Thomas Lewis

Fari Amini

Richard Lannon

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Virginia

This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain.
A General Theory of Love demonstrates that our nervous systems are not self-contained- from earliest childhood, our brains actually link with those of the people close to us, in a silent rhythm that alters the very structure of our brains, establishes life-long emotional patterns, and makes us, in large part, who we are. Explaining how relationships function, how parents shape their child's developing self, how psychotherapy really works, and how our society dangerously flouts essential emotional laws, this is a work of rare passion and eloquence that will forever change the way you think about human intimacy.

A General Theory of Love

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Cassius Dio

Dio's Rome, Volume V

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C. R. Whittaker

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

History

A Social and Economic Study

Whittaker argues that the very success of the Roman frontiers as permeable border zones sowed the seeds of their eventual destruction Although the Roman empire was one of the longest lasting in history, it was never ideologically conceived by its rulers or inhabitants as a territory within fixed limits. Yet Roman armies clearly reached certain points—which today we call frontiers—where they simply stopped advancing and annexing new territories. In Frontiers of the Roman Empire, C. R. Whittaker examines the Roman frontiers both in terms of what they meant to the Romans and in their military, economic, and social function. Observing that frontiers are rarely, if ever, static, Whittaker argues that the very success of the Roman frontiers as permeable border zones sowed the seeds of their eventual destruction. As the frontiers of the late empire ceased to function, the ideological distinctions between Romans and barbarians became blurred. Yet the very permeability of the frontiers, Whittaker contends, also permitted a transformation of Roman society, breathing new life into the empire rather than causing its complete extinction.

Frontiers of the Roman Empire

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Lynn Hunt

Social Studies

Leading historian Lynn Hunt rethinks why history matters in today’s global world and how it should be written. Globalization is emerging as a major economic, cultural, and political force. In Writing History in the Global Era, historian Lynn Hunt examines whether globalization can reinvigorate the telling of history. She looks toward scholars from the East and West collaborating in new ways as they share their ideas. She proposes a sweeping reevaluation of individuals’ active role and their place in society as the keys to understanding the way people and ideas interact. Hunt also reveals how surprising new perspectives on society and the self offer promising new ways of thinking about the meaning and purpose of history in our time.

Writing History in the Global Era

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T. M. Luhrmann

Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God

A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.

When God Talks Back

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Alex Michaelides

A Novel

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

"Alex Michaelides's long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens,' is finally here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible."
--The New York Times

"A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read--with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved The Silent Patient and that's saying something!"
--Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements "Michaelides as a major player in the field" (Publishers Weekly).

Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike--particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.

Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge.

Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld?

When another body is found, Mariana's obsession with proving Fosca's guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything--including her own life.

The Maidens

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Julia Quinn

Bridgerton

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in her beloved Regency-set series featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family—soon to be a Netflix series. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince—while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable…but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen. Amiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society—just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The plan works like a charm—at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: Love ignores every rule…

The Duke and I

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Nicholas Sparks

The Choice

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The Wedding

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

See Me

Margaret George

One of today's premier historical novelists, "New York Times" bestseller George dazzles here as she tackles her most difficult subject yet: the legendary Elizabeth Tudor, queen of enigma. But what was she really like? In this novel, her flame-haired, lookalike cousin, Lettice Knollys, thinks she knows all too well.

Elizabeth I

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Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signed simply "Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when...

Message in a Bottle

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An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear John," the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love--and face the hardest decision of his life.

Dear John

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Jacob Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm

Ken Mondschein

Margaret Hunt

No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects the legendary fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. They are the stories we've known since we were children. Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and often don't end very happily--but they're often far more interesting. This elegant edition of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales includes all our cherished favorites--Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Cap, and many more--in their original versions. With specially designed end papers, a genuine leather cover, and other enhancements, it's the perfect gift for anyone looking to build a complete home library. Many of these tales begin with the familiar refrain of “once upon a time”--but they end with something unexpected and fascinating!

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales

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Camilla Läckberg

"Originally published in Sweden as En Bur Av Guld by Bokforlaget Forum, Stockholm, in 2019 ... This translation originally published in Great Britain as 'The gilded cage' by HarperCollins Publishers U.K., London, in 2020"--Copyright page.

The Golden Cage

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Nathanial Hawthorne

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Unabridged version of The Scarlet Letter by master storyteller Nathaniel Hawthorne, produced here for chump change. Deeper and more complex than many will allow, the book covers redemption and love with incredibly real characters. For those that love the characters of great English novels, read afresh and enjoy The Scarlet Letter. Table of Contents THE CUSTOM-HOUSE INTRODUCTORY TO "THE SCARLET LETTER" 3 CHAPTER 1: THE PRISON-DOOR 20 CHAPTER 2: THE MARKET-PLACE 20 CHAPTER 3: THE RECOGNITION 25 CHAPTER 4: THE INTERVIEW 29 CHAPTER 5: HESTER AT HER NEEDLE 32 CHAPTER 6: PEARL 36 CHAPTER 7: THE GOVERNOR'S HALL 40 CHAPTER 8: THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER 43 CHAPTER 9: THE LEECH 47 CHAPTER 10: THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT 51 CHAPTER 11: THE INTERIOR OF A HEART 56 CHAPTER 12: THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 59 CHAPTER 13: ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER 63 CHAPTER 14: HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN 67 CHAPTER 15: HESTER AND PEARL 70 CHAPTER 16: A FOREST WALK 73 CHAPTER 17: THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER 76 CHAPTER 18: A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE 80 CHAPTER 19: THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE 82 CHAPTER 20: THE MINISTER IN A MAZE 86 CHAPTER 21: THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY 90 CHAPTER 22: THE PROCESSION 94 CHAPTER 23: THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER 99 CHAPTER 24: CONCLUSION 103

The Scarlet Letter (Chump Change Edition)

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Bruce Brooks

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead, Sherlock Holmes looks into the case.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Malala Yousafzai

Christina Lamb

The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

As seen on Netflix with David Letterman

"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.

I Am Malala

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Sacha Batthyany

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A World War II Secret Buried in Silence--And My Search for the Truth

In the spring of 1945, on the Austrian-Hungarian border, not far from the front lines of the advancing Red Army, Countess Margit Batthyany gave a party in her mansion. The war was almost over, and the German aristocrats and SS officers dancing and drinking knew it was lost. Late that night, they walked down to the village, where 180 enslaved Jewish laborers waited, made them strip naked, and shot them all, before returning to the bright lights of the party. It remained a secret for decades, until Sacha Batthyany, who remembered his great-aunt Margit only vaguely from his childhood as a stern, distant woman, began to ask questions about it. A Crime in the Family is Sacha Batthyany's memoir of confronting these questions, and of the answers he found. It is one of the last untold stories of Europe's nightmare century that witnessed not just the inhumanity of Auschwitz, the chaos of wartime Budapest, and the brutalities of Soviet occupation, but also the countless silent crimes of complicity and cover-up. In its wake are the damaged generations it left behind. Told partly through the surviving journals of others from the author's family and the vanished world of Hitler's heartland, A Crime in the Family is a moving and revelatory memoir, revealing barbarity and tragedy but also a measure of peace and reconciliation.

A Crime in the Family

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Andrea Miles

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Raven thought Roman was the ideal boyfriend taking her on a romantic vacation. Eden Grace thought Hector was looking for a nanny. The two teenagers couldn't have been more different, but when they find themselves caught in the devil's trap, they become sisters-in-misfortune and must trust each other if they are ever going to gain their freedom. Roman has plans of building an empire of trafficked girls, but his partner Hector begins to doubt the plan. Will Hector's conscience bring about their downfall? Or will Roman be forced to act with violence? Set in Birmingham, Alabama, a city that joins Atlanta and Nashville to form the human trafficking triangle in the South, TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL is an emotional story of innocence lost and courage found. It is a story of selfish dreams and plans that change the course of a man's life. It is a story of trust and redemption. It is ultimately a story of hope.

Tree of Good and Evil

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Eric Jager

A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - "A taut page-turner with all the hallmarks of a good historical thriller."--Orlando Sentinel The gripping true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France as a resolute knight defends his wife's honor against the man she accuses of a heinous crime In the midst of the devastating Hundred Years' War between France and England, Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight fresh from combat in Scotland, returns home to yet another deadly threat. His wife, Marguerite, has accused squire Jacques Le Gris of rape. A deadlocked court decrees a trial by combat between the two men that will also leave Marguerite's fate in the balance. For if her husband loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. While enemy troops pillage the land, and rebellion and plague threaten the lives of all, Carrouges and Le Gris meet in full armor on a walled field in Paris. What follows is the final duel ever authorized by the Parlement of Paris, a fierce fight with lance, sword, and dagger before a massive crowd that includes the teenage King Charles VI, during which both combatants are wounded--but only one fatally. Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, The Last Duel brings to life a colorful, turbulent age and three unforgettable characters caught in a fatal triangle of crime, scandal, and revenge. The Last Duel is at once a moving human drama, a captivating true crime story, and an engrossing work of historical intrigue with themes that echo powerfully centuries later.

The Last Duel (Movie Tie-In)

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Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Missing: Book 4

Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the explorer Henry Hudson, but just as the mutiny on the Discovery is supposed to start, Jonah and Katherine's knowledge of history is tested once again, and they fear that more is at stake than just one boy's life. Author's note includes facts about Henry Hudson's explorations.

Torn

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The Missing: Book 3

Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author's note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare.

Sabotaged

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The Missing: Book 2

Sent

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Bailey McDonald

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Thomas Lewis; Fari Amini; Richard Lannon

A General Theory of Love

Cassius Dio

Dio's Rome, Volume V

C. R. Whittaker

Frontiers of the Roman Empire

Lynn Hunt

Writing History in the Global Era

T. M. Luhrmann

When God Talks Back

Alex Michaelides

The Maidens

Julia Quinn

The Duke and I

Nicholas Sparks

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks

The Wedding

Nicholas Sparks

See Me

Margaret George

Elizabeth I

Nicholas Sparks

Message in a Bottle

Nicholas Sparks

Dear John

Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm; Ken Mondschein; Margaret Hunt

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales

Camilla Läckberg

The Golden Cage

Nathanial Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter (Chump Change Edition)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Malala Yousafzai; Christina Lamb

I Am Malala

Sacha Batthyany

A Crime in the Family

Andrea Miles

Tree of Good and Evil

Eric Jager

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Margaret Peterson Haddix

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Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sabotaged

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sent

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