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How had B.J. Vines, one of the wealthiest men in New Mexico, become involved in a peyote cult? And why was everyone connected with Vines in danger of losing his life, including Chee?.
A fistful of investigations have Leaphorn working against the clock: a hit-and-run attempt; two people bludgeoned to death during a Navajo medicine ceremony; a bank robbery; and a militant American Indian terrorist group called the Buffalo Society.
A Paperback Original The brilliant contemporary romance novel debut from Yulin Kuang, the acclaimed screenwriter of Emily Henrys People We Meet on Vacation and director of the forthcoming Beach Read feature film.
With starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist and Kirkus Reviews, this moving novel by acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers is a modern classic. In the late 1960s, Richie Perry is growing up fast on the battlefields of Vietnam. But in the war-torn jungle, every moment is a struggle to survive. All Richie wants is to make it out alive.
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.
In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ? a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah ?bike-Iyimide, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades ? a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears. Its like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again... Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school after being home-schooled all her life. Mi
The discovery of a Zuni boy's body under the rubble of rock on a steep hillside touches off a string of apparently unrelated events which all point to an archaeologist with a deadly secret.
Young Luis Horseman knifed a Mexican in Gallup, New Mexico and is hiding out in the Lukachukai country canyons where neither the Navajo Police nor his in-laws will find him. He would have been better off if they had.
Connie Willis Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Doomsday Book (RB# 96115) uses time travel for a serious look at how people connect with each other. In this Hugo-winning companion to that novel, she offers a completely different kind of time travel adventure: a delightful romantic comedy that pays hilarious homage to Jerome K. Jeromes Three Men in a Boat (RB# 89910). When too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England s
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth. ?A seamlessly crafted tale of tragedy, resilience, and triumph . . . Lisa Wingate once again gives poignant voice to the ?lost children of American history.?Lisa Scottoline, author of Eternal and Loyalty Oklahoma, 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley kn
Emma Wheeler has big dreams, although she hasn't let herself think about them in years. But then, her big break comes along: she's offered a job to write a screenplay with none other than her hero, movie writing legend, Charlie-freaking-Yates! And it's a rom-com! It's THE dream... until reality sets in. So, she'll be a ghostwriter, not an actual credited writer. And she'll have to leave her dad, who requires her full time care after a climbing accident, with her younger sister and move to LA to
Real Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Maos Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love. In 2021, fift
First comes love, then comes murder . . . in this edge-of-your-seat debut YA thriller about a teen racing against time to catch a murderer targeting young girls?before she ends up the next victim?perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. Lauren O'Brian might be the new girl, but she's never been a good girl. With a dark past that she hopes will never come to light, she's looking forward to a fresh start in Happy Valley. Things might just be looking up after she meets her new broodingl
In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend?and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood. The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marshs backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jers
?I Hope This Finds You Well is like a donut in a break room: unexpected, surprisingly sweet, and totally made my day. Which is to say: I devoured it! . . . Fans of The Office will delight.? ? Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to her colleagues private emails and DMs and decides to use this intel to save her job?a laugh-till-you-cry debut novel youll be ea
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? (?A time-bending gem?Gabrielle Zevin; ?Kaleidoscopic and bright and very, very funny." ?Claire Lombardo) When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. Theres only one problem?shes not married. Shes never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the
Don Quixote is the classic story. Called the first modern novel, this marvelous book has stood the test of time to become irrevocably intertwined with the fabric of society. Sixteenth-century Spanish gentleman Don Quixote, fed by his own delusional fantasies, takes to the road in search of chivalrous adventures. But his quest leads to more trouble than triumph. At once humorous, romantic, and sad, Don Quixote is a literary landmark. This fresh edition, by award-winning translator Edith Grossman,
Featuring gorgeous designed edges, dazzling metallic foil designs on the jacket and case, and an exclusive endpaper map that reveals new unexplored territories, Tomi Adeyemis #1 New York Times-bestselling Legacy of Or?sha series comes to an earth-shaking conclusion. New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zelie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart. When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The
One of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, this is a chilling, provocative look at a postapocalyptic future. In a nightmarish, ruined world, slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infantile rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.If it werent for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010?and then her older brother, Clyde, five years later?she felt deeply alone; the only people who truly knew her were gone.Emma