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A Matter of Death & Life

A Matter of Death & Life

By Irvin D. Yalom & Marilyn Yalom 244 pages Adult

Danny Says

A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret. Get out the tissues for this beautiful story.

How to Pack

How to Pack

By Hitha Palepu 128 pages Adult

Danny Says

I’m off on a hiking trip across the Pyrenees in a few weeks, so I need all the packing tips I can get. Palepu shows that what and how you pack are who you are. Confidence and comfort inspire success upon arrival, whether you’re exploring a new city, hoping to nail a job interview or relaxing on a beach. Wish I had discovered this book years ago.

The Mountain Is You

The Mountain Is You

By Brianna Wiest 248 pages Adult

Danny Says

Wiest shows that by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential. Motivational blueprint for anyone looking to be better.

So Late in the Day

So Late in the Day

By Claire Keegan 128 pages Adult

Danny Says

From the Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author comes a collection of three short stories that probe the dynamics that corrupt what could be between women and men: a lack of generosity, the weight of expectation, the looming threat of violence. Potent, charged and breathtakingly insightful.

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

By Claire Jiménez 240 pages Adult

Danny Says

Powerful novel about a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island, in all its shattered reality. This one takes you through a roller coaster of emotions, as Jiménez does what the best writers do – she makes you laugh, cry and think. Winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

The Book of Charlie

The Book of Charlie

By David Von Drehle 208 pages Adult

Danny Says

When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship – and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. The inspiring story of one man’s journey through a century of upheaval.

Holler, Child

Holler, Child

By LaToya Watkins 224 pages Adult

Danny Says

Eleven short stories looking at the bruises of guilt, love and circumstance. Each story introduces us to a character irrevocably shaped by place and reaching toward something: hope, reconciliation, freedom. Throughout, we see love lost and gained, and grief turned to hope.

The Nursery

The Nursery

By Szilvia Malnar 208 pages Adult

Danny Says

There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. Thrilling novel about a new mother struggling with post-partum depression.

Control Your Chaos

Control Your Chaos

By Lindsey White 242 pages Adult

Danny Says

Through a chaotic life journey riddled with adversity, White guides readers through how they can overcome their own trials and tribulations. At times heartbreaking and at others laugh-out-loud funny.

An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country

An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country

By David Finkel 241 pages Adult

Danny Says

An Iraq war veteran finds himself coping with the feeling that the country he loves is fracturing in front of his eyes. Raised to believe in a vision of America that values fairness, honesty, and respect for others, he is increasingly surprised by the behavior and beliefs of others, and engulfed by the fear, anger and confusion that is sweeping through his beloved country as he tries to hold on to his values and his hope for America’s future. Timely story of how he navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbors in this immersive account, beautifully chronicled by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Finkel.

Blizzard

Blizzard

By Marie Vingtras 224 pages Adult

Danny Says

In the middle of a raging storm in Alaska, Bess stops to tie her shoes. And just like that, the boy is lost, gone in a flash, swallowed up by the snow. A breathless panorama of lonely souls making a life for themselves in the Far North, and of the dark truths they carry.

The Girl with the Buddha Tattoo

The Girl with the Buddha Tattoo

By Dasha Love 256 pages Adult

Danny Says

A beautiful personal narrative of Love’s story of transformation journey – which is still ongoing. Through self-realization, plant medicines, meditation, affirmations, vision boards and daily rituals, she shows readers how she reprogrammed herself and rewrote her human love story. Perfect book for those seeking more than a paycheck out of life.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

By Toshikazu Kawaguchi 256 pages Adult

Danny Says

In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold. The first in a compelling series.

The Bell in the Fog

The Bell in the Fog

By Lev AC Rosen 272 pages Adult

Danny Says

San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective – but his business hasn’t exactly taken off. It turns out that word spreads fast when you have a bad reputation, and no one trusts him enough to ask an ex-cop for help. The second entry in Rosen’s Evander Mills series, this dazzling historical mystery asks, “Once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them?”

Black Founder

Black Founder

By Stacy Spikes 256 pages Adult

Danny Says

Spikes knows what’s it like to be an outsider. He certainly knew he didn’t fit the mold of a successful future tech entrepreneur. But he marshaled his resilience and ultimately set out to shatter that mold – along with the glass ceiling that came with it. Finding his footing in the tech world was an education in the complexities of being an outsider – but as Spikes came to see, rather than a hindrance, it afforded him a unique position of power.

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