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5243) The heart's journey
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Naomi knows she should be excited about her upcoming wedding, but she remains unmoved. She believes her controlling fiancé may see her more as a servant than a partner. Is it too late to back out of the marriage? While praying for God's guidance, Naomi takes a break from her duties at the Stitches in Time craft shop and travels with her grandmother to Pincecraft, Florida. Along the way she finds herself attracted to Nick, their English driver and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"James Herriot's timeless, heartwarming, and perceptive stories about animals and people have charmed millions of readers around the world, and millions more have watched the popular PBS series All Creatures Great and Small, which is based on his four books. The Wonderful World of James Herriot excerpts the best of his stories to shape the larger tale of his life, his family, and his world, illustrated with evocative drawings and family photographs,...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An unforgettable portrait of the tectonic shifts happening in rural China -- told through the microcosm of one small town. After a decade away from her ancestral family village, during which she became a writer and literary scholar in Beijing, Liang Hong started visiting her rural hometown in landlocked Hebei province. What she found was an extended family torn apart by the seismic changes in Chinese society, and a village hollowed-out by emigration,...
Author
Publisher
Alder House Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Resonating with tenderness, Half A Cup Of Sky is a moving portrait of one woman's search for love and belonging cast against a nuanced backdrop of political turmoil. It is 1977, and the anti-shah protests at Tehran University are intensifying, but Amineh is not like her peers who want a say in the future of their country. Her thoughts are on the beautiful literature of another era and her past of rose harvests and Sufi poetry evenings under the desert...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Highly sought-after writer and speaker shares her heartbreakingly beautiful narrative to inspire you to believe that the messy, muddy parts of life are just the first mile on the road to redemption"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Vagina, Give Me Liberty, and The End of America illuminates a dramatic buried story of gay history--how a single English law in 1857 led to a maelstrom, with reverberations lasting down to our day"--
5252) A silken thread
Author
Publisher
Waterbrook
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Laurel Millard, youngest of seven children, is expected to stay home and "take care of Mama" by her older siblings, but Laurel has dreams of starting her own family. Operating a silk loom at the Atlanta Exposition will give her the chance to capture the heart of a man wealthy enough to take care of Laurel and any children she might bear, as well as her mother. Brendan Rochester's parents have given him an ultimatum: settle down with...
5254) To woo and to wed
Author
Series
Regency vows volume 5
Publisher
Atria Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances. In fact, years ago, they had once been nearly engaged until West's almost fatal curricle accident and his meddling father threw them off course. Now, years later, Sophie and West are thrown back together as they conjure a plot to ensure Sophie's little sister gets to...
5255) Just like heaven
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After they survive a deadly fever and the world's worst musical performance, Honoria Smythe-Smith, a really bad violinist, and Marcus Holroyd, her older brother's best friend, fall desperately in love.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The second volume of a comprehensive companion guide to each book in the "Outlander" series includes a complete chronology of the series, a guide to research sources, a Scottish glossary and pronunciation guide, and photos from the set of the "Outlander" TV series.
5258) Life on the Oregon Trail
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to what life was like on the Oregon Trail, describing the wagons, daily routines, food, clothing, Native Americans encountered on the way, and dangers.
5260) Aloha everything
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Since the day that Ano was born, her heart has been connected to her home. But, this adventurous child has a lot to learn! When Ano begins to dance hula -- a storytelling dance form that carries the knowledge, history, and folklore of the Hawaiian people -- Ano comes to understand the true meaning of aloha.
