New Books 12/12/16

100 Days of Real Food: Fast & Fabulous by Lisa Leake
Leake provides family-friendly recipes, featuring natural foods, and offers advice on meal-planning with seasonal sample menus and shopping lists.

Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson
Jackson chronicles the life of the Native American healer and holy man, known for his testimonial “Black Elk Speaks,” who fought at the Little Bighorn, traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, and became a traditionalist in the Ghost Dance movement.

Confident Parent: A Pediatrician’s Guide by Jane Scott
Informed by a unique global perspective, a must-have resource shows readers how to be not just better caregivers but happier and more balanced human beings, and helps parents to realize that the smallest of changes can yield the biggest results.

Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook
A concluding volume to the definitive portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt traces her post-World War II years, covering subjects ranging from FDR’s death and the founding of the UN through her efforts to promote key initiatives in spite of limited support and her death in 1962.

The Enchilada Queen Cookbook by Sylvia Casares
The founder and chef of Texas’ Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen shares simple, flavor-transforming tricks and 80 recipes for enchiladas, fajitas and classic side dishes representing the best in Tex-Mex border town cooking.

Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
When Queen Kelsea is forced to surrender herself and her magic sapphires to the enemy to protect the Tearling, her regent and most trusted guard, the Mace, rallies his forces to rescue their imprisoned sovereign, in a conclusion to a best-selling trilogy.

The Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell
Aspiring to reclaim the home stolen by his traitorous uncle after a truce is forged between the Vikings and Saxons, the warrior Uhtred of Bebbanburg confronts new enemy Constantin of Scotland, who resolves to claim or annihilate coveted lands.

Miss Jane by Brad Watson
In early twentieth-century rural Mississippi, Miss Jane Chisolm, whose genital birth defect prevents her marriageability, endures the hardships of farm life and shares a relationship with a boy who loves but is forced to leave her.

Moonglow by Michael Chabon
A man bears witness to his grandfather’s deathbed confessions, which reveal his family’s long-buried history and his involvement in a mail-order novelty company, World War II, and the space program.

Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in by Bernie Sanders
Sanders shares experiences from the campaign trail and outlines his ideas for continuing a political revolution to fight for a progressive economic, environmental, racial and social justice agenda that creates jobs, raises wages, protects the environment and provides health care for all.

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John Le Carré
The author of such best-selling suspense novels as A Delicate Truth shares personal anecdotes from his life, discussing subjects ranging from his Cold War-era service in British intelligence to his work as a writer in Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall.

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice
An otherworldly force that has taken possession of the vampire Lestat’s undead body tells the hypnotic tale of the lost realms of Atlantis and the terrifying force of the all-powerful Atalantaya spirit that has since plagued all vampires.

Settle for More by Megyn Kelly
A top-rated cable news anchor presents a revelatory memoir that also imparts the values and lessons that have shaped her career, describing her tough-love family, her father’s early death, the news events that led to her anchor position, and her ongoing feud with Donald Trump.

Simple Styling by Kirsten Grove
The stylist, editor and creator of the hugely popular blog “Simply Grove” helps readers get the stylish and comfortable home they’ve longed for by guiding them every step of the way, going room by room and item by item, and providing them with easy-to-implement tips that they will find invaluable.

Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark
Living under suspicion after wrongly serving time for her fiancé’s murder, Casey attracts the attention of newswoman Laurie, who pledges to exonerate her in spite of the machinations of an attention-stealing former prosecutor.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party by Brandy Shay
The most deliciously ugly ideas for making Christmas merry, including fun activities, refreshments, and DIY projects.

Vern Yip’s Design Wise by Vern Yip
The celebrity interior designer from Trading Spaces and other popular HGTV series presents a debut design book that introduces his “design by the numbers” approach, revealing optimal measurements that are integral to rendering spaces aesthetically and functionally ideal.

When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz
Teaming up with struggling private investigator Max to track down her missing stepsister, Charlotte falls in love with Max and survives a near-fatal attack before making a chilling discovery about her sister’s past.