Emma McLaughlin

Nicola Kraus

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Utah

A satirical glimpse into Manhattan's upper class follows Nanny, a struggling NYU student who takes a position caring for the son of the rich and glamorous X family, as she learns how to juggle a vast array of tasks so that a Park Avenue wife never has tolift a well-manicured finger.

The Nanny Diaries

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Alison Lurie

Like a loyal Victorian wife, Jenny has devoted her life to her much older husband, the famous writer and naturalist Wilkie Walker, bringing up their children and researching and editing his bestselling books. But this year, as winter approaches, Wilkie is increasingly depressed and withdrawn. At her wit's , Jenny persuades him to visit Key West, the Last Resort. But Key West is not called the Last Resort for nothing. Lives can turn upside down here, and even short-term visitors can have experiences they never imagined. Within weeks of their arrival, Jenny not only has a part-time job but is becoming involved with assorted local characters, including Gerry, an ex-beatnik poet, and Lee, the dramatically attractive manager of a women-only guest house. Wilkie, meanwhile, is planning his own "accidental" death by drowning--a task that turns out to be more difficult than he thought--and trying to avoid the attentions of a breathless young female fan. The Last Resort is the perfect evocation of Key West and another dazzling demonstration of Alison Lurie's talent for high comedy and social comment.

The Last Resort

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Magnus Mills

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

From Magnus Mills, the acknowledged master of the working-class dystopic parable--a genre he practically invented--a new work of comic genius The whole idea is simple yet so perfect: men drive to and from strategically placed warehouses in Univans--identical and serviceable vehicles--transporting replacement parts for. . .Univans. Gloriously self-perpetuating, the Scheme was designed to give an honest day’s wage for an honest day’s labor. That it produces nothing does not obtain. Our hero in Magnus Mills’ mesmerizing new work is a five-year veteran of the Scheme: he knows the best routes, the easiest managers, the quickest ways in and out. Inevitably, trouble begins to brew. A woman arrives on the scene. Some workers develop delivery sidelines. And most disturbing of all, not all participants are in agreement. There are “Flat-Dayers,” who believe the Scheme’s eight-hour day is sacrosanct and inviolable, and there are “Swervers,” who fancy being let off a little early now and again. Disagreement turns to argument, argument to debate, debate to outright schism. Soon the Flat-Dayers and Swervers have pushed the Scheme to the very brink of disaster. . .and readers to the edge of their chairs in delight.

The Scheme for Full Employment

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James A. McLaughlin

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Novel

“Bearskin is visceral, raw, and compelling—filled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed. It’s a powerful debut and an absolute showcase of exceptional prose. There are very few first novels when I feel compelled to circle brilliant passages, but James McLaughlin’s writing had me doing just that.” —C.J. Box, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Disappeared Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him. He’s found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian Appalachia where his main responsibilities include tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins. It’s hard work, and totally solitary—perfect to hide away from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona. But when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he’s so desperately sought is suddenly at risk. More bears are killed on the preserve and Rice’s obsession with catching the poachers escalates, leading to hostile altercations with the locals and attention from both the law and Rice’s employers. Partnering with his predecessor, a scientist who hopes to continue her research on the preserve, Rice puts into motion a plan that could expose the poachers but risks revealing his own whereabouts to the dangerous people he was running from in the first place. James McLaughlin expertly brings the beauty and danger of Appalachia to life. The result is an elemental, slow burn of a novel—one that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.

Bearskin

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Jane Mendelsohn

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

In an imaginative novel about a real-life mystery, Amelia Earhart describes what happened after she and her navigator disappeared off the coast of New Guinea in 1937 and discusses her love of flying, memories of her past, and her life with G. P. Putnam. A first novel.

I Was Amelia Earhart

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Ringworld

Mindy McGinnis

Mindy McGinnis, award-winning author of The Female of the Species and A Madness So Discreet, returns with a new dark and twisted psychological thriller—perfect for fans of Gone Girl and Fight Club. Sasha Stone knows her place—first-chair clarinet, top of her class, and at the side of her Oxford-wearing boyfriend. She’s worked her entire life to ensure her path to Oberlin Conservatory as a star musician is perfectly paved. But suddenly there’s a fork in the road in the shape of Isaac Harver. Her body shifts toward him when he walks by, and her skin misses his touch even though she’s never known it. Why does he act like he knows her so well—too well—when she doesn’t know him at all? Sasha discovers that her by-the-book life began by ending the chapter of another: the twin sister she absorbed in the womb. But that doesn’t explain the gaps of missing time in her practice schedule, or the memories she has of things she certainly never did with Isaac. Armed with the knowledge that her heart might not be hers alone, Sasha must decide what she’s willing to do—and who she’s willing to hurt—to take it back.

This Darkness Mine

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Christine McGuire

"Kathryn Mackay lives life on the run: caring for her six-year-old daughter as a divorced mother, juggling several dozen cases in the district attorney's office, coping with the guff that a woman encounters in a male-dominated world. And now it's just gotten worse. The body by the shore is only the first - soon there's another, then a third. The political heat is rising." "The district attorney, Hal Benton, puts Mackay in charge of the investigation. Working with her is Dave Granz, the best inspector in the department. He's a maverick, impossible to control, and he used to be Mackay's lover. The press gets on her case, in the slick, charming person of TV newsman Ricardo Sanchez, who somehow knows more about the DA's office than any outsider should. Then comes the mind-hunter from the state capital - the guy trained in the FBI's techniques for developing psychological profiles of serial killers. Some cops and DAs deride them. Not Mackay. On this case, she knows she needs all the help she can get. But if there's one thing Mackay doesn't need, it's an expert as smart, good-looking, and available as Steve Giordano." "Soon the killer is on her case, too - sending cryptic, taunting notes, signing them with a drawing of a gingerbread man: "Run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man." And run Mackay does - through the false leads and the missed clues, through the gauntlet of media and political pressure, into the dark tunnels of the killer's brain and the fear that, as she is closing in on him, he is stalking his fourth victim: her."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Until Proven Guilty

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Glenn Meade

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

From the highly acclaimed international bestselling author Glenn Meade comes a riveting and spellbinding new thriller.

In Berlin a political activist is gunned down in the street. In Paraguay a smuggler is killed in a hit-and-run. And then an elderly German businessman puts a gun in his mouth in his luxurious South American mansion. Joseph Volkmann, a member of an elite European security force, finds himself drawn into the mystery of the brutal deaths, investigating a link between the seemingly random cases that cost the journalist who connected them his life.

For Volkmann a painful journey lies ahead, leading him from barren Mexican ranches to Italian ports and abandoned German monestaries, a journey that will force him to confront his own ghosts and a people he has long mistrusted. At first Volkmann has little to go on-only an inconclusive taped conversation and the charred remains of an old, torn black-and-white photograph that may hold the key to a momentous, horrific plan promising to turn the clock of European history back half a century. What makes this plan all the more terrifying is that it may reflect actual events unfolding today.

Heralded by critics and fans as the next Robert Ludlum or Frederick Forsyth, Glenn Meade has done it again with Brandenburg-a sizzling read, packed with action, great characters, and an engaging story.


Brandenburg

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M. J. McGrath

White Heat

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Neil McMahon

Failing to save a beautiful young women who arrived at his emergency room in a coma, doctor Carroll Monks, struggling against a lawsuit by the victim's grieving parents, discovers a sinister link between the girl's death and a world-famous plastic surgeon

To the Bone

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Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen

A beautiful exploration of Goya's art, that bears a little damage on the spine

From his royal court portraits to horrific scenes of conflict, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes remains one of Spain's most revered and startling artists. With key works from throughout his career, this vivid introduction explores Goya's mastery of form and light and varied, daring subjects.

Caleb Slama

@caleb235662

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Ringworld

Mindy McGinnis

This Darkness Mine

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