It is the present day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking, and Happy Meals. Save for one thing: The Civil War never occurred.   A gifted young black man calling himself Victor has struck a bargain with federal law enforcem...

Underground Airlines

If you could re-create a day, what dark secrets would you uncover?  From New York Times number-one best-selling author Brandon Sanderson comes a detective thriller in a police beat like no other.  Anthony Davis and his partner, Chaz, are the only rea...

Snapshot

In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, "a miraculous debut" (Washington Post) and "a towering achievement of imagination" (CBS This Morning) about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer ...

The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)

"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight.... Everyone should read this book." (Tommy Orange) From the two-time NBCC finalist, an emotionally resonant, fiercely imaginative new novel about a family whose road trip across America collides w...

Lost Children Archive

What can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scaling a successful business isn’t talent, network, or strategy. It’s an entrepreneurial mindset - and that mindset can be cultivated. “If you’re scaling a ...

Masters of Scale

A novel set in the underbelly of upstate New York that's as hard-boiled and punchy as a swift right hook to the jaw, a classic noir for fans of James Ellroy and John D. Macdonald  Isaiah Coleridge is a mob enforcer in Alaska - he's tough, seen a lot,...

Blood Standard

A New York Times Editor's Choice!  One of Booklist’s Top 10 Historical Fiction Novels of 2022 One of the LA Times's 10 Books to Add to Your Reading List One of Book Culture's Most Anticipated Reads “A bighearted, widescreen American tale.”—Kirkus Rev...

Small World

Ex-mob enforcer Isaiah Coledrige has hung out a shingle as a private eye in New York's Hudson Valley, and in his newest case, a seemingly simple murder investigation leads him to the most terrifying enemy he has ever faced  When a small-time criminal...

Black Mountain

A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America - from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more.  In these tumultuous t...

A People's Future of the United States

A fascinating examination of the world of private investigators by a 21st century private eye. Today's world is complicated: companies are becoming more powerful than nations, the lines between public and corporate institutions grow murkier, and the ...

The Modern Detective

Carte Blanche is the alarming tale of how the right of Americans to say "no" to risky medical research is eroding at a time when we are racing to produce a vaccine and treatments for COVID-19. This medical right that we have long taken for granted wa...

Carte Blanche

Grab your Js and hit the court with this Who Was? biography about NBA superstar Michael Jordan. Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive - even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the b...

Who Is Michael Jordan?

Introducing the second book in the Enchanted Files! Told in diary entries and more, it's a new magical, modern-day comedy series by the master of funny fantasy and best-selling author of My Teacher Is an Alien, Bruce Coville!  Meet Gerald. Gerald is ...

The Enchanted Files: Hatched

Brought to you by Penguin.  What can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scaling a successful business isn't talent, network or strategy. It's an entrepreneurial mindset - and that mindset can be cultiv...

Derek Palacio's stunning, mythic novel marks the arrival of a fresh voice and a new chapter in the history of 21st-century Cuban American literature.  In 1980 a rural Cuban family is torn apart during the Mariel Boatlift. Uxbal Encarnación - father, ...

The Mortifications

A thrilling generational saga about a young man's search for a parent he never knew, and a moving portrait of motherhood, race, and the truths we hide in the name of family.  Jenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami, wh...

The Other Mother

The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when E...

In the Forest of No Joy

Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains:  The complete original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary  When Shakespeare’s words make your head spin, our audio translations will help you sort out what’s happening, who’s saying what, and why!

Othello

Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine’s forces have fled to the fa...

Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith

From a best-selling author comes an evocative, classic-feeling adventure tale about a boy and his sword, and how giving away something precious leads to an even more important discovery. Lucian's father called them faraway things, those mysterious ob...

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