Henry Carter Hull

We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They used their knowledge to change the world, and their stories are fascinating. This book offers a concise introduction of the lives of 46 women, taking you into the cultural and social context...

After the tragic loss of her fiancé in a plane crash, Eden Sommers goes to Mercer Island, Washington State to recover. Instead of finding peace and putting it all behind her, she is plagued by questions and a determination to unearth the truth. Romance is the last thing on her mind with the mystery man next door who reminds her of her fiancé. She’s attracted to the sexy stranger, but the walls are up. How can she trust a man who keeps secrets...

Leonora centers on the newly married Leonora and her decision to bring back to England a woman who had been exiled to France. The woman, Olivia, is known as a "coquette," and her controversial behavior with regard to her marriage had driven her to France, where she cultivated an aristocratic, "French" sensibility that exists apart from conventional morality.

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Susannah Moodie (born Strickland; 1803– 1885) was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in mid-19th century Canada, a sparsely-populated British colony at the time. Moodie also wrote children's books, poetry, and memoirs in addition to novels. Her writing inspired well-known, fellow Canadian writers Margaret Atwood and Carol Shields. 'Flora Lyndsay' tells the story of a young wife and mother who emigrates,...

ONE OF POPSUGAR'S BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF NOVEMBER 2020! "A story of love long postponed but never forgotten, Little Wishes is a tale to be treasured. Michelle's Adam's lovely, luminous writing is a beacon that draws readers closer and brings them home to the lasting truths about life and love." -Marie Bostwick, New York Times bestselling author of The Restoration of Celia Fairchild For anyone who loves One Day in December and Me Before You, a sweeping...

Author Alexa Wainwright vows to do whatever it takes to attain the heady ego-stroking success of her debut. But is she really? Witnessing an out-of-the-blue lightning bolt whose giant tendrils spread over the blue sky and city streets below her loft window, Alexa doesn’t realize just how this vow will be tested as she’s magically transported to an alternate reality. In this universe, the characters from her books are given the breath of life and...

Mattie Ross is probably the last person who should be doling out good counsel to anyone about anything. Still smarting after being left at the altar two years earlier, she is strapped with debt, has sworn off men, routinely buries herself in her work, and despite her well-proportioned figure remains haunted by childhood taunts of "Fatty Mattie." But to her publisher at the Chicago Gazette, and listeners, she is their latest advice columnist, The Plate...

Beaumont Hill, the only African American skier on the US Olympic team, is heavily favored to win gold— until he takes a devastating fall and loses it all. His back broken, Beau has lost the will to live. But former gymnast Shayna DaCosta is determined to help do more than see him plod through life. She's been there, taken the bull by the proverbial horns and made a productive life for herself. As attracted as she is to Beau, he's still the patient,...

To Jamie Dubois, love is anything but a bed of roses. As a shrewd executive, Jamie is no stranger to hard work, and her soaring corporate career is her well-deserved reward. But while her professional life has flourished, her personal life has stalled as her wishful fantasies of being swept off her feet collided with the realities of bumpy landings. And after a series of such disappointments, she has given up—at least for now—on the whole idea...

After last summer's failed attempt at romance, Gina is absolutely done with men. And especially with millionaires. She has a good job as a fashion editor and amazing friends, and she's decided she needs nothing else. All she really misses is the sex. But that rush just isn't worth the risk of being ensnared in another relationship. When the hot bartender at her best friend's Sonoma wedding suggests some harmless stress relief, she takes him up on...