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A tale inspired by the life of Louisa May Alcott's youngest sister finds young May longing to study art outside of the confines of her Concord home before turning down a marriage proposal and pursuing an identity in contrast to the spoiled and worldly character of Amy in her sister's famed novel.

"A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, Kantika--"song" in Ladino--follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way--a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood....

"Ten years ago, Theodora "Teddy" Angstrom's older sister, Angie, disappeared. Her case remains unsolved. Now--on the anniversary of Angie's disappearance--Teddy's father, Mark, has killed himself. Unbeknownst to Mark's family, he had been actively investigating conspiracy theories sourced from a Reddit community of true crime fans fixated on Angie, and Teddy soon finds herself falling down that same rabbit hole. After all, if hope dies last, Angie...

"From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth--breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean...

Offers a simple introduction to cats and how to care for them as pets.

This imaginative Ohow toO book explores whimsical ways of doing a host of different tasks, including Ohow to wonder, O Ohow to see the breeze, O and Ohow to be brave.O With text and images by award-winning illustrator Morstad, this book is sure to be loved by all ages. Full color.

"Asked to record stories of Yeshua by Mary while the eye-witnesses are still alive, Disciple Matthew reluctantly agrees. But the longer they work together, the more difficult their task becomes as they face opposition and potential death. And when Matthew works to save his people, he realizes that the job he hesitantly accepted may be his God-given destiny"--

Rhyming text and illustrations of families explore how all families are different, but also the same.