Do you want to avoid getting lost In France?, do you want to avoid getting stuck in conversation with a french native/speaker because you don't know what to say or reply?, then let this book accompany you on your journey/adventures.French is spoken by up to 300 million people worldwide, so it seems logical that you would want to study it. This book contains easy phrases that you can use to get by and feel comfortable when life sends you a Frenchman or woman.After all, Frenc...

A vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach scholars how to “read” them for decades to come.American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism is a collection of twelve essays that examine the historical and contemporary roles of Marian shrines in US Catholicism. The essays in this collection use historical, ethnographic, and comparative methods to explore how Cat...

Winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best NovelIn a small seaside city on the Jersey Shore, three half-siblings confront the death of a distant and bullying patriarch. They now have the chance to imagine new relationships and new futures, ones that would have been near-unthinkable while their father was alive.Caught in their crossfire are the conservative religious communities that border Asbury Park, the longtime locals who have been pushed to the frin...

The Blue Ridge Parkway began as a dream in the late 1800s and became reality in 1983 when the 469-mile scenic highway was completed. Heavy construction was done by contractors who won bids for the different projects along various sections of the parkway. Construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway began in September 1935 at Cumberland Knob. Civilian Conservation Corps troops took care of the roadsides, landscaping, and structure building. As part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, this project w...

"A gripping tale of twisted family bonds set in Utah's Zion National Park . . . Readers will be swept up." —Publishers Weekly In 1948, Zion National Park ranger Henry Eriksson and his wife, Alma, are less than one year removed from their infant son's sudden death in a flash flood, and the weight of the loss hasn't diminished with time. When Henry discovers an abandoned baby in a hatbox on his morning rounds, he's unsure how to react, but Alma is delighted, and she reignites with purpose at...

"An epic tale of feminine heroism, patriotism, and a touch of romance...This page-turner is a must for historical fiction fans."–Booklist“The legendary Karen Robards brings her formidable talents to bear in The Moonlight Runner, an epic tale of love and female heroism.” –Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of Last Twilight in ParisA young Irish woman ris...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy“Gatsby-era noir at its best.”—Erik LarsonAn ID Book Club Selection • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SMITHSONIAN

After her impoverished family sends her to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle at opulent Mansfield Park, Fanny Price finds her life forever changed by the aristocratic Bertrams and the city-dwelling Crawford siblings. But is it for the better? While the others seem content to abandon what’s right to further their own interests, Fanny decides to hold true to her heart—a choice that will make or break her future. Mansfield Park is largely considered to be one of Jane Austen’s most ambitiou...

De Noorse Downton Abbey; een verslavende nieuwe historische serieVoor de lezers van Katarina Widholm, Anne Jacobs en Rebecca EderIn dit tweede deel van de familie Winther-serie volgen we dienstmeisje Karen, die droomt van een beter leven. Ze sluit zich aan bij de lokale vrouwenbeweging. De dochter des huizes, Rose Winther, wil met haar mee. Niet uit interesse, maar als dekmantel voor stiekeme afspraakjes met haar minnaar, een roemruchtige operazanger. Ondertussen is de erfg...

A dozen female Imagineers recount their trailblazing careers! Capturing an era — and preserving the stories they have told their daughters, their mentees, their husbands, and their friends — a dozen women Imagineers have written personal stories from their decades designing and building the Disney world-wide empire of theme parks. Illustrated with the women's personal drawings and photos in addition to archival Imagineering images, the book represents a broad swath of Imagineering's creati...

“This multi-generational story is layered with juicy family secrets. The perfect summer read." —Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of A Novel SummerBeloved bestselling author Karen White returns with a captivating new Southern drama about sisterhood, secrets and one woman’s reckoning with the pastAs a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creek near her Charleston home. Pl...

Anyone wanting to understand how Giant City State Park in rural Makanda earned its name need only hike on the Giant City Nature Trail. Here they walk through the park�s namesake rock formations, carved 20,000 years ago by the melting waters of a Pleistocene glacier that stopped a mere 1.5 miles from the park. Yet it wasn�t until 1933 to 1941, when the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) operated its three work camps, that man blazed his most notable trail in the park�s history. The CCC�s wor...