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Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants
by Richard Mabey“[A] witty and beguiling meditation on weeds and their wily ways….You will never look at a weed, or flourish a garden fork, in the same way again.”—Richard Holmes, author of The Age of Wonder“In this fascinating, richly detailed book, Richard Mabey gives weeds their full due.”—Carl Zimmer, author of EvolutionRichard Mabey, Great Britain’s Britain’s “greatest living nature writer” (London Times), has written a stirring and passionate defense of nature’s most unloved plants. Weeds is a fascinating, eye-opening, and vastly entertaining appreciation of the natural world’s unappreciated wildflowers that will appeal to fans of David Attenborough, Robert Sullivan’s Rats, Amy Stewart’s Wicked Plants, and to armchair gardeners, horticulturists, green-thumbs, all those who stop to smell the flowers.
A Week in Paris: A Novel
by Rachel HoreThe City of Light hides a dark past...When talented young violinist Fay Knox arrives in Paris from England, the city feels familiar to her. But not because Fay has visited Paris before. Back home, she finds an old canvas bag with a mysterious luggage tag hidden in her mother's old trunk, and soon starts to realize her connection with the streets of Paris runs deeper than she ever imagined. As Fay traces the past, she is taken back to 1937 Paris - and the eve of a war that changed her mother's life forever. When she discovers a dark secret buried years ago, Fay begins to question who she really is and where she belongs.Filled with romance, family secrets, and the allure of Paris, Rachel Hore's A Week in Paris is the compelling story of two women living in two very different worlds who share far more than a passion for music.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau #31)
by Henry David ThoreauThoreau's classic account of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growthThis paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers features an invaluable introduction by noted writer John McPhee. Unusual for its symbolism and structure, its criticism of Christian institutions, and its many-layered storytelling, this classic work was Thoreau's first published book.In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. He wrote two drafts of this story at Walden Pond, which he continued to revise and expand until 1849, when he arranged for its publication at his own expense. The book's heterodoxy and apparent formlessness troubled its contemporary audience, but modern readers have come to see it as an appropriate predecessor to Walden.
The Weekend Effect: The Life-Changing Benefits of Taking Time Off and Challenging the Cult of Overwork
by Katrina OnstadEncroaching work demands—coupled with domestic chores, overbooked schedules, and the incessant pinging of our devices—have taken a toll on what used to be our free time: the weekend. With no space to tune out and recharge, every aspect of our lives is suffering: our health is deteriorating, our social networks (the face-to-face kind) are dissolving, and our productivity is down. The notion of working less and living more, once considered an American virtue, has given way to the belief that you must be “on” 24/7.Award-winning journalist Katrina Onstad, pushes back against this all-work, no-fun ethos. Tired of suffering from Sunday night letdown, she digs into the history, positive psychology, and cultural anthropology of the great missing weekend and how we can revive it. Onstad follows the trail of people, companies, and countries who are vigilantly protecting their time off for joy, adventure, and most important, purpose. Filled with personal and professional inspiration, The Weekend Effect is a thoughtful, well-researched argument to take back those precious 48 hours, and ultimately, to save ourselves.
The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny
by Wendell Steavenson“A masterly and elegantly told story that weaves together the Iraqi past and present.” —New York Times Book Review“A first-class investigation…that tells the reader more about the tensions of living close to power in Saddam’s dictatorship.”—Washington PostThe Weight of a Mustard Seed is an unprecedented and intimate account of Iraqi life under Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, revealed through the tragic story of one of the dictator’s loyal generals. Journalist Wendell Steavenson writes thrilling nonfiction with a novelist’s flair, offering a new perspective on life inside a totalitarian regime that is as moving, compelling, and dramatic as The Kite Runner and The Bookseller of Kabul.
Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures
by Jennifer RomoliniAn honest, sharp-witted, practical guide to help you get and keep the job you want—from an outsider whose been there and done it, a woman who went from being a broke, divorced, college dropout to running some of the biggest websites in the world.Jennifer Romolini started her career as an awkward twenty-seven-year-old misfit, navigated her way through New York media and became a boss—an editor-in-chief, an editorial director, and a vice president—all within little more than a decade. Her book, Weird In A World That’s Not, asserts that being outside-the-norm and achieving real, high-level success are not mutually exclusive, even if the perception of the business world often seems otherwise, even if it seems like only office-politicking extroverts are set up for reward. Part career memoir, part real-world guide, Weird in a World That’s Not offers relatable advice on how to achieve your dreams, even when the odds seem stacked against you. Romolini helps you face down your fears, find a career that’s right for you, and get and keep a job. She tackles practical issues and offers empathetic, clear-cut answers to important questions:How do I navigate the awkwardness of networking?How do I deal with intense office politics?How do I leave my crappy job?How do I learn how to be a boss not just a #boss?And, most importantly: How do I do all this and stay true to who I really am?Authentic, funny, and moving, Weird in a World That’s Not will help you tap into your inner tenacity and find your path, no matter how offbeat you are.
Welcome Home: A Memoir with Selected Photographs and Letters
by Lucia Berlin"As the case with her fiction, Berlin's pieces here are as faceted as the brightest diamond." --Kristin Iversen, NYLONNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE. Named a Fall Read by Buzzfeed, Vulture, Newsday and HuffPostA compilation of sketches, photographs, and letters, Welcome Home is an essential nonfiction companion to the stories by Lucia BerlinBefore Lucia Berlin died, she was working on a book of previously unpublished autobiographical sketches called Welcome Home. The work consisted of more than twenty chapters that started in 1936 in Alaska and ended (prematurely) in 1966 in southern Mexico. In our publication of Welcome Home, her son Jeff Berlin is filling in the gaps with photos and letters from her eventful, romantic, and tragic life. From Alaska to Argentina, Kentucky to Mexico, New York City to Chile, Berlin’s world was wide. And the writing here is, as we’ve come to expect, dazzling. She describes the places she lived and the people she knew with all the style and wit and heart and humor that readers fell in love with in her stories. Combined with letters from and photos of friends and lovers, Welcome Home is an essential nonfiction companion to A Manual for Cleaning Women and Evening in Paradise.
Welcome Home: Following Your Soul's Journey Home
by Sandra IngermanSandra Ingerman's deeply moveing debut, Soul Retrieval, captivated readers with its introduction of shamanic journeying, an ancient tradition of healig. With the characteristic warmth, passion, and authenticcity that have earned her worldwide recognition, Ingerman now continues to share her lifework with Welcome Home, an empowering action plan for creating a more positive future by truly letting go of blame and guilt.
Welcome to Beach Town: A Novel
by Susan WiggsBeloved New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a compulsively readable tale of an idyllic California beach town forced to reckon with scandal when a high school valedictorian’s speech reveals secrets that shake the town to its core."Readers will savor sunny skies and perfect surf in this stunning new novel, but one thing is for sure: In this Beach Town, there is always more happening than meets the eye. Don’t miss this expansive beauty of a summer book!" --Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Summer of SongbirdsEvery town has its secrets...In idyllic Alara Cove, a California beach town known for its sunny charm and chill surfer vibe, it’s graduation day at the elite Thornton Academy. At Thornton, the students are the worldly and overindulged children who live in gated enclaves with spectacular views. But the class valedictorian is Nikki Graziola, a surfer’s daughter who is there on scholarship. To the shock of everyone in the audience, Nikki veers off script while giving her commencement address and reveals a secret that breaks open the whole community. As her truth explodes into the light, Alara Cove will face a reckoning.Nikki Graziola’s accusation shakes the foundation of Alara Cove, pitting her against the wealthy family whose money runs the town. Her new notoriety sends Nikki into exile for years, where she finds fame—but not fortune—overseas as a competition surfer...until a personal tragedy compels her to return to Alara Cove. As Nikki struggles to rebuild her future, she finds that the people of the town have not forgotten her. But time has changed Alara Cove, and old friendships, rivalries, and an unexpected romance draw her back into the life of the beach town she’s never quite forgotten, and where joy and redemption may be possible after all.
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun 8 (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun #8)
by Osamu NishiA Tricky TestThe end of terminus break from classes at Babyls is right around the corner! Now, there&’s only one thing standing between Iruma and vacation: a set of dreary exams. But just as Iruma gets ready to hit the books, he runs right into a fearsome teacher and a sticky situation he never saw coming! Will he be able to wing his way out of this one?!
Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income (The Life of Ideas)
by Anton JägerA sweeping intellectual history of the welfare state’s policy-in-waiting. The idea of a government paying its citizens to keep them out of poverty—now known as basic income—is hardly new. Often dated as far back as ancient Rome, basic income’s modern conception truly emerged in the late nineteenth century. Yet as one of today’s most controversial proposals, it draws supporters from across the political spectrum.In this eye-opening work, Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas trace basic income from its rise in American and British policy debates following periods of economic tumult to its modern relationship with technopopulist figures in Silicon Valley. They chronicle how the idea first arose in the United States and Europe as a market-friendly alternative to the postwar welfare state and how interest in the policy has grown in the wake of the 2008 credit crisis and COVID-19 crash.An incisive, comprehensive history, Welfare for Markets tells the story of how a fringe idea conceived in economics seminars went global, revealing the most significant shift in political culture since the end of the Cold War.
We'll Always Have Summer: The Summer I Turned Pretty; It's Not Summer Without You; We'll Always Have Summer (The Summer I Turned Pretty #3)
by Jenny HanNow an Original Series on Prime Video! Can Belly make a final choice between Jeremiah and Conrad? Find out in the conclusion of the New York Times bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy from the author of To All the Boys I&’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!).Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she&’s almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. While Conrad has not gotten over the mistake of letting Belly go, Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it&’s now or never—tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good. Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face the inevitable: She will have to break one of their hearts. This paperback edition features bonus content, including Conrad&’s letters to Belly and an excerpt of Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian!
The Well Path: Lose 20 Pounds, Reverse the Aging Process, Change Your Life
by Jamé HeskettLose twenty pounds and reverse the aging process in just sixty days with this clinically proven, holistic lifestyle plan from an anti-aging expert whose clients include some of New York City’s most successful women.Most diets don’t work because they restrict food intake and put inconsistent physical stress on the body, starving cells, throwing hormones out of whack, and slowing down metabolism. In The Well Path, Dr. Jamé Heskett offers us a radical new approach: In order to lose weight, we first have to heal the damage we’ve done to our bodies from years of dieting. Before we can lose weight for good, we need to achieve homeostasis—total balance in the body, with all its systems working in concert. When you're there, you’re full of energy, look and feel younger, and lose weight effortlessly.The Well Path is her sixty-day plan to get you there. Dr. Heskett provides a detailed week-by-week and day-by-day calendar of small changes and challenges to get you on your own Well Path. You begin with Well Prep, a month-long period to get you acclimated to simple lifestyle changes. The second month is devoted to Well Practice, a roadmap to homeostasis that focuses on six areas of CHANGE:Circulation—improving the vascular system gets rid of stored fat and toxinsHunger—learning to identify real and false hunger to avoid overeatingActivity—non-exercise activity that can burn hundreds of extra caloriesNutrition—a diverse array of nutrients (especially fiber) to improve gut absorption and balance hormonesGeneral Health—the importance of sleep, sex, stress, and social interactionExercise—Dr. Heskell’s code for maximum fat-for-energy exercise conversionThe Well Path will take you from sickness to health, fat to fit, and old to young—in just sixty days.
Well Worn: Visible Mending for the Clothes You Love
by Skye PennantMend and revive your favorite well-worn garments with this comprehensive guide to visible mending techniques from the founder of Slow Stitch Club.From the creator of the popular Slow Stitch Club, Well Worn is a fresh and engaging clothing repair guide and accessible introduction for anyone looking to explore visible mending to revolutionize their wardrobe, whether you are a stitching pro or have never picked up a needle and thread.Mending is a creative outlet and a slow and therapeutic skill, and author and textile artist Skye Pennant shares the joys of mending by teaching traditional darning and sashiko techniques to help fight against wardrobe perfectionism as well as fast fashion, making for gorgeous visible mending results. Her introduction includes a short history of mending followed by key techniques, fabrics, tools, and materials. Sections are organized by type of clothing to mend: Jeans & Denim, Sweaters & Knitwear, T-Shirts, Socks, and more.An outstanding gift or self-purchase for anyone interested in refreshing their wardrobe, fostering a more sustainable lifestyle, saving money and avoiding fast fashion, or simply engaging with a crafty new creative outlet, this sewing basics book is all about mending clothes you love, one slow stitch at a time.
The Wellness Puzzle: Creating optimal well-being one piece at a time
by Andrew JoblingImagine if you found a dead angel by the side of the road. What would you do? Perfect for fans of The Alchemist, this charming novel is set against the warmth, challenges, and love of everyday family life. It illustrates how angels can be messengers for peace and love. The story gently unfolds after Raphael begins his quest to bring an angel he finds by the side of the road back to life. Readers will become immersed in the characters' lives as they move along an incredible journey of love, loss, and hope. This transformational novel works like a self-help text, affecting readers long after they've finished it.
Wellness Warrior Style: A Simple, Peer-Supported Guide to Help First Responders and Veterans Heal
by Kim ColegroveA Warrior’s Roadmap to Healing Trauma “A book that will save lives and a book about those who save lives.”—Belles and RebellesWork stress relief—even after retirement—for first responders, veterans, service members, or others. Hear from warriors who credit author Kim Colegrove’s first book for saving their lives, and discover proven techniques and peer support to conquer long term effects of stress and restore your well-being as a resilient warrior.Reclaim your resilience and restore well-being. Wellness Warrior Style focuses on the unique challenges faced by those on the frontlines and offers support for all of society’s warriors, protectors, guardians, and healers. Understand the long term effects of stress, PTS (Post-Traumatic Stress), and find work stress relief tailored for first responders.Healing trauma for first responders. Whether you're a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical responder, mental health crisis worker, service member, warfighter supporter, veteran, or anyone else in public safety and service, take off your armor and set aside your shield. Let’s tackle these issues together.Inside, find:Personal stories from your peers, offering a sense of camaraderiePeer-supported resources, including culturally-relevant curriculum created by fellow warriors on Kim’s online platform, Pause First AcademyStrategies to help you navigate chronic stress with resilience and strengthHow to ask for help—and the importance of doing soIf you have read Walk the Blue Line, The Myth of Normal, or Nothing's Wrong, you’ll love Wellness Warrior Style.
Wer braucht schon einen Herzog (Schicksalhafte Schurken #5)
by Amanda MarielZwischen all den übereifrigen Kupplungsbemühungen im Viktorianischen England finden sich die auf Wohltätigkeit bedachte Lady Catherine Breckenridge und der charismatische Herzog von Bedford in einer vorgetäuschten Liebesgeschichte wieder, wobei sie ihre Überzeugungen auf einem schmalen Grat zwischen Verstellung und wahrer Leidenschaft zu enträtseln versuchen. Lady Catherine Breckenridge hat sich dem guten Zweck verschrieben und hält die Verlockungen von Liebesdingen und Hochzeiten auf Distanz. Und doch hat ihre Familie andere Pläne. Als Catherines zweiundzwanzigster Geburtstag bevorsteht, werden die Bemühungen ihrer Verwandtschaft um eine baldige Verlobung entschlossener. Unerwartet trifft die Rettung in Form eines berüchtigten Frauenhelden, dem Herzog von Bedford, ein. Charles De Vere, der hinreißende Herzog von Bedford, vereint sowohl Charme als auch ein unverschämt großes Vermögen, das ihn zu einem von Englands am heißesten begehrten Junggesellen macht. Trotz seines wenig rühmlichen Rufs findet er sich zu jedem gesellschaftlichen Anlass inmitten einer Traube eifriger Mütter und deren heiratsfähiger Töchter wieder. Doch für diese Saison hat er sich eine meisterhafte Strategie zurechtgelegt. Als der Herzog Lady Catherine eine heimliche Allianz vorschlägt, erkennt sie mit ihrem Pragmatismus die Gerissenheit seines Plans. Obgleich er sich einen Ruf als Schürzenjäger erarbeitet hat, ist und bleibt er einer der engsten Vertrauten ihres Bruders. Außerdem ist sie fest davon überzeugt, dass sie sich dem Zauber dieses Schurken widersetzen kann. Keiner der beiden hegt Heiratsabsichten, und ihre Herzen sind einander nicht zugeneigt. Der Plan ist scheinbar tadellos – bis das Schicksal eine unerwartete Wendung für sie bereithält. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt der verbotenen Leidenschaft, strategischer Unionen und einer Liebe, die mit sämtlichen Konventionen bricht.
Werkstoffkunde und Werkstoffprüfung für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Rainer SchwabDrum prüfe, wer den Werkstoff findet Werkstoffkunde und Werkstoffprüfung sind für viele Studierende eher Pflicht als Leidenschaft. Rainer Schwab zeigt Ihnen, dass es auch anders geht: Mit Humor und Präzision, mit einfachen Erklärungen und passenden Beispielen erklärt er Ihnen in dieser aktualisierten Auflage die Werkstoffkunde und Werkstoffprüfung so spannend es nur geht. Von den Grundlagen zieht sich der Bogen über die Prüfmethoden hin zu den wichtigen konkreten Werkstoffen und Wärmebehandlungen. So ist dieses Buch das Rundumwohlfühlpaket für jeden, der sich mit dem Thema beschäftigt. Sie erfahren Was die wichtigen Eigenschaften der Werkstoffe sind Wie Sie Härteprüfungen, Zugversuche und Co. richtig durchführen Warum Eisen und Stahl so vielfältig sind Welche wichtigen Werkstoffe es gibt, die nicht aus Eisen sind
West of Sex: Making Mexican America, 1900–1930
by Pablo MitchellSex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. In West of Sex, Pablo Mitchell uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide the first coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century, and a truly revelatory look at sexual identity in the borderlands. As Mexicans faced a rising tide of racial intolerance in the American West, some found cracks in the legal system that enabled them to assert their rights as full citizens, despite institutional hostility. In these chapters, Mitchell offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of ethnicity and power in the United States, placing ordinary Mexican women and men at the center of the story of American sex, colonialism, and belonging. Other chapters discuss topics like prostitution, same-sex intimacy, sexual violence, interracial romance, and marriage with an impressive level of detail and complexity. Written in vivid and accessible prose, West of Sex offers readers a new vision of sex and race in American history.
Western Corporations and Covert Operations in the early Cold War: Re-examining the Vogeler/Sanders Case
by Margaret Murányi ManchesterThis book examines the Vogeler/Sanders espionage case that ruptured ties between the US and UK and Hungary in 1949, and analyses this as an example of Western covert operations in the early Cold War. The work focuses on the 1949 case of ITT in Hungary, where two of its executives, the American Robert A. Vogeler and the Briton Edgar Sanders, were arrested by the secret police, tortured, forced to confess, put on a public show trial, and found guilty of espionage. This happened at a time that the US and the UK were cooperating in numerous operations to undermine the credibility of the communist regime and to encourage local resistance by “all means short of war.” Using the case as a lens to examine the dynamics of the early Cold War, the book integrates business history, diplomatic history and intelligence history, and thereby traces the impact of the case on Anglo-Hungarian, American-Hungarian, and Anglo-American relations during the critical period of 1949-1956. Vogeler’s case had a strong impact on the growing criticism of the Truman Administration’s containment policies and contributed to the demand for a more activist policy of ‘liberation of captive peoples’. His experiences also rallied the business community, especially trade associations such as the National Foreign Trade Council, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Manufacturers, to support the anti-communist crusade both abroad and at home. Vogeler’s wife also waged a personal campaign to secure her husband’s release and exemplifies the activism of conservative and Catholic women who waged their own anti-communist crusade. The book thus tells the “rest of the story” often omitted in traditional works.This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War history, intelligence studies and European political history.
The Western Front: A History Of The Great War, 1914-1918
by Nick Lloyd“A tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration.… Lloyd is well on the way to writing a definitive history of the First World War.” —Lawrence James, Times The Telegraph • Best Books of the Year The Times of London • Best Books of the Year A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare. The Western Front evokes images of mud-spattered men in waterlogged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts and machine-gun fire by a few feet of dirt. This iconic setting was the most critical arena of the Great War, a 400-mile combat zone stretching from Belgium to Switzerland where more than three million Allied and German soldiers struggled during four years of almost continuous combat. It has persisted in our collective memory as a tragic waste of human life and a symbol of the horrors of industrialized warfare. In this epic narrative history, the first volume in a groundbreaking trilogy on the Great War, acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd captures the horrific fighting on the Western Front beginning with the surprise German invasion of Belgium in August 1914 and taking us to the Armistice of November 1918. Drawing on French, British, German, and American sources, Lloyd weaves a kaleidoscopic chronicle of the Marne, Passchendaele, the Meuse-Argonne, and other critical battles, which reverberated across Europe and the wider war. From the trenches where men as young as 17 suffered and died, to the headquarters behind the lines where Generals Haig, Joffre, Hindenburg, and Pershing developed their plans for battle, Lloyd gives us a view of the war both intimate and strategic, putting us amid the mud and smoke while at the same time depicting the larger stakes of every encounter. He shows us a dejected Kaiser Wilhelm II—soon to be eclipsed in power by his own generals—lamenting the botched Schlieffen Plan; French soldiers piling atop one another in the trenches of Verdun; British infantryman wandering through the frozen wilderness in the days after the Battle of the Somme; and General Erich Ludendorff pursuing a ruthless policy of total war, leading an eleventh-hour attack on Reims even as his men succumbed to the Spanish Flu. As Lloyd reveals, far from a site of attrition and stalemate, the Western Front was a simmering, dynamic “cauldron of war” defined by extraordinary scientific and tactical innovation. It was on the Western Front that the modern technologies—machine guns, mortars, grenades, and howitzers—were refined and developed into effective killing machines. It was on the Western Front that chemical warfare, in the form of poison gas, was first unleashed. And it was on the Western Front that tanks and aircraft were introduced, causing a dramatic shift away from nineteenth-century bayonet tactics toward modern combined arms, reinforced by heavy artillery, that forever changed the face of war. Brimming with vivid detail and insight, The Western Front is a work in the tradition of Barbara Tuchman and John Keegan, Rick Atkinson and Antony Beevor: an authoritative portrait of modern warfare and its far-reaching human and historical consequences.
Westport
by James ComeyFormer FBI director James Comey takes readers into the world of high finance and corporate espionage in this riveting thriller. A red canoe sits abandoned on Seymour Rock, right where the Saugatuck River hits the Long Island Sound. The elegantly dressed corpse of a woman lies inside…. It’s been two years since Nora Carleton left the job she loved at the US Attorney’s Office to become lead counsel at Saugatuck Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. The career change also meant a change of scenery, relocating her to Westport, Connecticut, fifty miles north of New York City. But it was worth it to get her daughter, Sophie, away from the city. Plus, she likes the people she works with. Especially Helen, who recruited Nora because of her skills as an investigator. Then Nora's new life falls apart when a coworker is murdered and she becomes the lead suspect. Nora calls in her old colleagues from the US Attorney’s Office, Mafia investigator Benny Dugan and attorney Carmen Garcia. To clear Nora’s name, Benny and Carmen hunt for the true killer's motive, but it seems nearly everyone at Saugatuck has secrets worth killing for. As Benny sets out to interrogate her colleagues, Nora examines her history with the company to determine who set her up to take the fall. A suspenseful and intriguing tale of high finance and murder, Westport features the characters first introduced in James Comey’s debut novel Central Park West but can also be read on its own. It further establishes Comey as “a bold new talent in the mystery genre” (Harlan Coben).
We've Already Gone This Far: Stories
by Patrick DaceyA heartfelt, vital collection; the debut of an exciting new talent already hailed as one of George Saunders' "favorite young American writers"In Patrick Dacey's stunning debut, we meet longtime neighbors and friends--citizens of working-class Wequaquet--right when the ground beneath their feet has shifted in ways they don't yet understand. Here, after more than a decade of boom and bust, love and pride are closely twinned and dangerously deployed: a lonely woman attacks a memorial to a neighbor's veteran son; a dissatisfied housewife goes overboard with cosmetic surgery on national television; a young father walks away from one of the few jobs left in town, a soldier writes home to a mother who is becoming increasingly unhinged. We've Already Gone This Far takes us to a town like many towns in America, a place where people are searching for what is now an almost out-of-reach version of the American DreamStory by story, Dacey draws us into the secret lives of recognizable strangers and reminds us that life's strange intensity and occasional magic is all around us, especially in the everyday. With a skewering insight and real warmth of spirit, Dacey delivers that rare and wonderful thing in American fiction: a deeply-felt, deeply-imagined book about where we've been and how far we have to go.
Whalefall: A Novel
by Daniel KrausA USA TODAY BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR The Martian meets 127 Hours in this &“astoundingly great&” (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who&’s been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool&’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it&’s a long shot, but Jay feels it&’s the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad&’s death by suicide the previous year. The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid&’s tentacles and drawn into the whale&’s mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out—one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale. Suspenseful and cinematic, Whalefall is an &“powerfully humane&” (Owen King, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about a young man who has given up on life…only to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.
What-a-Bummer Camp (The\nhia Normal Ser.)
by Sheelue Yang"Eleven-year-old Nhia is nervous about summer camp in this installment of The Niah Normal graphic novel series. Eleven-year-old Nhia “Silver” Lee is headed to summer camp. Unfortunately, she’s packing her nerves along for the trip. Can she build a fire? Will she be able to fall asleep in a tent? And what if the other campers don’t like her? This Hmong American girl will need to overcome her own self-doubt to make summer camp less of a total bummer. Written by Sheelue Yang, this graphic novel is a darkly humorous, normalizing exploration of coming-of-age anxiety through the lens of an authentic preteen girl. More Books in This Series: Losing It in Translation School of (Negative) Thought Talent Show of Nerves"