The Christmas PearlTheodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood. What happened to the days when Christmas meant tables groaning with home cooked goodies, over the top decorations, and long chats in front of the fire with Pearl, her grandmother's beloved housekeeper

that I'd place not only among the greatest science fiction but among our very best novels” – Boston Globe

iconoclastic metropolis into a suburbanized luxury zone with a price tag only the one percent can afford

What if the history you were taught in school left out all the best parts

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A Hidden Kingdom: To stop the villain’s plan

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Lovable Monster: Meet Monster

John Parsons

With his signature wit

author of The New Jim Crow

Special Needs Parenting: Follow the family’s journey guided by their powerful mantra

Gaines’s The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman