A powerful and unforgettable story of secrets, family, love, and destiny set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Following on th......
The Fire Gospels takes place in the McCutcheon River Valley inWisconsin during a long-standing drought. Through characters like Grady McCann, a hardwo......
内容简介 Taking its title from a description of Peter Pan's Neverland, "Astonishing Splashes of Colour" follows the life of Kitty, a woman who, in a sense......
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Book Description Universally and repeatedly praised ever since it first appeared in 1983, Modern Baptists is the book that launched novelist James Wil......
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An illustrated collection of simple and safe science experiments....
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A thoughtful, funny, and penetrating portrait of a modern American family that explores the breaches and bonds between husbands and wives, parents and......
This New York Times bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard is a mesmerizing evocation of life in the Pacific Northwest durin......
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Rebecca Wells s wonderful third book in her Ya-Ya trilogy, which includes Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, is sure......
Christine Lenoir s early childhood memories are vague. Told that her family perished of influenza, she grows up in the aftermath of World War II belie......