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Bound by Earth: The Nature Hunters Academy Series, Book 1 (affiliate link)
Author: Loftis, Quinn
FREE
Paranormal & Urban Fantasy
Tara Thompson cannot be injured. Since the night her parents died in a tragic accident, she hasn’t felt pain of any kind, not so much as a papercut. And she has no idea why. Though her body healed quickly, her heart and soul took its time. Luckily, a loving foster mom and an unwanted best friend stepped in to speed up the process. Despite Tara’s best efforts, her new BFF, Shelly Smith, just wouldn’t go away. By their senior year, the girls were thick as thieves and would probably become thieves if Shelly had anything to say about their future. Thankfully, fate intervenes in the form of a high school recruiter, Elias Creed, who works for a mysterious geological testing company. Cue the dreamy music and soft lighting as he walks in slow motion toward her.
Gone But Not Missed (A Nathan Miccoli Mystery, Book 1) (affiliate link)
Author: Kennedy, A R
FREE
Traditional Detective Mysteries
How long would you be gone before someone took action?
Lillian wakes up on Valentine’s Day in an exact replica of her bedroom but the only item that she knows is authentic is her puppy, Laude. She is held captive in her kidnapper’s basement, summoned upstairs once a week for a chaste dinner. But will his kindness last, and more importantly, why isn’t anyone looking for her?
Lillian’s story is interwoven with that of Nathan, a NYPD officer, who is intrigued by Lillian’s disappearance- how can a young woman be gone for two weeks before a Missing Person Report is filed? With no jurisdiction, no resources, and no witnesses, he is compelled to obsessively take up the case. Will he find her in time?
The Ghost of Christmas Past (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries) (affiliate link)
Author: Fox, Angie
FREE
Women Sleuths
Southern girl Verity Long needs a Christmas miracle…
Verity is ready to deck the halls, jingle some bells, and maybe, just maybe have a merry Christmas with her boyfriend’s stuffy family. Truly, if she doesn’t extend the proverbial olive branch to the overbearing Wydells, she’s afraid she’ll hit them over the head with it.
But when her boyfriend’s mother pulls a shocking stunt, Verity finds herself with a big decision to make. And if that’s not enough, there’s an unexpected guest at her door. It’s the spirit of the woman who helped rescue Verity’s pet skunk three years ago that very night. And now she’s there to change Verity’s life as well.
The Garden Party: And Other Stories (affiliate link)
Author: Mansfield, Katherine
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Literary Short Stories
In fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and contemporary of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, examines a range of themes integral to the human experience, from marriage, family, and death to duty, disillusionment, and regret in this commanding collection, part of the Ecco Art of the Story series. Written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield’s tragically short life in the chaotic years after World War I, the fifteen stories in The Garden Party are as fresh, perceptive, and vivid today as they were nearly a century ago. Many are set in the author’s native New Zealand while others take place in England or on the French Riviera. In each, Mansfield explores the small yet transformative epiphanies in every day life and illuminates the unspoken, often misunderstood emotions common to us all.
Why Drag? (affiliate link)
Author: Hastings, Magnus
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Popular Culture
For over a decade, Magnus Hastings has been photographing the world’s greatest drag superstars and asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? The result is this mesmerizing volume in which the queens strut their stuff and reflect on their shared passion through a mixture of quips and philosophizing. Subjects include icons of reality TV and underground drag royalty, and photographs range from the divine to the trashy. Featuring the likes of Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, this collection is a beautiful celebration of drag as an art form and an exhilarating exploration of what drag means to its greatest artists.
Napoleon’s Glance: The Secret of Strategy (Nation Books) (affiliate link)
Author: Duggan, William
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Military Strategy History
In Napoleon’s Glance William Duggan discovers the secret of Napoleon’s success — coup d’oeil (pronounced koo-DOY) meaning a stroke of the eye, or “glance”: a sudden insight that shows you what course of action to take. It comes from knowledge of the past: You draw on what worked in other situations, in a new combination that fits the problem at hand. Napoleon’s Glance — probably the first book to link Napoleon’s victories to Picasso’s development as an artist! — tells how 10 great strategists owed their success to coup d’oeil. All 10 applied it with great effort and risk and no guarantee it would work. But in case after case, we find the same story: How American women won the vote. How General Patton became the most successful Allied general on the Western Front of World War II. How Joan of Arc saved France from certain conquest by England.
A Song for the Road: A Novel (affiliate link)
Author: Kathleen M. Basi
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Mothers & Children Fiction
It’s one year after the death of her husband and twin teenagers, and Miriam Tedesco has lost faith in humanity and herself. When a bouquet of flowers that her husband always sends on their anniversary shows up at her workplace, she completely unravels. With the help of her best friend, she realizes that it’s time to pick up the pieces and begin to move on. Step one is not even cleaning out her family’s possessions, but just taking inventory starting with her daughter’s room. But when she opens her daughter’s computer, she stumbles across a program her daughter has created detailing an automated cross-country road trip, for her and her husband to take as soon-to-be empty nesters.
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead (affiliate link)
Author: Miles, Cassie
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Mystery Romance
Emily Benton-Riggs would be dead if her best friend hadn’t shown up in time. Someone doesn’t want her to inherit her ex-husband’s Aspen estate, and now attorney Connor Gallagher won’t let the widowed art dealer out of his sight. Emily has always had powerful feelings for Connor. As they give in to the desire flaring between them, she suddenly has the best reason of all to fight for her life.
Yogi: 1925-2015 (affiliate link)
Author: The New York Times
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Baseball Biographies
Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra will forever be remembered as much for his jovial nature and humorous malapropisms as for his three Most Valuable Player awards and numerous World Series rings. The Yankees’ beloved No. 8 passed away September 22, 2015 at the age of 90. A mainstay on the great Yankees teams of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, Berra was an 18-time All-Star and the American League MVP in 1951, 1954, and 1955. After retiring as a player, Berra managed both the Mets and Yankees and led the 1973 Mets to the National League pennant. Compiled and edited by legendary New York sportswriter Dave Anderson and including a foreword by Ron Guidry, one of Berra’s closest friends, this unique collection celebrates the life of an American original.
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