Ray delicately captures the everyday life of a rural Indian family at the beginning of the 20th century. This is the first movie in Ray’s beloved Apu trilogy.
Ritual
Things are not what they seem when traditional African medicine practices, muti, and heroin-addiction recovery groups intersect in London. The third Jack Caffery mystery.
The Namesake
A beautiful coming-of-age story that explores a second generation immigrant’s struggle to define his own identity among the influence of his parents’ traditional Indian values and the very different life he leads in America.
Ghostland: an American History in Haunted Places
Dickey takes the reader on a haunted tour of the U.S., through the forgotten stories and folklore of our past. His intriguing interpretation highlights hauntings as snapshots of time replayed in public and private spaces. Don’t read before bedtime!
Occultation: and Other Stories
HP Lovecraft meets Stephen King in Barron’s short stories full of diverse and lingering horrors.
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
A mysterious old bookstore, an ancient code-breaking cult, and the unusual company culture of Google come together in this fun and quirky mystery.
The Useful Book
Boiling an egg for easy peeling? Rewiring a lamp? This how-to book covers it, and just about everything else you can imagine. If you want to fix it, cook it, build it, rebuild it, sew it,or clean it, you’ll learn how in this very useful book.
The Free
When Isaac West takes the rap for a violent crime he didn’t commit he ends up in juvie. There he has to decide who to trust, how much to share with his therapy group, how to protect his sister, and how to be truly free.
Blood, Bones, & Butter
It’s the human condition to search for one’s place and purpose. This memoir follows Hamilton’s search through kitchens all over the world, in a constant quest for the sense of family she had in childhood.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Fleming’s in-depth look at Russia’s last Tzar and his family excels at placing the revolution in context, comparing life inside the palace to the experience of the majority of Russians.