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Text and labeled illustrations describe the formation and physical features of various kinds of caves, with a brief section on spelunking.

Righteous Reflections" is a collection of 78 poems and one short story. Topics include love and relationships, alcohol and the nightlife, and the joys of being a parent and grandparent.

Explains the basic tenets of the Catholic Faith and why we hold them. Delves into the historical background of virtually everything people find hard to understand about our Religion, such as priestly celibacy, sacred images, the Church and the Bible, the primacy of Peter, Communion under one kind, invocation of the Saints, etc. First published in 1876, when there was much anti-Catholic sentiment in the U.S., it sold 1.4 million copies in 40 ye...

How to Start a Business in New Jersey will guide you through successfully forming and running your own new business. This book will help you understand state laws and statutes so you can avoid legal hassles along the way.

Like her first two award-winning novels (Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman), A Cure for Dreams is set in the rural and small-town South and draws richly upon the author's ear for comic turns of phrase and her sure grasp of the humor, pathos, and dignity of supposedly "ordinary" people. The determination of the women of the story to assert themselves in confining, dependent situations makes for uplifting, enjoyable reading.

This unique collection is a showcase for a group of new writers whose work has won recognition only in the medium of the literary magazine. Containing the work of five poets and five fiction writers, the anthology shows a great diversity of aesthetic approach, of cultural material and background, and of artistic project. The TriQuarterly New Writers brings the best of new talent to readers.

In this superb new novel from the acclaimed, bestselling author of Ellen Foster, Sights Unseen, and Charms for the Easy Life, an extraordinary woman recalls a nation's bloodiest epoch and a magnificent life forged in its fires.

From the confused yet loving perspective of young Hattie Barnes, her story is told of a family's valiant search for normalcy in the midst of madness. This poignant, powerful, and critically acclaimed novel by the bestselling author of "Charms for the Easy Life" has been reformatted for trade paperback.

It's fall of 1918 and, faced with a difficult pregnancy and even more difficult husband, Maureen Ross must find the strength to confront her tormentor, survive childbirth and, ultimately, find spiritual renewal.

A family without men, the Birches live gloriously offbeat lives in the lush, green backwoods of North Carolina. Radiant, headstrong Sophia and her shy, brilliant daughter, Margaret, possess powerful charms to ward off loneliness, despair, and the human misery that often beats a path to their door. And they are protected by the eccentric wisdom and muscular love of the remarkable matriarch Charlie Kate, a solid, uncompromising, self-taught heal...

Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. Her first publication was a book of poems, The Mountain Beast (1930), and her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932), won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize. Amongst her other novels are Miss Linsey and Pa (1936), Nightingale Wood (...