What if all Kentucky read Barbara Kingsolver? That was the premise a year ago when her book "The Bean Trees" had the whole state buzzing. Now, she has added two more titles to her list. Be sure to read them all!

	Prodigal Summer by Kingsolver, Barbara Format:  Trade Paperback Price:  $14.99 Published: Perennial, 2001 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and farms of southern Appalachia. Over the course of one humid summer, this novel's intriguing protagonists face disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with which they necessarily share a place.
	Small Wonder: Essays by Kingsolver, Barbara Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $23.95 Published: HarperCollins, 2002 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. In her new essay collection, the beloved author of "High Tide in Tucson" brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. From its opening parable gleaned from recent news about a lost child saved in an astonishing way, the book moves on to consider a world of surprising and hopeful prospects, ranging from an inventive conservation scheme in a remote jungle to the backyard flock of chickens tended by the author's small daughter. Whether she is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood, adolescence, genetic engineering, TV-watching, the history of civil rights, or the future of a nation founded on the best of all human impulses, these essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that answers may lie in those places, too. In the voice Kingsolver's readers have come to rely on--sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive--"Small Wonder" is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and what we might yet make of ourselves.
	The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club (Paperback)) by Kingsolver, Barbara Format:  Trade Paperback Price:  $15.00 Published: Harper Perennial, 1999 Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability   See all editions of this title. In 1959, Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist, takes his four young daughters, his wife, and his mission to the Belgian Congo -- a place, he is sure, where he can save needy souls. But the seeds they plant bloom in tragic ways within this complex culture. Set against one of the most dramatic political events of the twentieth century -- the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium and its devastating consequences -- here is "New York Times-bestselling author Barbara Kingslover's beautiful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable epic that chronicles the disintegration of family and a nation.
	Pigs in Heaven by Kingsolver, Barbara Format:  Mass Market Paperback Price:  $7.99 Published: HarperTorch, 1999 Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability   See all editions of this title. Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, leading to a man's dramatic rescue. But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a crisis of historical proportions that will envelop not only her and her mother, Taylor, but everyone else who touched their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past. With this wise, compelling novel, the acclaimed" New York Times" bestselling author of" The Poisonwood Bible, The Bean Trees," and" Animal Dreams" vividly renders a world of heartbreak and redeeming love as she defines and defies the boundaries of family, and illuminates the many separate truths about the ties that bind us and tear us apart.
	The Bean Trees by Kingsolver, Barbara Format:  Trade Paperback Price:  $13.99 Published: Harper Perennial, 1989 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places. Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition of Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, "The Bean Trees, " will be in stores everywhere in September. With two different but equally handsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolver library.
	Animal Dreams by Kingsolver, Barbara Format:  Trade Paperback Price:  $14.99 Published: Harper Perennial, 2003 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. "Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. What the finds is a town threatened by a silent environmental catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and a man whose view of the world could change the course of her life. Blending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends, "Animal Dreams" is a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's largest commitments. With this work, the acclaimed author of "The Bean Trees" and "Homeland and Other Stories" sustains her familiar voice while giving readers her most remarkable book yet.
	Homeland and Other Stories by Kingsolver, Barbara Format:  Trade Paperback Price:  $13.99 Published: Harper Perennial, 1990 Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability   See all editions of this title. With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels "Animal Dreams" and "The Bean Trees, " Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from northern-California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy, and powerful endurance. In every setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice -- at times comic, but often heartrending -- rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone. "Homeland and Other Stories" creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own.