Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Abigail Adams.

"Brian's beloved wife, Lily, disappeared without a trace seven years ago. He's never lost hope that she'd return, but as their pub and his well-being crumble in tandem, he desperately needs a sign. One doomscroll later, he finds it: a Tripadvisor review he knows in his heart was posted by his Lily. Finally, a clue. Now all he has to do is find her. As Brian crisscrosses Britain in search of Lily, the truth behind their story comes into focus. And...

"Having won the lottery, childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom live luxuriously in a custom-built Glass Barn on the grounds of a Gloucestershire Manor House, and all's well until Tom is found floating dead in the pool."--Provided by publisher.

"April 5th, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel, troubled husband and wife, are both a little bit in love with Isabel's younger brother, Robbie. Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, has created a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house--and whose departure...

As Chiang Kai-shek's wife and closest comrade-in-arms, Soong Mei-ling's successes and failures in life were closely linked to Chiang, and even more so to the fate of China. She was born in a time of sorrow, before and after her birth, the Sino-Japanese War, the Eight-Power Allied Forces, warlordism, one after another ...... Soong's westernized thinking and behavior, and her Christian conservative democratic background influenced Chiang Kai-shek, who...

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla's eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland,...

"Dayton, Tennessee. 1925. It is in this sleepy mountain town where Annabel, a devout woman, falls in love with George Craig, a cosmopolitan defense attorney. Annabel's outlook on everything from life to love to the law is shaped by her faith; George sees the law something to bend to his will, and sees a world shaped by science and reason alone. By the end of the year, their marriage, and the private battle waged within it, will come up against the...