Breakfast with Tiffany is a harrowing and funny memoir about the author's first year as guardian of his "thirteen-going-on-thirty" talented and troubled niece. Ed was a single, gay, 40-year-old living a successful though routinized urban life when his much-adored niece is sent to live with him in Greenwich Village. Instant parent Uncle Eddy watches his best laid plans go awry as the pair struggles to figure out their new relationship and become a family. With an edgy wit and compassion reminiscent of Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris, Ed recounts not only the coming of age of his beloved niece but his own as well. Together Uncle Eddy and Tiffany face situations that are sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious, and never less than authentically human. "She's 13, he's 40; she's been given her walking papers from her mother, he's the uncle there to catch her: they are a modernized odd couple, and the sparks they throw are a glowing pyrotechnic display. Tiffany is a life force with attitude problems, a taste for belly-button jewels and face tackle, who informs Wintle that snorting dust will make you paranoid (heroin makes you mellow, she notes), and can play her uncle's heart like a bongo and crack it like a coconut; Wintle is an obsessive-compulsive "all-time Control Queen" who will rise to the occasion, bringing to it a delightfully nuanced, impractical, caring, ham-handed, heart-gladdening, inclusive, protective approach. [Wintle] struggles to meet each new challenge head on, taking cues from his own sad youth and fraught adulthood . . . with a gorgeous clarity. The story begins and ends with Tiffany's freshman year at high school . . . leaving readers to pray for volumes sophomore through senior." Kirkus Reviews (Starred review)

Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Wintle, Edwin

Memoirs

Curtis Brown Unlimited

A medieval schoolmaster whose students stabbed him to death with their pens---his name lives on in the College of Saint Cassian of Imola, a school with spectacular troubles. World War II has ended, and overnight Saint Cash’s has recklessly expanded from a dozen students to 4,500. Unknown to the honest clerics who think they run the place, the Newark Mafia find the college a handy front for dealing in war surplus materials. It’s a tough scene for a green kid like apprentice mortician Moon Gogarty, even tougher for basketball coach Douglas Knox, a priest with a drinking problem who receives mysterious threats on his life. And both Knox and Moon face a powerful temptation: mobster mistress Aisling Vastasi. In this sinister comedy, the mob blackmails a pedophile priest in order to take over his lucrative charity, The Children’s Crusade. Events follow fast: a car-bombing, a fiery holocaust, an exorcism that ends in terror, a raid on a brothel, a college commencement that turns into a shoot-out, a play-off basketball game in which rival gamblers have bribed both teams. Alternately blood-curdling and hilarious, this is a gripping story full of sudden twists. Devotees of the thrillers of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiassen, and Janet Evanovich will find A Hoarse Half-human Cheer in the same league

A Hoarse Half-Human Cheer

Literature & Fiction

Kennedy, X.J.

Humor & Satire

Lying in the remote hills of southwest Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest harbors elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys, and half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas. For two years, Thor Hanson called that forest home, working with local guides and trackers to develop an ecotourism program for the newly-formed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Thoroughly researched and beautifully told, Hanson’s story blends natural history with cultural insight to place the forest and the gorillas in the context of modern Africa. The Impenetrable Forest offers a rare glimpse into the world of mountain gorillas, and the human cultures that surround them. A must-read for anyone interested in gorilla tracking, endangered species, or travel to Uganda.

The Impenetrable Forest: Gorilla Years in Uganda

Hanson, Thor

Professionals & Academics

When forced to switch to a rival high school before the end of her junior year, Blythe's carefully laid out plans for a perfect future begin to unravel. At first she thinks that being the principal's daughter is the worst part, then an unflattering viral picture of Blythe has everyone laughing at her the first day. Although vengeance was never her thing, Blythe vows to abolish the Senior Scramble, a long-revered school scavenger hunt. Afterwards, things don't go to plan, though. To make amends, she teams up with Senior, Luke-the surly head of the hunt and so-called-journalist who first posted her picture. Together they defy Blythe's father and take the Senior Scramble underground. Blythe soon realizes that Luke isn't so bad after all. In fact, she's drawn in by his sly geekish wit, spontaneous Shakespearean quotes, and peering gaze.As Blythe speeds through the scavenger hunt, she faces expulsion, an arrest, and a split from her best friend. But she won't give up. If she wins the Senior Scramble, she just might win back her reputation. And maybe even win Luke's heart.

7 Clues to Winning You

Children's Books

Walker, Kristin

Growing Up & Facts of Life

After losing Rodden at the last Turning, Zeraphina is alone. Or she would be, if her mother and Prince Folsum would just leave her in peace. The prince, blind in one eye after an attack by Zeraphina's brant, has taken up residence in her home and is insisting she marry him. When an accident befalls him, Zeraphina flees - straight into the arms of a waiting harming.Now a captive, she discovers she's being taken to Lharmell. But not to be executed. To be crowned queen. The identity of the one who has given the orders is shrouded in mystery, and Zeraphina can't help but be suspicious. After everything she's done the Lharmellins should want her dead. Zeraphina can't tell if her captor is telling the truth. And just who is awaiting her in Lharmell?

Blood Queen: The Third Book of Lharmell

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hart, Rhiannon

Fantasy

Set in Wyoming and India, the stories in Cowboys and East Indians explore the immigrant experience and collisions of cultures in the American West as seen through the eyes of outsiders. From Indian motel owners to a kleptomaniac foreign exchange student, a cross-dressing sari-wearing cowboy to oil-rig workers, an adopted cowgirl to a medical tourist in India – the characters in these stories are lonely and are looking for connection, and yet they can also be problematic and aggressive in order to survive in an isolated landscape. These stories focus on the not-often-mentioned rural immigrant experience. For these characters, identity is shaped not just by personal history but by place, the very land they live on.

Cowboys and East Indians: Stories

McConigley, Nina

United States

New York Times bestselling author Drew Karpyshyn spins ten fantastical tales of magic, mystery and the supernatural with his usual gift for world building and imagination. A man discovers a demon living in his basement, then hires it to advance his career. A young king in exile challenges a powerful wizard in a battle of wits to reclaim his throne. The Aztec pantheon gathers for an unusual contest to win the favor of the immortal Serpent King. A proud warrior queen plots bloody retribution to avenge her murdered family. With stories ranging from classic sword and sorcery adventures to contemporary horror to twisted takes on myth, legend and folklore, A Minor Malevolent Spirit delivers thrills, chills and even some laughs. As an added bonus, author notes for each of the ten stories examine Karpyshyn's creative process and the craft of writing, giving fans a unique glimpse inside the mind of the acclaimed storyteller.

A Minor Malevolent Spirit and Other Tales

KARPYSHYN, DREW

*This is the only edition authorized by the author.* When Matt goes "over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house" for Thanksgiving, things get very weird. Why is Grandma's creepy new handyman so tall and pale? Why does he wear dark glasses day and night? Matt and his sister Rosie end up in the wrong place at the wrong time-captives of two silly vampires, Wicked and Sinister. Will Matt and Rosie make it back to Grandma's for Thanksgiving-or will they end up as vampire turkey stuffing?

Fangsgiving

Regan, Dian Curtis

Holidays & Celebrations

*This is the only edition authorized by the author.* Roses are red. Violets are wilted. Why do you walk so stiff and so stilted? Something is very strange about the new girl in Joey Ocean's class. Her name is Xia Dedd. She never speaks, and her hair blows in the breeze-even inside. There is one thing Xia can do: "mind talk" with Joey. He learns that Dr. Samedi is experimenting on humans and Xia is one of his unfortunate subjects. Together they must find a way to stop the evil doctor before it's too late for Xia. And possibly, humankind! Check out the website! http: //www.holiday-monsters.com

My Zombie Valentine

*This is the only edition authorized by the author.* When Ben discovers a friendly vampire hiding in his attic, he and Zander must outwit the evil Vampire King and save Christmas. Ben Garcia’s got a secret. A vampire named Zander is hiding in his attic--and he plans to stay for the holidays. Zander’s got a secret, too. The king of all vampires is looking for him. He’s not happy that Zander has changed his evil ways and decided to become a nice (vegetarian) monster. Now it’s up to Zander and Ben to make sure the Vampire King does not find them--or this may be the scariest Christmas ever. Check out the website! http://www.holiday-monsters.com

The Vampire Who Came For Christmas

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