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Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller A love woven true [downloadable audiobook] Young and recently widowed, Jasmine Houston confronts the vital issues of freedom and slavery, love and hate, life and death. As Jasmine's opposition to slavery grows and her friendship with her bachelor brother-in-law Nolan deepens, her Massachusetts horse farm soon becomes a stop for the Underground Railroad. With both her mother and mammy dying, she and her young son rush to the family plantation in Mississippi--escorted by Nolan. Keeping a death-bed promise, Jasmine tries to emancipate her mammy's son. But soon a sinister kidnapper will put her faith and her love to the ultimate test. |
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Tracie Peterson The hope within [downloadable audiobook] "1886 Montana stands on the brink of statehood, and Dianne Selby finds her world turned upside down in this conclusion to Tracie Peterson's Montana saga. Through the twists and turns of life and nature, Dianne comes to realize that the hope within Jesus Christ is the only hope that lasts"--Provided by publisher. |
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Tracie Peterson The coming storm [downloadable audiobook] From her favorite hilltop perch, the unadorned beauty of Montana fills Dianne Chadwick with serenity and purpose. But fear gnaws at that peace, for her fiancé, Cole Selby, has yet to return from his journey east. When accidents and illness threaten those at the Diamond V ranch, Dianne searches for a haven from the storm that surrounds her. But with Cole's fate uncertain and another man proclaiming his love for her, Dianne's faith is a tenuous anchor amid the tempest. |
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Tracie Peterson Land of my heart [downloadable audiobook] After the death of her father, 16-year-old Dianne Chadwick believes her family's only hope is to move to her uncle's home in Montana. The Chadwicks must learn the skills it takes to survive the wagon trail. The journey is treacherous, but Dianne and her family rely on their faith in God to get them through safely. |
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Tracie Peterson Whispers of winter [downloadable audiobook] Set amidst the frozen wilds of 1917 Alaska, this finale skillfully weaves an enthralling plot with an uplifting message of God's faithfulness in trials. With Leah's husband and brother still lost in the Arctic, it's difficult for her to sustain hope. She values her friends and treasures her one-year-old twins. But what if both men remain forever frozen in Alaska's cruel embrace? |
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Tracie Peterson Under the northern lights [downloadable audiobook] Hidden in Alaska's vast wilderness, a ruthless murderer holds two ladies hostage: one a newlywed, the other a detective. With Leah ravaged by despair and Helaina disabled by fever, the captives have little chance of escape--unless God provides the healing they so desperately need. Fearing for the safety of the women they love, Jayce and Jacob pray they can save Leah and Helaina before winter's icy blast freezes all hope of rescue. |
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Andrea Smith The sisterhood of Blackberry Corner [downloadable audiobook] In a small town in 1950s South Carolina, Bonnie Wilder's husband finds an abandoned baby by the river. After voicing her concern for local mothers who are unable to raise their children, Bonnie finds more abandoned newborns on her doorstep. Soon she forms a secret network to match the babies with childless families. Thirty years later, one of those babies wants to know about her past. |
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Thomas Keneally The great shame: and the triumph of the Irish in the English-speaking world [downloadable audiobook] In the nineteenth century, Ireland lost half of its population to famine, emigration to the United States and Canada, and the forced transportation of convicts to Australia. Based on unique research among little-known sources, this book surveys eighty years of Irish history through the eyes of political prisoners. |
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Elie Wiesel Dawn [downloadable audiobook] An illuminating document . . . the plight of traditional Jewish morality confronted with the modern world of power politics and of murder."--Maxwell Geismar. Resonant with feeling, Dawn is an unforgettable journey into the human heart--and an eloquent statement about the moral basis of the new Israel. |
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Good business [downloadable audiobook] Good Business starts with the premise that this is an age in which business and work have replaced religion and politics as central forces in contemporary life. This audiobook reveals how business leaders, managers, and employees can find their "flow" and contriute not only to their own hapiness, but also to a just and evolving society. |
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Steven Pressfield Killing Rommel [downloadable audiobook] By the fall of 1942, Rommel's Panzers have routed Britain's Eighth Army in North Africa and are poised to capture Egypt, the Suez Canal, and the Middle Eastern oil fields. To stop Rommel, England deploys a new breed of highly mobile, heavily armed "scorpion" commandos. |
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Rachel Sontag. House rules [downloadable audiobook] Debut author Rachel Sontag recounts her dysfunctional childhood in this startling memoir that is troubling in its details ultimately tinged with rays of hope and courage. On the surface, Rachel's physician father seemed perfect. He was well liked and equally respected in suburban Chicago. But home life was far different. An obsessive and manipulative man, he exercised complete control over everything, including the length of Rachel's hair and fingernails. He even locked all the phones in a safe when he was away. Eventually, Rachel broke free, trying to make some sense of her damaged life--and found that severing the relationship with her family was yet another painful obstacle to confront. The psychological abuse Rachel survived is extraordinary, while her ability to withstand the torment and recapture her identity is a stirring testament to human resolve. |
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Virginia Henley Insatiable [downloadable audiobook] In the prim and proper days of England's past, sexy vixen Catherine "Cat" Seton Spencer designs dresses for Queen Elizabeth. But in her spare time, she makes the rounds in London looking to satisfy her unquenchable lust. Little does Cat know, she's on a collision course with the roguish Patrick Hepburn, Lord Stewart of Scotland--and he means to claim her as his own. |
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Colin G. Calloway. The Shawnees and the war for America [downloadable audiobook] Before the American War for Independence, the Shawnees lived in Ohio, hunted in Kentucky, and ranged as far as Georgia, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. With an uncanny ability to form alliances with others, they developed a well-deserved reputation for being loyal friends and formidable foes. Leaders like Blue Jacket, Black Hoof, and Tecumseh defended Shawnee homelands for more than 60 years. But America's westward surge ultimately proved too much. And when Tecumseh fell in battle, the Shawnees' final hope for independence died with him. |
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Lillian de la Torre The detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson [downloadable audiobook] |
- John Kricher.
The ecological planet: an introduction to Earth's major ecosystems [downloadable audiobook]
A series of fourteen lectures on the earth's diverse ecosystems, presented by John Kricher, professor of biology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, author of three ecology field guides, fellow in the American Ornithogists Union and past-president of the Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society. - Timothy B. Shutt
Odyssey of the West. IV: a classic education through the great books : toward Enlightenment [downloadable audiobook]
The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part four provides a close look at the period from the Renaissance to the scientific revolution and into the early Enlightenment. These lectures take in the immense variety and singular achievements that have helped mold our present societies.