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A seventeen-year-old academic prodigy from a small village in central Java, Lestari wants nothing more than to become a modern, self-determined woman. But she swims against powerful currents. Raised by her father, the revered guardian of an active volcano, she joins the many offerings...

Passage of No Return is based on the author's own story, cleverly written as a piece of fiction. After her mother's death, Maria Velizanos finds a box of old photos that evoke vivid memories of people and events in her past, giving the reader...

After the death of his twin brother, Catholic priest Rupert Brown gains guardianship of his fifteen-year-old niece, Neti.Burdened with grief and questioning his faith, Rupert tries to recreate a family home for Neti, made more difficult by the sudden return of her mother after...

A Dying Wish...What would you do if your best friend's last wish was to help him escape from a hospice so he could "take care of a few things?"The initial dilemma for Dennis Sullivan is not the anger he will incur from Jack Nagle's...

Laine is an independent middle-aged woman, at least she is until she loses her job and must sell her deceased father's vintage Corvette online to raise funds. She travels cross-country to deliver the car, and during this journey, she meets people who influence her...

A generous and intimate novel from American literature's premier chronicler of middle-class angst in the new South. In Elroy Nights, Frederick Barthelme does a fresh turn on territory he's made his own over the last two decades: a middle-class America studded with characters maybe...

Peggy Lighterman vows she will never be like her father. His was a life blighted by alcohol addiction and an untimely demise. Hers is one of placid fulfilment in the urban sprawl of South East London. But Peggy's life is turned upside down by...

This fun little book introduces children to the activity of mudlarking. A craft mostly done in the United Kingdom is now making its way all around the world. Children not only get to go outside and experience nature and fresh air, they also get...

Elizabeth and Her German Garden, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book...

Description: Our planet, our future. It is important to remember this from childhood. Coloring book by drawing develops the child and teaches in these important topics Specifications: Cover Finish: Matte Paperback notebook with soft cover Large 8.5 x 11 inch pages Pages: 70Author: Patty...

Kim, born and raised in the dilapidated Joy City; a forgotten town where doing dirt was inevitable. As a teenager, she was believed to be the one that would make it out of the city; be something, be someone, go far and matter to...

Fanny Herself (1917) is a novel by Edna Ferber. Inspired by her experience as a young Jewish woman from the Midwest, Fanny Herself is the story of a young woman who recognizes the unhappiness in her life and decides to risk it all for...

13 year old Simon is determined not to accept his mother's new partner Philip and his future stepsister, 11 year old Lissie. His new life on Philip's farm in the North of England is very different from his previous life in London, and he...

An Athlete. A Therapist. A Murder. A Medal.Siana Singh can run fast; she is just slow in discovering where she belongs, wedged between her traditional Punjabi family and her western beliefs. She clashes with her father on everything from ripped pants to life goals...

Truth is the way to a man's heart...Samantha Hartwell's life changes completely when she's attacked by a client's boyfriend. She leaves Boston and Straight Talk, her consulting business, and escapes to California wine country to heal and to help her sister and brother-in-law with...

A child can teach us the right words to say...Following her divorce Allison Hartwell leaves Maine for California to become a partner in her college roommate's art gallery. She's out to prove she can succeed in business, get along without a man and have...

He's emotionally scarred, she's spiritually scarred. Can the two help each other heal and find love in a crazy, mixed up situation?John Manning made mistakes in college. Mistakes he's still paying for. It's been two years since he came home injured from bull riding....

Welcome to your life. It's probably not what you expected it to be. About to turn thirty years old, Guy Bradford finds himself trapped in his dead-end job at the Gas and Go on the outskirts of Richmond, Illinois. Stuck caring for his perpetually...

One of three sisters, a mother, and a wife, Sheena Morelli re-discovers the woman she really is...Sheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, receive the unexpected news that their Uncle Gavin Sullivan, the black sheep of the family, has left them a...

He survived Andersonville . . . and then his trials really began.Solomon Ramsdell brought the love of his life to his new farm in pioneer Michigan, then the Civil War threatened all they were building together. He heeded the call to the Union army,...

After having spent her whole life in the dusty, dull town of Cattles Creek, Cherry Daily is ready to pack her bags and head to Sydney to partake in the prestigious pageant, Miss Chevrolet Pin-Up.Together with her childhood best friend, Andy, she travels through...

The war is over but the fight for freedom has only just begun. Berlin. August 1961. The Cold War. When the Berlin Wall brutally divides East from West, Sabine is separated from her beloved brother, Dieter. Escape to the West is the only option...

Unfazed by chaos and bad luck, Melvin Scott knows, Some things a man must do himself. No matter how dumb that man is. His wife disagrees. In debt over his head, he learns that a penny will grow to over $10,000,000 in thirty days...

The Country of the Pointed Firs is an 1896 book by American writer Sarah Orne Jewett. It is considered by some literary critics to be her finest work. The Country of the Pointed Firs was serialized in the January, March, July, and September 1896...

FAMILY SECRETSWhat happens in this house follows a young girl Vivian Smith throughout her childhood. While dealing with problems at home. Vivian is forced to spend time with different family members and family friends. Going from one place to another, she soon realizes. Her...

The Surgeon's Daughter is part of Chronicles of the Canongate which is a collection of stories by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1827 and 1828 in the Waverley novels series. They are named after the Canongate, in Edinburgh. After his financial ruin at the...

The Vacationer tells the powerful story of T.J. Carlson, a decent man prisoner to his own bad decisions and reckless actions. The world is the stage in this tense, psychological family drama, following his descent into despair on a global scale. He never could...

Merci Samuel was not the kind of woman who believed in much; not in second chances, not in the redemption of people and certainly not in love. But ghosts were about the only thing she was sure were real. She had been running for...

Every year in a small town magic is created by a family whose love of Christmas surpasses anything anyone has ever seen. Their annual Christmas light display brings joy to visitors from all over town. It's something Grace's family plans for 365 days a...

"Strike three and you're out " the umpire yelled, as young Jimmy Watson made the walk of shame back to the bench in front of his friends and his crush - a moment forever etched in his memory." After his mother's death, handsome and...

Bhoomi 'Mother Earth' - a small town girl whose talent helps her rise aboveher circumstances.Deepani 'Still waters' - an innocent, sheltered teenager awakening to the pleasures of her body.Pavani 'Blowing in the wind' - a classic tale of a poor little rich girl.Three young...

In "The Journey Home" Part II of Michael J. Sullivan's series "Forgotten Flowers," Madeline Orsini had retired as Executive Director of Magnolia Garden, an exclusive assisted living facility in Charleston, South Carolina. Her life's dream of a husband and children long ago crushed by...

Learn the basics of mindfulness along with twins Kyla & Corbin, as Mom starts things off teaching them about mindful listening.Author: Ryan Ames, Kristene A. GeeringISBN-10: 0692192727ISBN-13: 9780692192726Publisher: Let Us Learn TogetherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2019Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

Ally McVeigh has landed her dream job at Woodbury High. But when single dad, Owen Davies walks into her office with a tragic past and anxious daughter in tow, he threatens more than just her career plans.Struggling to distance herself from the rugged father's...

When Jacob and Sara visited Pelican Island as college students, they knew that someday they were destined to live there-even though the island was a magnet for every passing hurricane. Clinging tightly to their dream, they sell their Illinois farm and move to the...

Scrap Metal Baby is a standalone short story that explores otherness, hardship, and the most excruciating love. When her parents discover that Shelby is metal-fabricated of scrap parts-love becomes an exercise in constant repair. This brief but powerful work from the award-winning author of...

So now I'm writing to you, 'Dad, ' hoping you will be reasonable and help me out...The baby's due in August...I need money to live on...By the way, does your wife know about me? And does she know you got forced into retirement? If...

From a USA TODAY Bestselling Author of Women's Fiction comes this true story of mother-daughter relationship problems. Based on the actual events that took place in her family, Crosby calls this a memoir of sorts. She looks back to a time when the sisters...

After starting a new job in a place that she never been. Nancy Grey is excited at the chance of meeting new people. As she do, she soon come to realize that not all of those people care for her. One in particular known...

"A gripping story with well-drawn characters and a rewarding ending." Thomas Waugh How far would you go to get what you want?1955. Sisters Freyja and Jeanie MacAulay live an idyllic life on the Orkney island of Falun. But Freyja is shattered when she hears...

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English writer and poet whose work famously examined the results of industrialisation on contemporary society. In his novels and poetry, Lawrence explored a variety of then-controversial issues including sexuality and emotional health, which led many to label his...

Kate, a devoted wife and mother, has lived her whole life under the mythic bluff called Maiden Leap in a scenic river town. Her contented life is turned inside out when her former high school girlfriend Lucy returns to town as a graduate of...

In this epic haunting family vacation set in Virginia that effects a couple of lives that will last forever...A golden doubloon lands on Ginger's feet while walking up the beach of Virginia's Chincoteagues Island.Ginger and her husband, curious about the medallion, visit a local...

The time is 1970; the place is the postwar housing development, the small bungalows built for returning veterans and for shipyard workers. F0r first time in their lives, families had some money. They can afford a new house, two bedrooms, one bath, yards big...

Margaret is a successful judge, and her family seems perfect. She loves her daughter Sheila and would give the world for her. But when Sheila decides to commit suicide rather than face the wrath of her parents (especially her mother) who claims to love...

Two sisters. A surprising inheritance. A summer that changes everything. As children, half-sisters Cassie and Julie were nearly inseparable, bonded through happy, lazy summers playing barefoot in the surf and sleeping out on the porch of their grandmother's Hamptons beach house. Though from wildly...

Widely regarded as D. H. Lawrence's greatest novel, Women in Love continues where The Rainbow left off, with the third generation of the Brangwens. Focusing on Ursula Brangwen and her sister Gudrun's relationships-the former with a school inspector and the latter with an industrialist...

An Oprah's Book Club Pick#1 New York Times Bestseller"A mystery, a thriller, a ghost story, and a literary tour de force . . . an authentic epic, long and lush, full of back story and observed detail . . . the author exercises a...

USA Today Bestselling author Claudia Burgoa presents a heartwarming, sexy romance about second chances and starting over. After a week off the grid, I finally get reception and the first voicemail I hear stuns me."You're summoned to Baker's Creek by the late William Tower...

"A gripping and heart-warming story of abuse, revenge, and family redemption." An elderly WWII veteran finds a reason to live when an abused young woman rents the house next door. Henry Peale fell in love with Maggie sixty years ago and loved her until...