About: In 1993, the digital and pharmaceutical industries are booming in San Francisco, and they're looking for the young and hip to be representatives and consumers. After Sarah Striker joins an ad agency to sell a new drug, she questions its effects and begins a perilous quest to secretly spread the truth.
About: After Judd Foxman's dad dies, the whole family gathers for the first time in years. One conspicuous no-show is Judd's wife, Jen, whose affair with Judd's shock-radio boss went public. To make matters worse, the family gathering turns hysterically chaotic just as Jen drops a bomb on Judd: she's pregnant.
About: Medieval history student Gil Patterson is a woman familiar with past atrocities. They don't haunt her, but her dreams of a crumbling kingdom do. Dreams can be dismissed, but the wizard in her California apartment cannot: he's traveled the universe's fraying fabric to ask for Gil's help to save mankind.
Kindle Daily Deal: As Always, JuliaCommemorate the 100th anniversary of Julia Child's birth with Joan Reardon's riveting collection of correspondence between Child and Avis DeVoto, her lifelong friend. Child and DeVoto both loved good food, and toget
About: Commemorate the 100th anniversary of Julia Child's birth with Joan Reardon's riveting collection of correspondence between Child and Avis DeVoto, her lifelong friend. Child and DeVoto both loved good food, and together their testing and tasting helped fuel the creation of Child's legendary cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
About: After Katrina Burton picks up a hitchhiker on her way to a teaching job deep in the North Cascades, she becomes fearful and lies to get him out of her car. Shockingly, the hitchhiker ends up being a fellow teacher, and Katrina's growing network of lies becomes a grisly nightmare.
About: For centuries, the sea has called generations of men living in Marstal, Denmark, to dangerous waters and foreign shores. This engrossing novel follows their maritime adventures from 1848 until the end of WWII. There are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, forbidden passions, cowards, heroes, devastating tragedies, and miraculous survivals.
Kindle Daily Deal: Gregor the OverlanderBefore Suzanne Collins penned The Hunger Games trilogy, she created The Underland Chronicles, a best-selling five-book series. The irresistible first Underland novel, Gregor the Overlander - 08-18-2012
About: Before Suzanne Collins penned The Hunger Games trilogy, she created The Underland Chronicles, a best-selling five-book series. The irresistible first Underland novel, Gregor the Overlander, follows a quiet boy who falls into a dangerous quest to find his destiny, and his father, in a strange world beneath New York City.
About: Retired judge L. Hyson Breed picked the wrong Southern woman to bully and trick, and the well-mannered members of the Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society are plotting murderous revenge. The judge crossed the line after he married their friend, Sweet, and greedily tried to grab her land and control their town.
About: In this follow-up to Shannon Hale's popular Austenland, a feisty new heroine is introduced, frightening twists abound, and a romance that might transcend the proper bounds of the Austen fantasy world appears. It's a well-balanced blend of romance and mystery. How could it not turn out right in the end?
About: Steve Earle's heartbreaking debut novel features a morphine addicted doctor haunted by the ghost of Hank Williams, a Mexican girl with healing powers, and other misfits. Set in San Antonio in 1963, the story delicately balances opposing forces like Catholicism and "hoodoo," addiction and redemption, brutal reality and magical realism.
About: Based on a true story, this thriller brilliantly captures a pivotal moment in Mafia history through the lives of teenagers enmeshed in New York City's organized-crime networks. An affectionate and violent story of friendship and loyalty, the novel focuses on two boys during a blistering summer in Hell's Kitchen, 1950.
About: This endearing story of young Hippo outgrowing her shoes is told with catchy rhymes set at a fun, engaging pace and backed by endearing illustrations: a perfect combination for early readers. Maybe Hippo will choose shoes with glitter and jewels or ones with wheels. There are so many choices!
About: Award-winning young-adult author Mary Downing Hahn tapped into her memories of growing up during WWII to tell the story of Margaret and Elizabeth. After the young girls stumble upon a classmate’s secret, their feelings about the war change. Is it really a good war? Does such a thing exist?
About: It's time to get ready for school, and today's diverse selection of over 400 books for college students is the perfect place to start. The discounts are up to 70% off yesterday's price, and the categories range from lifestyle advice books for undergraduates to textbooks for medical and law students.
About: Among Copenhagen’s best homicide detectives, Carl Mørck is unexpectedly promoted in the aftermath of a deadly gunfight. Now, in a department of one, Carl keeps a stack of cold cases company, and one in particular intrigues him: the vanishing of a liberal politician, and she may not be dead, yet.
About: Stuck in a loveless marriage and a troubled affair, Genevieve Warner was friendless before meeting Stella, a patient at the nursing home where Genevieve works. Stella reveals her life's story, one with a horrifying confession. As Genevieve’s life slips down the same path, she desperately tries to change her fate.
About: After 28-eight-year-old Tomi Reyes receives an unexpected promotion, her life goes totally insane. First, her boss becomes unbearable, and then two of her friends are found murdered and stuffed inside their refrigerators. Suspecting her boss and fearing she's next, Tomi doesn't wait for the authorities and seeks the killer herself.
About: Former cop and PI Moe Prager finds himself taking a break from his successful New York City wine business to help his estranged daughter search for a missing artist. This street-smart, compelling, and sophisticated read is the sixth novel of award-winning crime writer Reed Farrel Coleman's popular Moe Prager series.
About: As World War II closes on the small island of Guernsey, Vivienne faces sacrifices for her two young daughters, her mother-in-law, and herself. While her husband is off fighting the Nazis, Vivienne begins an unexpected love affair with a German soldier, greatly intensifying her struggle to keep her family safe.
