Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose...

She Yearned to Find a Home for Her Heart The tragic Acadian saga recounted in The Meeting Place, when the British drove the French from Nova Scotia, has followed two families over a score of years to the birth pangs of a new nation. The Song of Acadia has been one full of pathos but also of hope. Faith in God and family eventually have brought the Henri Robichauds to Louisiana, and finally, to a life of tranquility among the bayous. Back in Nova Scotia,...

"Mattie Fisher's three daughters know that she's been keeping a secret. With each item pulled from the beloved family hope chest, they've discovered a new clue. But there's a reason Mattie has kept her history hidden, and she's not sure she's ready to reveal it. Will dredging up the past change the way her children view her? Or her marriage to their father? Can she handle the pain of revisiting what preceded the last few happy decades? Mattie's...

Although his father has forbidden it, Ernie, a twelve-year-old business tycoon, makes a tidy profit in the pet funeral business, but when he refuses to give his star employee a raise and the business starts to fall apart, it takes the death of his own dog to bring everyone back together.

A rich and luminous biography of nineteenth century music from the acclaimed author of Debussy: A Painter in Sound. When one thinks of "great" classical music, music with the most emotional resonance and timelessness, we harken back to the nineteenth century and the Romantic tradition. The emotional resonance of nineteenth century has moved generations musicians and resonated with countless listeners. It has inspired artists and writers. But no...

"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement--told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to...

"Readers will enjoy this gift of a brand new romance from New York Times bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter, along with stories by her daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Three generations of Pennsylvania Amish women are bound by an heirloom quilt embroidered with the scripture from Psalm 31:3, as told in three Christmas romances"--Provided by the publisher.

"An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progress that is testament to her extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. She writes of her precarious childhood and the refuge she...

"Charles, Lily, James, and Nan meet in 1963. Charles is destined to become a professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? Yet, how can he not? James has spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father. Nan grew up the devout daughter of a minister. James's escape from his desperate...

LOVE MUST FIND A WAY . . . A sheltered life in the countryside has left Diana Lindsay restless to see the wider world, for both herself and the son she is raising alone. She cannot marry, but perhaps as a courtesan she will find love and protection despite her painful past. Gathering her courage, she moves to London-and finds herself the city's most desired woman, as admired for her charm as for her beauty. But it is one man who captivates her-handsome,...