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	Last Exit to Montauk Phillip Vega When he approaches her at the market, he has no idea the next three weeks of his life would change him forever. It's the late 1980s, summertime, on the North Shore of Long Island. The air stirs with possibilities as it often does during this time of year. And so begins the romance between one...
	America's War for the Greater Middle East Andrew J. Bacevich From the end of World War II until 1980, virtually no American soldiers were killed in action while serving in the Greater Middle East. Since 1990, virtually no American soldiers have been killed in action anywhere else. What caused this shift? Bacevich, one of the...
	The Light: A Modern-Day Journey for Peace Judith T. Lambert Religion’s common denominator? The Light. God does not have a religion. God does not speak a language. God does not have a culture. It is we who require these things. Why has humankind always sought the Light? What do pharaohs and prophets and festivals...
	Missing Books Brian Harris This is a book for the book-lover. As the author writes, ‘great and wondrous things can happen around books. Boswell met Johnson at Tom Davies’s bookshop in Covent Garden. Karl Marx planned to remodel the world in the Reading Room of the British Museum. Jorge Luis Borges conceived a...
	Heist during the Rio Games Dexter James From a desolate cell located at a remote, state-of-the-art prison facility in Northern Ontario, inmate Brian Beasley plans his escape. Convicted of embezzlement when he masterfully infiltrated a bank's computer system, Beasley and a would-be journalist assigned to...
	Chinese Pearl Patrick Aaron Chinese Pearl starts in the year 1917 in Nanking China with the birth of Zhu, an albino with psychic abilities, who is adopted by the midwife Xiulan and her husband Shu. The child is a welcome blessing into this couples life and becomes an asset to their business, an apothecary, as her...
	Thursday's Child Beth MacMillan Thursday's Child follows the lives of a mother and daughter who, despite their similarities, often find communication to be an extremely awkward endeavor. Tess is an aimless wanderer, trying on different jobs and cultures to see which fits but still feeling like an outsider whether she is living in...
	Tea's Collection LaToya Armstrong Tea’s Collection is a collection of poems, short stories, and songs by LaToya Armstrong. Each selection is a great comfort read while relaxing, drinking your favorite tea, coffee, or glass of wine. Her poetry is powerful, vivid, and moving with ideas of love, unity, and self-awareness. Her short...
	Death of Heaven JZ Murdock A horrific childhood event. Two broken boys struggle to grow up. One to achieves great and covert things for our country, things that nearly destroy him. The other continues his struggle through adulthood. Finally they come back together to help one another, one more than the other...
	Evie's Unfairytale Evie Berg Truth is stranger than fiction. Or in this case — more tragic. What began as a fairy tale for one woman slowly dissolved into a nightmare as her dreams were torn apart by lies and abuse. Now she is prepared to unveil the truth. This is her release story. Evie’s life was never easy. She experienced financial...
	Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But...
	Where Triples Go to Die Phil Hutcheon In irreverent, laugh-out-loud style, Where Triples Go to Die illuminates the messy intersection of sports, race, and romance in contemporary college life. Black superstar Juke Jackson and white counselor Malcolm Wade, each facing relationship crises at...
	My Heart Beats V. Maree Childhood trauma versus poor adult choices. What's the connection? Emotional and behavioral problems are among the most prevalent chronic health conditions of childhood that largely go unrecognized and undiagnosed until a child grows into adulthood. My Heart Beats is a...
	Running With Our Eyes Closed Mel Greenberg Dallas socialite Samantha spends a week in Italy, prepared to leave the last twenty-five years of her life behind. Both Samantha and her husband Michael have struggled as empty nesters. Deeply conflicted, with three children now living on their own, Samantha...
	Because of the Horses Patricia McGrane Because of the Horses is a complex family story set in 1863 East Tennessee, a uniquely different and independently minded part of the state. Many local citizens still fiercely support the Union despite the rest of the state having voted to secede and join the Confederacy. Some...
	Civil Law in America Larry A. Berglas The littlest of law books, a single-cup-of-coffee read, Civil Law in America: A Minimalist Law Book is a creative, simple, and uniquely concise expression of the law. Only sixty brief pages in length, the book is not a law treatise, casebook, "how to," substantive reference, or primary...