The Guardians: A Novel <p><b>In this instant number one </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> best seller, John Grisham delivers a classic legal thriller - with a twist.</b></p> <p>“Terrific...affecting...Grisham has done it again.” (Maureen Corrigan, <i>The Washington Post</i>) </p> <p>“A suspenseful thriller mixed with powerful themes.” (Associated Press)</p> <p>In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young Black man who was once a client of Russo’s.</p> <p>Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For 22 years, he languished in prison, maintaining his innocence. But no one was listening. He had no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. In desperation, he writes a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small nonprofit run by Cullen Post, a lawyer who is also an Episcopal minister. Guardian accepts only a few innocence cases at a time.</p> <p>Cullen Post travels the country fighting wrongful convictions and taking on clients forgotten by the system. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy Miller exonerated. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they will kill another without a second thought. </p>
Untamed <p><b>Number One </b><b><i>New York Times Best Seller</i></b> </p> <p><b>Over two million copies sold! “Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today.” (Reese Witherspoon, Reese’s Book Club Pick)</b></p> <p><b>In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, best-selling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (</b><b><i>People</i></b><b>) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.</b></p> <p><b>Named One of the Best Books of the Year By </b><b><i>O: The Oprah Magazine </i></b><b> </b><b><i>The Washington Post </i></b><b> </b><b><i>Cosmopolitan </i></b><b> </b><b><i>Marie Claire</i></b><b> </b><b><i>Bloomberg </i></b><b> </b><b><i>Parade </i></b></p> <p><b>“</b><b><i>Untamed</i></b><b> will liberate women - emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, author of </b><b><i>City of Girls</i></b><b> and </b><b><i>Eat Pray Love</i></b><b>)</b></p> <p><i>This is how you find yourself.</i></p> <p>There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: <i>Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this?</i> We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent - even from ourselves. </p> <p>For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: <i>There She Is</i>. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice - the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living.</p> <p>Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, <i>Untamed</i> is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say:<i> There She Is</i>.</p> <p><i>Untamed</i> shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists: <i>The braver we are, the luckier we get.</i></p> The Guest List: A Novel <p>A Reese's Book Club Pick</p> <p>“I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie.... The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” (Alex Michaelides, number one <i>New York Times </i>best-selling author of <i>The Silent Patient</i>)</p> <p>"Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics.... Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.” (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>)</p> <p>A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>The Hunting Party</i>.</p> <p>The bride - the plus one - the best man - the wedding planner - the bridesmaid - the body.</p> <p>On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.</p> <p>But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.</p> <p>And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why? </p> How to Be an Antiracist <p><b>Number one</b><b><i> New York Times </i></b><b>best seller </b></p> <p><b>From the National Book Award-winning author of </b><b><i>Stamped from the Beginning</i></b><b> comes a “groundbreaking” (</b><b><i>Time</i></b><b>) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society - and in ourselves. </b></p> <p>“The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.” (<i>The New York Times</i>) </p> <p><b>Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: </b><b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><b> </b><b><i>Time</i></b><b> </b><b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><b> </b> <b><i>Shelf Awareness </i></b><b> </b><b><i>Library Journal</i></b><b> </b><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <b><i> Kirkus Reviews </i></b></p> <p>Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism - and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types. Racism intersects with class and culture and geography and even changes the way we see and value ourselves. In<i> How to Be an Antiracist</i>, Kendi takes listeners through a widening circle of antiracist ideas - from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilities - that will help listeners see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.</p> <p>Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.</p> <p><b>Praise for </b><b><i>How to Be an Antiracist </i></b></p> <p>“Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, <i>How to Be an Antiracist</i>, couldn’t come at a better time.... Kendi has gifted us with a book that is not only an essential instruction manual but also a memoir of the author’s own path from anti-Black racism to anti-white racism and, finally, to antiracism.... <i>How to Be an Antiracist</i> gives us a clear and compelling way to approach, as Kendi puts it in his introduction, ‘the basic struggle we’re all in, the struggle to be fully human and to see that others are fully human.’” (NPR) </p> <p>“Kendi dissects why in a society where so few people consider themselves to be racist the divisions and inequalities of racism remain so prevalent. <i>How to Be an Antiracist</i> punctures the myths of a post-racial America, examining what racism really is - and what we should do about it.” (<i>Time</i>)</p> Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink <p>Number one <i>New York Times</i> best seller</p> <p>America's top-rated cable news host offers his first book in 10 years: a look at America's fight against those who would reverse our tradition of freedom - a fight we can't afford to lose in 2020. </p> <p>America is great for a reason. Built on principles of freedom, rugged individualism, and self-sufficiency, no country has ever accumulated more power and wealth, abused it less, or used that power more to advance the human condition. </p> <p>And yet, as America blossomed, left-wing radicalism and resentment festered beneath the surface, threatening to undermine democracy first in the '60s and now - more insidiously than ever - in the form of social justice warriors, the deep state, and compromised institutions like academia and the mainstream media. </p> <p>Our fate if we succumb to a Democratic victory in 2020? A big step toward full-blown socialism along with the economic dysfunction and social strife that are its hallmarks. With radical Democrats demanding the Green New Deal, socialized medicine, abortion on demand, open borders, abolishing the Electoral College, packing the Supreme Court, and an end to free speech, our great nation will be fundamentally transformed beyond recognition. </p> <p>Ronald Reagan once said, "Freedom is but one generation away from extinction," and his words have never rung truer. In <i>Live Free or Die</i>, Sean demonstrates why now is an All Hands on Deck moment to save the Republic. His solution is simple: If all you can do is vote, then vote. But if you can inform people of the truth, that's even better. And the truth is that the future of American freedom rests on Donald Trump's reelection. </p> Midnight Sun <p><b>Number one best-selling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with this highly anticipated companion: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view.</b></p> <p>When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, listeners can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, <i>Midnight Sun</i>.</p> <p>This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?</p> <p>In <i>Midnight Sun</i>, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.</p> <p><b>An instant number one </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> best seller</b><br /> <b> An instant number one </b><b><i>USA Today</i></b><b> best seller</b><br /> <b> An instant number one </b><b><i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><b> best seller</b><br /> <b> An instant number one </b><b><i>IndieBound </i></b><b>best seller</b><br /> <b> Apple Audiobook August Must-Listens Pick</b></p> <p><b>"People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." (</b><b><i>Time</i></b><b>)</b></p> <p><b>"A literary phenomenon." (</b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b>)</b></p> Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man <p><b>In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.</b></p> <p>Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents’ large, imposing house in the heart of Queens, where Donald and his four siblings grew up. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred, Jr., and Donald.</p> <p>A firsthand witness to countless holiday meals and family interactions, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humor to sometimes grim, often confounding family events. She recounts in unsparing detail everything from her uncle Donald’s place in the family spotlight and Ivana’s penchant for regifting to her grandmother’s frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s.</p> <p>Numerous pundits, armchair psychologists, and journalists have sought to parse Donald J. Trump’s lethal flaws. Mary L. Trump has the education, insight, and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick. She alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider’s perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world’s most powerful and dysfunctional families.</p> Critical Mass: Expeditionary Force, Book 10 <p>The Merry Band of Pirates are in desperate trouble after the end of their last mission, and the real danger to humanity is just getting started.  </p> <p>Hostile aliens have discovered there is something odd going on with wormholes in the galaxy, and their investigations could lead to finding a shortcut to Earth....  </p> <p><b>PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.</b></p> Audible The Advocate: The Advocate, Book 1 <p>For Sabre Orin Brown, life is good; she has it all...or would have, if only she could solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother. The search for her brother and her career as a juvenile-court attorney collide when she defends a nine-year-old whose father will go to any length to obtain custody. </p> <p>Sabre finds herself immersed in a case with too many unanswered questions. Her quest for the truth takes her coast to coast and five years into the past. Confronted with mysterious clues and strange occurrences, Sabre is threatened by someone wanting to make her suffer the unbearable anguish of losing everything - including her life. </p> <p>As Sabre's passion to find the answers intensifies, she discovers a twisted history of desperation, deceit, and revenge. And she discovers how obscure and treacherous the truth can be. </p> <p><i>The Advocate</i>, a legal-suspense murder mystery, is the first book in The Advocate Series. Three characters continue throughout the series, Sabre Orin Brown, defense attorney; her investigator, J.P. Torn; and her colleague Bob Clark. <i>The Advocate</i> is followed by <i>The Advocate's Betrayal</i></p> <i>, <i>The Advocate's Conviction</i>, <i>The Advocate's Dilemma</i>, and <i>The Advocate's Ex Parte</i>.<p></p></i> Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes <p>Most people have heard of the Celts - the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition of empire and the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe. Despite the pervasive cultural and literary influence of the Celts, shockingly little is known of their way of life and beliefs, because very few records of their stories exist. In this book, for the first time, Philip Freeman brings together the best stories of Celtic mythology. </p> <p>Everyone today knows about the gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks, such as Zeus, Hera, and Hercules, but how many people have heard of the Gaulish god Lugus or the magical Welsh queen Rhiannon or the great Irish warrior Cú Chulainn? We still thrill to the story of the Trojan War, but the epic battles of the Irish Táin Bó Cuailgne are known only to a few. And yet those who have read the stories of Celtic myth and legend - among them writers like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis - have been deeply moved and influenced by these amazing tales, for there is nothing in the world quite like them. In these stories a mysterious and invisible realm of gods and spirits exists alongside and sometimes crosses over into our own human world; fierce women warriors battle with kings and heroes, and even the rules of time and space can be suspended. Captured in vivid prose these shadowy figures - gods, goddesses, and heroes - come to life for the modern listener. </p> White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism <p><b>The </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. </b></p> <p>In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people'" (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. </p> <p>In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.</p> <p>Download readers' guides at beacon.org/whitefragility.</p> Becoming <p><b>An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former first lady of the United States.</b></p> <p><b>Number one </b><b><i>New York Times </i></b><b>best seller</b> </p> <p><b>Watch the Emmy-nominated Netflix original documentary</b></p> <p><b>Oprah’s Book Club Pick</b></p> <p><b>NAACP Image Award Winner</b></p> <p><b>One of </b><b><i>Essence</i></b><b>’s 50 most impactful Black books of the past 50 years </b> </p> <p>In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As first lady of the United States of America - the first African American to serve in that role - she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the US and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.</p> <p>In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, <i>Becoming </i>is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations - and whose story inspires us to do the same.</p> Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones <p><b>The number one </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> best seller. Over one million copies sold!</b></p> <p><b>Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results</b></p> <p>No matter your goals, <i>Atomic Habits</i> offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.</p> <p>If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.</p> <p>Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, listeners will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.</p> <p>Learn how to:</p> <p></p> <ul> <li>Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy)</li> <li>Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower</li> <li>Design your environment to make success easier</li> <li>Get back on track when you fall off course</li> <li>And much more</li> </ul> <p><i>Atomic Habits</i> will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits - whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.</p> Where the Crawdads Sing <p><b>Number One </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> Best-Selling Phenomenon</b></p> <p><b>More than seven million copies sold worldwide</b></p> <p><b>A Reese Witherspoon x </b><b><i>Hello Sunshine</i></b><b> Book Club Pick</b></p> <p><b>A </b><b><i>Business Insider</i></b><b> Defining Book of the Decade </b></p> <p><b>"I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!" (Reese Witherspoon)</b></p> <p><b>"Painfully beautiful." (</b><b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><b>)</b></p> <p>For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.</p> <p><i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i> is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.</p> Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds <p>For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring <i>Outside</i> magazine to name him The Fittest (Real) Man in America. </p> <p>In <i>Can't Hurt Me</i>, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential. </p> <p>An annotated edition of <i>Can’t Hurt Me</i>, offering over two hours of bonus content featuring deeper insights and never-before-told stories shared by David. Not available in other formats.</p> Audible