Sarah Hale

Maggie Quinn had secluded herself nicely on her grandfather's farm in the middle of the Black Hills. Estranged from a town who didn't care to understand her, she made her own living and was able to sustain a quiet, peaceable life alone. All that was about to change. What possessed the Indian to drop the man at her doorstep? Maggie had no recourse but to lug the bullet-riddled man into her small cabin. It was an easy decision. He probably wouldn't...

There was one thing in life Hawk Sheridan wanted, and that was to be a doctor. A few months short of his goal, he found himself in the baggage car of a train. He was kicked out of medical school and sent home packing-another dream up in smoke. Life had been one obstacle after another. Each time, he picked himself up and with God's help began again. He just didn't think he could do it anymore. His troubles were never about who he was, but of what he...

Engagingly written volume not only provided the mid-19th-century housekeeper with recipes for scores of nutritious dishes but also offered wide-ranging suggestions for frugal and intelligent household management. Includes advice on selecting and preparing foods, health tips, cleaning domestic accessories, dealing with hired help, and much more.

Eliza Action's masterpiece set out the fundamentals of domestic English cookery and offered a wealth of dishes for every occasion. The recipes are a model of sensible instruction for preparing food simply but well. This authoritative book was not only a guide to the best English cooking, but unusually for the time, it also contained recipes for German, Indian, and Caribbean dishes. Acton's book introduced the now-universal practice of listing ingredients...