A poor boy falls in love with a privileged young woman and learns a bitter lesson about the haves and the have-nots in this dramatic tale from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Late George ApleyAs a young boy, Tom Michael walked with his father, Alfred, along the streets of Michael's Harbor, Massachusetts, and gazed across the water at the stately mansions on Warning Hill. Imagining the lives of the families inside those majestic homes was an enjoyab...

The body of Christ is purpose driven. It is not an agenda or ideology. This is why the Church has the manual called the Bible, but it must be read with spiritual understanding. Proper training and education lead to better understanding, and therein is the key of wisdom. The kingdom of satan leaves people in darkness - ignorance, and the kingdoms of the world misinforms or hides the truth, but the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven manifests and reveals the whole truth. Deception and ...

In the latest Silent Hill film, based on the classic psychological horror video game Silent Hill 2, James must return to Silent Hill to rescue his soulmate. The town has been changed by an unknown malevolent force that makes James doubt his ability to survive.In my restless dreams, I see that town. Silent Hill.Return to Silent Hill brings the iconic horror franchise back to the screen. When James receives a mysterious letter from ...

I sit down to give you an undeniable proof of my considering your desires as indispensable orders. Ungracious then as the task may be, I shall recall to view those scandalous stages of my life, out of which I emerged, at length, to the enjoyment of every blessing in the power of love, health and fortune to bestow; whilst yet in the flower of youth, and not too late to employ the leisure afforded me by great ease and affluence, to cultivate an understanding, naturally not a despicable one, ...

How hard can it be to resist temptation?Adeline Walsh never thought she would give up her worldly possessions - her iPhone, her make-up and even her successful life as a dog breeder - to join a convent on the other side of the country. But after the discovery of a shocking family secret she feels called to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience.Life at the Smallton convent is nothing like Adeline expected. The other sisters quickly become like f...

John Snyder's memoir of growing up the the Depression era south evokes a time gone by. It is written with affection and non-judgmental understanding of people dealing with hard times, sometimes with cruelty, sometimes with violence, including an unsolved case of arson that changed the author's life. In three parts, it is about early childhood among North Carolina mountaineers, living for a time with two eccentric aunts, and growing up on a sharecropper farm before the author went away to t...

Tabitha Schrock's return to Lancaster County shakes the foundations of her family and community. After her departure during rumspringa and a recent divorce, Tabitha faces the challenge of reintegrating into Amish society while pursuing her dream of working as a veterinarian. Meanwhile, her sister Amanda, whose own prospects were dimmed by Tabitha's leaving Shepherd's Hill, decides to seize her chance at love by pursuing a man with a shadowed past. And their youngest sister, Rose, ...

The Final Book in the Saga of Arturo BandiniDreams of Bunker Hill is the fourth and final novel in John Fante's Arturo Bandini series, chronicling the protagonist's struggles as a young writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. The story opens with Bandini living in a cheap room on Bunker Hill, working to establish his literary career. He lands a job as a busboy, but his ambitions are focused on writing.As Bandini experiences both minor successes and s...

On a stifling mid-summer day, eleven-year-old Claire Hofer sets out carrying lunch to her father, who is raking hay. As she nears the field, she hears no rumbling tractor and sees only Township Constable John McIntire. Claire’s father, Reuben, is dead.Constable McIntire finds the crime baffling. Reuben Hofer has only lived in the old St. Adele schoolhouse since early May, and the family has had little contact with anyone in the community besides the Catholic priest and the local do...

Fanny Hill, one of the most popular novels of the 18th century, traces the rise of its heroine from prostitution to middle-class respectability. Condemned in its own time on grounds of indecency, the book was the subject of several lawsuits until as recently as the 1960s. For today’s reader, the work holds as much fascination as when it was first published, not only as the foremost example of English erotic fiction, but as a literary classic in its own right.

Heartwarming Amish Romance from a New York Times Bestselling AuthorMiri Schrock never expected to inherit anything after months of caring for Old Tom Yoder, so upon his passing, she's stunned to learn he's left her everything. But Tom's family is equally shocked, and Miri is not sure she can rightfully accept an inheritance that clearly belongs to Tom's grandsons.Moses Yoder thought he knew his grandfather, but his...

Dive into one of the most provocative and enduring classics of English literature! Memoirs of Fanny Hill by John Cleland is a daring tale that explores love, desire, and the journey of a young woman navigating the pleasures and perils of 18th-century London. This audiobook brings Fanny's world vividly to life, capturing her wit, charm, and resilience with a captivating narration that draws listeners into her intimate and thrilling adventures.John C...