Harun to seek allies for their rebel cause. A radical plan is underfoot to rescue Jansas long-lost Princess Rehathe key to the throne. But amidst the Mela games and glittering festivities, much more dangerous forces lie in wait. With the rebels entry into Vardaans court, a match has been lit, and long-held secrets will force Kunal and Esha to reconsider their loyaltiesto their countries and to each other.Getting into the palace was the easy task; coming out together will be a battle for their lives. In book two of Swati Teerdhalas epic fantasy trilogy, a kingdom will fall, a new ruler will rise, and all will burn.

  • av Soman Chainani
    171

    Soon to be a major motion picture from Netflix!In this sixth and final installment in Soman ChainanisNew York Timesbestselling epic fantasy fairy tale series, the School for Good and Evil, Camelots crownand the fate of the Endless Woodsare up for grabs.Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters. The tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion. Prepare yourself for the End of Ends.The first test was passed.Excalibur pulled from the stone.A new king named.But two claim the crown.The sword returns to the stone, for only one is the true king.Who? The future I have seen has many possibilitiesSo by my will, none shall be crowned until the Tournament is complete.The Tournament of Kings.Three trials.Three answers to find.A race to the finish.My last coronation test.Excalibur will crown the winner and take the loser's head.The first test is coming. Prepare . . . King ArthurGreat for summer reading or anytime! ATodayshow pick for 25 childrens books your kids and teens wont be able to put down this summer!"e;

  • - A Daughter's Memoir
    av Natasha Trethewey
    257

    An Instant New York Times BestsellerA chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedyAt age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still new to adulthood, she confronted the twin pulls of life and death in the aftermath of unimaginable trauma and now explores the way this experience lastingly shaped the artist she became.With penetrating insight and a searing voice that moves from the wrenching to the elegiac, Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Natasha Trethewey explores this profound experience of pain, loss, and grief as an entry point into understanding the tragic course of her mothers life and the way her own life has been shaped by a legacy of fierce love and resilience. Moving through her mothers history in the deeply segregated South and through her own girlhood as a child of miscegenation in Mississippi, Trethewey plumbs her sense of dislocation and displacement in the lead-up to the harrowing crime that took place on Memorial Drive in Atlanta in 1985.Memorial Drive is a compelling and searching look at a shared human experience of sudden loss and absence but also a piercing glimpse at the enduring ripple effects of white racism and domestic abuse. Animated by unforgettable prose and inflected by a poets attention to language, this is a luminous, urgent, and visceral memoir from one of our most important contemporary writers and thinkers.

  • - A Novel
    av Lysley Tenorio
    211

    A Recommended Book From:USA Today * The Chicago Tribune * Book Riot * Refinery 29 *The Minneapolis Star-Tribune *Publishers Weekly * Baltimore Outloud * Omnivoracious * Lambda Literary * Goodreads * Lit Hub * The MillionsFrom award-winning author Lysley Tenorio, comes a big hearted debut novel following an undocumented Filipino son as he navigates his relationship with his mother, an uncertain future, and the place he calls homeExcel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager. When hes not working at The Pie Who Loved Me (a spy-themed pizza shop) or passing the time with his girlfriend Sab (occasionally in one of their towns seventeen cemeteries), he carefully avoids the spotlight.But Excel knows that his family is far from normal. His mother, Maxima, was once a Filipina B-movie action star who now makes her living scamming men online. The old man they live with is not his grandfather, but Maximas lifelong martial arts trainer. And years ago, on Excels tenth birthday, Maxima revealed a secret that he must keep forever. We are TNTtago ng tago, she told him, hiding and hiding. Excel is undocumentedand one accidental slip could uproot his entire life.Casting aside the paranoia and secrecy of his childhood, Excel takes a leap, joining Sab on a journey south to a ramshackle desert town called Hello City. Populated by drifters, old hippies, and washed-up techiesand existing outside the normal constructs of American societyHello City offers Excel a chance to forge his own path for the first time. But after so many years of trying to be invisible, who does he want to become? And is it possible to put down roots in a country that has always considered you an outsider?Thrumming with energy and at once critical and hopeful, The Son of Good Fortune is a luminous story of a mother and son testing the strength of their bond to their countryand to each other.

  • - How a First Lady Changed America
    av Kathi Appelt
    117

    In this warm, engaging look at the life of a great First Lady, Kathi Appelt tells the story behind Lady Bird Johnson's environmental vision. Joy Fisher Hein's colorful wildflowers burst from every page, inviting us to share in Lady Bird's love for natural beauty. From a lonely childhood in the Piney Woods of East Texas to an exciting life in the White House, Lady Bird Johnson loved wildflowers with all her heart. They were her companions in her youth, greeting her everywhere as she explored wild forests, bayous, and hills. Later, as First Lady, she sought to bring the beauty of wildflowers to America's cities and highways. She wanted to make sure every child could enjoy the splendor of wildflowers.Perfect for sharing in classrooms and at home for Women's History Month as well as for units on Texas, presidential family, and environmental history, this unique picture book biography is accessible and appealing.This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share in the classroom and for homeschooling.

  • - A Novel
    av Dennis Lehane
    261

    "e;Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive."e; - The New York Times Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Nightnow a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleckoffers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history tells the story of two familiesone black, one whiteswept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power at the end of World War I.

  • av Sarah Mlynowski
    171 - 281

    Perfect for fans of 99 Days and Anna and the French Kiss, this unforgettable, sun-drenched summer romance from one of YAs bestselling and most beloved authors, Sarah Mlynowski, is an irresistible dive into the joys of seizing the day and embracing the unexpected. Sams summer isnt off to a great start. Her boyfriend, Eli, ditched her for a European backpacking trip, and now shes a counselor at Camp Blue Springs: the summer camp her eleven-year-old self swore never to return to. Sam expects the next seven weeks to be a total disaster. That is, until she meets Gavin, the camps sailing instructor, who turns her expectations upside down. Gavin may have gotten the job just for his abs. Or that smile. Or the way he fills Sams free time with thrilling encountersswimming under a cascade of stars, whispering secrets over smores, embarking on one (very precarious) canoe ride after dark. Its absurd. After all, Sam loves Eli. But one totally absurd, completely off-the-wall summer may be just what Sam needs. And maybe, just maybe, it will teach her something about what she really wants.

  • av Kathleen Krull
    141

    Award-winning author Kathleen Krull takes an in-depth historical look at immigration in Americawith remarkable stories of some of the immigrants who helped build this country. With its rich historical text, fascinating sidebars about many immigrants throughout time, an extensive source list and timeline, as well as captivating photos,American Immigrationwill become a go-to resource for every child, teacher, and librarian discussing the complex history of immigration.America is a nation of immigrants. People have come to the United States from around the world seeking a better life and more opportunities, and our country would not be what it is today without their contributions. From writers like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, to scientists like Albert Einstein, to innovators like Elon Musk, this book honors the immigrants who have changed the way we think, eat, and live. Their stories serve as powerful reminders of the progress weve made, and the work that is still left to be done.

  • av Lionel Shriver
    261

    In Lionel Shrivers entertaining send-up of todays cult of exercisewhich not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal lifean aging husbands sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable.After an ignominious early retirement, Remington announces to his wife Serenata that hes decided to run a marathon. This from a sedentary man in his sixties whos never done a lick of exercise in his life. His wife cant help but observe that his ambition is hopelessly trite. A loner, Serenata disdains mass group activities of any sort. Besides, his timing is cruel. Serenata has long been the couples exercise freak, but by age sixty,her private fitness regimes have destroyed her knees, and shell soon face debilitating surgery. Yes, becoming more active would be good for Remingtons heart, but then why not just go for a walk? Without several thousand of your closest friends?As Remington joins the cult of fitness that increasingly consumes the Western world, her once-modest husband burgeons into an unbearable narcissist. Ignoring all his other obligations, he engages a saucy, sexy personal trainer named Bambi, who treats Serenata with contempt. When Remington sets his sights on the legendarily grueling triathlon, MettleMan, Serenata is sure hell end up injured or dead. And even if he does survive, their marriage may not.The Motion of the Body Through Space is vintage Lionel Shriver written with psychological insight, a rich cast of characters, lots of verve and petulance, an astute reading of contemporary culture, and an emotionally resonant ending.

  • - Making a Small Difference Amid a Billion Problems
    av Aaron Berkowitz
    201

    In the spirit of Tracy Kidders Mountains Beyond Mountains, and joining the ranks of works by Bryan Stevenson, Matthew Desmond, Abraham Verghese and Oliver Sachs, the inspiring story of a young American neurologists struggle to make a difference in Haiti by treating one patienta story of social justice, clashing cultures, and what it means to treat strangers as members of our family.Dr. Aaron Berkowitz had just finished his neurology training when he was sent to Haiti on his first assignment with Partners In Health. There, he meets Janel, a 23-year-old man with the largest brain tumor Berkowitz or any of his neurosurgeon colleagues at Harvard Medical School have ever seen. Determined to live up to Partners In Healths mission statement to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need, Berkowitz tries to save Janels life by bringing him back to Boston for a 12-hour surgery. In One by One by One, Berkowitz traces what he learns and grapples with as a young doctor trying to bridge the gap between one of the worlds richest countries and one of the worlds poorest to make the first big save of his medical career.As Janel and Berkowitz travel back and forth between the high-tech neurosurgical operating rooms of Harvards hospitals and Janels dirt-floored hut in rural Haiti, they face countless heart-wrenching twists and turns. Janel remains comatose for months after his surgery. Its not clear he will recover enough to return to Haiti and be able to survive there. So he goes for a second brain surgery, a third, a fourth. Berkowitz brings the reader to the front lines of global humanitarian work as he struggles to overcome the challenges that arise when well-meaning intentions give rise to unintended consequences, when cultures and belief systems clash, and when its not clear what the right thing to do is, let alone the right way to do it.One by One by One is a gripping account of the triumphs, tragedies, and confusing spaces in between as an idealistic young doctor learns the hard but necessary lessons of living by the Haitian proverb tout moun se mounevery person is a person.

  • - A Novel
    av ERICA KATZ
    211

    Sweetbitter meets The Firm in this buzzy, page-turning debut novelalready optioned to Netflixabout sex and power in the halls of corporate America.One of Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books of 2020,Cosmopolitan's Best Summer Reads of 2020, and the New York Post's 30 Best Summer BooksAlex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the bookstar student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree. Accepting a dream offer at the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Klasko Fitch, she promises her sweet and supportive longtime boyfriend that the job wont change her.Yet Alex is seduced by the firms money and energy . . . and by her cocksure male colleagues, who quickly take notice of the new girl. Shes never felt so confident and powerfuleven the innuendo-laced banter with clients feels fun. In the firms most profitable and competitive division, Mergers and Acquisitions, Alex works around the clock, racking up billable hours and entertaining clients late into the evening. While the job is punishing, it has its perks, like a weekend trip to Miami, a ride in a clients private jet, and more expense-account meals than she can count.But as her clients expectations and demands on her increase, and Alex finds herself magnetically drawn to a handsome coworker despite her loving relationship at home, she begins to question everythingincluding herself. She knows the corporate world isnt black and white, and that to reach the top means playing by different rules. But who made those rules? And what if the system rigged so that women cant win, anyway?When something happens that reveals the dark reality of the firm, Alex comes to understand the ways women like her are toldexplicitly and implicitlyhow they need to behave to succeed in the workplace. Now, she can no longer stand by silentlyeven if doing whats right means putting everything on the line to expose the shocking truth.

  • - A Novel
    av Susan Wiggs
    351

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful, emotionally complex story of love, loss, the pain of the pastand the promise of the future.Sometimes the greatest dream starts with the smallest element. A single cell, joining with another. And then dividing. And just like that, the world changes. Annie Harlow knows how lucky she is. The producer of a popular television cooking show, she loves her handsome husband and the beautiful Los Angeles home they share. And now, shes pregnant with their first child. But in an instant, her life is shattered. And when Annie awakes from a yearlong coma, she discovers that time isnt the only thing shes lost.Grieving and wounded, Annie retreats to her old family home in Switchback, Vermont, a maple farm generations old. There, surrounded by her free-spirited brother, their divorced mother, and four young nieces and nephews, Annie slowly emerges into a world she left behind years ago: the town where she grew up, the people she knew before, the high-school boyfriend turned judge. And with the discovery of a cookbook her grandmother wrote in the distant past, Annie unearths an age-old mystery that might prove the salvation of the family farm.Family Tree is the story of one womans triumph over betrayal, and how she eventually comes to terms with her past. It is the story of joys unrealized and opportunities regained. Complex, clear-eyed and big-hearted, funny, sad, and wise, it is a novel to cherish and to remember.

  • - The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain-And How They Guide You
    av Rebecca Schwarzlose
    360

    "Enlightening and ambitious… a book that travels into rich terrain, charted by a smart and eager tour guide."-New York Times Book Review A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of maps etched into your gray matter-and how technology can use them to read your mind. Your brain is a collection of maps: detailed representations, scrawled across your brain's surfaces, of the sights, sounds, and actions that hold the key to your survival. Although scientists began discovering these maps over a century ago, we are only now beginning to unlock their secrets-and comprehend their profound impact on our lives. Brain maps distort and shape our experience of the world, support complex thought, and make technology-enabled mind reading a modern-day reality. They shine a light on our past and our possible futures. In the process, they invite us to view ourselves from a startling new perspective. In Brainscapes, Rebecca Schwarzlose combines unforgettable real-life stories, cutting-edge research, and vivid illustrations to reveal brain maps' surprising lessons about our place in the world-and about the world's place within us.

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