A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar (9781608198115 $26) ~ Suzanne Joinson
It is 1923. Evangeline (Eva) English and her sister Lizzie are missionaries heading for the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. Though Lizzie is on fire with her religious calling, Eva’s motives are not quite as noble, but with her green bicycle and a commission from a publisher to write “A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar,” she is ready for adventure.
In present day London, a young woman, Frieda, returns from a long trip abroad to find a man sleeping outside her front door. She gives him a blanket and a pillow, and in the morning finds the bedding neatly folded and an exquisite drawing of a bird with a long feathery tail, some delicate Arabic writing, and a boat made out of a flock of seagulls on her wall. Tayeb, in flight from his Yemeni homeland, befriends Frieda and, when she learns she has inherited the contents of an apartment belonging to a dead woman she has never heard of, they embark on an unexpected journey together.”
The Enchantress (9780385735353 $18.99) ~ Michael Scott
The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it.
San Francisco:
Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.
But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race?
Danu Talis:
Sophie and Josh Newman traveled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it’s on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.
Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what-or who-the twins will be fighting for.
Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost.
But will the twins of legend stand together?
Or will they stand apart-
one to save the world and one to destroy it?
The Language of Life: How Communication Drives Human Evolution (9781616145798 $19) ~ James Lull
Introducing a new subdiscipline of evolutionary communication, the authors analyze the core domains of life-sheer survival, sex, culture, morality, religion, and technological changes that alter communication.
The Leftovers (9780312363550 $14.99) ~ Tom Perrotta 
What if the Rapture happened and you got left behind? Or maybe it wasn’t the Rapture at all, but random disappearances that shattered the world in a single moment, dividing history into Before and After? This is the question confronting the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, a formerly comfortable suburban community that lost over a hundred people in the “Sudden Departure.” Kevin Garvey, the new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, even while his own family falls apart. Through the prism of a single family, Tom Perrotta illuminates a familiar America made strange by grief and apocalyptic anxiety.
Pop Knitting: Bold Motifs Using Color & Stitch (9781596687820 $26.95) ~ Britt-Marie Christoffersson
Celebrated author Christoffersson has studied color and texture in knitting for more than 25 years. “Pop Knitting” showcases her intensive work, demonstrating how minimal ingredients can be combined in seemingly endless ways to create striking, knitted fabrics.
