Kearney, Cheyenne, Rawlins. Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco. At each train station, a few lucky orphans from the crowded streets of New York City receive the fulfillment of their dreams: a home and family. This "orphan train" is the vision of Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children's Aid Society, who cannot bear to see innocent children abandoned in the overpopulated cities of the mid-nineteenth-century. Yet it is not just the orphans whose lives need mending -- follow the train along and watch God's hand restore love and laughter to the right family at the right time!

A biography of a nineteenth-century Russian mathmematical genius, champion of equal education for women, and first worman professor of higher mathematics.

After a young girl jumps off a bridge to her death on the edge of Lincolnshire, Maine, a serial killer emerges from the shadows with a taste for a very specific prey. After leaving ominous letters addressed to "Little Sparrow" at each crime scene, locals deem the madman "The Sparrow." Newly divorced Detective John Trotter is trying to pick up the pieces of his life when he's assigned to both cases; both of which become more complicated with each passing day. As the killings become more frequent and erratic, it's clear to Detective Trotter that the killer is losing his grip on reality and has become even more dangerous. For John, they start as typical cases...but for The Sparrow, it quickly becomes his life's work.

Have you ever wanted to see life through the eyes of a bird? Join Sara Ojala as she shares her imaginative, bird's eye view of the wonder and beauty here on earth.

A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end. Praise for The Sparrow “A startling, engrossing, and moral work of fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review “Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them.”—Entertainment Weekly “Powerful . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Provocative, challenging . . . recalls both Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells, with a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure.”—The Dallas Morning News “[Mary Doria] Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense.”—USA Today

The Black Sparrow By: R. K. J. Sprock The Black Sparrow is a great adventure of hardships and tales of a young man coming into manhood in a land so much like our own but different in many ways. Read all about the mythical creatures of many origins and a power in the land that provides for all.