Jazz

Toni Morrison

Joe Trace - in his fifties, door-to-door salesman of beauty products, erstwhile devoted husband - shoots to death his lover of three months, impetuous, eighteen-year-old Dorcas. At the funeral, his determined, hard-working wife, Violet - who is given to stumbling into dark mental cracks - tries with a k...

Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer (Book 1)

Rick Riordan

My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle,...

Vida: Vida Goldstein a Woman for Our Time

Jacqueline Kent

Vida Jane Mary Goldstein, feminist and suffragist, was born at Portland, Victoria. Her father was an anti-suffragist, but Jacob Goldstein supported his daughters to be economically and intellectually independent. In the 1890s she became involved in various social welfare activities and attended Victoria...

LGB Dr. Fauci: A Little Golden Book Biography

Suzanne Slade; Fanny Liem (Illustrator)

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Dr. Anthony Fauci! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers! This Little Golden Book about Dr. Fauci--the chief medical advisor to many US presidents and America's doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic--is an inspiring...