"Fu Zao" is translated into English by Professor Howard Goldblatt titled "Turbulence" and released in 1991. It is a winner of the 1991 Pegasus Prize. It is a story about a fictional town Shang Zhou going through social reform. Shang Zhou's major river Zhou silently watched the town shift into market economy and with it, the changing values. The shift is told through the love story between Jin Gou, a peasant and Xiao Shui, that was mercilessly disapproved....

"After the death of her mother, Worri Dressar takes on the care of orphans near their Appalachian mountain home. Plagued with two good-for-nothing brothers, Worri fights to save her home and the children now in her care"--

"In these powerful rendered, prizewinning stories, working class African Americans across the South strive for meaning and search for direction in lives shaped by forces beyond their control."--from the cover.

Even at the empires peak, the majority of ancient Romes population lived in rural areas. The Countryside in the Roman Empire takes a look at the lives of farmers, slaves, women, and children who worked the land to provide food for the entirety of Rome. The book includes descriptions of the villages, farms, and army outposts that served as the backbone of the empire.

"The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn't stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police...

"Rodeo producer Cole Jacobs has his hands full running Jacobs Livestock. He can't afford to lose a single cowboy, so when Cousin Violet offers to send along a more-than-capable replacement, he's got no choice but to accept. He expects a grizzled Texas good ol' boy. He gets Shawnee Pickett. Wild and outspoken, ruthlessly self-reliant, Shawnee's not looking for anything but a good time. It doesn't matter how quickly the tall, dark and intense cowboy...

Simplified Chinese edition of Educated: A Memoir 人们只看到我的与众不同：一个十七岁前从未踏入教室的大山女孩，却戴上一顶学历的高帽，熠熠生辉。 只有我知道自己的真面目：我来自一个极少有人能想象的家庭。我的童年由垃圾场的废铜烂铁铸成，那里没有读书声，只有起重机的轰鸣。不上学，不就医，是父亲要我们坚持的忠诚与真理。父亲不允许我们拥有自己的声音，我们的意志是他眼中的恶魔。...

"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So...