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There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature, " raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated three times for the ABBY award, and her critically acclaimed writings consistently enjoy spectacular commercial success as they entertain and touch her legions of loyal fans. In High Tide in Tucson, she returnsto her familiar themes of family, community, the common good and the natural world....

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts unlocks the dreams of a woman on a quest for the truth in her second Key Trilogy novel. Dana Steele has always found her greatest passion in books. But now her boss is making her job as a librarian a living hell. Luckily, she now has a Plan B… High on a hill overlooking the town of Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania, sits the Warrior's Peak estate. It's where Dana was invited to meet Malory Price an...

The True Story of One Woman's Triumph of FaithNewlywed American missionary Darlene Deibler Rose survived four years in a notorious Japanese prison camp set deep in the jungles of New Guinea. Thinking she was never to see her husband again, Darlene Rose was forced to sign a false confession and face the executioner's sword, only to be miraculously spared.

The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world.There have been phenomenal advances in the historical understanding of Jesus and his world and times, but also huge, lesser known advances in first-century Palestine archaeology that explain a great deal about Jesus, his followers, and his teachings. This is the first book that combines the two a...

Who needs love?Not Anna Prescott . . . she says. A smart, successful woman of substance, she is willing to be a friend to Gavin Mathis, who plays pro football for the Detroit Lions and is the finest specimen of the African-American male she's ever laid eyes on. Gavin's been tight with her brother Wesley for so long he's almost family.So Anna's happy when she can help Gavin out of a personal jam -- and the fact that he's setting fires inside he...

The "USA Today" bestselling St. John brothers series continues with a delectably romantic story of a desperate lady, a sham fianc, and unanticipated passion. Original.

This volume explores how industries organize their global operations, through case studies of seven manufacturing industries. The chapters provide a nuanced understanding of the complex matrix of factor costs, access to inimitable capabilities, and time-based pressures that influence where firms decide to locate particular segments of the value chain.

This enchanting Regency romance tells the story of Delia Effington, retired from society after a impulsive decision, who one night attends a ball as her twin sister and finds herself dancing in the arms of a dashing viscount--a man who seems familiar to her. Original.

A tale of love, lust, and mistrust, "Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe" reveals the secrets that break homes as well as hearts. The Jacobs's siblings have done a good job of masking their secrets behind finely wrought facades, hidden agendas, and questionable paternity...until the day it all starts to unravel. Faced at last with the truth, Kennedy, Simone, and Derrick Jacobs find themselves vulnerable and exposed, determined to salvage the lives the...

A lively and intriguing tale of the competition between two artists, culminating in the construction of the Duomo in Florence, this is also the story of a city on the verge of greatness, and the dawn of the Renaissance, when everything artistic would change. Florence′s Duomo - the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral - is one of the most enduring symbols of the Italian Renaissance, an equal in influence and fame to Leonardo and Michaela...

The latest installment in the 100 Simple Secrets series explores all the research available on the health of average Americans--now distilled into 100 essential ways in which readers can become healthier and happier.

Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch (aka Gutenberg), master printer, charmer, con man, and visionary -- the man who invented "artificial writing" and printed the "Gutenberg Bible, putting thousands of monks out of work. In this dazzling debut novel, Morrison gives Gutenberg's final testament: a justification and apologia he dictated, ironically, to one of the young...

A stepson's intimate portrait of C.S. Lewis. Douglas Gresham recollects his childhood and adolescent years in C.S. Lewis's household. An engaging memoir with an album of 20 family photographs.

In The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer, in a dream, boards a bus on a drizzly afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations and comes to significant realizations about the ultimate consequences of everyday behavior. This is the starting point for a profound meditation upon good and ev...

The final novel featuring Irish policeman Peter McGarr takes him on a search for the stolen Book of Kells--a ninth-century amalgam of Christian doctrine and Celtic legend.

Kicking off a new series of concise, easy-to-follow game books, HarperEssentials presents this guide to the most popular and entertaining card games, complete with instructions, photos and illustrations, and play-by-play diagrams. Original.

Undermined from above by economic globalization and European integration, and from below by the rise of identity politics, the French state has attempted to redefine its relationship to its citizens. Reinventing France examines the ways in which state action has endeavoured to promote social integration in an increasingly fragmented nation and has challenged traditional concepts of an indivisible Republic and universal citizenship rights in or...

With Heroes, Saints, & Ordinary Morality, Andrew Flescher joins the ranks of the very best virtue ethicists working today.... Flescher offers here a stunning intellectual achievement, but even more importantly he prods the reader to reflect on moral complacency while providing clues for how to envision a better, more virtuous life." --Lloyd Steffen, Religion Studies, Lehigh University

Die vielverehrte Königin Luise von Preußen gehört zu den bedeutenden Frauengestalten der deutschen Geschichte. Nach der Niederlage ihres Landes 1806 unternahm sie in dem berühmten Tilsiter Gespräch mit Napoleon den vergeblichen Versuch, diesen zu milderen Bedingungen gegenüber Preußen zu bewegen. Sie traf in Weimar Goethe, Schiller, und Wieland, ihr früher Tod im Jahre 1810 wurde von Kleist, Arnim, Brentano, Körner, Rückert und anderen beklagt...