Bestsellers, new and old!

NEW ARRIVALS – MARCH 8, 2020

AFFAIRS

THE MYTH OF CHINESE CAPITALISM                                    A sophisticated and readable take on China´s

By Dexter Roberts                                                                              triumphs and crises.

GENIUS & ANXIETY                                                                      How Jews contributed massively to artistic,

By Norman Lebrecht                                                                          literary, musical, political and scientific life.

BIOGRAPHY

COUNCIL OF DADS                                                                         A singular story that offers lessons to appreciate

By Bruce Feiler                                                                                    what´s most precious in life.

BUSINESS          

THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK                                                           How to trade a long-haul career for short work             

By Timothy Ferris                                                                              burst and mini retirement.

DESIGNING YOUR LIFE                                                                True happiness comes from designing a life that

By Bill Burnett & Dave Evans                                                           works for you.

THE EVOLUTION OR EVERYTHING                                         How society evolves is a result of human interactions

By Matt Ridley                                                                                    of millions plans.

ROCKONOMICS                                                                              What music can teach us about economics and life .

By Alan B. Krueger

FICTIONS           

THE PERFECT HORSE                                                                   Hitler kidnapped the world´s finest purebred horses

By Elizabeth Letts                                                                              and hid them in a Czech farm.

JUVENIL

ATTACHMENTS                                                                               a sweet romance with deliciously tart wit. A complete

By Rainbow Rowell                                                                            charmer.

OTHER WORDS FOR HOME                                                        A young Syrian girl. This is a necessary story. Told in

By Jasmine Warga                                                                              verse. A must-read book.

MISTERY

MY LOVELY WIFE                                                                           A Thriller about a couple whose marriage has finally    

By Samantha Downing                                                                       gotten too interesting.

HELTER SKELTER                                                                          It´s the summer of 1969. The murders cases and court

By Vicent Bugliosy & Curt gentry                                                    drama.

LOST GIRLS                                                                                      Unsolved murders in an idyllic part of America

By Robert Kolker

HISTORY                                                        

CAPITAL  & IDEOLOGY                                                                A book of remarkable clarity. An intelligent survey of

By Thomas Pketty                                                                               different historical experiences.

PSYCHOLOGY

THE TEENAGE BRAIN                                                                   Explores adolescent brain functioning and development.


NEW ARRIVALS – FEBRUARY 15, 2020

ENVIROMENT

ANIMALKIND                                                            New discoveries about animals and new ways

By Ingrid Newkirk & Gene Stone                             for living more kindly with them

FEMINISM

THE GENIUS OF WOMEN                                     The position to set rules. Its time to change the By Janice Kaplan                                                      the perspective to see and consider women’s talents

FICTION

THE VARSAW PROTOCOL                                    One of the best of Steve Berry. Totally absorbent.

By Steve Berry                                                         Highly recommended.

THE MAN IN THE RED COAT                                A vivid  tapestry of people with more parallels

By Juloan Barnes                                                     to our own timw.

ESCAPE FROM ALEPPO                                       It sheds light on the complicated situation in

By N.H.Senzai                                                          Syria that has led to a refugee crisis.

PSYCHOLOGY

I’VE SEEN THE END OF YOU                               A raw honest look of how we can keep our

By W. Lee Warren, MD                                             spiritual footing when everything goes wrong.

SCIENCE

UNTIL THE END OF TIME                                      A captivating exploration of deep time and

By Brian Gene                                                          humanity search for purpose,

THE ANGEL AND THE ASSASSIN                         An elusive of brain cell that is vitally

By Donna Jackson Nakasawa                                 relevant for our everyday lives.

 


NEW ARRIVALS – JANUARY 15, 2020

 

AFFAIRS

 

BLOW OUT                                                                          Highly intelligent and humorously profane.

By Rachel Maddow

 

A WARNING                                                                        No better witness of Mr Trump character

By Anonymous                                                                      than his own words and his own conduct.

 

THE END OF MYTH                                                          This new reality that catapulted Trump

By Greg Grandin                                                                  to the presidency.

 

ART                       

 

MICHELANGELO GOD’S ARCHITECT                       His works that allow us to reflect on how

By William E. Wallace                                                          he end his final artistic mission impossible.

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

CAN’T HURT ME                                                                Something we can use to fulfill our true

By David Goggims                                                                potential. To be a better man.

 

THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME                                              Lessons he learned from 15 years as CEO

By Robert Iger                                                                      of the Walt Disney Company.

 

BUSINESS

 

HOW GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET                              An expert helps global leaders to overcome their

YOU THERE                                                                        unconscious annoying habits.

 

RADICAL MARKETS                                                        Using consistent ideological approach to offer

By Eric A. Posner & E. glen Weyl                                       practical advice to apparently contradictory strands.

 

ALCHEMY                                                                           Ths breakthrough is wonderfully applicable to

By Rory Sutherland                                                             life and business

 

START WITH WHITE                                                        The importance of explaining how some C.E.Os

By Simon Sinek                                                                     can built movements that can inspire.

 

BAD BLOOD                                                                        A story of lying and greed so inmense that

John Carreyrou                                                                     billions of dollars fly with every turn of the page.

 

RISE OF THE ROBOTS                                                     A breathtaking new book on modern

By Martin Ford                                                                     economics.

 

FICTION

 

OLDER, BUT BETTER BUT OLDER                              Told in a concise and playful manner. Politics 

By Caroline de Maigret & Sophie Mas                               men love and Sex in that frisky entertaining way

 

THE GERMAN HOUSE                                                     An utterly enthralling perspective on the after-

By Annette Hess                                                                    math on World War II and the Holocaust.

 

THE SACRAMENT                                                            With beautiful prose Olafsson has written a novel

By Olaf Olafsson                                                                   full of love, mystery and regret.

 

HISTORY

 

THE WORLD AS IT IS                                                       A  peek into Obama inner sanctum from one

By Ben Rhodes                                                                      of the few people who saw him all the years

                                                                                                of his presidency.

THE ALAMO AVENGERS                                                 Historical insights, fine writing; nobody does

By Brian Kilmeade                                                                history like Brian Kilmeade.

 

THE STORM BEFORE THE STORM                             How Marius, Sulla and the Gracchi brothers

By MikeDuncan                                                                    sent dangerous precedents on the road of

                                                                                                destruction.

GENIUS & ANXIETY                                                         How the Jewish way of thinking surmounted

By  Norman Lebrecht                                                           the horror of two world wars and a Holocaust.

MYSTERY

 

ODD PARTNERS                                                                 An Anthology.

By Anne Perry

 

IF I DIE TONIGHT                                                              Pschological suspense a wicked portrait  of small

BY Alison Gaylin                                                                   town secrets and lies.

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

ON BECOMING FEARLESS                                            Moments of extraordinary strenght, courage, and

By Arianna Huffington                                                        resilience that results from overcoming fear.

 

RADICAL COMPASSION                                                 You will feel wiser, happier, and kinder after

By Tara Brach                                                                       reading it.

 

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND                                    How active ingredients in mushrooms are being

By Michael Pollan                                                                 used to provide relief for people suffering from

                                                                                                depression, addiction and anxiety.                                     

                                                                                .                              

BRAIN WASH                                                                      For clearer thinking, deeper relationship and

By Austen Perlmutter, M.D.                                lasting happiness.

 

ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT                                             Provides you with the tools for spiritual maturity

By Caroline Myss                                                                  and physical wholeness.

 

RELIGION

 

DOMINION                                                                          What it was that made christianity so revolutionary

By Tom Holland                                                                    and disruptive and how transformed the world.

 

SCIENCE

                                                               

THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH                                      Food shortages,refuge and emergecies and other

By David Wallace-Wells                                                        crises that will reshape the globe.

 

WATERS OF THE WORLD                                               The story of the scientists that unraveled the

By Sarah Dry                                                                        mysteries of our atmosphere and made the

                                                                                                planet whole.

PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY                                        Complex geopolitical strategics of these parts

By  Tim Marshall                                                                  of the globe.

 

SANDWORM                                                                       A new era of cyverwar and the hunt for the

By Andy Greenberg                                                              Kremlin’s most dangerous hackers.

 

THE MAN WHO SOLVED THE MARKET                    How Jim Simons and his team of scientists

By Gregory Suckerman                                                       developed the most succesful trading operation

                                                                                                in history.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE                                        How intelligence works? How is it the best?

By Melanie Mitchell

 

REPUBLIC OF NUMBERS                                                Unexpected stories of Mathematical Americans

By David Lindsay Roberts                                                   Through history.

                                               


NEW ARRIVALS – NOVEMBER 30. 2019.

 

 

                ARCHITECTURE.

 

ARCHITECTURE                                                                     The mother art. The very soul of our own

By Jonathan Glancey                                                            civilization. A visual history.

 

                BIOGRAPHY

 

WHO DID IT FIRST?                                                               Artist, Scientist & Mathematicians who

By Julie Leung                                                                       revolutionized the world.
 

THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE                                         A brisk narrative with incisive sketches of

By John Richardson                                                              of many persinalities.

 

                FANTASY

 

WORLDS SEEN IN PASSING                                                 An Anthology  of science-fiction, fantasy

By Irene Gallo                                                                        and horror available first time in print.

                                                                                               

 

                FICTION

 

FLIGHTS                                                                                 Through brilliant imaginary characters she

By Olga Tokarczuk                                                                is a master storyteller.

 

SHORT LETTER LONG FAREWELL                                       A vivid snapshot of American characters

By peter Handke                                                                   cultural themes and cliches.

 

                HISTORY

 

THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY                                          The epic intellictual journey humans  have taken

By A.C. Graylin                                                                       in different periods.

 

BURIED BY VESUVIUS                                                           Presenting the latest research, including

By P. Getty Museum                                                              high-tech to decipher still unopened scrolls

 

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS                                                       A symbol of the glory and gothic art

By Claude Gauvard                                                               The ultimate visual history.

 

HOLY HALLS                                                                          The secret vehicle collection of

By Christof Vieweg                                                                               the Mercedes-Benz.

 

 

                JUVENIL

 

WOLF HOLLOW                                                                    A gripping tale of one girl’s resilience, strength

By Lauren Wolk                                                                     in the face of injustice.

 

PEOPLE & PLACES                                                                Brings you face to face with more than

By Smithsonian DK                                                                               80 peoples for around the world.

 

                MYSTERY

 

OUT OF THE DARK                                                                A plot  involving numerous twists. A shocking

By Greg Hurwitz                                                                    stunner in every way.

 

AN ANONYMOUS GIRL                                                        Brilliantly crafted  characters a creepy-

By Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen                               crawly tale.

 


BEST SELLERS – NOVEMBER 15, 2019.

 

  • AFFAIRS

SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE                                              Hard-Hitting, user friendly examination of

By Jeoma Olou                                                                            race in America.

 

UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS                                                           Looks at all aspects of human rights drawing

By Jack Donnelly                                                                          on international relations

 

SHADE                                                                                       Intimately document  telling the tale of

By Pete Souza                                                                             Obama and Trump years.

 

  • BIOGRAPHY

SAILING TRUE NORTH                                                                   With fascinating and timely profiles Admiral

By Admiral James Stavridis                                                             Stavridis writes about leadership and the sea.

 

TOUGH LOVE                                                                              National Security advisor to President Barak

By Susan Rice                                                                              Obama tells her story.

 

  • FICTION

AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING                                              Sparkling with mystery and humor this is

By Hank Green                                                                            a fun read.

 

COUNTING BY 7s                                                                         The autor has created a delightful tale

By Holly Goldelberg Sloan                                                              that’s a celebration of life.

 

WINTER IN PARADISE                                                                    Rich with the lush beauty of the tropics with

By Elin Hilderbrand                                                                       drama, romance and intrigue.

 

AMY AND ISABELLE                                                                      A striking debut novel that takes an aparently

By Elizabeth Strout                                                                       familiar world and reveals a strange place

 

LOOK BOTH WAYS                                                                       A poignant look at the detours we face on

By Jason Reynolds                                                                        the walk home and in life.

 

  • MYSTERY

STRANGER IN THE HOUSE                                                             Smart and suspeful.. you’ll never see

By Shari Lapena                                                                           the end coming

 

DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES                                               A deeply satisfying thriller is a provocative

By Olga Tokarczuk                                                                       exploration between  sanity and madness.

 

NOTHING VENTURED                                                                   This is not a detective story; this is a story

By Jeffrey Archer                                                                          about the making of a detective.

 

THE PERFECT WIFE                                                                       Speculative fiction mixed up with a mind

By JP Delaney                                                                              bendingly twisty psycho thriller.

 

THE CLOCKMAKER DAUGHTER                                                        A very compelling historical mystery.

By Kate Morton

 

  • LITERATURE

AMERICAN CANON                                                                      A genius engaged  for five decades collecting

By Harold Bloom                                                                          masterpieces

 

THE LIBRARY BOOK                                                                       A compelling book that manages to tell the

By Susan Orleans                                                                         broader story of libraries and librarians.

 

  • HISTORY

RED AT THE BONE                                                                        About the influence of history on a

By Jacqueline Woodson                                                                 contemporary family

 

WRITTEN IN HISTORY                                                                    Letters that changed the world

By Simon Sebag Montefiore                                                           Revolutionary and entertaining.

 

DEATH OF A HERO                                                                       Among the half dozen superb stories of the

 By Richard Aldington                                                                    war that will not let men forget

 

THE TWO POPES                                                                          Fascinating and revealing tale of two

By Anthony McCarten                                                                   different men tha happen to live at the Vatican.

 

THE SPARTACUS WAR                                                                   Dramatic and factual account of one of

By Barry Strauss                                                                           history’s great rebellions.

 

  • TERROR

WHAT THE WOOD KEEPS                                                               Blend of science and myth  create a

By Katya de Becerr                                                                        Spooky atmospheric  of horror fantasy.

 

IMAGINARY FRIEND                                                                      An epic work of literary horror rich in

By Stephen Chbosky                                                                     emotion. Read with the lights on.

 


NEW ARRIVALS – NOVEMBER 1ST. 2019.

AFFAIRS

THE NINE                                                                Inside the Secret World of the  Supreme Court

By Jeffrey Toobin                                                      informative as it is fascinanting.

THE WORLD AS IT IS                                                A memoir of the Obama White House.

By Ben Rhodes

WHITE FRAGILITY                                                    Why it’s so hard for white people to to talk

By Robin Diangelo                                                     about Racism.

THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST                            How college makes or breaks us.

By Paul Tough                                                          To give youngsters the education they need.

BUSINESS

THE INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE                           An essential book for understanding how the

ByAlec Ross                                                             world works, now and tomorrow.

ROCKONOMICS                                                       What the music industry can teach us

By Alan B. Krueger                                                    about economics and life.

FEMINISM

SHE SAID                                                                A veritable Pandora’s box of sexual harassment

By Jodi Lantor                                                           and abuse was opened.

FICTION

THE COLLECTOR OF LEFTOVER SOUL                     The voiceless have a storyteller and the meek

By Eliane Brum                                                         have inherited an irreducible space.

AMITY AND PROSPERITY                                         A  deeple human counterpoint. A vivid portrait

By Eliza Griswold                                                      of one family living in the shadow of industry

I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN                        A laugh-out-loud funny story about losing

DAUGHTER                                                             a sister and finding freedom

By Erika L. Sanchez.

BURNT SHADOWS                                                   A riveting family saga in which the very

By Kamila Shamsie                                                    concept ‘family’  is ambitiously examine                                                                                             

HISTORY

ONE GIANT LEAP                                                     The impossible mission that flew us to the moon

By Charles Fishman

OPERATION COLUMBA                                            Well-researched and well told, is repleted with human

By Gordon Corera                                                     pigeons, ruthless Nazis and brave resisters.

THE SIGN AND THE SEAL                                         The  quest for the lost Ark of the Covenant.

By Graham Hancock

MYSTERY

THE LAST TIME I LIED                                              Brightly written, scalpel-sharp and altogether

By Riley Sager                                                          inspired this swift thriller will set your pulse up.

HELTER SKELTER                                                   A true crime classic. The reconstruction of the

By Vincent Buglosi & Curt Gentry                                 philosophy Mason inculcated in his followers.

PSYCHOLOGY

OUT OF OUR MINDS                                                What we think and what we came to think it.

By Fernandez Armesto                                                         

 RELIGION

WOUNDED SHEPERD                                              Pope Francis and his struggle to convert the

By Austen Invereigh                                                   the Catholic Church

 

THE POPE                                                                Francis, Benedict, and the decision thet shook

By Anthony McCarten                                                the world

SPORTS

BARBARIAN DAYS                                                   A beautiful addiction a demanding course of

By William Finnegan                                                  study. Dangerous pastime, a way of life


                           

NEW ARRIVALS – BEST SELLERS – OCTOBER  17, 2019.

AFFAIRS

THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS                                            A grasp of the intricacies of contemporary

By Samuel Huntington                                                              global politics.

THE MULLER REPORT                                                          The Muller inquiry focuses on Donald

By Rosalind S. Helderman                                                         Trump, and draws on several testimonies

RADICALS, RESISTANCE AND REVENGE                            An explosive new information that reveals

By Judge Jeanine Pirro                                                              a subversive plot against American liberty

BIOGRAPHY

CHURCHILL & ORWELL                                                        Two icons who preserved democracy

By Thomas E. Ricks                                                                  from the threats of authoritarism.             

BUSINESS

CALL SIGN CHAOS                                                                A clear eye account of learning to lead

By Jim Mattis & Bing West                                                        in a chaotic world.

THE LEAN STARTUP                                                             A new approach being adopted across the globe

By Eric Ries                                                                              changing the way companies are built.

THAT WILL NEVER WORK                                                    The birth of NETFLIX  and the amazing life

By Marc Randolph                                                                    of an idea

FICTION

SECOND HAND TIME                                                            Emotional understnding of Russia during and

BySvetlana Alexievich                                                              after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

KAROLINA’S TWINS                                                              A heartbreaking tale of a mother’s love,

By Ronald H. Balson                                                                 friendship and family

ELEANOR OLIPHANT                                                            The story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose

By Gail Honeyman                                                                   only way to survive is to open your heart.

FISH IN A TREE                                                                      A feel good story of friendship and unconventional

By Lynda Mullaly Hunt                                                             smarts.

JUST MERCY                                                                          A stirring testament to the salvation fighting for the

By Bryan Stevenson                                                                  vulnerable sometimes yields.

IN A DARK, DARK WOOD                                                      Prepare to be scared, really scared.

By Ruth Ware

THE NICKEL BOYS                                                                A story essential to our understanding of the

By Colson Whitehead                                                                American past and American present.

BRIDGE OF CLA                                                                     A profund story of how a ramshackle family comes

By Marcus Zusa                                                                        to unbuty one boy’s tragic secret

HISTORY

NATURE’S MUTINY                                                               How the Little ice Age transformed the West

By Philipp Blom                                                                       and Shaped the present

THE SOONG DYNASTY                                                         How the amazing Soong family dominated the

By Sterling Seagrave                                                                 policy toward Asia in the 20th century.

RELIGION

THE DAY IS NOW FAR SPENT                                A most urgent wake-up  call yet to a West sleep

By Robert Cardinal Sarah                                                          walking toward a paganized idea.

PSYCHOLOGY

DESIGNING YOUR LIFE                                                        How to build a well-lived joyful life.

By Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.


NEW ARRIVALS – OCT. 12, 2019.

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

CHARLIE THORNE & THE LAST EQUATION                                           Albert Einstain and every other  ground-

By Stuart Gibbs                                                                                        breaking genious you can name.

 

BUSINESS

 

BLUE OCEAN SHIFT                                                                               Proven steps to inspire confidence

By W.Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne                                                          and seize new growth

 

THE INFINITE GAME                                                                              In business or politics or life itself

By Simon Sinek                                                                                         the rules are changeable

 

FANTASY

 

WARRIOR OF THE ALTAI                                                                         Epic fantasy legend from the master

By Robert Jordan                                                                                      of the Wheel of Time.

 

FICTION

 

THE DRESSMAKER’S GIFT                                                                     in Wartime three seamtresses face

By Fiona Valpy                                                                                         impossible choices

 

HISTORY

 

CAPITALISM IN AMERICA                                                                       A heady blend of economic business

By Alan Greenspan & Adrian Wooldridge                                                    and political history.

 

ALONE                                                                                                    Britain, Churchill and Dunkirk

By Michael Korda                                                                                     defeat into victory

 

TORPEDOED                                                                                          Story of the World War II. Sinking

By Deborah Heiligman                                                                              of the Children’s Ship

 

SPORTS

 

BARBARIAN DAYS A SURFING LIFE                                                        A memory of an obsession and a

By William Finnegan                                                                                 complex enchantment

 

THE BODY                                                                                               A guide for occupants

By Bill Bryson

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

WELCOMING THE UNWELCOME                                                           Wholehearted living in a

By Pema Chodron                                                                                     brokenhearted world

 

WHEN ANTIDEPRESSANTS AREN’T ENOUGH                                         Harnessing he power of mindfulness

By Stuart J. Eisendrath, MD                                                                       to alleviate depression.

 

WIDEN THE WINDOW                                                                             Training your brain and body to /thrive

By Elisabeth A. Stanley, Ph,D.                                                                    During stress and recover from trauma.

 

SCIENCE

 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE                                                                   A guide for thinking humans.

By Melanie Mitchell

 

DIPP MEDICINE                                                                                     How artificial intelligence can make

By Eric Topol                                                                                            healthcare human again.

 

SOMETHING DEEPLE HIDDEN                                                              Quantum Worlds and the emergence

By Sean Carrol                                                                                         of Space-time

 

TRAVEL

 

A PILGRIMAGE TO ETERNITY                                                                 From Canterbury to Rome

By Timothy Egan                                                                                       in search of faith.     

 


NEW ARRIVALS – SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

AFFAIRS

 

CAN DEMOCRACY WORK?                                                                 A short history of a radical idea.

By James Miller

 

IDENTITY                                                                                              The demand for dignity and the politics

By Francis Fukuyama                                                                             of resentment.

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

LOVE AND CAPITAL                                                                             A thrilling story. Hard to image that

By Mary Gabriel                                                                                     Carl Marx could be a page turner.

 

THE OUTLAW OCEAN                                                                         Journeys across the last untamed

By Ian Urbina                                                                                         frontier. Constantly astonishing!

 

FEMINISM

 

SEE JANE WIN                                                                                      The inspiring story of the women changing

By Catlin Moscatello                                                                              American politics

 

WOMEN IN ART                                                                                    Fearless creatives who inspired

By Rachel Ignotosky                                                                               the world.

 

FICTION

 

THE TESTAMENTS                                                                                The iconic conclusion of The Handmaid’s

By Margaret Atwood                                                                               Tale in this stunning sequel

 

HEALTH               

 

AGE-PROOF                                                                                          Living longer without running out of

By Jean Chatzky & Michael F. Roizen                                                    money or breaking a hip

 

HISTORY

 

NFL CENTURY                                                                                      The One-Hundred-year rise of America’s

By Joe Horrigan                                                                                     greatest sports league

 

WAR OF THE WORLD                                                                          Twentieth Century conflict and the

By Niall Ferguson                                                                                   descend of the west.

 

THE GHOSTS OF EDEN PARK                                                            Rescuing gothic stories from the]

By Karen Abbott                                                                                      margins of American history

 

HUMOR

 

WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU’LL BE                                       An antidote to the college admission mania.

By Frank Bruni

MYSTERY

 

GONE GIRL                                                                                           The novel twists itself into new shapes\

By Gillian Flynn                                                                                     also a study of marriage at its most destrutive

 

VERITY                                                                                                   A  stand alone romantic thriller riveting

By Colleen Hoover                                                                                 and unexpected.

 

DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES                                            Fuunny, dangerous and disturbing. An

By Olga Tokarczuk                                                                                  astonishing amalgam of thriller & comedy

 

KNIFE                                                                                                     Again a magnificient who-do-it

By Jo Nesbo

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

JOYFUL                                                                                                 The surprising power of ordinary things to

By Ingrid Fetell Lee                                                                                create extraordinary happiness

 

HOW THE BRAIN LOST ITS MIND                                                      Sex, Hysteria and the riddle of

By Allan H. Ropper, MD                                                                         of mental illness

 

SCIENCE

 

THROUGH TWO DOORS AT ONCE                                                    The elegant experiment that captures the

By Anil  Ananthaswamy                                                                          enigma of our quantum reality

 

SCIENCE FICTION

 

DEFY THE STARS                                                                                  Brilliantly explores what it means to

By Claudia Grey                                                                                     be human

 


NEW ARRIVALS – BEST SELLERS – AUGUST 30, 2019

 

AFFAIRS

 

SIEGE

By Michael Wolf                                       Trump Under Fire.

 

HUMANS

By Tom Phillips                                        A brief History of how we F++ it all.

 

SUMMARY OF FASCISM

By Madeleine Albright                                              A Warning

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

SAINT EXUPERY

By Stacy Schiff                                          A remarkable biography

 

BUSINESS

 

SPARK

By Angie Morgan, Courtney & Sea Lynch  How to lead yourself to Great Success

 

SUPERHUMAN INNOVATION

By Chris Duffey                                         Business and Artificial intelligence

 

BUSINESS SECRETS OF THE                 One CEO’ quest for meaning

TRAPPIST MONK                                    and Authenticity

By August Turak

 

FICTION

 

THE GUEST BOOK                                  A lifetime of secrets, a history untold

By Sarah Blake

 

LADIES COUPE                                       Modern India’s vivid, sticky beauty and

By Anita Nair                                            characters shine

 

THE STORM SISTER                                               An engrosing story of belonging,

By Lucinda Riley                                      heartache and acceptance

 

HISTORY OF WOLVES                            As beautiful and as icy as the woods where

By Emily Fridlund                                    it is set

 

JUVENIL

 

HOW TO STEAL A DOG                           A little hope, a lot of heart

By Barbara O’Connor                               and a furry friend

 

ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY                  As uncanny and wondrous as in big ideas

By Charlie Jane & Anders

 

CROWN OF CORAL AND PEARL            A fabulous interweaving of fantasy,

By Mara Rutherford                                 politics & sisterhood

 

HISTORY

 

THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS                                Speaks to our times while describing

By Pat Barkerr                                          those long gone

 

THE FINEST HOURS                              The true history of an heroic rescue

By Michael J. Tougias & Casey Sherman

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

TALKING TO STRANGERS                      What we should know about the

By Malcom Gladwell                                 people we don’t know

SCIENCE

 

REVERSE THYROID DISEASE NATURALLY

By Michelle Honda, Ph.D                          Alternative treatments for


NEW ARRIVALS – August 12, 2019

                                                                                               

AFFAIRS                                                                        SCIENCE

 

  • THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER                                 THE PURSUIT OF PARENHOOD    

By Francis Fukuyama                                                     By Margaret Marsh & Wanda Ronner

BUSINESS

 

  • NUDGE

By Richard H. Thaler

 

  • THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING

By Mariana Mazzucato

FICTION

 

  • THE ADDRESS

By Fiona Davis

 

  • A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW

By Amor towels

 

  • FOR ROWENNA

By Sigrid Nunez

 

  • MILKMAN

By Anna Burns

 

  • CALL YOUR DAUGHTER HOME

By Deb Spear

HUMOR

 

  • WHAT DO WE NEED MEN FOR?

By F. Jean Carroll

JUVENIL

 

  • DANCE OF THIEVES

By Mary E. Person

 

  • THE DARKEST STAR

By Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

  • SHADOW SONG

By S. Jae-Jones

MYSTERY

 

  • AN EASY DEATH

By Charline Harris

 

  • AN UNWANTED GUEST

By Shari Lapena

 

  • WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

By Delia Owens

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

  • THE FOUR TENDENCIES

By Gretchen Rubin

 


RECOMMENDATIONS

august 13, 2019

 

THE MAP OF KNOWLEDGE                                 A Thousand-Year History o how classical ideas

By Violet Moller                                                         were lost and found

 

EVERY MAN A HERO                                             A memory of D-Day- A First hand remain

By Ray Lambert                                                          of the heroics in Normandie

 

WHEN DEATH BECOMES LIFE                            A gifted surgeon illuminates the achivements

 By Joshua D. Mezrich, M.D.                                     of mediine in the modern day

 

A NEARLY NORMAL FAMILY                               A gripping psychological thriller that forces to

By M.T. Edvarsson                                                     consider how could you protect your love.    

 

ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENTS                                  in USA eight times a vice-president succeeded

By Jared Cohen                                                           on the dead of the president.

 

ART FORGER                                                           The largest unsolved  art theft in history. A

By B.A. Shapiro                                                          thrilling novel about seeing and not seeing

 

FROM COLD WAR TO HOT PEACE                      A fascinating account of the current crisis in

By Michael McFaul                                                    the relationship between Russia en the USA.

 

LETHAL WHITE                                                       A gripping mystery and a page turning by

By Robert Galbraith                                                    the pseudonym of J.K. Rowling

 

CITY OF GIRLS                                                        A rolliching novel of glamorous sex and adventure

By Elisabeth Gilbert                                                    by the author of Eat, Pray and Love

 

EAARTH                                                                    A stark and sobering message about our world

By Bill McKibben                                                      Our old familiar globe is decaying terrifically

 

WAYFINDING                                                           The science and mystery of how humans

M.R. O’Connor                                                           navigate the world . A marvel of storytelling.

 

THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY                              Traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial

By Michio Haku                                                         intelligence anf technology.


BEST SELLERS- MAY 15,2019        

 

BUSINESS

  • STEALING FIRE

By Steven Kotler & Kamie Wheal

  • IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE CRACY AT WORK

By Jason Fried

  • BLUE OCEAN SHIFT

By W. Chan Kim

 

FICTION

  • ON MY HONOR

By Elizabeth John

  • SLEEPING ON JUPITER

By Anuratha Roy

 

HEALTH

  • THE PLANT PARADOX

By Steven R. Gundury, M.D

 

JUVENIL 

  • THE STRANGERS

By Margaret Peterson Haddix

  • Pax

By Penny Packer

  • A BOY A HIS A DOG AND THE THE END OF THE WORLD

By C.A. Fletcher

  • WILD RESCUERS

By Stacy Plays

 

HISTORY

  • AMERICA BEFORE

By Graham Hancock

  • THE SIGN AND THE SEAL

By Graham Hancock

 

MISTERY

  • I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK

By Michelle Mc Namars

  • THE NEVER GAME

By Jeffrey Deaver

 

PSYCHOLOGY

  • EVERYTHING IS F*UCHED

By Mark Hanson

  • LIFE WILL VE THE DEATH OF ME

By Chelsea Handler

  • WHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 20

By Tina Seelig

  • EVERYBODY ALWAYS

By Bob Goff

 

SCIENCE

  • THE INEVITABLE

By Kevin Kelly

  • THE UNIVERSE SPEAKS IN NUMBERS

By Graham Farmello

  • SUPERMINDS

By Thomas w. Malone

  • INFINITE POWERS

By Steven Strogatz


BEST SELLERS-MARCH 12, 2019

FEMINISM

  • THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN  By Lisa See

BIOGRAPHY 

  • MADAME FURCADE´S SECRET WAR By  Lynne Olson

BUSINESS

  • THE INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE  By Alec Ross
  • INVESTED   By Daniel Town & Phil Town

FANTASY

  • TGE EXEPECTED ONE  By Kathleen McGowan
  • SHADOW AND BONE  By Leigh Bardugo
  • HUMOR
  • THE IDIOT  By Elif Batuman

JUVENAL

  • ECHO By Pam Muñoz Ryan
  • INVASION THE STORY OF D-DAY  By Bruce Bliven Jr.

MISTERY

  • A QUESTION OF HOLMES By Brittany Cavallaro

NON FICTION-HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

  • WISH TREE  By Katherine Applegate
  • UNDER PRESSURE By lisa Damour, Ph D
  • WHITE FRAGILITY By Robin Diangelo
  • THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN By Devon Franklin
  • JUST MERCY By Bryan Stevenson
  • LUCKY BOY By Shanthi Sekaran
  • THE NEW EVIL By Michael H. Stone MD 6 Gary Brucato Ph D

PSYCHOLOGY

  • THE WHITE BOOK By Han Kang

BEST SELLERS, JAN 28, 2019

AFFAIRS

  • DAWN OF THE CODE WAR  By John P. Carlin & Garret M. Graf  

BUSINESS

  • THE FIRST 90 DAYS By Michael D: walkins

FAMILY

  • THE ORCHID AND THE DANDELION By W. Thomas Boyce M.D

FICTION

  • DEAR ZEALOTS  By Amos Oz
  • THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ  By Antonio Iturbe
  • AT THE WOLFS TABLE  By Rosella Postorino

HISTORY

  • GEORGE WASHINGTON´S SECRET SIX   By Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger

PSYCOLOGY

  • YOUR SECOND LIFE BEGINS WHEN  YOU REALIZE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE By Raphaelle Giordano
  • THE HEALING SELF  By Depak Chopra, M.D.
  • JOYFUL  By Ingrid Ferell Lee

SCIENCE

  • WHEB DEATH BECOMES LIFE  By Joshua D: Mezrich M D
  • LASSERS, DEATH RAYS AND THE
  • LONG STRANGE QUEST
  • FOR THE ULTIMATE WEAPON

           By Jeff Hecht

SCIENCE-FICTION

  • INTERPLANETARY ROBOTS   By Rod Pyle

BEST SELLERS – JAN 10, 2019

ART

·         THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

BUSSINESS

·         THE ONE THING By Gary Keller & Gary Papasan

FANTASY

·         WISH TREE By kstherine Applegate

·         THE MAGI STRINGS OF FRANKIE PRESTO By Mitch Albon

FICTION

·         LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS By Samira Ahmed

·         THE WAY I USED TO BE By Amber Smith

HISTORY

  • ·     THE FIRST CONSPIRACY By Brad Meltzer
  •         WHEN MOCTEZUMA MET CORTES  By Mathew Resyall

MYSTERY

·         THE SANDMAN By Lars Kepler


BEST SELLERS – JANUARY 5th 2019

AFFAIRES 

  • THE PEOPLE VS. DEMOCRACY  By Yascha Mounk
  •  THE FIFTH RISK By Michael Lewis

 BIOGRAPHY

  •  WE ARE DISPLACED By Malala Youafzai
  •  CODE NAME LISE By Larry Loftis
  •  FRANCIS By Elisabetta Pique

 BUSINESS

  •  RADICAL MARKETS By Eric A. Posner & E. Glen Weyl
  •  MULTIPLIERS By Liz Wiseman 

FICTION

  •  ONCE UPON A RIVER By Diane Setterfield
  •  THE PARIS SEAMSTRESS By Natasha Lester
  •  TANGERINE By Christine Mangan

HEALTH 

  • THE AUTOIMMUNE SOLUTION By Amy Myers, M.D

 HISTORY

  •  THE SECRET WORLD By Christopher Andrew
  •  A HISTORY OF OPERA By Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker 

MYSTERY

  •  BROTHERHOOD OF THE HOLY SHROUD By Julia Navarro
  •  AN ANONYMOUS GIRL By Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

 PSYCHOLOGY

  •  MIND TO MATTER By Dawson Church

 SCIENCE-FICTION

  •  101 Sci-Fi Movies you Most See Before you Die.

 


 

December 15/2018

 

AFFAIRS :                                                                                                                 

  • THE GREAT DELUSION By John J. Mearsheimer         

BUSINESS

  •  MEASURE WHAT MATTERS By John Doerr
  • NO EGO By Cy Wakeman
  • THE LEAN STARTUP By Eric Ries

 

FAMILY

  • BUILDING RESILIENCE By Kenneth G. Ginsburg

 

FICTION

  • ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY By Charlie Jane Anders
  • THE PHANTOM TREE By Nicola Cornick
  • THE HIDDEN CHILD By Cmilla Lackberg

MYSTERY

 

  • A DARKER SHADE OF SWEDEN By John-Henri Holmberg
  • MRS. SHERLOCK HOLMES By Brad Ricca
  • LETHAL WHITE By Robert Galbraitth
  • A LONG WAY DOWN By Jason Reynolds
  • HOLDING By Graham Norton

 

HISTORY

 

  • IN THE HURRICANE’S EYE By Nathiel Phibrick
  • PRESIDENTS OF WAR By Michael Beschloss
  • A PILLAR OF IRON By Taylor Caldell
  • 1000 BOOKS TO READ By James Mustich
  • I AM DYNAMITE A Life of Nietzsche By Sue Prideaux

 

MUSIC

  • THE DOORS By Greil Marcus

PSYCHOLOGY

 

  • 12 RULES FOR LIFE By Jordan B Peterson

SCIENCE

  • GODS AND ROBOTS By Adrienne Mayor
  • BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION By Don Tapscott
  • GENE MACHINE By Venki Ramakrihnan
  • UNTHINKABLE By Helen Thompson
  • DREAMING IN TURTLE By PeterLaufer, PhD

SCIENCE-FICTION

  • JUST ONE DAMNED THING AFTER ANOTHER By Jodi Taylor
  • THE THREE BODY PROBLEM By Cixin Liu

BEST MEMORY

  • THE BOYS IN THE CAVE By Matt Guttman

 


 November 19, 2018

 

 AFFAIRES: 

  • THE GREAT DELUSION  By John J. Mearsheimer 
  • FLASHPOINTS  By George Friedman 

BUSINESS: 

  • WORLD WITHOUT MIND By Franklin Foer 
  • DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP By Jocko Willinks & Leif Babin
  •  ALGORITHMS TO LIVE By Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths 
  • SECRET EMPIRES by Peter Schweizer
  • THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING  By Mariana Mazucato
  • BAD BLOOD by John Carreyrou

FICTION:

  • HEADS YOU WIN Jeffrey Archer
  • THE DREAM DAUGHTER By Diane Chamberlain
  • OMER PASHA LATAS By Ivo Andric
  • LONE WOLF IN JERUSALEM By Ehud Diskin
  • THE UNTETHERED SOUL By Michael A. Singer
  • WOLF HOLLOW By Lauren Wolk

LANGUAGE:

  • WATCH YOUR TONGUE  By Mark Abley

HISTORY;

  • THE INTERNATIONALISTS By Dona A. Hathaway & Scott J. Shapiro
  • DEOGRATIAS  By J.P. Stassen
  • SECONDHAND TIME By svetlana Alexievich
  • TESTAMENT OF YOUTH By Vera Britain
  • THE ALLIES By Winston Groom
  • THE UNITED STATES AND THE NAZI HOLOCAUST By Barry Trachtenberg
  • THE THIRD REICH By Thomas Childers

PSYCHOLOGY:

  • COMMUNITY By Peter Block
  • LOGOS By Raymond Tallis
  • REGIONS OF THE MIND By G. S. Cobau
  • NUDGE By Richard H. Thaler
  • THE MINDFUL DAY By Laurie J. Cameron

SCIENCE:

  • DAWN OF THE NEW EVERYTHING By Jaron Lanier
  • HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND By Michael Pollan

 

May 19, 2017

THE AMBULANCE DRIVERS

James McGrath Morris

One of those rare books with a fascinating story of two literary lions. Evocative memory of a long lost time of these great American Writers.

 

UBROKEN BRAIN

Maia Szalavitz

Indeed another one on addiction, but it happens to be a new way of understanding addiction that could be extremelly helpful.

 

BOOK OF THIEVES

Anders Rydell

A very interesting account that everything being done to find and recover the books stolen and collected for Nazy academies and research libraries appropiated for Nazi research.

 

CHURCHILL’S MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE.

Giles Milton

Fascinating story of the six men who organized a top secret warefare to plot the destruction of Hitler’s war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage.

 

THE INVENTION OF RUSSIA

Arkady Ostrovsky

The Soviet Union yoked together dreamers and strongmen. Ostrovsky introduces us to a gripping  story told here brilliantly.

 

DNA IS NOT DESTINY

Steven J. Heine

A new way, a new hope to understand how test results misinterpret scientific how our DNA works. A complex combination of experience environment and genetics.

 

THE GENIUS OF BIRDS

Jennifer Ackerman

Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds; besides celebrates the triumphs of these surprising loving and fiercely intelligent creatures.

 

MOZART’S STARLING

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

An exploration between life, music an nature, shedding light on the connectiom between humans and birds. Almost a love song!

 

A PLEA FOR THE ANIMALS.

Matthieu Ricard

He chronicles the sufferings of each animal and presents a compelling appeal to reason and human kindness  to whom we share  with this planet.

 

THE FORTUNES OF AFRICA

Martin Meredith

In this book Meredith  follows the fortunes of Africa;  he examines too the fates of the  modern African
 states. This is a story of  an epic scale.


April 25, 2017

THE NEW KOREANS

Michael Breen

Examine how the rest of the World percive this magnificent nation as outsiders; compelling insight into the history  of this fascinating nation.

 

HASHIMOTO’S PROTOCOL

Dr. Izabella Wentz creates a program woven together from her clincal training as a recommendation for disease reversal.

 

THE ART OF MONEY

Bari Tessler

The autor uses our relationship with money as a gateway to gaining self-awareness and confidence in all aspects of our lives: “When we dare to speak the truth about money, amazing healing begins”

 

JUST BREATH

Dan Brule

A fascinating a practical guide to raising your consciousness in uniquely practical ways.

 

THE FIRST SIGNS

Genevieve  Von Petzinger

Part narrative, part popular science this renowned archeologist offers glimpses across millennia od an ancient conciousness linked to our own.

 

THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE

Jessica Shattuck

Not only other classic World War II story but a gorgeous novel; a joy to read highly recommended.

 

SECONDHAND TIME

Svetlana Alexievich

Winner of the Novel Prize in Literature she blends a magnificent tapestry of the sorrowa and triumphs of the human spirit; tells the stories that together make up the true history of a nation.

 

GENIUS

Leopoldo Gout

Just a very exciting, provocative, fresh, innovative and smart novel for youg adults and others engineering genius.

 

WOMEN HEALERS OF THE WORLD

Holly Bellebuono

Thirty Womeh  share with readers an extraordinary variety  of healing plants from around the world; women healers from the past and the present that promote the use of medicianl herbs.

 

MERCIES IN DISGUISE

Gina Kolata

It reads like a medical thriller but it is the true story of one family’s struggle with a rare and deadly inherited illness. You simply wont be able  to stop reading.

 

 ICE GHOSTS

Paul Watson

In a masterful work of history and contemporary report, spanning 200 years, Paul Watson tells the full story of the epic hunt for the lost Franklin Expedition.

 

HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

Susan Wise Bauer

A fascinant account of the great conflicts of Europe resounding with the violent story of kings, generals, tyrans, popes and the peoples they ruled. Highly recommended.

 

CLIMATE OF HOPE

Michael Bloomberg & Carl Pope.

Both writers present the solutions they believe hold the greatest promise and the practical steps necessary to achive them from costs to benefits for tomorrow to today, and from fear to hope.

 

MIRROR TOUCH

Joel Salinas, M.D

The Autor shares his experiences with a rare and only recently identified neurological trait that causes him to feel experiences of other people. A very astounding theory where he ends entagled, no longer able to diferentiate where he ends and someone begins.

 

FOUR PRINCESS

John Julius Norwich

Just a fascinating narrative where Norwich has crafted a bold tapestry of the early sixteenth century

when four legendary rulers towered over the era.

 

FREQUENCY

Penney Peirce

Rather that being carried by external conflict energies, as we move out of the age of technology and into the age of intuition, there  is a need to understand how our natural frecuency affect us.

 


February 27, 2017

MODERN DEATH

Haider Warraich, M.D.

Beautifully writen Dr.Warraich takes us through the very best insights about new discoveries in the human fight against death.

 

IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY

Kenneth C. Davis

The stories of five enslaved people, quite interesting and well writen.

 

THE GHOST WARRIORS

Samuel M. Katz

A Very interesting account of the Israel’s war against terrorism.

 

ONE AMAZING ELEPHANT

Linda Oatman High

Reed this delicious tale of a well manered elephant and her girl friend.

 

THE INVENTION OF NATURE

Andrea Wulf

The best biography you’ll ever read of Baron Alexander Von Humboldt.

 

HILLBILLY  ELLEGY

J.D. Vance

A very good novel about the situation of families in North America.

 

 

BEHIND THE DOLPHIN SMILE

Richard O’Barry

All the titanic efforts made for a single man to protect the World’s Dolphins.

 

GHOST WARS

Steve Coll

The secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden.All about what Papa Francisco Calls “Small Dirty Wars”


Suggestions for week of December 12:

  • Girl on the train by Paula Hawkins
  • Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  • Inferno by Dan Brown
  • Let it Snow by John Green
  • Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
  • Blue by Danielle Steel
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (serie) by Ransom Riggs
  • Stiletto by O' Malley
  • Ayslum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
  • Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
  • After She's by Lisa Jackson
  • Magnus Chase I and II by Rick Riordan
  • Diary of Wimpy Kid no. 11 by Jeff Kinney
  • Fantastic Beast Coloring Book and lost of Mandalas!!

 



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