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Cool summer mornings begin with the rose orange sun and the smell of earth, and fade into hot summer nights with a yellow moon, covered in a quilt of stars. There are wagon rides, farm dogs, trips into town, and games of kick the can. These are prairie days. Patricia MacLachlan applies her lyrical, sparse voice and vibrant, tender art from Micha Archer to transport listeners to the prairie of her youth in this stunning celebration of the beauty in the world.

This program is read by the author. “You’re Doing Great! is your no-nonsense go-to collection of essays to get you through the increasing noise and chatter of self-doubt and confusion in the new millennium. Tom Papa is a funny, empathetic guide and your new best friend." — Patton Oswalt...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize Finalist for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year One of CBC's Best Canadian Fiction of 2024 The Giller Prize-longlisted author of Avenue of Champions returns with a frenetic, propulsive crime...

Spend a day and night in the prairie! Learn about this grassy habitat through the exciting animals that call it home. Spot prairie dogs popping aboveground as morning sun floods a field. Join giant bison as they graze on grass. Stir up dust on a sunset sprint with antelope. After dark, stake out prey with a coyote in dense grass.

A betrayal...a secret baby….an unknown imposter…will Tess survive the wagon train journey to Sunset Hills, Oregon after her life is threatened? And if so, what will she do once she gets there? 1855. Tess Findlay can’t wait to be reunited with her beau who went out west three months ago to mine for gold, saying he’d send for her soon. Even though she hasn’t heard from him, she’s discovered she’s with child and decides to join a wagon train to travel to Oregon to surprise him with the news. When a band of robbers holds up the caravan, Tess is shocked to recognize her beau as one...

In this moving story, the New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation chronicles the values and lessons he absorbed from his parents and other people who worked hard to build lives on the prairie during the first half of the twentieth century. “A spare, elegant masterpiece...

The first in-depth look at the spiritual path of legendary storyteller Laura Ingalls Wilder. With her extraordinary God-given pluck, the creator of the epic Little House series survived the harshness of frontier life—from the heartbreak of sudden crop losses to murderous storms to...

In Prairie Moon, author Maggie Osborne brings to life the Civil War tale of a man and woman whose lives change forever when they meet. Ruth Ann Phimister's touching narration captures the wonder of friendship and love in the midst of loss.

While her sister and future brother-in-law prepare for their wedding day, 24-year-old Laney McIntosh is barely holding her life together by a thread. She's been forced to fake a smile for months for the sake of her family, but she isn't so sure she can do it anymore. There are secrets she has kept and they will threaten to shatter the picture-perfect status they've finally achieved since her sister's return. Through the ever-growing darkness in her mind there is one beacon of light that shines brighter than the rest: Benji, one of her sister's best friends.

Lydia McIntosh left her old life behind when she said good-bye to Prairie Town, North Carolina, and started over halfway across the country with her beloved Gran, away from her family, away from everyone who knew the person she once was and from the identity she never quite wanted in the first place. When her grandmother passes away, she returns home, and while she intends to stay only for the funeral, her grandmother has other plans - from the grave.

Eleanor Higgins has an incredible talent for matchmaking - for everyone but herself. But when her best friend, Morgan, asks for Eleanor's help to set her up on a date, well, that's where it gets complicated. Morgan is funny and dashing, and she's sexier in blue jeans and a cowboy hat than any ranch hand has a right to be. She also just came out. The thing is, Eleanor's had a crush on Morgan since forever, and has spent her entire life convincing herself that Morgan was off limits.

Melody and Judd are young and living on the prairie as they make their way down to Texas looking for a better life. Along the way, they encounter events that rock them to their very core, altering their plans forever. Soon they battle between life and death. Forsaking their life in their wagon, they submit to total strangers and build a life more different than they had ever known. A series of events takes Judd and Melody from youth to adulthood faster than they ever expected.