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Best of the Month ... for Adults
Best of the Month ... for Adults
The fourth volume of Robert Caro's epic biography follows Lyndon Johnson from leadership of the Senate to his frustrated days as JFK's Vice President -- and through the tragedy that placed him in the Oval Office. His rise in an era of social tumult unfolds as a drama worthy of Shakespeare. Buy Now
Twenty-four-year-old Amina Mazid travels from Bangladesh to upstate New York to marry a man she's never laid eyes on before. In Nell Freudenberger's hands, the story of a 21st-century marriage-by-Internet becomes a wonderfully layered study of cultural divides -- in the heart and elsewhere. Buy Now
Framed by the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989 and the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, this brilliant investigative work dives into the history of a corporation whose global power and influence may be unparalleled. It's sure to give you a whole new perspective the next time you fill the tank. Buy Now
The 18th-century quest to calculate the size of the solar system by observing the transit of Venus was the first truly international scientific undertaking. Andrea Wulf captures the personalities who took on the astronomical (and political) challenge in this fascinating true story. Buy Now
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
On a chilly Thanksgiving day, 19-year-old Billy Lynn and the other surviving members of Bravo Squad wait to be hailed as heroes during a Dallas Cowboys halftime tribute. But Billy, thinking of family and fallen comrades, doesn't feel like a hero. The most affecting fictional treatment of the Iraq War to date. Buy Now
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison turns to the ravages of war in her novel about Frank Money, home from Korea and crosshatched with scars physical and otherwise. As he reconnects with his family and revisits the small town he thought he'd put behind him, Frank discovers a profound courage that eluded him in combat. Buy Now
Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, Wolf Hall, brought Henry VIII and his trusted advisor Thomas Cromwell to vibrant life. The downfall of Anne Boleyn takes center stage in her gripping sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. Buy Now
Spanning a half century in the life of a "sexual suspect" -- a term Irving first used in his landmark novel The World According to Garp -- the renowned author's new novel is his most political since A Prayer for Owen Meany and wrestles with issues of sexual identity and discrimination. Buy Now
Jack Hitt searches out the American Dream among the inventors tinkering in their garages and kitchens looking to perfect the Next Big Thing. From Benjamin Franklin to Mark Zuckerberg, he looks at the great minds that have energized our nation -- and envisions a fresh wave of bootstrapped innovation. Buy Now
On February 23, 1836, Mexican dictator Santa Anna laid siege to the Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. None survived -- but their spirit of defiance endured. James Donovan's exhaustively researched account of the battle captures the events of that terrible struggle and the legacy the defenders left behind. Buy Now
Forced to flee to Canada following his parents' arrest for a startling crime, Dell Parsons grows up under the watchful eye of a violent man. Searching for peace, he instead draws closer to a deadly confrontation in the new novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford. Buy Now
In this impassioned call to action, 18-year New Jersey Senator and former Presidential candidate Bill Bradley addresses a nation at a crossroads. Tackling issues from job creation to education, he offers a map meant guide us out of political gridlock -- and points the way to a better future for every American. Buy Now
