• LinusBakerisaby-the-bookcaseworkerintheDepartment

  inChargeofMagicalYouth.He'staskedwithdetermining

  whethersixdangerousmagicalchildrenarelikelytobring

  abouttheendoftheworld.ArthurParnassusis

  themasteroftheorphanage.Hewoulddoanything

  tokeepthechildrensafe,evenifitmeans

  theworldwillburn.Andhissecretswillcome

  tolight.TheHouseintheCeruleanSeais

  anenchantinglovestory,masterfullytold,abouttheprofound

  experienceofdiscoveringanunlikelyfamilyinanunexpected

  place—andrealizingthatfamilyisyours.
  The House in the Cerulean Sea
• Tsukiko,thirty–eight,worksinanofficeandlivesalone.One

  night,shehappenstomeetoneofherformer

  highschoolteachers,"Sensei,"inalocalbar.Tsukiko

  hadonlyevercalledhim"Sensei"("Teacher").Heis

  thirtyyearshersenior,retired,andpresumablyawidower.

  Theirrelationshipdevelopsfromaperfunctoryacknowledgmentofeach

  otherastheyeatanddrinkaloneatthe

  bar,toahesitantintimacywhichtiltsawkwardlyand

  poignantlyintolove.AsTsukikoandSenseigrowto

  knowandloveoneanother,time'spassingismarked

  byKawakami'sgentlehintsatthechangingseasons:from

  warmsaketochilledbeer,fromthebudson

  thetreestothebloomingofthecherryblossoms.

  StrangeWeatherinTokyoisamoving,funny,and

  immersivetaleofmodernJapanandold–fashionedromance.
  Strange Weather in Tokyo
• Ataleofgods,kings,immortalfame,andthehuman

  heart,TheSongofAchillesisadazzlingliterary

  featthatbrilliantlyreimaginesHomersenduringmasterwork,TheIliad.

  Anaction-packedadventure,anepiclovestory,amarvelously

  conceivedandexecutedpage-turner,Millersmonumentaldebutnovelhas

  alreadyearnedresoundingacclaimfromsomeofcontemporaryfictions

  brightestlights—andfansofMaryRenault,BernardCornwell,Steven

  Pressfield,andColleenMcCulloughsMastersofRomeserieswill

  delightinthisunforgettablejourneybacktoancientGreece

  intheAgeofHeroes.
  The Song of Achilles
• CordeliaVorkosigansplansforapeacefulmarriedlifeareshattered

  whenapoisongasattack,intendedforherhusband

  Aral,leavesherillandherunbornchilddamaged.

  Resistingenormouspressuretoabortherson,Cordeliastruggles

  tokeepherunbornchild--transferredtoauterinereplicator--alive

  whilethwartingplansbyaruthlessopponenttomurder

  theyoungemperorandassumeabsolutepoweroverall

  ofBarrayar.OnceagainCordeliadisplayshercourageand

  herremarkablecombatandleadershipskills.
  Barrayar
• WhenCordeliaNaismithandhersurveycrewareattackedby

  arenegadegroupfromBarrayar,sheistakenprisoner

  byAralVorkosigan,commanderoftheBarrayanshipthat

  hasbeentakenoverbyanambitiousandruthless

  crewmember.AralandCordeliasurvivecountlessmishapswhile

  theirmutualadmirationandevenstrongerfeelingsemerge.
  Shards of Honor
• TheMarbleFaun:Or,TheRomanceofMonteBeni,also

  knownbytheBritishtitleTransformation,wasthelast

  ofthefourmajorromancesbyNathanielHawthorne,and

  waspublishedin1860.TheMarbleFaun,writtenon

  theeveoftheAmericanCivilWar,isset

  inafantasticalItaly.Theromancemixeselementsof

  afable,pastoral,gothicnovel,andtravelguide.Miriam

  isabeautifulpainterwithanunknownpast.Miriam

  ispursuedbyamysterious,threateningmanwhois

  her“evilgenius”throughlife.Hildaisaninnocent

  copyist.
  The Marble Faun
• Astarryrectangleofouterspace.Adark-hairedgirl,her

  faceambivalent.Afish-shapedspaceshipflyingtowardagothic

  tower.ThesearethefirstthreepanelsofOn

  aSunbeam,Tillie-Walden’snewgraphicnovel—thetaleofa

  girlandherinterplanetaryjourney.
  On a Sunbeam
• ElleBurnsisaformerslavewithapassionfor

  justiceandaneideticmemory.Tradinginherlife

  offreedominMassachusetts,shereturnstotheindignity

  ofslaveryintheSouth—tospyfortheUnion

  Army.
  An Extraordinary Union: An Epic Love Story