The Fine Art of Insincerity
The Fine Art of Insincerity

Author: Angela Hunt

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-05-03

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 143918206X

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Bestselling author Angela Elwell Hunt returns to the genre—contemporary women’s fiction—that has brought her some of her greatest success with this novel about three sisters who have struggled with being committed in their marriages. Three grown Southern sisters have ten marriages between them—and more loom on the horizon—when Ginger, the eldest, wonders if she’s the only one who hasn’t inherited what their family calls “the Grandma Gene”: the tendency to like the casualness of courtship better than the intimacy of marriage. Could it be that her two sisters are fated to serially marry, just like their seven-times wed grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Irene Harper Winslow Goldstein Carey James Bobrinski Gordon George? It takes a “girls only” weekend, closing up Grandma’s treasured beach house for the last time, for the sisters to really unpack their family baggage, examine their relationship DNA, and discover the true legacy their much-marrying grandmother left behind…

Life in the Slow Lane: Collected Pieces from Ten Years of Two-Lane Livin'
Life in the Slow Lane: Collected Pieces from Ten Years of Two-Lane Livin'

Author: Lisa Hayes-Minney

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-11-17

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1794734937

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Two-Lane Livin' Magazine featured more than 35 columnists over a decade, and Lisa's column, "Two-Lane for Life," appeared in all 123 issues. During her tenure as editor, publisher, and columnist for Two-Lane Livin', she tried to learn about homesteading and farming from other columnists and her own research; apply the principles of sustainable, simple living to her own life; and share those experiences with her readers. Several columnists from the magazine have compiled their work into books, and we hope you will enjoy their collections as well as this assembly of some of Lisa's personal favorites from her own column in the magazine.

The Lodestone
The Lodestone

Author: Daniel Rose

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-09-28

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1365301672

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It was called the storm of the century by some but, for Jonah, it was just another night until the roof blew in. Tough, callous, and a veteran of many a foreign and domestic war, he was not the kind of guy to give a damn. Yet a serious injury during his last call of duty has left him questioning his past actions, so he is determined to return to the scene of one major crime of passion in search of some sort of resolution. But a major hurricane has other plans, and he is in for a surprise. Although her home is miraculously intact and one room in particular just as she left it, the woman he seeks has disappeared. In his attempt to find her, he discovers that he must embark upon a journey that defies both time and space, a journey into the unfamiliar country of her memories. This is made possible through an odd collection of talismen and is as disconcerting as it is life changing. With each new memory comes a lesson to be learned via her search for perfect love, and love is not something that Jonah does well.

A Greene Country Towne
A Greene Country Towne

Author: Alan C. Braddock

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2016-12-12

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0271078928

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An unconventional history of Philadelphia that operates at the threshold of cultural and environmental studies, A Greene Country Towne expands the meaning of community beyond people to encompass nonhuman beings, things, and forces. By examining a diverse range of cultural acts and material objects created in Philadelphia—from Native American artifacts, early stoves, and literary works to public parks, photographs, and paintings—through the lens of new materialism, the essays in A Greene Country Towne ask us to consider an urban environmental history in which humans are not the only protagonists. This collection reimagines the city as a system of constantly evolving constituents and agencies that have interacted over time, a system powerfully captured by Philadelphia artists, writers, architects, and planners since the seventeenth century. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Maria Farland, Nate Gabriel, Andrea L. M. Hansen, Scott Hicks, Michael Dean Mackintosh, Amy E. Menzer, Stephen Nepa, John Ott, Sue Ann Prince, and Mary I. Unger.

Philly Girl Goes West
Philly Girl Goes West

Author: Elaine Mandigo

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2015-04-06

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 163417562X

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Maggie Riley, a High School Science teacher in intercity Philadelphia, is sick and tired of trying to impart knowledge to reluctant learners. Divorced with two grown sons living in distant cities she decides to take a sabbatical from her job and go on a road trip west. Destination Yellowstone National Park a place she has wanted to visit since childhood. Fate however will intervene and she will find herself in a remote small town in Wyoming. A place where the town and people are a far contrast from the big city she is accustomed to. She will experience culture shock and cognitive dissonance over the difference between big city and small town living, and question her values and way of life. She finds romance with the towns animal doctor, Dr. Sam, and will come to accept and love the compelling beauty with the place and it's people.