A Country of Refuge

Reducere. Pirates are still out there, flintlock pistols and schooners traded for [assault rifles] and black-painted Zodiacs. Juan's crew of outcasts and thi...

Reducere. The Ohio Country in the eighteenth century was a zone of international strife, and the Delawares, Shawnees, Iroquois, and other natives who had tak...

Reducere. When hope shatters through the most oppressive darkness ...Deep in the heart of the North Korean regime, men and women are praying, fighting, and e...

Reducere. Florida's famous swamps--from the Everglades to Mosquito Lagoon to Tate's Hell--serve as fitting backdrops for these chilling original stories. May...

Reducere. In the mellow stone house of his childhood, Roly Carradine has found refuge from a broken marriage. Here he welcomes Kate, who has just lost her hu...

Reducere. DescriptionTotal Loss Farm in Guilford, Vermont, was and is a wordy place. Its hilly acres and flimsy buildings provided a refuge from a riven coun...

Reducere. Our daily thoughts and actions are challenged with aspects of the past, present, and future. This understanding reached a deafening crescendo when ...

Like its Southampton counterpart, East Hampton has had a considerable evolution with the influx of entertainment celebrities and high-powered tech ...

Description"IT'S TIME They have my cattle and now they have one of my boys. Range War begins tomorrow at Bundy Ranch." These words, pounded out on ...

Reducere. A refuge for outlaws at the close of the 1800s, the Arizona Territory was a wild, lawless land of greedy feuds, brutal killings and figures of endu...

Reducere. A compelling memoir of a Latvian war refugee's flight and displacement during WWII.What if the comforts and security of your childhood were suddenl...

Are you thinking about taking on the huge responsibility of owning a cat? This book is a comprehensive guide for children aged 8+ to caring for a n...

Reducere. At the turn of the 20th century, the Haight-Ashbury first gained prominence as the gateway to Golden Gate Park; six decades later, it would anchor ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Earl H. SmithSet in the Maine city of Waterville in the mid-1950s, the story is told by a teenage Lebanese girl who flees t...

Reducere. The book tells us the story of John Nobola, an immigrant of color who came to the United States of America with high hopes of finding refuge and ha...

Reducere. JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the ot...

Reducere. Vann Noble did his duty. He served his country and returned a shell of a man, wounded inside and out. With a missing limb and battling PTSD, he see...

Determined to protect her life and heal her broken heart, equine vet, Ariel Armstrong, seeks a refuge from her violent ex-boyfriend. Her job workin...

Reducere. African Americans arrived in Topeka right before and after the Civil War and again in large numbers during the Exodus Movement of 1879 and Great Mi...

DescriptionFrom bestselling author of the remarkable memoir, The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman's quest to find her pl...

DescriptionNew York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn delivers an irresistible romance shimmering with light-hearted wit and thrilling twists ....

Reducere. He brought the mob to justice. Now they want revenge. When the old-time kingpins put a price on his head, Thaddeus Murfee knows his days are number...

Reducere. #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens immerses you in the simple joys of a long-ago country-village Christmas, featuring a grandmo...

Reducere. DescriptionA picturesque, little town located along the banks of the rolling Patapsco River, Sykesville, Maryland has had a long and distinctive hi...

Reducere. Don't miss this unique retelling of the Robin Hood legend England, 1154-1194: A kingdom under assault.A conspiracy born of anarchy.A hero standing ...

Set during the first half of the twentieth century, this is the story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan Plain who have work...

Brooke Valen has resigned herself to a life of adoring Samsyn Cimarron from afar. The massive warrior has been her knight in shining armor since he...

Reducere. After the death of their infant son, Hal and Rowan Graham decide to leave the mad bustle of London and move to a quiet country refuge. And the rust...

Reducere. "A series of interlocking short pieces that reach right into your guts and squeeze them, artfully and without mercy." --Ivan Coyote, author of Tomb...

Reducere. Generations of visitors have found health and prosperity in the French Lick-West Baden region of Indiana. The history of these communities is fille...

Reducere. "This memoir was written to inform my children, grandchildren, and anyone else who might be interested, about my recollections as a Jewish child in...

Wellington's early Peninsular War victory recounted in detailIn the autumn of 1810 Wellington, at the head of an army of 50, 000 British, King's Ge...

Reading Hideaway is like a mini vacation, as Roberts transports you from the sun-drenched mountains of Big Sur to the rolling hills of Ireland to t...

From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a pl...

A modern-day classic. This highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends desperate to save their doomed city has captivated kids and teachers...

Reducere. "Utterly sublime."--Maaza Mengiste, author of Beneath the Lion's GazeAdua, an immigrant from Somalia to Italy, has lived in Rome for nearly forty y...

Reducere. A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts' emotional new suspense novel. Caitlyn Sullivan ...

Reducere. Why must all good things come to an end?In Washington State wine country, Red Mountain is a refuge for searchers and wanderers, artists and lovers,...

*Includes pictures *Profiles important figures like John Winthrop, Roger Williams, and others *Includes online resources and a bibliography for fur...

The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save doz...

The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save doz...

Reducere. The three prophets - Joel, Nahum, and Malachi - speak to the challenges of their own day. Joel, following a locust plague, confronts the people of ...

Special Forces Sergeant Dax Holloway crawled out of the Taliban's clutches barely alive. His captors took more than his sight. They took his humani...

Reducere. DescriptionFreshly home from her Finishing School in Florence, the beautiful young Lady Odela Ford finds to her dismay that her new stepmother, the...

Reducere. "Nothing short of magic." --Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa's ...

Reducere. The Civil War was just days old when the first enslaved men, women, and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of...

Reducere. A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women-only colony, only to find that the safe haven t...

Reducere. England, 1940: A tear-jerking wartime tale of an orphaned baby who needs a home, and the woman who risks everything to provide it. Fans of Before W...

Reducere. After the US war in Vietnam, close to 800, 000 Vietnamese left the country by boat, survived, and sought refuge throughout Southeast Asia and the P...

Reducere. One dark and stormy winter night, outside his remote New England farmhouse, Hal Borland heard howling. At the door were a half-starved black-and-wh...

Reducere. The story of one young woman's exceptional courage in the darkest of times, set in the stunningly atmospheric mountains of Czechoslovakia during th...