Peterson: 1610 books

Whether you are reading your favorite author or getting to know a new author nothing is more important than reading order. You will spoil the story and your own enjoyment if you read a series in the wrong order and you will miss the development of an author’s writing if you read their books in a...

Jasmine Houston, a widow with a young son, agrees to harbor former slaves at her horse farm outside of Lowell, even though her father, a plantation owner, supports slavery. When a boardinghouse keeper unwittingly becomes involved with a traveling peddler who sells something infinitely more valuable than...

Les cousines Amanda, Sophie et Fanny Broadmoor sont comme des soeurs, mais quand leur grand-père décède, les dispositions de son testament pourrait bien rompre le lien qui les unit. À 17 ans, Fanny n’a jamais attaché beaucoup d’importance aux conventions sociales. En fait, elle a accordé...

Quand le choléra frappe la ville de Rochester, dans l’État de New York, au printemps 1899, les membres de la famille Broadmoor se réfugient dans leur château des Mille-Îles. Mais Amanda Broadmoor, qui a toujours éprouvé une compassion particulière pour les déshérités, décide de demeurer...

Enjoy five historical novels by some of Christian fiction’s bestselling authors. Meet daughters of prairie farms from Montana south to Kansas who find love in the midst of turbulent life changes. Marty’s nieces are kidnapped. Rosalind’s town is overrun by a railroad company. Amy’s jealousy...

After one too many death threats, Sheik Efraim Aziz was ready to end his business in Wyoming and head home. But one last horse ride had kept him in town a little longer. Callie McGuire had followed him on his private journey, leaving him mesmerized by her beauty and just enough time to save her from...

One of Shakespeare's romantic comedies, this play is set in the seaport town of Messina, in Sicily. The drama concerns "the battle of the sexes" and focuses on the barbed wits and intrigues that two sets of lovers and their friends and family create. Brimming with wit and antagonism, the play has amused and provoked audiences for centuries.

From Robert Fagles’s acclaimed translation, An Iliad telescopes Homer’s Trojan War epic into a gripping monologue that captures both the heroism and horror of war. Crafted around the stories of Achilles and Hector, in language that is by turns poetic and conversational, An Iliad brilliantly refreshes...

After eight-year-old Kevin Mason's mother abandons him, he takes refuge in his fantasy of becoming Knuckles McGraw, a tough cowboy roaming the plains on his legendary horse, Burlington Northern. But instead of riding the range, Kevin is stuck in a foster home with a pierced and tattooed teenager named...

Could They Fulfill Their Dreams in this Untamed Land?Driven by desperation, Grace Hawkins must forsake the affluent comfort of her upbringing to save herself from an arranged marriage. Disillusioned by her father's insistence, she forges a daring plan to escape the sinister hand of her intended.Peter...

The year is 1835 and Carolina Adams finds herself enchanted by an unlikely suitor...the railroad. Frustrated by society's expectations upon her gender, she longs to study more masculine subjects and is thrilled when her father grants her a tutor. James Baldwin arrives to serve as Carolina's...

Once they thought nothing would stand in the way of their happiness. Once they dreamed nothing but beautiful dreams filled with love and success. But now, for Joelle Dawson and John Monroe those fantasies-those heartfelt promises whispered under moonlit skies-belong in the past. Left paralyzed by...

Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives,...

Sent away from the man she wants to marry by her wealthy parents, Pamela Charbonneau now finds herself in a stifling small town in Missouri under the watchful eye of her strict grandmother. But trouble has a way of finding Pamela no matter where she is. As she schemes to accompany her new friend Zandy...