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The hero of this satirical
novel, Fang Hung-chien, is educated in America, and, on his way home to Shanghai to become a teacher, he meets two beautiful women who change his life. Qian Zhongshu's novel is a classic of Chinese literature.
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Young Lord Ferdinand Dudley arrives at Pine Hill Manor, a modest estate he won in a card game, to take it over. He finds that the young caretaker, country girl Viola, has made the place her own. Viola tries all manner of comical means to give Ferdinand the impression that Pine Hill Manor is an exceedingly unpleasant place. Instead, she and Ferdinand fall in love.
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Here collected for the first time, complete in one volume, are two courtroom novels by The New York Times best-selling author, Richard North Paterson. Recognized internationally for the expertise and authenticity of the legal aspects of his novels, Patterson is also famous for imaginative plot twists, detailed characterizations and page-turning narratives. These two stories weave complex motives, cold-blooded murder, the drama of men and women under pressure, and courtroom dynamics to tell explosive tales of human excess, betrayal and emotional truth.
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Oseola McCarty moved in with her grandmother and aunt in Mississippi when she was five. At 12, she dropped out of school to help her grandmother and aunt do chores to bring in the meager wage on which they all lived. Her grandmother taught her to work hard to put something back, even in the leanest of times. Over the years, Oseola's savings became a large sum, and at age 87 she gave her money to a university to help students who lacked the money needed to stay in school. This is her inspirational story. Illustrations.
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