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History of Woman Suffrage is a window into the suffragette movement, a front-row seat to the fight for women’s rights. This historic work draws a dramatic picture of the massive effort and struggle that took place in America from 1848 to 1861 through letters and documents, as well as uncensored thoughts and ideas from women during this evolving time, all rich with lively wit. The writing is vivid and compelling, with rousing speeches defending the legitimacy of the request for suffrage and strong, witty defense against those too comfortable in the status quo.

He’s always been the funny one…but there’s nothing funny going on in his life right now. When a new opportunity arises, he thinks things are turning around. And then she shows up. She doesn’t like him a bit, and the feeling is mutual. But he needs this job. And she needs an escape from her own problems back home. Will sparks fly or will secrets come back and haunt them both?

Though written in the 1930s, Anthem addresses controversial subjects in society that are still relevant today: equality, environment, sexism, mental health, the role of government. In revisiting this book and its many subjects, one keeps catching glimpses of understandings, and connections with our society today.

Angelina fled from Martha’s Vineyard as a teen and tried to leave her painful past behind. But when she comes back to help her mother, she’s forced to deal with her ex, the father of her daughter, who after all these years, suddenly wants to be in Penny’s life. The only thing worse than her ex is his family. His mother had ruined Angelina's life as a teen, and now she’s out to do it again.

When Renee’s husband walks out, she leaves the city for a new life. Heartbroken, jobless, and three months pregnant, she seeks help from her loving mother, Evelyn, at her new beach house in Martha’s Vineyard. But Renee doesn’t just want to survive her divorce. She wants to come out stronger and more independent, for herself and her unborn child.

The Copper Scroll Project tells the story of an Oklahoma arson investigator, Jim Barfield, who sets off on a decade-long quest to uncover Qumran’s secrets - the lost treasures of the Jerusalem temple - and show the world that the Dead Sea Scrolls were merely the tip of the archaeological iceberg. Could its secrets hold the keys to one of the greatest treasures in Israel’s history?

Her pa taught Allison Katherine “Kat” Crandall to ride, rope, and shoot as good as any man. That's why they called her "Wildcat"! Then her pa died in what folks called an “accident”, and when she returned from his funeral, half her ranch hands up and left. Kat knew that meant her father's death was no accident but cold-blooded murder, even if she couldn't prove it - yet!

She's got a big secret. He's got a big crush. Addison has finally come home for Christmas. But her husband isn't with her, and she's carrying a big secret. Will her family accept her? Clay has been pining after Addison since they were kids. He's best friends with her brothers, and she's never seen him as boyfriend material. Can he change her mind and help her heal before she leaves again?

Austin York has had a rough life, no doubt about it. Abandoned as a young teen by his drug addicted mother, he was bounced from foster home to foster home. Now, at 26 years old, he's determined to make a life for himself and prove that he's capable and worthy of good things. But when a petite auburn haired spitfire crosses his path and lands him in the middle of a fake engagement, his world is turned upside down in more ways than one.

Hannah Murphy faces an uncertain future. Her aunt was dead and soon, strangers would take possession of the only home she had ever known. When a letter arrives informing her she is the sole heir to an unknown uncle’s estate, the news seems like a Godsend. Days later, she finds herself on the road to New Orleans, her life in Richmond quickly fading. Upon her arrival, she feels she has stepped into the pages of a modern-day fairytale. However, she soon learns that in this fairytale not all that glitters is gold. The Lincoln House has its own rules written and bound by blood.

Only the one known as The Blood can save Lrakira . . . but is there time? The women of Lrakira have begun to die and the Stones have chosen Renloret to rescue Lrakira’s only hope of survival, a five-year-old child living on Teramar. When his ship crashes on Teramar, Renloret races against time to find the child whose blood carries the cure for his people. But the child cannot be found, and to complicate matters, Renloret is falling in love with Ani, a female Teramaran blade ring champion with serious alien issues and a need to be accepted for who she is.

It’s been five years since Evelyn’s beloved husband passed, but the 55-year-old is stuck in the past. Evelyn’s sister has had enough, so she buys her a trip to their old summer getaway, Martha’s Vineyard, where Evelyn learns she’s not alone after meeting Wanda, a divorcee with a secret, and Bitty, a sassy widow. As the three women make fast friends, they help each other learn how to move forward and start living again. So when Evelyn sees that her longtime dream home is on the market, she doesn’t hesitate.

In the spring of 1982, photographer Ellie Spaulding conned her way into the perfect setting to complete her upcoming gallery show: a secluded farmhouse in rural Virginia. There were only two rules to follow. She soon learns the house is keeping secrets and those dwelling within it have been waiting for someone to expose them. Once again, L.B. Stimson has created a terrifying ghostly tale inspired by her own haunting experiences. Listeners will find themselves immersed in the lives of both the living and the dead as the veil is broken, worlds collide, and secrets are revealed.

These stories were carefully chosen to reflect what life was once like for women—before the fight for rights was won. Let these stories reveal to this new generation, how it felt to live with oppression and fear, with no hope of real freedom. Take a journey from 1892 to 1921 through fictional stories, to understand the need for constant vigilance in striving for equal rights for all. Through the voices of Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, Katherine Mansfield, Susan Glaspell, Charlotte P. Gilman, and Kate Chopin, let us never forget from whence we came.

As the story resumes, Mathias Engleborn is returned to Lunaria, a vast world of profound magic and possibility. Mathias gladly welcomes the next chapter of the Lunarian Chronicles, and the journeys of a little weed from Bunda-Bas, whose valor is without equal. Now a branded traitor and alleged outlaw, it seems that the weight of the world now rests heavily upon such small shoulders. But there is a promise to fulfill at any cost, and these dangers will not deter the adventures of Theophilus Thistle.

When 16-year-old Charlotte Goolsby first encounters the mysterious little boy playing in the cemetery, she assumes he belongs to the minister’s family. As sightings of the little boy continue and seemingly go unnoticed by the rest of Keesbury’s residents, Charlotte is forced to confront everything she once believed about life and death. Charlotte finds herself confiding her fears to her father’s shipwright apprentice, Rees Pendleton. Charlotte and Rees will discover that all is not what it may seem in their quiet, seaside village of Keesbury.

Jack Cannon and his team of detectives have an incredible adventure ahead of them in the wondrous land of Pierrany. When a magical girl named Jade arrives at the Cannon household in the middle of the night, she comes with urgency and whisks Jack, Teddy, Stacey, Veronica, and Grandpa Telly away to a whole other world. As they arrive in Pierrany, the young detectives must work through some social issues they are dealing with, realize their own powers, and come together to conquer evil and stave off the dark powers in this fascinating world that threatens their very existence.

The Farmhouse, having stood against time and history for nearly 160 years in the Virginia countryside, was forgotten and abandoned until Kyle and Jenny Dowling moved in during the summer of 1972. The Dowlings, married just a year, are struggling to repair their broken marriage. It was to be the perfect place, away from it all, to heal their relationship. Jenny would write, and Kyle would tend to minor renovations. The rent was cheap.

Callie Houston needs a break from misery. But when her car breaks down on her way to a rodeo, she finds herself stranded in small-town Montana. Praying that God has a plan for her misfortune, she’s flattered when two handsome brothers offer their ranch for the night. Luke Manning isn’t sure he’s ready to settle down. But when he and his brother stumble across a woman down on her luck, neither hesitates to compete for the beauty’s affection. But if he wants to win her heart, he must prove he’s different from the shallow men of her past.

What starts as the first of several planned case studies of magical creatures becomes an afternoon of tea with a demon. This story takes place in the Cursed Candy Mysteries world, featuring Trixie and Griselda, authors of the second edition of All Things Magical and Bumpy Things in the Night, a magical compendium of...well, all things magical and also bumpy things in the night.