One Summer

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a... (more)

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront. (less)

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a... (more)

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront. (less)

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a-- The Jazz Singer All this and much, much more transpired in that epochal summer of 1927, and Bill Bryson captures its... (more)

a-- The Jazz Singer All this and much, much more transpired in that epochal summer of 1927, and Bill Bryson captures its outsized personalities, exciting events, and occasional just plain weirdness with his trademark vividness, eye for telling detail, and delicious humor. In that year America stepped out onto the world stage as the main event, and One Summer From the Hardcover edition. (less)

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a... (more)

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront. (less)

One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his n... (more)

One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country--a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge)... (less)

Johnny Harris is home again, his too-tight jeans and damn-your-eyes belligerence honed to perfection by a ten-year stret... (more)

Johnny Harris is home again, his too-tight jeans and damn-your-eyes belligerence honed to perfection by a ten-year stretch in federal prison for murder. Now he's out on parole and ready for the job Rachel Grant has promised him to help him begin a new life. Unlike the rest of the town, Rachel has always believed in her former student's innocence. But one thing has changed.The sullenly handsome boy she remembers is still sullen, still handsome--but no longer a boy. And now the small Kentucky town is alive with gossip and whispers of a scandal, as friendship turns to passion and Rachel abandons a lifetime of propriety in the ex-con's arms. Then the killer strikes again. All evidence points to Johnny Harris, but Rachel knows he is innocent. And she knows she is next--as a shattering truth is uncovered and dark passions explode in the relentless summer heat. (less)

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a... (more)

Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront. (less)

One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his n... (more)

One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country; a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge). (less)