A centenarian avenges the murder of his brother that took place 80 years before. Daniel Baker, a 1930s millionaire Policy King (Head of an Illegal Gambling Operation) from Detroit finds the clues to his brother's murder in a luxurious retirement center.

The Womb Rebellion is the latest in the popular genre of books and movies related to slavery. It continues in the legacy of popular books and films such as: 12 Years a Slave, The Birth of a Nation, The Underground Railroad; and the new Hulu television series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's, “The Handmaid’s Tale”. As in “Underground Railroad”, “The Birth of a Nation” and “The Handmaid’s Tale”, the protagonists of the story are not helpless victims of the oppressive system of enslavement, bu...

A New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club 2.0 selection, the epic, unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the town desperate to destroy her. This beautiful and devastating debut heralds the arrival of a major new voice in fiction.Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, “the kind of pretty it...

Return to the world of The Missing with this e-only short story!Thirteen-year-old Daniella McCarthy begins receiving a series of unusual phone calls right before her family moves from Michigan to Ohio. How is it that total strangers seem to know more about her background than she does? And could it be possible that these strangers also know something about her future?

**NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting."An instant classic." —Chicago Tribune**A “majestic, moving novel...an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives" (Chicago Tribune), from the critically ac...

Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler's People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone With The Wind. Twelve years in the making, the publication of Rhett Butler's People marks a major and historic cultural event.Through the storytelling mastery of award-winning writer Donald McCaig, the life and times of the dashing Rhett Butler unfolds. Through Rhett's eyes we meet...

From the national bestselling author of Rhett Butler’s People, the “exquisitely imagined, deeply researched” (Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March) authorized prequel to Gone with the Wind following the epic story of one of literature’s greatest characters—Mammy—magnificently recounting her life from her infancy in Haiti and days as a slave in the South, to raising Scarlett at Tara and the outbreak of the Civil War.The...

In this hilarious, free-wheeling western adventure, Sheriff Emmett Love works overtime to protect the town's most popular resident, a 14-year-old early-blooming female aptly named Enorma Stitz. Enorma, coveted by every man within 100 miles of Dodge City—and every Indian tribe—is a handful in every sense of the word.Meanwhile, Gentry has her hands full keeping the aggressive women of Dodge from stealing her man. She's also trying to raise her daughter, Scarlett Rose, to be a normal,...

“Young Goodman Brown” is the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story that presents everyman’s journey into darkness and his struggle to keep his faith.-The language of almost two hundred years ago has been modernized making Hawthorne’s difficult language easily understood by today’s readers.-Side-by-side notes as well as interpretation and discussion of major themes follow the text.-Every effort has been made to keep the story as close to the original as possible--only word...

Doreen Sizemore, an elderly Kentucky woman, is not happy that her baby brother moved to Texas. It is her strongly-held opinion that Ralph should have stayed in South Shore, Kentucky where he belongs, near her. But when Ralph begs her to come help care for his sick wife, Doreen gathers her courage and boards a train bound for Texas. After all, kinfolk are kinfolk, and no one ever accused Doreen Sizemore of not doing her duty.Riding on the train isn’t quite as bad as Doreen thought. ...

It's business as usual for Emmett Love as he attempts to overcome terminal illness; murderous, cave-dwelling cannibals; looters; schemers; fraudsters; bounty hunters; mercenaries; and the crazy cast of characters who are somehow beating him in his reelection for sheriff.PRELIMINARY COMMENTS:"The excruciatingly long wait for Spider Rain is finally over, and it doesn't disappoint! Poor Emmett appears to be the only sane person in Dodge, and that makes for lots of laughs. Of c...

Nothing quite matches the excitement of the Winter Olympics! This book will be your guide to figure skating. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver before the Sochi Games begin. Find out how the format is changing in 2014 and who will likely be the athletes on the podium when the Games are done! Enjoy this book to better understand figure skating, how it works and what to look for at the Sochi 2014 Games.BONUS! Learn ho...