"Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone's Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell--all true, but different each time."-- Provided by publisher.

"The Labasques aren't like other families. Living in a shack out in the swamps, they made do by hunting down alligators and other animals. To the good people of Jacknife, Louisiana, they are troublemakers and outcasts, the kind of people you wouldn't want in your community. So when Cutter Labasque is found face down in the muddy swamp, no one seems to care, not even her two brothers. The only person who questions the official verdict of suicide is...

This trilogy, based on Flora Thompson's own experiences during childhood and youth, tells the story of three closely related Oxfordshire communities. It chronicles May Day celebrations and the daily lives of craftsmen, friends and relations.

A big-city doctor on the way to a job interview in L.A. gets stranded in a small town in forced to do community service in the way of medical work. Although eager to leave, a local beauty might persuade him to stay.

A disabled man lives with his handicapped son in a remote Iranian village.

Despite a life on the road with his free-spirited mother, fifteen-year-old Dan Stewart-Álvarez has always wanted to settle down. He just didn't think it'd be like this: with his mother abandoning him in rural Tennessee with two strangers--his gentle grandmother and conservative, rough-around-the-edges grandfather. Here, he is forced to adjust to working the farm, entering high school, and hardest yet--reckoning with his queerness in a severe Southern...