Miss Marple meets Nancy Mitford in this glittering new Christmas murder mystery set in Bath, from the bestselling and award-winning author of D is for Death.On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold but she is glad to go; recent events have left her longing to disappear.Arriving on the world-famous Royal Crescent, Dora quickly learns of Daisy Palmer, whose...

Miss Marple meets Nancy Mitford in this glittering new Christmas murder mystery set in Bath, from the bestselling and award-winning author of D is for Death.On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold but she is glad to go; recent events have left her longing to disappear.Arriving on the world-famous Royal Crescent, Dora quickly learns of Daisy Palmer, whose...

Merry Jolly is one lucky break away from trading her pastry truck for the pâtisserie she’s always wanted. When The Baking Barn brings its televised holiday competition to Mistletoe Mountain, winning could make her dream a reality.Master bread baker Enzo Marino is fighting to save his family's century-old millworks. Bringing home the prize may be his last chance to stop his brothers from selling the business—and its legacy.Through twelve days of sabotage, surprise i...

For nearly a century, San Antonio dreamed of a botanical garden. Ideas surfaced, sites were debated, and plans repeatedly fell away. Texas Trails and Glass Pyramids tells the compelling and often surprising story of how that long-deferred vision finally took root, and how a neglected ridge shaped by reservoirs, park fragments, and municipal afterthoughts became the San Antonio Botanical Garden, now recognized as one of the nation’s leading regional gardens.

Discover peace and confidence to help you face an ever-changing world.Journey through the year with Knowing the God who Never Changes, a 365-day devotional from the works of beloved pastor and teacher Dr. Charles Stanley that reminds you that, while life shifts and seasons change, God’s love, promises, and character remain steadfast, offering you daily strength and unshakable hope.Knowing the God Who Never Changes invites ...

Discover peace and confidence to help you face an ever-changing world.Journey through the year with Knowing the God who Never Changes, a 365-day devotional from the works of beloved pastor and teacher Dr. Charles Stanley that reminds you that, while life shifts and seasons change, God’s love, promises, and character remain steadfast, offering you daily strength and unshakable hope.Knowing the God Who Never Changes invites ...

An Alphabet for GourmetsA playful, thoughtful, and delicious A to Z of M.F.K. Fisher’s food writing.In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and profound miscellany of food that moves readers from A (for dining alone) to Z (zakuski, the classic accompaniments to a shot of Russian vodka), traversing a broad swath of human history, taste, and sensation along the way. Fisher’s mercurial, searching prose an...

“I do not know of any one in the United States who writes better prose.” —W. H. AudenA practical, culinary, and philosophical guide on how to eke out joy and delight in difficult times.There is perhaps no other book that speaks so powerfully to hunger and its pangs and to the ingenuity of those who seek to cook their way out of its snapping jaws. Originally written in the depths of World War II and then revised in the shadow of the Cold War...

The sentimental and culinary education of M.F.K. Fisher.In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher embarked on a journey that would change her life. In The Gastronomical Me, readers get a firsthand look at the travels that formed the culinary education of one of our greatest modern food writers. As the twenty-one-year-old Fisher and her husband made their way through France—and then much farther afield—a whole new world of flavors and experiences open...

An Alphabet for GourmetsA playful, thoughtful, and delicious A to Z of M.F.K. Fisher’s food writing.In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and profound miscellany of food that moves readers from A (for dining alone) to Z (zakuski, the classic accompaniments to a shot of Russian vodka), traversing a broad swath of human history, taste, and sensation along the way. Fisher’s mercurial, searching prose an...

The sentimental and culinary education of M.F.K. Fisher. This program features a new introduction to the text, written and read by Alison Roman.In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher embarked on a journey that would change her life. In The Gastronomical Me, readers get a firsthand look at the travels that formed the culinary education of one of our greatest modern food writers. As the twenty-one-year-old Fisher and her husband made their way throu...

“I do not know of any one in the United States who writes better prose.” —W. H. AudenA practical, culinary, and philosophical guide on how to eke out joy and delight in difficult times.There is perhaps no other book that speaks so powerfully to hunger and its pangs and to the ingenuity of those who seek to cook their way out of its snapping jaws. Originally written in the depths of World War II and then revised in the shadow of the Cold War...