The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning
New York Times bestselling author John Dunning brings us another adventure starring homicide-detective-turned-bookseller Cliff Janeway, this time involving a priceless lost library of 19th-century books belonging to a famous British explorer.
The Heart is a Little to the Left: Essays on Public Morality by William Sloane Coffin
Coffin, who served for 18 years as chaplain of Yale University, offers us an antidote to the politics of the religious right with a call to liberals to reenter the fray with an unabashedly Christian view of social justice, arguing that “compassion demands confrontation” on many controversial topics.
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias
The best one-volume book on personal finances I’ve ever read. And it’s just been completely updated!
Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain by Michael Paterniti
An unbelievable — and completely true — piece of travel writing. A journalist, an 84-year-old pathologist, and Albert Einstein’s brain rocket across the country through the palpable zeitgeist of contemporary America. Part travelogue, part memoir, part history, part biography, Driving Mr. Albert is one of the most unique road trips in modern literature. On our sale table for only $5.98!
Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan
Set in a gritty Boston suburb and reminiscent of Dennis Lehane’s Mystic River, Hogan spins together a thriller involving a hostage takeover at a bank, one which leaves the victim and the thief mutually attracted to one another in an inexplicable twist of fate.
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
The year is 1911. The narrator of this haunting novel is a bird artist on a remote village in Newfoundland, who admits on the first page that he has murdered the local lighthouse keeper. The who, what, when, where and why will keep you riveted until the very end.
This title is on our sale table for only $6.98!
Flash Fiction ed. by Thomas, Thomas, and Hazuka
Some of us just can’t get enough short fiction — and this chestnut of an anthology is tailor-made for hectic schedules. Most stories here are just two pages long, but they are packed full of situations that go right to the heart. Just try to keep silent after reading “The Paring Knife,” or “The Haircut.” You’ll demand the person closest to you read it immediately so you can ask what they think.
The Exile by Allan Folsom
From the author of The Day After Tomorrow comes an even more action-packed story of global proportion. What will happen to John, the youngest of an elite force of LA police and his beautiful-but mute-sister, at the hands of an international hit man? And the sensuous baroness who has designs on major world governments? Fast-paced thrills; you can’t miss this one.
Credo by William Sloane Coffin
A marvelous book of brief quotations and observations by the foremost American advocate for social justice. This former chaplain of Yale University and Williams College offers us his wisdom on patriotism, war and peace, the Church, from the perspective of a thoughtful, intellectual octogenarian.
The Confusion by Neal Stephenson
This second title in The Baroque Cycle series that began with Quicksilver takes place in 1689 with a race to the stash of legendary gold. Alchemy, science, a countess cheated out of her fortune, a handsome privateer. Definitely the perfect summer vacation book.
Positively Fifth Street by James McManus
A book about the hottest new form of gaming via the computer, McManus (who is a writer, not a poker player, which is an important distinction) brings you inside the world of poker in this beautifully written, highly readable book.
