The Light Between Oceans (9781451681734 $25) ~ M.L. Stedman
on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them. M. L. Stedman’s mesmerizing, beautifully written novel seduces us into accommodating Isabel’s decision to keep this “gift from God.” And we are swept into a story about extraordinarily compelling characters seeking to find their North Star in a world where there is no right answer, where justice for one person is another’s tragic loss. “The Light Between Oceans “is exquisite and unforgettable, a deeply moving novel.
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody (9780306821998 $13.99) ~ Fanny Merkin
Young, arrogant tycoon Earl Grey seduces the naive coed Anna Steal with his overpowering good looks and staggering amounts of money, but will she be able to get past his fifty shames, including shopping at Walmart on Saturdays, bondage with handcuffs, and his love of BDSM (Bards, Dragons, Sorcery, and Magick)? Or will his dark secrets and constant smirking drive her over the edge?
The Mexican Slow Cooker: Recipes for Mole, Enchiladas, Carnitas, 
Chile Verde Pork, and More Favorites (9781607743163 $19.99) ~ Deborah Schneider
A collection of 55 fix it and forget it recipes for Mexican favorites from an award-winning Mexican cooking authority, in a stylish, engaging package.
When acclaimed chef and cookbook author Deborah Schneider discovered that using her trusty slow cooker to make authentic Mexican recipes actually enhanced their flavor while dramatically reducing active cooking time, it was a revelation. Packed with Schneider’s favorite south-of-the-border recipes such as Tortilla Soup, zesty barbacoa beef, famed Mole Negro, the best tamales she has ever made, and more, “The Mexican Slow Cooker “delivers sophisticated meals and complex flavors, all with the ease and convenience that have made slow cookers enormously popular.
Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century (9780143121268 $16)
A brilliant combination of science and its real-world application, “Now You See It” sheds light on one of the greatest problems of our historical moment: our schools and businesses are designed for the last century, not for a world in which technology has reshaped the way we think and learn. In this informed and optimistic work, Cathy N. Davidson takes us on a tour of the future of work and education, introducing us to visionaries whose groundbreaking ideas will soon affect every arena of our lives, from schools with curriculums built around video games to workplaces that use virtual environments to train employees.
Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, The Mob, and The Battle of Los 
Angeles (9781250027856 $7.99) ~ Paul Lieberman
A harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels, GANGSTER SQUAD chronicles the true story of the secretive police unit that waged an anything-goes war to drive Mickey Cohen and other hoodlums from Los Angeles after WWII–the real events behind the highly-anticipated Warner Bros. film starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
The Passage (9780345528179 $7.99) ~ Justin Cronin
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY “TIME” AND “LIBRARY JOURNAL”–AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY “The Washington Post – Esquire – U.S. News & World Report” – NPR/”On Point – St. Louis Post-Dispatch – BookPage”
An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, “The Passage” is the story of Amy–abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape–but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world.
