Perfect for fans of Naomi Alderman's The Power and Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures comes The Psychology of Time Travel, a mind-bending, time-travel debut. In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world’s first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting … Continue reading THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME TRAVEL, by Kate Mascarenhas, Crooked Lane Books
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THE WATER CURE: A NOVEL, by Sophie MacKintosh, Double Day/Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada
The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Virgin Suicides in this dystopic feminist revenge fantasy about three sisters on an isolated island, raised to fear men King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. He has lain the barbed wire; he has anchored the buoys in the water; … Continue reading THE WATER CURE: A NOVEL, by Sophie MacKintosh, Double Day/Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada
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THE WATER WILL COME, RISING SEAS, SINKING CITIES, AND THE REMAKING OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD, by Jeff Goodell, Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group, Inc.
The Water Will Come is the definitive account of the coming water, why and how this will happen, and what it will all mean. As he travels across twelve countries and reports from the front lines, acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell employs fact, science, and first-person, on-the-ground journalism to show vivid scenes from what already is … Continue reading THE WATER WILL COME, RISING SEAS, SINKING CITIES, AND THE REMAKING OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD, by Jeff Goodell, Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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THE MELODY, by Jim Crace, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada
From a generational talent and two-time Booker nominee, a tension-filled story about unacknowledged fears and looming inevitability Alfred Busi, famed and beloved in his town for his music and songs, is now in his sixties, mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days alone in the large villa he has … Continue reading THE MELODY, by Jim Crace, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada
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HOUSE OF ASH, by Hope Cook, Amulet
After hearing voices among an eerie copse of trees in the woods, seventeen-year-old Curtis must confront his worst fear: that he has inherited his father’s mental illness. A desperate search for answers leads him to discover Gravenhearst, a labyrinth mansion that burned down in 1894. When he locks eyes with a steely Victorian girl in … Continue reading HOUSE OF ASH, by Hope Cook, Amulet
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