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Told in a series of essays that balance memoir with fieldwork, Heaven Is a Place on Earth is an idiosyncratic study of American utopian experiments—from the Shakers to the radical faerie communes of Short Mountain to the Bronx rebuilding movement—through the lens of one woman’s...
"In Wallance's bracing narrative, Kennan emerges as a cheerful, deeply decent companion, an uncompromising observer whose greatest strength was his ability to change his mind. He's a welcome change from the callous imperialists who people most Victorian travelogues, and his humanity allows Into Siberia to delve into horror without succumbing to despair." — The New York Times Book Review
In a book that ranks with the greatest
In The Two-Parent Privilege, Melissa S. Kearney makes a provocative, data-driven case for marriage by showing how the institution's decline has led to a host of economic woes—problems that have fractured American society and rendered vulnerable populations even more vulnerable. Eschewing the religious and values-based...
"I wish I had read this before I lost my mom a few years ago and a dear friend soon after..." –Nina Lesowitz, author of Living Life as a Thank You
#1 Best Seller in Grief & Bereavement, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Self-Esteem
The grieving process. Ty Alexander of Gorgeous in Grey is one of the top bloggers today with a wonderful personal
...With a career spanning 40 years, Emilie Baker Loring saw millions of her books sold during her lifetime. Happy Landings: Emilie Loring's Life, Writing and Wisdom shares this best-selling author's uplifting story for the first time. Loring's books brimmed with intricate...
A first love. A second chance. And a secret that could change everything....
Eliza Carter has a secret.
And it's not the recipe for her world-famous tiramisu.
With her bakery undergoing a remodel, her son struggling in school, and planning her best friend's wedding, Eliza's secret is the last thing on her mind. Until her high school sweetheart reappears, stirring up old feelings faster
...Blindsided by their aunt's betrayal and stripped of the protections of their station, Lyr and her sisters' only hope of survival is to throw themselves into the dark intrigue of the Bamarian Court. As Meera and Morgana struggle to hide their illegal magic while living amongst their enemies, Lyr uncovers long-buried secrets from her mother that may finally unlock her power.
But the Imperators are determined to set decades-long plans into
13) Hal
Former bull rider turned rodeo clown, Hal Jenkins has found peace in Riverbend, away from his murky past. He's also found Lucy Malory, a fiery, green-eyed woman full of laughter who might just like him back.
But Hal's peace is ripped away when someone from his old life returns, threatening Hal and putting Lucy firmly in danger.
Lucy likewise came to Riverbend to heal from humiliation and a broken heart. Her interest in life renews,
...Pete lashes out at his younger brother in the wake of his parents' divorce, falling prey to a gruesome curse. Years of frustration with his family culminate in a loathsome vacation for Bob, who
...16) Lost Girls
Teens are disappearing from The Academy. One Saturday night, Sheila LaRoche doesn't come home. Everyone says the world-famous musician is overseas. Casey doesn't believe it. Her dorm mate was helping her prep for a big audition. She wouldn't have just ghosted her. Plus, Casey found her passport. How'd she travel without it? More troubling, who was the boy lingering outside their dorm, comfortable in a t-shirt despite the November chill?
Casey
...Big Dog can't wait to go camping with Little Dog for the first time and show him how it's done. Big Dog is very good at helping! But things don't go as planned ...
A warm, funny picture book about newly blended families and learning to get along, from Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin, and Lucinda...
19) Inverno: A Novel
A daring, heartbreaking novel, Inverno is the book that J. D. Salinger's Franny Glass might have written a few decades into her adulthood.
Caroline waited for fifteen minutes in the snow. After a little time had passed, she was simply waiting to see what would happen. It was entirely possible he would not come. If he did not come, she would be in a different story than the one she had imagined, but it was possible, she knew,
Christianity's role in furthering racism in early America.
In The Baptism of Early Virginia, Rebecca Anne Goetz examines the construction of race through the religious beliefs and practices of English Virginians. She finds the seventeenth century a critical time in the development and articulation of racial ideologies—ultimately in the idea of "hereditary heathenism," the notion that Africans and Indians were incapable of
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