Something weird is going on!Ms. LaGrange talks funny, and she's from some other country called France! She thinks the vomitorium is a fancy restaurant! Plus she's writing secret messages in the mashed potatoes. Ms. LaGrange is the weirdest lunch lady in the history of the world! Views: 32
Emma is co-owner of a bakery in Bellingham, a small town an hour’s drive from Seattle. For the past year she has been in a long distance relationship with Peter Logan, a gorgeous tycoon. She tells herself that she doesn't want more from him but when Peter forgets their one year anniversary which coincides with the date her parents were killed in a horrific car accident two years ago, Emma finds herself grieving their passing alone. This is the final straw for Emma who decides to end it with Peter or risk being hurt more in the end. What she doesn't realize is Peter isn't going to take the break up as easily as she thinks... Views: 32
This revealing new portrait of James and Dolley Madison introduces the reader to America's first power couple. Using recently uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, among other sources, historian Bruce Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons' personal and political lives. Chadwick argues that Madison was not a boring, average president, as other historians have characterized him, but a vibrant, tough leader--and a very successful commander in chief in the War of 1812. He contends that Madison, the architect of the Constitution, owed much of his success to the political savvy of his charismatic, much younger wife, whose parties and backdoor politicking make for remarkable stories. And Dolley, through her many social skills, created the dynamic role of First Lady that we know today. Despite their glamorous lifestyle, behind the scenes, the Madisons struggled with family drama: James and Dolley's constant... Views: 32
TWO LITTLE GIRLS, FROZEN IN BLACK ANDWHITE. ONE PICTURE WORTH KILLING FOR. The Civil Rights Movement is less thana distant memory to Lisa Waldren—it is someone else's memory altogether, passedon to her through the pages of history. Her life as a federal prosecutor inBoston feels utterly remote from the marches in the South that changed herfather's generation—and the entire nation—forever.But thetruth is, she was there. When a photograph surfaces showing ablond, four-year-old Lisa playing with an African-American girl at civilrights march in Fort Worth, Lisa is faced with a jarring revelation: the girlsmay have been the only witnesses who observed the real killer of civil rightsleader Benjamin Gray . . . and therefore the only ones who can exonerate thedeath row inmate falsely accused of the murder. Soon, Lisa finds herself in thedangerous world her father had shielded her from as a child. After some... Views: 32
Spinster by Choice?In a world of marriage-minded females, Meri McIsaac is steadfastly single. She's happiest riding on her father's ranch. At least until the town's new marshal startles her and causes her to fall--literally--at his feet. Then he has the gall to implicate her ranch in a bank holdup, turning her entire life upside down.This is the woman the local matchmaker thought he should meet? Meri is stubborn and headstrong as a mule. Yet he recognizes her courage and loyalty, too, and the grief she carries over her mother's passing. And if he can protect her from a criminal desperate to cover his tracks, he'll prove that risking her heart could be the greatest adventure yet. Views: 32
