Perhaps the first miracle was that she lived. The crowds keep coming. They arrive, all with their reasons, all with their doubts and certainties and everything in between. More and more every day, drawn by rumor and whisper and desperate wish. They come to Shaker Street to see eight-year-old Anabelle Vincent, who lies in a coma-like state--unable to move or speak. They come because a visitor experienced what seemed like a miracle and believed...

The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie's life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood...

Looks at the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy and control.

A woman gets arrested for the murder of her friend based on flimsy evidence.Then the murdered woman returns and leaves solid evidence as well as hints with various people, including a hard-nosed detective and his solicitor friend, who finally put their doubts aside.An international drug ring is broken up with the help of a naughty ghost, and the lives of all involved are changed irrevocably.

-- The High Mountains of Portugal -- The High Mountains of Portugal “Charming . . . Most Martellian is the boundless capacity for parable. . . . Martel knows his strengths: passages about the chimpanzee and his owner brim irresistibly with affection and attentiveness.” -- High Mountains, “Refreshing, surprising and filled with sparkling moments of humor and insight.” -- —Ursula K. Le Guin, -- — -- Star Tribune

"What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In ... [this] novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be 'the Lord.' And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him"--

This book is about love, light, life, forbidden knowledge and everything churchianity and organized religion forgot about long ago. It is the story of Michael, the boy prince, who constantly snuck off into the woods or went fishing instead of going to church and showed little interest in either his religion or becoming king. It is the story of his mother, Catherine, first the slave of the Moorish Prince Mohammed and later the unwilling Viking queen...

From Rampant and Ascendant author Diana Peterfreund comes this thrilling companion to For Darkness Shows the Stars. Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, Persis Blake's world is once again in the throes of rebellion. For Persis, her public life is that of a socialite, filled with parties and ball gowns. But while she seems to be a frivolous aristocrat, inside Persis beats the heart of a spy-the same heart that is falling for the enemy,...

I have come to the conclusion that I have suffered from guilt because of the Christian Church's teachings in my youth. Now I have finally broken free and am learning so much more about life from people like Alan Watts and Sadhguru. This book is a celebration of that

-- Mary CelesteMary Celeste is by turns a provocative mystery, an inspiration to creativity, and the tragic story of a family doomed by the sea.