DescriptionThis is the third and concluding volume of The Heaven Tree series. In the castle of Parfois, glaring down over the debated lands of the Welsh border, young Harry Talvace is held prisoner by his father's sometimes patron and later destroyer, Ralf Isambard. Captive and captor, bound together by implacable hatred and reluctant affection, seem domed to stalemate. Then the threat of civil war in England lays Isambard open to his enemies, and the story reaches a strange and violent climax. The principal characters are drawn together in the final siege of Parfois under the towering shadow of the first Harry's master-work, the great church he gave his life to finish.
DescriptionThis favorite book for children, based on the author's own youthful experiences, describes the family life of the Marches in a small New England community. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are raised in genteel poverty by their loving mother, Marmee, while their father serves as a chaplain during the American Civil War. Jo, at 15, is ungainly, unconventional, and enterprising, with an ambition to be an author. Meg, a year older, is pretty and wishes to be a lady. Beth is a delicate child of 13 with a taste for music. Amy is a blonde beauty of 12. The story explores their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family's small income, their friendship with the neighboring Laurence family, and their later love affairs and destinies as women.
DescriptionWhat really happened at the Battle of Gettysburg? Frank Haskell was there: a young officer in the Army of the Potomac. Here is his eyewitness report - written only days after the event. An intelligent and insightful soldier, he made valuable observations of the battle and its participants. Stand with him at the wall and relive Pickett's charge.
DescriptionMarilynne Robinson discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling second novel, the lyrical, luminous, unforgettable story of minister John Ames, as told poetically in a long letter to his young son. His powerful story spans three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century. This is a book that is being passed hand to hand and that booksellers nationwide are recommending.
DescriptionFrom the ashes of a divided nation came the Confederate States of America - the capitol is Richmond, and the races are equal but very, very separate. For President Spencer Jefferson Lee - the great-great-grandson of both Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee - it's politics as usual. On one side, the lily-white Senate wants quid pro quo; on the other, the all-black House has an agenda of its own. But whatever their differences, the powers-that-be agree on one thing: Utter separation between the races is the key to peace and prosperity. To love someone of the opposite race is to court disaster; to act on that love is to become officially nonexistent. But what Spencer Lee and his black friend, Vice President Nathan Winston, are about to learn is that love is beyond the law.
DescriptionI reckon I sympathize with you deeply Dear Walt and I wish I could be with you, if it would help you any. I would...be the best nurse you ever had, I'll bet you. I would laugh and sing and read to you and if we both felt like it I could cry too, and not h…
DescriptionFrom the memoirs of Confederate General John B. Hood, this play traces his life as a young Lieutenant on the plains fighting Indians to the Siege of Atlanta.
