"Le Carré-like psychological ambiguities and fierce double-crosses―from an author who, in an understated sentence or two, can pack a knockout punch."―Kirkus Reviews Sarah Iles's latest young lover, Ian Aston, and the seedy gangland club he frequents both possess the intense attractive of the forbidden. When one night at the Monty they witness a fatal knifing, they unwittingly learn far too much for their own welfare of a deadly plot that could, if successfully executed, rearrange the city's criminal power structure. Immediately, the unfaithful wife and petty criminal become targets of both police and underworld observation. The Machiavellian ACC Desmond Iles, Harpur's superior officer―a character Booklist calls "ranting, conniving, brutally sarcastic, and painfully funny"―has often taken the center stage in Bill James's novels. Here the betrayed policeman allows a professional crisis to become part of a personal vendetta as well, and Harput is swept direction into the path of escalting subterfuge and violence. In Come Clean, Bill James once again explores the no-man's land of law enforcement, where human concern and naked expediency stand perennially at odds with each other. And just as in its four predecessors, a memorable drama is played out against James's striking and unique urban tableau.

Come clean

JAMES, Bill

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Countryman Press

A collection of the best of the best Q&amp;A from Outside magazine's perennially humorous and informative "Wild File" column.Where does the white go when the snow melts? What's the maximum number of people the earth can hold? These and many other quirky questions about the natural world are answered in this all-new collection from Outside magazine's wildly popular "Wild File" columna space where readers' questions about natural science and outdoor lore are answered with the help of scientists, expert outdoorsmen, and professors. Both fun and thorough, these essays probe the curiosities that we never even knew we wanted to know, such as: Why can't bats fly straight? What are sea legs? Why don't woodpeckers get headaches? To answer these and many more questions, the author tracks down and interviews the experts behind each question posed: authorities in camelid biology, elephant psychology, leech behavior, ball lightening, and the biochemistry of "gamy" meat, to name a few. 45 black-and-white illustrations

Real Mosquitoes Don't Eat Meat: The Best of Outside Magazine's "The Wild File"

Science & Math

Wetzler, Brad

Biological Sciences

In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen is a treasury of original recipes from leading chefs that incorporate Vermont Butter &amp; Cheese Company’s delectable products. Culinary luminaries like renowned chefs Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin, Michel Richard of Citronelle, and Molly Hanson of Grill 23; chef, writer, and educator Dan Barber of Blue Hill; chef-entrepreneurs Alison Lane and Andrew Silva of Mirabelles; knight of the French Order of the Mérite Agricole, chef Raymond Ost of Sandrine’s; and food writer and former CEO of Clicquot, Inc., Mireille Guiliano, share their heartfelt philosophies about food. Their tantalizing recipes will expand any home cook’s culinary repertoire. Twenty-five years ago Allison Hooper and Bob Reese began crafting artisanal dairy products in the European style. They developed a vital link with local farms that continues to this day: Vermont Butter &amp; Cheese Company supports a network of more than 20 family farms that provide milk that meets the highest standards of purity. As Allison learned on a family farm in France, quality originates at the source—with the people who work the land and the pride they take in its yield. In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen celebrates their perhaps improbable success. It is the story of pioneers in the fledgling American artisan cheese industry and how they bootstrapped a small, socially responsible business.

In a Cheesemaker's Kitchen: Celebrating 25 Years of Artisanal Cheesemaking from Vermont Butter & Cheese Company

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Hooper, Allison

Cooking by Ingredient

As anyone who has tried to hit a little white ball into a hole with an odd-shaped stick knows, golf is hard! It is well worth taking time to glean every pointer and secret you can from the experts. Mastery in life is even harder. How do we glean the secrets of effective Christian living? From God's Word, in prayer, and from brothers and sisters with more experience than we. Golf Lessons for Life appeals to both believers and would-be believers. It contains golf instruction as well as life and faith lessons. Many golfers have not been exposed to God's Word or grown in their faith due to Sunday morning tee times. Golf Lessons for Life can be one of the greatest outdrawing parallels between golf and life. The video is hosted by renowned golf instructor and PGA Tour Player, Wally Armstrong, the author of the best-selling book "In His Grip". Joining him is Pete McDaniels, senior columnist for Golf Digest and author of two Tiger Woods books as well as the best selling book "Uneven Lies: the Heroic History of Afro-Americans in Golf". This is a great tool for Sunday School classes or small group Bible studies.

In His Grip: Foundations for Life & Golf

Jim Sheard

Wally Armstrong

Success One Day At A Time is the kind of book you will want to carry in your car or place at the side of your bed. Each page contains a snapshot of the daily road of an overcomer. It is the perfect gift for the new graduate as well as anyone else who wants to become all that God intended! Owning a book by John Maxwell is like having your own personal trainer cheerleader. Drawing on over twenty years of experience in training leaders, John shares not only how to succeed but the biblical reason for doing so. "Success is knowing your purpose in life, sowing seeds that benefit others, and growing to your maximum potential," he says. He asserts that success is for everyone. The secret of success is found in your daily routine, springing from your dreams, vision and consistent self-discipline.

Success One Day at a Time

Self-Help

MAXWELL, JOHN C.

Success

In His Grip Gift Pack with Other

Vermont, an Explorer's Guide

Travel

Tree, Christina

Jennison, Peter S.

United States

Book on designing barns for optimum use.

In one barn: Efficient livestock housing and management

Pelley, Lee

The National Ski Patrol: Samaritans of the snow

Besser, Gretchen R.

Poems deal with communication, art, nature, perception, memory, music, rural life, and friendship

If You Call This Cry a Song

Literature & Fiction

Hayden Carruth

Poetry

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