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"Gather around, children of Chu Dien, and be brave. For even to listen to the story of the Trung Sisters is, in these troubled times, a dangerous act. In 40 CE, in the Au Lac region of ancient Vietnam, two daughters of a Vietnamese Lord fill their days training, studying, and trying to stay true to Vietnamese traditions. While Trung Trac is disciplined and wise, always excelling in her duty, Trung Nhi is fierce and free spirited, more concerned with...

"From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a #1 IndieNext pick, a gorgeous and pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but Aggie, too, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska....

The Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver live at Dorlcote Mill on the river Floss with their two children, Tom and Maggie. This is the story of their lives at the Mill and the catastrophic flood that takes the lives of the brother and sister.

"When they were very young, royal sisters Anna and Elsa were as close as could be. But then everything changed, and now, they couldn't be more different. They agree on just one thing: they both wish they had a sister more like them. Featuring the princesses of Disney's Frozen, this spirited look a sibling relationships is told in verse and features beautiful illustrations by an artist from the film"--P. [2] of book jacket.

A COMPLEX COMEDY OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY Twelfth Night is one of William Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays. It is a wild and raucous romantic comedy complete with bawdy revelry, comic hijinks, and the rich poetry of Shakespeare's best comedies. Here, two plots combine to create a beautiful exploration of love and laughter, misplaced passions, mistaken identity, all with a touch of melancholy. Viola and Sebastian are almost identical twins...

A collection of stories tell of two sisters: one trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton returns to visit her siblings...

A novel told through three distinct points of view--a woman desperately hoping for the return of her rebellious teenage sister, who has been missing for weeks, her hospitalized neighbor, and the newly arrived stranger living in her neighbor's house--uncovers the layers of grief, remorse, and love that connect families, both the ones people are born into and the ones they choose.

"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"-- Provided by publisher.

When Albert and his buddies have a "no girls" baseball game, Frances and her sister organize a "Best Friends Outing -- No Boys."

In a Jane Austen-inspired alternate universe, two sisters, one beautiful and the other skilled in the glamour arts, test the limits of their gifts on an unscrupulous suitor.