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Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext - ungekürzt und unbearbeitet mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. Eine Welt stürzt unaufhaltsam ins Chaos: Waldbrände machen die USA immer unwirtlicher und religiöse Fundamentalisten das Leben aller Andersdenkenden immer gefährlicher. Schließlich fällt für Lark und seine Familie die Entscheidung zur Flucht. Sie wagen die todbrin...

As fires devastate most of the United States, Lark and his family secure a place on a refugee boat headed to Ireland, the last country not yet overrun by extremists and rumored to be accepting American refugees. But Lark is the only one to survive the trip, and once ashore, he doesn't find the safe haven he'd hoped for. As he runs for his life, Lark finds an abandoned dog who becomes his closest companion, and then a woman in search of her los...

A riveting story of survival and hope, set in the not-too-distant future, about a young man forced to flee the United States and seek refuge across the Atlantic.

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Two orphaned sisters, one Pentecostal, one wild, must raise each other and themselves in the mountains of post-WWII Kentucky.

In 1900s Kentucky, Saul Sullivan leaves his bride behind to seek work, and his brother steps in, with violent consequences.

A motherless young man must stitch his life together among his relatives and other lively folks of Free Creek Kentucky.

Asher Sharp is willing to give up everything for what he believes in. Except his son. In the aftermath of a flood that washes away much of a small Tennessee town, evangelical preacher Asher Sharp offers shelter to two gay men. In doing so, he starts to see his life anew-and risks losing everything: his wife, locked into her religious prejudices, his congregation, which shuns Asher after he delivers a passionate sermon in defense of tolerance, ...

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An evangelical preacher starts to see his life anew after a flood washes away his small community along Tennessee's Cumberland River in this novel by the "New York Times"-bestselling and E.B. White Award-winning author of "A Parchment of Leaves.

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Even better than reading a refreshingly honest story by one talented writer is reading one by two such writers." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)Pen pals Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City's Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner's son. With honesty an...

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From the bestselling author of such adult novels as "Clay's Quilt" and "The Coal Tattoo" comes his YA debut--a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war. For 10-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the summer that threatens to tear his family apart.

Something's Rising will long stand as a testament to the social and ecological consequences of energy at any cost and will be especially welcomed by readers of Appalachian studies, environmental science, and by all who value the mountain's majesty--our national heritage.