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Can love endure in a time of war? Will the clash of their different worlds doom the love of a Shaker woman and a Confederate soldier? Chloe Canterbury's third novel, Turnings, introduces us to Pleasant Hill, a utopian village of devout Shakers who practice a radical Gospel of racial justice, pacifism, and gender equality. In the autumn of 1862, their peaceful community is torn asunder by civil war when a massive rebel army invades Kentucky and...

Can love endure in a time of war? Will the clash of their different worlds doom the love of a Shaker woman and a Confederate soldier? Chloe Canterbury's third novel, Turnings, introduces us to Pleasant Hill, a utopian village of devout Shakers who practice a radical Gospel of racial justice, pacifism, and gender equality. In the autumn of 1862, their peaceful community is torn asunder by civil war when a massive rebel army invades Kentucky and...

The Last Days of His Father's Kingdom recalls a time when Islam was the world's great and progressive civilization, when the Moors ruled Spain, and their kingdom-called Andalusia-spread across present-day Spain, when glittering cities like Cordoba and Granada teemed with economic vitality, sponsored world-class scientific research, and boasted universities of distinguished scholars and learning. Today, the Kingdom of Andalusia is gone, but its...

The Last Days of His Father's Kingdom recalls a time when Islam was the world's great and progressive civilization, when the Moors ruled Spain, and their kingdom-called Andalusia-spread across present-day Spain, when glittering cities like Cordoba and Granada teemed with economic vitality, sponsored world-class scientific research, and boasted universities of distinguished scholars and learning. Today, the Kingdom of Andalusia is gone, but its...