John Irving’s fifteenth novel is “powerfully cinematic” (The Washington Post) and “eminently readable” (The Boston Globe). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, he will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren’t the first or last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time—among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In the “generously intertextual” (The New York Times) The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.

The 21st edition of Buzz Books is a treasure-trove of what readers value the most: substantial excerpts from titles scheduled for publication this fall and winter. Think of it as a compilation of nearly 60 great “singles.” Major bestselling authors such as Alice Feeney and John Irving are featured, along with literary greats Yiyun Li, Elizabeth McCracken, and Kamila Shamsie. Other sure-to-be popular titles are by Lauren Denton, Stephen Markley, and Ellen Marie Wiseman. Buzz Books has had a particularly stellar track record with highlighting the most talented, exciting debut authors, and this edition is no exception with Jonathan Escoffery’s If I Survive You, Jamila Minnicks’ Moonrise Over New Jessup, and Kai Thomas’s In the Upper Country. Our nonfiction selections range from New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv’s exploration of trauma to Cin Fabré’s inspiring story of becoming a Wall Street Trader at 19. Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Thomas Ricks offers a look into the civil rights movement. Finally, we present ten early looks at new work up-and-coming young adult authors Kate Armstrong, Krystal Marquis, and Maya Prasad and more, as well as Nubia, a debut from actor Omar Epps.

Do you ever wonder how your old classmates remember you? Especially those who werenOt in your circle? Susan Quinn, a teacher at St WilfredOs All-Girls School, and Jenna James, a Club Ski instructor in the French Alps, are about to find out. As an invisible bond draws the two women closer, will they appreciate each other for who they are now, not who they once were? OOne Foot Onto The Ice, O is a fast-paced romance set in the sunny ski resort of Morzine, where the young cast of students and teachers search for excitement on the slopes, with some finding it a lot more easily than others.

This memoir is the journey of a girl who found the public library and the Baptist Church in the railway town in Northern Ontario at the age of eight. The library books gave her the knowledge she needed and Jesus gave her the strength to endure the journey. Her father who believed in spare the rod and spoil the child, taught her how to work. Her mother softened the hard lessons she had to learn. Independent at age fourteen, after repeating grade nine three times, she travelled to Toronto and began a new life where she met new friends and challenges. Her first home was a bed in a hostel at the YWCA where she lived until she moved in with a family of 14 the following year. Her father died when she was 18 and the events that followed gave her the determination and endurance to succeed. Her first job in Toronto was as a file clerk. Through night school and hard work, she progressed through corporations to college professor to president of a financial planning company. Her ultimate dream was to be a writer and this is her story.

In the year 1473 (2050 CE), three Special Forces officers who were stationed in Somalia, Captain Arif from Indonesia, Captain Hayreddin from Pakistan, and Lieutenant Colonel Fatih from Turkiye were on a ski holiday in Bitlis, Turkiye, the Lieutenant Colonel's hometown. On Hayreddin's insistence and Nevahi Sheikh Saladins facilitation, they break their vacation to visit the Nevahi's biggest project ever, the Orbital Cannon, which would launch heavy loads into orbit. Upon returning, they hope to continue their vacation. However, they start the day with news that shook the Supreme Union of States of Muhammed. Caliph Abdulaziz II has been passed away. The officers set off to the Capital by the high-speed train in evacuated space to watch the enthronement ceremony of the new Caliph Abdulhamid III live. While in Istanbul they were called to Sudan with an urgent order to join their brigade there.

Tommy and Clara are two children who are on a winter ski vacation to the ski resort on Mount Catherine. During their vacation they were given the opportunity to show how trustworthy they are by following Mommy and Daddy's advice. By promising to take ski and snowboarding lessons they could them be given the opportunity to ski and snowboard by themselves away from their parent's supervision. However, not all things worked out as planned. When Tommy failed to abide by his parents wishes it led to disaster, while Clara followed her parents request and was rewarded. So what became of Tommy? And what happened on the mountain that made everyone so scared? What did Tommy do that not only got him into tons of trouble but almost ruined the entire vacation for everyone? In the end Tommy's vacation was ruined because he ended up in big trouble, while Clara, who had listened to Mommy and Daddy, was able to fully enjoy her vacation with her new friends. This was because Clara had shown that she could be relied on to follow her parent's wishes. Written for elementary students, children will learn throughout this book that the main theme of honesty and trustworthiness are woven through the trials and tribulations of both Tommy and Clara adventures when they are on Mount Catherine. By seeing what happens to both Tommy and Clara children can see what happens when make promises. And what rewards or repercussions will occur by keeping your promise.

When a snowboarder is found dead on the Blackcomb Glacier in Whistler, British Columbia, the police want to call it a suicide. The girl's mother, a U.S. senator, says her daughter would never kill herself. The FBI sends in undercover agent Clare Vengel to investigate and she discovers evidence of an LSD smuggling ring and a possible corrupt cop in cahoots with the smugglers.