Kim: A Gift from Vietnam by Frank Chinnock-True story of a couple's quest to adopt a Vietnamese orphan and the hurdles, red-tape and health issues they encountered
Bless the Beasts and Children by Glendon Swarthout-“Send us a boy—we’ll send you a cowboy”: It doesn’t matter if the kid hates the sight of horses. Or if he still sucks his thumb and wets the bed. He’s got to be taught to toe the line. To measure up. To dig in his spurs—because that’s the way things are at the Box Canyon Boys Camp in Arizona. Based on the adventures of the author’s own son, Bless the Beasts & Children tells a tragicomic tale of a group of disturbed teenaged boys from over-privileged families who are sent by their inattentive parents to camp in hopes that their lazy, urban kids will be toughened up in the cowboy program. Complications arise, but these problem boys band together to take up an important cause
Great Lion of God by Taylor Caldwell-Born a veritable great lion of God to a devout Jewish family, Saul of Tarsus is raised by his parents to embrace their love of humanity. Dogged by what he perceives as a lack of true faith, he embarks on a journey to save his people from sacrilege. But on the road to Damascus a vision of the resurrected Jesus changes the course of his life. Converting to Christianity, the newly christened Paul transforms from persecutor of blasphemers into apostle to the gentiles, becoming one of the supreme influences on the Catholic Church and the Western world.
I Chose Prison by James Bennett-The autobiography of the man who ran the federal prison system for twenty-seven years, and led the revolution in prison reform.
Fiona by Catherine Gaskin-Fiona arrives at the large sugar plantation owned by her distant relatives, the Maxwells. She soon senses the intense atmosphere at Landfall, the family's impressive mansion. Learning who she can trust will not be easy. There is also unrest among the family's slaves, who know that emancipation is coming. Fiona has the chance for romance from two very different men. But when she falls in love, Fiona makes a dangerous rival.
