To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany
Robert Mrazek
Non-Fiction. On September 6, 1943, three hundred and thirty-eight B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the American Eighth Air Force took off from England, bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to bomb Nazi weapons factories.
Dense clouds obscured the targets, and one commander's critical decision to circle three times over the city-and its deadly flak-would prove disastrous. Forty-five planes went down that day, and hundreds of men were lost or missing.
Focusing on first-person accounts of six of the B-17 airmen, award- winning author Robert Mrazek vividly re-creates the fierce air battle- and reveals the astonishing valor of the airmen who survived being shot down, and the tragic fate of those who did not.
Kissing Arizona
Elizabeth Gunn
Fiction. The new ‘Sarah Burke’ mystery from the creator of Jake Hines - As Sarah Burke and her crew of police detectives investigate an apparent murder-suicide in a well-known family of local merchants, their façade of diligent respectability explodes in a burst of violence that rips the cover off long-concealed family secrets. In a second case, Southern Arizona’s diverse population streams collide as border crossers and drug smugglers, federal agents and local cops fight for turf and answers in a beautiful valley that’s been loved and battled over for centuries.
The Four Seasons Book of Cocktails
Fred DuBose, Greg Connolly, Charles Corpion, John Varriano
Non-Fiction. Making even a perfect cocktail is rightly regarded as an enviable achievement, but why not learn how to make dozens? The Four Seasons Book of Cocktails draws on the expertise of the elite restaurant's staff to teach readers how to make more than 1,000 tasty mixed libations. In addition to all these artful concoctions, Greg Connolly, the Four Seasons' head barkeep and an inductee into the Bartender's Hall of Fame, and veteran barman Charles Corpion share tips, techniques, and short cuts that can increase any drink lover's beverage vocabulary.
Chasing the Sun
Richard Cohen
None-Fiction. The sun is one topic we can't ignore. Not only does this blinding bright star provide the heat that sustains us; it is so huge that it accounts for nearly 99.9% of our solar system's mass. Richard Cohen's Chasing the Sun doesn't just stun us with "wow" scientific details; it draws on seven years of research in eighteen countries to explain what we are still learning about this brightest object in the sky. Just as significantly, Cohen demonstrates the sun is virtually omnipresent in the world's mythologies, religions, literature, and art. Highly readable and lavishly illustrated, this book lifts the shadows on an unavoidable subject.
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