Military History
‘Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle’
By Mark E. StilleThe Battle of Midway was a major turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Imperial Japanese Navy was a behemoth and had been at war for several years before this June 1942 naval battle. America had been thrust into the war by the Pearl Harbor attack six months prior. Stille presents the differences between the U.S. and Japanese navies and at how the Americans won such a lopsided victory. Full of valuable information and insight, this book is sure to become an authoritative work.
Nonfiction
‘Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence’
By Dr. Anna LembkePsychiatrist and addiction expert Dr. Anna Lembke demonstrates the perils of our age of high-dopamine stimuli, ranging from drugs to eating and gaming to social media. Access to these is easier than ever, putting all of us at risk of compulsive consumption. Sharing experiences gleaned from her patients and citing new research linking pleasure to pain, Dr. Lembke offers ways to manage our dopamine-driven addictions by combining science with wisdom. Her expertise, insight, and reader-friendly writing style make for a fascinating study.
Buck Reilly operates Last Resort Charter and Salvage, flying a 1946 amphibious Grumman Widgeon. He wants no more out of life than to rescue a beautiful woman. But now, he must save himself. Investigating his birth mother’s life and family background incurs the ire of an ancient Scottish secret society—a society whose members will kill to protect their secrets. His survival hinges on finding documents, which his birth mother took from the society before she died and buried them on an Arctic island. An exhilarating read.
Throughout history, Texas exerted a large—largely positive—influence on the United States and all of North America. This new, short one-volume history of Texas, presents a fresh view of the Lone Star State. Going beyond the traditional focus of 19th-century events internal to Texas, this book presents Texas history from ancient times to the 21st century. It shows the effect Texas has had on American culture, technology, politics, and society, one especially important over the last 100 years.
Driving the plot of this romance and satire is a seemingly endless court case that eats away at those who become obsessed with it. Here Dickens gives readers some of his most colorful characters. Opposites are the fanatical do-gooder for distant places Mrs. Jellyby, and Esther, the sweet-natured heroine of common sense, who helps those around her. Dickens displays his mastery in managing the subplots and a multitude of characters in what some critics consider his greatest work of fiction.
For Kids
‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’
By Crockett JohnsonFirst published in 1955, this simple classic features a journey into young Harold’s imagination as he creates his own adventure with his purple crayon. With each turn of the page, Harold’s story evolves as he starts off along a drawn path, then draws his way through woods, then across the sea, and up a mountain, until finally he returns back home to his bed.
