In a small Ozark community the Matthews family live in the shadow of tragedy. Their only daughter had died in childbirth, after the man she loved had betrayed and deserted her. Young Matt had lived his life under the shadow of a curse ; the promise to kill the man who abandoned his mother. A stranger arrives in the mountains and becomes known as "the Shepherd" because of his kindness to the people of the mountains.

The SideRoad Kids follows a group of boys and girls as they enter the sixth grade in a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during 1957 - 58. This meandering collection of loosely-connected short stories is often humorous, poignant, and sometimes mysterious. Laugh as the kids argue over Halloween treats handed out in Brimley. Recall Dorothy's Hamburgers in Sault Ste. Marie. Follow a Sugar Island snowshoe trail as the kids look for Christmas trees....

Republication of a 1911 novel which tells the story of naturalist David Langston and his search for a dream woman who will share his love and devotion to the six hundred acres of woods, swamp, field, and stream, from which he makes his living.

The enduring love story and satirical comedy by a master of the English novel. A young vicar's ambition drives him into a costly bargain in this classic tale from one of the Victorian era's finest novelists. Set in rural England in the fictitious county of Barsetshire, the fourth novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire brilliantly examines the intersection of romance and social class. Mark Robarts is a young, ambitious vicar from the village of Framley,...

Many Marriages (1923) is a novel by Sherwood Anderson. Inspired by his own decision to abandon his family and career in order to establish himself as a professional writer, Anderson explores the guilts, routines, desires, and disappointments driving the lives of many Americans in the early-twentieth century. Although he is, known today for his story collection Winesburg, Ohio, a pioneering work of Modernist fiction admired for its plainspoken language...

Los pazos de Ulloa (1886) es quizás la novela más conocida de Emilia Pardo Bazán y un claro exponente del naturalismo en España al reflejar la aceptación de las teorías positivistas aplicadas a la literatura por el escritor francés y padre del naturalismo Émile Zola. Esta novela narra las andanzas de Julián, un joven párroco que se traslada a los Pazos de Ulloa, donde tendrá que encargarse de la administración y propiedad del marqués...

The wind was the cause of it all. The sand, too, had a share in it, and human beings were involved, but the wind was the primal force, and but for it the whole, series of events would not have happened. There was nothing to break the sweep of the wind across the treeless prairies, when the sand blew in blinding fury across the plains. The winds were, cruel to women that came under their tyranny. They were at them, ceaselessly, buffeting them with...

A returned criminal, a cult-like family and cybercrime all clash against the backdrop of the Flinders Ranges in this thrilling new rural suspense novel from the best-selling Voice of the Outback. 'If you're looking for a gripping rural crime thriller, look no further.' - Better Reading Emma Cameron, a recently divorced farmer and a local in Barker, runs Deception Creek, the farm that three generations of her family have owned before her. Every...

A pitch-perfect new rural romance from the bestselling author of Kookaburra Cottage. 'The perfect recipe for a feel-good rural read. Fun, heartfelt and wise, Wallaby Lane is an absolute treat.' - Alissa Callen, bestselling author of Snowy Mountains Dawn 'Maya Linnell has me longing for a romantic pink cottage in the country. Wallaby Lane is a gem.' - Emma Grey, author of The Last Love Note From interviewing local flower growers to receiving...

Fans of Patrick Taylor's bestselling Irish Country novels know Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly as the irascible senior partner of a general practice in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. But, there was a time, shortly after arriving in Ballybucklebo, that Dr. O'Reilly was not widely accepted by the villagers. This touching short story tell of how O'Reilly, with a little help, began to overcome their objections. Whether you're visiting for...