Daughter of the Sun by Barbara WoodRequirements: .ePUB reader, 0.7MBOverview: Seventeen-year-old Hoshi’tiwa had a simple life: The daughter of a humble corn grower, she planned to marry a storyteller’s apprentice. But her world is turned upside down when she is captured by the powerful and violent ruler of an infamous city with legends of untold […]
The Blessing Stone by Barbara WoodRequirements: .ePUB reader, 428 KBOverview: Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain—and it formed her destiny, as well as the destiny of generations […]
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver ( Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Finalist )Requirements: .ePUB reader, 467 KBOverview: The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they […]
Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind by Barbara BeckerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 20 MBOverview: When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we […]
Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions, 10th Edition by Robert S. Ellwood, Barbara McgrawRequirements: .PDF reader, 11 MbOverview: For more than three decades this introduction to the world’s religions, Many Peoples, Many Faiths has combined factual information with empathic writing that seeks to convey the flavor of our planet’s diverse […]