Grace: 2958 books

De controversiële bestseller vol lust, overspel en moord In de jaren vijftig zette Peyton Place de wereld op z’n kop. Het stond jarenlang in The New York Times bestsellerlijst, werd verfilmd en vormde de basis voor ’s werelds eerste soap, al was die een stuk minder smeuïg. Grace Metalious (1924-1964)...

Chipo and The Mermaid and three other African folktales.Dig in to this African Cinderella story. Learn how Chipo gets all her wishes granted by a friendly mermaid. Read the Rabbit and the Baboons funny shenanigans in two funny tales. Never judge a book by it’s cover! Read how two princesses learn this...

FPQ Complete Collection 1 contains sixteen exceptional stories that were hand-picked by the Found Press staff and originally published in FPQ volumes 1-4. With a stunning range of voices, the unforgettable narratives included in this anthology will take you on a journey around the world, and pull...

A delightful collection of fairy stories by Grace C Floyd and others that is charmingly illustrated by black and white plates and line drawings of the cherubic, dimpled toddlers of Attwell. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely...

Raphael LaFontaine's parents were hoodoo practitioners who sold potions, infusions, vapors, and spells. While she was pregnant with him Rafael's mother ingested the herbs and roots that were her and her husband's stock and trade.From early childhood Raphael was afflicted with...

Since the Korean War—the forgotten war—more than a million Korean women have acted as sex workers for U.S. servicemen. More than 100,000 women married GIs and moved to the United States. Through intellectual vigor and personal recollection, Haunting the Korean Diaspora explores the repressed history...

Ordering a bride seemed to be a new trend in Willow’s Rest and Nathan Wilson wanted in on it. Two of his best friends had found successful matches in that way, so why should he continue living alone if he didn’t have to? All prepared, he pens a letter to Mrs. Oliver’s matchmaking agency, but he...

THE SECOND SAGA IN EVIE GRACE'S MAIDS OF KENT TRILOGY. 'One of the most gifted saga writers writing today’ Bookish Jottings *** Will she break free and change her future? Canterbury, 1853 Agnes Berry-Clay might have been born into rags but she is growing up with riches. Given...

In this entrancing collection, author Grace James brings together an array of Japanese folk tales and fairy tales, all rendered in exquisitely lyrical language. If you're fascinated by the folk traditions of different world cultures, be sure to add The Moon Maiden to your list.

Classic European fairy tales are familiar to many, but fewer readers are acquainted with tales from faraway lands. This charming anthology of thirty tales and legends from Japan are as unique and delightfully intriguing today as they were when first published. Author Grace James selected the stories...

**SNEAK PEEK** He’s going to kiss me; he’s going to kiss me… I know I should stop him, I mean really, we just meet. But I can’t fight it. The moment his lips caress mine I’m long gone. Everything around us evaporates and all I can feel is us. He’s the...

This book presents new evidence about the ways in which English Renaissance dramatists such as William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Heywood, John Fletcher and Thomas Middleton composed their plays and the degree to which they participated in the dissemination of their texts to theatrical audiences....

 Sheriff Jack Conway had everyone fooled into thinking he wasn’t a marrying man. Little did they know he’d once been engaged. Six years ago, he’d been planning to marry Annie Webster until she called off the wedding in order to marry another man. Adding insult to injury, she’d told Jack he wasn’t...

The author was just three when her father was kidnapped, leaving her and her two-month pregnant mother confused, devastated and in despair. They travelled together through a stormy journey that made them learn to treasure what really matters in life. It was a difficult journey, yes, but there were silver...