Adult

A quiet night in a local pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive; a funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts simply won’t lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father’s cancer diagnosis and in his despair wreaks havoc on his mentor’s life. Beautifully-written collection of short stories in this second effort by one of Ireland’s most gifted new voices.

Tucker, a young veteran, returns from the Korean War to work for a bootlegger. He falls in love and starts a family, and while the Tuckers don’t have much, they have the love of their home and each other. But when his family is threatened, Tucker is pushed into violence, which changes everything. The story of people living off the land and by their wits in a backwoods Kentucky world of shine-runners and laborers.

The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life.

Drawing on social science, philosophy, biography, theology and eastern wisdom, as well as dozens of interviews with everyday men and women, Brooks shows us that true life success is well within our reach. By refocusing on certain priorities and habits that anyone can learn, such as deep wisdom, detachment from empty rewards, connection and service to others and spiritual progress, we can set ourselves up for increased happiness. Highly inspirational.

The eleven stories in Mackin’s mesmerizing debut collection draw from his many deployments with a special operations task force in Iraq and Afghanistan. They began as notes he jotted on the inside of his forearm in grease pencil and, later, as bullet points on the torn-off flap of an MRE kit. Whenever possible he incorporated those notes into his journals. Years later, he used those journals to write this incredibly powerful book.

Wild biography from the former SNL comedy writer and star of Better Call Saul.

A novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.

Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world. In a time when office paranoia and politics have followed us home, Kasulke captures the surprising, absurd, and fully-relatable factors attacking our collective sanity…and give us hope that we can still find a human connection.

Across all industries and levels of organizations, one key leadership trait inspires and motivates more than any other: hospitality. Scott shows how to connect, serve, engage, coach and inspire your peers, teams and even your own leaders in this gripping “call to action” to connect with people on a human level which ultimately inspires teams, organizations and companies to go to the next level.

When novelist Andy Drake returns to his hometown to care for his ailing father, a reconnection with his childhood friend Rachel escalates into a secret love affair. For Rachel, struggling to maintain the facade of a picture-perfect life, it’s an escape from an emotionally abusive marriage. Then Andy receives an anonymous note warning him to end the affair. Or else. Devoured this book in one sitting.

Joan is a thirtysomething ICU doctor at a busy New York City hospital. The daughter of Chinese parents who came to the United States to secure the American dream for their children, Joan is intensely devoted to her work, happily solitary, successful. But when Joan’s father suddenly dies and her mother returns to America to reconnect with her children, a series of events sends Joan spiraling out of her comfort zone just as her hospital, her city, and the world are forced to reckon with a health crisis more devastating than anyone could have imagined.

Get this: eating less and exercising more is not necessarily the way to create sustainable weight loss. In this very readable semi-autobiographical account, Fritz uncovers over 20 common evidence-based reasons that almost no one talks about – including the power of the words you speak aloud to yourself.

Every family has its own mythology. When Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City, it seems like fate. He's a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She’s a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean, looking for lasting love. But are they meant to be? The answer goes back decades – all the way to their parents’ earliest loves.

A novel version detailing the life of Rosalind Franklin – the woman whose contributions to discovering the DNA double helix were despicably upstaged by her male counterparts. Read this, and you’ll hunger to learn more about the real story.

The fun-loving NFL Insider on Fox NFL Sunday bravely shares his fight through depression and anxiety, his successful careers in NFL journalism and business, as well as his work with military vets struggling with PTSD. Glazer’s ability to laugh at himself and take on his mental struggles and share them in order to help others makes this an inspiring read.