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| 9781645584506 | Brain Games - Japanese Puzzles: Includes Sudoku, Mathdoku, Futoshiki, Akari, And More! | Publications International Ltd., Brain Games | Explore the world of Japanese logic puzzles and challenge your mind with 10 different types of grid-based puzzles. Includes: Akari, Fillomino, Futoshiki, Gokigen, Hashi, Kakuro, Masyu, Mathdoku, and more. Construct bridges, light up chambers, organize numbers, or connect the dots. A clear and easy-to-follow explanation of how to solve each type of puzzle. Spiral binding allows the book to lay flat for easy puzzling. Answers in the back of the book. 192 pages | Publications International, Ltd. |
| 9781621455530 | Brain Games For Brain Power | BrainSnack | Brain Games for Brain Power is filled with a delightful mix of classic and new puzzle types to help you exercise different parts of your brain: Word and memory games, logic and pattern-finding brainteasers, visual puzzles, and number challenges. | Trusted Media Brands |
| 9781621455158 | Brain Games For Brain Power | Staff of Trusted Media Brands | Trusted Media Brands | |
| 9781946944627 | Changing Tides | Meredith Summers | Pull up a beach chair and dig your toes in the sand as life continues in Lobster Bay.Things are changing for Jane Miller. Just as her friend Claire gets on her feet again from a near-catastrophe with her bakery, Jane faces challenges with the beachfront bed-and-breakfast her family has owned for generations. Her mother is no longer able to run things and Jane finds herself in charge.It's a big change, especially since Jane expected to be retired by now, but she's promised her mother she will carry on the family legacy. Too bad she doesn't know very much about running an Inn.But luck is on her side when she comes across a new furry friend, Cooper, to help her navigate the challenge. It doesn't hurt that Cooper's new owner is easy on the eyes--even though Jane vowed she'd never look again.Naturally she also has Claire and Maxi to lean on. Claire is happy with her new bakery and new beau, but Maxi is facing some changes of her own. Will Maxi find the strength to finally pursue her passion for art even while her marriage may be in trouble?Visit Lobster Bay on the coast of Maine today and find out how these three friends navigate the changes in their lives.This book can be read as a standalone story, but it will be a lot more fun if you read book 1 first as you will get more background details about some of the characters in this story. | Leighann Dobbs Publishing |
| 9781786647757 | Easy To Extreme Sudoku Large Print (Blue): Keeps You Sharp (Puzzle Power) | Daisy Seal | Sharpen your mind, relax, and live longer! This large print book has something for Sudoku fans old and new. With five difficulty levels ranging from beginner to extreme, newcomers will become addicted and experts will have fresh puzzles to test them. When you’ve finished a puzzle or finally give up, check out the answers in the back. | Flame Tree Illustrated |
| 9798652945145 | Making Waves (Lobster Bay) | Meredith Summers | Maxi’s life is about to change, but not in the way she expects...Maxi Stevens is at a crossroads. Things between her and James haven’t been the same since their kids left the nest. When she finds proof that indicates he may have strayed, she strikes out on her own. James’ infidelity has a silver lining, though. Maxi can finally do all the things James wouldn’t approve of like pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming an artist.But everything is not as it seems. James wants Maxi back and will do anything to win her over. He’ll even beg Maxi’s best friends Claire and Jane for help. Will they want to team up with someone who they think has done their friend wrong?Jane Miller has her own problems to deal with. She’s trying to satisfy the demands of a Bridezilla whose outbursts could ruin the first wedding at Tides. The success of the wedding is critical for the survival of the inn that has been in her family for four generations, luckily she has her sister, Andie, to help out.Everyone is surprised that Andie is still in Lobster Bay. She didn’t think she’d still be here either, but she’s found a few reasons to stick around... at least for a little while. It’s not too late for her to go back to her job as an antiques appraiser in NYC and the opportunity to make that one big discovery she’s always dreamed of. Does Lobster Bay have something even better to offer?Jane’s new relationship with Mike Henderson hits a snafu, Andie makes a startling discovery and things come together for Maxi with a happy ending she never would have predicted.Escape to Lobster Bay on the coast of Maine today and find out how these three friends navigate the changes in their lives.This book can be read as a standalone story, but it will be a lot more fun if you read books 1 & 2 first as you will get more background details about some of the characters in this story.READ THE REST OF THE SERIES: Saving Sandcastles (Book 1)Changing Tides (Book 2)Making Waves (Book 3) | Independently published |
| 9781250069832 | Nine Perfect Strangers | Liane Moriarty | NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow a Hulu original series“If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers.” ―Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little LiesCould ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest page-turner, nine perfect strangers are about to find out...Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer – or should she run while she still can?It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question.Combining all of the hallmarks that have made her writing a go-to for anyone looking for wickedly smart, page-turning fiction that will make you laugh and gasp, Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers once again shows why she is a master of her craft. | Flatiron Books |
| 9781439136645 | Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns | Lauren Weisberger | With brand-new scenes, The New York Times bestseller and sequel you’ve been waiting for—the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Devil Wears Prada!Almost a decade has passed since Andy Sachs quit the job “a million girls would die for” working for Miranda Priestly at Runway magazine—a dream that turned out to be a nightmare. Andy and Emily, her former nemesis and co-assistant, have since joined forces to start a high end bridal magazine, The Plunge, which has quickly become required reading for the young and stylish. Now they get to call all the shots: Andy writes and travels to her heart’s content; Emily plans parties and secures advertising like a seasoned pro. Even better, Andy has met the love of her life. Max Harrison, scion of a storied media family, is confident, successful, and drop-dead gorgeous. Their wedding will be splashed across all the society pages as their friends and family gather to toast the glowing couple. Andy Sachs is on top of the world. But karma’s a bitch. The morning of her wedding, Andy can’t shake the past. And when she discovers a secret letter with crushing implications, her wedding-day jitters turn to cold dread. Andy realizes that nothing—not her husband, nor her beloved career—is as it seems. She never suspected that her efforts to build a bright new life would lead her back to the darkness she barely escaped ten years ago—and directly into the path of the devil herself...Featuring all new scenes with the villainess we love to hate (hate to love?), Miranda Priestly, Revenge Wears Prada in paperback is another publishing event! | S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books |
| 9780385336307 | Safe Harbour | Danielle Steel | In her fifty-ninth bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells an unforgettable story of survival...of how two people who lost everything find hope...and of the extraordinary acts of faith and courage that bring —and keep— families together...On a windswept summer day, as the fog rolls across the San Francisco coastline, a solitary figure walks down the beach, a dog at her side. At eleven, Pip Mackenzie's young life has already been touched by tragedy; nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother into inconsolable grief. But on this chilly July afternoon, Pip meets someone who fills her sad gray world with color and light. And in her innocence and in his kindness, a spark will be kindled, lives will be changed, and a journey of hope will begin.From the moment the curly-haired girl walks up to his easel on the sand, Matt Bowles senses something magical about her. Pip reminds him of his own daughter at that age, before a bitter divorce tore his family apart and swept his children halfway across the world. With her own mother, Ophélie, retreating deeper into her grief, Pip spends her summer at the shore the way lonely children do: watching the glittering waters and rushing clouds, daydreaming and remembering how things used to be. That is, until she meets artist Matt Bowles, who offers to teach the girl to draw—and can't help but notice her beautiful, lonely mother. At first, Ophélie is thrown off balance by her daughter's new companion—until she realizes how much joy he is bringing into their lives, despite the sadness she sees in his eyes. As their newfound friend works his subtle magic, mother and daughter slowly begin to heal, to laugh again, to rediscover what they have lost.When summer ends, and Ophélie and Pip must leave the beach for the city, the season of healing continues. Gathering her newfound strength, Ophélie begins a volunteer job at a city outreach program, where she works with the homeless, and can no longer ignore the blessings in her own life. But as soul-sharing phone calls and autumn beach getaways deepen Ophélie and Matt's friendship, fate strikes another blow. Out of the blue, Matt must confront unfinished business from his past. Days later, Ophélie is struck by a stunning betrayal by someone she trusts. And as these events reverberate in two already wounded hearts, something extraordinary happens. Out of the darkness that has shadowed them both comes an unexpected gift of hope.With grace and compassion, Danielle Steel explores the fragile bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, family members and lifelong friends. Her haunting, impassioned novel takes us across the complex landscape of loss—to the blessings that arise from even the darkest tragedies. At once a story of triumph and a moving elegy to those who suffer and survive, Safe Harbour is perhaps her most powerful and life-affirming novel to date. | Delacorte Press |
| 9798840805565 | Seaside Bonds (Lobster Bay) | Meredith Summers | She thought the best part of her life was over, but now she knows it’s just beginning.Liz Weston’s life has reached rock bottom. Her husband dumped her, her life savings are gone and her apartment is being turned into condos that she can’t afford. Maybe she shouldn’t have taken early retirement last year? In her late-forties she has limited possibilities for employment.When her elderly father passes away, she heads to her hometown to clean out the family home. It’s not like her siblings will do it. They’re too wrapped up in their own lives. Thankfully, the small life insurance policy her father had will pay for her to stay at Tides in Lobster Bay. Staying at the beachside inn is a blessing because there’s no way she’ll sleep in her childhood home. It has too many bad memories.But when she befriends Jane Miller, the owner of Tides, her life slowly starts to change. Among the dusty cobwebs and 1970s decor of her old home, she discovers that maybe coming home isn’t so bad. The town has a lot to offer and all those memories might not have been so bad after all.As she gets to know the friends and neighbors of Lobster Bay, new opportunities open up. Liz finds a new side of herself, a side that has the courage to do things she never thought possible.Meanwhile...Jane made a promise to Mike that she’ll spend less time tending to the inn. But after several disastrous interviews, she’s starting to think that she’ll never find anyone suitable.Maxi has received the most important commission of her life for an oil painting. This one is personal, but she’s having a hard time getting the painting just right. If she fails at this one, will she ever be able to paint again?Andie has found some important civil war documents at her antique shop. She wants to return them to the family, but all her efforts to find them run into dead ends. Luckily she doesn’t stop looking and when she finds the descendants of the solider, it’s a big surprise.This is book 5 in the Lobster Bay series, but it can be read as a stand-alone story. Fans of the series will get to meet new a new friend, Liz, and catch up on what Maxi, Claire, Jane and Andie are up to. Books in the Lobster Bay series:Saving SandcastlesChanging TidesMaking WavesShifting SandsSeaside Bonds | Independently published |
| 9798392292967 | Seaside Bookclub (Lobster Bay) | Meredith Summers | At age seventy, Bunny Howard is determined to prove that she is just as useful as anyone else. Who knew it would be the new bookclub at Tides that would provide the opportunity? They are deep into a murder mystery, and Bunny has noticed that the strange behaviors of the Inn’s mysterious guest are eerily similar to that of the killer in the book!Sam Campbell lost the two things in life that were worth living for - his wife and his job as a police detective. If it wasn’t for his dog, Dooley, he’d have no reason to get up in the morning... until he meets Bunny. He’s sure she’s up to something suspicious. Dusting off his detective skills to investigate her nefarious activities gives him a renewed zest for life.Meanwhile, Claire is catering to her customer with dogs by baking up a new line of dog treats along with her famous pastries. Unfortunately, someone else in town has the same idea, and it’s Claire’s least favorite person, her ex-husband’s new trophy wife.Jane has something going on at Tides besides the mysterious guest. Mike is acting weird and Jane is worried... not that long ago, he mentioned something about their future. Is he ready to pop the question and does Jane want him to? | Independently published |
| 9798560635138 | Shifting Sands (Lobster Bay) | Meredith Summers | Andie Miller may have made a terrible mistake in moving back to Lobster Bay.Andie always wanted something more than small-town beach life. That’s why she worked so hard at her prestigious career as an antique appraiser in New York City. She does have one regret though, she never got to make that one big important antique find of a lifetime. Now that her mother’s illness has brought her back to Lobster Bay, it’s unlikely she ever will.But even though she appreciates spending time with her aging mother and loves that she’s reconnected with her sister, Jane, Andie needs something more.When an unusual opportunity presents itself, Andie is excited... until she finds out the fate of her new project is in the hands of the unscrupulous Damien Carruthers. Andie caught him ripping off little old ladies, and he’s giddy with excitement at the prospect of ruining her new plans.Then there’s her old high school flame, Shane Flannery. Even though Andie was the one to break things off decades ago, she never really got over him. Shane is back in town too, but unfortunately he doesn’t seem to be the least bit interested in her.Shane’s Aunt Mary, on the other hand, has taken quite a liking to Andie. Mary would love to see Shane and Andie together. Mary and Andie have gotten close. But Mary is nursing a painful heartache - she had a falling out with her daughter years ago and they haven’t spoken since. Can Andie help fill that hole?Jules Whittier messed up her life. That’s how she ended up cutting hair in her great-aunt Mary’s hair salon. She blew her big chance, but it wasn’t totally her fault. She had some help in the form of her two cousins whom she hasn’t spoken to since. When she sees things turn around for Andie, she wonders if it can happen for her too, or is it too late?Return to Lobster Bay and check in with old friends Jane, Claire and Maxi and make some new friends too! | Independently published |
| 9780345544971 | Small Great Things: A Novel | Jodi Picoult | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE“[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.”—Booklist (starred review)Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family—especially her teenage son—as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about others—and themselves—might be wrong.With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game.Praise for Small Great Things“Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written. . . . It will challenge her readers . . . [and] expand our cultural conversation about race and prejudice.”—The Washington Post“A novel that puts its finger on the very pulse of the nation that we live in today . . . a fantastic read from beginning to end, as can always be expected from Picoult, this novel maintains a steady, page-turning pace that makes it hard for readers to put down.”—San Francisco Book Review | Ballantine Books |
| 9780316274043 | The 17Th Suspect (A Women's Murder Club Thriller, 17) | James Patterson, Maxine Paetro | In this #1 NYT bestseller, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer puts her life on the line to protect San Francisco from a shrewd and unpredictable killer.When a series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a mysterious killer, a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant's tip leads Lindsay to a disturbing conclusion: something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department.The hunt for the killer lures Lindsay out of her jurisdiction and impacts her in dangerous ways. She suffers unsettling medical symptoms, and her friends in the Women's Murder Club warn her against taking the crimes to heart. But with lives at stake, the detective can't help but follow the case into terrifying terrain.A decorated officer, loving wife, devoted mother, and loyal friend, Lindsay has always acted with unwavering integrity. But now she is confronting a killer who is determined to undermine it all. | Little, Brown and Company |
| 9780316420280 | The 20Th Victim (A Women's Murder Club Thriller, 20) | James Patterson, Maxine Paetro | Sergeant Lindsay Boxer tackles an ambitious case that spans San Francisco, L.A., and Chicago in this pulse-pounding thriller of "smart characters" and "shocking twists" (Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author).Three victims, three bullets, three cities. The shooters' aim is as fearsomely precise as their target selection. When Lindsay realizes that the fallen men and women excel in a lucrative, criminal activity, she leads the charge in the manhunt for the killers. As the casualty list expands, fear and fascination with this suspicious shooting gallery galvanizes the country.The victims were no angels, but are the shooters villains . . . or heroes? | Little, Brown and Company |
| 9781496739742 | The Girl Who Survived | Lisa Jackson | In this deviously volatile, deliciously creepy thriller from the #1 New York Times bestseller, the lone survivor of a brutal family massacre must uncover the awful truth about the fateful night that left her forever marked…Has she already had her last chance to be the final girl?A Goodreads Hot Summer MysteriesAll her life, she’s been the girl who survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family’s Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who was convicted of the murders has unexpectedly been released from prison. The press is in a frenzy again. And suddenly, Kara is receiving cryptic messages from her big sister, Marlie—who hasn’t been seen or heard from since that deadly Christmas Eve when she hid little Kara in a closet with a haunting, life-saving command: Don’t make a sound.As people close to her start to die horrible deaths, Kara, who is slowly and surely unraveling, believes she is the killer’s ultimate target.Kara survived once. But will she survive again? How many times can she be the girl who survived? | Kensington |
| 9780593157831 | The Judge's List: A Novel (The Whistler) | John Grisham | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect—a sitting judge—in “one of the best crime reads of the year.… Bristling with high-tech detail and shivering with suspense…. Worth staying up all night to finish” (Wall Street Journal).In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change.Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby’s father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along the way, she has discovered other victims.Suspicions are easy enough, but proof seems impossible. The man is brilliant, patient, and always one step ahead of law enforcement. He is the most cunning of all serial killers. He knows forensics, police procedure, and most important: he knows the law.He is a judge, in Florida—under Lacy’s jurisdiction.He has a list, with the names of his victims and targets, all unsuspecting people unlucky enough to have crossed his path and wronged him in some way. How can Lacy pursue him, without becoming the next name on his list?The Judge’s List is by any measure John Grisham’s most surprising, chilling novel yet.Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM! | Vintage |
| 9780063135949 | The Lighthouse On Moonglow Bay: A Novel (Moonglow Cove, 3) | Lori Wilde | Lori Wilde returns to Moonglow Cove, Texas, with a heartwarming novel about two estranged sisters who must come together after they receive a bizarre inheritance from their grandmother.It was an inheritance neither sister expected—a lighthouse in Moonglow Cove, left to them by a grandmother they never knew! Harper and Flannery weren’t exactly best friends either. For years, Flannery had held down the home front, taking care of their sick mother and raising a daughter, while Harper sent nothing but checks. And after their mother’s funeral the two sisters had an argument that left them not speaking for six years—why, Harper didn’t even know she has a niece!But life has a way of changing when you least expect it. And the sisters discover their grandmother’s will has a stipulation: the two of them must live there, work out their issues... and compete in baking challenges with a hundred-year-old sourdough starter. If either of them gives up, or fails to keep the starter alive, they lose the lighthouse. Will they be able to come together and see their grandmother’s wish come true? Or will these two sisters forever be estranged? | William Morrow Paperbacks |
| 9781250079190 | The Lovely Reckless | Kami Garcia | From New York Times best-selling author Kami Garcia, a contemporary romance full of loss, love, and redemption.She used to care about being the good girl.Haunted by the memory of her boyfriend's death, Frankie Devereux lives her life by one dangerous rule: nothing matters. But she crosses the line with a reckless choice that forces her to move in with her dad―an overprotective cop―and transfer to a new school. When Frankie meets Marco, a tough street racer who is risking everything for his family, things get complicated.He wasn't always the bad boy.Everyone says Marco Leone is trouble. But at Frankie's new school, where fistfights in the halls don’t faze anyone and illegal street racing is more popular than football, Marco is also the fastest (and hottest) guy around. As their attraction grows, Frankie can't seem to stay away from him―until she discovers Marco's dangerous secret.Your own heart will race with each page turn of this heart-stopping star-crossed love story.An Imprint Book | Imprint |
| 9781538713839 | The President Is Missing: A Novel | James Patterson, Bill Clinton | Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from the world's bestselling author, James Patterson: an "undeniably gripping ride through the hidden passageways of power and politics" that "moves like Air Force One" (Michael Connelly).The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then he disappears from public view . . .Set over the course of three days, The President Is Missing sheds a stunning light upon the inner workings and vulnerabilities of our nation. Filled with information that only a former commander in chief could know, this is the most authentic, terrifying novel to come along in many years.#1 New York Times bestseller#1 USA Today bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal bestseller#1 Indie bestseller"President Duncan for a second term!" -- USA Today"This book's a big one." -- New York Times"Towers above most political thrillers." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"The plotting is immaculate . . . the writing is taut." -- Sunday Times (London)"Ambitious and wildly readable." -- New York Times Book Review | Grand Central Publishing |