Non Fiction

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

A real-life political thriller about an American financier (Browder) in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin’s corruption.    

The Wright Brothers: Wright Brothers by David McCullough

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. Master historian David McCullough draws on the immense riches of the Wright Papers, including private diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, and more than a thousand letters from private family correspondence.

Very Good Lives by JK Rowling

In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others?   Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important questions with acuity and emotional force.


Fiction

Our Souls At Night: A Novel by Kent Haruf

In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent

Haruf’s inimitable fiction, Haruf spins a spare yet eloquent tale about a man and woman who come

together in advanced age to wrestle with the events of their lives and hopes for the imminent future. Our

Souls at Night is the perfect final installment to this beloved writer’s contribution to literature.

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of WWII and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the

women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France.


Kids/Tweens/Teens

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

The book that inspired the hit film! This is the funniest book you’ll ever read about death.  It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he’s figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl. This plan works for exactly eight hours. Then Greg’s mom forces him to become friends with a girl who has cancer. This brings about the destruction of Greg’s entire life.

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

The companion to Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir, Smile.  Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Melvis and Elvis by Dennis Lee

Canadian kidslit legend Dennis Lee's first new children's collection in more than a decade-in collaboration with bestselling illustrator Jeremy Tankard.


Cookbooks

Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes That Will Change The Way You Cook by Kristen Miglore

This book is based off the James Beard award winning column of the same name on Food 52.  It is a compilation of truly genius recipes from the world’s greatest chefs including Yotam Ottolenghi and Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune, almost baffling in their simplicity at times, and always delicious.  This is a truly remarkable book.  

Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-smoking Manifesto by Aaron Franklin and Jordan Mackay

A complete meat- and brisket-cooking education from the country's most celebrated pitmaster and owner of the wildly popular Austin restaurant Franklin Barbecue--winner of Texas Monthly's coveted Best Barbecue Joint in Texas award.

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