Twenty-six-year-old Aisha Branch has always gotten what she wants. Now she's getting an incredibly wealthy, white husband--unless self-made black man Miles changes enjoying a richly deserved sexual re-awakening. And her grandmother...
Social classes
- Author:Little, BenildeSummary:
- Author:Isenberg, NancySummary:
The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement. They were alternately known as "waste people," "offals," "rubbish," "lazy lubbers," and "crackers." By the 1850s, the downtrodden...
- Author:Jackson, LisaSummary:
Shelby Cole has returned to Bad Luck, Texas to search for the daughter she once believed was dead. But she isn't the only one coming home. Ross McCallum, a feared and hated man from Shelby's past, has been released from prison...
- Author:Haslett, AdamSummary:
Banker Doug Fanning begins building a massive mansion on land formerly owned by retired teacher Charlotte Graves' grandfather. The land was once donated to the local town, and now Charlotte is trying to stop Doug's...
- Author:Steinbach, SusieSummary:
- Author:Peterson, Tracie, Miller, JudithSummary:
Sophie Broadmoor adore les bals raffinés, les belles robes et les bijoux de luxe. En fait, elle apprécie tout ce que lui procure la fortune des Broadmoor et on dit d’elle que c’est la plus extravagante des cousines Broadmoor. Pendant un...
- Author:HARDY, ThomasSummary:
Lonely Viviette Constanine awaits the return of her husband from a hunting expedition to Africa. She becomes involved with a young astronomer, Swithin St.Cleeve, who observes the night sky from a disused tower on her estate. Despite...
- Author:Meacham, LeilaSummary:
In early 1900s Texas, Samantha Gordon, heiress to a large cattle ranch, and Nathan Holloway, a charming farm boy, find their fates intertwined. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, their connection drives this narrative compulsively...
- Author:HARDY, ThomasSummary:
The story takes place in a small woodland village called Little Hintock, and concerns the efforts of an honest woodsman, Giles Winterborne, to marry his childhood sweetheart, Grace Melbury. Although they have been informally betrothed...
- Author:Robinson, RandallSummary:
A national best-selling author and founder of the TransAfrica forum, Randall Robinson is one of the most respected voices of the African-American community. In this powerful book, he convincingly argues that African Americans must...
- Author:Du Bois, W. E. B.Summary:
Cotton, the Silver Fleece, could be the answer to Zora and Bles' prayers for overcoming poverty. While attending school in Rural Alabama, they lovingly nurture their crop. but the white aristocracy is determined to control the...
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
After her husband dies in a freak accident, Lady Gwendoline Muir never dreams she'll love again. So when soldier-turned-nobleman Lord Hugo Trentham stirs feelings in her that have lain dormant for years, she can't help but...
- Author:Spark, MurielSummary:
- Author:Coopsammy, MadelineSummary:
Tessa comes of age as the advent of Independence in a small British Caribbean island disturbs the status quo and establishes a new class and race hierarchy in a country that historically was a polyglot nation. As East Indians living in...
- Author:HOSSEINI, KhaledSummary:
Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing...
- Author:Wharton, EdithSummary:
Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite. Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage....
- Author:Scheidel, WalterSummary:
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today,...
- Author:Roy, ArundhatiSummary:
The international publishing sensation of 1997 -- translated into 18 languages -- a magical, sophisticated tour de force.
The God of Small Things heralds a voice so powerful and original that it burns itself into the...
- Author:Roy, ArundhatiSummary:
Two twins in Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family. When their English cousin and her mother arrive for a visit, the twins learn that things can...
- Author:Briceland, V.Summary:
Magic lies at the heart of Cassaforte, medieval city of bewitchments and intrigue. Cassaforte is home to sixteen-year-old Risa Divetri, whose fate is about to be decided by the gods. Risa has led the sheltered life of a nobleman's...