A Bulgarian peasant boy must convince his mother that he is destined to be a sculptor, not a farmer.

"Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child's life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank's own life is transformed. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the...

Farmer Small takes care of hungry cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and more--all in just one day! Throughout the year, he keeps his farm running smoothly by plowing the fields and selling fruits and vegetables

Otis the tractor is happy to go home and rest after a very busy day of working on the farm and playing with friends.

When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town. Farmer Duck cooks, cleans, and works hard all day as the farmer remains comfortably in bed, simply bellowing out his orders, but things change when the other farmyard animals come to her rescue and give the lazy farmer his just reward.

A posthumous double volume of the influential author's first and last written works, published to coincide with the 90th anniversary of his birth, includes the bitter satire "Basic training" and the unfinished final novel "If God were alive today".

"At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. With no family and no ties, she’s drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right place to settle down, she’ll know. And when she reaches beautiful Palmetto Island, she thinks she may have found it. The small, close-knit island community seems to have everything Alison needs....

Growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky, fifteen-year-old Albertina "Bertie" Winslow knows how to do a lot, but when her mom dies after a long illness, Bertie finds herself in charge of four younger siblings and struggling to keep the family together.

"Wit, emotion and undiminished boldness. . . . This is a book which celebrates life and warms the heart." -Tulsa World A timeless American classic, this beloved family saga of the heartland is "deeply felt . . . dramatic . . . constantly alive" (Harper's Magazine) On a farm in western Missouri during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break...