DescriptionJust as alchemists sought to transform lead into gold, we all have the natural ability to transform moments of confusion and emotional pain into insightful clarity. Lovingly, clearly, Tara Bennett-Goleman shows how most of what troubles us falls into 10…
DescriptionH.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues, and the enemy, accepting a commission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and through the archipelago of spice island where the French have a near-overwhelming local superiority.
DescriptionCarved in the trunk of the mighty copper beech tree that embraces the schoolyard in Shancarrig are declarations of love, hope, and identity - the youthful dreams of the children who studied there. Now grown, yet shaped by their years in the schoolhouse, t…
DescriptionWriter and radio producer Harriet Baskas has been visiting and reporting on unusual museums in the U.S. and beyond for more than 20 years. These nine stories are part of her 26-part radio series Henrietta's Holiday, which originally aired on public radio stations nationwide and now continues as an occasional feature on NPR. The stories included here feature the Nut Museum, the Banana Museum, the Mortuary Museum, the Tooth Fairy Museum, the Bing Crosby Memorial Museum, and a Civil War memorabilia collection among others.
DescriptionThis chilling novel from America's queen of suspense centers on the brutal slaying of a respected and successful young doctor, and the subsequent arrest of his beautiful wife. Nobody believes Molly Carpenter Lasch when she claims to have no memory of the night her husband was murdered, and the evidence against her is overwhelming. To escape a murder conviction, Molly accepts a plea bargain. When she's finally released from prison a few years later, Molly reasserts her innocence to anyone who will listen, including Fran Simmons, an old schoolmate who works as an investigative reporter. Fran agrees to research and present a program about the murder, but she also has her own agenda: to learn the truth about her father's suicide some fourteen years earlier.
