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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club: A Novel
Par Helen Simonson. 2024
A young woman's life is forever changed in the summer after World War I when she befriends a group of independent,…
motorcycle-riding women in a seaside town on the English coast—a captivating novel from the bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"You may find you've fallen head over heels for Ms. Simonson's funny, barbed, delightfully winsome storytelling" —The New York TimesIt is the summer of 1919 and Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Now that all the men have returned from the front, she has been asked to give up her cottage and her job at the estate she helped to run during the war. While she looks for a position as a bookkeeper or (horror) a governess, she's sent as a lady's companion to an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside hotel. Despite having only weeks to find a permanent home, Constance finds herself swept up in the social whirl of Hazelbourne-on-Sea after she rescues local baronet&’s daughter, Poppy Wirrall, from a social faux pas.Poppy wears trousers, operates a taxi and delivery service to employ local women, and runs a ladies' motorcycle club (to which she plans to add flying lessons). She and her friends enthusiastically welcome Constance into their circle. And then there is Harris, Poppy's recalcitrant but handsome brother—a fighter pilot recently wounded in battle—who warms in Constance&’s presence. But things are more complicated than they seem in this sunny pocket of English high society. As the country prepares to celebrate its hard-won peace, Constance and the women of the club are forced to confront the fact that the freedoms they gained during the war are being revoked. With sharp humor, biting wit, and a warm heart, Simonson captures the mood of a generation facing the seismic changes brought on by war. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club is a timeless comedy of manners, refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside.Let's Eat (All Are Welcome)
Par Alexandra Penfold. 2024
It&’s time to come together and eat with the beloved characters from the New York Times bestseller All Are Welcome!…
A great introduction to different food groups for the very youngest foodies.Do you like noodles? Rice? Greens? No need to choose, we like them all! A delicious exploration of the different food groups with the kids from All Are Welcome that highlights the joy of coming together for a meal, whatever it may be.How It Works Out
Par Myriam Lacroix. 2024
&“Audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring.&” —GEORGE SAUNDERS&“Madcap, delirious, exhilaratingly good.&” —KELLY LINK&“A delightfully bizarre and unabashedly queer revelation.&” —TEGAN and SARA…
QUIN &“A beautifully brilliant, hilariously sad stunner of a debut that never forgets about the heart.&” —NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAHWhat if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship, again and again, in the hopes that it would work out?When Myriam and Allison fall in love at a show in a run-down punk house, their relationship begins to unfold through a series of hypotheticals. What if they became mothers by finding a baby in an alley? What if the only cure for Myriam&’s depression was Allison&’s flesh? What if they were B-list celebrities, famous for writing a book about building healthy lesbian relationships? How much darker—or sexier—would their dynamic be if one were a power-hungry CEO, and the other her lowly employee? From the fantasies of early romance to the slow encroaching of violence that unravels the fantasy, each reality builds to complete a brilliant, painfully funny portrait of love&’s many promises and perils.Equal parts sexy and profane, unsentimental, and gut-wrenching, How It Works Out is a genre-bending, arresting, uncanny exploration of queerness, love, and our drive for connection, in any and all possible worlds.The Mother of All Things: A Novel
Par Alexis Landau. 2024
A daring novel from the acclaimed author of Those Who Are Saved: female rage, grief, and creativity collide in the…
present and animate the past, when a woman reconnects with her essential self during a summer journey, and discovers an ancient female world that offers parallels to her ownKept busy by her obligations as a wife and mother, art history professor Ava Zaretsky has little time to devote to her research and writing. Now tagging along on her film-producer husband&’s shoot in Bulgaria for the summer, where she&’s mostly solo parenting her sweet son and rebellious budding tween daughter, she has a chance encounter with her fierce feminist mentor from college, which changes everything.Ava is swept up into a circle of women who reenact ancient Greco-Roman mystery rites of initiation, bringing her research to life and illuminating the story of a 5th-century-BC mother-daughter pair whose sense of female loyalty to each other and connection to the divine feminine guides Ava in her exploration of the eternal stages of womanhood. Reaching across time and deep into the female psyche, The Mother of All Things delivers a revelatory tale of a woman coming to terms with her evolving sense of responsibility to herself and her family, as she achieves a new appreciation of the gifts of female wisdom and self-belief.Circle of Life (Little Golden Book)
Par Courtney Lovett. 2024
Sing along to the iconic song &“Circle of Life&” from Disney The Lion King with this beautifully illustrated Little Golden…
Book!Follow Simba&’s journey from confident cub, to lost runaway, to the rightful king of Pride Rock. Featuring the lyrics from the song &“Circle of Life&” written by Tim Rice and Elton John as well as beautiful illustrations of iconic movie moments, this book is perfect for fans of Disney The Lion King ages 2 to 5 and Little Golden Book collectors of all ages!Little Golden Books enjoy nearly 100% consumer recognition. They feature hot licenses, beloved classics, and new original stories . . . the classics of tomorrow.The Deepest Lake
Par Andromeda Romano-Lax. 2024
In this atmospheric thriller set at a luxury memoir-writing workshop on the shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, a grieving mother…
goes undercover to investigate her daughter&’s mysterious death.Rose, the mother of twentysomething aspiring writer Jules, has waited three months for answers about her daughter&’s death. Why was she swimming alone when she feared the water? Why did she stop texting days before she was last seen? When the official investigation rules the death an accidental drowning, the body possibly lost forever in Central America&’s deepest lake, an unsatisfied Rose travels to the memoir workshop herself. She hopes to draw her own conclusion—and find closure. When Rose arrives, she is swept into the curious world created by her daughter&’s literary hero, the famous writing teacher Eva Marshall, a charismatic woman known for her candid—and controversial—memoirs. As Rose uncovers details about the days leading up to Jules&’s disappearance, she begins to suspect that this glamorous retreat package is hiding ugly truths. Is Lake Atitlán a place where traumatized women come to heal or a place where deeper injury is inflicted? The Deepest Lake is both a sharp look at the sometimes toxic, exclusionary world of high-class writing workshops and an achingly poignant view of a mother&’s grief.The Ministry of Time: A Novel
Par Kaliane Bradley. 2024
&“This summer&’s hottest debut.&” —Cosmopolitan • &“Witty, sexy escapist fiction [that] packs a substantial punch...It&’s a smart, gripping work that&’s…
also a feast for the senses...Fresh and thrilling.&” —Los Angeles Times • &“Electric...I loved every second.&” —Emily Henry A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she&’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering &“expats&” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a &“bridge&”: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as &“1847&” or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin&’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he&’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as &“washing machines,&” &“Spotify,&” and &“the collapse of the British Empire.&” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts. Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry&’s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future. An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradley&’s answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.Ice Cream Town (Step into Reading)
Par Margaret Buckley. 2024
What a sweet treat--a cool Step 2 reader all about ice cream for eager new readers and fans of Ice…
Cream Soup!This rhyming reader takes kids on a tour of the fantastical Ice Cream Town, where everything is made of ice cream! Fancy a ride on the ice cream train, a dip in the ice cream lake, or a visit to the ice cream park? It&’s all possible in Ice Cream Town, where the sweetest dreams come true!Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.Tryouts: (A Graphic Novel) (The Brinkley Yearbooks #2)
Par Sarah Sax. 2024
It's warm up time in this newest installment in the Brinkley Yearbook series. Will Alexandra make the cut and help…
the historically boys baseball team defend their 9-year championship title?Alexandra, also known as Al, has been playing baseball with her older brothers for as long as she can remember. But when she ages out of Little League, it seems like it&’s the end of the road for Al and the sport she loves. Until, that is, her friend Sammy suggests that Al try out for the middle school team—a team that has always been boys-only. Al is prepared to fight for her right to try out, but to her surprise, the coach is delighted by her interest. When Al makes the team, it seems like everything is going to work out. But with a tenth consecutive championship on the line for Brinkley Middle School and a team that can&’t seem to get along, will their season ground out faster than Al can say &“home run&”?One Cool Duck #3: Summer Games (One Cool Duck #3)
Par Mike Petrik. 2024
Duck and the gang have built the FAR OUT FORT and now they are playing a mega game of Capture…
the Flag--in the third installment of this &“cool&” graphic chapter book series, perfect for fans of Dog Man.Duck and the gang are joined by Rhino, Turtle, Frog and the rest of the kids from the Cool Caboose in a mega game of capture the flag! If they get tagged by the other team, they are out of the game. The object is to capture the other teams flag! Mike Petrik is at his best as members of both teams try and outsmart each other. With plenty of excitement and the tension and high stakes kids adore, everyone races to the finish. But who wins? In three short chapters, perfect for readers just gaining confidence, Duck and friends once again show that being cool is never about being mean!Hippo Park graphic chapter books are ideal for beginner and newly independent readers, with approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension.This Country Is No Longer Yours: A Novel
Par Avik Jain Chatlani. 2024
In Avik Jain Chatlani's explosive debut novel, This Country Is No Longer Yours, a chorus of disparate voices comes together…
to explore how idealists and opportunists betray ordinary people in war-torn Peru.One of our dead writers liked to say, "Peru is a beggar sleeping on a bench made of gold." It's a cute phrase, but it's not really true. There's hardly any gold left, and none of us get much sleep.Based on real events in 1970s–2000s Peru, This Country Is No Longer Yours tells the story of people living through the terrorist campaign of the Maoist Shining Path, while struggling to survive amid economic crisis and state collapse.A student of the revolution's leader is dispatched to Cambodia to learn from the Khmer Rouge, sending him spiralling into a world of unfathomable political violence that both inspires him and will be his undoing. Then, as the terror spreads across Peru, a ruthless security agent of the newly-elected neoconservative government works to squash the growing insurgency now threatening the halls of power, while applying his surveillance training to romantic pursuits—with chilling results.Just when it looks like the Shining Path has been defeated, a nationalist counter-revolution begins brewing in its wake, and a journalist committed to exposing their ambitions is too preoccupied to help a reader desperately pleading for her help outing a sexual predator who is seeking the presidency. And, in the country that remains, two former guerrillas meet again, one now a teacher stuck in the past, the other living on the margins and still fighting for her future.Depicting a place and time ravaged by terror but alive with new ambitions and enduring love, Jain Chatlani explores the intersection of political breakdown and human endurance, as well as the unbearable choices demanded of those living in a society at war with itself. With incisive and haunting prose, combined with deeply personal insight, Jain Chatlani offers a stinging indictment of the ideologies that brutalize the very people they claim to represent, and relays an urgent warning about the dangers of zealotry, political messianism and acts of violence justified in the name of a cause.Red Side Story (Shades of Grey #2)
Par Jasper Fforde. 2024
The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an EXCLUSIVE EDITION for North American readers, complete…
with a never-before-published short story&“Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett.&” —The IndependentWelcome to Chromatacia, where life is strictly regulated by one&’s limited color perception. Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken &“Something that Happened&” five hundred years before. Society is now color vision–segregated, everything dictated by an individual&’s visual ability, and governed by the shadowy National Color in far-off Emerald City. Twenty-year-old Eddie Russett, a Red, is about to go on trial for a murder he didn&’t commit, and he&’s pretty certain to be sent on a one-way trip to the Green Room for execution by soporific color exposure. Meanwhile, he&’s engaged in an illegal relationship with his co-defendant, a Green, the charismatic and unpredictable Jane Grey. Negotiating the narrow boundaries of the Rules within their society, they search for a loophole—some truth of their world that has been hidden from its hyper-policed citizens. New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde returns to his fan-favorite Shades of Grey series with this wildly anticipated, laugh-out-loud funny and darkly satirical adventure about two star-crossed lovers on a quest to survive—even if it means upending their entire society in the process.The Body Farm: Stories
Par Abby Geni. 2024
The long-awaited new book from the critically acclaimed author of The Lightkeepers and The Wildlands: an intense and insightful collection…
that celebrates the horrors and joys of inhabiting our bodiesThe body cannot tell any lies. From birth to death, and through all the transitions in between, the body stores our knowledge and history, our feelings and experiences. Our betrayals. These insightful and empathetic stories, from the critically acclaimed author of The Last Animal, shine new light on our physical vessels set against our physical world, two landscapes irretrievably connected and altered over time.An entomologist solves cold cases and upholds a sense of justice by studying the decay of corpses in a field and the insect life they develop. A caregiver obsesses over a stained-glass lampshade to deal with the elegiac losses of Alzheimer&’s. A sister with webbed fingers highlights the often-universal belief that our siblings just might be creatures brought forth from the deep. The memory of a scent evokes the haunting legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic.These eleven stories display Abby Geni&’s great capacity to take us into the lives and experiences of others to scrutinize the physical self: birth, childhood, transition, mental health, trauma, aging, illness, love, sex, and death.A Lonesome Place for Dying: A Novel
Par Nolan Chase. 2024
Perfect for fans of C. J. Box and William Kent Krueger, a sleepy town is rocked to its core when…
a dead body is found in this debut novel.In the quiet seaside town of Blaine, Washington, the most serious police work involves dealing with stray coyotes or ticketing speeders along the I-5. But on Ethan Brand's first day as the town's chief of police, he finds a threat on his porch, along with a gruesome souvenir, a bloody animal heart. There are plenty of people who are upset about Ethan replacing the last Chief, but when a body shows up on the railroad tracks, Ethan has to turn his focus from the threats against him to the first homicide case the town has seen in years. Blaine's population is only five thousand, but eight million vehicles pass through its railroad crossing every year. It&’s the perfect site for drug smuggling, human trafficking, larceny, and murder. Ethan begins to realize that the small town has many more secrets than its quiet surface suggests. With no one to trust, his job already on the line, and the threats getting bolder and more reckless, Ethan Brand must find the killers and bring them to justice before anyone else winds up dead.The Return of Ellie Black: A Novel
Par Emiko Jean. 2024
&“The Return of Ellie Black is a page-turning suspense novel, a shrewd character study, and a captivating mystery, all at…
the same time. The last fifty pages are magnetic. I couldn&’t put it down until I&’d experienced every last twist and turn.&” —STEPHEN KING Detective Chelsey Calhoun&’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but Ellie&’s reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers.It&’s been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun&’s sister vanished when they were teenagers, and ever since she&’s been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey&’s line of work. Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington State. But something is not right with Ellie. She won&’t say where she&’s been, or who she&’s protecting, and it&’s up to Chelsey to find the answers. She needs to get to the bottom of what happened to Ellie: for herself, and for the memory of her sister, but mostly for the next girl who could be taken—and who, unlike Ellie, might never return. The debut thriller from New York Times bestselling author Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a twisty page-turner that will shock and surprise you right up until the final page.No Malto Left Behind! (Transformers: EarthSpark)
Par Ryder Windham. 2024
Transformers: EarthSpark is a kids animated series from Nickelodeon and Hasbro introducing the first Transformers bots to be born on…
Earth, streaming on Paramount+! Robby and Mo get themselves into trouble while Dot, Bumblebee, and their Terran siblings are out on a secret mission in this action-packed chapter book featuring an all-new original story based on Transformers: EarthSpark!Robby and Mo are super bummed—their Terran siblings are going on a top-secret undercover mission with Bumblebee, but they have to stay behind to finish a book report. Even though they are stuck at home, Robby and Mo decide to make their day a lot more interesting with a little help from Nightshade&’s Smart Trainer 5008. But when the Smart Trainer spins out of control, Robby and Mo must think about what responsibility really means. Since they got themselves into trouble, can they find a way out on their own? TRANSFORMERS © 2024 Hasbro. Transformers: EarthSpark TV series © 2024 Hasbro/Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.How to Train a Tooth Fairy (Magical Creatures and Crafts #9)
Par Sue Fliess. 2024
What happens when you have a loose tooth, but it's the Tooth Fairy's first day on the job? How will…
she find you and where will she leave her gifts? In this installation of Sue Fliess and Simona Sanfilippo's Magical Creatures and Crafts series, a group of children wonder what happens if the Tooth Fairy assigned to collect their most recent lost tooth is brand new to her job. How will she know where to find the tooth? What if she goes to the wrong room? To help the Tooth Fairy remember her training, the children devise a plan that will guarantee her success! With the right supplies—colored paper, crayons or pens, scissors, stickers and glitter, and ribbon—young readers who have a wiggly tooth or have recently lost a baby tooth can also help train their Tooth Fairy by making a sign for their bedroom doors similar to the ones the children make in the book. Fliess&’s bouncy read-aloud rhyming text and Sanfilippo&’s energetic, whimsical illustrations will bring joy to young readers as they watch the children create a scene that will direct the little Tooth Fairy to the tooth she seeks. Also included are guides for teachers and parents about the origin and history of the Tooth Fairy, as well as instructions for making the craft featured in the book.The Elephant and the Sea
Par Ed Vere. 2024
An inspiring, seafaring fable about a determined and brave elephant who reaches for his dreams, from New York Times bestselling…
author-illustrator Ed Vere."There is only one thing I want to do . . . So I will do it!"Gabriel the elephant dreams of being part of the lifeboat crew in his seaside town, but he is too young, and too little. But soon, Gabriel grows up and he is too . . . BIG! Disappointed but undaunted, Gabriel makes a plan. He hammers and chops, saws and sands, and builds his very own boat.One night, a great storm hits, and it's Gabriel's time to shine, pulling his oars alone against the crashing waves to save a crew in peril.Young children will love rooting for underdog Gabriel and will draw inspiration from his determination to achieve his dreams despite hurdles and setbacks. The Elephant and the Sea is a perfect gift for anyone setting out on a new path, encouraging them to face life&’s obstacles with optimism.What does a young noblewoman freshly betrayed by her betrothed need most? A crash course in everything naughty!And who better…
to teach her than the feared hermit sorcerer who for some reason can't help but pamper her to no end?&“My only option is to profess my love here and now!!&”Fearsome sorcerer Allen has finally accepted his feelings for Charlotte, the noblewoman he rescued and took in, and realized he cannot keep the secret any longer. Now, bolstered by the support of his friends in town, he decides to lay it all on the line for his lady love on a picturesque picnic date. Little does he know, he&’s not the only one intent on claiming Charlotte for his own…Morning Pages
Par Kate Feiffer. 2024
When her professional and family life collide, a playwright starts journaling every morning to push through her writer&’s block in…
this laugh-out-loud and fresh take on family, friendship, and the chaos of midlife. &“[A] winning adult debut…&” –Publishers WeeklyElise Hellman was once heralded by audiences and critics as a &“playwright to watch.&” Then they forgot all about her. When a prestigious theater company unexpectedly offers her a generous commission to write a new play, she has an opportunity to turn her career around. With sixty-five days left until her deadline, Elise starts scribbling a few pages of stream-of-consciousness first thing every morning as a way to get over her writer&’s block—a technique called Morning Pages, popularized in Julia Cameron&’s The Artist&’s Way. What emerges is a witty confessional in which Elise chronicles her life with her teenage stoner son and her overbearing and eccentric mother, who is losing her memory but not her profanity. She writes about her lingering feelings for her ex-husband, her best friend who is acting oddly, and the confusing encounters she has with a handsome stranger in an elevator. As she writes, the marked-up scenes from her play, Deja New, are revealed, as a story within the story. Morning Pages is about what life throws at you when you&’re trying to write. It is both a humorous exploration of the creative process and a relatable coming-of-age tale for the generation sandwiched between caring for their parents and caring for their kids.