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by Peter Englund - History, Nonfiction

To create this intimate picture of what World War I was really like, Peter Englund draws from the diaries, journals and letters of 20 individuals, each of whom were in some way shaped by the war.

by Don DeLillo - Fiction, Short Stories

Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white collar prison and outer space, this is a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice --- from the rich, startling, jazz-infused sentences of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories.

by Charles J. Shields - Biography, Nonfiction

AND SO IT GOES is the culmination of five years of research and writing --- the first-ever biography of the life of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a writer who changed the conversation of American literature.

by Charles Finch - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

In 1873, a string of English spies is found dead on French soil, and the threat of all-out war prompts government officials to ask Charles Lenox to visit the newly-dug Suez Canal on a secret mission. Once he is on board the Lucy, however, Lenox finds that the ship’s second lieutenant has been murdered on the first night, his body cruelly abused.

by Stephen King - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas. President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? In this tour de force, Stephen King takes readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.

by Thomas Mullen - Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Zed is an agent from the future, a time when the world's problems have been solved. His mission is to keep it that way. Even if it means ensuring every cataclysm throughout history runs its course --- especially The Great Conflagration, an imminent disaster in our own time that Zed has been ordered to protect at all costs.

by Stephen J. Cannell - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

When LAPD Detective Shane Scully responds to a call at a once-immaculate mansion, the place is deserted --- except for three dead bodies, all shot with the same gun. But when Scully starts investigating what looks like an open-and-shut case, things take a turn for the worse.

 

by David Sedaris - Humor, Nonfiction, Short Stories

 

 

Though the characters in this collection of keen-eyed, animal-themed tales may not be human, they still mirror the insanity of everyday life --- encompassing everything from beastly bureaucracy, to animal AA meetings, to start-crossed critters.

by Ryan Brown - Fiction

Ryan Brown follows up his zombie football tale PLAY DEAD with THAWED OUT AND FED UP, a modern twist on the classic western --- featuring a cryogenically frozen John Wayne.

by Noah Feldman - History, Nonfiction, Politics

 

 

SCORPIONS tells the story of four great justices, their relationship with FDR, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II and the Cold War.