Set in the rugged countryside of Ireland, The Bend of the Road is a heartwarming tale of struggle and resilience. The story follows the experiences of a young woman as she navigates the many twists and turns of life, ultimately finding her place in...

No good deed goes unpunished in a willfully blind, technocratic society. Gordon Gray, a retired librarian, only wishes to chain smoke, read twentieth-century novels by dead white men, and at the time of his choosing, shuffle off his mortal coil. Everyone from his thanatophobic...

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a profound meditation on mortality and the meaning of a well-lived life. The novella delves into the existential crisis of a seemingly ordinary man, Ivan Ilyich Golovin, as he confronts his impending death. The narrative chronicles his pursuit...

Rob Goddard knew he shouldn't be travelling during a national lockdown, but it was Xmas and he headed West to see his family anyway. At Waterloo, the train seemed completely empty; perhaps it was, but an exploratory walk revealed at least four other passengers....

An exploration of musical legacy, Overlook: A Rock and Roll Fable delves into the mysteries of intuitive talent and creation. It is a dance between art and appreciation, between star and fan. It is a chronicle of the last journey of a fictionalized incarnation...

Jory Berg Alexander is beautiful, talented, cultured, refined and well educated - a sophisticated young San Francisco socialite and a recent graduate of the oldest and most prestigious all-girls boarding school in the Maryland hunt country. She is also an accomplished equestrian who received...

At the height of the Great Depression, Faunce Ridge, a tiny village on the Minnesota-Canadian border, is labeled a rural slum by Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Resettlement Administration. Hometown boy, Emil Rousseau, is sent to photograph the poverty of his childhood neighbors to sell...

In this "brilliant" (Essence) sequel to The Color Purple, Alice Walker weaves an intricate, rich tapestry of interrelated lives. Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of the dozens of astonishing characters in The Temple of My Familiar, all of...

"During forty years as a psychologist, I've tried to help people avoid the error of simply judging behavior, because this keeps us from deepening our understanding of how uncanny, perverse, complex, and fascinating our human stories really are. Patty Friedmann gives us Renna and...

Inspired by Victoria Kelly's experiences as the wife of a fighter pilot during three wartime deployments, this collection follows women whose lives have been impacted by war and military service as they struggle with their fragile ideas of home. In "Prayers of an American...

An essential companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist, filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery.From one of the greatest writers of our age comes a collection of stories and parables unlocking the mysteries of the human condition. Gathered from Paulo Coelho's daily...

Dearing Family Series Book 2The wedding for Ben Dearing and Christina Day is planned to be picture perfect, and the boisterous family has gathered for the big event. What could possibly go wrong?Christina's estranged mother, that's what. The alcoholic, abusive mother who wasn't invited....

Nine-year-old Lottie feels trapped. Her divorced mother has brought her three children from the U.S. to England, en route to what she believes is their religious destiny in the Holy Land. Her schoolmates think she's odd. Her twenty-four-year old piano tutor, Rory, says he's...

Where do you go when you've done everything right? Tom Claughlin, a forty-something labor lawyer, has spent his life fighting an unwinnable war. A husband, recent father, and longtime advocate for the noble New York City workforce, he plunges himself into every case--a school...

A woman wakes in a strange house, not knowing who she is or how she came to be in this place. Thus begins the journey of a widow through memory, across time and space, into realizations that span the gamut of emotion from terror...

This book contains twelve tales taking place in Canada, the land of the midnight sun. Where the past lingers amid myriad voices of the wilderness. The stories are written in the narrative style of the author's other books. They are neither trendy nor suggestive....

This book contains fifteen stories written in a literary style, which never lack suspense, nor a whiff of mystery. Most encounters take place in Canada, a boundless land of pristine forests, matched by few. Other tales take the reader to the wild region of...

This terse and startling novel, written just before The Spoils of Poynton and What Maisie Knew, is the story of a struggle for possession--and of its devastating consequences. Three women seek to secure the affections of one man, while he, in turn, tries to...

Nine stories of Latino/Chicano life at full throttle--a toda m畭acute;quina.Author: Alejandro Murgu?ISBN-10: 0872863948ISBN-13: 9780872863941Publisher: City Lights BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2002Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 7.26h x 5.04w x 0.48dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2002 pg. 613PW Notes and Reprints 05/27/2002 pg. 39Booklist 08/01/2002 pg. 1924Multicultural Review 06/01/2003...

A violent novel filled with insidious twists, Kingdom Come follows the exploits of Richard Pearson, a rebellious, unemployed advertising executive, whose father is gunned down by a deranged mental patient in a vast shopping mall outside Heathrow Airport. When the prime suspect is released...

High adventure in the sands of North Africa It is often claimed that Under Two Flags is the first-and possibly most famous-in a series of French Foreign Legion novels. It has been filmed and the images it conjures of sweating foot slogging legionnaires are...

High adventure in the sands of North Africa It is often claimed that Under Two Flags is the first-and possibly most famous-in a series of French Foreign Legion novels. It has been filmed and the images it conjures of sweating foot slogging legionnaires are...

This volume brings back to print the 1895 edition of Children of the Ghetto, the latest American version known to have been corrected by the author. In its first appearance in 1892, Israel Zangwill's Children of the Ghetto created a sensation in both England...

Once in a while a book comes along that has the power to change our perception of ourselves, and our world. The Wild Christ is such a book, and the time is ripe for it. If you have always felt something big was missing...

"A novel about an unbreakable agreement"--Jacket.Author: Lawrence WaggerISBN-10: 145687652XISBN-13: 9781456876524Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/21/2011Pages: 296Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

WHERE SECRETS SMOLDER . . . Calm. Cool. Collected. Gisele Whitby has perfected the art of illusion-her survival, after all, has depended upon it. Years ago, to escape an abusive husband, Gisele "disappeared." Now she must risk revealing her new identity to save another...

Joseph Conrad's classic novel is presented in an easy-to-read (16 point font) large print format.Author: Joseph ConradISBN-10: 1449504744ISBN-13: 9781449504748Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2009Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35dLarge PrintAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 9Point Value: 10Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 8659...

The author's 6th novel offers us an intimate look at life and hardships in a small fishing community on the Louisiana Gulf Coast in 1893. Hit hard by tropical storms and hurricanes, the community suffered many losses, not just of their property and family,...

The #1 National Bestseller Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and...

Shirley Jackson's deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family takes readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, macabre humor, and gothic atmosphere. Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods--elder, agoraphobic sister...

So the bridge was two men's work-unless one counted Peroo, as Peroo certainly counted himself. He was a Lascar, a Kharva from Bulsar, familiar with every port between Rockhampton and London, who had risen to the rank of serang on the British India boats,...

An Old Country House is a novel written by Richard Le Gallienne and published in 1902. The story revolves around a young woman named Sylvia who inherits an old country house from her uncle. The house is located in a small village in England...

A Plot In Private Life And Other Tales is a collection of short stories written by the renowned British author, Wilkie Collins. The book was first published in 1859 and features six different stories, each with its unique plot and characters.The title story, A...

The beautiful, spacious estate of Mansfield Park is the residence of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, with their two daughters and two sons. They soon share their good fortune with Fanny Price, the timid, delicate niece of Lady Bertram who comes to live with...

For fans of Eowyn Ivey, Rose Tremaine, and Kate Atkinson, The Orphan of Salt Winds is a bewitching debut about the secrets that haunt us. England, 1939. Ten-year-old Virginia Wrathmell arrives at Salt Winds, a secluded house on the edge of a marsh, to...

""Pericles Prince of Tyre"" is a novel written by George Wilkins. The story follows the journey of Pericles, the Prince of Tyre, as he travels across the Mediterranean Sea to various kingdoms and cities, facing challenges and adventures along the way. Pericles is forced...

The Past is a novel written by Ellen Glasgow. The story revolves around the lives of two sisters, Laura and Lavinia, who live in Virginia during the early 20th century. Laura is a successful writer who has moved to New York City, while Lavinia...

In the jungles of India, a pack of wolves discover a young boy. They name the boy Mowgli and protect him against dangers, including Shere Kan, the most savage tiger in the jungle. As Mowgli grows up, he learns the ways of the jungle...

"The surest way to ruin a relationship is to marry the man you love." At least that's what Vanella Morris believes; she's seen the crazy things that marriage makes people do. So when Alton, her longtime boyfriend and love of her life, proposes, Vanella...

The 19 short stories in this collection by award-winning author Barbara Lockhart are set in the small towns and fields that stretch across the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in the land between the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean where evidence...

A hilarious and empowering perimenopausal Ferris Bueller's Day Off, about Clover Hendry, 46, and the day she decides to stop keeping the plates spinning, say F@#! it all, and finally get hers. Today is not the day to mess with Clover Hendry. Clover hasn't...

Author: Willa CatherISBN-10: 336823966XISBN-13: 9783368239664Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2022Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.39d

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...