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From: Palm Beach County Library SystemAesthetica
2022-11 - Soho Press
9781641294003 Check Our Catalog
In a debut novel as radiant as it is caustic, a former influencer confronts her past--and takes inventory of the damages that underpin the surface-glamour of social media.
At 19, she was an Instagram celebrity. Now, at 35, she works behind the cosmetic counter at the "black and white store," peddling anti-aging products to women seeking physical and spiritual transformation. She …More
Before I Let Go
By Ryan, Kennedy
2022-11 - Forever
9781538706794 Check Our Catalog
Award-winning and bestselling "powerhouse" author Kennedy Ryan is at her absolute best in this compelling, scorching novel about hope and healing, and what it truly means to love for a lifetime (USA Today).
Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn't solve or save everything. …More
The Couple at the Table
By Hannah, Sophie
2022-11 - William Morrow & Company
9780063257702 Check Our Catalog
Honeymooners at a posh resort receive an ominous warning with deadly consequences in the latest gripping, twisty psychological thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Hannah.
Jane and William are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort…
…until Jane receives a chilling note warning her to “Beware of the couple at the table
Dune: The Heir of Caladan
By Herbert, Brian
Author Anderson, Kevin J.
2022-11 - Tor Books
9781250765161 Check Our Catalog
In Dune: The Heir of Caladan, the final book in the Caladan trilogy by New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, we step into the shoes of Paul Atreides. A boy not yet a man and about to enter a world he could never have imagined.
The story that began with Duke Leto Atreides's rise to power, then continued with the consequences of Lady …More
Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel
By Wilson, Kevin
2022-11 - Ecco Press
9780062913500 Check Our Catalog
From the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here comes an exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever.
Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge--aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner--is determined to make it through yet
Strega
By Lykke Holm, Johanne
Translator Vogel, Saskia
2022-11 - Riverhead Books
9780593539675 Check Our Catalog
Powerfully inventive and atmospheric, a modern gothic story of nine young women sent to work at a remote Alpine hotel and what happens when one of them goes missing
With toiletries, hairbands, and notebooks in her bag, and at her mother's instruction, a nineteen-year-old girl leaves her parents' home and the seaside town she grew up in. Out the train window, Rafa sees the lit-up …More
A Sweet Lowcountry Proposal
By Williams, Preslaysa
2022-11 - Avon Books
9780063236981 Check Our Catalog
Preslaysa Williams, author of the "emotionally stirring debut" A Lowcountry Bride (Oprah Daily), returns to the Lowcountry with a heartwarming story about a second chance romance.
It was supposed to be the happiest day of Jaslene Simmons' life, the day she'd say "I do" to Marcus Clark. But when her sister dies in a tragic accident everything
The World We Make
By Jemisin, N. K.
2022-11 - Orbit
9780316509893 Check Our Catalog
Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts "a glorious fantasy" (Neil Gaiman) -- a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City, in the final book of the Great Cities Duology.
Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six. …More
Conversations with Birds
By Kumar, Priyanka
2022-11 - Milkweed Editions
9781571313997 Check Our Catalog
"Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself."
So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at the feet of the Himalayas in northern India, Kumar took for granted her immersion in a lush natural world. After moving to North America as a teenager, she found herself increasingly distanced from more …More
Egypt's Golden Couple: How Akhenaten and Nefertiti Became Gods on Earth
By Darnell, John And Colleen
Author Darnell, Colleen
2022-11 - St. Martin's Press
9781250272874 Check Our Catalog
Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents.
Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. The gold …More
His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer
By Kaplan, Fred
2022-11 - Harper
9780062440037 Check Our Catalog
As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the life of Thomas Jefferson and his contributions as a writer.
In this unique biography, Fred Kaplan emphasizes Thomas Jefferson's genius with language and his ability to use the power of words to inspire and shape a nation. A man renowned for
Maus Now: Selected Writings
By Chute, Hillary
2022-11 - Pantheon Books
9780593315774 Check Our Catalog
Richly illustrated with images from Art Spiegelman's work, Maus Now gathers together many of contemporary culture's leading critics, authors, and academics on the radical achievement and innovation of Maus more than forty years since its first publication.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists; it is hard to …More