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Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this “deeply nuanced and compelling” (Vogue) novel, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein.

Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband's Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking! Kirsten Miller, author of The Change, brings us a bracing, wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything.

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Morgan Kenworthy—a Berkeley student studying abroad and a guest of family friends who have a chateau in St. Émilion in France—uncovers a coup against the French government. Soon after she arrives in Bordeaux, a bombing at the Brassault Aviation plant—supposedly by jihadists—kills several ministers. After another bombing kills much of the rest of the cabinet, Morgan suspects the General leading the investigation of involvement, and when he announces that he is in charge, she fears for her life. She must rely on her wits and her friends for survival, until she can convince the remaining legitimate branches of the French Government who the real criminals are…

For the Children is a narrative memoir that tells the true story of the author’s family's escape from Hungary and immigration to Canada in 1956, told from the viewpoint of the seven-year-old child he was at the time. After numerous attempts to flee from a revolution torn Stalinist Hungary ending in capture and disappointment, the author’s parents’ pursuit to give their children a better life finally bears success as they walk to freedom across a well-guarded and mine-strewn border. This is a gripping tale of bravery and the will to survive, the sometimes heart-breaking struggle for freedom, and the wonder and difficulties inherent in starting a life in a new country.

The Fencers, the third volume in a trilogy of autobiographical Cold War Escape stories, is both an immigrant's narrative of seeking a better life and a brighter future, and a sports memoir focusing on two Olympic fencers. At the Montreal 1976 Olympics, Paul Szabó, representing Romania, approaches his friend Geza Tatrallyay, representing Canada, to help him defect. The Fencers is an exciting true story of courage, friendship, love, happiness, success and tragedy.

Arctic Meltdown, a highly relevant, gripping environmental thriller, is set against the backdrop of the melting polar icecap and the ensuing jostling for jurisdiction over additional seabed resources. Hanne Kristensen, a beautiful Danish geologist, has to contend with a corrupted UN process, China’s growing interest in Arctic resources and maritime routes, Russian military aggression and the resulting international tension to try to save the world from war and the Arctic from environmental catastrophe.