Fifteen-year-old Constance is looking forward to a new life in North America. There's nothing left for her in England - no family and no future. She agrees to set sail on the Mayflower, along with her employer. But the ocean crossing is harder than anyone anticipated, and the journey is riddled with dangerous obstacles. Will Constance live to see the New World, or will she and the other passengers be lost at sea?

This enduring biography of the popular writer begins with Ferber's last years in New York City, exploring the setting in which she did all of her great writing. Diaries, copious correspondence, and the cooperation of distinguished living friends have resulted in a rich portrait of a period and a literary circle not yet fully documented, and an insightful engaging analysis of a woman writer highly influential in the shaping of twentieth century America.

Accomplished art instructor Julie Gilbert Pollard offers expert advice on oil painting through the lens of the common landscape. *Whether you are totally new to painting or interested in exploring oil for the first time, the instruction begins with the basics, then moves toward successful painting techniques. *Learn how to break down and design a composition and explore multiple easy-to-follow methods to getting an oil painting started. *Dozens of specific skills and techniques combine into ten complete step-by-step landscape demonstrations to master subjects such as water, skies, trees, rocks and mountains.