Sweet America

Teresa July has led a hard life, but now she has a chance to put her train robbing past behind her. Armed with a new job as a cook to one of Philadelphia's elite families, Teresa is determined to start her life anew, and nothing––not even her boss's stuck–up (and far too handsome)...

The virus begins to infect the world starting in Ecuador when it is accidently released. But that will gain speed slowly at first. In the United States a top-secret military panel authorizes releasing it on the general public starting in America and then spreading out from there to the entire world. While it is slowly spreading from Ecuador, it is soon spreading from several places in the world and the fall of humanity is begun. This book follows that start and a few survivors who attempt to outrun their destiny and flee the northern New York town where the virus was developed and released ...

Mature listeners seeking an easy-to-listen book with a dignified, respectful design. No patronizing language. No cartoonish clip art. Just a high-quality audiobook that feels good in your hands.

“A magnificent piece of writing, a beautiful tapestry of prose in which the stories of two of Atlanta’s most celebrated families have been woven densely into the history of the city itself.” —The New York Times The Intersection of Peachtree Street, historically the residential and...

Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed in 1848. In 1853, a Kentucky deputy sheriff named Zebulon Ward colluded with Wood's employer, abducted her, and sold her back into bondage. She remained enslaved throughout the Civil War, giving birth to a son in Mississippi and never forgetting who had put her in this position. By 1869, Wood had obtained her freedom for a second time and returned to Cincinnati, where she sued Ward for damages in 1870. Astonishingly, after eight years of litigation, Wood won her case: In 1878, a Federal jury awarded her $2,500.

A Limited-Edition Historical Western Romance Collection Celebrating America's Pioneer Spirit Ten courageous women. Ten unforgettable loves. One legendary trail that helped shape a nation. As America celebrates 250 years of independence, journey back to a time when brave pioneers risked everything for a better future. Along the winding path of the Oregon Trail, ordinary men and women faced extraordinary challenges—crossing raging rivers, enduring deadly storms, surviving heartbreak, and trusting God to guide them toward a new beginning. From orphaned young women and widows seeking hope, to...

“A close-up look at how wartime chaos affects a tight-knit group of women living on Hawaii in 1944 at the height of Pacific combat.... [Violet’s] journey overcoming her trials and grief through friendship, family, and romance is a story of strength and perseverance.”—Booklist Violet...

New York Times Editors’ Choice Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the New York Society Library's New York City Book Award A riveting Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its long, shattering aftermath, revealing how much has changed over two...

A recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life are no match against an act of love. Iowa, 1903. All of Monticello believes Otis Taylor has been away fostering his musical genius. But the truth is that his father exiled him long ago, rejecting Otis's appearance and the scars that...

From USA Today bestselling author Lauren K. Denton comes a heartwarming Southern novel. Set against the charming backdrop of Alabama's Gulf Coast, The Summer House is perfect for readers who love found family stories, vibrant small-town communities, and uplifting women's fiction filled with hope...

In Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies, food writer Rossi Anastopoulo cracks open our relationship to pie with wit and good humor. She traces the pies woven into our history, following the evolution of our country across centuries of innovation and change and examining how America’s relationship with this iconic dessert impacted culture across eras—and vice versa.

Exciting! Romantic! Adventure! If you love Pride and Prejudice, and sweet and clean regency romance, you'll love this series! If you love stories like Bridgerton, North and South, Persuasion, with a dash of Sherlock Holmes thrown in, you're in the right place! Elizabeth sailed from America to find her family in the beginning of our story and found her true love along the way. We fell in love, once again, with our favorite characters from Pride and Prejudice, but now it's time to continue the story and have brand new adventures! This second compilation, of books seven through ten, will take ...

The United States of America are no more. The people left to fend for themselves with no governments, cites, electricity, grocery stores, medicines... It's all gone. In face most of the people are gone with it and those that are left are unsure of strangers. Untrusting of anyone. There are rumors of dead coming to life again. There are rumors of some of the larger cities surviving only to be taken over and run by gangs now. Follow a group who come together and then make their way across part of what is left of the country. They are only looking to survive what is left of the world they used...

♥The Candy Beach Series ♥ What would you do if you suddenly became a single mom to a seven-year-old child? Overnight, Monica Crawford finds her neatly organized life is turned upside down. Her sister abandons her blind son, Scotty, leaving him on Monica's doorstep. Caring for a child was not in Monica's carefully-laid plans. After all, she's working on her MBA while pursuing a marketing director job at The Chocolate Dreams Candy Company. However, caring for a disabled child brings unexpected conflict-and unexpected joy. When John French volunteers to tutor Scotty, he's drawn to Monica. ...

Exciting! Romantic! Adventure! If you love Pride and Prejudice, and sweet clean Regency Romance, you'll love this series! If you favor JAFF authors like Reynolds, Wells, Kendig, and Salier, these books are meant for you! Do you love stories like Bridgerton and North and South? You are in the right place! Elizabeth, at the tender age of 19, finds herself an orphan. Her father's final wish is for her to sail to England to reconnect with the family he and her mother ran away from. Along with her faithful companions, she arrives at the coastal town of Ramsgate, where the very first person she ...

In the late Fifties and Sixties, iconoclastic young rebels in Chicago opened two tiny theaters—The Compass and The Second City—where they satirized politics, religion, and sex. Developing scenes by improvising based on audience suggestions turned out to be a fine way to develop great actors, directors, and writers. Alumni went on to create such groundbreaking works as The Graduate, Groundhog Day, and Don't Look Up. Many of them also became stars on Saturday Night Live. Something Wonderful Right Away features the pioneers who founded the empire that transformed American comedy.

He took the stairs down to the lobby. The stairwell had been empty, but the lobby had not. The Zombies had long before crashed in through the door and taken over the lobby. He had eased open the door to find two of them laying in the shadows, sleeping, or whatever it was they did that passed for sleeping. He stepped quietly out of the stairwell, shoved a piece of broken board into the fire door opening to keep it from closing and locking him out, and then walked quietly to where the two lay. They stank of death, rotted flesh, and corruption. Their chests did not rise and fall. They did not ...

The smell hit them before they reached the woods. “Jesus,” Ronnie said, “What in ...” “Bad, right?” Jeff said. “That's why I wanted you to come along.” He moved his eyes to include Mike, and then further to include Candace and Patty. “That hit me hard, just like it did you.” He walked to the edge of the woods and peered in. “Come on,” he said. “Take a look at this.” He stepped into the tree line and disappeared from sight almost entirely. Just another shadow in the shadows that made the tree line their home. Candace stepped into the shadowed woods, and her eyes ...

""Rich in imagery and the detail of small-town life and haunting in its portrayal of ordinary men and women struggling to understand loss. Under Mr. Banks's restrained craftsmanship, what begins as the story of senseless tragedy is transformed into an aspiring testament to hope and human...

This is episode 21 of the epic series Elizabeth from America. The books are meant to be read in order. Look for the compilations for easier reading. In this episode, Georgiana Darcy gets engaged! Lord Boilingbrook began wooing her last season and followed her to Kent to press his suit. He spent the summer at his good friend's estate just two hours from Rosings. Thomas Van Dyke had met Anne de Bourgh when they were just children. He liked her then and likes her better now. Could something be brewing there? Anne has given up the idea of marriage and thinks she is firmly on the shelf. We shall...