Promotions - Title Listings - "New Publications, October 1, 2018"

Hank Green - cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrother, and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.

The New York Times-bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes returns with a twisty, hair-raising psychological thriller about a single mom, her daughter, and her best friend, the secrets they hide, and the danger they can't escape.

At one point or another, we've all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we'd like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen?

Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, Coelho tells the story of Paulo - himself - a Brazilian man who wants to become a writer, and sets off on a journey in search of a deeper meaning for his life - finding adventure and colorful characters along the way.

A literary tour-de-force that renders the brutality of adolescence in the so-called nostalgic 1950s. 13-year-old Russel, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to California in search of a dream, until he's suddenly forced to fend for himself.

A young writer and a young model on the verge of fame are reckless, impulsive, addicted, and deeply in love. 25 years later, the writer is rich, famous, and numb, until he receives an anonymous message that draws him back to the life, and possibly the love, he abandoned all those years ago.

Private eye Cormoran Strike takes on the case of Billy, a troubled young man who asks Strike's help in investigating a case he thinks he witnessed as a child, a case which takes him to the backstreets of London to a sinister mansion in the countryside. Title : LIES Author : LOGAN,T M Publisher : ST MARTIN'S ISBN : 978-1-250-18226-5 Binding : CLOTH Price : 27.99 Body Start: When Joe Lynch unexpectedly sees his wife's car ahead of him on a routine drive, he follows her and discovers her secret rendezvous with another man. The encounter will tear two families apart, and set up an innocent man to take the fall for a murder.

Steinhauer's next sweeping espionage novel traces the rise and fall of a domestic left-wing terrorist group, told from the individual perspectives of an FBI agent, an undercover agent within the group, a convert to the terrorist orginization, and a writer on the edges of the whole affair.

In a timely update of Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic.

Told with Andrew Smith's signature dark humor, Rabbit & Robot tells the story of Cager Messer, a boy who's stranded on the Tennessee - his father's lunar-cruise utopia - with insane robots while Earth burns to ash below them.

When the president of Russia discovers he has inoperable brain cancer, he's determined to cling to power, by killing anyone who can threaten him. The only way to avoid confrontation that could leave millions dead is to send Mitch Rapp to Russia under impossibly dangerous orders.

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches, a novel about what it takes to become a vampire. Time's Convert channels the supernatural world-building and slow-burning romance to illuminate a new and vital moment in history.

Queen Katharine has waited her entire life to wear the crown. But now that she finally has it, the murmers of dissent grow louder by the day. There's also the alarming issue of whether her sisters are actually dead - or if they're waiting in the wings to usurp the throne.

Accessory to War is a richly researched and provocative examination of the intersection of science, technology, industry, and power that will introduce Tyson's millions of fans to another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world.

America invites 31 of her friends, peers, and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures. We know them as actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, artists, and writers, and they call themselves American enthusiastically, reluctantly, or not at all.

Shaun Bythell's funny and fascinating memoir of a year in the life at the helm of The Bookshop in the small village of Wigtown, Scotland, and of the delightfully odd locals, unusual staff, eccentric customers, and surreal buying trips that make up his life.

The Dinosaur Artist illuminates the history of fossil collecting - a murky, sometimes risky business, populated by eccentrics and obsessives, where the lines between poacher and hunter, collector and smuggler, enthusiast and opportunist, can easily blur.

Hello World takes us on a tour through the good, the bad, and the ugly of the algorithms that surround us daily. Mathematician Hannah Fry reveals their inner workings, and demonstrates the ways in which human bias can literally be written into the code.

House of Trump, House of Putin offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House.

In this intimate, haunting literary memoir, an American icon tells her story for the first time, and in her own gorgeous words - about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy.

Kafka's Last Trial is both a brilliant biographical portrait of a literary genius, and the story of two countries whose national obsessions with overcoming the traumas of the past came to a head in a hotly contested trial for the right to claim Kafka's manuscripts.

Doris Goodwin draws upon the four presidents she has studied most closely - Abe Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B.Johnson - to show how they recognized leadership qualities in themselves and were recognized as leaders by others.

Originally published in 1979, this award-winning cookbook features more than a hundred recipes of classic pioneer food that Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family shared throughout their lives on the frontier.

In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Rioux recounts how Louisa May Alcott came to write Little Women, and examines why this tale of family and community ties has resonated though later wars, the Depression, and changing opportunities for women.

After sifting through mountains of distracting tweets and headlines to find the ones he believes will have a lasting impact, Garrett delivers an authoritative, mature, and consistently entertaining account of one of the strangest political years in American history.

Brettschneider breathes new life into the articles and amendments that we once read about in high school civics class, but that have real impact on our lives today. The Oath and the Office offers a compact, comprehensive tour of the Constitution.

The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts, and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

This fascinating look at artist Thomas Cole's life takes readers from his humble beginnings to his development of a new painting style that became America's first formal art movement: the Hudson River school of painting.

Rising Out of Hatred tells the story of how white-supremacist ideas migrated from the far-right fringe to the White House through the intensely personal saga of one man who eventually disavowed everything he was taught to believe, and at a great personal cost.

Tucker Carlson offers his signature fearless and funny political commentary on how America's ruling class has failed everyday Americans. He tells the truth about the new American elites, a group whose wealth has grown while the rest of the country has withered.

Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful childhood through her emancipation to her leadership in the movement for rights for women and African Americans.

The American experiment rests on three ideas - 'these truths,' Jefferson called them - political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on these truths, as well as a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence?

In this inspiring, motivational book, readers will receive the advice and encouragement to daily move from 'pause' to 'play' in finding deeper meaning and success, with themes illustrated with stories from Tim's personal life.

From the internationally bestselling children's book creator Matthew Van Fleet comes the story of a hungry little alligator who gulps his way from one to ten.

Viola Davis writes the story of Corduroy and Lisa's first trip to the theater. As usual, Corduroy adventures off on his own, and readers follow his escapades as he explores all over - from the orchestra pit to the costumes rack and onto the stage itself.

In this charmingly illustrated follow-up to their first bestselling collaboration, Big Words for Little Geniuses, Susan and James Patterson create a collection of the world's oddest and cutest animals that only little geniuses would know!

Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton capture the magic and majesty of the ocean with stunning words and pictures. This treasure trove of knowledge will be pored over by adults and children alike, and exploration of the vast mysteries will captivate readers.

Edward the giraffe can't understand why his neck is as long and bendy and, well, ridiculous as it is. Just when he's exhausted his neck-hiding options, a turtle ambles in and helps him understand that his neck has a purpose - and looks great in a bow tie.

When a herd of poky sheep slows the Goodnight Train to a crawl, the Engineer's quick thinking (and counting!) has them rolling along in no time - until one tricky sheep sends the train and its sleepy passengers tossing and turning!

From Maurice Sendak (Caldecott Medal-winning Where the Wild Things Are) and Arthur Yorinks (Caldecott Medal-winner Hey,Al) comes a never-before-published picture book that tells of Presto and Zesto, two friends lost in a very mixed-up land.

This summer, Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father. Hiaasen tells a funny, slightly twisted tale about families and learning when to let things go.

Tom Fletcher's infectious read-aloud invites kids to use their powers of imagination - along with some stamping, blowing, and flapping - to save their book from an adorable little dragon's flammable sneezes!

A cumulative text featuring repetition and tongue-twisters combines with gorgeous illustrations from New York Times-bestselling illustrator Loren Long for a book kids will clamor for at storytime.

In this companion to The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, experience the warmth of a family and their community as they work together to bring a little more beauty and kindness to the world, one thwarted plan at a time.