A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us.

A wonderful novel about unravelling a young woman's secret past.

A collection of pieces in which Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novel Pigs in Heaven , explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. The topics include Kentucky, housework, promiscuity, health clubs, the Canary Islands, rock and roll, space rockets, and Thoreau.

This work weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the mountains and small farms of southern Appalachia. It portrays various people who find their connections to one another, and to the flora and fauna with whom they share a place.

An enchanting and classic novel of a young woman's voyage of discovery across the Midwest.

This is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959.