Joy Osmanski
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.
Author
Language
English
Description
An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld. Camp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother in New York, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a Fortune...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A debut novel about four previously terminally ill people who must grapple with the reality of reentering their lives after being granted genetically perfect copies of their former bodies, and the unimaginable consequences and entanglements that follow..."--
85) Strange fire
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Clive and Clover Hamill, sons of a well-respected Descendant minister, discover a community intent on rediscovering the blasphemous technologies of the past, setting into motion a holy war that will endanger their relationship and humanity itself.
86) Feast your eyes
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After discovering photography as a teenager through her high school's photo club, Lillian rejects her parents' expectations of college and marriage and moves to New York City in 1955. When a small gallery exhibits partially nude photographs of Lillian and her daughter, Samantha, Lillian is arrested, thrust into the national spotlight, and targeted with an obscenity charge. Mother and daughter's sudden notoriety changes the course of both of their...
Author
Language
English
Description
"An all-new guide from the mega-bestselling How To Talk series applies trusted and effective communication strategies to the toughest challenges of raising children. For forty years, readers have turned to Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the book The Boston Globe called, "the parenting Bible," for a respectful and practical approach to communication with children. Expanding upon this work,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A "diverse group of women--from Madeleine Albright To Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dr. Susan Love to Whoopi Goldberg and more...reflect on the best advice and conusel they have given their daughters either by example, throughout their lives, or in character-building, teachable moments between parent and child."--Book jacket.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart"--
91) Kink: Stories
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York Times Notable Book
Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more.
A Most-Anticipated book of 2021 as selected by * Marie Claire...
Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more.
A Most-Anticipated book of 2021 as selected by * Marie Claire...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twisty, dark thriller from the acclaimed author of the "ripping good" (The New York Times) debut novel Three Graves Full, inspired by the real-life unsolved theft of a seventeenth-century painting by a Dutch master. Twenty-eight seconds. In less than half a minute, a home-security camera captures the hidden resolve in fourteen-year-old Carly Liddell as she fends off a vicious attack just inside her own front door. The video of her heroic escape...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A smart, approachable guide packed with practical advice for parents who want a science-backed, individualized approach to pregnancy." —Linda Avey, Co-founder of 23andMe
2020 National Parenting Award Winner
Feeling overwhelmed? Confused by conflicting advice? Bumpin' will radically transform your pregnancy journey to one of confidence and optimism. With over a decade of experience advising...
2020 National Parenting Award Winner
Feeling overwhelmed? Confused by conflicting advice? Bumpin' will radically transform your pregnancy journey to one of confidence and optimism. With over a decade of experience advising...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Absolutely unforgettable." —Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series
"A beautifully told story about justice, sisterhood, and warrior women." —Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep
"Epic in the truest sense." —Quill and Quire
An Ember in the Ashes meets Three Dark Crowns in this...
"A beautifully told story about justice, sisterhood, and warrior women." —Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep
"Epic in the truest sense." —Quill and Quire
An Ember in the Ashes meets Three Dark Crowns in this...
95) The deluge
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to a colorful cast of characters, including a brazen young activist who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves—including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, Brandi Carlile, Beanie Feldstein, Cynthia Erivo, and Billie Jean King, among others.
This powerful essay collection is a natural extension of the #MeToo movement, revealing the interior...
This powerful essay collection is a natural extension of the #MeToo movement, revealing the interior...
Author
Language
English
Description
ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
The Crucial #1 New York Times Bestseller
"The Mueller report is that rare Washington tell-all that surpasses its pre-publication hype...the best book by far on the workings of the Trump presidency." —Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post
The only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prize–winning staff of The Washington...
The Crucial #1 New York Times Bestseller
"The Mueller report is that rare Washington tell-all that surpasses its pre-publication hype...the best book by far on the workings of the Trump presidency." —Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post
The only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prize–winning staff of The Washington...
99) On Being 40(ish)
Author
Language
English
Description
Fifteen powerful women and writers you know and love—from the pages of The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, and The Atlantic—offer captivating, intimate, and candid explorations about what it's really like turning forty—and that the best is yet to come.
The big 4-0. Like eighteen and twenty-one, this is a major and meaningful milestone our lives—especially...
The big 4-0. Like eighteen and twenty-one, this is a major and meaningful milestone our lives—especially...