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The Order of the Lily
When valour and duty stand above a heart's desire... Separated as infants and rediscovered by chance, sisters, Catherine Pembroke and Cecile d'Armagnac solve the mystery which forced them apart (The Lily and the Lion) only to find their reunion all too brief when the Prince of Wales seeks to reclaim his mistress. With an unbreakable bond forged between the girls, Catherine chooses a perilous path to shield her sister. But has the faith in her protector, Simon Marshall, been misplaced? Who is the mysterious Lady of Scotland and why is Simon so determined to locate her? Caught in a web of conspiracy, Catherine must unravel the secret Simon has worked so hard to conceal. Exiled to Kent, Gillet ...
Nothing But Trouble
Both hilarious and poignant, Bettye Griffin's latest novel explores the lives and loves of three best friends who discover that there's nothing in the world they can't handle--as long as they stick together. . . Dana Covington never thought she'd be a widow at 38--but sometimes, that's the way life works out. It's a good thing Dana's friends, Norell and Cecile, are always ready to give her a shoulder to cry on. . .even when they've got big problems of their own. Just as Norell gives up on her dream to have a baby, she's shocked when Cecile turns up pregnant--again. Norell's heartbreak throws her friendship with Cecile into a complete tailspin. And just when things can't get much worse, Cecile's sexy younger sister comes to town. As usual, Micheline is looking for trouble--and this time, she finds enough for everyone. With tension mounting between the trio, it seems like their friendship might not stand the test. But when all is said and done, true friends know that even their closest pals aren't perfect--and that the people who drive you crazy are the ones you love the most. . .
France
Nearly the whole of America's partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vouchers and charter schools to the implementation of No Child Left Behind, policy makers have increasingly turned to market-based models to help improve our schools, believing that private institutions--because they are competitively driven--are better than public ones. With The Public School Advantage, Christopher A. and Sarah Theule Lubienski offer powerful evidence to undercut this belief, showing that public schools in fact out-perform private ones.
