The National Book Award finalist and national bestseller exploring the life and legend of Marilyn MonroeNow a Netflix Film starring Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale and Julianne NicholsonIn one of her most ambitious works, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jeane Baker—the child, the woman, the fated celebrity, and idolized blonde the world came to know as Marilyn Monroe. In a voice...

The Year's Best Crime & Mystery Stories contains the best crime and mystery stories that were originally published in 2015 in either print or electronic format as selected by editors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and John Helfers.Reading through thousands of titles and carefully narrowing their favorite reads down to the ultimate list that is presented in this volume, the editors chose their top picks of notable works from hundreds of anthologie...

Growing up in London in the 1970s, there’s a lot that Louise doesn’t know about her family.Her parents and grandmother fled Iraq forty years ago, but no one will tell her why. She gets her answers when a magical cloak—an abaya—transports Louise back in time to her mother’s childhood.In the 1930s, Flora is living an ordinary life in Baghdad with her twin brother and the rest of their family: attending school, shopping in the souk, swimming in the Tigris Rive...

From the acclaimed author of the Rose Trilogy, "a terrific, informative read for the armchair historian. A fascinating read, packed with juicy details" (Elizabeth Chadwick, New York Times–bestselling author).The Tudor period has long gripped our imaginations. Because we have consumed so many costume dramas on TV and film, read so many histories, factual or romanticized, we think we know how this society operated. We know they "did" romance but how did they...

Maureen Doherty’s historic Haven House Inn is suddenly attracting national attention for a celebrity double wedding—until some uninvited ghosts crash the party and it turns into a murder scene . . .This Florida Gulf Coast inn tries to keep its resident spirits a secret, and Maureen and Ted have everything under control as they prepare for a very special event—two identical-twin actors are getting hitched to two identical-twin actresses, casting a big spotlight on t...

In love and war, these sisters stay strongIn WW2 Scotland, headstrong Molly Robinson decides to help the war effort and sign up for the Women's Land Army but is none too pleased when her mother insists she takes along her older sister, Maisie.At their new home in a remote Perthshire farm, the sisters find the heavy labour a shock to the system, but the long days are lightened by their friendship with local Land Girl, Shona, and attending dances at the local...

Caught between two dangerous men – one from her past, one who could change her future.From a childhood in care to a brutal, controlling marriage, Millie Cooper's life has been shaped by fear and survival.When her husband, Levi, dies in a car crash, she’s finally free – but freedom comes at a cost. Because the past doesn’t stay buried.Haunted by years of abuse, Millie begins to feel watched, an unsettling presence always just out of sight. Is it real...

Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up "a tasty treat for fantasy fans" ( Booklist).There are some "genuine gems" in this "enticing collection" of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring "diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world," most involving a teen's coming-of-age. Delia Sherman "takes readers into New York City's Central Park, wh...

Your ultimate Christmas escape awaits – a brand new festive romance from the nation's favourite, Carol Kirkwood'Soak up the glamour' PRIMAA night to remember A secret to uncover …Welcome to Clarendon Hall, where secrets hide behind glamour…A star in hidingWhen disgraced TV queen Fliss Courtney flees New York for a glittering Cotswolds Chris...

As a miserly farmer's wife, Jane Carter faces a grim future, until her daughter awakens her hopeIt is the early 1900s in the mountains of Upstate New York where miners eke out a dangerous living. In order to save Jane from such a lifestyle, her family forces her into a marriage with Amos, a farmer ten years her senior. Amos has one goal, to expand his farm, and Jane's role is to give him children who can serve as free farmhands. But Jane, who wasn't able to speak u...

Raw and honest, Bearskin Diary gives voice to a generation of First Nations women who have always been silenced, at a time when movements like Idle No More call for a national inquiry into the missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Carol Daniels adds an important perspective to the Canadian literary landscape.Taken from the arms of her mother as soon as she was born, Sandy was only one of over twenty thousand Aboriginal children scooped up by the federal government between...

Miracle Grow of the Mind is a funny, heartbreaking exploration of parenthood, disability, medical bureaucracy, Big Agro, food allergies, and environmental pathogens. When Amy and Michael' s son is born prematurely, they are thrust into a world of pediatric neurologists, sensory reintegration therapy, and endless evaluations. Michael also struggles with a mother suffering from dementia, who insists he is the grown-up version of a brother who died in infancy. When the Kafkaesque Bureau of Pr...