Frankly in Love by David Yoon

 

 

An Instant New York Times Bestseller and #1 Indie Bestseller!

A William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist
 
An Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Honor Book

Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong?

Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any Korean. He was born and raised in Southern California.

Even so, his parents still expect him to end up with a nice Korean girl--which is a problem, since Frank is finally dating the girl of his dreams: Brit Means. Brit, who is funny and nerdy just like him. Brit, who makes him laugh like no one else. Brit . . . who is white.

As Frank falls in love for the very first time, he's forced to confront the fact that while his parents sacrificed everything to raise him in the land of opportunity, their traditional expectations don't leave a lot of room for him to be a regular American teen. Desperate to be with Brit without his parents finding out, Frank turns to family friend Joy Song, who is in a similar bind. Together, they come up with a plan to help each other and keep their parents off their backs. Frank thinks he's found the solution to all his problems, but when life throws him a curveball, he's left wondering whether he ever really knew anything about love—or himself—at all.

In this moving debut novel—featuring striking blue stained edges and beautiful original endpaper art by the author—David Yoon takes on the question of who am I? with a result that is humorous, heartfelt, and ultimately unforgettable.

The Red Book by James Patterson, David Ellis

 

 

James Patterson believes The Black Book is his best thriller ever. The Red Book is even better.

​For Detective Billy Harney, getting shot in the head, stalked by a state’s attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is a normal week on the job. So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts -- his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force -- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only casualties.

 

When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going ... until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.

 

Out of the Maze: An A-Mazing Way to Get Unstuck by Spencer Johnson, Ken Blanchard (Foreword by), John David Mann (Contribution by)

 

 

Wall Street Journal Bestseller

The long-awaited sequel to Who Moved My Cheese?, the beloved 28-million-copy bestseller that became a worldwide sensation.

In his trademark style that has won tens of millions of fans, Dr. Spencer Johnson once again shares a simple story that offers profound truths about how to transform your life.

When we first met them in Who Moved My Cheese?, two mouse-sized characters named Hem and Haw were faced with unexpected change, when the Cheese they loved suddenly disappeared. Haw learned how to deal with that change successfully by setting off in search of New Cheese. But Hem remained stuck where he was.

Now Out of the Maze reveals what Hem did next--and how his discoveries can help you unlock the riddle of whatever mazes you may face yourself.

When you follow Hem and his new friend, Hope, on their new journey, you'll discover how to get more out of life by thinking outside the box. Or, in this case, outside the Maze.

Written for all ages and backgrounds, this story takes less than an hour to read, yet its insights can last for a lifetime.

A Gambling Man by David Baldacci

 

 

Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison, returns in this riveting #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from David Baldacci.

The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City. So Archer hops on a bus and begins the long journey out west to California, where rumor has it there is money to be made if you’re hard-working, lucky, criminal—or all three.
 
Along the way, Archer stops in Reno, where a stroke of fortune delivers him a wad of cash and an eye-popping blood-red 1939 Delahaye convertible—plus a companion for the final leg of the journey, an aspiring actress named Liberty Callahan who is planning to try her luck in Hollywood. But when the two arrive in Bay Town, California, Archer quickly discovers that the hordes of people who flocked there seeking fame and fortune landed in a false paradise that instead caters to their worst addictions and fears.
 
Archer’s first stop is a P.I. office where he is hoping to apprentice with a legendary private eye and former FBI agent named Willie Dash. He lands the job, and immediately finds himself in the thick of a potential scandal: a blackmail case involving a wealthy well-connected politician running for mayor that soon spins into something even more sinister. As bodies begin falling, Archer and Dash must infiltrate the world of brothels, gambling dens, drug operations, and long-hidden secrets, descending into the rotten bones of a corrupt town that is selling itself as the promised land—but might actually be the road to perdition, and Archer’s final resting place.

Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker (Jewish Lives) by David Mikics

 

An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history

"A cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent. . . . A brisk study of [Kubrick's] films, with enough of the life tucked in to add context as well as brightness and bite.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times

"An engaging and well-researched primer to the work of a cinematic legend."—Library Journal

Kubrick grew up in the Bronx, a doctor’s son. From a young age he was consumed by photography, chess, and, above all else, movies. He was a self‑taught filmmaker and self‑proclaimed outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside the Hollywood mainstream. Kubrick’s Jewishness played a crucial role in his idea of himself as an outsider. Obsessed with rebellion against authority, war, and male violence, Kubrick was himself a calm, coolly masterful creator and a talkative, ever‑curious polymath immersed in friends and family.
 
Drawing on interviews and new archival material, David Mikics for the first time explores the personal side of Kubrick’s films.

Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders Edizione Inglese | di Burton David Rose

 

 

 

Fate, pandafeche e mazzamurelli. Storie di miti, superstizioni e leggende d'Abruzzo a cura di David Ferrante

 

 

Nelle lunghe sere d'inverno intorno al focolare si ascoltava. Erano storie che provenivano dal passato, impastate di pietre di montagna e acqua gelida di fiume, trasportate dal vento. Il mago 'Viddie, lu lope menare, lu mazzamurille, la grotta dello Scapigliato, la dea Maja e suo figlio Ermes, il fantasma della Ritorna, le fate, lu bascialische, la fossa del Currìo di Giannandrea, lu scijjone, la scurnacchiera, la pandafeche, sono alcuni dei soggetti più noti dei racconti dei nostri avi. Attraverso la narrazione il popolo ha tramandato il proprio semplice sapere alle generazioni. In questo libro si prosegue la tradizione di quel racconto per ricordare i miti, le leggende e la cultura di una terra. Ogni scrittore si è seduto davanti al camino degli antenati per ascoltare ciò che hanno conservato per secoli, per poi riproporre al lettore una storia vissuta attraverso le parole da loro sussurrate e oramai lontane. Dodici autori hanno riletto queste storie affinché le loro parole continuino ad accarezzare le foglie di un antico bosco. Autori: Giovanni D'Alessandro, Laura Di Nicola, David Ferrante, Fabio Ferrante, Melania Fusconi, Silva Ganzitti, Annalisa Marcellini, Angelo Marenzana, Carlo Menzinger di Preussenthal, Annarita Petrino, Nicoletta Romanelli, Manuela Toto.

In Defense of Innocence by Mr. David Wickenden

 

 

Abused as a child, Janice Williams became a cop to make a difference. When a vigilante starts killing child abusers, she is tasked with capturing the killer. But the vigilante knows her every move. When Janice uncovers the identity of the vigilante, she is faced with the dilemma to do her job to uphold the law or help this person escape a nation-wide manhunt.

Sparare a una colomba di David Grossman (Mondadori)

 

 

Da sempre la presenza di David Grossman sulla scena internazionale va oltre i suoi romanzi: i suoi saggi e interventi su politica, società e letteratura sono ormai diventati un punto di riferimento ineludibile per tantissimi lettori ai quattro angoli del mondo. "La situazione è troppo disperata per lasciarla ai disperati" sostiene. La dimensione personale che è al centro della sua narrativa è indissolubilmente legata a quella politica. Ed è per questo motivo che, nei saggi e nei discorsi che compongono questo libro, Grossman non si limita ad analizzare la situazione di Israele cinquant'anni dopo la Guerra dei Sei Giorni, a descrivere le conseguenze dell'impasse politica in Medio Oriente o dell'abbandono della letteratura nell'era post-fattuale, o a parlare di Covid, ma finisce sempre per raccontarci qualcosa della sua esperienza personale. Questa appassionata e lucida difesa dei valori della libertà e dell'individualità, la strenua opposizione a disfattismo e disimpegno prendono corpo in questi testi, che faranno certamente breccia nelle menti e nei cuori dei suoi lettori.

DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America by David Horowitz

 

 

"Read this disturbing but vital book." — Tucker Carlson

“One of the most intellectually compelling and rational defenses of Christianity’s role in America." — Gov Mike Huckabee

"Exposes the intolerance of many atheists toward those who believe in God. As a Jewish agnostic, I think it is imperative that disbelievers not demonize believers and that believers not demonize disbelievers." — Alan Dershowitz

DARK AGENDA is an extraordinary look into the left’s calculated efforts to create a godless, heathen American society — and how these efforts must be stopped.

And it is written by David Horowitz, a Jew.

A New York Times bestselling author and leading conservative thinker, Horowitz warns that the rising attacks on Christians and their beliefs threaten all Americans — including Jews like himself. The liberal establishment and their radical allies envision a new millennium in which Christianity is banished, Horowitz argues. He says that Judeo-Christian values are at the very root of America’s democracy. Kill off such values and all of our freedoms could perish.

In Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America, Horowitz examines how our elites — increasingly secular and atheist — are pushing a radical agenda:

• How the left trashes Christian doctrines critical to the American Republic, much like radical Islam’s war on “infidel” cultures like ours.
• Why the left fights to keep prayer and religion out of public schools, and how those efforts fly in the face of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson’s intentions.
• How fanatical liberals helped create the religious right by targeting evangelicals and believing Catholics and other conservatives.
• How Barack Obama’s ultra-liberal agenda galvanized the anti-God, anti-religious left.
• The violent and shocking manifesto of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger who advocated the use of dynamite to promote “revolutionary solidarity.”

Filled with stories that demonstrate the mind-numbing reasons behind the secular Left’s smug disdain for Christianity, Horowitz traces the history of religious liberty from the Founding Fathers to now. He shows how the Founding Fathers put aside their own skepticisms about God and religion to write The Declaration of Independence.

Today, he writes Donald Trump’s “genuine love for his country” has galvanized Christians to fight the secular war waged against them — as the president has become a lightning rod for the radical left.

David Horowitz’s powerful new book brings vital insights into the war against Christianity and names the global radicals, leftist Democrats, and money-hungry fat cats of Hollywood and Wall Street responsible for it. Finally, a clear and sensible American voice — one that is not Christian but Jewish — stands up to the twisted rantings of those who want to tear down faith and bedrock of American values. In Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America, David Horowitz delivers an impassioned plea for the restoration of political sanity in America, a perspective that made America great by respecting the faiths of our fathers and mothers.

The Best Book on Politics for Christians in 2019 — The Stream

 

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