Be MineFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh out loud funny, Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway. Now

Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white—responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery

They set their sights instead on the purchase of a dilapidated house in the Sugarhouse section of Salt Lake City

and themselves during one truly crazy summer

others are inventive new dishes drawing on ethnic influences -- Chicken Tagine with Green Olives & Preserved Lemon

including Oliver Cromwell

This spirited view of growing up is perfect to share at home or in a classroom

and the past she thought she'd rewritten

" She explains how photographs help her crystallize the visual style of her films and which particular photos influenced her vision for The Namesake

Giovanni experienced losses both public and private

Snowball Soup

but their campaign promises involve everything from no more homework to real fires during fire drills

William Shatner will forever be associated with the role of James T