Pearl Littlefield’s first assignment in fifth grade is complicated: She has to write an essay about her summer. Where does she begin? Her dad lost his job, she had to go to a different camp—one where
"A bittersweet song to Beijing, to the Chinese language, and to the Chinese, it is just That Your House Is So Far Away is foremost a lovers' tune, tender and sad. Steve Noyes Knows China and Knows the
How long do you hold on to hope? Danica Greene has always hated flying, so it was almost laughable that the boy of her dreams was a pilot. She married him anyway and together, she and Etsell settled i
One glance at So Far, So Good and it becomes evident that this is not merely a collection of a song writer's lyrics. The song-poems of this undisputed "Bluesologist" triumphantly stand on their own, e
Richard Delancey is soon called into action once more, as Britain prepares for the threat of a new French assault. Disturbing rumors are circulating about Napoleon's new weapons of war: vessels drive
Bullet-shattered glass clatters onto his baby bed; he wakes and cries out into darkness. Does he remember this? Or remember being told? Regardless, he feels it, and will feel it again, bomb bay wind b
“It’s hard to think of another living author who has written so well for so long in so many styles as Ursula K. Le Guin.” —Salon“She never loses touch with her reverence for the immense what
