WILD BILL DONOVAN: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage by Douglas Waller – Now $9.99

21 Feb

William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan was one of the most innovative and controversial leaders of World War II—the spymaster who introduced America to the dark world of espionage as head of the Office of Strategic Services. The father of today’s CIA, Donovan is a towering figure in U.S. intelligence, yet there has not been a biography written on this complex and mysterious person in twenty-five years.   At last, this new biography by veteran journalist Douglas Waller offers a new, explosive portrayal of the charismatic innovator who FDR picked to be his top spy.

 
 
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THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS: A Memoir by Tracy Ross – Now $9.99

21 Feb

The Source of All Things depicts Tracy’s struggle to understand her relationship with her step-father, an abusive man who first molested her at age eight while on a family camping trip. It wasn’t until Tracy ran away from home at fourteen that her family was forced to confront the abuse that eventually tore them apart.  Tracy’s relationship with her step-father was torturous, and she despised him for what he did to her. But he was also a protective father figure who made her feel smart and brave, rescued her mother from deep depression, and shared with her his love of the outdoors, the very passion for nature that eventually saved Tracy’s life. For her, all things good and bad in her life came from the raw wilderness that is an active, dynamic character in this story.

“Disturbing but beautifully written…We’ve heard stories like these before, but rarely in such clear, unsentimental prose.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

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FLASH & BONES: A Novel by Kathy Reichs – Now $9.99

21 Feb

#1 New York Times-bestselling author Kathy Reichs is back with her fourteenth riveting novel featuring North America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan, star of the FOX hit Bones.

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THE BIG THIRST: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman – Now $9.99

15 Feb

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wal-Mart Effect comes a fascinating journey into the secret life of water, a book that up-ends everything we think we know about the most vital substance in our lives.

Portraying and explaining both the dangers—in 2008 Atlanta came just ninety days from running completely out of drinking water—and the opportunities—such as advances in rainwater harvesting and businesses that are making huge breakthroughs in water productivity—The Big Thirst will forever change the way we think about water, our crucial relationship to it, and the creativity we can bring to ensuring we always have plenty of it.

 

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IN STITCHES by Anthony Youn – Now $9.99

15 Feb

Download this memoir from renowned celebrity cosmetic surgeon Tony Youn, who grew up one of two Asian-American kids in a small town where diversity was uncommon. Too tall and too thin, he wore thick Coke-bottle glasses, braces, Hannibal Lecter headgear, and had a protruding jaw that one day began to grow, expanding to an unthinkable, monstrous size. After high school graduation, while other seniors partied at the beach or explored Europe, Youn lay strapped in an oral surgeon’s chair where he underwent a life-changing jaw reconstruction. Ironically, it was this brutal makeover that led him to his life’s calling.  Offering a window into a side of medicine that most people never see, Youn shares his bumpy journey from a shy, skinny, awkward nerd into a renowned and successful plastic surgeon.

 

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DAY OF HONEY: A Memoir of Food, Love and War by Annia Ciezadlo – Now $9.99

15 Feb

 

A luminous portrait of life in the war-torn Middle East, Day of Honey combines the brilliance of From Beirut to Jerusalem with the pleasures of Eat, Pray, Love.

In the fall of 2003, Annia Ciezadlo spent her honeymoon in Baghdad and moved to Beirut.  With her brand-new husband and not much else, she spent the next six years in Beirut and Baghdad, cooking and eating with Shiites and Sunnis, refugees and warlords, matriarchs, and mullahs.  Day of Honey is her memoir of love, war, and the hunger for food and friendship—a communion that feeds the soul as well as the body—in times of war.

 
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NICE GIRLS DON’T HAVE FANGS by Molly Harper – Now $3.99 until 2/27

15 Feb


After being laid off from her job as Half Moon Hollow’s children’s librarian, Jane drowns her sorrows in Electric Lemonade and Mudslides using her $25 severance package, a gift certificate. At the bar she’s kept company by a magnetically attractive and pale stranger, Gabriel Nightingale.  When Jane’s car breaks down later on that night and she’s mistaken for a deer by a drunk with a rifle as she’s headed home on foot, Gabriel comes to her rescue and takes matters into his own hands. If Gabriel doesn’t turn Jane, she’ll be, as the saying goes, dying young and leaving a pretty corpse.
 
This hilarious, delightful debut novel combines Mary Janice Davidson’s sass and Charlaine Harris’ small town Southern charm to form the perfect read for lovers of paranormal romantic comedy.
 
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