Martha: 1810 books

This book follows the life of an Irish orphan boy found on the streets of New York City about 1857. Johnny, among other children, was captured and placed in a facility on Randalls Island, New York, for their protection. He was later transferred by railroad on the orphan train to Princeton, Indiana,...

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the subject of the first volume in the Approaches to Teaching series, published in 1980. But in the past thirty years, Chaucer scholarship has evolved dramatically, teaching styles have changed, and new technologies have created extraordinary opportunities for studying...

In 1950, after her father passes away, Ruthie Stein knows she will continue to take care of their familys dairy farm, as she has always done, while also looking after her mother. But when her mother falls and breaks her hip less than two years later, Ruthie soon finds she cannot get by on her own. Her...

In this novel, which is based on the popular television series, "Touched by and Angel," a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist is aided by an angel to surrender to the internal battle raging within. The war could cost her a future with her daughter and granddaughter. Will it take a casualty...

What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities...

Happy or sad, challenging or routine, each day makes demands on us. The daily readings in The Promise of a New Day offer wisdom and inspiration to help us make the most of each day. Take time out of your busy day to visit this delightful collection of 366 insightful reflections and empowering...

Sara Eliza Johnson's stunning, deeply visceral first collection, Bone Map (2013 National Poetry Series Winner), pulls shards of tenderness from a world on the verge of collapse, where violence and terror infuse the body, the landscape, and dreams: a handful of blackberries offered from bloodied arms,...

Author’s past work has been reviewed by or featured in Boston Review, Library Journal, and Pleiades We expect strong blurbs and ordering from the poetry community, as Collins is well connected and well respected there Author served as Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing at...

The title, Wilderness Voices, comes from Isaiah: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." As a youth  the writer answered her call as Isaiah did, "Here am I; send me!" Her direction in life and her poetry are her response to God's call....

Once upon a miracle sounds like a typical beginning for a fairy tale. But, the miracles recounted in this book really happened. By telling her story, the author hopes to bring comfort and peace to others through her experiences with little miracles.

In the tradition of Mary Higgins Clark -- a suspense-filled story of a young widowed mother who unwittingly endangers her own life and that of her child as she searches for closure from a painful family loss and the truth behind it. When Maggie Collier learns that her father-in-law's murder...

A young girl’s terrifying nightmare, five mysterious oil paintings, and a red, flaming firebird all have the same message: stop running, stand still, and let the funnel cloud suck you up inside.      Juliana Birdsong is your typical eight-year-old with an obsessive-compulsive...

Set aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater, this New York Times Notable book is the “captivating, thoughtful, and unforgettable” (Kathleen Grissom, author of The Kitchen House) story of a charmingly frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad,...