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Feels Like Home (Hope Falls Book 1)
Author: Melanie Shawn
FREE
Contemporary Romance
đ This book can be read as a stand-alone.
For Amanda Jacobs, dealing with the pain of losing her beloved Dad is the toughest thing sheâs ever gone through, and it comes with a lot of complications, as wellâlike taking over the family business, Mountain Ridge Outdoor Adventures. It makes her miss the simplicity of being a teenager, when she was surrounded by her amazing friends, The Fabulous Four, and she was madly in love with her Dadâs right hand man, Justin Barnes. His sexy smiles and deep brown eyes had made her heart race in a way sheâs never felt before or since. When the Fabulous Four unexpectedly show up on her doorstep to support her through this complicated time, things seem to be looking up for Amanda. But thatâs not the only surprise visit in store for her...
Justin Barnes left Hope Falls ten years ago, in the dead of night, and didnât think heâd ever set foot there again. That was just fine with him, except for one little complication: Amanda Jacobs. He had fallen in love with her unruly blonde curls and sparkling sapphire eyes, but she had been a teenager then, five years younger than heâtoo young for him to act on his attraction. Still, heâd missed her every single day of those ten years. When Justin receives a phone call that his former mentor has passed away, he knows he has to return to Hope Falls. Justin just has one questionâwill the girl that once adored him have grown into a woman that canât stand him? Or will she still be the only thing in the world that feels like home?
Why this is perfect comfort reading: Melanie Shawn delivers all the small-town romance feels with a second-chance love story that hits the sweet spot between heartache and healing. Amandaâs grief over losing her father is handled with genuine emotion, while Justinâs return after a decade away sets up the kind of âwill they finally get togetherâ tension that keeps you turning pages. The bonus of supportive friendships and a family business to save adds depth beyond the central romance. Best of allâitâs completely FREE, making it a no-risk introduction to the Hope Falls series.
DEADLY WAVES (The Art Marvik Mysteries Book 1)
Author: Pauline Rowson
FREE
Crime Thriller
đ âFans of Rowsonâs DI Andy Horton books will be delighted with her new series.â Booklist
DISCOVER A SERIES OF ACTION-PACKED CRIME THRILLERS FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR PAULINE ROWSON SET AROUND THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH EAST COAST OF ENGLAND.
Meet Art Marvik. Heâs earned the scars on his face as a commando in the Marines, but now heâs struggling to adjust to civilian life.
Please note this book was previously published as Silent Running.
Former Royal Marine commando Art Marvik returns to his isolated cottage on the Isle of Wight to find his ex-girlfriend, Charlotte, waiting for him.
He hasnât spoken to her in over two years. Now sheâs trembling in his arms, recounting a disturbing story about a woman who was murdered fifteen years ago.
The murder of a young woman. A father grieving for the son he never knew. A family torn apart by shame for fifteen years.
Marvik insists that she stay the night, so they can talk things through. But sheâs acting cagey and thinks sheâs being followed.
When Charlotte goes missing, Marvik is the prime suspect.
Marvik must dive into dangerous and deadly waters to find a lethal killer before another innocent life is lost.
Perfect for thriller fans who love: Pauline Rowson brings her expertise from the DI Andy Horton series to create a compelling new protagonist in Art Marvikâa scarred ex-Marine trying to navigate civilian life when his past literally shows up on his doorstep. The setup is classically suspenseful: ex-girlfriend appears after two years, tells a disturbing cold case story, then vanishes, leaving Marvik as the prime suspect. What follows is a taut investigation through coastal England where Marvik must clear his name while uncovering a fifteen-year-old murder. If you love Lee Childâs Jack Reacher or Robert Craisâs Joe Pike, this FREE series starter delivers that same blend of military expertise and mystery-solving.
Another Manâs Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Book 1)
Author: S.W. Hubbard
FREE
Romantic Mystery
đ On a snowy Christmas Eve, a beautiful young mother goes out to buy a few last minute gifts...and never returns. Thirty years later, her daughter picks up her trail.
What really happened to Audrey Nealonâs mother? Did she die in a tragic accident? Or did she abandon her husband and young daughter? And why is Audreyâs father so cold and distant?
As the successful owner of an estate sale business, Audrey has put the past behind her. Her mother is a distant memory, her father a problem she keeps closed away. Until the day Audrey clears out the home of a lonely old widow and finds some shocks.
Street drugs in the silverware drawer, a trunkful of jewels in the attic, and the distinctive ring Audreyâs mother was wearing the night her car supposedly sank to the bottom of a New Jersey lake.
Relentlessly, Audrey pursues clues to her familyâs troubled history. Because the truth will set her freeâŚunless it gets her killed.
Each fact Audrey uncovers drags her further away from the love she craves. Now sheâs on a collision course with people more determined, more ambitious, and more dangerous than she can fathom. As the twist ending reveals, some truths are too awful to bear, and too terrible to share.
What makes this irresistible: S.W. Hubbard weaves a thirty-year-old cold case into Audreyâs present-day life with devastating precision. The premise alone hooks youâa woman whoâs spent her adult life wondering about her motherâs disappearance suddenly finds tangible evidence while doing her job as an estate sale professional. The discovery of her motherâs distinctive ring in a strangerâs attic unravels everything Audrey thought she knew. This is a psychological mystery with real stakes: family secrets, dangerous enemies, and a twist ending that promises to upend everything. The romantic mystery element adds emotional complexity as Audrey risks losing love in her pursuit of truth. FREE and compellingâperfect for fans of Diane Chamberlain or Lisa Jewell.
Seven Days of Friday (Women of Greece Book 1)
Author: Alex A. King
FREE
Humorous Romance
đŹđˇ Thirty-four-year-old Vivi Tyler is living her nightmare: gay husband, spiraling teenager, melodramatic mother. Theyâre picking apart her sanity, one stitch at a time. Sheâs crawling along rock bottom when the arrival of a mysterious package opens a new door to a new country.
A desperate Vivi dives headfirst into the quicksand that is Greeceâher parentsâ birthplace. But itâs a paradise far from perfect, and instead of the new beginning she covets, Vivi discovers trouble is determined to keep her in its pocket. Soon sheâs fighting for her daughterâs life in a Greek hospital, clashing with her Greek relatives, and cobbling together an inadequate cage around her heart, lest she fall for an unavailable man.
Somewhere between Eat, Pray, Love and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, thereâs the Women of Greece series.
Why youâll devour this: Alex A. King captures the messy reality of a woman whose life has spectacularly implodedâgay husband, troubled teen, and a melodramatic motherâthen sends her careening toward Greece in search of a fresh start. But this isnât a sanitized escape story. Vivi finds herself battling in a Greek hospital, clashing with relatives, and trying not to fall for the wrong man. The author describes it perfectly: somewhere between Eat, Pray, Love and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which means you get humor, heart, and cultural chaos in equal measure. This is womenâs fiction with biteâfunny, authentic, and emotionally raw. The FREE first book in the Women of Greece series will have you booking a flight (or at least downloading the sequel).
GRADUATION (The Lady Bethany Book 1)
Author: Christopher C. Tubbs
FREE
Historical Naval Adventure
âď¸ DISCOVER A GRIPPING HISTORICAL ESPIONAGE ADVENTURE WITH A HEROINE AS DEADLY AS SHE IS CHARMING.
Perfect for fans of David Grann, John Drake, C.S. Forester, Patrick OâBrian, Griff Hosker and Bernard Cornwell.
1820, London.
Lady Bethany Stockley is no ordinary young lady. Codename âChatonâ she is trained to protect her country with deadly precision.
A recent graduate from âThe Academyâ, Beth is tasked with uncovering a dangerous plot threatening the British Empire. Aboard her ship, The Fox, she sails to the outposts of the British colonies to unmask dangerous traitors within the corridors of power. She must infiltrate high society, dance with deception and outmanoeuvre enemies on all sides.
From Jamaica and Cuba and back to the opulent ballrooms of London, Beth faces a deadly game where one wrong move could mean disaster for her countryâand herself.
Join Lady Bethany on her first mission, where every secret she uncovers brings her closer to the truthâand deeper into danger.
Hereâs whatâs brilliant about this: Christopher C. Tubbs gives us something rare: a female spy in 1820 whoâs as competent as she is compelling. Lady Bethany isnât just playing at espionageâsheâs a trained operative with the codename âChatonâ (French for kitten, which is deliciously ironic given her deadly skills). The scope is ambitious: Jamaica, Cuba, and Londonâs ballrooms, where Beth must infiltrate high society while hunting traitors. If you love Patrick OâBrianâs naval adventures or Bernard Cornwellâs historical action but wish they featured more capable women, this FREE series opener delivers exactly that. Think of it as Jane Austen meets John le CarrĂŠâwith a ship called The Fox and stakes that could topple an empire.
MURDER and the MORTICIAN (Psychic Last Responder Book 1)
Author: Marian McCarthy
FREE
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
𪌠They dropped a corpse in her driveway. Will her unusual gifts help her deliver justice and lay the deceased to rest?
Perrie Spock has made a career out of being comfortable around cadavers. So the skilled Oklahoma undertaker barely bats an eye when the body of a young woman is dumped outside her funeral home in the small hours. But it feels less like a regular workday when she begins to receive beyond-the grave pleas from the newly arrived stiff.
With more shocking ghostly messages driving her to investigate further, Perrie reluctantly teams up with the local sheriff to solve the crime. And though sheâs still in denial over her own growing psychic powers, a parade of suspects and disturbing small-town secrets are starting to give her the supernatural chillsâŚ
Can this magic-touched embalmer crack the case before the casket closes?
Murder and the Mortician is the exciting first book in The Psychic Last Responder paranormal cozy mystery series. If you like cunning characters, perplexing puzzles, and titanic twists, then youâll love Marian McCarthyâs wicked whodunit.
What makes this a must-read: Marian McCarthy delivers a brilliantly original premiseâa mortician who talks to dead people is basically the perfect detective. Perrie Spock (great name, by the way) is comfortable with corpses professionally, but when a body gets dumped at her funeral home and starts sending her messages from beyond the grave, sheâs forced to become an amateur sleuth. The setup is pure cozy mystery gold: small-town Oklahoma setting, a reluctant psychic in denial about her powers, and a partnership with the local sheriff. If you love shows like Pushing Daisies or books by Juliet Blackwell, this FREE paranormal cozy offers the same blend of supernatural mystery and humor. The âPsychic Last Responderâ series title alone is genius.
Pride and Precipitation (Chick Flick Clique#1)
Author: Heather Horrocks
FREE
Sweet Romantic Comedy
â Pride and Precipitation ~ A sweet enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy.
Forecast: Romance with occasional bursts of laughter.
Breezy Jones is crazy about the weatherârain or shineâwhich makes her job as the local television stationâs meteorologist perfect. Sheâs even hoping the new buyers of her Aspen Grove station will make some positive changes.
Thatâs before she meets the attractive new general manager, Noah Drake, who is determined to repackage everythingâincluding Breezyâs down-home delivery and casual, girl-next-door appearance that seems too Pollyanna for him. He replaces her with a high-powered diva weathercaster and makes Breezy her off-screen assistant.
With a flood of angry emails from the community, plummeting ratings, and incessant demands from the diva, it doesnât take long for Noah to see which way the wind is blowing.
Will the station survive the competitive clash between pride and precipitation?
More importantly, can their blossoming attraction survive?
Come join the Chick Flick Clique at Candyâs CafĂŠ for a good serving of friendship, family, films, and flirty sweet romance. Itâs the first book in a humorous, heartwarming series set in Aspen Grove.
Why this is pure fun: Heather Horrocks delivers a charming Jane Austen riff with perfect punsâPride and Precipitation for a meteorologist heroine named Breezy Jones (come on, thatâs delightful). The setup is classic enemies-to-lovers: new boss Noah Drake thinks Breezyâs girl-next-door authenticity is too unsophisticated, so he replaces her with a diva and demotes her to assistant. Naturally, this backfires spectacularly with angry viewers and plummeting ratings. What follows is a sweet romantic comedy (no spice, all heart) set in the small town of Aspen Grove, featuring the Chick Flick Clique meeting at Candyâs CafĂŠ. If you love Hallmark-style romances with witty banter and happy endings, this FREE series starter is your forecast for a perfect reading day.
Baking it Merry
Author: Samantha Chase
FREE
Christmas Holiday Romance
đ A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Holiday Romance from New York Times bestselling author, Samantha Chase
Everyone in the building loved the bake shop a lot.
Except for the guy on the top floor, who most certainly did not.
If it were up to him, there wouldnât be a hint of Christmas in the building.
For two months out of the year, Daphne Noelle got to live her dream of owning a bakery. Her little pop-up bake shopâone that looked just like a gingerbread houseâbrought joy to every customer who stopped by to enjoy her sweet treats. She loved meeting people and making them smile, and being in such a festive setting every day was just the icing on the cake! For the last three years, everything had gone smoothly, but this year, there was one guy who was determined to ruin it all.
One of the things Tristan appreciated most about the office complex where his architecture firm was located is how upscale and elegant it was. Unfortunately, every year for eight long weeks, a holiday shop set up in the lobby, turning it into the equivalent of a traveling circus, and the bake shop booth was the worst offender. The giant gingerbread house was an eyesore and the woman running it was too cheery for his liking. This year, he was determined to do everything he could to have her and her booth removed.
When Tristan finds himself in the middle of a delicate family situation, only Daphne can help him.
This is holiday romance perfection: New York Times bestselling author Samantha Chase knows exactly what readers want for Christmas, and itâs this: a grumpy architect versus a sunshine baker in a pop-up gingerbread house. The Grinch parallels are intentional and delightfulâTristan thinks Daphneâs festive cheer is an eyesore, while sheâs literally spreading joy through cookies. The enemies-to-lovers setup practically crackles with tension, and when Tristan needs Daphneâs help with a family situation, you know that grumpy exterior is about to melt faster than frosting. This is the kind of FREE holiday romance that pairs perfectly with hot cocoa and twinkling lights. Chase delivers small-town charm, Christmas magic, and a guaranteed happy endingâeverything you need for the season.
His Christmas Miracle
Author: Dani Collins
FREE
Holiday Fiction
đ Quincy Ryan was just handed custody of a son he didnât know existed. He knows how to be an architect, not a dad, so he looks to his own father for guidance, but that means moving with Pops to Marietta, Montana. Quincy knows he has to get over his shock and give Atlas the Christmas he deserves, but how? He needs a miracle.
Nicki Darren, failed actress, will take any job as Christmas approaches, even babysitting for a withdrawn, workaholic, single father. She lost her mom as a child, too, and hasnât had a real Christmas since, so she identifies with four-year-old Atlas. An advent calendar of activities soon has Nicki pulling Quincy out of the house to get a tree and ice skate with his son. She wants Quincy to open his heart to Atlas, but begins to fall for the Ryan men herself. It makes the countdown to her last day, Christmas Eve, bittersweet. If only the miracle he is looking for included herâŚ
Why this tugs at the heartstrings: Dani Collins crafts a deeply emotional holiday story about unexpected fatherhood and second chances at love. Quincy is blindsided by sudden custody of four-year-old Atlas, a son he never knew existed, and heâs completely out of his depth. Enter Nicki, a failed actress who connects with Atlas because she also lost her mom as a child. The advent calendar of Christmas activities is a brilliant deviceâit forces workaholic Quincy to engage with his son while Nicki quietly falls for both Ryan men. This is holiday fiction with real emotion: grief, healing, and the bittersweet countdown to Christmas Eve when Nickiâs job ends. Set in Marietta, Montana, Collins delivers a FREE Christmas story thatâs about family, healing, and finding homeâperfect for readers who want their holiday romance with depth.
Don Quixote
Author: Miguel de Cervantes
FREE
Classic Literary Fiction
đĄď¸ What happens when dreams become more real than reality itself?
In Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes gives the world one of the greatest and most influential novels ever writtenâa brilliant blend of comedy, adventure, and profound human truth.
Inspired by tales of chivalry, the aging Alonso Quixano renames himself Don Quixote de la Mancha and sets out to revive knighthood with his loyal squire, Sancho Panza, at his side. Together they charge into windmills, confront imaginary villains, and wander the Spanish countryside in a story that moves effortlessly between humor and heartbreak, fantasy and reality.
Far more than a comic adventure, this masterpiece explores the timeless tension between idealism and practicality, illusion and truth, courage and folly. Cervantes reveals that even in a flawed world, there is beauty in believingâand dignity in dreaming.
Why this classic still matters: This is one of the most influential novels ever writtenâthe book that essentially invented the modern novel. Cervantes gives us the aging Alonso Quixano who becomes so consumed by tales of chivalry that he renames himself Don Quixote and sets out to restore knighthood with his faithful squire Sancho Panza. Everyone knows the image of charging at windmills, but the novel is so much more than that famous scene. Itâs a profound meditation on idealism versus reality, on the beauty of believing even when the world thinks youâre mad. The story moves between comedy and heartbreak, exploring themes of courage, folly, and human dignity that remain completely relevant today. Getting this literary masterpiece for FREE is an opportunity to understand why writers from Kafka to Faulkner considered it essential reading.
Alpha Female (Wolf Harbor Book 1)
Author: L.J. Breedlove
FREE
Feminist Werewolf Fiction
đş A Fitness Spa Like Youâve Never Experienced Before
Professor Abby Stafford was burned out. She was overweight, middle-aged, and tired. Sheâd even thought about suicide, but there were her dogs. Who would care for them? So she kept trudging forward.
A summer as a test subject for a supplement that was designed to help her feel better, look younger, sounded just like what the doctor ordered. What did she have to lose?
But Wolf Harbor Resort may have left out a few of the side effects....
First in a new paranormal romance series, Wolf Harborâa feminist werewolf story.
What makes this refreshingly different: L.J. Breedlove offers something rare in paranormal romance: a middle-aged, overweight professor as the protagonist. Abby Stafford is burned out and depressed, staying alive mainly for her dogs, when she signs up to be a test subject at a mysterious fitness spa. The promise? Feel better, look younger. The reality? Well, those âside effectsâ at Wolf Harbor Resort involve becoming a werewolf. This is explicitly a feminist werewolf story, which suggests Abbyâs transformation is about reclaiming power and identity, not just physical changes. If youâre tired of paranormal romance that only features twenty-something heroines, this FREE series starter gives you a mature protagonist dealing with real-life struggles before the supernatural element kicks in. Think of it as midlife crisis meets lycanthropyâwith a feminist twist.
Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin: A Memoir
Author: Nicole Hardy
Regularly $20.99, Today $2.99
Christian Marriage
đ When Nicole Hardyâs eye-opening âModern Loveâ column appeared in the New York Times, the response from readers was overwhelming. Hardyâs essay, which exposed the conflict between being true to herself as a woman and remaining true to her Mormon faith, struck a chord with women coast-to-coast.
Now in her funny, intimate, and thoughtful memoir, Nicole Hardy explores how she came, at the age of thirty-five, to a crossroads regarding her faith and her identity. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nicole had held absolute conviction in her Mormon faith during her childhood and throughout her twenties. But as she aged out of the Churchâs âsingles wardâ and entered her thirties, she struggled to merge the life she envisioned for herself with the one the Church prescribed, wherein all women are called to be mothers and the role of homemaker is the emphatic ideal.
Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin chronicles the extraordinary lengths Nicole went to in an attempt to reconcile her human needs with her spiritual lifeâflying across the country for dates with LDS men, taking up salsa dancing as a source for physical contact, even moving to Grand Cayman, where the ocean and scuba diving provided some solace. But neither secular pursuits nor LDS guidance could help Nicole prepare for the dilemma she would eventually face: a crisis of faith that caused her to question everything sheâd grown up believing.
In the tradition of the memoirs Devotion and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin is a mesmerizing and wholly relatable account of one womanâs hard-won mission to find love, acceptance, and happinessâon her own terms.
Why Iâm including this: This is a beautifully honest exploration of what happens when personal identity and institutional expectations collide. Hardy writes with humor and vulnerability about her journey from devout Mormon to a woman questioning everything sheâd been taught about faith, sexuality, and womanhood. Itâs especially powerful for anyone navigating the tension between religious tradition and personal authenticity.
Riding Home: The Power of Horses to Heal
Author: Tim Hayes
Regularly $17.99, Today $2.99
Science of Horses
đ´ Riding Home: The Power of Horses to Heal, Horse Nationâs must read book of 2016, is the first and only book to scientifically and experientially explain why horses have the extraordinary ability to emotionally transform the lives of thousands of men, women and children, whether they are horse lovers, or suffering from deep psychological wounds.
It is a book for anyone who wants to experience the joy, wonder, self-awareness and peace of mind that comes from creating a horse/human relationship, and it puts forth and clarifies the principles of todayâs Natural Horsemanship (or what was once referred to as âHorse Whisperingâ)
Everyone knows someone who needs help: a husband, a wife, a partner, a child, a friend, a troubled teenager, a war veteran with PTSD, someone with autism, an addiction, anyone in emotional pain or who has lost their way. Riding Home provides riveting examples of how Equine Therapy has become one of todayâs most effective cutting-edge methods of healing.
Horses help us discover hidden parts of ourselves, whether weâre seven or seventy. They model relationships that demonstrate acceptance, kindness, honesty, tolerance, patience, justice, compassion, and forgiveness. Horses cause all of us to become better people, better parents, better partners, and better friends.
A horse can be our greatest teacher, for horses have no egos, they never lie, theyâre never wrong and they manifest unparalleled compassion. It is this amazing power of horses to heal and teach us about ourselves that is accessible to anyone and found in the pages of Tim Hayesâs Riding Home.
Why Iâm featuring this: Hayes combines scientific research with deeply moving case studies to reveal why equine therapy works so powerfully for PTSD, autism, addiction, and emotional trauma. This isnât just for horse loversâitâs for anyone interested in alternative healing methods or who knows someone struggling with psychological wounds. The book explains the unique qualities horses possess that make them exceptional healers and teachers.
Brunch: Recipes for Cozy Weekend Mornings
Author: Georgeanne Brennan
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Brunch & Tea Cooking
đĽ From the James Beard Awardâwinning author of La Vie Rustic, recipes and serving ideas to help you create a memorable brunch.
Whether you have a special occasion to celebrate or you simply want to spend time with family and friends, hosting a brunch is the perfect opportunity. With more than fifty delicious recipes and six fresh ideas for serving them with style, Brunch offers a variety of ways to enjoy this favorite midday meal.
The recipes are grouped into six chapters to help you put together a complete menu. Choose from starters, egg dishes, morning sweets, main dishes, side dishes, and beverages. Enjoy such comforting dishes as French Toast and Apple Chutney; Spring Vegetable Frittata; Potato Pancakes; Lox and Bagel Bar; and dozens more. Also included are eight multicourse menus and suggestions for party themes.
In addition, six âidea spreadsâ offer smart suggestions for setting the table, creating a centerpiece, assembling a buffet, brewing great coffee, preparing the perfect pot of tea, and setting up a cocktail bar. Lavishly photographed, Brunch contains all you need to know to create the perfect daytime party for any occasion.
Why this is worth your time: Brennan brings James Beard Award-winning expertise to the most relaxed meal of the week. This isnât just a recipe collectionâitâs a complete entertaining guide with menu planning, table settings, and beverage stations. Perfect for anyone who loves hosting but wants to keep things elegant yet low-stress. The photography alone will have you planning your next gathering.
Walden (Or Life in the Woods)
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Memoir / Nature Writing
đ˛ A TRANQUIL VOYAGE OF SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY
In Walden, (Or, Life in the Woods) Henry David Thoreau details his 1845 retreat into a cabin he built near Walden Pond. Set amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, it served as Thoreauâs immersion into nature and escape from the distractions of social life. He stayed for two years, two months and two days.
Thoreau used his time at Walden Pond to write his first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. When writing Walden, Thoreau compresses the two years spent in the woods into a single calendar year, using the passing of four seasons to symbolize human development.
Part his personal declaration of independence and part social experiment, Thoreau also spends time making precise scientific observations of nature, recording in detail the color and clarity of the different bodies of water, describing the freezing and thawing of the pond, and detailing his experiments to measure the depth and shape of the supposedly âbottomlessâ Walden Pond.
A Transcendentalist, Thoreauâs text reflects upon simple living in natural surroundings. It is a call to reconnect with nature, escape the noise of modern life and immerse yourself in the serene, introspective world of spiritual discovery. It is a manual for self-reliance and a celebration of simple living and tranquility offering wisdom and insights that remain profoundly relevant in todayâs hectic, noisy world.
What makes this essential reading: For under a dollar, you get one of the foundational texts of American literature and environmental thought. Thoreauâs experiment in deliberate living feels more relevant than ever in our age of constant connectivity and consumption. This is the original âdisconnect to reconnectâ manifestoâpart memoir, part philosophy, part nature journal. If youâve ever fantasized about escaping to a cabin in the woods, this is where that dream began.
The Total Outdoorsman Skills & Tools: 324 Tips (Field & Stream)
Author: T. Edward Nickens, The Editors of Field & Stream
Regularly $8.99, Today $1.99
Outdoor Instructional Guides
âş The editor-at-large of Field & Stream guides you through the skills and tools you need to be a better outdoorsman and be ready for anything.
KNOW IT ALL What makes someone a total outdoorsman? Itâs a mix of know-how, enthusiasm, experienceâŚand having the right tools. In this follow-up to the top-selling Total Outdoorsman Manual author T. Edward Nickens returns with another 300+ hints on how to get the most from your hunting, fishing, and camping tripsâŚand how to survive if something goes wrong.
CAMP IN STYLE What do you really need to bring along to sleep comfortably, keep away varmints, set up an amazing camp kitchen, and handle on-the-spot butchering? Eddie knows, and shares in detail.
HUNT BETTER The skills and tools you need track your prey, make the toughest shots, master bowhunting and knife skills, and haul, butcher, and cook wild game.
FISH SMARTER Everything you need to master fly fishing, baitcasting, and spinning, as well as surefire ways to get the most out of your motorboat, canoe, or kayak whether youâre fishing on a shoestring budget or investing in a dream trip.
SURVIVE ANYTHING When the chips are down and help is far away, these are the skills that can save your life, and the tools that will get you out of any wilderness situation safely.
Hereâs why this belongs in your library: Nickens and the Field & Stream team deliver 324 practical tips covering everything from camp cooking to emergency survival. This is the book that turns weekend warriors into confident outdoorsmen. Whether youâre planning your first camping trip or youâre a seasoned hunter looking to refine your skills, this comprehensive guide has you coveredâand at this price, itâs a steal for the wealth of expertise inside.
History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling over the Last 200 Years
Author: Kyle Ward
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Historiography
đ The popular, âthought-provoking studyâ that explores how contemporary prejudices change the way each generation looks at the nationâs past (Library Journal).
Historian Kyle Ward, the acclaimed co-author of History Lessons, offers another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we think about, write about, and teach our own history. Juxtaposing passages from US history textbooks of different eras, History in the Making provides new perspectives on familiar historical events, and sheds light on the ways they have been represented over generations.
Covering subjects that span two hundred years, from Columbusâs arrival to the Boston Massacre, from womenâs suffrage to Japanese internment, History in the Making exposes the changing values, priorities, and points of view that have framedâand reframedâour past.
âInteresting and useful . . . convincingly illustrates how texts change as social and political attitudes evolve.â âBooklist
âStudents, teachers, and general readers will learn more about the past from these passages than from any single work, however current, that purports to monopolize the truth.â âRay Raphael, author of Founding Myths
This oneâs a mind-bender: Ward does something brilliantâhe places history textbooks from different eras side by side to show how the same events get told completely differently depending on when theyâre written. Itâs a fascinating look at how textbooks reflect the biases and values of their time rather than objective truth. Eye-opening for anyone who wants to understand how history is constantly being rewritten to serve contemporary agendas.
100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know: Engagement Chicken and 99 Other Fabulous Dishes to Get You Everything You Want In Life
Author: Cindi Leive
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Cooking, Food & Wine Reference
đ Dip into the power of delicious, homemade food with the New York Times bestselling cookbook that reveals Glamourâs legendary roast chicken recipe.
âRecently I met some beautiful young women from Glamour magazine. They make a roast chicken they call âEngagement Chickenâ because every time one of them makes it for her boyfriend, she gets engaged! How wonderful is that! Thatâs the best reason I ever heard to make a roast chicken.ââIna Garten
Of course, there is more to life than weddings. And thereâs more to this cookbook than Engagement Chicken. 100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know also includes 99 of the magazineâs other most-loved, best-reviewed dishes, all designed to get you exactly what you want in life, exactly when you want it. From Prove to Mom Youâre Not Going to Starve Meat Loaf to Impress His Family Chardonnay Cake, these recipes will help you cook with passion and persuasion. And theyâre all written with your real life and real needs in mind. Because whether youâre a novice or an expert, cooking should never be intimidatingâand it should always be fun.
Donât miss these easy, essential recipes: He Stayed Over Omelet Skinny Jeans Scallops No Guy Required Grilled Steak Letâs Make a Baby Pasta Forget the Mistake You Made at Work Margarita Bribe a Kid Brownies Hers and His Cupcakes
What I love about this collection: Former Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive brings humor and personality to practical cooking. The recipe names alone are worth the priceâtheyâre honest about what we actually use food for in our lives. This isnât stuffy culinary school instruction; itâs a friend helping you navigate everything from first-date dinners to family gatherings with delicious, confidence-building recipes.
Roughneck (Mulholland Classic)
Author: Jim Thompson
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Hard-Boiled Mysteries
đ The hardboiled sequel to the autobiographical Bad Boy, from the author Stephen King calls âmy favorite crime novelistâoften imitated but never duplicated.â
By the time Jim Thompson was sixteen years old, he had been a newspaper boy, a burlesque show hawker, a plumberâs helper, a comedian in two-reel pictures, a night bellboy in a luxury hotel and over a dozen other occupations. By the time he was eighteen, he was driving across America in a broken-down Ford without a penny to his name and his mother and his kid sister Freddie in tow, looking for just one more paycheck to keep them all alive.
A bittersweet comedy of a hard-won American life, Roughneck chronicles the many jobs, near-criminal escapades, and downright unlawful grifts of the man who would become one of crime fictionâs most enduring writers, in a larger-than-life literary memoirâor wildly entertaining tall taleâas only Thompson could tell it. Hard times have never sounded so good.
Praise for Jim Thompson:
âThe best suspense writer going, bar none.â âThe New York Times
âThe most hard-boiled of all the American writers of crime fiction.â âChicago Tribune
âIf Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich would have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring, Jim Thompson would be it . . . His work . . . casts a dazzling light on the human condition.â âThe Washington Post
Why Thompson matters: Before he became noir fictionâs darkest voice, Thompson lived the kind of Depression-era American life that sounds too wild to be true. This autobiographical work captures that journey with the same sharp prose and moral ambiguity that made his crime novels legendary. If you love Stephen King (who adores Thompson) or classic noir, this glimpse into the real-life experiences that shaped one of crime fictionâs masters is essential reading.
Lost and Found Family
Author: Jennifer Ryan
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Frontier Romance
đ If you love Jill Shalvis, Lori Wilde, and Susan Mallery, then you wonât want to miss New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryanâs riveting new novel about family, secrets, and a woman ready to embrace who she really is by facing down her past.
As Sarah Anderson drives up to the house in Carmel, she knows sheâs on an impossible quest to make peace with the one person who truly hates her. For years, Sarah has hidden the truth about her late husbandâs lies from their children and their grandmother. When her mother-in-law, Margaret, threatens her with legal action to see the boys, Sarah strikes a bargain: sheâll bring them for a six-week visit, hoping the boys, at least, will find connection and happiness with their extended family.
It doesnât help that attorney and part-time rancher Luke Thompson lives right next door, and as an old friend of the familyâs heâs agreed to investigate Sarahâs past. Luke doesnât feel comfortable poking around in the very successful tech CEOâs private life. What he finds is a truth very different from the one heâs been led to believe. Far from being cold and unloving, Sarah is devoted to her boys and as at home on the ranch as she is in a boardroom.
All Sarah ever wanted was a family, and all Luke wants now is her love. The time has come to reveal the terrible secrets that have been kept for so long. In losing the past, a new loveâand familyâcan be found.
Perfect for your next escape: Ryan delivers exactly what contemporary romance readers craveâa strong, successful heroine with real problems, a swoon-worthy hero who sees past the lies, and the healing power of family and second chances. Sarahâs journey from isolated widow to woman who finally allows herself love and connection hits all the emotional notes. Great for fans of Susan Malleryâs small-town romances with heart.
đ Master Your Mind, Unleash Your Words, Save Your World â¨
Three powerhouse nonfiction releases: a mentalistâs success secrets, a beloved authorâs writing wisdom, and urgent environmental dispatches đ
NEW RELEASES
Read Your Mind: Proven Habits for Success from the Worldâs Greatest Mentalist
Author: Oz Pearlman
NEW RELEASE
Success Self-Help
âI have always said that your mind is the most powerful weapon. Oz has learned to master it and is now sharing his tools to help you do the same.â
âDavid Goggins đŞ
âOz gets right to the point: Success starts with understanding people. Read Your Mind isnât about tricksâitâs about tools. If you want to close deals, build real relationships, and take control of any room, this book is your playbook.â
âMark Cuban đź
From one of the most sought-after entertainers today, a powerful, modern twist on How To Win Friends and Influence People that blends the intrigue of mentalism with practical strategies for success. đŠ
Drawing on over thirty years of experience captivating audiences and accruing psychological insights, Oz Pearlman reveals the techniques and habits that have propelled his extraordinary career and shares the ingenious secrets behind his craft to teach you how to unlock your full potential. Youâll build confidence, sharpen your memory, connect more authentically with others, and eliminate your fearsâall through simple, easy-to-master strategies that can be learned in minutes and applied for a lifetime. âĄ
Read Your Mind helps you turn your focus inward, teaching you how to identify and overcome the mental blocks that hold you back, building habits that stick. đŻ
Through compelling stories and practical tips, youâll learn how to:
Master the art of influence to read people, win trust, and shape outcomes đ¤
Sharpen your cognitive and emotional intelligence đ§Š
Overcome rejection, procrastination, and self-doubt đŤ
Tap into the psychology of connection and persuasion đ
You donât need to be a mentalist to create real, lasting changeâyou just need to think like one. đŽ
Why Iâm including this: Pearlman positions this as a modern How To Win Friends and Influence Peopleâheâs not teaching magic tricks, heâs revealing the psychological principles mentalists use to read people, build rapport, and influence outcomes, then showing you how to apply those same techniques in business and relationships. đŞ The endorsements from David Goggins (mental toughness guru) and Mark Cuban (billionaire entrepreneur) establish credibility across both self-improvement and business worldsâthis isnât entertainment fluff, these are serious success tools. Mark Cubanâs âSuccess starts with understanding peopleâ cuts to the core promise: Pearlman teaches you to decode human behavior, anticipate reactions, and build genuine connections. đĽ The âthirty years of experience captivating audiences and accruing psychological insightsâ means Pearlman has performed thousands of shows where heâs had to instantly read strangers, predict their choices, and win their trustâheâs field-tested these techniques in high-pressure situations. The âsimple, easy-to-master strategies that can be learned in minutes and applied for a lifetimeâ promise addresses the biggest self-help objection: this wonât require years of study or complex implementation. âąď¸ The specific skillsâmaster influence, sharpen cognitive and emotional intelligence, overcome rejection and procrastination, tap into psychology of persuasionâare concrete rather than vague âimprove yourselfâ platitudes. Pearlmanâs âidentify and overcome the mental blocks that hold you backâ suggests self-awareness work: before you can influence others, you need to understand your own patterns, fears, and limitations. đŞ The mentalist framework is brilliant because itâs inherently fascinatingâreaders want to know the secrets behind mind-reading tricks, and Pearlman hooks that curiosity to deliver practical psychology. If youâve loved Daniel Pinkâs To Sell Is Human for influence psychology, Malcolm Gladwellâs Blink for reading people, or Dale Carnegieâs classic for relationship-building, Pearlman delivers similar insights filtered through the unique lens of mentalism. đŻ
Writing Creativity and Soul
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
NEW RELEASE
Creativity and Writing
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER đ ⢠From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings: an intimate work on the mysteries, frustrations, and triumphs of being a writer, and an instructive guide to awakening the soul. â¨
When Sue Monk Kidd was in high school, a home economics teacher wrote a list of potential occupations for women on the blackboard: teacher, nurse, librarian, secretary. âWriterâ was nowhere to be found. đ On that day, Kidd shut the door on her writerly aspirations and would not revisit the topic until many years later when she announced to her husband and two children that she was going to become a writer. And so began her journey into the mysteries and methods of the writerly life⌠đŞ
In Writing Creativity and Soul, Sue Monk Kidd will pull from her own life and the lives of other writersâVirginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Harper Lee, and many othersâto provide a map for anyone who has ever felt lost as a writer. đşď¸ At the heart of this book is the unwavering belief that writing is a spiritual act, one that draws inspiration from the soul, that wellspring of creativity between imagination and feeling. Once you tap into that part of yourself, said Maya Angelou, there are only three more things you need as a writer: something to say, the ability to say it, and, perhaps most difficult of all, the courage to say it. đŞ
Equal parts memoir, guidebook, and spiritual quest, Writing Creativity and Soul is a pilgrimage and a touchstone, a journey into the transformational force of the imagination and the creative genius that lies in the unconscious. đ
Why Iâm including this: Kiddâs opening anecdoteâa teacher listing acceptable occupations for women, âwriterâ conspicuously absentâestablishes the external and internal barriers aspiring writers face, especially women whose ambitions were dismissed or erased. đŤ That she âshut the door on her writerly aspirationsâ for years resonates with anyone whoâs buried a creative dream because others said it wasnât realistic, practical, or appropriate. Her later announcement to her family âIâm going to become a writerâ is the reclamation momentâchoosing herself despite years of conditioning. đ Kiddâs bestselling credentials (The Secret Life of Bees, The Book of Longings) prove she didnât just become a writer, she became a massively successful one, making this less âhereâs what might workâ and more âhereâs what actually worked for me.â đ The company she keepsâVirginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Harper Leeâsignals this isnât craft technique book but literary tradition, positioning writing as calling rather than career. Kiddâs central thesis that âwriting is a spiritual actâ drawing from the soul reframes creativity as sacred practice, not commercial production. đď¸ Maya Angelouâs three requirementsâsomething to say, the ability to say it, and the courage to say itâreduce writing to essential components while acknowledging the hardest part is courage, not skill. That emotional/psychological barrier is what stops most writers, not lack of talent. đ° The âequal parts memoir, guidebook, and spiritual questâ structure means youâre getting Kiddâs personal journey (how she overcame her own blocks), practical guidance (how you can do the same), and philosophical framework (why writing matters beyond publishing success). The âtransformational force of the imagination and the creative genius that lies in the unconsciousâ suggests Kidd will teach accessing deeper creativity rather than surface productivity hacks. đ If youâve loved Anne Lamottâs Bird by Bird for honest writing wisdom, Julia Cameronâs The Artistâs Way for creative unblocking, or Natalie Goldbergâs Writing Down the Bones for writing as spiritual practice, Kidd delivers similar soul-level guidance from a bestselling novelist who knows what it takes to sustain a writing life. đ
Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World
Author: Elizabeth Kolbert
NEW RELEASE
Nature and Environmental Science
A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbertâs most important pieces about climate change and the natural world đ
âTo be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth,â Rolling Stone has advised, âyou need to read Elizabeth Kolbert.â đ
From her National Magazine Award-winning series The Climate of Man to her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction, Kolbertâs work has shaped the way we think about the environment in the twenty-first century. Collected in Life on a Little-Known Planet are her most influential and thought-provoking essays. đ°
An intrepid reporter and a skillful translator of scientific ideas, Kolbert expertly captures the wonders of nature and paints vivid portraits of the researchers and concerned citizens working to preserve them. She takes readers all around the globe, from an island in Denmark thatâs succeeded in going carbon neutral, to a community in Florida that voted to give rights to waterways, to the Greenland ice sheet, which is melting in a way that has implications for everyone. đ§
We meet a biologist who believes we can talk to whales đ, an entomologist racing to find rare caterpillars before they disappear đŚ, and a climatologist whoâs considered the âfather of global warming,â amongst other scientists at the forefront of environmental protection. đŹ
The threats to our planet that Kolbert has devoted so much of her career to exposing have only grown more serious. Now is the time to deepen our understanding of the world we are in danger of losing. â ď¸
Why Iâm including this: Kolbert is arguably the most important environmental journalist of our timeâher Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sixth Extinction reframed mass extinction as happening right now, caused by humans, and this collection gathers her most influential climate and nature writing in one place. đ The Rolling Stone endorsementââto be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth, you need to read Elizabeth Kolbertââestablishes this isnât optional reading for eco-nerds, itâs essential literacy for understanding the world we live in. The breadth of her reporting (National Magazine Award-winning Climate of Man series, Pulitzer Prize-winning book) shows sustained excellence over decades, not one viral article but career-defining work. đď¸ Kolbertâs gift is being a âskillful translator of scientific ideasââshe makes complex climate science, evolutionary biology, and ecological systems comprehensible without dumbing them down, respecting both scientists and general readers. The global scopeâDenmarkâs carbon neutrality, Floridaâs waterway rights, Greenlandâs ice meltâshows climate change isnât abstract future threat but present reality with solutions emerging alongside catastrophes. đşď¸ The human storiesâbiologist who believes we can talk to whales, entomologist racing to find caterpillars before extinction, climatologist as âfather of global warmingââgive faces to scientific work, making readers care about both the researchers and what theyâre trying to save. Kolbertâs âintrepid reporterâ credentials mean sheâs been to these places (Greenland ice sheet, Florida communities, Danish island), not just synthesizing othersâ research but witnessing and reporting firsthand. đĽ The urgency is undeniable: âthreats have only grown more serious...now is the time to deepen our understanding of the world we are in danger of losingâ acknowledges weâre running out of time, making this collection both archive of what we knew and call to action about what we must do. đ¨ If youâve loved David Wallace-Wellsâs The Uninhabitable Earth for climate urgency, John McPheeâs nature writing for scientific storytelling, or Bill McKibbenâs environmental activism, Kolbert delivers unparalleled climate journalism with hope alongside horror. đą
