2011, Vanuatu, (1445) Original - 1780023

A fun and fast flight through the life of an airline stewardess who's on her final trip before settling down and planting roots. Ava's journey is romantic, soul-searching, fun, and deep all at once. I want to meet these characters and go on adventures in real life! Pack light for maximum adventure and be on the lookout for Monkeys and bananas!

Three months ago, Lena's estranged twin, Cambry, allegedly drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, MT, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. But Lena isn’t buying it. Now she’s come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin’s car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened. Lena’s search turns into a harrowing, tooth-and-nail fight for her survival.

Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesn’t really believe in. Not being able to resist a challenge, he begins designing expertly concealed hiding spaces by detecting possibilities invisible to the average eye. But when one of his clever hiding spaces fails horribly, he can no longer deny reality.

In this darkly magical retelling of Sleeping Beauty, Alys finds an ally in Princess Aurora and wonders if she can lift Aurora’s curse so that together they can forge a new world. Although Alys is a villain, she is a villain everyone will root for. With its unexpected ending, this fantastical story will have you waiting for the next book!

Tease out your hair, put on your tightest leather pants, and dive into the history of hair metal. First hand accounts from members of the biggest bands tell the story of a truly memorable era of music, complete with monumental guitar solos, sappy ballads, and untold levels of debauchery.

A thoroughly enjoyable, hilarious, and heartwarming story about life's little mishaps and following your heart. Join Laura as she goes on a business trip, plays pick-up sticks with feminine supplies in the middle of an airport, loses her luggage, takes selfies with cows, gets stuck hiding in a stranger's closet, wrestles with demons from her past, uncovers new information about family, visits a house with 5 kitchens, and meets all sorts of wonderful characters on her way to what she thought was a fulfilling life. Will things turn out for her like she planned or will life's detours set her path in a new direction?

If you like art, strong women, and Disney, this is the book for you! Author Nathalia Holt shares the inspiring stories of some of the first female artists and storytellers at Disney. While you might not know their names, these women were vital to many of the Disney classics we grew up with. They battled sexism, domestic abuse, workplace harassment, and wage gaps, to name a few. However, their struggles were not in vain. They paved the way for future female artists and storytellers at Disney and the rest of the world.

A remote community with a killer in their midst . . . A body is found close to the home of a lonely outcast and local suspicion falls firmly on him. But when Inspector Jimmy Perez insists on broadening the search for suspects, a veil of distrust and fear is thrown over the entire community. As the case develops Perez finds himself peering deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go.

Good story with relatable characters looking for direction and meaning...sometimes in the wrong places. A nice, fairly clean read that makes you think about your own life and the choices you make as well as the ones you've let others make for you.

Kira Navarez devoted her life to science and finding life on uncolonized planets. Stumbling upon an ancient alien relic was only among her wildest dreams, but she didn't realize all of the struggles that would come with it. War breaks out among different planets and species. From the alien relic, Kira has lots of transformation, discovery, and soul searching to do. That being said, she might be the only one who can save humanity. Will she be able to crack the code before it's too late?