Preparing for the arrival of an important visitor, a wacky housekeeper follows her employer's instructions with humorous results.

In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.

Dreiser's second novel and his own personal favorite features an impoverished heroine who, in simply trying to make her way in the world, inadvertently defies a host of social conventions.

"Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow are two young people in love. Michael attends college and works at the Arcadia nursing home while Faye prepares for medical school in Baltimore. The future seems rife with possibilities -- and a hasty marriage before Faye's departure would seem to seal their bond and protect them forever. But they will discover that even the deepest love must weather life's demands. And that forgiveness and faith must be at the...

"The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco web-design drone and landed him a new gig working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after just a few days on the job, Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything. Soon he embarks on a complex analysis of the...

Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

Alex Keegan, having grown up with a philandering father, takes a job as a Harvey girl at the elite El Tovar hotel with the intention of taking her mother away from a life of pain and humiliation, but her convictions are tested when she meets fellow Christian Luke Toland, a man who tries to prove to Alex that he is worthy of her love and trust.

Attract top talent and energize your workforce with a MAGNETIC CULTURE "Sheridan outlines simple but powerful steps to take in creating and maintaining an organization that fosters an environment with similar attraction." -Marshall Goldsmith, Ph.D., international bestselling author of MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There "A compelling case for and guide to the creation of a high engagement/high performance workforce." -Douglas R. Conant,...

Gabriel Thane is the sheriff and lifetime resident of Carin County Illinois, committed to upholding the law and keeping the residents safe. Lieutenant Evie Blackwell is a State Police Detective skilled at investigations. She launches a new task force to reexamine unsolved crimes across the state. She begins work with the sheriff's department on a few of its most troubling missing-persons cases, a deputy, his wife and eleven-year old son's disappearance,...

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another.