When Dorothy Glover dies, ending her reign of terror, siblings Helen and Edward Daimler, both middle-aged and unmarried, are left ill equipped to move forward and lead their own healthy, independent lives. But as time passes, the two slowly learn to accept what has been lost in their own lives and begin to embrace what can still be retrieved. Writing with both wit and compassion, Lively conjures up Edward and Helen's dilemmas with uncommon sympathy,...

Duncan O'Hara is perfectly content to hide away in his mountain home. Laurel Valley is his sanctuary, and the art he creates is his heart. He's set in his ways and has no plans to change. Until Harriet Jones comes to town and messes up his well ordered life. She's mysterious, beautiful, and he knows she's lying to him. But that doesn't stop him from wanting to paint her.Hattie is looking for a sanctuary of her own. Faking her death was the only way...

A startling play examining the cyclical ravages of racial injustice and violence on two young black men, by an extraordinary voice in American theater. Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner-talking shit, passing the time, and hoping that maybe today will be different. As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space with his own agenda and derails their plans. Emotional and lyrical, Pass Over crafts everyday profanities...

From the bestselling author of Captains and the Kings: The story of a blacksmith's son, a small town, and a secret dark enough to seal a man's fate. Raised in a two-room shack behind his father's smithy shop, Dan Hendricks was marked as an outcast from earliest childhood. The people of South Kenton assumed the poor, gangly boy would become as shiftless and dissolute as his drunkard father. Despite the withering judgment and abuse, Dan manages to remain...

This "beautifully written . . . and meticulously researched" Civil War history vividly recounts one of the most decisive battles fought in Texas (Civil War News).   Jefferson Davis once said the Battle of Sabine Pass was "more remarkable than the battle at Thermopylae." But unlike the Spartans, who succumbed to overwhelming Persian forces at Thermopylae more than two thousand years before, the Confederate underdogs triumphed in a battle that...

Passing the Uniform Bar Examination requires mastering hundreds of rules, studying countless cases, memorizing myriad tests and becoming proficient in their deployment. Selecting the right study tool is critical to success.This guide to passing the Uniform Bar Exam is an essential resource on any law student's bookshelf. Packed with concise overviews of black letter law, it is ideal for bar exam mastery. It covers nearly 1,000 key cases frequently...

About This Book The book How to Pass in any Examination and Test Using a Checklist Tool is a realistic guide. It helps you in planning, organizing and tracking your progress against study and examination preparation objectives. In a simple, clear and logic structure, the book guides you on how to apply a checklist technique for study and examination preparations. It articulates how you can do self strengths, weakness, opportunities...

Award-winning journalist and CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir takes readers through time and around our changing world to confront the biggest threats to life as we know it and search for proven ways to build happier, healthier, and more resilient communities, come what may. While reporting from every state and continent, and filming his acclaimed CNN Original Series, The Wonder List, Bill Weir has spent decades telling the stories of unique...