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The National Hockey League saw the birth of a new dynasty in 1980. The New York Islanders had been an expansion franchise in 1972 in the New York City suburbs of Long Island. For years they played in the long shadow of the big-city New York Rangers...

"This memoir seems written directly from Hemp’s soul, as she beautifully shares her moving story of learning to love and trust again after loss."--BooklistChristine Hemp's debut work of nonfiction, Wild Ride Home, is a brilliant memoir, looping themes...

A sparkling, heartwarming story about first love, and how life has a habit of turning out the way we least expect it to.Holly Russo couldn’t be happier.Christmas, her favorite time of year, is only seven weeks away, and her boyfriend has just popped...

Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Jennifer Weiner,“This is the smartest romantic comedy I've read—and it's compulsively readable!” — Julia Fierro, author of The Gypsy Moth Summer and Cutting TeethLife is sweet for New Yorkers Molly and Gabe:...

A must-have for any fan of horror and fantasy movies—Night of the Living Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Shining (Stephen King), and so many more!If you love film that scares, and want to believe that zombies, vampires, and other deadly and...

Set in 1835 in the Pennsylvania town of Adamant, Fergus’s first novel in a new mystery series introduces Sheriff Gideon Stoltz, who, as a young deputy, is thrust into his position by the death of the previous sheriff. Gideon faces his first real...

Diagnosed with fibromyalgia in her mid-thirties, Nancy Laracy adopts a rabbit, Bunny Boy, who ends up saving her life—literally.“A fascinating and heartwarming story [that will] resonate with people who suffer from chronic pain and who love animals ....

Discover the science behind the abilities of your favorite superheroes—the physics, chemistry, and biology of Superman, Iron Man, Captain Americam, Aquaman, Spiderman, Cyborg, and more!The concept of the superhero has permeated our culture. They...

An International Bestseller, the Story behind Henry Markram’s Breakthrough Theory about Autism, and How a Family’s Unconditional Love Led to a Scientific Paradigm ShiftHenry Markram is the Elon Musk of neuroscience, the man behind the billion-dollar...

Immerse yourself in the world of animal rights protests, campaigns, demonstrations, outreach, rescue, and so much more.In today’s world, voices of the marginalized are in the spotlight and people across the globe are recognizing animal rights as a...

A must-read prisoner memoir for fans of Orange is the New Black“A fascinating look into a world many of us never see, and a powerful story about one woman’s journey to find her own strength, with a clear message of the importance of books and...

To say Spahn lived a storied life is an understatement.In Warren Spahn, author Lew Freedman tells the story of this incredible lefty. Known for his supremely high leg kick, Spahn became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. However, the...

Desperate Housewives Meets Mean Girls in this Heartfelt and Hilarious Debut Novel about a Mother-Daughter Duo Facing Cliques, Cyberbullying, and Snobs in a Wealthy NYC SuburbVictoria Bryant is starting over. After a rage-inducing scandal and the...

Some secrets are better left at the bottom of the ocean.Sixteen-year-old Bridey Corkill longs to leave her small island and see the world; the farther from the sea, the better. When Bridey was young, she witnessed something lure her granddad off a...

The rogue AI Penny Royal makes a final stand in the explosive conclusion to Neal Asher's hard-hitting and high-tech Polity space opera trilogy.In the outskirts of space, and the far corners of the Polity, complex dealings are in play.Several forces...

The riveting account of the 1980s rivalry between superstars Anna Wintour of Vogue and Tina Brown of Vanity FairInside the Condé Nast magazine world, Anna Wintour and Tina Brown were bold and talented British women who fought their way to the top of a...

All rise for the newest Yankee hero. Aaron Judge has become the face of the New York Yankees, inheriting the lineage that goes from Ruth to Gehrig to DiMaggio to Mantle to O’Neill and Jeter. Will he live up to the hype? Will the Yankees be World...

In the late ’90s and early 2000s, the Portland Trail Blazers were one of the hottest teams in the NBA. For almost a decade, they won 60 percent of their games while making it to the Western Conference Finals twice. However, what happened off-court was...

A Celebration of America's Greatest Olympic Victory—the 1980 US–USSR Hockey Game!Forty years after the "Miracle on Ice" captivated the world, this book deeply examines the impact that singular event had on the people who played and coached in it and...

As The Kite Runner and The Swallows of Kabul did for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, this slim, profound novel illuminates the plight of those subjugated by the Islamic State as well as the spirit of the Yazidi people.Today is Nazo’s wedding. Today...

The fascinating story of eight children of Third Reich leaders and their journey from the descendants of heroes to the descendants of criminals.In 1940, the German sons and daughters of infamous Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Bormann,...

Mary Pinchot Meyer was possibly the only woman John F. Kennedy ever loved. Follow their affair in this fictional diary of the woman murdered for asking too many questions after the JFK assassination.John F. Kennedy said he needed sex every three days...

A powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and son and between cultures, old and new, about a long-ago fishing trip.A 2018 Caldecott Honor Book that Kirkus Reviews calls "a must-read for our times," A Different Pond is an...

From New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry (Stick and Stone) and debut illustrator Chow Hon Lam comes the story of Teetu, a bunny who leaves home to get away from too many bunnies, and ends up discovering the beautiful world outside of his...

The National Hockey League saw the birth of a new dynasty in 1980. The New York Islanders had been an expansion franchise in 1972 in the New York City suburbs of Long Island. For years they played in the long shadow of the big-city New York Rangers...

"This memoir seems written directly from Hemp’s soul, as she beautifully shares her moving story of learning to love and trust again after loss."--BooklistChristine Hemp's debut work of nonfiction, Wild Ride Home, is a brilliant memoir, looping themes...

A sparkling, heartwarming story about first love, and how life has a habit of turning out the way we least expect it to.Holly Russo couldn’t be happier.Christmas, her favorite time of year, is only seven weeks away, and her boyfriend has just popped...

Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Jennifer Weiner,“This is the smartest romantic comedy I've read—and it's compulsively readable!” — Julia Fierro, author of The Gypsy Moth Summer and Cutting TeethLife is sweet for New Yorkers Molly and Gabe:...

A must-have for any fan of horror and fantasy movies—Night of the Living Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Shining (Stephen King), and so many more!If you love film that scares, and want to believe that zombies, vampires, and other deadly and...

Set in 1835 in the Pennsylvania town of Adamant, Fergus’s first novel in a new mystery series introduces Sheriff Gideon Stoltz, who, as a young deputy, is thrust into his position by the death of the previous sheriff. Gideon faces his first real...

Diagnosed with fibromyalgia in her mid-thirties, Nancy Laracy adopts a rabbit, Bunny Boy, who ends up saving her life—literally.“A fascinating and heartwarming story [that will] resonate with people who suffer from chronic pain and who love animals ....

Discover the science behind the abilities of your favorite superheroes—the physics, chemistry, and biology of Superman, Iron Man, Captain Americam, Aquaman, Spiderman, Cyborg, and more!The concept of the superhero has permeated our culture. They...

An International Bestseller, the Story behind Henry Markram’s Breakthrough Theory about Autism, and How a Family’s Unconditional Love Led to a Scientific Paradigm ShiftHenry Markram is the Elon Musk of neuroscience, the man behind the billion-dollar...