Authorcloud: 5 books

There are literally thousands of books out there designed to help women become better... well, women. But what if you happen to be a man? What if you feel unsure these days what it actually means to be a man -- or if it's even possible to be "manly" without alienating half the human race in the process,...

"It was 1947 in America... This was the year a young African-American ballplayer with the Brooklyn Dodgers named Jackie Robinson won the inaugural Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award. It was the year Richard Nixon was sworn into the House of Representatives, The year Chuck Yeager broke the...

After a riotous Norwegian childhood, Kaare Askildt, city slicker extraordinaire, moves to Canada, eventually ending up in rural Saskatchewan, determined to make his mark as a farmer. He makes his mark, all right, in ways that keep his long-suffering wife and bemused neighbours shaking their heads,...

Did you know Vikings  believed  apples  were the key  to  eternal  youth?  That  asparagus is an anti-­inflammatory,  and  avocados  grow  on  evergreens  that  can  reach  65  feet  in   height? FRUITS & VEGETABLES, first in the "I Am A" series of healthful cookbooks,  is  a...

It's 1865 in the Montana wilderness. Cholera ravages a riverboat bound for Fort Benton and the goldfields beyond, forcing the boat and its disgruntled passengers ashore in the rugged Missouri River Breaks region. Tragedy ensues, leaving a young Jewish immigrant, Cortez Modrables, alone, truly a stranger...