Mountain Memories

The journals of the Nobel Prize–winning author, beautifully illustrated with his own paintings For many years, Orhan Pamuk kept a record of his daily thoughts and observations, entering them in small notebooks and illustrating them with his own paintings. This book combines those notebooks...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Beautiful, full-colour selections from Orhan Pamuk’s selected art notebooks. “One of the world's finest living writers.” The Independent “In this world of forgeries, where some might be in danger of losing their faith in literature, Pamuk is...

Best-selling author Kristen Heitzmann has inspired millions of fans with her colorful novels of Colorado, which include Honor's Pledge. In A Rush of Wings, a young woman seeking to escape her past finds refuge, romance, and a renewed faith high in the Rocky Mountains.

Apparently, it can get worse. Who would have thought? I've been taken prisoner by an enemy army with no idea about what happened to my dragon Saboraak or the people who fled the city. I hope they're all okay. But, of course, I can't just enjoy eating gruel and being pulled around on a cage on a cart. I have work to do and people to save. It's a tough life saving the world, but someone has to do it.

When Laurel Everhart returns to Booey Creek to work in the mountain fire tower, she expects quiet days and open skies. Instead, the ridge begins stirring pieces of a childhood she has spent decades trying to forget. Small, long-lost objects appear along her path—fragments from the night her best friend, Sarah Kate, fell from the ridge and the truth slipped into silence. With the help of Mira, a gentle memory healer, and Rylan, a steady presence she never saw coming, Laurel begins piecing together what really happened that night. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more she realizes ...

When Waylon's mom, Loretta, receives an offer for their old homeplace, they face a difficult decision. Loretta is ready to say goodbye, but Waylon clings to memories from a different time. Can they come together before the offer expires, or will they hold on to what they have?

For many years, Orhan Pamuk kept a record of his daily thoughts and observations, entering them in small notebooks and illustrating them with his own paintings. This book combines those notebooks into one volume. He writes about his travels around the world, his family, his writing process, and...

Fans of historical fiction and coming-of-age tales will not want to miss this nostalgic journey. Amidst the backdrop of a rapidly changing society, the four friends seek solace in the fantasy of Davy Crockett and the enchantment of Camelot. But as the threat of nuclear war looms and the nation mourns the heartbreak in Dallas, their once carefree world begins to unravel. Unlock the magic and nostalgia of a bygone era as you delve into the pages of Born In The Mountaintop. This heartfelt and poignant tale will transport you to a time filled with friendship, adventure, and history that will ...

A series of true vignettes about life during the depression in Kentucky and West Virginia. My Grandmother had a unique way of seeing the world and her delightful, funny stories illustrate the innocence of times gone by. These are stories of America.

A child is taken. A broken investigator is the only one who can find her. But the mountain may already have claimed her. When young Sharon Bishop vanishes from her home in the shadow of Kalanu Mountain, the entire county mobilizes to find her. The kidnapper is caught within hours. But there’s one problem. He swears he didn’t kill her. He says something else took her. Something ancient. Something the locals whisper about but never name. Still recovering from a brutal attack that left his memory fractured, investigator Tobias Atkins is pulled back into a case he may no longer be capable ...

"This audiobook is a touching testament to the power of stories, nature, and love to sustain and connect us." - AudioFile on Everything Left to Remember BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS meets WILD. In this heart wrenching and inspirational memoir a woman and her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s...

In the woods behind a remote Appalachian cabin stands a white marble staircase that should not exist. Anyone who climbs it disappears. Grieving widow Allison Dobson touches the stairs only once — and the forest seals shut behind her. She wakes in an underground labyrinth where corridors move, walls breathe, and the dead whisper her name. Something ancient stalks the tunnels, feeding on guilt and regret, reshaping reality to keep its victims trapped. It calls itself The Weaver. It knows everything Allison has ever loved. Including her dead husband. When Allison finds a silent child hiding ...

NATURE IS CALLING—but they shouldn't have answered. “A compulsive page-turner mixing supernatural survival horror and ... adventure.” — Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers' Club Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that...

Grace has spent years chasing her dream as an interior designer in the bustling city, but now, she’s back in Evergreen—the little mountain town that had always captured her heart, especially during Christmas. The moment she drives into town, everything feels familiar—the twinkling lights, the crisp air, and the scent of pine trees all around. But there’s something else that pulls her in, something more than the memories of her childhood Christmases. Ethan. Her childhood best friend. The one she hadn’t seen in years, but never quite forgot. When their paths cross again, Grace ...

Read about the true adventures of American award winning writer, Michael Del Brown living and working in China; especially this short story of his trip to Anhui province and the subsequent climb up the mountain. This is the first in a series of short stories about the author's time in China.

Some dreams last a moment and others an entire life time...Matthew Smith was determined his would last long into the future. “He’d looked eastward and seen nothing but the staggering beauty of unspoiled mountains. In contrast, when his gaze shifted to the west the view was filled with buildings that jetted skywards and a maze of roads that could take a person wherever they wanted to go...or no where at all.” From the moment she knew that the so-called family vacation to the mountains was being planned, Jenna was determined to be part of it. They might not know exactly what they were ...

“John” has a problem. He doesn’t know his real name. He doesn’t know where he’s from. He’s not even sure if he’s in the right time. When John is found unconscious at the Huron Mountain Club and brought back to Marquette, Michigan to recuperate, everyone assures him it’s the year 1900, but somehow John’s memories of automobiles, televisions, and other modern devices seem to suggest he doesn’t belong in this time. Soon several people are trying to help John regain his memory from his teenage friend Hugh Allen to Marquette’s most prominent businessman, Peter White. But ...

By any measure, Ed Zahniser is one of the truest poets in America in this century. If you love mountain poetry and wilderness on the page, Adirondack Mountain & Cabin Poems is your next read. Ed Zahniser writes from the Adirondack cabin he's visited since the 1940s. Here is the mountain experience rendered by the poet’s words and beyond. Encounter the bird that reads the poet’s note on the tree and startles away. A harvest of wilderness after-thoughts, Ed’s mountains restore the reader time and again: Paper Birch Scribble scribble scribble idly on white birchbark Leave these on the ...

RECIPIENT OF MAXY AWARD FOR BEST LITERARY FICTION AND READERS' FAVORITE AWARD FOR WOMEN'S FICTION When Callie MacCallum sews her first quilt after the death of her lover Jack Sebring, she doesn’t realize she’ll be drawn into a Sebring family battle between wife and daughter-in-law. She simply wants to fulfill her promise to Jack to visit their cabin in the West Virginia mountains, where their long love affair was safely hidden. Instead, her emotionally reminiscent trip becomes crowded with the two Sebring women, a grief counselor, and the massive role Callie assumes. She must speak for ...

A baker fighting to save her family's legacy. Her childhood sweetheart lawyer who wants to sell. A second-chance Christmas romance where love and tradition collide. Following the death of her parents, Madison Willis moved back to Mistletoe, Colorado, to help run the successful bakery her family co-owned with longtime friends. The recipe for the bakery's success had always been a mixture of community and tradition, with a heaping scoop of love thrown in. When the simple way of life in Mistletoe is threatened by big-city developers, Madison rolls up her sleeves to protect the bakery and her ...