Loretta Lynn

George Vecsey

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

South Carolina

Loretta Lynn's classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, and her amazing rise to the top of the music industry.
 
Born into deep poverty, married at thirteen, mother of six, and a grandmother by the time she was twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one of the most prolific and influential songwriters and singers in modern country music. Here we see the determination and talent that led to her trailblazing career and made her the first woman to be named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association and the first woman to receive a gold record in country music.

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

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Chip Gaines

Joanna Gaines

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

By renovating homes in Waco, Texas, and changing lives in such a winsome and engaging way, Chip and Joanna have become more than just the stars of Fixer Upper, they have become America’s new best friends.

The Magnolia Story

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G. Willow Wilson

A fantastical journey set at the height of the Spanish Inquisition from the award-winning author of Alif the Unseen and writer of the Ms. Marvel series, G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King is a jubilant story of love versus power, religion versus faith, and freedom versus safety. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King, a stunning new novel that tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker. Hassan has a secret--he can draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realizing that she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk to save Hassan and escape the palace walls? As Fatima and Hassan traverse Spain with the help of a clever jinn to find safety, The Bird King asks us to consider what love is and the price of freedom at a time when the West and the Muslim world were not yet separate.

The Bird King

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R. J. Palacio

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

WONDER IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY Over 8 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Auggie & Me gives readers a special look at Auggie's world through three new points of view. These stories are an extra peek at Auggie before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. Readers get to see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Auggie's oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie's new friend at school. Together, these three stories are a treasure for readers who don't want to leave Auggie behind when they finish Wonder.

Auggie and Me: Three Wonder Stories

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Richard Bullock

Michal Brody

Francine Weinberg

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

English

Includes model student research papers demonstrating four academic styles: MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE.

The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises

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Megan Besing

Noelle Marchand

Donna Schlachter

Sherri Shackelford

Michelle Shocklee

Ann Shorey

Liz Tolsma

Jennifer Uhlarik

Kathleen Y'Barbo

9 Historical Stories of Marriage That Precedes Love

What kind of woman would answer an advertisement and marry a stranger?
 
Escape into the history of the American West along with nine couples whose relationships begin with advertisements for mail-order brides. Placing their dreams for new beginnings in the hands of a stranger, will each bride be disappointed, or will some find true love?

Perfect for the Preacher by Megan Besing
1897, Indiana
Fresh from seminary, Amos Lowry believes marriage will prove to his skeptical congregation that he's mature. If only his mail-order bride wasn't an ex-saloon girl, and worse, pregnant.
 
The Outlaw's Inconvenient Bride by Noelle Marchand
1881, Wyoming
After a gang of outlaws uses a mail-order bride advertisement to trick an innocent woman into servitude, an undercover lawman must claim the bride--even if it puts his mission in jeopardy. 
 
Train Ride to Heartbreak by Donna Schlachter
1895, Train to California
John Stewart needs a wife. Mary Johannson needs a home. On her way west, Mary falls in love with another. Now both must choose between commitment and true love.
 
Mail-Order Proxy by Sherri Shackelford
1885, Montana
A mail-order marriage by proxy goes wrong when a clerical error leads to the proxies actually being married instead of the siblings they were standing in for. In their quest to correct the mistake, the two discover outlaws, adventure, and even love.
 
To Heal Thy Heart by Michelle Shocklee
1866, New Mexico
When Phoebe Wagner answers a mail-order bride ad that states Confederate widows need not apply, she worries what Dr. Luke Preston will do when he learns her fiancé died wearing gray.
 
Miss-Delivered Mail by Ann Shorey
1884, Washington
Helena Erickson impulsively decides to take advantage of her brother's deception and travels to Washington Territory in response to a proposal of marriage intended for someone else. How will Daniel McNabb respond when Helena is nothing like he expected?
 
A Fairy-Tale Bride by Liz Tolsma
1867, Texas
Nora Green doesn't feel much like Cinderella when her mail-order groom stands her up. But could the mysterious jester from the town's play be her Prince Charming?
 
The Brigand and the Bride by Jennifer Uhlarik
1876, Arizona 
Jolie Hilliard weds a stranger to flee her outlaw family but discovers her groom is an escaped prisoner. Will she ever find happiness on the right side of the law?
 
The Mail-Order Mistake by Kathleen Y'Barbo
1855, Texas
Pinkerton detective Jeremiah Bingham is investigating a mail-order bride scam bankrupting potential grooms. When unsuspecting orphan May Conrad answers his false ad, she becomes the prime suspect in the case.
 

The Mail-Order Brides Collection

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Kimberley Comeaux

Susan K. Downs

JoAnn A. Grote

Ellen Edwards Kennedy

Debby Mayne

DiAnn Mills

6 Romances Spring from Hearts, Home, and Harvest

Love is in season as you journey into rural America’s history and witness the harvest of romance through six delightful stories. From Minnesota to Florida, New York to Kansas, and Ohio to Louisiana, heroic men and women make sacrifices in order to create a home, nurture the crops, and secure a future for the next generation, but sometime romance is almost an afterthought. Can love also grow down on the farm?

The Farmer's Bride Collection

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Susan Page Davis

Darlene Franklin

Pamela Griffin

Lisa Harris

Lynette Sowell

Five Inspiring Love Stories from the Historic Northeast

Enjoy five historical romances from New England—long known as a place of refuge for those seeking a new way of life.

The New England Romance Collection

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Mary Davis

Kathleen E. Kovach

Paula Moldenhauer

Suzanne Norquist

Donita Kathleen Paul

Pegg Thomas

For Seven Bachelors, This Bouquet of Brides Means a Happily Ever After

A bouquet of brides is picked for love.

Meet seven American women who were named for various flowers but struggle to bloom where God planted them. Can love help them grow to their full potential?

 

Holly and Ivy by Mary Davis (1890, Washington State)

At Christmastime, Holly Harrison accompanies her impetuous younger sister on her trip across the country to be a mail-order bride. But even as she tries to persuade her sister that loving a stranger is foolhardy, Holly loses her own heart to a fellow traveler.

 

Periwinkle in the Park by Kathleen Kovach (1910, Colorado)

Periwinkle Winfield is a hiking guide helping to commission a national park. But a run-in with a mountain man who is determined to keep the government off his land may place her in great danger.

 

At Home with Daffodils by Paula Moldenhauer (1909, Oklahoma)

When her childhood sweetheart returns to town, will Dilly Douglas accept the worthy heart he offers, or will the old wound he opens keep them apart?

 

A Song for Rose by Suzanne Norquist (1882, Rockledge, Colorado)

Can Patrick O'Donnell, a tenor disillusioned by the performance industry, convince Rose Miller that that there is more to music than her dream of joining an opera company?

 

Beauty in a Tansy? by Donita K. Paul (1918, South Dakota)

Tansy Terrell was named after a weed. When she opens shop next door, Arthur Blake recognizes Tansy's need to be valued as a beautiful flower but fails to see his own worth as a maker of instruments and music.

 

A Prickly Affair by Donna Schlachter (1885, Arizona)

A rough-and-tumble cowgirl, "Cactus" Lil Duncan longs for true love, but is afraid to let down her prickly exterior when a city slicker from New York City, with less-than-honorable intentions, tries to win her heart and her hand.

 

In Sheep's Clothing by Pegg Thomas (1702, Connecticut)

Peter Maltby might be all good looks and charm, working in the new mill fulling wool, but Yarrow Fenn fears he is the Crown's agent in disguise who will destroy the only livelihood she has.

 

A Bouquet of Brides Romance Collection

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Sharon Cameron

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII -- from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron. One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make... It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemsyl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts. She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio -- a betrothal they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish. But everything changes when the German army invades Przemsyl. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister. And then comes the knock at the door. Izio's brother Max has jumped from the train headed to a death camp. Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jews. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that will mean death. When the knock finally comes, it is two Nazi officers, requisitioning Stefania's house for the German army. With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make.

The Light in Hidden Places

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Kayla Brian

Kayla Brian

@kayla705239

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Auggie and Me: Three Wonder Stories

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The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises

Megan Besing; Noelle Marchand; Donna Schlachter; Sherri Shackelford; Michelle Shocklee; Ann Shorey; Liz Tolsma; Jennifer Uhlarik; Kathleen Y'Barbo

The Mail-Order Brides Collection

Kimberley Comeaux; Susan K. Downs; JoAnn A. Grote; Ellen Edwards Kennedy; Debby Mayne; DiAnn Mills

The Farmer's Bride Collection

Susan Page Davis; Darlene Franklin; Pamela Griffin; Lisa Harris; Lynette Sowell

The New England Romance Collection

Mary Davis; Kathleen E. Kovach; Paula Moldenhauer; Suzanne Norquist; Donita Kathleen Paul; Donna Schlachter; Pegg Thomas

A Bouquet of Brides Romance Collection

Sharon Cameron

The Light in Hidden Places

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Richard Bullock; Michal Brody; Francine Weinberg

The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises

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The Mail-Order Brides Collection

Kimberley Comeaux; Susan K. Downs; JoAnn A. Grote; Ellen Edwards Kennedy; Debby Mayne; DiAnn Mills

The Farmer's Bride Collection

Susan Page Davis; Darlene Franklin; Pamela Griffin; Lisa Harris; Lynette Sowell

The New England Romance Collection

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A Bouquet of Brides Romance Collection

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