This Week’s Top 5 New Book Releases: Colin Powell, Rock Stars & More!

 

Looking to read for pleasure this week? Check out the newest book releases that will be arriving in stores. Don’t be shy! Leave a comment at the end of this post to let us know which ones you find really interesting, too!

 

 

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It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell

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Colin Powell has served in the top ranks of the military and four presidential administrations, making him one of America’s most well-liked public figures. In this new book, he shares the “Thirteen Rules” which he credits with helping him achieve everything he has thus far in his life and career. Each rule is short and simple, but very effective. Powell uses personal stories to demonstrate how these principles have guided his actions from his immigrant-family upbringing in the Bronx, to the summer spent mopping floors in a soda-bottling factory, including his presidential interactions. Readers will surely be inspired by the wisdom Powell has to offer about making dreams come true…

 

 

Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag by Orlando Figes

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Lev Mishchenko had been a Soviet POW in a Nazi concentration camp before being sent to the Arctic Gulag – Stalin’s most infamous labor camp – because he was falsely accused of treason. After five years without correspondence from friends or family, Lev finally received a letter from Sveta, the sweetheart he was forced to leave behind. Their 1500 messages over the next eight years is now the only unfiltered record of life in that camp. Figes uses their letters in addition to research archives to recreate the bigger, more tragic, picture that served as the backdrop for their love affair…

 

 

SecondWorld by Jeremy Robinson

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There is only one sub-oceanic research facility in the world, and it’s located off the Florida Keys. That’s where NCIS Special Agent Lincoln Miller is going to look into reports of ocean dumping. But after about a week, red flakes become visible and large numbers of fish are dying. Miller heads back up to the surface to find the ocean is coated with a thick red film that turns to powder when touched and tastes like blood. When he reaches Miami, Miller finds only one survivor who tells him that something has taken oxygen out of the air, killing millions in Miami, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. And even more shockingly, the parties responsible are reborn from the ashes of World War II. If Miller doesn’t act quickly, there will be more mayhem to follow…

 

 

The Lower River by Paul Theroux

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Ellis Hock will never forget the four years he spent restoring a village in Malawi during his time with the Peace Corps. Those fond memories are what sustain him as he runs the family business, an old-fashioned menswear store in Massachusetts. But when his wife leaves him, he seeks a quick escape and decides to go back. However, things are much different from what he remembers: the area has become very poor, there is no longer a church or clinic, and the school is in ruins. The natives recognize him though and welcome him with open arms. Will Ellis find closure from his former life here? Or will he become trapped by what awaits?

 

 

The Rock Star in Seat 3A: A Novel by Jill Kargman

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In this fairy-tale with a twist, we meet Hazel. She’s just turned 30, has a great job, an awesome apartment in the city and an incredible boyfriend who is going to pop the question any day now. The day after her birthday, Hazel gets on a flight bound for L.A. Fate intervenes and bumps her to first class where she finds herself sitting next to rock star Finn Schiller, her celebrity crush.  Her boyfriend jokingly gave her a free pass if she ever met him, and the two really hit it off during the trip. Hazel gets a taste of the rock-star life when she and Finn spend time together in L.A. and she’s forced to reevaluate things. Is she crazy for wanting to give her relationship with Finn a chance? Or will she regret walking away from making her wildest dream come true?

 

 

 

Which of the above are you looking forward to reading?

 

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