new books Camino Winds John Grisham Doubleday
If It Bleeds Stephen King Scribner
The Story of More Hope Jahren Vintage
Just as Bruce Cable’s Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course. Florida’s governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses, but Bruce decides to stay and ride out the storm. The hurricane is devastating, a dozen people lose their lives. One of the victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce’s and an author of thrillers. But the nature of Nelson’s injuries suggests that the storm wasn’t the cause of his death. Who would want Nelson dead? Bruce begins to wonder if the shady characters in Nelson’s novels might be more real than fictional. And somewhere on Nelson’s computer is the manuscript of his new novel. Could the key to the case be right there—in black and white? As Bruce starts to investigate, what he discovers between the lines is more shocking than any of Nelson’s plot twists— and far more dangerous.
The four never-beforepublished novellas in this collection represent King at his finest, using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. A teenager discovers that a dead friend’s cell phone, which was buried with the body, still communicates from beyond the grave in “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” which reads like a Twilight Zone episode infused with an EC Comics vibe. In the profoundly moving “The Life of Chuck,” a series of apocalyptic incidents bear out a claim that “when a man or a woman dies, a whole world falls to ruin.” “Rat” sees a writer strike a Faustian bargain to complete his novel, and in the title story, private investigator Holly Gibney, the recurring heroine of King’s Bill Hodges trilogy and The Outsider, faces off against a ghoulish television newscaster who vampirically feeds off the anguish he provokes. This excellent collection delivers exactly the kind of bravura storytelling King’s readers expect.
Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, a passionate teacher, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. In The Story of More, she illuminates the link between human habits and our imperiled planet. In concise, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming—from superstorms to rising sea levels—and the actions that we all can take to fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of global change and a lively, personal narrative given to us in Jahren’s inimitable voice, The Story of More is the essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it.
Pelosi Molly Ball Henry Holt and Co. She’s the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It’s a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party—even though, as speaker under President Barack Obama, she deserves much of the credit for universal access to health care, to saving the US economy from collapse, allowing gay people to serve openly in the military. How did an Italian grandmother in four-inch heels become the greatest legislator since LBJ? Based on exclusive interviews with the Speaker and deep background reporting, Ball shows Pelosi through a thoroughly modern lens to explain how this extraordinary woman has met her moment. 6
Keto Friendly Recipes: Bake It Keto Jennifer Marie Garza Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The keto diet continues to take the country by storm as people not only experience dramatic weight loss, but keep the weight off too. One of America's leading keto and low-carb experts is Jennifer Marie Garza, the best-selling author of Keto Friendly Recipes: Easy Keto for Busy People, whose popular Facebook page Keto Friendly Recipes has amassed more than 450,000 loyal followers. Jennifer Marie's recipes taste too delicious to be good for you, and fans keep coming back for more, so she knows what people like best—the baked goods, both savory and sweet, such as keto breads, muffins, cookies, casseroles, and more. In her new book, Jennifer Marie brings back fan-favorite recipes plus all new dishes, organized into chapters for breakfast, lunch, dinner, appetizers, and foil-pack meals for people on the go. It doesn't get much easier than these 120 one-dish recipes, like Keto Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas, Baked French Toast, Keto Pot Pie, and Portobella Mushroom Pizza.
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The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad Mike Birbiglia Grand Central Publishing In 2016 comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet Jennifer Hope Stein took their fourteen-month-old daughter Oona to the Nantucket Film Festival. When the festival director picked them up at the airport she asked Mike if he would perform. And so Mike began sharing some of his darkest and funniest thoughts about the decision to have a child. Jen and Mike revealed to each other their sides of what had gone down during Jen’s pregnancy and that first year with their child. Over the next couple of years, these stories evolved into a Broadway show, and the more Mike performed it the more he heard how it resonated. So he pored over his journals, dug deeper, and created this book. Along with hilarious and poignant stories he has never shared before, these pages are sprinkled with poetry Jen wrote as she navigated the same rocky shores of new parenthood. So here it is. This book is an experiment —sort of like a family.
