“A beautiful, moving novel, cut from the American heartwood.” —Ursula K. Le Guin“Clear-eyed, breathtaking . . . . Filled with heart and insight.” — Gail Tsukiyama, author of The Samurai’s GardenThrough the wide eyes and lofty dreams of two people trying to make their mark on the world, bestselling author Molly Gloss weaves a remarkable story of humans and horses, hope and heartbreak, told by one of the most winning narrators ever t...

A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist • Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award • Winner of the Oregon Book Award"An instant classic. . . a truly beautiful piece of American storytelling." —William Kittredge, author of Owning It AllA widowed homesteader is determined to make a life in the unforgiving mountains of late 19th century Oregon in this “powerful novel of struggle and loss.” (Dall...

Award-winning author Molly Gloss' The Hearts of Horses is an elegant, heartwarming story about the profound connections between people and animals.In the winter of 1917, nineteen-year-old Martha Lessen saddles her horses and heads for a remote county in eastern Oregon, looking for work “gentling” wild horses. She chances on a rancher, George Bliss, who is willing to hire her on. Many of his regular hands are off fighting the war, and he glimpses, beneath h...

In the winter of 1917, a big-boned young woman shows up at George Bliss's doorstep. She's looking for a job breaking horses, and he hires her. Many of his regular hands are off fighting the war in Europe, and he glimpses beneath her showy rodeo garb, a shy but determined girl with a serious knowledge of horses.So begins the irresistable tale of Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man's world. Along the way, Martha helps a German family, ostracised...

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award • Winner of the Oregon Book Award • A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist""An instant classic. . . a truly beautiful piece of American storytelling."" —William Kittredge, author of Owning It AllA widowed homesteader is determined to make a life in the unforgiving mountains of late 19th century Oregon in this “powerful novel of struggle and loss.” (Da...

In 1938, 19-year-old cowboy Bud Frazer sets his sights on becoming a stunt rider in the movies. Fantasizing about rubbing shoulders with the great screen cowboys of his youth, he leaves his home in Echol Creek, Oregon, and heads for Hollywood. On the long bus ride south, Bud meets a young woman who also harbors dreams of making it in the movies, though not as a starlet but as a writer, a real writer. Lily Shaw is bold and outspoken and confident in ways completely out of proportion with he...

Based on the life of bronc rider Doughbelly Price, The Diamond Hitch tells the story of Dewey Jones, western cowman and rodeo hooligan, as he travels the circuit throughout the Southwest in search of that one big purse that will punch his ticket out of rodeo bumming and into a more normal life. O'Rourke effectively evokes the sights, sounds and smells of the cowboy way presenting an unvarnished glimpse into this vanished way of life.

Here's a secret. Every myth is based on a true story.Fifteen-year-old Dawn is currently living her twenty-seventh life. She is in a system that gives her the opportunity to redeem herself and earn a utopian afterlife after she majorly messed up her very first life. Mind you, she has no memory of that first life and what she did to get her here. The afterlife is run by Celestials, the ones who have inspired every myth that exists.Phoenix, mythological inspiration for beings ...

We need myth to explain the unexplainable.Here's a secret. Every myth is based on a true story.We need legends to inspire the impossible.Here's a lie. Every legend is simply false hope.Dawn finally knows exactly who and what she is. But, what she is comes with the realization that she's made from the same magic that has caused all the Protogenoi to go mad with power, and become generally evil people. It's a little concerning, to say the leas...

Every myth is based on a true story.Every piece of the present is potentially a myth in the making.Those who become myth redefine reality.The only obstacle preventing the cruel rule of the Protogenoi over Havcire and Vestigium is the declaration of the Protogenoi Trials. All Protogenoi are required to compete, and only one can make it out alive.Having accepted her nature as a Protogenoi, Dawn has unleashed t...

"Opening it up to any random story will make you feel humbled, grateful, and best of all, not alone."—Anette Radonski, Military Spouse JD NetworkConversations are the heart of a gathering among friends.In Stories Around the Table: Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life, military spouses, parents, children, and service members gather together to laugh, cry, lend perspective, and share personal stories from their military life experience. From...

"This book will have you laughing so hard you cry . . . As Confessions aptly demonstrates, military spouses lead interesting lives." —Tara E. Crooks, cofounder of Army Wife NetworkAs the wife of a Marine Corps officer, Mollie Gross learned the hard way to laugh instead of cry at what she could not control—and as she quickly discovered, nearly everything was out of her control.A standup comedienne, Mollie explores everything about t...