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May Sarton's celebrated novel of family, philosophy, and survival, set between the two great wars that cleaved Europe in two In the wake of the First World War, life for the Duchesnes goes on almost as it always has. Situated near a vegetable garden, an orchard, and rolling green pastures, their Belgian estate is one of the few that escaped dereliction in the difficult preceding years.   The garden is Mélanie Duchesne's lifeblood-a boost to her...

After an amicable divorce, undemanding piano teacher Anna Dunlap has built an independent life in New England for herself and her four-year-old daughter, Molly. It's all Anna thinks she needs. Until she meets Leo Cutter, an artist who makes her feel desired, unabashedly sexual, and filled with certitude and passion for the very first time. All it takes is a single unguarded moment for Anna's perfect world to implode. Leveling shocking charges against...

Bernie S. Siegel, M.D. tells the listener how exceptional patients work to heal themselves and where they found the courage and determination to follow new, inspirational paths

Travis McGee sets out to get the killers of his friend Tush Bannon when he is murdered in a land takeover scheme.

The Great West, prior to the century's turn, abounded in legend. Stories were told of fabled gunmen, whose bullets always magically found their mark, of mighty stallions, whose tireless gallop rivaled the speed of the wind, of glorious women, whose beauty stunned mind and heart. But, nowhere in the vast spread of the mountain-desert country was there a greater legend told than the story of Red Pierre and the phantom gunfighter, McGurk. These two...

After discovering her grandfather is dying, fifteen-year-old Rachel gets to know him better than ever before and finds the experience bittersweet.

Marty had thoroughly enjoyed her visit with daughter Missie, even though a tragic accident had extended it far longer than originally planned. But now she and Clark are home again, and there are some changes to make. The family begins adjusting to Clark's crutch, and Clark and Marty recognize their children's new maturity and independence. The "baby of the family" is going to be a doctor. Ellie has blossomed into a lovely young woman. Is there any...

May Sarton's powerful and profound novel of an extraordinary life, and of one woman's efforts to preserve the force and vitality of her experiences on the pages of a book For the second time in my life-and I am now seventy-I am embarking on an effort which may well come to nothing but which has possessed my mind, haunts, and will not let me sleep.   From her opening statement, Cam, the narrator of The Magnificent Spinster, declares her grand intentions:...