From the author of 1984, George Orwell narrates the journey of a writer among the down-and-out in two great cities in this sobering, truthful portrayal of poverty and society. Famous for its realistic and unsentimental description of poverty, Down and Out in London and Paris follows the adventures of a penniless British writer who finds himself rapidly descending into the seedy heart of two great European capitals. As a dishwasher in Paris, he describes...

Why does everyone think a girl's only lot in life is to find a husband and settle down? Kathleen Muldoon is twenty-three and tired of ranch living. Fiercely independent and determined to become a nurse, she has left her family's ranch to study medicine under Old Doc Jensen andlive in town with her Aunt Mae, who runs a boardinghouse. Daniel Monroe has just arrived in Porterfield to set up his law practice. Sparks fly when he is introduced to Kate...

When cattle rustlers working in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1880s switch to horses and target the Circle C ranch, fourteen-year-old Andi turns to Macy, a homeless, ill-bred new student whose mistakes have endangered Andi but who may hold the key to saving Taffy's foal.

"A weary soldier returns from the War Between the States to discover his parents dead, his family farm in shambles, and his fianc?ee married."--P. [4] of cover.

Penny, a blue-eyed palomino paint mare, narrates her experiences with her owner, Buckeye Jack, and Jack's grandson, Jesse, during the 1850s Northern California gold rush.

In 1870, Tulip Jones, a wealthy, self-reliant widow from England, acquires the By-Golly Gully Ranch in Texas and soon finds herself saddled with 1000 suitors.