Through the study of civil society, the evolution of social relations, and the breakdown of social order, Order and Anarchy re-examines the role of violence in human social evolution. Drawing on anthropology, political science, and evolutionary theory, it offers a novel approach to understanding stability and instability in human society. Robert La...more
Engrossed in decorating Elm Creek Manor on Christmas Eve, Sarah McClure stumbles upon an incomplete Christmas quilt featuring a variety of holiday fabrics and patterns and sets out to uncover the history of the quilt with the help of Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter and matriarch of Elm Creek Manor, who reveals why the quilt had never b...more
Having created fantastic universes of vampires and witches, Anne Rice now carries us into new realms of the occult to meet a luminous new hero, the powerful, witty Azriel. He is ghost, demon, angel -- in love with the good, in thrall to the evil. As a young mortal, Azriel lived in Babylon, where he was devoted to the prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah. I...more
History is thick with secrets in The Sugar Camp Quilt, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the novel follows Dorothea Granger's passage from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American strug...more
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