Creek History

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. . . . There is an ambition about [Dillard's] book that I like. . . . It is the ambition to feel.” — Eudora Welty, New York Times Book Review Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of...

RECOMMENDED BY DOLLY PARTON IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE! A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling historical fiction novel from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her quest to bring books to the...

Wer kann schon einem Highlander widerstehen? Alles beginnt mit nur drei kleinen Worten: Spiel meine Freundin! Daraufhin bleibt April Parker erst mal der Mund offen stehen. Hat Mitch Malone - der begehrteste Junggeselle von Willow Creek - gerade allen Ernstes vorgeschlagen, dass sie sich als seine Freundin ausgibt? Nur um seine Verwandten bei der nächsten Familienfeier davon abzuhalten, über seinen unsteten Lebenswandel zu meckern? Das Ganze kommt ihr absurd vor - schließlich ist April deutlich älter als Mitch -, aber sie lässt sich darauf ein.

Stacey macht jeden Sommer beim Mittelalterfestival ihrer Heimatstadt Willow Creek mit. Für sie ist es Routine. Genau wie die dazugehörende Sommeraffäre. Nur wünscht sie sich inzwischen mehr, eine richtige Beziehung, wie sie ihre Freunde haben. Dex MacLean, der jedes Jahr mit seiner Highland-Band "The Dueling Kilts" auf dem Festival auftritt, hielt sie allerdings nicht für einen Kandidaten - er sieht zwar wirklich gut aus, aber sie hat nie ein Knistern gespürt. Bis sie letztes Jahr zufällig anfingen, sich zu schreiben.

Ein Mittelalterfestival. Emily hat sich allen Ernstes überreden lassen, bei einem Mittelalterfestival als Schaustellerin mitzumachen. Ihre Nichte will unbedingt daran teilnehmen, ohne erwachsene Aufsichtsperson darf sie nicht, und da ihre Schwester einen Unfall hatte, springt Emily ein. Was tut man nicht alles für die Familie? Tatsächlich könnte das Ganze sogar lustig werden, wenn da nicht Simon wäre. Simon, der Organisator des Festivals. Simon, die Anachronismus-Polizei, Simon, die Spaßbremse. Die beiden können sich vom ersten Moment an nicht leiden.

Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek is the fourth book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie...

On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherman's Union forces came ever nearer the city, the defending Confederate Army of Tennessee replaced its commanding general, removing Joseph E. Johnston and elevating John Bell Hood. This decision stunned and demoralized Confederate troops just when Hood was compelled to take the offensive against the approaching Federals.

Having fled the turmoil of Scotland, Elspeth Monro is learning to love her life in 1775 North Carolina. She likes her new friend and her weaving apprenticeship. But as Loyalists and Patriots strive to recruit her neighbors, a shadowy figure threatens her family.

In this shattering and iconic American novel, PEN prize-winning writer, Smith Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion and anarchy, brilliantly depicting our nation's disquieting and violent contradictions. After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished...

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Winner of the Oregon Book Award A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist "An instant classic. . . a truly beautiful piece of American storytelling." —William Kittredge, author of Owning It All A widowed homesteader is determined to...

The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150...

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Life, Dawson’s Creek, Freaks and Geeks, The O.C., Friday Night Lights, and Glee) that shaped the course of modern television and our pop cultural landscape forever. The modern television landscape...

Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Creek Quilts novel since 2019’s The Christmas Boutique. Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master’s degree in history at...

Japanese Major General Horii TomitarO, commanding the South Seas Force, had the Australians on the back foot. Australia was holding the last defendable ridge in the Owen Stanley ranges, Imita Ridge. Horii to his distress was then given orders from Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo that he was to fall back across the mountains to the Japanese beachheads at Gona, Sanananda, and Buna, leaving a force between Templeton's Crossing and Eora Creek to stop any Australian advance through the mountains.

A Promise Kept explores the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over a hundred years. Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other tribes throughout the United States.

US Navy Seal Lieutenant Tom Norris, on three separate occasions over a four-day period, with no sleep, went behind enemy lines to rescue two downed air force pilots. Using stealth tactics, he was able to get though or around hundreds of North Vietnamese to rescue one pilot. The second pilot - hungry, thirsty, and having lost 40 pounds - was disoriented and unable to help in his rescue. Norris, with the help of one Vietnamese Seal, was able to safely bring the pilot back inside US lines.

President Theodore Roosevelt shares writing credit on this biographical overview of the Civil War battle fought by Sheridan at Cedar Creek. A day that started in disaster would end with victory. A man who accepted responsibility for his troops led them back from the brink of despair.

Horror and the supernatural are the background of Bierce's short stories. His style is marked by vivid description, grim situations, and sardonic twists of fate. In terms of technique, he was far ahead of his time and his short stories are among the very best in American literature.