Durham: 181 books

Jay, a strong mountain man who lives alone, meets Justina while she is swimming naked in a pond. She quickly leaves, but accidentally drops a necklace on the ground, which he later finds. Determined to return it to her, he travels into town to see if he can find her. The shop boy doesn't know where she...

This is a story about the struggles of a strong, resilient biracial woman during the Prohibition era in the 1920s. We share in her arduous journey as she aims to navigate through a time when greed, power, murder, and romance were highly prevalent in the streets of Harlem. I would like to thank you...

Marys Son is a fictional account of how Mary, the mother of our Savior, dealt with the challenges of his three-year ministry. She not only had to deal with the daily rejection of the people in the village of Nazareth but also the doubts of her children. Who is this young carpenter who left...

Fans of Jonathan Auxier's The Night Gardener and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book will tremble with delight for this haunting tale about a lonely gargoyle who isn't alone at all. Penhallow is the last of his kind. The stone gargoyle--he'd prefer you call him a grotesque--fearlessly protects...

In this exhilarating conclusion to the critically acclaimed Luck Uglies series, the final battle between the Luck Uglies and the treacherous Fork-Tongue Charmers comes to Rye O’Chanter’s doorstep. Filled with adventure, humor, and a hint of magic, this middle grade fantasy series is an...

Someone has been hanging coloured bags of dog pooh on bushes! Figaro the Cat Detective and his partner Harrison the toad set out to discover the culprit and, with the help of his two best human friends in all the world, stop it happening again.

Grace Ellen Lampley, smartest senior in the class of 1908 at Central High in St. Louis, fears the future because she has been so deeply hurt in the past. Strong and beautiful, she is intensely romantic but wary of love, and she must struggle to break the grip of emotionally stifling childhood trauma.

The Luck Uglies must face their greatest enemy in this second installment of the series that's a perfect match for fans of Chris Colfer's Land of Stories series and books by Kelly Barnhill. "There is not a single dull moment in this story. A total delight," raved Bookslist in a starred review! Rye...

On one of his nightly patrols Figaro The Cat Detective bumps into a strange black cat. It seems Meow 5 have sent a secret agent to the village because they have heard that robbers plan to raid the local cheese factory and steal the bombs that are made there. Agent D (the strange black cat) asks Figaro...

A satirical and funny story about an unlikeable man who rose above his own competence. **Ronald Stroud is a loud and obnoxious wind that blew into the Oval Office, he doesn't care about history or politics. Ronald Stroud has finally made it to the White House. On his first day, he discovers that...

Wilford Woodruff was a powerful speaker and a devoted disciple of Christ. His words and actions brought countless souls to Christ. This book contains his teachings and discourses as well as his unshakable testimony of the Restored Gospel.

This book is about the life experiences of a very loving mother and how her life affected those she loved. It also gives linages of the families involved. It tells how the life of a mother affect the daughter and may others It can also encourage persons who are born in very limited resources to know...