Culture House

Abandoned at the altar, Heather Gray seeks to escape the scandal and gossip of her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, by answering Sheriff Benjamin Pullman’s mail order bride ad. But when she arrives in Montana, Benjamin has them married within minutes of Heather’s getting off the stagecoach, then starts them out on a two-day journey over a wild, rugged landscape, with snow threatening. Then, when their lives are both threatened, she realizes she’ll have to dig deep and find the courage to trust in God to see them through to a new life and a new love. Read all the books in ...

Uno de los mayores poetas y ensayistas vivos de este país reúne en su nuevo libro todo lo que ha investigado, reflexionado y escrito sobre la cultura, entendida ésta como el gran ejercicio de la libertad humana y el origen y la culminación del desarrollo.

Where Will Man Take Us? explores the changes technology is bringing about in us - as a society and as a species. What will the next generation turn into, what will it be like, how will the new Adam and Eve live and love? In this audiobook, Atul Jalan tackles nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and genetics, seamlessly weaving the future of technology with the changing dynamics of human love, morality, and ethics.

Why be good? What exactly is dharma? How does one practice it; and to what effect? Gurcharan Das’ superb exposition of the dilemmas and ambiguities inherent in the Mahabharata shows us how we can come to terms with the uncertain ethics of the world today - a world that is uncannily similar to that of the great epic.

Hemos reunido aquí las vidas alucinantes de 26 superguerreras, desde Mary Shelley hasta Lady Gaga, pasando por Ada Byron, Marie Curie, Virginia Woolf, Coco Chanel, Agatha Christie, Frida Kahlo, Simone de Beauvoir, Rosa Parks, Audrey Hepburn, Jane Goodall, Malala y muchas más.

As the relationship between the two swiftly develops, so does the danger. It’ll be a test of the young couple’s fledgling romance and their faith in God as things rapidly escalate. Just graduated from high school, Wendy Lucas takes an internship at a local news show’s offices, hoping to fulfill her dream of becoming an anchor someday. Another dream she has is to solve the mystery of who continues to harass her family on their ranch, resorting to everything from sabotage to assault to perpetrate an unclear vendetta. But she can’t do it alone. Ken Field wants to be a camera guy. He ...

In May 1987, Colorado Senator Gary Hart - a dashing, reform-minded Democrat - seemed a lock for the party's presidential nomination and led George H. W. Bush by double digits in the polls. Then, in one tumultuous week, rumours of marital infidelity and a newspaper's stakeout of Hart's home resulted in a media frenzy the likes of which had never been seen before.

Have you ever wanted to live in Antarctica? What kind of house would you live in? A snow house, of course! Follow the instructions to learn how to build a snow house. What is a snow house made from and what tools do you need to build it? Guess what the first step is to build a snow house?

The Legends Collection Volume Series is an ongoing collection of books, designed to teach about some of the guiding stories that help shape humanity into what it is today. This book teaches lessons and give warning, and even a scare or two to keep it interesting.

Will you join The Exceptional Life R-Evolution? What will you say when you look back on your life? Will you think, “I lived an exceptional life”? Who doesn’t want to live an exceptional life, filled with exceptional work and life experiences? Everyone can live an exceptional life, and the resources in this audiobook will provide you the guidance necessary to do so successfully. As we learn, grow, and evolve our performance, sharing the success of our experiences along the way, we will ignite the exceptional life r-evolution!

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Westhead does a deep-dive into the state of hockey in Canada today. He gives voice to those who have been sexually assaulted by hockey players, revealing the struggles they've had with local police officials in their efforts to seek justice. He also goes inside the dressing room to find out how attitudes of misogyny and homophobia continue to flourish, and speaks to former players who were forced to perform degrading acts of initiation in order to join the team.

New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago to foster the study of Ireland and Irish America, and since then has led and witnessed tremendous changes in Irish and Irish-American culture. Alice McDermott writes about her son’s Irish awakening; Colum McCann’s Joycean essay is a brilliant call to action in defence of immigrants and social justice; Colm Tóibín’s first visit to New York coincided with the first St Patrick’s Day parade led by a woman; Dan Barry reflects on Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes; and a new poem by Seamus Heaney written not ...

Únete a nuestros intrépidos exploradores Otto y Cassandra y Missy, el ave más astuta del universo, y embárcate en una nueva aventura. En esta ocasión, viajaremos en el tiempo hasta el Antiguo Egipto, donde aprenderemos sobre una de las siete maravillas del mundo antiguo: ¡las pirámides! También visitaremos el río Nilo y nos adentraremos en magníficas tumbas llenas de misterios. ¡Mucho cuidado con las momias!

This book is about working hard, working together, and making your dreams come true by achieving what you set out to accomplish. Come join Silas and his sister Chase on their quest to build a treehouse with the help of cupcakes, the neighborhood, and of course mom and dad. Let’s join them on their treehouse adventure. Ready, set, listen!

Available as a value box set (Frontier Valentine Romance Complete Series) amazon.com/dp/B08TG1Y4GZ (copy and paste the link into your browser) When the small town of Silver Ridge needs a math teacher, the high school calls Brad Maxwell, the prodigal son who left town years ago, after a terrible end to his engagement, and never looked back. Now, Brad sees an opportunity to fix his mistakes and win back the love of his life. When Mayor Valentine Anderson finds out that her former fiancé has returned to town—in the middle of the insanely busy Valentine’s season—she has little time to ...

The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently, and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the history of the greatest rivalry in sports, and the two stunning American League Championship Series that define a century of baseball.

People are what make companies great. Good leaders know this and spend time, effort, and money taking care of the people who work for them so that their business results are phenomenal. So, why is it that so many people are still miserable at work? Experts around the world offer countless ideas and techniques and training for elevating the joy (and performance) of workers. And still, we fail. Things must change.

Oriol nació en Cuba, pero vive en Santa Bárbara, California, donde no logra encontrar su sitio. Sin embargo, pasa muchos buenos momentos cuando ayuda a sus padres en la clínica veterinaria de la familia, donde cuidan animales heridos. La primera ganadora latinoamericana de un Premio Nobel de Literatura, la poeta Gabriela Mistral, se muda entonces a Santa Bárbara, y Oriol se dscrube confesándole que aspira a ser escritora. Cuando la jovencita descubra que alguien está amenazando la vida de un pequeño elefante en la clínica de sus padres, decide tomar acción para protegerlo.

A decade ago, millions of Egyptians took to the streets in a people-led revolution that captivated the world’s attention and sent ripples across the Middle East. But the so-called “Arab Spring” quickly faded, and a return to the status quo—of authoritarian rule—was cemented. What happened to the energy and desire for change? In Egypt, the answer lies in its youth, who comprise the bulk of the country’s fast-growing 106 million citizens.

Angélica ha pasado todo el verano en la República Dominicana con sus tías y primas, sus abuelos y con la cotorra de al lado. Pronto, tendrá que despedirse. El final del verano significa regresar a casa para volver a la escuela en la otra orilla. Antes de irse, su abuelo le da el regalo perfecto, algo con el poder de atraer multitudes y mover a la gente tan rápido como las alas de un picaflor: una güira. Angélica se enamora de esta lata sin fondo y peine de hojalata que mantiene el ritmo, aunque al principio nadie parece compartir su entusiasmo.