Jennifer Heath: 6 books

It is often said that two-thirds of the religion of Islam was handed down by women and one-third was shaped by women. "Of worldly things," the Prophet Muhammad said, "women and fragrance are made dear to me and the comfort of my eyes is made in prayer."Muhammad was born to a widowed mother,...

Weaving together fragments of ancient epic texts and the richness of the oral tradition, Jennifer Heath brings alive 15 tales from the pre- and early Christian Celtic world, featuring the powerful, wild and wise women of mythology. From the sea goddess Fand to Cerridwen, who can change her shape at...

On Christmas Eve, 1979, the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev invaded Afghanistan with tanks and aircraft that entered by roads and airports built with Soviet and U.S. aid, dragging the country into desperate conflicts that continue today. A House White with Sorrow opens in the early months of that...

The human soul, East and West, is eternally engaged in the search for enduring love. The Jewel and The Ember: Love Stories of the Ancient Middle East is a collection of ten compelling, enlightening, sometimes joyful, sometimes painful, often funny and always heartrending love stories that are not...

Cursed by her over-sized feet and an extraordinary sense of smell -- which makes her a world-class Ecological Malodor Detector -- perplexed by the disappearance of her beloved Tío Ramon, confused by her upbringing in Ohio as an immigrant from a little known Caribbean island called Quichemala, Anabela...

Driven from her small town by the humiliation of a cheating husband, Myra throws herself into a completely different world. She arrives in the big city as naïve as ever, but soon realizes that she must learn to believe in herself. She first must decide what she would like to do for a living. She...