A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeNational BestsellerWinner of the National Outdoor Book AwardLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionA New York Times Notable BookOne of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of the YearOne of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of the YearOne of Smithsonian Magazine's 10 Best Science Books of the Year One of Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year A New York Times Editor's ChoicePart H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world's most elusive fish—the eel—and a reflection on the human conditionRemarkably little is known about the European eel,... Views: 490
Three can keep a secret, but only if two are dead. No one knows that better than Kaitlyn Ashe, who has been running from a childhood secret her whole life. Until now. Crowned the top rated radio DJ in Philadelphia, she is finally ready to settle down with her fiancé who knows nothing about her past. When a sudden flood of anonymous letters threatens Kaitlyn's seemingly charmed life, she realizes that someone out there knows her secret. But who?As the threatening letters escalate, Kaitlyn's life spirals toward a reunion in the one place she'd hoped to never visit again: The Shallows. Isn't her secret buried with the dead? Views: 490
For fans of Goodbye Stranger, See You in the Cosmos, The Science of Breakable Things, and Counting by 7s comes a poignant, scrappy, uplifting debut about family, friendship, and accepting help enough to help yourself.Twelve-year-old Jeanne Ann has doubts when her mom spends most of their savings on an old orange van and bundles them off to San Francisco to chase Mom's dream of working as a chef. There, they park on the street while Mom looks for a job she never gets. Before long, Jeanne Ann realizes that this van is the closest thing she has to a home. Across the street, twelve-year-old Cal watches the mobile homeless community parked just beyond his big house. Cal's mom is busy with the upscale restaurant she owns, but they've always been close—until Cal does something his mom just doesn't understand.Then Cal and Jeanne Ann meet. Cal wants to save her. Jeanne Ann doesn't want saving. She just wants her mom to get a good job and... Views: 490
From award-winning and internationally acclaimed author, Batya Gur, comes a hair-raising mystery in which Israeli investigator Michael Ohayon's detective skills are put to the ultimate test.When Dr. Eva Neidorf is found dead on the morning that she is to give a lecture to the Jerusalem Psychoanalytic Society, Chief Inspector Michael Ohayon investigates—revealing, along the way, intimate details about his own life. As he works around the clock to find the killer, he must also solve the riddle of the enigmatic self-contained world of the Psychoanalytic Society. A fast-paced, chilling, labyrinthine mystery, Saturday Morning Mystery attests to Batya Gur's suspense writing genius in another fascinating, unforgettable novel. Views: 490
