Amy J. Johnson
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880–1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps - with the help of her inspired and inspiring teacher, Anne Sullivan - is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's classic autobiography detailing the first 22 years of...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shiny ember rocks are fuel for time; the dull rocks are a fool's dime. An old nursery rhythm, or so they think. Itra and Danae stumble across an ancient secret kept hidden behind a reflection in time near their Albanian home. A faded memory and cryptic messages send them in a tailspin for truth. Desperate for answers, they return with company but encounter an obstacle from another time.
3) Early Autumn
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Excerpt: "There was a ball in the old Pentland house because for the first time in nearly forty years there was a young girl in the family to be introduced to the polite world of Boston and to the elect who had been asked to come on from New York and Philadelphia. So the old house was all bedizened with lanterns and bunches of late spring flowers, and in the bare, white-painted, dignified hallway a negro band, hidden discreetly by flowers, sat making...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From the USA Today bestselling master of small-town sagas comes the third book in the Blue Harbor series. Maddie Conway has always dreamed of opening her own bakery, but following in the footsteps of her three successful sisters is turning out to be a lot of pressure. Overwhelmed and behind schedule, Maddie agrees to let her father's girlfriend lend a hand, until she realizes that help has come in the form of shameless matchmaking. Now Maddie is stuck...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the vein of the USA Today bestselling Oyster Bay series comes a new feel-good series about sisters navigating family life while finding love in a quaint, lakeside town.
When Britt Conway was eighteen, she left Blue Harbor without a glance back, telling herself that she was closing the door to her painful past for good. But when her father takes a fall and needs her help to oversee the family business until he is back on his feet, Britt can't refuse,...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the USA Today bestselling master of small-town sagas comes the second installment in the Blue Harbor series-a second-chance romance about finding love when you least expect it.
Amelia Conway spent the past twelve years doting on her widowed father and playing mother hen to her younger sisters-and conveniently hiding her heart from love after her high school sweetheart moved away. Now the owner of a charming café, she realizes she has no excuse...
Author
Language
English
Description
A hard-driving designer seeks acclaim by developing a Middle Eastern museum only to discover the project's real value is not what she imagined.
Joanna and Ev have been partners for ten years-in business and in love-when one of the only women in government in the Middle East invites their firm to design a children's museum in Riyadh. Jo sees a chance to solidify her name in the design world, and help Saudi girls along the way, in the venture. Her...