Dream New Dreams
Reimagining My Life After Loss
Written by Jai Pausch
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $14.00
Now in paperback, a remarkably frank, deeply moving, and inspiring memoir by Jai Pausch, whose husband, Randy, wrote the bestseller The Last Lecture while battling pancreatic cancer.
"Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself," Randy Pausch wrote about his wife. "Jai knows that she'll have...
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No Child of Mine
A Novel
Written by Susan Lewis
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.00
From internationally bestselling British author Susan Lewis comes an unflinching, thoroughly suspenseful novel—perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult—about the darkest secrets a family can hide. Alex Lake’s life is centered on helping people. Her job as a social worker in a British seaside town is more than a career: It’s...
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The Headmaster's Wager
Written by Vincent Lam
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.00
Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English academy in 1960s Saigon and is well accustomed to bribing a forever-changing list of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of his school. Fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, he is quick to spot the business opportunities rife...
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I Hear the Sirens in the Street
A Detective Sean Duffy Novel
Written by Adrian Mckinty
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.95
A torso in a suitcase looks like an impossible case. But Sean Duffy isn't easily deterred, especially when his floundering love life leaves him in need of distraction. So, with Detective Constables McCrabban and McBride, he goes to work identifying the victim. The torso turns out to be all that's left...
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Never
Written by K.D. Mcentire
Format: Hardcover, 300 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $17.99
The Never is on the brink of destruction by the Lady Walker. Wendy, shorn of her Light by the Reapers, must be the one to save it from the beasts between the worlds. Now no more powerful than an average spirit, Wendy reluctantly strikes a balance between Elise, the new Reaper...
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Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics
Written by John Feinstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $7.99
Bestselling sportswriter and Edgar Award winner John Feinstein is back with another sports mystery featuring Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson—this one set at the summer Olympics in London. In this book, Susan Carol isn't a reporter—she's an Olympian, competing as a swimmer at her first Olympic games. Stevie is both...
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Steal the Menu
A Memoir of Forty Years in Food
Written by Raymond Sokolov
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $25.95
Four decades of memories from a gastronome who witnessed the food revolution from the (well-provisioned) trenches—a delicious tour through contemporary food history.
When Raymond Sokolov became food editor of The New York Times in 1971, he began a long, memorable career as restaurant critic, food historian, and author. Here he traces...
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Zen Confidential
Confessions of a Wayward Monk
Written by Shozan Jack Haubner
Foreword by Leonard Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $14.95
“This punk of a monk, who should be tending to his own affairs, has decided to infect the real world with his tall tales, and worse, to let the cat out of the bag. And what a sly, dangerous, beautiful, foul-smelling, heart-warming beast it is.”—Leonard Cohen, from the foreword
These hilarious essays...
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The Call of Everest
The History, Science, and Future of the World's Tallest Peak
Written by Conrad Anker, Bernadette McDonald, David Breashears and Broughton Coburn
Foreword by Thomas Hornbein
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $35.00
Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain.
In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made mountaineering history. It was the first American venture to successfully scale the legendary peak and the...
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The Cuban Connection
Nixon, Castro, and the Mob
Written by William Weyand Turner
Format: Hardcover, 290 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $25.00
A former FBI agent and investigative journalist examines the fateful meeting between Castro and Nixon and the murky connections that existed between official Washington, the CIA, and organized crime in Cuba. His vivid narrative provides insider information that many in power never wanted the public to know. In April 1959, Fidel...
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Nebula Awards Showcase 2013
Edited by Catherine Asaro
Format: Trade Paperback, 390 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $18.00
The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories in the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America(R). The editor selected by SFWA's anthology committee (chaired by Mike Resnick) is two-time Nebula winner, Catherine...
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River Cottage Veg
200 Inspired Vegetable Recipes
Written by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $35.00
A comprehensive collection of 200+ recipes that embrace vegetarian cuisine as the centerpiece of a meal, from the leading food authority behind the critically acclaimed River Cottage series.
Pioneering champion of sustainable foods Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall embraces all manner of vegetables in his latest cookbook, an inventive offering of more than two hundred...
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Silver
Return to Treasure Island
Written by Andrew Motion
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $16.00
THE RIP-ROARING SEQUEL TO THE GREATEST ADVENTURE EVER TOLD
Almost forty years following the events of Robert Louis Stevenson's
Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver have seemingly put their maritime adventures to rest. Jim has settled on the English coast with his son Jim, and Silver has returned to rural England...
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Tiger Eyes
Written by Judy Blume
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $8.99
This movie tie-in Special Edition includes "Behind the Scenes with Judy" commentary as well a 16-page color photo insert!
Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead—shot in a holdup—and now her mother is moving the family to New Mexico to try to recover.
Climbing in the Los Alamos...
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Daddy Long Legs
The Natural Education of a Father
Written by John Price
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $14.95
“If David Sedaris and Annie Dillard had a literary love child and raised him in Iowa, he would write like this.”—
The Iowan John Price appears to have thrown in the towel. He has spent the last year struggling to support his family, neglecting to spend time with his wife and children...
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The Hot Sauce Cookbook
Turn Up the Heat with 60+ Pepper Sauce Recipes
Written by Robb Walsh
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $16.99
From veteran cookbook author Robb Walsh, this definitive guide to the world's most beloved condiment is a must-have for fans of dishes that can never be too spicy.
Here’s a cookbook that really packs a punch. With dozens of recipes for homemade pepper sauces and salsas—including riffs on classic brands like Frank’s...
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Learn All About Soccer
Color and Activity
Written by Al Huberts
Illustrated by Frank Bailey
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $9.99
Learn All About Soccer introduces young soccer enthusiasts to the game through interactive pages that provide young players and fans with the opportunity to color in players and on-field action, as well as follow mazes, complete word searches and spot the difference puzzles, and more. All details of the game from...
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Monster Hide-and-Seek (Disney/Pixar Monsters University)
Written by RH Disney
Illustrated by RH Disney
Format: Non-traditional book, 12 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $6.99
Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sulley" Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met, they couldn't stand each other. The prequel to Disney/Pixar's blockbuster hit Monsters, Inc., Monsters University unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences...
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Simple Rules for Card Games
Instructions and Strategy for 20 Games
Written by Potter Style
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $10.00
Rules for Card Games is a sophisticated guide to 30 of the most popular card games with easy-to-follow text and illustrations. Perfectly priced at $10.00, this hardcover volume is just the right impulse item to pair with high-end and inexpensive gifts alike (a bottle of scotch, a cocktail shaker, a tin...
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Teaching
It's Harder Than It Looks
Written by Gerry Dee
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $19.95
Hilarious, cringe-inducing stories about teachers, students and parents, from CBC star of
Mr. D, one of Canada's hottest comedic talents.
Gerry Dee is a rising comic star whose humour has been compared to Bill Cosby's. He spent ten years working as a teacher and survived (barely) to tell his tales. Told...
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Fodor's Peru
with Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail
Written by Fodor's
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $24.99
For many travelers, this is the trip of a lifetime: Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley of the Inca, and the Nazca lines are among the most-visited and awe-inspiring archaeological sites in the world. Bursting with beautiful full-color photos,
Fodor’s Peru provides expert advice on everything from the best guides to the...
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Odessa Again
Written by Dana Reinhardt
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.99
Fourth grader Odessa Green-Light lives with her mom and her toad of a little brother, Oliver. Her dad is getting remarried, which makes no sense according to Odessa. If the prefix "re" means "to do all over again," shouldn't he be remarrying Mom? Meanwhile, Odessa moves into the attic room of...
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True Brews
How to Craft Fermented Cider, Beer, Wine, Sake, Soda, Mead, Kefir, and Kombucha at Home
Written by Emma Christensen
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $23.00
This accessible home-brew guide for alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermented drinks, from Apartment Therapy: The Kitchn's Emma Christensen, offers a wide range of simple yet enticing recipes for Root Beer, Honey Green Tea Kombucha, Pear Cider, Gluten-Free Sorghum Ale, Blueberry-Lavender Mead, Gin Sake, Plum Wine, and more.
You can make naturally fermented sodas...
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Alice-Miranda Takes the Stage
Written by Jacqueline Harvey
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $14.99
Girls who are fans of Judy Moody, Matilda and Clementine will love spunky Alice-Miranda!
Alice-Miranda is thrilled to be back at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies, where the girls are rehearsing a play with the neighboring boys' school. But it's not all glamour and stage lights: there are rumors of a...
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