Betty Summers

Going Rogue (Stephanie Plum, #29)

    Stephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who?s boss in this ?fast and fun? (Publishers Weekly) thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.Monday mornings aren?t supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable. However, on this particular Monday, Stephanie Plum knows that something is amiss when she turns up for work at Vinnie?s Bail Bonds to find that longtime office manager Connie Rosolli, who is as reliable as the tides in Atlantic City, hasn?t shown up. Stephanie?s worst fears are confirmed when she gets a call from Connie?s abductor. He says he will only release her in exchange for a mysterious coin that a recently murdered man left as collateral for his bail. Unfortunately, this coin, which should be in the office?just like Connie?is nowhere to be found. The quest to discover the coin, learn its value, and save Connie will require the help of Stephanie?s Grandma Mazur, her best pal Lula, her boyfriend Morelli, and hunky security

The Glass Castle

    MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, ?nothing short of spectacular? (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world?s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette?s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children?s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn?t want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing?a memoir permeated by the

She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman

    As women everywhere will attest, when it comes to understanding female sexuality, most guys know more about what s under the hood of a car than under the hood of a clitoris. And while it seems that men have struggled valiantly since the dawn of time to find ways to reliably elicit the female orgasm, rare is the guy who has the modesty to ask: What do I do? Ironically the answer has always been right there on the tip of his tongue.Welcome to the world of "She Comes First, " where the mystery of female satisfaction is solved and the tongue is proven mightier than the sword. According to Ian Kerner, clinical sexologist and evangelist of the female orgasm, oral sex has long been deemed an optional aspect of foreplay, but in fact, it s coreplay simply the best way for leading a woman through the entire process of sexual response.Fun, informative, and easy to read, "She Comes First" is a virtual encyclopedia of female pleasure, detailing dozens of tried-and-true techniques for consistently

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

    The #1 New York Times bestseller. A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiencesWhen Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of

It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

    Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father?s dive bar... in Washington.Piper hasn?t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won?t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can?t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She?s determined to show her stepfather?and the hot, grumpy local?that she?s more than a pretty face.Except it?s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there?s an undeniable attraction simmering between them.

Minecraft: The Official Joke Book (Minecraft)

    The official Minecraft Joke Book is packed with over 200 jokes inspired by the best-selling video game in the world!BONUS: Includes full-color poster! Q: What's a Minecraft zombie's favorite vegetable? A: A human bean! Q: Why aren't zombies funny? A: Because their jokes are rotten! The official Minecraft Joke Book is packed full of jokes and humorous illustrations that will fill Minecraft fans' inventories with laughs and giggles. There's something for every Minecrafter, whatever their age. The book also comes with a full-color insert!(c) 2021 Mojang AB and Mojang Synergies AB. MINECRAFT and MOJANG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mojang Synergies AB.

Mistakes That Worked: The World's Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be

    The greatest discoveries are made outside the classroom! Learn all about mistakes that changed the world with this collection of the strange stories behind everyday inventions! It's no accident that you'll love this book!SANDWICHES came about when an English earl was too busy gambling to eat his meal and needed to keep one hand free. POTATO CHIPS were first cooked by a chef who was furious when a customer complained that his fried potatoes weren't thin enough. Coca-Cola, Silly Putty, and X rays have fascinating stories behind them too! Their unusual tales, and many more, along with hilarious cartoons and weird, amazing facts, make up this fun-filled book about everyday items that had surprisingly haphazard beginnings.And don't miss Eat Your Words about the fascinating language of food!"A splendid book that is as informative as it is entertaining . . . a gem." --Booklist, Starred Review

It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

    When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. ?Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form,? says Megan Devine. ?It is a natural and sane response to loss.? So why does our culture treat grief like a disease to be cured as quickly as possible? In It?s OK That You?re Not OK, Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy. Having experienced grief from both sides?as both a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the accidental drowning of her beloved partner?Devine writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal, ?happy? life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one that invites us to build a life alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it. In this compelling and heartful book, you?ll learn ?

Hell Followed With Us

    Prepare to die. His kingdom is near.Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him?the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world?s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can?t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC?s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji?s darkest secret: the cult?s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all. Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick?s terms?until he discovers the ALC?s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and

Home Front

    In this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war.All marriages have a breaking point. All families have wounds. All wars have a cost. . . .Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life?children, careers, bills, chores?even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then a deployment sends Jolene deep into harm's way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a soldier, she has always understood the true meaning of duty. In her letters home, she paints a rose-colored version of her life on the front lines, shielding her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in ways that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy strikes, Michael must face his darkest fear and fight a

All the Light We Cannot See

    Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure?s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum?s most valuable and dangerous jewel.In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a

May I Please Have a Cookie?

    In this Level 1 Scholastic Reader, Alfie learns that the best way to get a delicious cookie is to say please!Alfie loves his mommy's cookies, and he wants one more than anything! But grabbing for one, fishing for one, and dressing up as a cookie inspector don't seem to work. His mommy says there is a better way. What is it? Beginning readers will learn proper manners with Alfie as his mommy teaches him to say the magic words.

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

    Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind?and healing the many parts that make you who you are. Is there just one ?you?? We?ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can?t control the inner voices that don?t match the ideal of who we think we should be. Yet Dr. Richard Schwartz?s research now challenges this ?mono-mind? theory. ?All of us are born with many sub-minds?or parts,? says Dr. Schwartz. ?These parts are not imaginary or symbolic. They are individuals who exist as an internal family within us?and the key to health and happiness is to honor, understand, and love every part.?Dr. Schwartz?s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you?ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment?and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our

Credence

    Tiernan de Haas doesn?t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she?s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents? fame followed her everywhere.And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She?s always been alone, hasn?t she?Jake Van der Berg, her father?s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her

Gwendy's Final Task

    The final book in the New York Times bestselling Gwendy?s Button Box trilogy from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its eight colored buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box reentered Gwendy?s life. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once again forced to deal with the temptation the box represented. Now, malignant forces seek to possess the button box, and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them at all costs. But where can one hide something from such powerful entities? In Gwendy?s Final Task, master storytellers Stephen King and Richard Chizmar take us on a journey from Castle Rock to another famous cursed Maine city to the MF-1 space station, where Gwendy must execute a secret mission to save the world. And, maybe, all worlds.

Twisted Games

    Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules...until her.Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed. Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he's faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her.Because she's his. His princess. His forbidden fruit. His every depraved fantasy.Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Bridget dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses. But when her brother abdicates, she's suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted.And as she navigates the intricacies-and treacheries-of her new role, she must

Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and A Boy

    Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann?a boy and his two dogs...A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee County. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains?and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...Where the Red Fern Grows?An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.(from the back cover)

Rooms of Wonder: Step Inside This Magical Coloring Book

    From bestselling author Johanna Basford, a stunning new coloring book that invites artists to explore the great indoorsThrough her bestselling coloring books and distinctive illustrations, Johanna Basford's beautiful forests, ocean depths, and hidden magical kingdoms have enchanted millions of people around the world. In this newest work, Basford takes her audience indoors, inviting them to explore the wonders of the worlds within.Hidden within every illustration in Rooms of Wonder is a secret key and a locked door. Find the key, unlock the door and continue to the next room. Discover a busy craft studio, a wizard's workshop, a mouth-watering ice cream parlour and an opulent banquet hall. With hidden treasures, curious spaces and a few enchanted interiors, all you need to do is unlock the first door and begin your magical journey.Now printed on a new snowy white paper, to allow for more vibrant coloring, but still with enough texture to blend and create wonderful colored pencil

Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Major New York Times bestsellerWinner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award in 2012Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 2011A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleOne of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year One of The Wall Street Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year 20112013 Presidential Medal of Freedom RecipientIn the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation?each of these can be

We Are the Light

    LIFE IS FULL OF GUARDIAN ANGELS.Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero?everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas?s backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two embark on a journey to heal their neighbors and, most important, themselves.From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, We Are the Light is an unforgettable novel about the quicksand of grief and the daily miracle of love. The humorous, soul-baring story of Lucas Goodgame offers an antidote to toxic masculinity and celebrates the healing power of art. In this tale that will stay with