Little Brown And Company : 1930 books
by Nanci Kincaid
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
Truely Noonan is the quintessential Southern boy made good. Like his older sister, Courtney, Truely left behind the slow, sweet life of Mississippi for jet-set San Francisco, where he earned a fortune as an Internet entrepreneur. Courtney and Truely each find happy marriages--until, as if cursed by...
The Portable Pediatrician
Everything You Need to Know About Your Child's Health
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Imagine you are up at three o'clock in the morning with a sick child. Wouldn't it be nice to have expert advice readily at hand to help get you through the night? Encyclopedic in scope, THE PORTABLE PEDIATRICIAN features timely and practical information on every childhood illness and emergency, including...
Out of the Darkened Room
When a Parent Is Depressed: Protecting the Children and Strengthening the Family
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2009
Depression spreads like a contagion through families, affecting everyone's lives, especially children's. The spouses of people with depression are several times more likely to become depressed themselves; their children are four to six times more likely. Drawing from a comprehensive, long-term study...
Stand the Storm
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Even though Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel, have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice. Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses operate a tailor's shop and laundry, is supposed to be a "promised land" for former...
Ungovernable
The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
From the author of the "hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating"* New York Times bestseller Unmentionable, a hilarious illustrated guide to the secrets of Victorian child-rearing [*Jenny Lawson]
Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when...
Blood Royal
A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
A riveting true story of murder and detection in 15th-century Paris, by one of the most brilliant medievalists of his generation.
On a chilly November night in 1407, Louis of Orleans was murdered by a band of masked men. The crime stunned and paralyzed France since Louis had often ruled in...
by Elizabeth Crook
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
"A ripping adventure [with] a show-stopping finale."--Wall Street Journal
"The stuff of legends."--Attica Locke
"Powerful, sly, and often charming."--Daniel Woodrell
A New York Times Editors' Choice pick
The poignant odyssey of a tenacious...
When Violence Is the Answer
Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
In a civilized society, violence is rarely the answer. But when it is-it's the only answer.
The sound of breaking glass downstairs in the middle of the night.
The words, "Move and you die."
The hands on your child, or the knife to your throat.
In this essential...
by Jane Delury
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
*Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters*
A "breathtaking" (Jennifer Egan) century-spanning portrait of the inhabitants of a French village, revealing the deception, despair, love, and longing beneath the calm surface of ordinary...
V Is for Vegetables
Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks - from Artichokes to Zucchini
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
James Beard Award winner for Vegetable-Based Cooking
ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR
The Atlantic, Cooking Light,Chicago Tribune,The Daily Meal, Food + Wine, Food Republic, Los Angeles Times**,**Newsday, NPR, Washington Post
One of America's most highly acclaimed chefs gives...
Postcards from Berlin
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2009
Catriona Lydgate is a housewife with two children and an adoring husband. But beneath the surface of her seemingly perfect life are the dark secrets of the past she's tried to forget. Disturbing postcards begin arriving in the mail; she is recognized by a man who knew her from her past-an avalanche...
Saving Beauty from the Beast
How to Protect Your Daughter from an Unhealthy Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
For parents who are concerned that their daughter is in an unhealthy or abusive relationship, here at last is a book based on personal experience and authoritative research that provides answers. Dating violence affects a huge number of teenage girls -- one in three girls between the ages of ten and...
by Robert Hellenga
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2007
An exhilarating novel of romance, art, and food in Florence, featuring the beloved Margot Harrington, who graced Robert Hellenga's The Sixteen Pleasures. Margot Harrington's memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica - and the misguided love affair it inspired...
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
"This collection is a resounding success on multiple fronts. Its righteous rage is perfectly matched by its literary rewards...a surround-sound chorus that bristles with an unpredictable, electric energy." -- The Washington Post
From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to...