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The beautiful coquettish daughter of the Cuban insurrection from Spain, 1890s, is engaged to two men, one an officer in the Cuban army, while courted by many others. Her father,...

For ten years, the partially completed sailboat Jack Merkel started building with his wife and son sits gathering dust, until his lingering sorrow drives him to finish it alone. Enter...

A Publishers Weekly Bestseller   Named one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2023   When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two...

In The Magnificent Defeat, Frederick Buechner examines what it means to follow Christ, the lessons of Christmas and Easter, the miracles of grace, and "the magnificent defeat" of the human...

This memoir reflects on key moments of the author's early life, from childhood to his entering seminary, that reveal how God speaks to us in a variety of ways every...

With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father's alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a...

In Wishful Thinking, the first book in his much-loved lexical trilogy, Frederick Buechner puts the language of God, the universe, and the human spirit under his wry linguistic microscope. In his...

Spiritual and autobiographical reflections on the author's seminary days, early ministry, and writing career. Frederick Buechner, author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, is an ordained Presbyterian...

Female students today never knew a time without Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects students from sex-based discrimination and exclusion in education programs or activities. It...

"Anne Lamott is my Oprah." -Chicago Tribune From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives. In Dusk, Night, Dawn, Anne Lamott explores...

'A wonderful connecting of two women writers' stories more than a century apart.' Julia Kuehn, The University of Hong Kong The first-ever biography of the pioneering female journalist who fought...

"Uprooted reveals how a late-life uprooting changed Dickey as a gardener." --The Wall Street Journal When Page Dickey moved away from her celebrated garden at Duck Hill, she left a landscape she...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how--and why--he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand...

Henri Nouwen's never-before-published story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze troupe. During the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close...

A Wall Street Journal and Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year Long-listed for the Plutarch AwardA bold new biography of the legendary painter John Singer Sargent, stressing the unruly emotions and furtive desires...

When pain is real, why is God silent? Frederick Buechner has grappled with the nature of pain, grief, and grace ever since his father committed suicide when Buechner was a...

Winner of a 2020 Illumination Book AwardIn a world riven by poverty, prejudice, and power struggles, the faith and courage of activist Nelson Mandela remains a beacon of hope. South...

THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"A deeply reported, deeply personal history of Zionism and Israel that does something few books even attempt: It...

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS: DRINK BOOK AWARD 2020Henrietta Lovell is best known as The Rare Tea Lady. She is on a...

Instant New York Times Bestseller!  This "celebration of the world of books" (Kirkus) is "a real page turner!" (Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan) that "feels like a love letter" (USA Today) to...

First published in 1956, Proud Shoes is the remarkable true story of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the South from the pre-Civil War era through the Reconstruction. Written by Pauli Murray the...

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Thirst, a collection of forty-three new poems from the Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Oliver, introduces two new directions in the poet's work. Grappling with grief at the death of her beloved partner...

Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Culture & the Arts)Midwest Book Review 2023 Silver Book Award (Nonfiction - Religion/Philosophy)How do we become better people? Initiatives such as New Year's resolutions, vision boards, thirty-day...