An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes.

A compelling portrait of the perfect English butler, who, at the end of his career in postwar England, reviews his life and secretly questions the "greatness" of the nobleman he served.

"To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can't put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom--and the world"--

Meet Kate Mackenzie. She:

works for the T.O.D. (short for TyrannicalOffice Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins,Director of the Human Resources Divisionat the New York Journal)

is sleeping on the couch because herboyfriend of ten years refuses to commit

can't find an affordable studio apartmentanywhere in New York City

thinks things can't get any worse.

They can. Because:

the T.O.D. is making her fire the most popularemployee

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Residents of an Edinburgh apartment building are put merrily under the microscope in this latest offering from Scotsman McCall Smith. Likable 20-year-old Pat--now on her second ?gap? year--rents a room from Bruce, a handsome surveyor who is insufferably self-absorbed. He?s hardly boyfriend material, she tells herself, nor is Matthew, the aesthetically impaired owner of the gallery where she?s employed. Pat?s mundane life becomes infinitely more interesting...

Combat veteran John Puller, now working as an investigator for the Army's Criminal Investigative Division, tries to solve the murder of an Army man and his Pentagon contractor wife in their isolated rural home.

Ryan Kelly spends plenty of time at The Bridge--the oldest bookstore in historic downtown Franklin, Tennessee--remembering the times he and Molly Allen--who moved to Portland--once spent there, and now, with the bookstore in deep financial trouble, it will take a miracle to keep tragedy from unfolding.

FBI agent John O'Hara and Special Agent Sarah Brubaker hunt an ingenious pair of serial killers whose victims all have one chilling thing in common--they're newlyweds.

As Detective Alex Cross contends with a D.C. sniper, FBI agent Siegel, and his upcoming wedding to Bree, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good.

Will the upcoming Christmas season bring hope to a man wrecked by delivering terrible news in this poignant World War II novella?