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The sensuous men and women of Arbonne, a sun-blessed country of olive trees and vineyards, worship the mother goddess.

China, 8th century. Shen Tai is the son of a general who led his forces in the empire's last war against their western enemies - a war where forty thousand men on both sides died.

The Kingdom of Al-Rassan is home to three nations. Once mighty, the kingdom has been splintered by rival kings and fanatical religious leaders.

When Arabella Slominski Boot catches her loutish husband in bed with her best friend, she packs up, takes her son Kenny and drives to Louisiana to see her mother.

Fifteen-year-old Ned Marriner accompanies his photographer father to France, where he is working on a coffee-table book.

As World War II escalates, dilemmas face adopted siblings Christine and Henry Delaney.

It's been fourteen years since rock singer Adelia Winters escaped the small town of Cherry Lake.

Thirty-year-old engineer Amira Khan has set one rule for herself: no dating until her grad-school thesis is done.

Summer 1755, Acadia. Amľie Belliveau lives with her family in Grande Pr,̌ Nova Scotia.

Grania is deaf, a victim of scarlet fever at age five in early 1900s Canada. After learning sign language and speech she meets and marries Jim, with whom she develops a special vocabulary.

1759. The North American colonies of Britain and France are pulled into war, and the loyalties of many New York merchants, who have secretly been trading with the French for years, are divided.

New at her high school, Imogene enlists the help of her introverted friend Maxine and the ghost of a boy who haunts the school, after receiving warnings through her dreams that soul-eaters are thre

Venturing to the desolation beyond the Enclaves, Gahzee and Lisa, accompanied by their coyote, walk the line between the Dreamtime and the Realtime in hopes of recovering a lost chip with informati

In her mid-twenties, Bettina San Miguel leaves her desert homeland for a northern art colony.

Gwin has lost her husband to war and her children to a plague. Desolate, she nurses her stricken neighbours. But those who survive the plague are cursed with terrible abilities and are cast out.