"When Saamidah, a young Palestinian refugee, is asked by her friends what her name means, she isn't quite sure what to say. She turns to her Baba for some answers - but what she gets is an adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Join Saamidah on a lyrical journey, with dazzling illustrations, that brings to life her beloved homeland and celebrates the richness of her cultural heritage and the determination to return"--Back cover.

"Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Her mother has just passed away, her brother is newly married, and now that the Great War is over, she has been asked to give up managing the estate she helped to run when the men all joined the army. It is suggested to her that she become a governess. But first, she will act as caretaker to Mrs. Fog, an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside resort. Constance is soon swept up in the social whirl...

To what lengths will a father go to save his daughter? John, a former POW in WWII, thinks women are smarter than men. The three women in his life agree, especially when he brags about knowing more Shakespeare than anyone else in Hope Springs, Mississippi. Big John is overly proud of the only seven words of Shakespeare that he knows: The prince of darkness is a gentleman. When Big John and his wife learn their beloved daughter has been beaten to the...

After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others' religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former girlfriend who now lives as a nun at a Christian church and school,...

Secretly drawn to her best friend's brother for years, Penelope Featherington believes that she knows everything about Colin Bridgerton, until she stumbles upon his deepest secrets.

"Do you think your bedroom is small? Imagine sharing it with your entire family! A Viking kid might share a room with 20 of their family members. Being a Viking kid of old was hard. Learn about this tough time to be a kid"--

Television was experimental in its earliest days, but by the end of World War II, TV sets started to make their way into America's living rooms. Soon a trickle became an avalanche. There were music, dramatic and variety shows in the early days, including Westerns and mystery shows. Through news and public affairs programming, television witnessed the sweeping changes in the country and in some cases influenced the culture.

Tens of thousands of rivers that flow through the nation made their mark on history from the outset. In places where rivers didn't reach, man would dig connectors and sometimes waterways of their own. And where there were physical barriers like natural falls, they would be bypassed with canals at first and later locks and dams. From the earliest vessels to ocean liners, life on and around water is part of our culture.

"...Charis Michaels continues her delicious Hidden Royals series with a rugged prince living in exile and his long-lost bride-to-be, who comes to find him."--Page 4 of cover.

The National Parks are a precious collection of public spaces that preserve nature and history throughout the nation. There is great variety in the more than 400 units managed by the National Park Service. These wonders of nature range from the massive parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite in the West to those much smaller, including scenic seashores, rivers and monuments throughout the country.