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M-9: A Chelmin and Spaulding CID Mystery (paid link)
Veteran author Wolf has created an intriguing odd couple in this first volume of his new series. Wily detective Rudy Chelmin joined the Army Criminal Investigation Division after losing his leg in action in 1991. Rudy discovers a new partner in recruit Will Spaulding, who finds a woman’s naked body in a boxcar full of Army boots. Will enlisted in the Army after getting run out of Barstow, California, after daring to arrest a guilty but privileged scion. The two pair up to solve the murder of Kendra Farrell, the naked woman who died from hypothermia. But their efforts attract the attention of M-9, a dangerous Salvadoran gang, which blows up Will’s Camaro with an RPG.
When Julia South-Brown is asked to judge the first Peridale Bake Off competition alongside local radio DJ, Tony Bridges, she expects it to be some light village fun while her new husband, Barker Brown, finishes work on his second novel. However, it ends up being anything but when Tony shows he is nothing like his charming radio personality. When someone takes advantage of his severe and well-publicised peanut allergy with a contaminated red velvet cake in the middle of the competition, Julia isn’t surprised to find herself with another murder mystery to solve!
With Tony having mistreated everyone from his wife, ex-wife, assistant, and most people unlucky enough to have crossed his path, Julia isn’t short of suspects. But, what should be a cut and dry investigation turns into something wholly more complicated thanks to Julia suddenly being responsible for her baby brother when her father and step-mother find themselves indefinitely stranded in Ibiza thanks to a banana boat and a broken leg.
Carry On, Jeeves (Illustrated) (paid link)
This Top Five Classics edition of Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse includes:
• All 10 short stories from the 1925 edition of Carry On, Jeeves
• More than 35 illustrations as they were originally published in the Strand
• An informative introduction and detailed author bio
The Jeeves & Wooster stories by P.G. Wodehouse, which comprise 35 short stories and 11 novels written from 1915 to 1974, have become iconic and represent the finest work of one of the greatest humorists in the English language. This edition of Carry On, Jeeves, which includes the first meeting between Bertie and Jeeves (“Jeeves Takes Charge”) and the only story in the canon narrated by Jeeves (“Bertie Changes His Mind”), is a great place to start for anyone wanting to explore the hilarious world of the affable but dim-witted Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, the infinitely resourceful and utterly unflappable Jeeves.
Barron’s AP World History: Modern Premium is fully revised to align with the College Board changes for the May 2020 exam. You’ll get in-depth content review and 5 revised practice tests to help you feel prepared for the new test.
The College Board has announced that there are May 2021 test dates available are May 3-7 and May 10-14, 2021.
This edition includes:
Two full-length practice tests in the book with revised free-response questions.
Three fully revised online practice tests, with updated multiple-choice questions to reflect time period changes
Comprehensive content review corresponding with the 4 time periods covered on the exam. Anything pre-1200 CE will fall under AP World History: Ancient and will not be on the May 2020 exam.
Expert strategies for answering all question types
Unit shortcut charts and key concepts at the beginning of each chapter to help organize a better study plan
Barron’s updated AP English Language and Composition with Online Tests features practice tests, sample essays, and essay-writing tips to help students practice their skills and score high on the exam.
The College Board has announced that there are May 2021 test dates available are May 3-7 and May 10-14, 2021.
This edition includes:
Five full-length practice exams in the book with all questions answered and explained
Three full-length online practice exams with answer explanations and automatic scoring
A complete overview of the AP test
Advice and instruction for answering multiple-choice questions
A guide to writing focused and well-organized responses to essay questions
Sample student essays with critiques
Guidelines for evaluating essays and determining final AP exam scores
Unbreakable Bond (Jamie Bond Mysteries Book 1) (paid link)
Her name is Bond. Jamie Bond. And her life is about to be shaken and stirred in a cocktail of lies, scandal, and one very dead body.
Jamie Bond is a former cover model who switches gears to take over the family business: The Bond Agency, a high-powered PI firm located in Los Angeles that specializes in domestic espionage—catching cheating husbands. Jamie’s assembled a team of other disenchanted former models to help her take names and kick derrieres among LA’s wealthiest philandering husbands. Her current client: Mrs. Veronica Waterston, the young, distraught wife of superior court judge, Thomas Waterston, known for his tough sentencing, right-wing leanings, and his fondness for blondes with double D’s. Easy target. But Jamie’s simple case takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the not-so-good judge winds up on the ten o’clock news with a bullet through his head.
Necessary Lies: A Novel (paid link)
When Jane Forrester takes a position as Grace County’s newest social worker, she doesn’t realize just how much her help is needed. She quickly becomes emotionally invested in her clients’ lives, causing tension with her boss and her new husband. But as Jane is drawn in by the Hart women, she begins to discover the secrets of the small farm—secrets much darker than she would have guessed. Soon, she must decide whether to take drastic action to help them, or risk losing the battle against everything she believes is wrong.
Surrounded by death, a man with a terrible gift reaches for life.
A horrific tragedy blasted open a door in young Michael O’Rourke’s mind—cursing him with the ability to talk with the Dead. Nearly two decades later, Michael has moved from victim to survivor, using his abilities to seek out those who would go unjudged.
With his gift, he talks to those who’ve died violently and seeks out their killers. Only once he’s found the murderer, can the victims be at rest. After his last case, the only thing he wants is peace and he hopes to find it in the small town of Mitchell, Indiana.
But something is horribly wrong—the dead are waiting for him there, as well.
The biggest prank could be falling in love…
In this San Francisco neighborhood, a kiss at sunset means you might find your true love. Two best friends are about to find out if the legend is real.
Lt. firefighter Dylan Reyes believes the sunset kiss legend is nothing more than a tourist attraction. He’s a big fan of exit plans, science and health insurance. But since the last time his best friend Charley was in the city, he hasn’t stopped thinking about her naked. One night, and a realistic dream, changed everything.
When Charley Young spreads the word that Dylan has kissed a woman at sunset and is now engaged, her prank sets off a sequence of events. Her intent was to keep single women away from the hunky firefighter, but it has other, far reaching consequences.
Sell!: The Way Your Customers Want to Buy (paid link)
Let Us Dream (paid link)
A rebellious cabaret owner and her stubborn chef pursue, life, liberty, and happiness in 1917 Harlem…and find love where they least expect it.
After spending half her life pretending to be something she’s not, performance is second nature for cabaret owner Bertha Hines. With the election drawing near and women’s voting rights on the ballot, Bertha decides to use her persuasive skills to push the men of New York City in the right direction.
Chef Amir Chowdhury jumped ship in New York to get a taste of the American Dream, only to discover he’s an unwanted ingredient. When ornery Amir reluctantly takes a job at The Cashmere, he thinks he’s hit the bottom of the barrel; however, working at the club reignites his dream of being a force for change. His boss, Bertha, ignites something else in him.
You are what you eat. Food and diet have an enormous influence on your health and well-being, but eating the right amount of the right things – and not too much of the wrong things – isn’t easy. But, as in most walks of life, knowledge is power. This book will empower you to eat healthily, lose weight, and sort the fads from the science facts. This is the New Scientist take on a “New Year, New You” book: an eye-opening and myth-busting guide to everything from sugar to superfoods, from fasting to eating like a caveman and from veganism to your gut microbiome.
Forget faddy diet books or gimmicky exercise programs, this is what is scientifically proven to make you live longer and to be healthier and happier.
It’s well known that to reach the top in elite sport, you need to have spent years honing and perfecting your physical ability. However this is only part of the template required to win – the other half is about mind games.
Throughout her career as one of the world’s top athletes, Annie Vernon struggled with existential questions about the purpose of sport in our comfortable, first-world society: Why do we do it? What is it in our psyche that makes us push ourselves to the limit? What allows us to mentally overcome the physical pain?
Now retired from competition, Olympic silver medallist and world champion rower Annie Vernon has decided to look for answers to these questions.
The Book of Tomorrow: A Novel (paid link)
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