Recent Arrivals from I Cannot Live Without Books

The Knights of Crystallia (Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, Book #3) by Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Smedry is famous! At least he is in the Free Kingdoms city of Nathalla, where castles are skyscrapers and dragons are taxis. Complete strangers are asking for his autograph! But the novelty of fame is short-lived. The Evil Librarians have arrived in the city with a… Read more about this item

The Scrivener's Bones (Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, Book #2) by Brandon Sanderson In his second skirmish against the Evil Librarians who rull the world, Alcatraz and his ragtag crew of freedom fighters track Grandpa Smedry to the ancient and mysterious Library of Alexandria. Hushlanders -- people who live in the Librarian-controlled lands, such as Canada, Europe, and the United States… Read more about this item

Secret of Metal (Elementals, Book #5) by Jennifer L. Kelly The colonists of Xon 9 are dying. The Imminent Darkness has unleashed its ultimate weapon: a bio-contagion that is a ticking time bomb of death. Ka Waylon must save them. But first, she must break out of a maximum security prison. Then, if she survives that, she must travel to the Land… Read more about this item

The Water Queen (Elementals, Book #4) by Jennifer L. Kelly It's time for Ka Waylon to finally face her deepest fear in the Land of Water. With Sloan by her side, Ka searches for the Water stone. But when they arrive in the Land of Water, Ka quickly learns that not all her family is keen on her success. The Water queen… Read more about this item

Genesis of Wood (Elementals, Book #3) by Jennifer L. Kelly Ka Waylon is determined to retrieve the third stone which will restore her fractured personality: the Wood stone. Accompanied by her boyfriend, Sloan Braden, they travel back to the Elemental Abyss. Only the Imminent Darkness is seeping into the other lands, bringing chaos and destruction in its wake. Ka and Sloan travel… Read more about this item

The Earth Key (Elementals, Book #2) by Jennifer L. Kelly After retrieving and destroying the first Elemental stone, Ka Waylon is ready to head back to the Elemental Abyss and take back what's rightfully hers: the Earth stone. Racked with guilt over the scars her friend Li now has to bear, and with Fire coursing through her veins, she's more determined than… Read more about this item

Army of Fire (Elementals, Book #1) by Jennifer L. Kelly After the sun dies, civilization establishes itself on Xon 9, a planet with rogue Elements that affect human physiology. The inhabitants of Xon 9 soon learn to harness the powers of the Elements. At eighteen, each citizen must Pronounce their Elemental, a lifelong affiliation. Ka Waylon cannot decide which Elemental to Pronounce.… Read more about this item

THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. Bill Clinton: a president of contradictions. He was a Rhodes scholar and a Yale Law School graduate, but he was also a fatherless child from rural Arkansas. He was one of the most talented politicians of his age, but he inspired enmity of such intensity that his opponents would stop… Read more about this item

Ratman: The Trial and Conviction of Whitey Bulger by Howie Carr With a $2 million reward on his head, James "Whitey" Bulger had been the most-wanted fugitive in America for 16 years when he was captured by the FBI in June 2011. Two years later, this Boston organized-crime boss went on trial in his hometown. In his latest book, best-selling author… Read more about this item

Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry N. MacLean On January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old girlfriend and possible accomplice, Caril Ann Fugate, in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They then drove to… Read more about this item

Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford's Theatre by Thomas A. Bogar An actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage shouting, "Sic semper tyrannis!" ("Thus always to tyrants!") and escapes -- leaving the president fatally wounded. In the panic that follows, forty-six terrified stagehands, actors, and theatre workers… Read more about this item

The Thirteenth Fairy (Chronicles of Never After, Book #1) by Melissa De La Cruz Nothing ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho's small California town. The sun shines every day, the grass is always green, and while her school swears there's no bulling, she knows firsthand that isn't true. But one day, when she's walking home from her favorite bookstore, something strange happens. Filomena… Read more about this item

Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night Series, Book #2) by Brigid Kemmerer The kingdom of Kandala narrowly avoided catastrophe, but the embers of revolution still simmer. While King Harristan seeks a new way to lead, Tessa and Prince Corrick attempt to foster unity between rebels and royals. But the consuls who control the Moonflower will not surrender, and Corrick realizes he must… Read more about this item

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Series, Book #1) by James Dashner When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers -- boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out -- and no one's ever… Read more about this item

Citizen Soldier: A Life of Harry S. Truman by Aida D. Donald In Citizen Soldier, acclaimed biographer Aida D. Donald presents a psychologically penetraiting portrait of Harry S. Truman, the unlikely president who rose from a modest background to preside over the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Drawing on recently opened government documents and… Read more about this item

The Brightest Night (Wings of Fire Series, Book #5) by Tui T. Sutherland Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia's dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war, she's ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her. But shattering news from Morrowseer has… Read more about this item

The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire Series, Book #4) by Tui T. Sutherland The mysterious NightWings keep everything hidden, from their home and their queen to their allegiance in the war. Now they've kidnapped their own dragonet of destiny, and Starflight is finally meeting the rest of his tribe -- whether he wants to or not. The Nightwings have also kidnapped several… Read more about this item

The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Series, Book #1) by Tui T. Sutherland The Dragonets are coming to save the day!! Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows that war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside -- a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the… Read more about this item

Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him from Office by Ray Locker When General Alexander M. Haig Jr. returned to the White House on May 3, 1973, he found the Nixon administration in worse shape than he had imagined. President Richard Nixon, reelected in an overwhelming landslide just six months earlier, had accepted the resignations of his top aides… Read more about this item

Lincoln's Secret Spy: The Civil War Case That Changed the Future of Espionage by Jane Singer and John Stewart A month after Lincoln's assassination, William Alvin Lloyd arrived in Washington, D.C., from the former Confederacy to press a claim against the federal government. He was due money for serving as the president's spy throughout the Civil War. According to Lloyd, Lincoln… Read more about this item