A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South....

What, what, am I to do with all of this life? Maud Martha Brown is a little girl growing up on the South Side of 1940s Chicago. Amidst the crumbling taverns and overgrown yards, she dreams: of New York, romance, her future....

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner tells a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850....

Anointed as the chosen one when just a young shepherd boy, David will rise to be king, grasping the throne and establishing his empire. But his journey is a tumultuous one and the consequences of his choices will resound for generations....

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come. In the spring of 1666, a bolt of infected cloth carries the plague from London to the quiet village of Eyam....

Книга "Western Africa and Cabo Verde, 1790s-1830s. Symbiosis of Slave and Legitimate Trades". ...

Книга "Industry and Property. A Plea for Truth and Honesty in Economics and for Liberty and Justice in Social Reform: Being A Discussion of Present-day Labour Problems, With Proposals for Their Solution, Counsels to Employers and Employed and Warnings to Statesm"....

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible....

Hanna Heath, an Australian rare book expert, has been offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images....

Once again, Geraldine Brooks takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha\'s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure....

Backroad Bicycling Near New York City – 25 One–Day Bike Tours in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania...

From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story “filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgetable man” (Sue Monk Kidd)....

From the author of the acclaimed \"Year of Wonders\" and \"People of the Book\", a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the American Civil War....

The new novel from the author of \"March\" and \"Year of Wonders\" takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure....

In 1665, a young man from Martha\'s Vineyard became the first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Geraldine Brooks takes the few facts that survive of his extraordinary life and works this little-known shard of history into a luminous tale of passion and belief, magic and adventure....