Merrill: 368 books

Glimmering Girls tells the story of three extraordinary American women during a time of sexual and cultural repression. Francie and her friends Liz and Amanda are college students, coming of age intellectually, emotionally, and physically in a setting where men were forbidden entry to women’s dorm...

Artist Amanda Rittenhouse is a genius at refashioning old twisted metal into unique sculpture. But the twists of fate in her own life are a lot more challenging. Recovering from a devastating breakup, she returns to North Carolina and reconnects with the family she hasn’t seen since she left her...

Encore plus drôle que les brèves de comptoir ! Les grandes capitales mondiales (Dublin, Londres, New York) avaient déjà leurs brèves de trottoir... Maintenant la France aura aussi les siennes ! Depuis sa création il y a 3 ans, le blog "Entendu à Paris" connaît un succès...

The philosopher David Hume was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 26, 1711. Known for his re-thinking of causation, morality, and religion, Hume has left a lasting mark on history. James Madison, the "father" of the U.S. Constitution, drew heavily on Hume's writing, especially his "Idea of Perfect...

To Virginia Woolf, London was a source of creative inspiration, a setting for many of her works, and a symbol of the culture in which she lived and wrote. In a 1928 diary entry, she observed, "London itself perpetually attracts, stimulates, gives me a play & a story & a poem, without any trouble,...

Old Mother, Little Cat is a highly readable memoir of Gerber’s mother’s decline in health and how their relationship grew during this time, blended in with Gerber’s finding a kitten and her developing relationship with Max (the name she gives the kitten).

Summer 1746. Louisbourg has fallen. HMS Mermaid, a forty gun ship of the line, escorts a convoy containing surrendered Frenchmen across the Atlantic to Brest, France. Pressed sailor, Jon Swift, struggles with personal demons. Torn from his family by the press gang, their welfare still haunts him....

When Ally embarks on a night of Halloween fun, she envisions herself escaping reality at one of the trendiest nightclubs in town. Armed with her girlfriends, Ally is having the time of her life. When, unexpectedly, she finds herself drawn to a mysterious stranger. His sensuous lips smiles at...

Young Anna Holloway’s father was murdered in the streets of Boston, and she must leave with her family to join her uncle, John, in the New Mexico territory. But when she discovers a hidden map to a buried treasure, she learns that uncle might not be the benefactor that her family believes he is....

Sie sind gefährlich, sie sind prickelnd, und manchmal können sie das Leben von jetzt auf gleich völlig verändern: Seitensprünge sind etwas Verbotenes, Verschwiegenes, Aufregendes! Erzählt wird von Ehen und Partnerschaften, die vor modernen Herausforderungen stehen und im besten Falle an ihnen...

Betrayal, distrust, and vengeance are all in the air, as Ally is forced to confront her fears. Who is she? What is she? Time was running out, and her friends were looking more appetizing by the minute. The Verdons, on the other hand, had orchestrated the sordid affair. They had no plans on giving...

WHERE THE SAND MEETS THE SEA is a collection of sea stories told the author by both his Grandfather, Arthur F. Phillips and Grandmother Emma C. Eledredge, Phillips, whose father was a sea Captain who sailed to the Orient in the middle to late 1800s. The author having a love for the sea includes his...

EXCITING NAUTICAL FICTION WITH ENOUGH TWISTS AND TURNS TO KEEP YOU GUESSING. Spring 1748. Captain Jon Swift attempts to establish a permanent base in Norfolk, Virginia to mask the organization of contraband operations in the Chesapeake Bay area. Starting a new business is a daunting task at the best...