Eleven year-old Kathleen is a spunky, gifted christian girl who enjoys competition and strives for excellence. Her opportunities for achievement are many until "Black Tuesday" and the stock market crash shake her dreams for high achievement to the very core.
In Kathleen's Shaken Dreams you will meet a spunky, gifted eleven-yearold girl who enjoys competition and strives for high achievement. Set in tumultuous 1929, the book recounts how Kathleen's opportunities for achievement are many until 'Black Tuesday' and the stock market crash force her prosperous family to move to her relatives' primitive farm. Will Kathleen's faith be shaken or will she trust God no matter what her circumstances?
In the 1830s, Laylie Colbert and her brother Luke attempt escape from the Southern Carolina plantation where they are slaves, and their faith helps them along the way.
Young Amelia dreams of learning to fly her own airplane and exploring the skies as one of the world's first female pilots. But girls in the early 20th century do not do such things. But Amelia is not easily discouraged, and eventually earns a place in American history. Full color.
"...engaging, intelligent, and surprisingly suspenseful." —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love The unforgettable New York Times best-selling journey of self-discovery and finding one's true calling in life Kathleen Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old middle manager trapped on the corporate ladder - until her boss eliminated her job. Instead of sulking, she took the opportunity to check out of the rat race for good - cashing in her savings, moving to Paris, and landing a spot at the venerable Le Cordon Blue cooking school. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry is the funny and inspiring account of her struggle in a stew of hot-tempered, chefs, competitive classmates, her own "wretchedly inadequate" French - and how she mastered the basics of French cuisine. Filled with rich, sensual details of her time in the kitchen - the ingredients, cooking techniques, wine, and more than two dozen recipes - and the vibrant sights and sounds of the markets, shops, and avenues of Paris, it is also a journey of self-discovery, transformation, and, ultimately, love.
Kathleen is settling into farm life in Ohio pretty well, but is distraught to learn that her best friend in Indiana is direly ill and she must rely on her faith in God for strength and hope that her friend will survive.
Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody knows her family?s world-famous rhubarb farm is magical. The plants taste like chocolate, jewels appear in the soil, bugs talk to her, and her best friend is a rhubarb plant named Harry. But the most magical thing is that every single Monday, at exactly 1:00, it rains. Until the Monday when the rain just stops. Now it?s up to Polly to figure out why?and whether her brother?s mysterious illness and her glamorous aunt Edith?s sudden desire to sell the farm have anything to do with it. Most of all, Polly has to make it start raining again before it?s too late. Her brother?s life, the plants? survival, and her family?s future all depend on it. Kathleen Van Cleve has woven an unforgettable comingof- age tale with all the heart and wonder of a Roald Dahl novel.
"What's wrong, Mommy?" Even a five-year-old could tell something was wrong. There she was-the same little girl I had seen years ago. She was standing at the front window of Duncan's nursery, holding the rag doll from the old toy box in the attic, silently saying, "It's me, it's me..." A true ghost story that will give you chills and warm your heart In 1971, Kathleen McConnell and her family moved into a historic home known as the Fontaine Manse. Two days after moving in, she and her husband had an extraordinary experience that left them with no doubt that unseen residents occupied the house, too. This is the true story of how Kathleen McConnell came to know and care for the spirit children who lived in the attic of the mansion-Angel Girl, Buddy, and The Baby. From playing ball with Kathleen, to saving her son Duncan from drowning, the spirit children became part of the McConnell family in ways big and small. Finally, a heart-wrenching decision triggered an unexpected and dramatic resolution to the spirit children's plight. Don't Call Them Ghosts is the inspiring story of the transcendent and lasting power of a mother's love.
This is the third book in the Bluegrass Brothers series. Trouble worth dying for… Miles Davies is a natural born leader. The former Special Forces commander has returned to the small town of Keeneston and has become the head of his own company. Nothing can shake his strong resolve. Not war, not the town gossips, and certainly not the one woman who both fascinates and infuriates him . . . or so he thinks. Keeneston’s bad girl is back! Morgan Hamilton’s life ended and began on her high school graduation night when she left town with no plan to ever return. As a self-made businesswoman, Morgan is always on the lookout for her next victory. Little did she know that next victory would involve acquiring the company that belonged to the one man she always wanted for herself. The order is clear—get Miles’s company—even if it means murder.
It should be a happy New Year for Kathleen McKenzie, but 1930 is off to a tumultuous start since her family was forced to move in with relatives on a primitive farm in Ohio due to the stock market crash of 1929. Now separated from her ailing best friend and unsure if she will be able to compete in the nation-wide spelling bee, twelve-year-old Kathleen McKenzie begins to wonder if her life will ever be the same again.