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New Jerusalem News
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
The misadventures of Dominick, an “irresistible” couch-surfing one-percenter, begin in this “quirky and delightful” novel (Providence Journal).
Dominick is always just passing through. Following the sun and the idle rich from resort to resort, he lives the free and easy life of a professional...
Girl Scouts Handbook
The Original 1913 Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Learn skills that will last a lifetime—just like girls did over a century ago!
The Girl Scouts of America has evolved over the last hundred years from the original group of eighteen into an organization with over one million members nationwide.
First published in 1913, Girl Scouts...
The Wall
And Other Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
A collection of newly translated stories “filled with astonishing dialogue and imaginative prose” from the acclaimed author of Jacob the Liar (Jewish Book Council).
One of the giants of postwar German literature, Jurek Becker was author of the acclaimed novel Jacob the Liar, which was awarded...
by Peter Riva
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The thrilling and comic space adventures of Simon Banks continue as humanity’s savior finds himself far from home—and his mission far from complete.
In a massive spaceship destined for Alpha Centauri B, with a genesis crew including Zip the telepathic dog, his old frenemy Cramer, and a...
Murder on Safari
A Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
In the African wilderness, a reality-show producer and a safari guide work together to expose a terrorist cell—and stop an explosive attack.
For wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar and expert safari guide Mbuno, filming in the African wild should have been a return to the kind of wide-open,...
The Lost Brother
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
The author of King of a Small World delivers a noir thriller of a racially fraught murder that could tear Washington, DC, apart.
PI Kevin Kellogg has been in DC long enough to not be shocked by the brutal murder of a prominent black prosecutor. What does surprise him is that the leader of the white...
Packed for the Wrong Trip
A New Look inside Abu Ghraib and the Citizen-Soldiers Who Redeemed America’s Honor
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
“Ably describes the delicate relationship between the Iraqi prisoners and their overworked captors . . . A tough and vivid account of war and redemption” (Kirkus Reviews).
The prison at Abu Ghraib was still a relatively unknown part of America’s War on Terror when—with no special training...
A California Closing
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
The Pulitzer Prize-nominated author “has penned a hilariously entertaining send-up of the many excesses of life in affluent California . . . Wonderfully entertaining” (The White Rhino Report).
Big M OK Used Car magnate Michael Mulroney never set out to be heroic. He lives at the top, naturally,...
The Hinge Factor
How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
An award-winning war correspondent delves into history’s major conflicts and reveals how—in war—the improbable and inconceivable can determine events.
From the Trojan Horse to a photograph snapped in Vietnam, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and...
Evil of the Age
A Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
“An amazing mix of historical lore . . . The seamiest settings of old New York, an intertwined plot of murderous suspense and political corruption” (Mysterious Reviews).
The year is 1871 and Lucy Maloney, a kept woman, has been found murdered and stuffed in a trunk at the Hudson railway...
Jewish Mothers Never Die
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
When your son’s a genius, it’s hard not to brag—even in the afterlife—in this “funny and fascinating novel about Yiddish mothers in Paradise” (Le Point).
Rebecca Rosenthal, a thirty-eight-year-old mother and professor at the Sorbonne, suddenly finds herself in Heaven, surrounded...
In Search of King Solomon's Mines
A Modern Adventurer's Quest for Gold and History in the Land of the Queen of Sheba
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
A thrilling, modern-day quest into our ancient past to find a legendary historical site buried in memory and time.
King Solomon, the Bible’s wisest king, possessed extraordinary wealth. The grand temple he built in Jerusalem was covered in gold from the porch to the inner sanctum, where the...
The General's Cook
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
“Redolent with savory details . . . Casts new valuable insight on the complicated legacy of our founding father and the institution of slavery” (Michaela MacColl, bestselling author of Prisoners in the Palace).
Philadelphia, 1793. Hercules, President George Washington’s chef, is a fixture...
Deserts of Fire
Speculative Fiction and the Modern War
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Speculative fiction stories that explore the ambiguities of war—from award-winning, bestselling authors Jeffrey Ford, Ken Liu, Kate Wilhelm, and others.
In the tradition of In the Field of Fire, a collection of stories with a Vietnam War theme, Deserts of Fire is a war-inspired anthology...