When eighteen-year-old Noni moves to Tangleroot plantation in rural Virginia for her mom's new position as a college president, she uncovers long-buried secrets of the town's racist past and present.

Valena, her family, and dog live in rural Ohio, where she and her cousin Melinda share experiences that include seeing the aurora borealis, surviving a tornado, and going to an amazing circus.

Heading for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artists' colony, Sarah Carpenter hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together, but soon she unearths a chillingly horrific past that cannot remain buried.

"In Doolin, an isolated village teetering on the western edge of Ireland, a community of musicians seek joy and connection through music as they face a modernizing world."--IMDB

"A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America -- written by an acclaimed journalist who went from Princeton to Army Ranger School to Iraq in search of the core values he ended up finding in a minor league stadium in Batavia, New York."-- Provided by publisher.

"A cop, a cowboy, several fly fishermen, and even a reluctant romance novelist inhabit these revealing and often hilarious stories. An old man ends up in high-speed chase with the cops after stealing the car that blocks the garbage bin at his apartment building. A stranger gets a job at a sandwich shop and fixes everything in sight: a manual mustard dispenser, a mouthful of crooked teeth, thirty-two parking tickets, and a sexual-identity problem."--Provided...

"Adrian Tinniswood reconstructs life in the country house during its golden age before the Great War, when Britain ruled over a quarter of the earth's population and its stately homes were at their most opulent. But change was on the horizon: the landed classes were being forced to grapple not only with new neighbors, but also with new social norms and expectations"-- Provided by publisher.