By Theres Anne Fowler
Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America’s great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. In A Well-Behaved Woman, Theres Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against deserate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules–and how to break them.
From the former First Lady , a memoir starting with her childhood on Chicago’s south side and leading to her life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where she raised her children gracefully while representing the United States to the world.
Evans adds another installment to his large Christmas collection with this sweet second tale in the Noel Collection series.
A delightful novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change a life.
In The End Of The End Of The Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes–both human and literary–that have long preoccupied him.
A mysterious woman arrives in picturesque Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and the Seaside Knitters welcome her into their cozy world of intricate patterns and colorful skeins. Unfortunately, nothing frays a warm introduction like cold-blooded murder…
A leader has fallen, and Alex Cross joins the procession of mourners from Capitol Hill to the White House. Then a sniper’s bullet strikes a target in the heart of DC. Alex Cross’s wife, Bree Stone, newly elevated chief of DC detectives must solve the case or lose her position. The Secret Service and the FBI deploy as well in the race to find the shooter. Alex is tasked by the new President to lead an investigation unprecendented in scale and scope. but is the sniper’s strike only the beginning of a larger attack on the nation?
Danielle Steel tells the uplifiting story of an ordinary woman embracing an extraordinary adventure, and the daring choice that transforms her.
A story of resistance, complicity, and an unlikely, transformative friendship, set in Paris.
Louis L’Amour’s long-lost first novel, faithfully completed by his son, takes readers on a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas.
