Check out these staff favorites, now in paperback! Hot historical fiction titles that will take your book club to a different era: The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman The Crimson Petal and the White meets Fight Club: A page-turning novel set in the world of female pugilists and their patrons in late eighteenth-century England. Circling the Sun by Paula McLain Paula McLain, author of the phenomenal bestseller The Paris Wife, now returns with her keenly anticipated new novel, transporting readers to colonial Kenya in the 1920s. Circling the Sun brings to life a fearless and captivating woman—Beryl Markham, a record-setting…
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Enter here to win a signed ARC of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed, a retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest for Hogarth’s Shakespeare series! Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he’s staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And also brewing revenge. After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the…
Happy Pub Day to Falling by Jane Green The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, Jemima J, and Mr. Maybe presents a novel about the pleasure and meaning of finding a home—and family—where you least expect them… “Readers of Emily Giffin’s novels or those who enjoy a love story with heart will adore this tale of homecoming and transformation.”—Library Journal “The perfect summer read.”—ABCNews.com A Letter from Jane Green Dear library patrons: I am completely thrilled to tell you all about Falling, out today! This story is particularly dear to me as it is my first big…
Based on the book The Snowden Files by Luke Harding, the film SNOWDEN tells the story of Edward Snowden, the infamous man who leaked classified information to the press. Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) was a 29-year-old computer genius working for the National Security Agency when he shocked the world by exposing the near-universal mass surveillance programs of the United States government. His whistleblowing has shaken the leaders of nations worldwide, and generated a passionate public debate on the dangers of global monitoring and the threat to individual privacy. The film also stars Shailene Woodley, Scott Eastwood, Melissa Leo, Timothy Olyphant, Zachary Quinto,…
You’ve read THE GIRLS, now what? Emma Cline’s coming-of-age novel, about a teen girl who gets involved with one of the most infamous cults in American history, has become one of the favorite books of the summer. If you loved reading or listening to it and are looking for more, try these similarly cult-themed titles in both fiction and non-fiction. FEATURED TITLES The Girls by Emma Cline Girls, their vulnerability, strength, and desire to belong, are at the heart of this un-put-downable first novel set during the violent end of the 1960s in Northern California. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd…
