"Khun Chang Khun Phaen" is an outstanding classic in the Thai language, an entertaining folk epic set amidst the social panorama of traditional Siam. Masterfully told in the style of an ancient saga, it is a spectacular love story rich in romance, adventure, violence, farce, and magic, and ending in[...]
«Det Gud har gjort gjennom sin Ånds salvelse over livene til Rolland og Heidi Baker, er i sannhet et mirakel. Jeg kjenner ikke til noe annet arbeid som er så rent og så motivert av medfølelsen i Guds hjerte. Denne fortellingen handler ikke bare om hvordan Gud tar 14 mennesker og én menighet, o[...]
Nicci Morrison was always the first of her friends to do everything...But she wasn't meant to be the first to die. Saying goodbye is never easy, but at least Nicci has one last chance to make a difference before she goes. She's decided to leave letters giving her most treasured possessions to her cl[...]
What is blood? How does it help us? How does it travel around the body? Find answers to all these questions, learn what the heart and lungs do and see what the difference is between veins, arteries and capillaries in this fun non-fiction information book. Useful diagrams and fun cartoons make these [...]
Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British natural history writing
Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors fr[...]
`A charming read!' Heidi Swain `A wonderful antidote to a harsh world' Bella Osborne `A magical story about love and friendship, full of fun and sparkle. You won't be able to resist the cast of quirky characters!' Fiona Harper Meet Lucy, aged 25, and Brenda, aged 79. Neigh[...]
A portrait drawn from personal journals and other historical documents discusses the nineteenth-century female adventurer's rescue from slavery, her education under and marriage to wealthy English adventurer Sam Baker, and her life of danger and excitement in the uncharted interior of Africa. Reprin[...]
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel about friendship and the memories that haunt usOn the night of her high school graduation, Kathryn Campbell sits around a bonfire with her four closest friends, including the beautiful but erratic Jennifer. "I'll be fine," J[...]
Nick Malgieri has journeyed far and wide during his thirty-plus years working as a professional baker. His experiences abroad have always informed the flavors and techniques of his recipes. Now the award winning master baker transports the world's greatest kitchens and bakeries to your home with thi[...]
From the New York Times #1 bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel about the choices we make, how they shape our lives, and how they can change them foreverFour people, two marriages, one lifelong friendship: Everything is about to change.It was dark. It was raining. It was just an accident[...]
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel of love, risk, and self-discovery.Angela can feel the clock ticking. She is single in New York City, stuck in a job she doesn't want and a life that seems to have, somehow, just happened. She inherited a flair for Italian co[...]
A literary tour de force, a magnificent chronicle of a remarkable era and a place of dreamsIn a stunning work of imagination and memory, author Kevin Baker brings to mesmerizing life a vibrant, colorful, thrilling, and dangerous New York City in the earliest years of the twentieth century. A novel b[...]
They came by boat from a starving land--and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains--seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible July of 1863, the poor and desperate of Paradise Alley would face a new catastrophe--as flames fro[...]
As they have pursued their passions for travel and exploring culture through food, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid have found an internationally shared and nourishing element of culture and cuisine: flatbreads, humankind's simplest, oldest, and most remarkably varied form of bread.In their James Bea[...]
This landmark volume by an award-winning author re-creates the classic tastes of the Italian countryside--from bread, pizza, and focaccia to pastries, cheesecake, and other confections.[...]
The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies soldBetween 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and[...]
Orphan Train is a gripping story of friendship and second chances from Christina Baker Kline, author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be. Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to "aging out" out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her hom[...]
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel about buried secrets and the redemptive power of forgivenessCassie Simon is a struggling artist living in New York City. When she receives a call from a magistrate telling her she has inherited sixty acres of land in Sweetwa[...]
From the multiple-award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes a dazzling novel of World War II--a shimmering tale of courage, determination, optimism, and the resilience of the human spirit, set in a small Normandy village on the eve of D-Day.On June 5, 1944[...]
A tale beautifully, wisely, and masterfully told." -- Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Circling the SunFrom the multiple-award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes a dazzling novel of World War II--a shimmering tale of courage, determination, opti[...]
A family.A house.A neighborhood.A place to play.A place to feel safe.Little by little, baby Tracy grows. She and her neighbors begin to rescue their street. Together, children and adults plant grass and trees and bushes in the empty spaces. They paint murals over old graffiti. They stop the cars. Ev[...]