Polly Giller returned to Iowa from Boston to start a new life, not that her old one was all that bad. With her inheritance, she purchased an old school building in Bellingwood and is in the middle of renovating it when the bones of two bodies are pulled out of a ceiling.The whole town knows who those bones belong to, but when she also finds crates and crates of items from the sixties through the early nineties in the old root cellar, they wonder if the two things are connected.A welcoming committee shows up at Polly's front door and these women soon become her fast friends. Fortunately, the leader of the group is married to the Sheriff and he is there to make sure mysteries are solved and everyone stays safe, but when Polly's old boyfriend from Boston shows up, that becomes a little more difficult. The women might be a little older than Polly, but she finds out they might be even more wild than the friends she had when living back east. Lydia Merritt, the Sheriff's wife, is a woman filled with love and passion. Beryl Watson is an artist and more than a little flamboyant. Andy Saner wants to organize and label the world, but loves with a great big heart and Sylvie Donovan, with her two young sons is trying to make it as a single mother. The men in Polly's world are just as interesting. Henry Sturtz is the carpenter and contractor in charge of construction and might have a little crush on his boss, while Doug Randall and Billy Endicott are her Jedi Knights in Shining Armor. Polly's immediate family might be gone, but her new family offers a great deal of love, fun and entertainment.Read along as the extraordinary, yet quite ordinary, people in Bellingwood tell their stories.

During the June 2020 territorial dispute over Kalapani, India blamed tensions on a newly assertive Nepal's deepening relations with China. But beyond the accusations and grandstanding, this reflects a new reality: the power equations in South Asia have been redrawn, to make space for China. Nepal did not turn northwards overnight. Its ties with China have deep historical roots built on Buddhism, dating to the early first millennium. While India's unofficial 2015 blockade provided momentum to the rift with Delhi, Nepal has long wanted deeper ties with Beijing, to counteract India's oppressive intimacy. With China's growing South Asian and global ambitions, Nepal now has a new primary bilateral partner-and Nepalis are forging a path towards modernity with its help, both in the remote borderlands and in the cities. All Roads Lead North offers a long view of Nepal's foreign relations, today underpinned by China's world-power status. Sharing never- before-told stories about Tibetan guerrilla fighters, failed coup leaders and trans- Himalayan traders, Nepal analyst Amish Raj Mulmi examines the histories binding mountain communities together across the Sino-Nepali border. Part history, part journalistic account, Mulmi's is a complex, compelling and rigorously researched study of a small country caught between two neighbourhood giants.

"Inspirational historical romance"--Spine.

When Josephs mother passed away, he discovers the farm his parents had owned was severely in debt due to his father borrowing heavily against the place. Marys grandfather had left her a small farm back in her Ohio hometown some years ago. With their current farm being foreclosed on, this was the perfect opportunity to start fresh. So having no other choice, the family heads to Ohio on a Greyhound bus to the second biggest Amish settlement in the US. Once they arrive at their new home, Joseph finds out that their farm is many miles from their Amish brethren. His neighbors dont want any Amish living that far down in the county. Joseph is afraid that they will try to drive his family from their farm. The place needs so much, the barn needs rebuilt, crops need to be planted, and firewood needs to be laid aside for winter. They must have everything running well by wintera daunting task, to be sure, since the Amish do not believe in electricity or any link to the outside world. Everything that needed to be done would have to be done the old fashion way, with a horsereal horse power. Rebecca, the daughter of the family, is also not very happy with the move. For one thing, she was thirteen, and she had always had her heart set on marrying David. Now they were so many miles apart. And she didnt know if their love could endure the test. Josephs heart wasnt into the trip. He longed for his home state, the land he had grown up on. Will their family come together as a family once again and call this foreign land home? Or would the family make the journey back to Pennsylvania to stay for good?

Almost 60 percent of those in American evangelical churches believe that many religions can lead to eternal life. But if Jesus is to be trusted when he says that no one comes to the Father except through him, the church is failing in its mission. And it's not hard to guess why. An exclusive Jesus just isn't popular in our inclusive world. Dr. Robert Jeffress calls on Christians to recover the exclusive claims of the one they claim as Lord and Savior, not as a way to keep people out of heaven but as the only way to invite them in. He tackles questions like - Can people be saved who have never heard of Christ? - What about those who worship God by another name? - Do children automatically go to Heaven when they die? True compassion for non-Christians doesn't lie in letting them go their way while we go ours, but in sharing the only true way with them.

Winner of the Costa Biography Award, a fascinating exploration of one of the 20th century's most influential poets.