This book consists of a series of personal essays, which are in the form of letters from a grandfather to his grandchildren. These essays are, meant to tell about the author's life to three granddaughters, who were three-and-a-half years old, one-and-a-half years old, and newborn when this book was written. The first essay explains how the name "Bum Bum" in the title came about. Other essays talk about the author's childhood, schooling, work, travels, and his efforts to get to know his gra...

Ray McKenzie, who lives in a world of his own, is not successful in business, and he is a failure as a husband and father. One day he takes a journey across the Southern California desert to El Centro, the city of his birth, on a quest for answers he desperately needs to the questions burning inside him about the choices he made in his life and the choices he might have made. During his trip, Ray is suddenly joined by two passengers who appear to be a devil and an angel. Soon he is unexpec...

After a freak hurricane devastates her Southern California desert town, 16-year-old Athena has had enough.The protests aren't working. The speeches aren't working. The adults in charge are still not listening. So Athena devises a plan — bold, risky, and impossible to ignore — to force the world to pay attention before it's too late.A coming-of-age story about courage, climate, and what one young person is willing to risk for the future she believes her generation deserves.

Empty Earth is a breathtaking post-apocalyptic romance where two survivors discover that even after the end, something powerful endures—love that defies destruction, hope that refuses to die, and the unshakable human spirit that finds light in the deepest darkness of a dystopian world.This inspiring science fiction follows Eva and Adam's epic journey across a ravaged America, from frozen wastelands to scorching deserts, as they navigate the ruins of civilization in the aftermath of...

He once picked the wrong woman… he won’t make that mistake again.Reyes Drere came from a long line of gardeners. He’d known since he was little which way his life was going to go and it had nothing to do with planting seasons. When he joined Legendary Securities after eight years as a Navy SEAL he’d been avoiding going home and joining the family business.The family business included an ex-fiancé he had no wish to see again. Her sister was a good friend but...

From Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Storyteller and My Sister’s Keeper, comes a gripping and beautifully written novella, now available exclusively as an eBook. Set in the wilds of Africa, Larger Than Life introduces Alice, the unforgettable character at the center of Picoult’s anticipated new novel, Leaving Time.A researcher studying memory in elephants, Alice is fascinated by the bonds betwee...

New York Times bestselling authors Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen team up for another electrifying thriller that pits a serial killer against Kendra Michaels' heightened powers of deduction.After scoring a plea deal in a high-profile murder trial, serial killer James Michael Barrett leads a grim parade of law enforcement officers to the body of his last victim. At the alleged burial site, the officers swing their shovels down and are met with a strange met...

New Yorker writer and author of The Library Book takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book.In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois—and even into her own apartment, where she imagines a very...

For body language expert Julie O'Hara, writing a book called "Clues" had seemed like a logical next-step in her career, but she had never thought past the writing part. Catapulted into the spotlight by the book's success, Julie finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of publicity, the latest being a seminar aboard Holiday Cruise Lines gigantic ship, Mystral.It's grin-and-bear-it time for Julie, until a woman she meets at the exclusive Captain's Dinner takes a header overboard. Julie...

An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest.Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a black cat showed up at her door.When she tracks down the cat’s wayward owner, she finds a young woman just as lost and in need of help. Like a gust of cold air in a Reykjavík night, Ásta and her pet slip into Unnur’s life.It’s un...

In the aftermath of interplanetary war, a disfigured loner is given a chance at a new life—but at a steep cost, in this novel from "a superb storyteller" ( The New York Times).Disfigured in the wars that destroyed his planet, Nik Kolherne lives a shadow existence in the sprawling refugee ghetto of the Dipple. He wears a mask to cover his scars and dreams about another country under an unfettered blue sky and a warm sun. But a chance encounter gives him the ...

Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer takes an unprecedented look inside the lives of professional football players around the world – from precarious positions in underfunded teams and leagues, to sold-out stadiums and bright lights. Award-winning filmmaker and journalist Gwendolyn Oxenham tells the stories of the phenoms, underdogs, and nobodies – players willing to follow the game wherever it takes them.Under the Lights a...