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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize "A masterpiece." — Literary Review "A novel to read and to remember." —New York Times Widely regarded as the masterwork of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber—who also penned other classics including Show Boat, Giant, Ice Palace...

Selina sees beauty everywhere, including in the fields of cabbages. She has a natural curiosity about farming and oversteps the woman's traditional role by having the audacity to ask the men questions. She soon marries Pervus DeJong, a farmer. Selina eagerly offers suggestions for operational improvements, but Pervus ignores her, preferring to use the unprofitable farming methods employed by his father.

So Big is author Edna Ferber's breakout, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of life on an American farm, which features the hardscrabble schoolteacher-turned-truck-farmer Selina Peake DeJong, one of the most iconic characters in 20th century fiction.

So Big is the unforgettable story of the indomitable Selina Peake DeJong and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity in the face of a challenging marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood.

After losing her father and her husband, Selina Peake is left to raise her only son on the farm that was left to her. Dirk Peake, a tenacious boy who grows up to be a successful bond salesman, must come to terms with his own regrets later in life after he decides not to pursue architecture, a passion that both he and his mother shared.

An insightful story about a happily married woman who takes over her husband’s business upon his early death and creates a prospering business with seed capital from a childhood friend. She maintains her beliefs and avocations while doing the hard work of farming.

A gripping, multifaceted true account of the deadliest animal of all time and the hunter on its trail, equally comparable to Jaws as to Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard. "RIVETING." —Scientific American "THRILLING." —Wall Street Journal "GRIPPING." —Nature Nepal, c. 1900: The single...

Now a major motion picture starring Alfre Woodard, Jessica Collins, John Heard, Jacinda Barrett, Cloris Leachman, and Talitha Bateman—in theaters October 2017! From acclaimed author Sarah Weeks comes a touching coming-of-age story about a young girl who goes on a cross-country journey to...

Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn't have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They're both plagued with faulty genes - he has bipolar disorder and she has a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy's 21st birthday, sparks fly, and there's no denying their chemistry. Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work-and they put it all in writing. Mickey promises to take his medication. Lucy promises not to blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty.

Max Gaines, a successful 43-year-old man, has an unwelcome house guest. Scammed by a former girlfriend, Max has been left with 19-year-old Tacey Morgan, the aforementioned gf's daughter. Max is - not to put too fine a point on it - an a-hole, but he's not a monster. He allows the homeless Tacey to stay, in exchange for her to clean and cook and keep his house. Given that she reminds him of his con-artist ex-gf, Max scarcely gives Tacey the time of day... Until late one evening when she claims to have had a nightmare, and begs to sit next to him on the couch while he watches TV. But Tacey's ...

Megan takes a job as a personal nurse for the elderly, visiting them in their private homes and helping out. Her first Client is a man named Jack, and he isn't at all what she expected. He's tall, handsome, and very forward. Despite their 40 year age gap, the chemistry is undeniable, and the more time they spend together, the closer she feels to him. She shows up early one day, and goes to his bedroom, accidentally walking in on him in his underwear. Her eyes go wide, and she can't believe it. The 62 year old man is so well endowed that it doesn't seem possible, and she can't get the image ...

One of Time magazine’s top-five novels of the year and a New York Times bestseller, Leif Enger’s first novel, Peace Like a River, captured readers’ hearts around the nation. His new novel is a stunning successor–a touching, nimble, and rugged story of an aging train robber on a quest to...

The basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, Giant is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber's sweeping generational tale of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, set in Texas during the first half of the twentieth century. When...

The holiday season is here, and Amy, the irrepressible town bad girl, is here to help you have the hottest holiday possible with this collection of her wild and sexy holiday adventures.On Labor Day, she has some fun with the townies on the nude beach, including Owen, who's got something even she has never seen before. On Halloween, she'll entertain her English teacher and Own -- at the local haunted house.On Thanksgiving, Amy wants to have a very special dinner with the men in her life, and on Christmas, she and Own will help her sister's unfaithful boyfriend learn the true meaning of the ...

New York Times Bestseller Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century A young poet tells...

A Dream So Big is the story of Steve Peifer, a corporate manager who once oversaw 9,000 computer software consultants, who today helps provide daily lunches for over 20,000 Kenyan school children in thirty-five national public schools, and maintains solar-powered computer labs at twenty rural...

She was kind of ugly, but after drinking about an entire bottle of wine she looked a lot cuter to me.

There was no doubt about it — hot 19-year-old Kaylee loved hooking up with as many men as possible. She was a sex fiend, and she was proud of all of her filthy exploits. She especially liked getting with older men, and there was one in particular who was better than the rest: Salvador, an unbelievably sexy 53-year-old Brazilian man. The only problem was that Salvador was in relationship with somebody else, so he and Kaylee had to keep it a closely guarded secret, and they had to settle for steamy but infrequent quickies in order to do it without anybody finding out. In order to further ...

I was almost 19 years old and I was working at our small cafe. When it came to sex and relationships, I was really into much older men. I had been seeing this guy Frank, who was 45, but when they found out about it they got mad and that was the end of that. Yet I had my eyes on a new and even older man — Jim, who was in his mid-50’s and had worked at the cafe for years. He was so handsome and sexy that I couldn’t help but want to hook up with him, even though I knew that it would probably never happen because if they found out they would probably fire him. One night, it was just me ...

The renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling books Siblings Without Rivalry...