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Four Quaker women journey through the trials of faith and love: Ruth Payne's bridegroom has cold feet. . .for the second time; things get complicated for Underground Railroad worker Deborah Wall when she meets a bounty hunter head-on; Leah hopes to turn a marriage of convenience into a marriage of love; and Christian Jaidon Taylor wants to win the heart of Quaker Catherine Wall.

"Knocked off her feet after twenty years in public health nursing, Iris Graville quit her job and convinced her husband and their thirteen-year-old twins to move to Stahekin, a remote mountain village in Washington State's North Cascades. They sought adventure; she yearned for the solitude of this community of eighty-five residents accessible only by boat, float plane, or hiking. "Hiking Naked" chronicles Graville's journey through questions about...

This book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created...

"Christmas is a simple matter among the Quakers of the historic Ohio River Valley, but can it be a time ot welcome love into four households?"--Cover, p. 4.

Life has been predictable for college student Hadley Dunn. But then she spends her sophomore year of college in Lausanne, Switzerland, and she meets a mysterious Danish girl. After tragedy strikes, she begins a search that will consume her, the city she loves, and the lives of two very different men.

Fourteen-year-old Becca takes a position as a maid in a wealthy Philadelphia Quaker home and witnesses the events that lead to General Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the American forces during the Revolutionary War.

It's the story "They" don't want you to read. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can be like loosening a necktie, only to realize it was the only thing keeping your head attached." No, don't put the book back on the shelf -- it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from reading it. Yes, it works with e-books, too, I don't have time to explain how. While investigating a...

Two best friends delight in the small acts of rebellion they carry out against the Saudi cultural police, but Leena and Mishie still find their ambitions for college and independence challenged by cultural restrictions.