Dorothy: 1480 books

This, the fourth Dorothy Whipple novel Persephone has republished, is, like the others, apparently gentle but has a very strong theme, in this case domestic violence. Three sisters marry very different men and the choices they make determine whether they will flourish, be tamed or be repressed. Lucy's...

Romance is never out of date, as these seven stories of undying love from Dorothy Fletcher prove. Enjoy a throwback to passionate kisses and whirlwind romances with: Whispers Always, My Love Meeting at Madrid The Late Contessa The Brand Inheritance Shadow on Long Island New Yorker Nurse Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors

“A vivid, enchanting tale of friendship, trust, and adventure, good Tolkien-esque ingredients” (Kirkus Reviews): The final installment of The Wolf Chronicles, told from the point of view of Kaala—a young wolf facing the most perilous decision in her life. Fourteen thousand years ago in...

  This is the third book in the series of Blinky Bill children's books -- that happen to be loved by adults.    The character of Blinky first appeared in Brooke Nicholls' 1933 book, Jacko - the Broadcasting Kookaburra,  which was illustrated by Wall. Wall then featured...

The spell of Christmas in a tri-cultural land pervades this last of Dorothy Pillsbury’s four books. In 35 stories she takes us to the winter ceremonies of New Mexico. We watch with her the ancient Zuni rite of the Shalako gods; we are lit by the glow of farolitos on adobe roofs and feel the crunch...

Channelling their own words through the author, each of Henry VIII’s Queens takes it in turn to portray the King in a somewhat different light to what you may have already heard or read. From Katherine to Katherine – the ladies have their say about Henry: the lies, the facts, the reality of being...

Embrace time as a gift--not an obstacle Receiving the Day invites us to open the gift of time, to dwell in the freedom to rest and worship that God intends for us and for all creatures. In this book, Dorothy C. Bass shows how Christian practices for rest and worship continually welcome us into...

This issue of Profession contains Russell A. Berman's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Language, Literature, Learning, held at the 2012 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Christopher Freeburg, Jack Halberstam, B. Venkat Mani, and Imani Perry. To mark...

When Luke Wright moves to the desert oasis LeVir Lake with his mom and sisters, he does not expect much excitement—-the town isn’t even on any maps. But when his new (and, coincidentally, extremely sexy) neighbor Jan informs him of the strange laws he has to live by in order to “survive” in...

What does it mean to "do no harm"? Usually our focus is on what we shouldn’t do rather than on what we can do proactively to end violence towards others and ourselves. This discussion of harm and harmlessness, along with a Harmlessness Scale™, helps readers develop the ability to think, feel, and act harmlessly in everyday life.

Jessalyn Swan has never found any man who could light a candle with a flame bright enough to outshine the torch she still carries for one Darius Covington and therefore has stopped looking. Her flourishing antique business is her hard won lifeblood—a testimony to her feelings for the man she met...

GQ—aka Quinn—is the last man on the planet Magdalene Walsh should consider getting involved with; after all, he freely admits he’s trying to steal her security program, the one that would be the pinnacle of her career. He’s made no bones about the fact that she is a job to him, one that’s...

To readers of Dorothy Pillsbury’s books, the residents of Tenorio Flat in Santa Fe are old friends. The forty sketches that make up this volume, first published in 1959, reintroduce the author’s Spanish-American, Indian, and Anglo neighbors, describing their ingenuity in adapting to the modern...

"I should ask your department's accountant whether he's missing nine hundred thousand bucks." This is the anonymous message that will change Sandra Mahoney's life. When a powerful but unpopular bureaucrat is accused of theft and computer fraud, Sandra is convinced that the charge is false....