Every great book was once a hidden gem. Browse through the books below and start your own discovery!
| Book Discovery - newly-published and overlooked books! |
| The Greenland Breach, by Bernard Besson | |
 | A cli-fi spy novel by a prizewinning novelist and former top-level French intelligence officer. A fast-paced combination of environmental catastrophe, geopolitical stakes, freelance spies and Bond-like action. The Arctic ice caps are breaking up. Europe and the East Coast of the United States brace for a tidal wave. Meanwhile, former French intelligence officer John Spencer Larivière, his karate-trained, steamy Eurasian partner, Victoire, and their computer-genius sidekick, Luc, pick up an ordinary freelance assignment that quickly leads them into the glacial silence of the great north, where a merciless war is being waged for control of discoveries that will change the future of humanity. Praise for The Greenla... |
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| Wanted (Flick Carter), by Tim Arnot | |
 | 23rd Century England. No oil. No electricity. The few remaining people get by as best they can, improvising and living off the land, or scavenging through long-derelict cities for scraps and trinkets. When Sixteen year old Flick Carter saves the life of an injured Scav, she discovers he has secrets. Secrets the authorities want badly. But someone else wants them too, someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder. For Flick, the small town of Faringdon is suddenly no longer safe. Accused of murder, and with no one left she can trust, she must run. Or die. Note: Contains scenes of dea... |
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| The Crumbling Brick (The Land of Neo), by JoHannah Reardon | |
 | THE CRUMBLING BRICK is told in the tradition of C. S. Lewis's and George MacDonald's fairy tales.
As Ella keeps a promise to her mother to clean the cellar, she discovers a crumbling brick behind an old trunk. Even though it’s raining outside, sunlight pours through the opening. Intrigued, she chips away at the brick to find the source of the light. To her astonishment, she finds another land beyond her cellar wall, gripped in the freshness of spring. But soon she realizes this lovely place is threatened by evil. Can Ella save this beautiful kingdom from disaster?... |
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| Death Came Dressed in White (Emerson Ward Series), by Michael W. Sherer | |
 | When your life has reached an all-time low, how can it get any worse? Chicago freelance writer Emerson Ward finds out one steamy August morning when the phone starts ringing too early to be anything but bad news, and bad things happen in threes. Before he can drink his first cup of coffee, he learns that one good friend has gone missing, another has been put in the hospital by a brutal beating, and his phone is tapped. To top it all off, the woman he’s been falling for announces that she’s leaving.
Knowing he’ll be his own worst company after all that, Emerson finds easy distraction in vowing to find out who’s trying to ruin his day. Lending a hand to all those who need it at first takes Emerson in several directions at... |
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| Night Train to RonKonKoma, by Dov Silverman | |
 | A collection of short stories by Dov Silverman, award winning history fiction author - touching on moments in history, things we should not forget, and how the heart never forgets. Tennessee Mountain Music A Man’s Reputation Banjo Eddie Elvis Helps Me Courting Amphitrite (Women’s Prison ship) Recall the Flagman The Retarded Mother Presidential Sicilian Connection The Laughing Moon Charge of the Black Brigade Where’s Daddy going? The Cherokee Saint Francois Dubois Top Shelf American Work Ethic Heeeeelllllppppp!!!!! Iwo Jima Rabbi No Problem Ohau An Amorous Alligator The Fifth Marines The Zoo Cruelty to Animals O... |
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| The Life of Death, by Katrina Joyner | |
 | A rarely done quick sketch commentary by Katrina "Death" Joyner of the Writers of the Apocalypse regarding random events in her life. Normally "The Life of Death" can only be seen as online voting incentives for Katrina's webcomics and in small spurts in the back of her minis, but this volume compiles the first 32 comics produced in incentive secret. They're sloppily drawn, they're funny, and they're (exaggerated) true stories. Maybe you can relate.... |
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| The Billionaire's Gift: A Spiritual Business Parable, by Edward Iwata | |
 | The Billionaire's Gift is a universal tale of hope by former USA Today business writer Edward Iwata. A coldhearted billionaire worships his vast wealth and corporate conquests. But when his health wanes, he learns that his riches cannot mend his spirit. His devout secretary seeks to help him, yet finds her loyalty tested by her callous boss. As the billionaire nears death, will the secretary find her belief renewed? And will a man of extraordinary wealth become a man of extraordinary faith? |
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| Halfway There, by Aubrie Elliot | |
 | Aubrie is now a middle-aged lesbian, and she isn’t quite sure what that means; everything seems bittersweet these days as Aubrie deals with her new body, her old relationship, and her surprise at suddenly being “halfway there.”... |
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