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Calvin Maxwell likes older men, and Turner Marsh is definitely the type of man he’s very much into. Growing up with only his mother by his side, Calvin can’t help but be attracted toward men who are much older than him. His father abandoned him and his mother when he was only four years old, choosing to marry someone new, have kids with her, and refuse any contact with him whatsoever. It’s not strange he has abandonment issues now as an adult. Turner has been single for nearly six years now. He was been dumped by his ex-boyfriend of almost twenty years because the man apparently needed someone fresh, someone more exciting. In other words, anyone but him. The first time they meet, Turner is instantly attracted to Calvin and, fortunately, Calvin likes him, too. Then Turner gets the invitation to attend his ex-boyfriend’s wedding. He brings Calvin along, but doesn’t expect his ex-boyfriend to proposition his new boyfriend. Emotions run high, threatening their new relationship. Can it survive?
Although Tom Scanlon would just as soon spend it alone, his ninetieth birthday becomes the occasion for a family gathering in the Midwestern town of Lone Tree. The unlikely celebrants take this opportunity to reconceive their visions of past, future, and family in their own grotesque and ultimately liberating ways. Ceremony in Lone Tree is a spare and beautiful work by one of America's great postwar authors.
Coultrane is an action/adventure novel about a young executive in a sprawling, family-owned multinational company, a story of camaraderie but, also, a story of intrigue, corruption, greed and murder. Calvin Coultrane's quick fists and agile mind have made him the go-to man for any family member with a problem as well as the chief troubleshooter for the corporation. The family's confidence in his abilities has always been at odds with his reputation as the family rebel. When he stumbles across evidence of fraud, his attempts to investigate are met with scorn and anger by his father and older brother who view his work as criticism of their abilities. As he searches for evidence through the back streets and corridors of power in the mid-east, Brazil and the United States, from the nitty-gritty of the souk to the Country Club of his nouveau riche parents, from the formality of the board room to the swirling camaraderie and intrigue of the extended family he realizes the several near-misses he survived were, in fact, attempts on his life. Too soon, he must confront his family at a board meeting with disastrous results.
'...a tour de force, part noirish suspense novel,and part grim satire of compulsive male,sexuality.' - Booklist,First paperback publication of the final novel of,James Robert Baker - author of Tim & Pete (Fourth,Estate). A satirical, hysterical, horrific,rocket-fueled trek around LA in pursuit of the,most unlucky ex-lover in history.
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National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that's changing at warp speed. Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace’s love for all things outer space and science fiction—especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it’s decided she’ll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace’s first instinct is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer's end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars. A New York Times Bestseller