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Goat Song
The author, a novelist, describes his life as he and his wife moved to a farm in Vermont, becoming a goatherd and cheesemaker.
Birds in Fall
Hauntingly beautiful, this new work by the author of "Lick Creek" is an extraordinarily moving novel about solitude, love, losing one's way, and finding something like home.
John Henry
This is a larger-than-life tale about the African American hero who was born with a hammer in his hand. Join John Henry on a scenic journey from cotton country to the wilderness, where he finds men of all colors working together to build a great railroad. In no time, John Henry becomes king of the railroad camps by driving more steel than any man alive. And, in an exciting contest that pits man against machine, he single-handedly out-performs a new-fangled steam drill. This rousing tale delivers an inspirational message about pride and perseverance.
Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Boss Lion threatens to eat all the inhabitants of the village, until he is outsmarted by B'rer Rabbit.
The Woodcutter's Christmas
A New York City family looks forward to the annual visit of the Christmas tree salesman they know as "the Woodcutter," and one day, several years after he has stopped coming, they find his home during a Vermont vacation and learn the reason why he no longer sells trees.
Moses in Egypt
Your family will be moved by the unforgettable story of how Moses was summoned by God to deliver his fellow Israelites from slavery. This epic drama follows the life of Moses from his birth along the Nile through the stirring events leading up to the triumphant exodus of his people from Egypt. Illustrated by Phil Huling. Ages 6 and up. “…it has all the ingredients that kids crave: mystery, magic, an evil King, a merciful princess, and a monumental battle between good and evil…This version…is sure to captivate children of all faiths..”-- Parents’ Magazine.
North
Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist for the Vermont Book Award A powerfully moving novel about the intertwined lives of a Vermont monk, a Somali refugee, and an Afghan war veteran by the author of the acclaimed memoir Goat Song As a late spring blizzard brews, Brother Christopher, a cloistered monk at Blue Mountain Monastery in Vermont, rushes to tend to his Ida Red and Northern Spy apple trees in advance of the unseasonal snowstorm. When the storm lands a young Somali refugee, Sahro Abdi Muse, at the monastery, Christopher is pulled back into the world as his life intersects with Sahro's and that of an Afghan war veteran in surprising and revealing ways. North traces the e...
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The War That Made the Roman Empire
A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire. Following Caesar’s assassination and Mark Antony’s defeat of the conspirators who killed Caesar, two powerful men remained in Rome—Antony and Caesar’s chosen heir, young Octavian, the future Augustus. When Antony fell in love with the most powerful woman in the world, Egypt’s ruler Cleopatra, and thwarted Octavian’s ambition to rule the empire, another civil war broke out. In 31 BC one of the largest naval battles in the ancient world took place—more ...
