New Releases: Jan 2020

The definitive chronicle of our new age of global migration, told through the multi-generational saga of a Filipino family, by a veteran New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.

In this meticulously reported book -- as finely paced as a novel -- Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Liberating the Mind reveals a way forward. Dissecting the core of how humans naturally learn, think, and chose to act, internationally recognized critical thinking leader Linda Elder illuminates root causes of dysfunctional thought and shows us how to free ourselves from both selfishness and groupthink through explicit tools of rationality.

In this short, spellbinding book, international bestselling author Ken Follett describes the emotions that gripped him when he learned about the fire that threatened to destroy one of the greatest cathedrals in the world--the Notre-Dame de Paris.

Once Upon a Time is a collection of essays in the philosophy of literature with two central themes: the significance of story -telling for us and the question of whether the novel, perhaps the art form most closely associated with story-telling, is a legitimate source of human knowledge.

Provides a roadmap for mature industrialized countries to contribute to and benefit from global trade on new terms.

A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever, in this captivating debut of connection across space and time. "The best of what science fiction can be: a thought-provoking, heartrending story about the choices that define our lives."--Kirkus

Acclaimed author Colleen Oakley delivers a heart-wrenching and unforgettable love story about a woman who must choose between the man she loves and the man fate has chosen for her, in a novel that reminds us that the best life is one led by the heart.

"Even better than Something in the Water, Catherine Steadman's new novel, Mr. Nobody, is original, ingenious, and utterly gripping, with characters you'll really care about as they race toward the brilliantly unexpected ending."--JP Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before

A man consumed by a meaningless life is going to do something he's never considered doing before. He's going to enjoy the day...