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he acclaimed author of American Rust, returns with The Son:
an epic, multigenerational saga of power, blood, and land that follows
the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of
the 1800s to the border raids of the early 1900s to the oil booms of the
20th century"A gifted new writer-a writer who understands how place and personality
and circumstance can converge to create the perfect storm of
tragedy."-Michiko Kakutani, New York TimesPart epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son
is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in
the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious
family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim.Spring, 1849. The first male child born in the newly established
Republic of Texas, Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding
band of Comanche storm his homestead and brutally murder his mother and
sister, taking him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to
Comanche life, learning their ways and language, answering to a new
name, carving a place as the chief's adopted son, and waging war against
their enemies, including white men-complicating his sense of loyalty
and understanding of who he is. But when disease, starvation, and
overwhelming numbers of armed Americans decimate the tribe, Eli finds
himself alone. Neither white nor Indian, civilized or fully wild, he
must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully
belong-a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that
reverberates in the lives of his progeny.Intertwined with Eli's story are those of his son, Peter, a man who
bears the emotional cost of his father's drive for power, and JA, Eli's
great-granddaughter, a woman who must fight hardened rivals to succeed
in a man's world.Phillipp Meyer deftly explores how Eli's ruthlessness and steely
pragmatism transform subsequent generations of McCulloughs. Love, honor,
children are sacrificed in the name of ambition, as the family becomes
one of the richest powers in Texas, a ranching-and-oil dynasty of
unsurpassed wealth and privilege. Yet, like all empires, the
McCoulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their choices.Harrowing, panoramic, and vividly drawn, The Son is a masterful achievement from a sublime young talent.
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The author of the smash New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La
delivers a nonstop, gripping true story of survival that moves between
World War II and today-an astonishing account of endurance, bravery,
ingenuity, and honor set in the vast Arctic wildernessOn November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane on a routine flight slammed
into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the
search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also
crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. With the
weather worsening, the U.S. military launched a daring rescue mission,
sending a Grumman Duck amphibious plane to find the men. After picking
up one member of the B-17 crew, the Duck flew into a severe storm, and
the plane and the three men aboard vanished.In this thrilling, true-life adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a
spellbinding account of these harrowing crashes and the fate of the
survivors and their would-be saviors. Full of evocative detail, Frozen in Time
brings their extraordinary ordeal vividly into focus-a fight to stay
alive and sane through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter. Zuckoff takes
us deep into the most hostile environment on earth and into the snow
caves and tail section of the broken B-17, where the soldiers took
refuge from subzero temperatures, hurricane-force winds, and vicious
blizzards. He places us at the center of a group of valiant men kept
alive by sporadic military food drops until an expedition headed by
famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen brought them to safety.But that is only part of the story that unfolds in Frozen in Time.
Moving forward to today, Zuckoff recounts the efforts of the Coast
Guard and North South Polar Inc., led by an indefatigable dreamer named
Lou Sapienza, who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck's
last flight and recover the remains of its crew.Drawing on intensive research and a firsthand account of the dramatic and dangerous 2012 expedition, Frozen in Time
is a breathtaking blend of mystery, adventure, heroism, and survival.
It is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military
personnel and their families-and a tribute to the important, perilous,
and often overlooked work of the US Coast Guard.
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Now in paperback, a collection of mouthwatering seasonal vegetarian menus that can be created in under an hour from James Beard and IACP award-winning chef Peter Berley
"A delicious collection of dishes." -Bon Appétit
True to his roots as a restaurant chef, cooking teacher, and family man, award-winning vegetarian chef Peter Berley has a passion for delicious meals that use seasonal produce and are easy to prepare in under an hour. In Fresh Food Fast, he provides forty-eight stylish, sophisticated, home-cooked vegetarian meals-twelve for each season-including recipes, a shopping list, lavish color photos, and a game plan that takes home cooks step-by-step through each menu.
In spring, enjoy such tasty fare as Orzo with Baby Mustard Greens, Lemon, and Asiago and Rhubarb-Ginger Compote with Crystallized Ginger. For summer, try Spicy Corn and Tomato Frittata with Scallions and Basil, Cucumber Salad, and Ricotta Blueberry Tart. Fall 's bounty offers warmth and flavor in Creamy Pumpkin, Pear, and Chestnut Soup and Roasted Figs with Almond Frangipane. Fend of winter's cold with savory food, including Porcini Mushroom and Parsley Risotto and Caramelized Bananas with Blood Orange and Pistachios.
Food does not have to be prepackaged and bland. Peter Berley teaches us how we can live without compromise, enjoying fresh, wholesome meals any night of the week.
A masterful epic of Prohibition-era America told through the story of a charismatic young gangster on his rise through the glitz and the violence of the Roaring 20s
"Crime Noir 101, as taught by the best of its current practitioners. . . . A sentence-by-sentence pleasure. You are in the hands of an expert. And you'll know it." -Janet Maslin, New York Times
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world.
Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw.
But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt.
Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a spellbinding tour de force of betrayal and redemption, music and murder, that brings fully to life a bygone era when sin was cause for celebration and vice was a national virtue.
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From the author of the Twilight, Texas books comes the first in a dazzling new Cupid, Texas series. Lori Wilde welcomes us to Cupid, where every wish for love comes true…
Natalie McCleary couldn't believe her eyes-a lean-muscled, darkly tanned, nearly-naked man stood in her path…and then it hit her: love. Everyone always told her it'd hit like a thunderbolt, and she never believed them. But now she knew: practical, sensible Natalie was head over heels in love-with a stranger.
But ex-Navy SEAL Dade Vega wasn't about to be a stranger for long. He'd ridden into Cupid on his motorcycle, vowing to keep a promise he'd made to a military buddy. But a single glimpse at Natalie-soaking wet and unexpectedly tempting-changed his life forever.
But how can he offer her is love, when he can't even promise to stay in one place for longer than a week?
New York Times Bestseller
"Amanda Coplin's somber, majestic debut arrives like an urgent missive from another century. You can only be thrilled by a 31-year-old writer with this depth of understanding…the final epiphany equals in stark grandeur similar scenes in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and Pat Barker's Another World."
-Washington PostAt the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates. One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit from the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase. Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion. Just as the girls begin to trust him, men arrive in the orchard with guns, and the shattering tragedy that follows will set Talmadge on an irrevocable course not only to save and protect but also to reconcile the ghosts of his own troubled past.
Transcribing America as it once was before railways and roads connected its corners, Amanda Coplin weaves a tapestry of solitary souls who come together in the wake of unspeakable cruelty and misfortune. She writes with breathtaking precision and empathy, and in The Orchardist she crafts an astonishing debut novel about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of an ordered life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.
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The New York Times bestselling author returns with a starling and surprising new book-a novel of suspense and a contemporary coming-of-age story narrated by an American teenage girl who falls into a life of drugs and crime and must escape before it's too late
Abandoned and neglected by her parents, nineteen-year old Maya Vidal has grown up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandparents. Her grandmother, Nidia, affectionately known as Nini, is a force of nature-willful and outspoken, unconventionally wise with a mystical streak, and fiercely protective-a woman whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with her young son, Maya's father. Popo, Maya's grandfather, is an African-American astronomer and professor-a gentle man whose solid, comforting presence helps calm the turbulence of Maya's adolescence.
When Popo dies of cancer, Maya goes completely off the rails. With her girlfriends-a tight circle known as the vampires-she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime, a downward spiral that eventually bottoms out in Las Vegas. Lost in a dangerous underworld, she becomes caught in the crosshairs of warring forces-a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. In the care of her grandmother's old friend, Manuel Arias, Maya struggles to adapt to this insular community seemingly lost in time. Surrounded by an assortment of unusual new acquaintances, including a torture survivor and a lame dog, Maya tries to make sense of the past, unravels mysterious truths about life and her family, and embarks on her greatest adventure: the journey into her own soul.
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When Splat the Cat and his class take a school trip to the zoo, all Splat wants is to see the penguins.
Splat the Cat is so excited when Mrs. Wimpydimple announces that the class will be going to the zoo. While everyone calls out his or her favorite animal-Elephant! Giraffe! Monkey!-Splat only wants to see the penguins. After all, penguins are perfect: They are black and white, just like Splat!
All day long, Splat just can't wait. But when the smallest animal makes the biggest splash and shuts down the penguin exhibit, Splat goes home disappointed and alone...or does he? Get on board this hilarious new adventure from bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton.
This latest book from bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is his most funny and surprising yet. It has the interactive play of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! combined with the classic humor of silent films.
One day, a very hungry fox meets a very plump goose.
A dinner invitation is offered.
Will dinner go as planned? Or do the dinner plans involve a secret ingredient...?
(Don't forget to listen to the baby geese!)
From the brilliant mind of Mo Willems comes a surprising lesson about listening to your inner gosling.
Welcome to a dazzling new world where the only way to ace your fairy-tale classes…is to live through them. A wicked fairy-tale riff by debut novelist Soman Chainani!
Best friends Sophie (princess wannabe) and Agatha (witchy loner) are headed (via kidnapping) to the School for Good and Evil.
But their assumed destinies are reversed: Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil and into Uglification and Henchmen Training classes, while Agatha attends Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication at the School for Good.
When a certain prince charming (son of King Arthur) is thrown into the mix, and the Trial by Tale and the Circus of Talents-"friendly" matchups-pit the students against one another, anything can happen. And since Sophie's unleashed her superior skills in class, she's poised to claim the top spot as #1 villainess.
Now there's no telling what will happen at the Snow Ball, the most ferocious competition of all. If a princess-in-training doesn't get asked to the ball, she fails, but crossing Sophie could bring on a fate worse than being turned into a helpful rodent.
Enchanted fans of Roald Dahl, Shannon Hale, and Michael Buckley will devour this tongue-in-cheek extravaganza quicker than Hansel and Gretel ate the witch's gingerbread house!
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The sequel to the New York Times bestselling fantasy adventure InterWorld, from award-winning and bestselling team Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Sixteen-year-old Joey Harker has just saved the Altiverse-the dimension that contains all the myriad Earths-from complete destruction. After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, Joey and his fellow InterWorld Freedom Fighters are on a mission to maintain peace between the rival powers of magic and science who seek to control all worlds.
When a stranger named Acacia somehow follows Joey back to InterWorld's Base, things get complicated. No one knows who she is or where she's from-or how she knows so much about InterWorld. Dangerous times lie ahead, and Joey has no one to rely on but himself and his wits-and, just maybe, the mysterious Acacia Jones.
Full of riveting interdimensional battles, epic journeys between worlds, and twists and turns along the way, this sequel to the New York Times bestselling InterWorld is a thrilling, mind-bending adventure through time and space.
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La Femme Nikita meets Maximum Ride in this action-packed debut novel about seventeen-year-old Wren, who rose from the dead as a Reboot and is now the government's top soldier-until she is given an order she refuses to obey.
Wren Connolly died when she was twelve years old. She woke up 178 minutes later as a Reboot. The longer a Reboot is dead, the stronger and less human she becomes when she returns-making Wren 178 the perfect weapon.
Callum 22, on the other hand, is practically still human. He's the worst trainee Wren has ever had, yet there is something about him that makes her feel alive. When Callum refuses to follow a direct order, Wren is commanded to eliminate him. She has never disobeyed before, but now she'll do whatever it takes to save Callum's life.
Wren's voice is captivating, and readers will be swept up in her unlikely romance and glued to the page as she and Callum fight to survive in this dark, alternate world. The first in a two-book series from debut novelist Amy Tintera, Reboot is perfect for fans of Divergent and Legend.
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The secrets are deadlier and the lies more wicked in the latest book in Sara Shepard's #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series.
High school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have finally had enough. Their stalker, A, has tormented them for too long with their darkest secrets and biggest mistakes. Now the girls are fighting back-nobody messes with these pretty little liars and gets away with it.
Sara Shepard's fan base continues to grow as the hit ABC Family Pretty Little Liars TV show draws in new readers to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Full of juicy scandals and jaw-dropping drama, this series has everyone eager to see what's in store for Rosewood's prettiest little liars.
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Robyn Schneider brings us a lyrical, witty, and heart-wrenching novel about how difficult it is to play the part people expect, and how new beginnings can stem from abrupt and tragic endings.
Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them-a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: In one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra's knee, his athletic career, and his social life.
No longer a front-runner for Homecoming King, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Cassidy is unlike anyone Ezra's ever met-achingly effortless, fiercely intelligent, and determined to bring Ezra along on her endless adventures.
But as Ezra dives into his new studies, new friendships, and new love, he learns that some people, like books, are easy to misread. And now he must consider: If one's singular tragedy has already hit and everything after it has mattered quite a bit, what happens when more misfortune strikes?
You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks-but Charlie can’t get his pals to absorb ANYTHING!Ree Drummond - New York Times bestselling author, Food Network star, and the Pioneer Woman herself - is back with her loveably lazy basset hound, Charlie. Charlie became a favorite on Ree’s blog, Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (which receives 20 million hits a month!) and became a star with CHARLIE THE RANCH DOG and CHARLIE AND THE CHRISTMAS KITTY. This time, while the kids are busy studying, “Professor” Charlie sets up a school for his furry friends and learns a few lessons of his own! With another of Ree’s delicious recipes included in the back, this book can’t be beat!
Ree Drummond-#1 New York Times bestselling author, Food Network star, and The Pioneer Woman herself-is back with another hilarious ranch adventure featuring her beloved dog Charlie!Charlie's putting down the bacon and picking up the books when he starts his own school at the ranch.
Charlie always loves to lend a paw and help out around the ranch. When he sees Mama and the kids doing school, he comes up with a plan: He'll start a school of his own so the animals can learn as much as the kids! Charlie's ready to teach Walter, Suzie, Kitty Kitty, and the rest of the animals everything he knows. They could all be just like him, if only they'd pay attention!
Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman, tells another hilarious story about life on the ranch, starring her basset hound Charlie. The back matter includes a recipe for a delicious after-school treat.
Flight Behavior transfixes from its opening scene, when a young woman's narrow experience of life is thrown wide with the force of a raging fire. In the lyrical language of her native Appalachia, Barbara Kingsolver bares the rich, tarnished humanity of her novel's inhabitants and unearths the modern complexities of rural existence. Characters and reader alike are quickly carried beyond familiar territory here, into the unsettled ground of science, faith, and everyday truces between reason and conviction.
Dellarobia Turnbow is a restless farm wife who gave up her own plans when she accidentally became pregnant at seventeen. Now, after a decade of domestic disharmony on a failing farm, she has settled for permanent disappointment but seeks momentary escape through an obsessive flirtation with a younger man. As she hikes up a mountain road behind her house to a secret tryst, she encounters a shocking sight: a silent, forested valley filled with what looks like a lake of fire. She can only understand it as a cautionary miracle, but it sparks a raft of other explanations from scientists, religious leaders, and the media. The bewildering emergency draws rural farmers into unexpected acquaintance with urbane journalists, opportunists, sightseers, and a striking biologist with his own stake in the outcome. As the community lines up to judge the woman and her miracle, Dellarobia confronts her family, her church, her town, and a larger world, in a flight toward truth that could undo all she has ever believed.
Flight Behavior takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time: climate change. With a deft and versatile empathy Kingsolver dissects the motives that drive denial and belief in a precarious world.
"They say you cannot go home again, and that is as true as a knife . . ."
A man returns to his childhood village seeking comfort in memories of his youth and the friend who long ago transformed his life.
Once upon a time in a rural English town, an eleven-year-old girl named Lettie Hempstock shows a little boy the most marvelous, dangerous, and outrageous things beyond his darkest imagination. But an ancient power has been disturbed, and now invasive creatures from beyond the known world are set loose. There is primal horror here, and menace unleashed-within the boy's family and from the forces that have gathered to consume it.
Determined to get what they want, these otherworldly beings will destroy a meddling little boy if he dares to get in the way. It will take calm, courage, and the cleverness of the extraordinary Hempstock women-Lettie, her mother, and her grandmother, to keep him alive. But his survival will come at an unexpected cost. . . .
Storytelling genius Neil Gaiman delivers a whimsical, imaginative, bittersweet, and at times, deeply scary modern fantasy about fear, love, magic, sacrifice, and the power of stories to reveal and to protect us from the darkness inside-a moving, terrifying, and elegiac fable for every age.