Bedside Reading
On the Download
Fall - Winter
eBooks & Audiobooks
eBooks & Audiobooks
Action/Thriller
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Eye of the Hawk by Neal R. Sutton
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Praesidium by McKinley Aspen
Kathryn Bek gets the chance of a lifetime: a job in New York City. Believing she is recruited for her marketing prowess, she is excited by the prospect of her new job; but all is not what it seems. Before long, Kathryn and her new team are thrown into a world of mystery, murder, and magic. As the team untangles webs of lies, she finds that her past may be the key to protecting her, and the world's, future. Praesidium can simply be described as "Good people with mad skills working to bring hope to a dark world." |
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Historical Non-Fiction
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War Alert in the Tropical Dawn at Pearl by Pam Ribbey
From Pacific portents in the either of Radio Intelligence surrounding the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack, through survivor stories and archival research revealing still classified files, a granddaughter of the senior U.S. naval Officer with his secret Task Group that dawn unveils the truth submerged for eighty years that presaged America into WWII. |
Historical Fiction
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The Fairmounts by Valerie Nifora The turn of the 19th century. Harry LaCroix yearns to make up for lost time. After spending several years serving in the war in Africa, the veteran is delighted to reunite with his last living relative and closest confidant. But his plans take an unexpected detour when he falls for a beautiful heiress with a missing fortune. Embarking on his journey to unearth the truth for the young lady, the faithful bachelor unknowingly unleashes a chain of events that could lead to his undoing. But as Harry becomes embroiled in wealthy politics, a vicious rivalry threatens to turn him into a pawn in a jealous game of love. Can the devoted suitor unravel a tangle of lies and relish a newfound future? |
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Personal Growth
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I Wish I’d Known by Sarah Vie
In her groundbreaking new book, I Wish I’d Known, Sarah uses wisdom from her own lived experience to guide readers through a transformational journey. Each chapter begins with a story from Sarah’s life about how she was able to release the traumas of her past and manifest a life of peace, joy and abundance. After each inspiring story, Sarah’s readers are empowered with new tools to break the cycle of their own traumas, so that they can attract the abundant life they both desire and deserve. Readers will leave this book clear in their purpose and confident in their ability to manifest wealth, love, and happiness. |
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The Science of Getting Rich for Women by Sara Connell
So far, women have lost $800 billion in the pandemic. For decades women have earned 75 cents to the dollar of their male counterparts, with an even bigger gap for women of color. The Science of Getting Rich for Women aims to be an antidote to this global financial gap and a catalyst for women's financial freedom and empowerment. Author Sara Connell shares the exact journey she took to go from struggling to make $20,000 a year as a writer and coach to making over $1,000,000 in one year as an author, speaker, and coach. She shares the step-by-step process she has used with 1000s of mothers, writers, coaches, leaders, and entrepreneurs to create impact and income through work that they love, using their mission, their stories, and their talents. You'll also read the stories of 25 women who started without investors, capital-or in many cases, anyone believing in them-and became self-made multi-millionaires. By the end of this book, readers have a proven toolkit to create millions, while changing lives and having a positive impact on our planet. |
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The Changemaker by Deke Copenhaver
You don’t need a title to lead. Before running for mayor of Augusta, Georgia, Deke Copenhaver was an unofficial leader of social change and politics within his community. In The Changemaker: The Art of Building Better Leaders, Deke shares how all of us can be true and authentic leaders. Leadership is never easy. Almost all leaders deal with both triumph and tragedy, oftentimes in equal measure. The fact of the matter is that leadership insists on a constant rejection of the status quo. True leaders demand continuous reflection and improvement of those around them, and even more importantly, of themselves. True leaders are Changemakers. In Deke’s book, you will learn to become unafraid of doing something different in the service of a good cause and how to spark a movement that others can’t help but rally around. Deke’s Seven Attributes of Changemakers reveal how anyone can become a transformative leader: |
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Children's
Meow is Not a Cat by Kelly Tills
An appealingly offbeat book with a strong message about appreciating unusual thinking." - Kirkus Reviews Meow Is Not Cat, which readers are calling "delightful whacky," is a flight of folly starring a cynical cat, monkeys, butt jokes, a banana cannon, and a kid named Meow whose unique way of following instructions goes completely bananas. Nestled in the laughs is a lesson on how embracing different interpretations of the world can yield fabulous results. |
Kobe Manatee by Robert Scott Thayer
In this charming first in a series for children, Kobee Manatee takes a rare summertime trip from Florida all the way up to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. But he needs to get home before winter sets in or he’ll die from the cold! Kobee meets two new friends along the way; Tess the seahorse and Pablo the hermit crab. 
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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The Tiger’s Eye by Scott Delaney
The Tiger's Eye takes readers on a thrilling ride throughout India, where a profoundly evil, anti-Christian militia seeks to stop or slow the impact of dynamic Christian ministry by the Global Calling organization. Angels and demons are all around us as spiritual warfare is on full display in this epic battle of good versus evil. |
Classic
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The story revolves around Elizabeth Bennet, a 20-year-old English woman who, as she matures, must learn the difference between the superficial and the necessary. Elizabeth, her five sisters, and their father live on Longbourn estate, a large property that will not be inherited by any of his daughters when their father dies. Because of this, it is vital that at least one of the daughters marries well as to support her sisters in later life. |
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Memoir
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The Eagle and the Dragon by Chris Duffin
Whatever has happened to you, it is not who you are. The world may know Chris Duffin as “The Mad Scientist ofStrength,” but you wouldn’t have ever guessed that if you saw the scrawny kid skinning rattlesnakes and chasingdragonflies in the early ‘80s.Thestory of his unconventional life will take you from gripping tales of murder, trauma,heartbreak, and survival deep in the Pacific Northwest wilderness all the way to an idealization of the self-mademan—still flawed, but never broken.In The Eagle and theDragon, you’ll follow one man’s journey into the darkness ofhis own heart and witness the transformation of alcoholism, pain, and defeat into vision, character, and victory.Through Chris’s powerful self-realization, you’ll see how the human spirit can beeither shackled by circumstance orfreed from it. Strength and Reinvention: the Eagle and the Dragon. Are you ready to walk through the fire and make your vision a reality? This book will show you how. |
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Fiction
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The Birth Mother by Seymour Ubell
On a business trip, a high-powered American entrepreneur visits his partners in China. After their meeting, his Asian mentor invites him to an orphanage, a trip that will change the course of his family’s life forever. Without hesitation, he and his wife fall in love with Anglo/Asian twin girls and become their adoptive parents. The children grow up in a world of twists and turns with multiple coincidences and synchronicity. Their journey takes them from China to Europe to America and back to China where their unusual birth mother enters their lives. This powerful story is filled with drama at every turn as the daughters face internal and external challenges. The Birth Mother is a story filled with love, pathos, tragedy, and triumph. Read, laugh, cry, and learn. It’s a tale you will never forget. |
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The Magic of Missing You by Didi Cooper
A beautiful but daunting modern day fairytale set in the enchanted seaside village of Kennebunkport, Maine. In 2016, 24-year-old Meghan Murphy returns home to coastal Kennebunkport, Maine to live with her father Jack, after a terrible break-up. In her father’s attic, Meghan finds a faded photo and then a letter Jack wrote, but never sent to Lizzy Bennett of Alexandria, Virginia. Over time, she learns that Lizzy and Jack were once in love, and their story intrigues her enough to uncover a devastating family secret and a number of mystical signs from the universe. In 1990, Lizzy Bennett first meets Jack Murphy while teaching at an elite prep school in Virginia. The single mother and quiet art teacher become best friends, fall in love quickly, and begin to plan their future until it is all stripped away when Jack decides to leave suddenly to raise a child he didn’t know he had, and they painfully agree to part ways and never speak again. However, the universe has a different plan for Jack and Lizzy as they experience both real and magical encounters that bind them together for a lifetime. For lovers of delicious fiction meant to be devoured quickly. For those who believe in everyday magic. For those who need a loving escape from reality. 
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