Rich: 1095 books

Some like it hot **“Delightful . . . Ms. Pickard has given the protagonist a new least on life!”—**The New York Times When Eugenia Potter receives an urgent phone call from the manager of her ranch near Tucson, she's only too happy to drop everything and fly home. Something inside...

A Business Arrangement When the railroad pushes to buy her land, orphaned Cameron Sims will do anything to keep the only home she and her sisters have ever known. Even if she must marry a stranger. But she’s determined her agreement with the mysterious, dashing man—who’s unlike anything...

Captain of Her Heart Sold into slavery by her jealous sisters, Ada finds herself captive on the ship of a Greek merchant. Expecting a harsh new master, she's surprised to find the captain compassionate-and attractive. Yet she can't fall for the man who owns her-not when she watched her enslaved...

Considers Gilman's place in American literary and social history by examining her relationships to other prominent intellectuals of her era. By placing Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the company of her contemporaries, this collection seeks to correct misunderstandings of the feminist writer and...

Pottermore.com allows you to experience the adventures of Harry Potter in a whole new and exciting way. During your quest, you’ll re-live important and memorable scenes from the Harry Potter books, and take part in your own, unique and interactive adventure that’s chock full of places to explore,...

God decides to close up shop on Earth -- unless two idealistic angels can make a miracle happen Welcome to Heaven, Inc., the grossly mismanaged corporation in the sky. For as long as anyone can remember, the founder and CEO (known in some circles as "God") has been phoning it in....

"An exciting twist on a hostile-alien-takeover drama...exhilarating."--Washington Post "An energetic, nonstop adventure."--Chicago Tribune Independence Day meets Lord of the Flies in this "thrilling and imaginative" debut about two young outsiders forced...

Peaks and Valleys, is a compilation of 33 poems of all kinds of subjects (love, pain, anger, hope) Everyone reading it can be sure that he or she will find his or her story in almost all the poems. All subjects are developed with the same skills; the same passion and the same need to send a message...

In Keywords for Southern Studies, editors Scott Romine and Jennifer Rae Greeson have compiled an eclectic collection of new essays that address the fluidity of southern studies by adopting a transnational, interdisciplinary focus. The essays are structured around critical terms pertinent both to the...

Vroedvrouw Hannah en haar man Isaak Levi, ballingen uit Venetië, bouwen in Constantinopel een nieuw bestaan op. Isaak begint een eigen zaak in de zijdehandel; Hannah, de beste vroedvrouw van heel Constantinopel, oefent haar beroep uit onder de duizend haremvrouwen in het weelderige paleis van Sultan...

It's the summer of 1969. We've just landed on the moon, the Vietnam War is heating up, the Mets are beginning their famous World Series run, and Woodstock is rocking upstate New York. Down in New Jersey, twelve-year-old Brody is mostly concerned with the top ten hits on the radio and how much playing...

This is a policewomans career on the streets of Chicago and one of its western suburbs about five years from now. A police procedural it is based on actual current regulations. In the world where Helen Bell worked each day any officers opinions and decisions are shaped by larger inner values no police...

Marcus Thorpe just had the first, and worst, 400-meter race of his seventh-grade life. He knows it was rough, but his friends’ jokes are starting to sting. Luckily, redemption is in sight. If Marcus can just find the right pace, he can earn a spot in the 4x400 relay and prove his worth at the special meet at the high school. Will he pull his weight, or will the final stretch crush him again?

“Certain lines had become like incantations to me, words I’d chanted to myself through sorrow and confusion” —Cheryl Strayed, Wild “The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman’s heart and mind in language for everybody—language whose plainness, laughter, questions...