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The Book of Joe
By Jonathan Tropper. 2004
Right after high school, Joe Goffman left sleepy Bush Falls, Connecticut and never looked back. Then he wrote a novel…
savaging everything in town, a novel that became a national bestseller and a huge hit movie. Fifteen years later, Joe is struggling to avoid the sophomore slump with his next novel when he gets a call: his father's had a stroke, so it's back to Bush Falls for the town's most famous pariah.America Was Hard to Find: A Novel
By Kathleen Alcott. 2019
In the wake of an affair, the lives of an astronaut and a radical are forever altered by the political…
fault lines of the 1960s, setting off a series of events ricocheting from anti-Vietnam activism to the Apollo program to the AIDS crisis, in this sprawling multigenerational novelEcuador, 1969: An American expatriate, Fay Fern, sits in the corner of a restaurant, she and her young son Wright turned away from the television where Vincent Kahn becomes the first man to walk on the moon.Years earlier, Fay and Vincent meet at a pilots’ bar in the Mojave Desert. Both seemed poised for reinvention—the married test pilot, Vincent, as an astronaut; the spurned child of privilege, Fay, as an activist. Their casual affair ends quickly, but its consequences linger.Though their lives split, their senses of purpose deepen in tandem, each becoming heroes to different sides of the political spectrum of the 1960s and 70s: Vincent an icon with no plan beyond the mission for which he has single-mindedly trained, Fay a leader of a violent leftist group whose anti-Vietnam actions make her one of the FBI’s most wanted. With her last public appearance, a demonstration that frames the Apollo program as a vehicle for distracting the American public from its country’s atrocities, Fay leaves Wright to contend with her legacy, his own growing apathy, and the misdeeds of both his mother and his country.An immense, vivid reimagining of the Cold War era, America Was Hard to Find traces the fallout of the cultural revolution that divided the country and explores the meaning of individual lives in times of upheaval. It also confirms Kathleen Alcott’s reputation as a fearless and vital voice in fiction.American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt
By Karen Harper. 2019
Before there was Meghan Markle, there was Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American Duchess. Perfect for readers of Jennifer Robson and…
lovers of Downton Abbey.Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her “The Wedding of the Century” to the Duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind “the glitter and the gold.”On a cold November day in 1895, a carriage approaches St Thomas Episcopal Church on New York City’s Fifth Avenue. Massive crowds surge forward, awaiting their glimpse of heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt. Just 18, the beautiful bride has not only arrived late, but in tears, yet her marriage to the aloof Duke of Marlborough proceeds. Bullied into the wedding by her indomitable mother, Alva, Consuelo loves another. But a deal was made, trading some of the vast Vanderbilt wealth for a title and prestige, and Consuelo, bred to obey, realizes she must make the best of things. At Blenheim Palace, Consuelo is confronted with an overwhelming list of duties, including producing an “heir and a spare,” but her relationship with the duke quickly disintegrates. Consuelo finds an inner strength, charming everyone from debutantes to diplomats including Winston Churchill, as she fights for women’s suffrage. And when she takes a scandalous leap, can she hope to attain love at last…?From the dawning of the opulent Gilded Age, to the battles of the Second World War, American Duchess is a riveting tale of one woman’s quest to attain independence—at any price.Azadi Reeks 1 & 2
By Waheed Rabbani, Adri Van Schalkwyk. 2017
Dokter Margaret se seekis Dokter Margaret se seekis, is Boek I van ʼn trilogie van historiese fiksie wat afspeel gedurende…
die stryd van Indië vir vryheid—Azadi—van die Britse Raj. Die boeke weef ʼn verhaal van internasionale intrige, konflik, en aangrypende liefde tussen interessante karakters van daardie era. In 1965 is ʼn seekis van meer as 100 jaar oud, vermoedelik dié van ʼn Amerikaanse dokter, Margaret, ontdek in die stoorkamer van ʼn hospitaal in Delhi. ʼn Ander Amerikaanse dokter, Sharif, wat oorspronklik afkomstig is uit Delhi en op kontrak is by die hospitaal, is toevertrou met die taak om die geheimsinnige vrou se familie op te spoor en die kis aan hul terug te besorg. Sharif spoor Margaret se nageslag in Grimsby, Ontario, Kanada op. Haar dagboeke en ander artefakte, soos die kroon van die Koninkryk van Jhansi, is in die kis gevind. Margaret, gebore in New Jersey uit ʼn Skotse Presbiteriaanse klerklike familie, oorwin geweldige struikelblokke en bereik haar hartsbegeerte in 1850 om een van die eerste Noord-Amerikaanse vroue dokters te word. Sy trou met haar Kanadese neef, Robert, en reis saam met hom om in die Krimoorlog van 1854 te dien. In die Krim kry hul nie net swaar met al die veldslae nie, maar moet ook ander konflikte verduur. Van gebeure wat gelei het tot en na die berugte Charge of the Light Brigade, ontmoet Margaret ʼn Russiese offisier, graaf Nicholai. Die verrassende einde van Boek I laat Margaret in ʼn verknorsing, moet sy wraak neem of moet sy voortgaan met haar reis na Indië. Op die ou end glo sy, sy het die regte besluit gemaak. ******************************************** “[Waheed] se weergawe van die Indiese Rebellie uit ʼn Indiese oogpunt is fassinerend vir die Westerse leser en behoort goed ontvang te word ...” – Ian Walker, skrywer van LOCA Dokter Margaret in Delhi is Boek 2 van Die Azadi Reeks en ‘n vervolg op, Boek 1: Dokter Margaret se Seekis. Hierdie hThe Giver of Stars: A Novel
By Jojo Moyes. 2019
Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky…
and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they’re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives. Based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny, heartbreaking, enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic--a richly rewarding novel of women’s friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! A New York Times BestsellerLa peregrina
By Isabel San Sebastián. 2018
La apasionante aventura que dio origen al Camino de Santiago. Isabel San Sebastián vuelve a la novela histórica con una…
nueva aventura de Alana de Coaña, La visigoda, su personaje más famoso, y nos ofrece un viaje fascinante al origen de un camino que cambió la historia del mundo. Año 827. En su pequeña corte guerrera, Alfonso II el Casto, rey de Asturias y aliado de Carlomagno, recibe una extraordinaria noticia: en un bosque próximo a Iria Flavia, allá donde termina el mundo, han aparecido los restos del apóstol Santiago. ¿Es posible tal prodigio? El rey decide acudir al lugar, a fin de aclarar el misterio. En la comitiva marchan nobles enredados en intrigas, fieros soldados, cautivos sarracenos, monjes custodios de turbios secretos... un fiel reflejo de ese tiempo turbulento, cuyo epicentro es un rey determinado a salvar su reino. Y junto a él cabalga Alana, con la esperanza de encontrar a su hijo desaparecido y el desafío de narrar, sin saberlo, la primera peregrinación jacobea de la Historia. «Me llamo Alana. Por mis venas corre sangre astur y sangre goda. Sirvo a don Alfonso el Magno, rey de Asturias. Mis ojos cansados han visto horrores sin cuento, pero antes de cerrarse para siempre tal vez puedan contemplar el lugar donde reposa el apóstol Santiago» Unas reliquias misteriosas, un destino incierto, un viaje que sentará los cimientos del camino más famoso de la cristiandad. Nota de la autora:La peregrina narra la historia real de la peregrinación que realizó Alfonso II en el siglo IX desde la capital del reino de Asturias hasta un bosque perdido en el Finis Terrae, en pos de las legendarias reliquias del apóstol Santiago. Se dice que dicho viaje sentó las bases del actual Camino de Santiago. A partir de una labor de documentaciónexhaustiva y de mi cariño sincero por las tierras asturianas y gallegas, he novelado esa aventura en forma de diario, desde el punto de vista de una mujer, Alana de Coaña. Pero, además, he considerado de interés para el lector aficionado a la Historia hacerle partícipe de algunos datos reales contrastados, así como del origen de ciertas tradiciones especialmente arraigadas en nuestra cultura. Como hubiera sido demasiado farragoso incluirlos en la narración, y a fin de hacer lo más completo posible el fresco de las circunstancias veraces en las que se produjo este hallazgo crucial, el libro incluye un apartado de notas que profundizan en la documentación histórica. Asimismo, me ha parecido atractivo incluir una guía del primer Camino de Santiago y su correlación en la novela. El lector curioso podrá compararlo con el actual Camino Primitivo, prácticamente idéntico, y también seguir los pasos de los personajes de La peregrina desde Oviedo hasta Compostela. Un reto que vale la pena. Los invito a acompañarme a este viaje a través del espacio y el tiempo.Isabel San Sebastián La crítica ha dicho:«Isabel San Sebastián trufa la novela de detalles maravillosos que hacen de la historia un portento. Fascinante.»J. A. Juristo, ABC Cultural Con La peregrina (2018), Isabel San Sebastián ha ganado el Premio Internacional Pentafinium Jacobeo 2016-2019 en la modalidad de Literatura.Go west, young pioneer—your journey begins here! Inside you&’ll find two books in one: The Race to Chimney Rock and Danger…
at the Haunted Gate. In these first two legs of your trek on the Oregon Trail, you need to find your way to prominent landmarks Chimney Rock and Devil&’s Gate—but not without unpredictable challenges ahead. Natural disasters, disease, and dishonest people are challenges you&’ll face in the wild frontier. Make the right choices and make it halfway to your final destination in Oregon Territory!Winter in the Blood (Penguin Vitae Ser.)
By James Welch. 1974
A contemporary classic from a major writer of the Native American renaissance — "Brilliant, brutal and, in my opinion, Welch's…
best work." —Tommy Orange, The Washington Post During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel, Winter in the Blood, is one of his most enduring works. The narrator of this beautiful, often disquieting novel is a young Native American man living on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. Sensitive and self-destructive, he searches for something that will bind him to the lands of his ancestors but is haunted by personal tragedy, the dissolution of his once proud heritage, and Montana's vast emptiness. Winter in the Blood is an evocative and unforgettable work of literature that will continue to move and inspire anyone who encounters it.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Aullando en los bosques: En busca del lobo gris
By Reidar Müller. 2019
Tras el fenómeno de El libro de la madera, llega la nueva estrella noruega del Nature Writing. «Reidar Müller parece…
estar poseído por la riqueza del bosque y por su oscuro misterio. Ha escrito un libro fascinante.»Arne Dvergsal, Dagbladet En las profundidades del bosque húmedo y espeso, Reidar Müller, un hombre habitualmente reservado, aúlla. ¿Cómo ha acabado ahí, desgañitándose como un hombre lobo? Esta es la historia de un naturalista que quería investigar los árboles, su importancia como hábitat de plantas y animales, y el lugar que ocupan en la imaginación del ser humano, pero que termina obsesionado con los lobos, de modo que aprende de la mano de leñadores experimentados a rastrear en la espesura a esos misteriosos depredadores que normalmente solo habitan nuestro imaginario, y mientras espera el ansiado encuentro, reflexiona sobre el futuro del bosque, un ecosistema de 385 millones de años que ha sobrevivido a asteroides, volcanes en erupción y bombas nucleares y se enfrenta hoy al impacto del hombre. La crítica ha dicho...«Reidar Müller parece estar poseído por la riqueza del bosque y por su oscuro misterio. Ha escrito un libro fascinante y comovedor en el que palabras como "bautismo" y "abstinencia" dan buena cuenta de su profunda fascinación por el bosque y de la dependencia que crea la búsqueda del lobo.»Arne Dvergsal, Dagbladet «Destacan su fascinación por el lobo, los mitos que lo rodean, o cómo se ha convertido en objeto casi incomprensible de odio. [...] Es difícil de encontrar una recomendación mejor.»Prof. Dag Hessen «Reidar Müller amplifica en este libro los misterios del bosque.»Aftenposten «Aullando en los bosques, de Reidar Müller, se ha vendido a cinco idiomas en la Feria del Libro de Frankfurt de este año.»Norwegian Arts «El sueño del autor de conocer a los lobos se convirtió en una experiencia que lo dejó marcado para siempre y le enseñó a establecer una relación consciente con la naturaleza: ese entorno que compartimos los hombres y los animales.»Arne Dvergsal, DagbladetMadaris Family Saga Volume 4: An Anthology (Madaris Family Saga #11)
By Brenda Jackson. 2019
The Madaris men are about to meet their destinies… Don’t miss a single reader-beloved story in this unforgettable collection from…
New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson.Courting JusticeWinning a high-profile case has given a huge boost to New York attorney DeAngelo Di Meglio’s career—and his love life. Too bad fame hasn’t helped him win the woman he’s been infatuated with for years. Tired of waiting and wondering, Angelo books a trip to the singles-only Bahamas resort where Peyton Mahoney is celebrating her thirtieth birthday. And just as he hoped, when they finally connect, the chemistry is mind-blowing….Two weeks in paradise has given Peyton some sizzling memories. That’s all she expects—or wants—from a legendary player like Angelo. Having grown up on Chicago’s South Side, she is worlds away from his life of privilege. Then a controversial case puts them on opposing sides. And as sexual tension spills over from the courtroom to the bedroom, there’s no way they can ignore the undeniable attraction….A Madaris Bride for ChristmasOne by one, Madaris men have surrendered to the matchmaking schemes of Felicia Laverne Madaris, matriarch of the family. But Lee Madaris isn’t letting anyone else control his destiny. He’ll bring a bride of his own choosing to the family’s holiday gathering—if his hotel’s gorgeous new chef will agree to a marriage of convenience.It’s not just the chance to work at the Strip’s hottest hotel that brought Carly Briggs to Vegas. Witnessing a crime in Miami may have made her a mob target. Though she’s reluctant to complicate their working relationship, Lee’s tempting offer is so hard to resist. And soon, desire is clouding their no-strings arrangement. But the danger that made Carly flee Miami is about to land at their door. Carly and Lee must decide who to trust, when to let go—and whether a love they never anticipated is strong enough to pass the ultimate test.Best Laid PlansEven a famed matchmaker like Nolan Madaris’s great-grandmother can’t get it right every time. Nolan, the notorious fun-loving ladies’ man, could never connect with someone as straitlaced as tech whiz Ivy Chapman. Yet the scheme Ivy proposes is tempting—they can pretend to be a couple, just long enough to satisfy their families.What happens, though, when Ivy’s plan to get her relatives off her back has an unexpected side effect: getting her into Nolan’s bed? Houston’s number one womanizer may have found the only one who can truly satisfy him, body and soul. But with a man from Ivy’s past determined to be part of her future, both she and Nolan will have to decide what’s fake, what’s real and what’s worth fighting for…Titles originally published in 2012, 2013, 2018.A Vineyard Summer (A Vineyard Novel #2)
By Jean Stone. 2019
Home. . . . That’s what Martha’s Vineyard is to Annie Sutton now. After a winter spent writing her latest…
novel, Annie looks forward to a summer with friends who have become like the family she never had. But then her landlord announces that his grandson will be moving into her cozy Chappaquiddick cottage—and she’ll be moving out. Year-round island housing is tough to find at any time; in summer, it’s nearly impossible. Shaken by the thought of being forced to leave the people and the community she’s grown to love, Annie seeks distraction in the July 4th celebrations—and stumbles upon a young woman who’s unconscious on her front lawn . . . and barely alive . . . Summer on the Vineyard brings not only tourists, but also wealthy families with summer homes—like Fiona Littleton’s—and tensions between them and the tight-knit island community often ignite. But when Annie’s quick thinking saves Fiona’s life, she’s surprised to learn that like her, Fiona has no one to lean on. And when Fiona fears that someone wants her dead, Annie cannot walk away. With depleting resources and no home on the horizon, Annie is certain of only one thing: each of them will have to rise to one of life’s greatest challenges: feeling at home within themselves . . .The Samurai's Daughter: A Novel
By John J. Healey. 2019
A tale of personal discovery, familial obligations, and competing cultural expectations is at the heart of this exciting sequel to…
The Samurai of Seville.Soledad Maria, called Masako by her father, is a child of two worlds. Born in Seville in the seventeenth century, she is the daughter of a beloved Spanish lady and a fearsome samurai warrior sent to Spain as a member of one of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in history. After her mother's death, Soledad Maria and her father set out to return to Japan, though a journey across the world can never be without peril. Once they return, even their position in her father’s home is not secure. As they try to stay one step ahead of those who would harm them, Soledad Maria finds herself grappling with not only the physical challenges of her many voyages, but with who she is, which legacy to claim—that of a proper Spanish lady or of a samurai—and which world she can really call home.The Samurai's Daughter is an essential and timeless story of accepting ourselves and finding our place in the world.A Courtney series adventure - Book 2 in The Burning Shore sequence"We are Courtneys. We don't have to fight with…
our fists. We fight with power and money and influence. Nobody can beat us on our own ground." A powerful family. A time of war. Centaine de Thiry Courtney has not only survived, but thrived, a successful woman with two sons of her own: Shasa Courtney, the Courtney heir, and Manfred de la Rey, Shasa's half-brother, her secret child raised solely by his father. At the time of the Great Depression, Centaine must make difficult decisions to ensure the security of her family - decisions that will affect Manfred and his father, Lothar de la Rey, a man Centaine once loved. But the world is changing, and conflicts greater than any the world has seen before are looming. Centaine and her children must face the upcoming war - where not all of them will be on the same side...November Road: A Novel
By Lou Berney. 2018
Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across…
1960s America—a story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Long and Faraway Gone.Frank Guidry’s luck has finally run out.A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleans’ mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable. But now it’s his turn—he knows too much about the crime of the century: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.Within hours of JFK’s murder, everyone with ties to Marcello is turning up dead, and Guidry suspects he’s next: he was in Dallas on an errand for the boss less than two weeks before the president was shot. With few good options, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas, to see an old associate—a dangerous man who hates Marcello enough to help Guidry vanish.Guidry knows that the first rule of running is "don’t stop," but when he sees a beautiful housewife on the side of the road with a broken-down car, two little daughters and a dog in the back seat, he sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks from the hit men on his tail. Posing as an insurance man, Guidry offers to help Charlotte reach her destination, California. If she accompanies him to Vegas, he can help her get a new car.For her, it’s more than a car— it’s an escape. She’s on the run too, from a stifling existence in small-town Oklahoma and a kindly husband who’s a hopeless drunk.It’s an American story: two strangers meet to share the open road west, a dream, a hope—and find each other on the way.Charlotte sees that he’s strong and kind; Guidry discovers that she’s smart and funny. He learns that’s she determined to give herself and her kids a new life; she can’t know that he’s desperate to leave his old one behind.Another rule—fugitives shouldn’t fall in love, especially with each other. A road isn’t just a road, it’s a trail, and Guidry’s ruthless and relentless hunters are closing in on him. But now Guidry doesn’t want to just survive, he wants to really live, maybe for the first time.Everyone’s expendable, or they should be, but now Guidry just can’t throw away the woman he’s come to love.And it might get them both killed.A Knight of Spain: A Tale of Don Juan of Austria
By Marjorie Bowen. 1913
From the author of God and the Wedding Dress: An engaging historical novel of romance and intrigue based on the…
life of Don Juan of Austria. On a midsummer day, storm clouds form over Alcalà as three young princes decide who will earn the attentions of the beautiful Doña Aña Santofimia . . . While Don Carlos, the prince of Spain, wins the chance, it is the king’s illegitimate brother—Don Juan—who later wins the lady’s heart. But ambition, religious wars, and the machinations of the royal family divide the young lovers. Don Juan must take his own fate in hand to protect those he loves, and Spain itself, amid the deep divisions that threaten to destroy it all . . . Praise for Marjorie Bowen “Miss Bowen’s work is of the exceptional class.” —The Scotsman on Mary Queen of ScotsRibbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women
By Heather Webb, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Sophie Perinot, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight. 2019
“The French Revolution comes alive through the eyes of six diverse and complex women, in the skilled hands of these…
amazing authors.”--Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac GirlsA breathtaking, epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers—seven unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution.Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution—and change the world.In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise—upending a world order that has long oppressed them.Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself--but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women’s march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king’s pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head.But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution’s ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France’s blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive--unless unlikely heroine and courtesan’s daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France’s fate: the fearsome Robespierre.Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly's Royal Wedding
By Heather Webb, Hazel Gaynor. 2019
"A fragrant French bonbon of a book: love, glamour, perfume, and paparazzi all circling around the wedding of the century..."--Kate…
Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK and THE HUNTRESS.Named one of InStyle's best books to put in your totebag for the summer!Named one of Popsugar’s best books to put in your beachbag this summer and one of the best books of July!Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and unforgettable wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d’Azur in this page-turning novel of passion, fate and second chances...Movie stars and paparazzi flock to Cannes for the glamorous film festival, but Grace Kelly, the biggest star of all, wants only to escape from the flash-bulbs. When struggling perfumer Sophie Duval shelters Miss Kelly in her boutique to fend off a persistent British press photographer, James Henderson, a bond is forged between the two women and sets in motion a chain of events that stretches across thirty years of friendship, love, and tragedy.James Henderson cannot forget his brief encounter with Sophie Duval. Despite his guilt at being away from his daughter, he takes an assignment to cover the wedding of the century, sailing with Grace Kelly’s wedding party on the SS Constitution from New York. In Monaco, as wedding fever soars and passions and tempers escalate, James and Sophie—like Princess Grace—must ultimately decide what they are prepared to give up for love.The Cheffe: A Cook's Novel
By Marie NDiaye. 2019
From the Booker Prize-nominated author of Three Strong Women: an elegant, hypnotic new novel about a legendary French female chef--the…
facts her life, the nearly ineffable qualities of her cooking, and the obsessive, sometimes destructive desire for purity of taste and experience that shaped her life.Continuing her tradition of writing provocative fiction about fascinating women, here Marie NDiaye gives us the story of a Great Female Chef--a chef who was celebrated as one of the best in a world where men dominate, and the way that her pursuit of love, pleasure, and gustatory delights helped shape her life and career. Told from the perspective of her former assistant (and unrequited lover), now an aged chef himself, here is the story of a woman's quest to the front of the kitchen--and the extraordinary journey she takes along the way.Little Town on the Prairie
By Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams. 1969
The seventh book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor--now available as…
an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.The settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. With spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and more time to spend with Almanzo Wilder. Laura also tries to help Pa and Ma save money so that Mary is able to go to a college for the blind. The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language ArtsFor This Land: Meg's Prairie Diary, Book 2 (My America)
By Kate Mcmullan. 2003
Meg's family is reunited on the prairie. Their new life is soon jeopardized by not only the struggle against slavery…
and those who would have Kansas be a slave state, but also a devastating fire that threatens to destroy their home.