“ The Map of Knowledge  is an endlessly fascinating book, rich in detail, capacious and humane in vision.” —Stephen Greenblatt, author of  The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , winner of the...

Recently widowed, Thea has become a successful business woman and is now rekindling a love affair with a former star athlete-turned pastor. Meanwhile, Jesse struggles with her mixed race heritage...

Starting a new life in the Thank the Lord Boarding House, a place that houses "misguided souls," Jolene discovers that she is not alone when she meets Richard Peterson, a high-powered businessman...

After losing her grandmother, her home, and all her worldly posessions in Hurricane Katrina, Monique Deveraux has all but given up on life. Then at an evacuee shelter, a wealthy woman takes her in...

Nellie, whose black skin and blonde hair have always made her feel like an outsider, feels more out of place than when she was younger. Her parents are working on a divorce. She's stuck in a car...

When mistakes haunt your every choice, how do you find the courage to follow your own heart' An unstable childhood and a bad marriage have left Nova unable to trust anyone-especially herself. She'...

Convinced that unnamed babies are not truly alive, King Tuthmosis I's wife Ahmose immediately names her newborn daughter Hatshepsut. This tiny girl will one day rise above her name and become not...