DescriptionThanks to her recent adventures in Dying for Chocolate, Goldy Bear, the premier caterer of Aspen Meadow, Colorado, is no stranger to violence - or sudden death. But when she agrees to cater the first College Advisory Dinner for Seniors and Parents…
DescriptionThis is the story of a generation, shaped by the 60s, that has reached its time of reckoning, and of a man who must uncover the secrets of his father's past before he can live and love in the present. Mitch Rozier has spent half of his 50 years writing an environmental column for an alternative West coast paper. Now he finds himself back under his father's roof. Sisters Lexa and Mariah McCaskill wrestle with the past that has driven them away from domesticity: Lexa has long been ready to settle down with Mitch, and Mariah, a photographer, uses her camera to shield herself from the world. And the figure from the generation that produced them, Mitch's father Lyle, both beguiles and exasperates as he attempts to rewrite events in his life before he leaves it.
DescriptionCarolyn Forche is a poet, translator, and editor of the 1993 anthology Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness . She has received the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, the Lamont Award of the Academy of American Poets, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and, most recently, her book Blue Hour was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She teaches at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
DescriptionPulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian James McPherson provides a historic tour through Gettysburg, one of our nation's most visited cities, and the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans. Listeners will be transported by McPherson's meaningful reflection, historical description, and his intimate stories from his own experiences at Gettysburg.
DescriptionRich, varied, and satisfying, this collection of stories starring Chief Inspector Morse - the cranky, heavy-drinking, and exasperatingly brilliant sleuth of the Thames Valley Police - is a banquet for the mystery lover. Colin Dexter tantalizes the listener with six new Inspector Morse adventures, ranging from bite-size morsels of intrigue to longer stories for listeners to sink their teeth into. Then, for added variety, Dexter shows his range with five mysteries featuring new characters, and some familiar ones; one story features that other great English detective, Sherlock Holmes, in a tale that rivals those of Conan Doyle himself.
DescriptionYou're one step away from the adventure of your life! Deep within you lies the same faith and longing that sent Peter walking across the wind-swept Sea of Galilee toward Jesus. In what ways is the Lord telling you, as he did Peter, "Come"? John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone. Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change you forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. The experience is terrifying. It's thrilling beyond belief. It's everything you'd expect of someone worthy to be called Lord. The choice is yours to know him as only a water-walker can, aligning yourself with God's purpose for your life in the process. There's just one requirement: If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat .
