This gripping sequel to Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe follows Rebecca the healer's journey to Spain to escape the growing persecution of Jews in England.

Twelfth-century England has become too dangerous for Jews, especially the beautiful Jewish healer, Rebecca Manasses, who has been rescued by Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe from being burned alive as a witch. Rebecca and her father, Isaac, make the difficult decision to flee to Spain where they have relatives.

They settle in Toledo's Jewish quarter, and Rebecca is able to build a thriving practice as a healer. Her reputation reaches the ears of Rachel Esra, known as La Fermosa, the Jewish mistress of Alfonso VIII, the King of Castile and Leon. Rebecca becomes Rachel's healer and friend, and through Rachel, Rebecca meets a handsome Jewish trader who helps her and her family during anti-Jewish riots fomented by the wars raging around them as Alfonso battles to keep control of Castile.

Rebecca of Ivanhoe brings to life a fascinating chapter in medieval Spain and introduces readers to an indomitable, yet vulnerable woman who rises above the restraints of her time to help her family survive during a tumultuous time in medieval Spain as the Moors and Christians battle for control of the country.

Have confidence in your dreams, ignore the doubters, and never give up.

As a young girl, Amani wants her swing to go higher and higher so she can fly. She loves watching planes take off. She loves to read any and everything about flying.

After a boy tells her that girls can't be pilots, her father takes her to the library and they check out a book about Amelia Earhart. Amani is excited to see girls can fly and wants to be a pilot just like Amelia.

Amani Wants to Fly is an uplifting true story based on a real-life pilot, JoAnna Marmon. People of all ages will love Amani's spunk, hard work, and determination as she studies and trains to be a pilot. Enjoy Barry Mann's clear prose and Meira Ner-David's captivating illustrations as Amani seeks her dream of flying airplanes.

Friendship can grow from the unlikeliest of circumstances.

Rose is a ninety-three-year-old former ballet dancer and the last of the Eastern European Jews who fled the Nazis and formed a community in Venice Beach, California.

Nina is a thirty-six-year-old yoga teacher living in Venice during the 2008 recession.

Their lives collide after a car accident kills Rose's husband and Nina's fiancé. Wracked by grief, shame, and guilt over her perceived role in the accident, Rose attends the funeral of Nina's fiancé. Nina is also wrestling with shame and guilt because she had a terrible fight with her fiancé before his death.

After the funeral, Rose and Nina strike up an urgent, complicated friendship. Brought together by tragedy and secrets, they strive to maintain an authentic intergenerational bond while grappling with their respective demons.

Set in one of Los Angeles's most vibrant and eccentric neighborhoods, Accidental Friends tells a powerful and intriguing story of two women who help each other make important decisions about how to live-and how to die.

Amanda decides to go to college in Indiana, away from Phoenix and a mother she thinks is too protective and the tension between her divorced parents.

Susan, Amanda's mother, works to adjust to life without her daughter around, while dealing with the disintegration of her family and her less than satisfactory job as a lawyer in a large law firm.

Amanda revels in the freedom of university life away from her over-protective mom, while Susan feels adrift as her attempts to fill Amanda's absence with romance and ambition prove disappointing. When Amanda joins a religious commune, drawn in by its seductive promise of certainty and love, Susan fears she has lost Amanda to a cult.

Crosswind is a compelling weave of Amanda's and Susan's intertwined stories that show the appeal and danger of living in a closed community with a charismatic leader and the fraught relationship of a mother and daughter looking for a safe place to call home.

Miracles can happen when you least expect them.

Miri is excited that her grandfather, Sabi, as she calls him, is visiting all the way from Jerusalem for Hanukkah. They love playing music together-he on the accordion, and she on her drums of pots and pans.

Miri is captivated by Sabi teaching her about the miracle of Hanukkah and how to count the candles on the menorah in Hebrew. Her parents are so pleased, they offer to buy her a drum set as a Hanukkah present.

Miri and Sabi's trip to the mall to pick out the new drum set goes awry when Sabi can't remember where he parked his car. Luckily, a group of young people come to the rescue, and the trip becomes a celebration of shared values and vocabulary that unite people across religions and cultures.

Based on a true story, Miri and her Drum Set brings together the idea that people of different religions all share the basic values of good will, kindness, and generosity toward others. Miri and Sabi's special bond and illuminating adventure will delight children and parents alike.

Imagine Percy and Harriet Shelley meeting Anne Devlin, an Irish rebel who had been imprisoned for three years in Dublin's notorious Kilmainham Gaol for her involvement in Robert Emmet's failed 1803 rebellion.

It's 1812 and young Percy Shelley, recently expelled from Oxford University, because of his professed atheism, decides to begin his political life by aiding the Irish in their effort to repeal the 1801 Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland, while trying to complete Emmet's rebellion.

In this alternate history, Percy and his wife Harriet, full of unrealistic and lofty goals, crash against the reality of an oppressed Ireland and proud patriots like Devlin, who have no reason to trust the British, no matter how often they profess to possess Irish hearts.

Dreams of Drowning is a work of magical realism that moves between real time where lives are buffeted by political conflict, tragedy and loss and another mysterious time where pain is healed, and love is eternal.

It's 1973 and Amy, an American ex-pat, is living as an illegal immigrant in Toronto where she's fled to escape the scandal surrounding her twin sister's death by drowning. Joanie's been gone two years, but Amy still hears her cries for help. Romance would jeopardize the secrets Amy has to keep, but when she meets Arcus, a graduate student working to restore democracy in Greece, she falls hard. Arcus doesn't know about Amy's past, and she doesn't know Arcus has secrets of his own, including the shady history of an ancient relic he uses as a paperweight.

In 1993 Toronto, Jacob Kanter, a retired archaeologist, is mourning his dear wife and grappling with his son's plans to move him to a nursing home. Despite double vision, tremors, and cognitive impairment, he remembers sailing as a youth and sets out toward the lake where he boards a ferry boat embarking on its maiden voyage. He expects a short harbor cruise, but the Aqua Meridian is larger than it looks, and time is slippery on the water. When he hears a drowning woman call for help his story merges with Amy's, and they discover they have unexpected gifts for one another.

A mosaic of memories, events, and reflections about Dede Montgomery and her remarkable mother, with insights into the generations and circumstances they were born into that informed the women they became.

Dede Montgomery returns to her own roots in From First Breath to Last, and skillfully weaves her life with her mother's in a touching tribute to family and what matters most in their lives. She meshes passages from her mother's memoir, journals, published book, and dissertation with her own memories and how her mother's journey influenced her own in a celebration of womanhood.

Patty Montgomery was born between the World Wars and was reborn in the 1960s and 1970s during the time women pushed through the barriers to independence and equality. She followed what she believed was the expected path for other women like her who were privileged by whiteness, education, and middle-class income. Until she couldn't, and broke loose with support from some and criticism by others, while raising her only daughter to be self-confident and self-assured.

From First Breath to Last is a treat to readers of all ages looking to embrace the wisdom from two women told through entertaining stories, fairy tales, and the advice from lives well-lived.

We call ourselves the Lady Bunch. One of our nine members named us after the iconic TV show The Brady Bunch, which introduces its cast members in a rectangular format. As we begin our monthly Zoom meetings, each member pops into view like a Brady kid, and we fit snugly into our triple-line grid.

Here's the Story . . . is our first compilation of the writing that emerged from our Zoom meetings since 2020 at an online course called Writing about Your Mom without Guilt, for the Story Circle Network, an international nonprofit writing organization. Not ready to end our special bond, we continued to meet and share our writing after the course ended. What has emerged is this anthology of forty-two pieces: essays, stories, and poems.

In this book, we didn't focus on the usual female subjects, such as our significant others, children, and jobs. We wrote about the women we had been and the women we wanted to be. Each of us had lived a full and singular life.

Women are capable of generous and congenial support. We lift each other during life's trials and rejoice in our successes. As such, we think this unique collection will inspire and entertain many, taking readers on a provocative journey.

We are: Amy Baruch, Stephanie Cowell, Linda Aronovsky Cox, Karen Finch, Jane Mylum Gardner, Rhonda Hunt-Del Bene, Katherine Kirkpatrick, Kathleen M. Rodgers, and Andrea Simon.

On July 26, 1902, The Elmira Daily Advertiser described Maple Point as, The cottage itself is a marvel of beauty, and the boat landing is covered by a neat pavilion, which makes it the handsomest dock on the lake.

Patricia Taylor Wells delves into the history of a cottage called Maple Point, built in the late nineteenth century on Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. She had been lucky enough to spend summers at Maple Point for twenty-two years. Although she no longer lies in the porch hammock while watching boats glide across the lake's sun-glistened water, she often goes there in her thoughts.

Wells relates how the lakes were formed and provides a snapshot of the indigenous people who first roamed the Keuka Lake area and gave it her name. She combines the historical accounts of three generations of the Gleason, Bush, and Wells families who owned the property between 1895 and 2005.

Rachel Brooks Gleason, who was one of the first American women to graduate from medical school, and her husband owned and operated the Elmira Water Cure as an alternative to 1800s medical practices. Rachael delivered Olivia and Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) four children, and the Gleasons were good friends with the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Patricia Taylor Wells takes the reader on a journey to Keuka Lake and the surrounding Finger Lakes area, one of the most scenic places in America. She gives a glimpse of the lives of those who had been fortunate to sit on the front porch overlooking Keuka Lake on a sun-soaked day.

All they want is a ride. Why is that a really bad idea?

Former captain Lyn Randall is the only person on Earth who has the information to build the machine that can open a traversable wormhole. More accurately, she has the data. Her wife, astrophysicist Diana Teegan, pioneered the technology.

They believe nothing good can come from humans expanding into the galaxy given how Earth has been exploited. So, they've vowed to keep it secret despite powerful entities within and outside government who will do anything to get their hands on it.

But when a close family member makes an incredible revelation and a startling request, Lyn and Diana must decide whether to resurrect this device, leading to confrontations with old friends turned enemies and old enemies turned potential allies.

Racing to stave off a galactic crisis, Lyn has to make split-second decisions about whom she can trust-to protect her family, herself . . . and Earth.

This sequel to the award-winning Endurance takes Captain Lyn Randall and her crew on a daring adventure from Earth to the stars-one that questions the very nature of what it means to be human.

On July 26, 1902, The Elmira Daily Advertiser described Maple Point as, The cottage itself is a marvel of beauty, and the boat landing is covered by a neat pavilion, which makes it the handsomest dock on the lake.

Patricia Taylor Wells delves into the history of a cottage called Maple Point, built in the late nineteenth century on Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. She had been lucky enough to spend summers at Maple Point for twenty-two years. Although she no longer lies in the porch hammock while watching boats glide across the lake's sun-glistened water, she often goes there in her thoughts.

Wells relates how the lakes were formed and provides a snapshot of the indigenous people who first roamed the Keuka Lake area and gave it her name. She combines the historical accounts of three generations of the Gleason, Bush, and Wells families who owned the property between 1895 and 2005.

Rachel Brooks Gleason, who was one of the first American women to graduate from medical school, and her husband owned and operated the Elmira Water Cure as an alternative to 1800s medical practices. Rachael delivered Olivia and Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) four children, and the Gleasons were good friends with the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Patricia Taylor Wells takes the reader on a journey to Keuka Lake and the surrounding Finger Lakes area, one of the most scenic places in America. She gives a glimpse of the lives of those who had been fortunate to sit on the front porch overlooking Keuka Lake on a sun-soaked day.

A single cry for help can change the person who listens forever.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kelly Flynn is called to a crime scene where a foot in a running shoe has washed up along the Pacific shoreline. While there, she meets Therese, the mother of a missing Native woman, Diyanni. The young woman has been missing for almost a month, but the local police and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have shown little interest.

Kelly resists Therese's plea for help as she feels overwhelmed with other commitments and the needs of her troubled teenaged daughter. But when Therese tells her about the dismissive attitude of the city police, Kelly decides to help Therese work through the jurisdictional maze of law enforcement agencies.

Kelly finds herself in an eye-opening tangle of disinterest, negligence, lack of resources, and no easy answers for cases involving missing Indigenous people. As she begins to learn more, she works to hold on to her idealism and help find justice for Diyanni.

Flotsam is an awakening to the tragedy of treating people like discarded debris, wrapped up in a page-turning mystery set in the misty Pacific Northwest.

T.K. Galarneau brings us a new batch of poems about the changing west and a coming-of-age story in her latest volume of memories of growing up in Idaho.

Galarneau's concern for the natural world and the increase of natural disasters caused by climate change are the foundation of her poems. The Sky is Falling, No Respect, and Big Sky Country are cautionary tales of what might happen if we don't take care of Mother Earth. The title poem, Sure Ain't Like it Used to Be laments the loss of tradition as technology takes over our lives. Change is the thread that ties all the poems together. Change for good or ill-the only constant in this world.

The short story The Quest is a coming of age story about a teenager whose life revolves around her love for horses and how they become her refuge as she struggles to find a place in the white world while maintaining respect for Arapahoe traditions.

T.K. Galarneau turns her attention to humans and nature living in harmony and the ongoing plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in her latest collection of poems and a short story.

Invoking the beliefs of the Indigenous people of North America, her poems are reminders that humans have to take care of our world and each other. The short story, Why Can't You Hear Us? is about a young woman from the Blackfoot Nation who does everything she can to find her missing mother and sister.

Gone But Not Forgotten is T.K.'s heartfelt appeal for us to pay attention to what we're doing to our world and to each other before we destroy everything that's good.

A collection of tales that sparkle like tiny, fractured gems, reminding us that things aren't always what they appear to be.

Katherine Hetzel steps away from juvenile fantasy fiction and taps into her darker, slightly twisted side with nineteen short stories and flash fiction-some previously published-brought together for the first time in a single volume. Hollow Daughter is not only the name of a story in the collection, it embodies the underlying current flowing through these fantasy-touched tales with fanciful creations such as breeding stones and washing cloths, and thoughtfish and blood moons.

Hetzel presents imaginative tales of fortune card readers, weavers, spiritual leaders, devoted acolytes, perfect clones, and ordinary girls and women who find themselves facing extraordinary situations. Stories of when women are in control and when they have no control, and of women who are involved in real and imagined rituals of their own or other's making.

Hetzel's collection of tales is a pointed commentary on women in society wrapped in biblical, futuristic, imaginary, and contemporary worlds that will resonate with readers' own lived or imagined experiences of being female.

Sixth grader Mackenzie Kelly's first love was soccer until her best friend, Ashley, talked her into playing summer softball. Now Mack is eager to be on her school's softball team and dreams of playing in the Olympics with her idol, Cat Osterman.

Mack is struggling to keep her grades up in English and has to be taken off the team. With the help of her coach, Mack discovers she has dyslexia and is determined to overcome it enough to get back on the team. When she learns softball has been cut from the Olympics, she's determined somehow to get it back into the Olympic Games so she can fulfill her dream.

Bases Loaded will keep readers cheering as Mack takes her place in center field and follows her dreams.

The First World War rages on the continent. Hidden in the forest of Sweden, a country church gleams in the sun. Anna, a young woman, sits in the front pew. The vicar pauses to wipe his brow.

After the sermon, Anna hurries away, black-clad, winding in and out among the pines. Banks run steep into a lake, and the cry of an osprey pierces the air. Fredrik, her lover, waits in a deserted cabin.

Sixty years later, Anna gives refuge to a young niece, whose marriage is falling apart. Fredrik is long since dead. She still blames him for the death of their child, yet she misses his scent that would linger on her skin, like the moon that shone on the snow and colored it blue.

Each day she visits the child's grave, an old woman in a beret and a tweed jacket. Time after time her thoughts return to the past. Was she wrong to break the rules? How did she go on living when all seemed lost?