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Boleyn Inheritance
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Philippa Gregory
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Told in three alternating voices-Jane, Anne, and Catherine-this vividly plotted book is a fitting finale to the Boleyn series brimming with comely courtesans, nefarious noblemen, unbridled passion, and political turmoil. Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, who was married to Anne Boleyn’s brother in The Other Boleyn Girl, is back at court in the household of Anne of Cleves. Jane joins in a plot that almost costs Anne her life as well as her marriage to Henry VIII. As lady-in-waiting to the next queen, Jane is ensnared in a web of deception that leaves her with only one hope of escaping execution-and the end of the last Boleyn. |
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Last Templar
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Raymond Khoury
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In a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Acre falls from the hands of the West in 1291, The Last Templar opens with a young Templar knight, his mentor, and a handful of others escaping to the sea carrying a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order’s dying Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace.
In present day Manhattan, four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights emerge from Central Park and ride up the Fifth Avenue steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the blacktie opening of a Treasures of the Vatican exhibit. Storming through the crowds, the horsemen brutally attack anyone standing between them and their prize. Attending the gala, archaeologist Tess Chaykin watches in silent terror as the leader of the horsemen hones in on one piece in particular, a strange geared device. He utters a few cryptic Latin words as he takes hold of it with reverence before leading the horsemen out and disappearing into the night.
In the aftermath, an FBI investigation is led by anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly. Soon, he and Tess are drawn into the dark, hidden history of the crusading Knights, plunging them into a deadly game of cat and mouse with ruthless killers as they race across three continents to recover the lost secret of the Templars. |
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Man in the Middle
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Brian Haig
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Ripped from today’s headlines, Brian Haig’s new novel finds Army lawyer Sean Drummond
caught between duty to Washington’s elite and the soldiers in Iraq. Dispatched to investigate
the suicide of one of DCs most influential defense officials, an ardent, early supporter of the
war in Iraq, Drummond and his female partner find themselves in the middle of a tug-of-war
between Washington’s most influential power brokers and his own personal allegiance to the
soldiers dying overseas. What he uncovers are the secrets that led to the war, secrets that once
exposed would destroy public support and undermine the presidency. Now, Drummond faces
the greatest moral quandary of his life: What is the true meaning of patriotism? |
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Memory Keeper’s Daughter
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Kim Edwards
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On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down’s syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by David Henry’s fateful decision that long-ago winter night.
A rich and deeply moving page-turner, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter captures the way life takes unexpected turns and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets burst into the open. It is an astonishing tale of redemptive love. |
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Middle East
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Bernard Lewis
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From the birth of Christianity to the modern era, renowned historian and Princeton professor Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East. Elegantly written and accessible, this comprehensive volume paints a varied and intriguing portrait of a region steeped in traditionalism even while geography and politics force change upon it.
With wit and gravity, sympathy and objectivity, the author explores the cultural currents that for 2,000 years have flowed across the broad territory spanning Morocco to the Central Asian steppes. He covers fascinating details like transformations in clothing to earth-shaking events like the Mongol conquest. And he considers the future of the region where ancient patterns and conflicts seem destined to repeat themselves.
Bernard Lewis draws from a multitude of sources including the work of archaeologists and scholars to create this chronological look at the Middle East. Richard M. Davidson’s thoughtful performance leads you on a search through the past for answers to questions that will inevitably arise in the future. |
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Silent Spring
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Rachel Carson
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First published in 1962, Silent Spring can singlehandedly be credited with sounding the alarm and raising awareness of humankind’s collective impact on its own future through chemical pollution. No other book has so strongly influenced the environmental conscience of
Americans and the world at large.
“Silent Spring came as a cry in the wilderness, a deeply felt, thoroughly researched, and brilliantly written argument that changed the course of
history.”—Vice President Al Gore |
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State of Denial
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Bob Woodward
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Bob Woodward examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to the Congress, and often to themselves in State of Denial. Woodward’s third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative from the first days George W. Bush thought seriously about running for president, through the recruitment of his national security team, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the struggle for political survival in the second term.
State of Denial answers the core questions: What happened after the invasion of Iraq? Why? How does Bush make decisions and manage the war that he chose to define his presidency? And, is there an achievable plan for victory? After more than three decades of reporting national security decision making, including his two #1 national bestsellers on the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bush at War and Plan of Attack, Woodward provided the fullest account, and explanation, of the road Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and the White House staff have walked. – from the audio cover. |
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Uncommon Carriers
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John McPhee
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From Pulitzer Prize-winner John McPhee—author of The Founding Fish —comes the fascinating story of an often overlooked, yet vitally important part of America. This first-hand account of the transportation sector features evocative portraits of the men and women who deliver our consumer and industrial goods.
McPhee begins his adventure riding with Don Ainsworth, owner and operator of an 18-wheeler hauling nearly 30 tons of highly toxic chemicals from North Carolina to Washington. He continues his journey on a towboat pushing over 1,000 feet of barge up the narrow channel of the Illinois River. He rounds out his account crawling through Nebraska, Kansas, and the Powder River Basin of Wyoming in massive coal trains. Along the way, he tells the stories of the people he meets and the places he visits.
McPhee’s sense of humor, incisive observations, and historical asides make for a highly entertaining journey across America.
“Read this colorful journalism and you will never view an 18-wheeler, freight train, or UPS truck in quite the same way.”—Kirkus Reviews |
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