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Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for; but the peace is shattered by the tragedies of war. Yasodhara’s family escapes to Los Angeles. Saraswathie is living in the active war zone of Sri Lanka, and hopes to become a teacher. But her dreams for the future are abruptly stamped out when she is arrested by a group of soldiers and pulled into the very heart of the conflict that she has tried so hard to avoid --- a conflict that, eventually, will connect her and Yasodhara in unexpected ways.

In LEVEL ZERO HEROES, Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 to the Taliban stronghold Bala Murghab in an effort to break the Taliban’s grip on the Valley. But when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop, the focus of the friendly forces at Forward Operating Base Todd was forever altered as a massive clearing operation was initiated to recover the bodies. From close-quarters firefights in Afghan villages to capturing key-terrain from the Taliban in the unforgiving Afghan winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222.

In 1905, a tourist agent and amateur antiques collector named Armand de Potter mysteriously disappeared off the coast of Greece. His body is never recovered, and his wife is left to manage his affairs on her own. But as she starts to piece together his life, she realizes that everything was not as he had said.

At a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite’s remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational systems, it’s hard to imagine there’s any uncharted ground left on the planet. In UNRULY PLACES, Alastair Bonnett goes to some of the most unexpected, offbeat places in the world to reinspire our geographical imagination.

When Eva's mother abandons her on her half-sister Iris's front porch, the girls don't seem to have much in common. Thrown together with no mothers to care for them and a father who could not be considered a parent, Eva and Iris become family. Iris wants to be a movie star, while Eva is her sidekick. The sisters look out for each other through good and bad, until unexpected events send Iris to London, leaving Eva with a responsibility she never could have imagined.

The only Terrebonne who made it out, Alma thought she was done with Montana. But an unexpected call from the local police takes the successful lawyer back to her provincial hometown and pulls her into the family trouble she thought she’d left far behind: Her lying, party-loving sister, Vicky, is dead. When she returns home to bury Vicky and see to her orphaned niece, she discovers that the death may not have been an accident.

Former “It Girl” Janie Jenkins is acerbic, whip smart, and fresh out of prison. Ten years ago, at the height of her glamour and fame, she was incarcerated for the murder of her mother, a philanthropist best known for her string of rich husbands. Now, released on a technicality, Janie chops off her trademark hair, determined to chase down the one lead she has about her mother’s killer. The only problem? Janie doesn’t know if she’s the killer she’s looking for.

With freshness and empathy during the 1940s and 1950s, Frank O’Rourke created a world of baseball fiction as evocative as a dusty rural diamond or Wrigley Field’s ivied walls. In this richly enjoyable collection of O’Rourke’s work --- the first in nearly 50 years and including six stories never before in book form --- his heroes compete alongside such real baseball greats as Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, and Willie Mays, while confronting the all-too-human limitations of injury, age, and envy.

The New York Mets’ road to success has been a rutted and furrowed path. Now, with the help of New York Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock, the complete story of one of the most controversial teams in baseball history comes to life. Utilizing dozens of personal interviews with players, coaches, fans, sportswriters, and clubhouse personnel, AMAZIN' takes readers on a journey from their bumbling days as a new team in 1962 to their stunning World Championships in 1969 and 1986, through to today.

CLEARING THE BASES is the first book to tackle baseball's most intriguing questions, plus it offers hard, sensible answers --- answers based on exhaustive research and analysis. Sports journalist Allen Barra takes on baseball's toughest arguments using stats and methods he developed. Barra takes you to the heart of baseball's ultimate question: Who's the Best?, in this, the ultimate baseball debate book, guaranteed to spark thousands of heated debates and to supply the fuel for thousands more.